Fantastic Friday

This post is way past over due… So I’ll try to make it short, but keep all the highlights….


I ended up pulling out of the Great Race last Sunday. Luckily I was able to sell my bib to a friend’s friend so someone at least could use it. Earlier in the week I had gone to my asthma/allergy doctor and he diagnosed me with Vocal Chord Dysfunction. The fun think about this was that one of my good friends (known her since 3rd grade) diagnosed me with this about 3 months ago and I told her she was crazy. The good news it’s totally fixable. Basically, I just have to learn to breathe correctly again. I was able to run 3 miles both Tuesday and Thursday. They weren’t world records (but close) but it felt good to be able to run and now have to feel like I was suffocating myself. I know that the therapy will take 6-8 weeks, but hopefully once this is all gone, I will be back to my June ’10 self. So I’m back to feeling alright with myself. I was also able to refocus on my lifting and strength training and I don’t feel like such a looooser anymore.

Another subject, I got the best text earlier this week (or late last week) from my sister. It was a picture of what my niece did at school. The paper had her name, age, what she liked to eat, and what she liked… in which she responded… get ready for this… ‘I like to go ice skating with Aunt Sarah.’ I’m not going to lie, I might have gotten a little teary. It’s crazy but a lot of my friends are now becoming Aunts/Uncles… and I can’t stop explaining how awesome it is. I absolutely love being an Aunt. Last night I went out with two ladies from Jazzercise and I was just braggin’ about those kids. But I told him, 7 years ago (my nephew is 7), if you would have told me that

a. I’d be THIS in love with the kids, I’d call you crazy.
b. that my family trusts me enough to have the kids for sleep overs and take them out in the city, I laugh in your face.
c. Think that the best Friday nights are when I take the kids to dinner and then to a laser show, I’d roll my eyes.

The truth is, they have in their weird way taught me how to be a “responsible” adult. There is just something so endearing with their innocence and their constant wonder, which I just can’t get enough of. Last weekend I think I finally realized how much these kids really do mean to me when I was driving my niece from point A to point B and I wasn’t paying attention, but when I got her out of my car she had applied make up to herself… and it was all over my seat…. And instead of getting made and worked up and freaking out (my car is my baby), I laughed, smiled at her and told her she looked Beautiful and hugged her. Surprisingly, the world didn’t end. Maybe I’ve finally figured out this whole growing up thing… who knows… All I do know is I am so proud to be an Aunt.


I hope you have a fantastic weekend… It’s finally going to get cold here…. Like REALLY cold.. Furnace turning on type weather. But I'm so not complaining! Bring on Fall!

Take it easy.



PS. Happy Birthday Jo. Love you sista! I can’t wait to celebrate with you tonight

Weekly Words To Inspire

Happy Monday! I hope the weekend went well and you have enjoyed your September thus far. Can you believe that this is the last full week in September?


That can only mean one thing... Christmas is 3 months away! Crazy, I know.

I hope you have an enjoyable week.

'Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.'
- Variations attributed to David Lloyd George

'Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of everyday. Do it! I say, Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.'
-Pope Paul VI


'Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.'
- Will Smith

' Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.'
- Richard E Evans

Take it easy.

Weekly Words To Inspire

Another wonderful September week is upon us! Boy is it really starting to feel like fall!


Hope all is well!

'You either make yourself miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.'
Carlos Castaneda

'They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.'
Tom Bodett

'Never make permanent decisions on temporary feelings.'
Unknown

My favorite for the week!

'Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. '
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


Take it easy.

Fantastic Friday!

Today really felt like fall this morning. Which, I won't complain about. I love fall, the changing trees, the crisp air, sweatshirts, and foooooooootball.

I'll be spending this weekend with some good friends at the Covered Bridge Festival. Which is a festival at all the locations in the county where there are covered bridges.

Sunday I'll be at Heinz field cheering for the black and gold.

Take it easy.