Wanna know why I've been away so long??????

Fine. I'll tell you. Here's my dirty little secret.

I knew it would happen because I saw what it did to seemingly rational adults so I resisted the urge to pick up this dirty habit for a really long time. Even while all of the of other addicts were talking about how amazing it is and how they just couldn't quit it and how it took over their lives, I stayed away. I was proud of myself for the restraint I showed. I was smug, arrogant and in hindsight, incredibly stupid.

I thought I was in the clear when all of the hype was just about gone and society was moving on. It crept in one day, the thought that maybe I should try it and see what it was all about. Was I missing out on something major? How could I go through life not experiencing it. Not knowing what everyone was talking about when it was just so easy to be in the know.

I let that momentarly lapse in judgement plant a seed in my head that, in all honesty I don't regret, not even sligthly. It did all of the things I thought it was going to do. All of the things that were making me stay away. It sucked me in, took over my life, I spent the better part of 3 weeks thinking about it and getting my fixes in whenever I had 4 seconds to spare. I fore-went showers, sleep, magazines, workouts and meals just to fit it in.... Now that I'm through the worst of it I can say I was addicted.

So yeah, I'm a Twilight loser junkie and Edward Cullen is every bit as dreamy as every 14 year old girl (and probably as many 40 year old women) in America would have you believe!



I read all 4 books in about 2 weeks. All while juggling a full-time job, a hubby, 2 kids and training for a half marathon. We made it through but we are forever changed ;-).

I was remiss

In wishing the Grand Duke a happy second birthday here!!!! Better late than never!! Happy birthday Honey Cakes!!!

An oldie but goodie:


Btw- he's officially in the terrible twos!!! You'd be surprised how quickly one could forget how fierce they could be, especially since big sis just turned 3 a few months ago but, man alive, does he throw a temper tantrum with zeal!

On a semi related note "big sis" has decided at the ripe old age of 3 yrs and 3 months that she "needs to start wearing makeup" so that she "can fall in love". Pray for me folks. Pray long and hard.

Bucket List Item- Half Marathon- CHECK

THAT was HARD!!!!!!!!!! OMG y'all I almost didnt make it through!! Many thanks to Jenn for keeping me in the race. She kept a great pace and gave me just enough appropriately timed pep talks and dirty looks to not allow me to allow myself to give up. I seriously could not have done it without her. Some more thanks to Doug (my trainer) for getting me ready for this event. And Super Special THanks to Marc and the kids for being at the finish line to cheer me on. LOL does it sound like I'm at the Oscars??

I won't bore you with the mile by mile mental recap because afterall it was 13.1 miles and you don't have all day to read my blog but suffice it to say IT WAS HARD! Mentally, physically and whatever other "allys" apply. I will so do this again. Next time I will train more outside and I will have an actual time goal that I would like to acheive/beat. My goal this time was to finish, and run the whole thing. CHECK.

My official net time (from when I crossed the starting line) was 2 hrs 7 mins and 17 seconds. Not too shabby for a first timer. I came 1831 out of 4074 total people and 657 out of 1950 females. Yep, my shoulder hurts from patting myself on the back.

Without further ado, a pictorial recap:

The carbs I had Saturday night, which is, no lie the reason why I signed up for this race. There is something about the promise of a blissfull night of unlimited guilt free carbs that will make a woman do really crazy things:


Here's Annette, Jenn and I right before the start:


Here's Jenn and I with our hard earned medals after the finish:


The best cheerleaders ever: