Alex and I are getting tired of running. It’s to the point now where we’re running longer than my attention span for movies is so we tried something different tonight. We had a “family bootcamp”. THE SET-UP We set a timer for 30 minutes and put on Pandora’s Pop and Hip-Hop Workout station. If you … Continue reading
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Thai-Rannosaurus Rex: Coolest T-Shirt Ever
You probably already know that I love quirky t-shirts, so I really wanted to do something to raise funds for our adoption. Voila! This shirt was the brainchild of me, my husband, and my brother-in-law. We had a very serious meeting about graphics and fonts and this is what we came up with. What’s really … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Week 10
The theme of this week is “distraction”. (I wrote that first sentence, took a nap, went to lunch with my parents, and then came back 3 hours to finish this blog. Case in point.) There was a time during this training process when I felt pretty good, successful. I think I usually feel good when … Continue reading
The Church is not a Building
My church got locked out of our building on Monday. There’s nothing we could have done differently: the seedy business park where we were renting was foreclosed upon and they changed the locks after church on Sunday. So, my church is homeless. Let me say that Alex and I have been looking for this group of … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Week 9
Well, I went running three times this week. I ran for an hour and forty minutes this morning but on Thursday, I may or may not have decided to “run” in my living room and watch an episode of….. Oh, look! See that shiny thing! Is it a metal butterfly? Oh, no? Just a gum … Continue reading
Dear Daughter: The Waiting Game
Hey kiddo- It’s been a while- not because we don’t think about you every day but because it’s only been four months and I’ve already pulled all my hair out from waiting. You see, adoption is kind of weird. I don’t have the morning sickness or the baby kicks to remind me that you’re coming. … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Week 8 {The 5 Stages of Grief}
Just to refresh your memory, I’m training for this half-marathon using an mp3 training program that is based on time. It’s made for you to run 3 days a week- the first day you run six minutes and then walk 3 minutes (and you do that multiple times), the second day you do a __ … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: Week 7
On my run this morning, I was thinking that I wouldn’t have much to write about because this week’s runs were boring, uneventful, as runs should be. Well, ask and the sidewalks shall be uneven for thee. I prefer a Slow-Mo Superman fall, where my limbs are all splayed out like a cat who is … Continue reading
Things I Learned from my Korean Son
Before you go all nuts and think that we decided to adopt from Korea instead of Thailand and our son has already come over, just know that you’re crazy. If you think that international adoption would move that quickly, then you’re crazy. No, no, we volunteered to temporarily house a Korean student who is attending UTD. … Continue reading
Death Wears Purple Tennis Shoes: Week 6
I went running on Saturday with my friend, Ashley, who is the friend who said that she ran so slow that she was running 12-minute miles and I laughed outloud. She’s been running with another half-marathoner friend who was out of town this weekend so I got to play substitute. We went to the Katy trail, which … Continue reading
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