Since Brandon’s been about as active on his blog as a three-toed sloth in hibernation (“Hi, Pot? Yeah, it’s me… Kettle. Know what color you are?”), I figured it was my duty and right as his wife to get his newest endeavor out on the internet. Brandon joined a band several months ago. An 80s […]
Author: Laura
Selfish blogger
I have become a totally selfish “cheater” of a blogger. I realize it’s been quite some time since I’ve popped anything up on my blog. In my own defense, I’ve started posting some things on www.helium.com, since that site might actually make me some money (up to 2 pennies so far, baby!) whereas this…. not […]
Kitchen is DONE!!!
Finally, the kitchen renovation is complete!! Over the past month and a half, we’ve been bringing our kitchen to the 21st century. This meant, first of all, restaining our way outdated cabinets. The cabinets were a blah beige that we’ve hated since the day we moved in. Since replacing all of them was a little […]
Country Music Half Marathon
The Country Music Half Marathon is scheduled for April 26, 2008. Lots of folks from work are running it, as well as some friends from outside the office. I had been planning on running it right up until I screwed up my knee during the Disney Marathon. It’s been 5 weeks since then, so I’m […]
More home improvement…
Cringe with me – Brandon and I attempted another home improvement project this weekend. We have a long list of things that we want to improve around the house, and we’re getting to them all bit by bit. This weekend we finally moved down the list to installing new faucets in our master bathroom. All […]
Welcoming myself to the 21st century
I have finally, in 2008, discovered the fun in podcasts. I know, I know, I’m only about 5 years behind, but I never really got into the podcast thing before. I wanted my iPod for music and nothing else. Audiobooks put me to sleep, and I really had no interest in listening to someone else […]
The “big” picture
This marathon was a spiritual event for me. I certainly could not have completed this of my own power, and without God, could not have done what I did. I had been murmuring prayers about this marathon for months leading up to it – for all of our safety on race day, for a safe […]
Top Race Shirts
8) “Race Official — Do Not Pass” 7) “DLF > DNF >> DNS”  (Dead Last Finish is Greater than Did Not Finish which Greatly Trumps Did Not Start) 6) “Who moved the finish line?” 5) “Pray for my brother in Iraq” – great way to get lots of folks praying and no longer thinking […]
Top 10 Marathon Moments
10)  Realizing that all those crazy things that I told myself along the route were helping - promises for shoe shopping, chanting a mantra from a friend, cheers from coworkers, etc. 9) Drawing on my little brothers with Sharpies before the race. 8) Location – seeing Disney characters all along the route & running […]
Runners are a different breed…
Runners are incredible people – I say that from an outside perspective and not about myself. Sure, there’s something a little crazy (or a lot crazy) about someone who would go out and run 26.2 miles just for a medal and a tshirt. But crazy is just where it begins. Runners are inspirational and motivating. […]