Back In It: Myrtle Beach Marathon

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Start line at Myrtle Beach MarathonAfter I ran Boston in April of this year, I could tell I needed a break from marathon training. Physically I was tired and mentally I was just done. Over it. Didn't even want to hear the words "18-mile-training-run." 

The break has had the desired effect. I am itching to get back into training. Dying to get on a schedule. Pumped about setting a PR. 

And I get to do it all with my girls. 

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Halloween 2010: The Escape of the Mummy

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The stage: Mummy's treasure, mummy's coffin, and realistic looking pyramid sceneLast year, after our trip to Egypt, we planned a Halloween Mummy theme but got rained out. This year the weather cooperated and the Mummy did his thing. Blair hid inside the sarcophagus as I invited kids to raid the Mummy's treasure (a huge box filled with candy). Blair-as-Mummy then popped out, arms outstretched, moaning, "Caaa-nnn-dy. Giiive meeee myyyyy caaa-nnn-dy." Came close to making a few kids cry in fear. An excellent Halloween. 

The Mummy Escapes!

Chillin' Mummy

Blair-isms

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Why life with Blair is fun:

On going to Lowe's to buy a stud finder so he could hang a heavy mirror of my mom's: "It was weird. The finders kept going off every time I walked by." 

On driving by a car with the words "YOUR MY SUNSHINE" soaped on it: "It's correct from a 'Hooked on Phonics' standpoint." 

On watching me type this blog entry: "Why don't you just cave in and start the blog you really want to write? $H!T MY HUSBAND SAYS."

 

Good Friends Turn Books Face Forward

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My good friend and fellow published author Edmund Schubert called the other night and said he was taking his daughter Alexa to Borders Bookstore.

"Do me a favor?" I asked. "Check and see if they're carrying my book."

I received a voicemail from Ed later that night. "Happy to report that Borders has four copies of Who Moved My Mouse? in the humor section and that they are all now facing forward." 

HA! Good friends do these things for you. Love it. 

Cheers,

Dena