Halling Go To Alaska

Dang! It looks like there are 8 weeks left to the year. What with there being 52 in every year, right? My how time flies when you're the mother of three kids.  Hell, time flies the older you get.  See that? The older *you* get.  Not me.  'Cuz I'm not getting older.  To prove my point I'm not posting any pictures this week because if I did that, then you'd know I made it through another 7 days and with that I'd be 7 days older.  Hmm. I guess the fact that I'm typing this and posting this also proves that.  Okay. Here are this week's pictures. Sunday My princess fairy w/o her wings enjoying fresh spun cotton candy. Monday My awesome new running gloves.  Can't wait for the next cold day to wear them.  Probably Tuesday night. Tuesday Beautiful day to be at the park before swim club practice. Wednesday New books bought at a Usborne book fair held to support the gymnastics team. Thursday I'm pretty sure I posted a picture like this last year about ...

Today was a better day than I thought it was going to be.  There was the usual Saturday morning kid chauffeuring that took place.  And then heading over to my awesome friend, Tami's house.  She watched my kids today during my almost 14-mile run since T and my parents are out of town.  It's great to have awesome friends who, even though they think you are 100% certifiably crazy for running the miles I do, she is 100% supportive.  Then we scrapbooked the evening away with some wine.  I'm home now and the kids are in bed.  And my glutes and lower back are tired from running and walking up hills that I'm not used to. But my view was beautiful.  Here are a couple of pictures I took along my run today. There were about a dozen deer in this little park area just hanging out resting under the trees. This hill was literally a pain in the ass going up it, so I stopped and took a picture. But look at those mountains! I love these mountains.

January 17 My cat Pumpkin. She does not always look this angry. January 18 That's a lot of lines in case you were wondering. I haven't done close to 1000 lines in a day in probably a year. January 19 Two of the three rings I wear every day. January 20 The Boyd's Bear statue that my mom gave us after SmartyPants was born. January 21 The "lifesaver" at the pool. (taken during Sass' swim lesson) January 22 "Proof that the girls don't put things away." Otherwise titled "Proof that mom didn't yell at them to put their stuff away" January 23 What I spent my weekend doing. It was quite fruitful.  29 pages to be exact.