FEBRUARY 14th

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

NEVER TOO OLD

The caption for this picture would be, " Now you can walk 13 miles, can't you, Kate ?"

My older sister signed up, trained, and walked her first half marathon in January. Her time was 3:40:xx not bad for walking. She liked it so much that she decided she wanted to do another to celebrate her 70th birthday this year. She wanted her sisters to take part in this celebration, so we have all signed up for the Women's Half Marathon in St. Pete this November.

I am excited to be doing this with them. It was only two years ago when I did my first half at 65. I still remember how exciting that was to be racing with my daughters.

It just goes to show you that you're never too old to try something new. And hey you might even like it!

WINTER UPDATE

This is what it looked like this morning at 8, it had been snowing for a few hours

The street at 8 and below the street at 1pm

My Spring flowers are buried in the snow.

My rabbit has vanished in the snow. What you can't see are his arms and the basket he holds.

Notice the snow on the chair.

The tree looks like it is full of blossoms.

The snow just keeps piling up.

The weather map shows white for much of the Dallas area.

The forecast, I'm sure there will be no school tomorrow.

This is what the reporters do when they aren't on camera giving us the traffic report.

WINTER WONDERLAND

Woke up to everything covered in a white blanket of snow ! No school today and with the roads covered I won't be going to the gym or running outside. I'll have to get the wii out and listen to Jillian yell at me.

WHEN DID I WORKOUT ?

After I made a loaf of bread.

After I made chili for dinner tonight.

After I helped Allie make sticky buns.

After spending just about all day in the kitchen, then I went to the gym and worked out.

YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME

Yesterday I ran outside. The sun was out and it was a fairly decent day. I went to Kids Kastle and took some stale bread with me to feed the ducks. They seemed to enjoy the treat.

Today it was not so nice. I don't want to complain because we aren't having storms like the East is but it was grey and damp and I just didn't want to leave the house. I opted to stay in and try the Jillian on the wii. It wasn't a bad workout, in fact I was even sweating when I finished. My only problem was I had a hard time following so I was not quite in time with her and she let me know at the end by saying " YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME"

IS IT SPRING YET ?

According to Phil we have 6 more weeks of winter, but today finally reached into the high 40's and with the sun out it seemed like Spring. I haven't done anything since last Thursday so went for a walk with a bit of running thrown in.

It felt good to be out and moving.