FINALLY the race post.....

So Friday I picked Patty up from the airport and we were off in the convertible. Just for fun we drove around the airport 4 times because it was so cute (more because we KEPT MISSING our exit) and kept taking the airport return to go back.. ha ha

(The Thelma and Louise theme I will need to take a picture of the sign Patty made so I would not miss her at the airport)


Well we were on the road talking a mile a minute (reason 1, 2 we missed the exit) it was like being with an old friend, the minute she got off the plane it felt like we had known each other FOREVER! And it was a great time, no awkward silences, we spent 5 full days together and it was SO MUCH FUN!! There were people in both our lives worried about if we would get along or if she was crazy (just like me) but it was AWESOME!!

We finally hit the road and we were South Dakota bound, we stopped for a healthy (er) lunch at Subway on the way and talk about EVERYTHING (I am so sending you a SEXY thong) life, marriage, running there was just something so comfortable about being with her, we finally got to Spearfish and checked into our hotel. The guy at the front was rude when I had explained that I had called to make sure we could have a late checkout on Sunday after the race so we could have a shower before the 5 hour drive home. It was funny really.



Saturday morning we headed to the Expo and met Elaine its amazing what hearing ones persons experience can set a fire in someone else. We picked up our packages and chips and headed out for lunch. We decide to plot the coarse and drive it just to see what it would be like. We mapped it from where we were told we would start and headed on our way, I was almost in tears at the end when I realized there was a HUGE HILL we had to run up at the end to the tune of 3 miles!!! Patty told me not to worry and I would be fine (secretly I was PANICKING!!) we were so sure this was the way we paid special attention driving it back. It was SO BEAUTIFUL out there the scenery really was relaxing and calming. We headed back to the hotel to rest a bit before the spaghetti dinner.

At dinner we met these amazing ladies. They had all met online as well and have been running marathons together ever since. Me and Marjorie (first one on the left) chatted like old friends and even teared up a few times talking about running and what running means for each of us. Harriette having only know 1/2 hour offered to let me use her camel back as I was stressing that I had left mine at home and Mary actually lives and runs in the same area as Patty.
Dinner was AWESOME and we met some great friends. I hope to keep in contact with these ladies and maybe see them again and run with them next year!!



We woke up at 3am just to be sure we had plenty of time to get to the finish line where the buses were going to pick us up and take us to the start. We drove to where we had mapped the coarse and we saw all the water stations along the way so we knew we were heading in the right direction. And we drove and we were both wondering out loud "WHERE THE HELL IS IT!!" We were the ONLY car on the road so we double checked the time to see if we had made a mistake and drove the coarse AGAIN (me in panic about the 3 mile hill at the end) then we FINALLY saw another car and wanted to follow it. We at this time realized we had already missed the bus to the start so we just drove there and sure enough everything worked out. Within minutes of us parking the buses with everyone else pulled up.
We made it to the Porta Potties just before the buses unloaded and you could feel the nervous tension in the air. We walked the 500meters to the start and we did a little stretching AND WE WERE OFF!!!

It was amazing and beautiful, and fun, and exciting, and emotional..... Words can not express what this experience was like...






After the race Patty and I went for a "dip" in this waterfall.. yeah it was BELOW freezing water but its great for muscle issues and helps with cramping... I wish I was CRAZY enough to post the picture that Patty hard taken of my in the water.. Yeah its not pretty At all and it was so PAINFUL!!

The most amazing time ever!!

But y'all are going to have to wait for the good stuff because at this point my toenails hurt, and it hurts to BREATH!!! But there is much more of this adventure to share!!



Oh and thats me and Ms Patty who is now my BFF for sharing this experience with me!!

I will be back to blog land soon I just need to be able to work on wlak ing again first...lol Oh yes this is PAINFULL!!

Big Brother

Ok SERIOUSLY!!! AMBER NEEDS TO GO HOME SHE DRIVES ME BLOODY CRAZY!!!

Seriously!! Seriously!!

Ok and that was a STUPID move from the night crew because now they are out numbered.

Thats all I have to say about that.

Sara your dead for getting me to like this show....JK

So nervous I am going to PUKE!!

So my 1/2 marathon is coming up THIS SUNDAY!!! I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I am SUPER excited to pick up Patty at the airport Friday and spend 5 glorious days together. WEHHOOO finally meeting someone from blog land. Patty is a GREAT runner and for fun the other day (part of her training) she RAN 20 miles!!! Frigging hell. I feel ready for this and then I do not. Considering today is the first day in 5 days that I have been able to hold down food (everyone at work has been sick) I am thinking I need to work up my strength!!! If worse comes to worse then I will be walking. I know I can walk it but I was looking to RUN at least 1/2 of it seeing how I still can not run the full 13.1 miles!!

So I pick up Ms. Patty Friday morning
We drive to South Dakota
Saturday we pick up our packs and EAT LIKE KINGS
Bed early because we have a 4am bus ride up to the start.

Wish me luck.
BIG post if I live through this with pictures and all!!

A little peek at what I have been up to!!

Ok so I have been working on a few pages for All Up in the Kool Aid for her little girl Emma here are 2 that are almost finished. Obviously there are no pictures in them and I did not want to be all creepy and "borrow" them from her site so you will have to imagine pictures of the MOST BEAUTIFUL little girl in them.....



Which one is your Fav so far?? There are more to come but they will have to be a surprise so when I send them she is SUPER surprised..

GREAT NEWS!!

Well there was some bad news running up to the good news so I am going to keep that a secret but the great news is.

MY DEAR FRIEND JESSICA IS GETTING MARRIED!!!

Oh and more great news!! I AM THE MATRON OF HONOR!!!

Can I tell you how excited I am!! And to give you a little back story on my dear friend Jessica she is the kind of person who always told me "I will never get married" oh and " I will never have babies" Well now shes GETTING MARRIED AND GOING TO TRY HAVING BABIES!!!

I am so EXCITED for her that shes happy and finally after kissing a few frogs has found "the one"

Oh and this is SORT of what our bridesmaid dresses will look like the top look the same but they will be cute little short dresses the site it was posted on would not let me steal it (these are COMPLETELY stolen from D*vids BR*dal .... She is torn between Pink and Red and I am PUSHING for the Red because its her favorite color (I mean which ever she chooses I can WORK either color and hey NEW SHOES!)
But I LOVE the dress style. What do you think? Red or Pink?

*** added note there are sure some UGLY ass wedding party shoes on that site. I mean I understand the need to be "practical" but I am not 80***

Sick like a dog

I am even typing this as I sit on the toilet... lol Just kidding. But I have seemed to have picked up a stomach bug and its SUCKING ASS right now.
3 people at work are sick with it, and even though I went in yesterday they sent me home and today I was going to go in even though I am not 100% but my guts are telling me different.

I need to kick this so that I can finish up my training for my run next weekend. 13.1 miles friggin hell lets hope by tomorrow I can hold food down because that would be GREAT.....

Started my new job tonight.. well sort of

So yeah I went in @ 5:15 as requested.
There were 5 different people trying to get my stuff into the computer so I could start. And let me just explain the "caliber" of employees here in good old Wyoming. Well lets just say its a VERY small town. And no offense to anyone who lives here or knows anyone who lives here or wants to live here..... well anyways.
They could not get me into the system and have to wait till tomorrow till the "big" manager is in in order for me to get into the system.
So I asked if there was anything I could do, maybe read some manuals or something and the lady said "no" because I am not in the system they can not have me in the store.

"Oh so you want me to leave?"

"Yeah you'll have to then we will have the "big" manager call you tomorrow"

"Ok no problem but you do know legally you need to pay me for 3 hours?"

Blink, blink (picture a dear in headlights) "Oh, how would you know that?? I will have to talk to the "big" manager about that"

So I skipped away leaving the dear in headlights sitting there ponder that even before my information is in the system I am telling her they owe me for 3 hours.

I can be SUCH a bitch some times

I am a nut for scrapbooking!!

Ok serious tonight was the first night in FOREVER that I pulled out all my scrap booking SHIT!! And there is a lot of it!! So I have posted an add on Craigslist for some of the shit I mean seriously I have 6 (yes 6) BINS full of crap. Crap that has been "ideas" forever!!..
So I thought to myself what other NUT BALL scrapbookers are out there.

Sam **stop waving I took out some of the best stuff to send to you in a care package!

Alfreds Mom** I am in the process of putting together some cute "pre-made" pages so all you have to do is put pictures of Emma in them (lots of lady bugs and butterflies)

And other than that I am not sure who else is a scrap booker like me? Anyone?

And you know the scary thing... yeah this is not even a glimpse of all the shit I have!!

So I got a part time job!!

I walked into my interview and literally the gentleman asked me when I could start and what "position" would I like? Serious. He then went on to explain that although I have tonnes of experience he understands that my primary job takes priority over my part time job and blah blah blah he started me at the HIGHEST amount he could and promised a raise in 90 days. Oh and I can have as much time off as I need (for my marathons) and he was going to use me and all my experience all over the store....so WEEHOOO I have a part time job!! And I am kind of excited about it and I have been busily spending my new found earnings.

These are all so cute!!!





Which ones should I get first??? Ha ha.. and you thought my shoe thing was bad before?? But I will be also spending some hard earned cash on some bills and some stuff for my running and some surprise gifts for the hubby because y'all know how I LOVE to put together care packages...

Lesson learned!

You like my new knee highs? Friggin hell they hurt like a BITCH!! I went out on Sunday for 9 miles and lets just say I learned the valuable lesson that here in Wyoming because the altitude is 6200 feet that the sun is WAY hotter out here. Oh and I burn quite easy.....

Umm yeah...

Moving on I have a job interview tomorrow for a part time job and I am kind of excited. There is really NOTHING to do around here so I figured I would get a part time job so I have more shoe money and with more shoe money comes having to TRAVEL to actually buy shoes. I have scoped out all the shoes stores in the area and unless I plan on turning 80 any time soon or want cowboy boots it is VERY slim pickings....

Getting REALLY excited about my 1/2 marathon on a couple of weeks.. more about that later!

Dep Leppard ROCKS!!

The show was AWESOME!! It was everything I thought it would be. It did occur to the hubby and I that some of the "kids" there have NO IDEA how big Def Leppard was in our day.



I also recorded LOVE BITES for Dixie (winks at her) and I leaned into the husband and on the video you can sort of hear me say "The song makes me hot" BUT IT TOO BIG FOR YOUTUBE!! So the hubby is going to figure out how to make the file smaller for all your viewing pleasures!!
This guy was READY for some Def Leppard and made me wish I would have done BIG hair and blue eyeshadow!!

They really put on a GREAT show they sang all of there good songs and then some, it was funny looking at them and remembering when I first saw them and there big hair back at a fair with my brothers and they opened for White Snake. LMAO I guess that really dates me. It was such a good show I waited the whole show to be ready to take video of Pour some sugar on me but when it came on I had to jump up and scream and dance around with the rest of the sold out crowd!! Face it the concert was so good it even got the hubby on his feet. Maybe it was my GREAT Capella that I was singing because you can BET YOUR ASS I was singing every song at the top of my lungs! Its funny how a song can bring back SO MANY memories

My day at the Rodeo!!!

I had to work 1/2 day but there it was OFF TO THE RODEO!!! It was so much fun. Different but fun. It helped that we had AWESOME seats with free food an all.
I even remembered to capture some action for y'all. I have been to a little tiny rodeo way back in the day but nothing to this caliber. It was neat to see so many different people there. Hubby and I certainly stood out like sore thumbs (or we felt that way anyways) it was almost like we were the only ones not sporting cowboy boots and hats.



There were horses and cowboys as far at the eyes could see!!! I will certainly go again next year. It was fun screaming and yelling at the cowboys. The weather started off a little grey with a few drizzles but then the sun came out and it was beautiful. I did however forget to get any pictures of the hubby and I...*** sigh*** there were all those cowboys to take pictures of....

I only ended up running into the VP in the VIP booth and he's super cool. I was really hoping that the hubby would have gotten at least a little drunk seeing as I drove but he was not feeling much like drinking. I had a Mikes hard lemonade and did not feel much like drinking either.
So I am hoping for this time next year to have my mom come out and join me for the festivities. I think she would really love it. Actually I know she will so for her birthday I am going to get her tickets to one of the shows and put them in an envelope with her plane tickets...

Always with good intentions

Today I had to do 6 miles. When I woke up at 5am I thought no problem, got up peed let the dog out but because I had not slept the previous night when I started to get dressed I thought "I will do them tonight...."
Well get home from work and its a little bit drizzling no big deal to run in so I make the hubby dinner and then out of no where comes the wind and the thunder.. Oh and the tornado ALARMS!! So yeah no run for me tonight. Which sucks because I will have to do it tomorrow morning.
But the good news is I get off work at noon tomorrow to attend the RODEO!!! Free booze and food HELL YEAH!!

YEE HAAWWWW

They just grow up so fast.... lol

Ok you must know by now my sense of humor. And for some reason this really makes me laugh?






The things they seem to be teaching them at the vet now a'days.... Because I have NO IDEA where she picked this up...AND SHES A GIRL!! Why would she do this???? And she does it for HOURS at a time taking short breaks.... So strange

My Horoscope for the day

A lifelong dream is finally beginning to happen. Make sure you find the time to truly appreciate it, even if it comes with hard work, sweat and tears.

Remind me to come back to this in a month.... Interesting

Lucky Upstairs Neighbor

I gave away my Reba Tickets. Yeah I am not such a country fan and the husband is not either so we took a vote and I talked to the neighbors that happen to be HUGE country fans so I gave them to them. (all of there friends were going too)
So yeah. I gave them away.


My mother (HUGE country fan) is going to kill me.

Ummm yeah, can we say HOOKED UP!!

I know, I know I will stop. But I just wanted to find out who wants to be my best friend at this time next year to be dragged to all these FREE concerts.
I mean really?

So excited its the weekend.

OK I have a big story for you guys later I am just home for lunch and I AM EXCITED FOR THE WEEKEND.
Not for any other reason in particular but just so I can sleep in tomorrow and watch TV all day.
I had forgot that I never told y"all about the drama of my last days at work, I will post about that later I can not believe I did not tell you. (not this job my old job in Cali)

Oh and everyone wave "hi" to Rosemary shes a dear friend that I used to work with and I was finally brave enough to give her the link into my life.. (shes the little old lady I told y'all about when I first started my old job?) Anyways shes dear to me and I hope will love me anyways after reading all this crap....lol

So Daisy has gotten a little fat....

ha ha I promise last Daisy post for a bit y'all must be getting sick of these...lol
Ok so I took this picture of her in our bed and I could not BELIEVE how fat she looks in it. I mean I know the neighbors we talking the other day about her but I just assumed it was that she was so cute.....

So we put her on a diet....lol

Yes I realize its called GLOATING!!

So I got these babies FREE!! FREE!! FREE!! FREE!!! The wonderful new job I got is a major sponsor for the events so VOILA!!

Oh and I also get rodeo tickets for free. And not just any old rodeo.. the kind that COMES WITH FREE FOOD AND BEER ALL NIGHT!!!

Ok yeah I scored big and I am kinda excited about the rodeo.....and not just for the free booze either.....

Gosh I LOVE that girl!!

Isin't she the CUTEST thing.. Yeah shes getting back to her old self. Little bastard has figured out that we are slipping her pills. Well at least I never have to worry about someone slipping her something at the bar.....
Ok so we started feeding her the pills in peanut butter and that worked one time till she licked around and spit out the pill.
Then we tried slim jims cut a little hole in it and feed her a little pre-cureser to get her to eat the pill. Well this worked for 2 days and then she started eating around it again. So I tried whip cream which she loves same thing. So tonight I out smarter her this time and dipped the spiked slim jim in peanut butter....lol I am so crafty

Oh and when out shopping the other day I took a picture of THIS SO ILLEGAL asshole who left his dog in the car in 90 degree weather. AT WALMART so you know he was not just able to "run in" and get something. I feed the poor thing water through the window and worried that the owner was going to come out and yell at me..
THIS SHIT MAKES ME SO ANGRY!!!

Shes going to be OK!!

She has a urinary track infection and needs lots of rest which is what she has been doing. THANK GOODNESS it is treatable and WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER HOME!! I was scared shit less this morning when I called at 8pm to see how she did through the night and they told me the dr. had to call to discuss it with me. The first thing she told me was Daisy could not come home yet she still was be observed and needed to stay until at least 2pm. I WAS FREAKING THE HELL OUT!!
Well she still had bad runs all night and then in the morning when they took another pee sample there was blood in her pee and they started treating her for that and she started to get a little better. We have to medicate her and its so good to have her home but she should be just fine.

And we got told not to feed her any more human food. Because lets face its SHES SPOILED!! I mean she always gets whatever we are having after we are done eating and that's always been the way we do it. Now. No more (per vets orders) it could have been something that we feed her that set off her belly issues which are being treated with anti nausea stuff and then stuff for the urinary track infection pills.

Buts shes ok. And now all we gotta do is find her cute ass a job so she can start paying her bills...lol

I am such a BAD pet parent!!

So I spent yesterdays post bitching about how Daisy just was not getting it. Well truth be told the last couple of days she has not really "been herself" at lunch 2 days ago I offered her some turkey and she did not want it. For anyone with a dog to say no to human food there is SOMETHING wrong. Well I put it in her dish and went back to work. She still did not eat it by the time I got home and I mentioned to the hubby that I thought something was wrong.
We thought of all the ideas why she was not going potty on the pads. Well this morning I went out for my 4 mile run and when I got home poor Daisy had diareah ALL over the bedroom (with some of it making it onto the puppy pads) Then she barfed on the bed and was crying. I snuggled her whilst trying not to barf myself and she cried and cried. I needed to get to work so as soon as I got to work I asked if I could go home and take her to the vet. THANK GOODNESS they had no problems I came home and she had barfed again on the bed so I took her to the vet that EVERYONE I work with takes their doggies.

Anyways shes sick. Like REALLY sick and they have kept her overnight for fluids and to keep an eye on her. She had a temperature and they are going to give her anti nausea stuff to calm her poor belly. She had blood in her diareah that she had an accident all over the floor at the vets..... That's what alarmed the vet the most. Dogs usually will not just poop anywhere and for her to have just let it go. Also she pooped in my car. And then she also barfed on the table when the vet was checking her.

The vet was please to know that less than 3 weeks ago Daisy had all her blood cultures done so she knows that she "is" healthy other than what ever this is.

I cried leaving her with the vet. (I know its a secret)

Ok everyone please keep her in you thoughts I know shes going to be OK its just so tramatic for her and us not having her here.

Its so sad at home without her. Its amazing to realize just how much this poor little dog means to you when shes not here begging for food or sneaking in for kisses.

Friggin DAISY!!!

Ok I LOVE her to death I do and I understand that this move has been a HUGE stress for her BUT THE LITTLE SHIT KEEPS PISSING AND SHITTING EVERYWHERE!! In the 4 months we have had her she had only 2 accidents at the old place and both were my fault (forgot to put down pads) Anyways since we got here she keeps peeing and shiting in the house.

We walk her. We just had the carpets clean AGAIN because we were worried maybe she was marking the place because she smelled another dog? Then we placed a BRAND new carpet and in less than 12 hours she peed on that too.

Went to Pet Smart to get the puppy training spray and the Natures Miracle carpet cleaner and now we wait.

We have her on a schedual I EVEN COME HOME FOR LUNCH TO WALK HER AND PLAY WITH HER!!!

Ok asides from beating her TINY ass I am at my wits end....

Finally almost unpacked

The rest of whats needs to be done 1. Tomorrow carpet cleaners come in again. They were done before we moved in and seeing how the previous tenants had pets and Daisy can not seem to get herself potty trained again we are having them re-done in hopes that they will be cleaner than they were before.
2. TV guy is here installing as we speak. 2 weeks without TV I feel so out of touch with the world.

And I am procrastinating about my 9 miles today. Yeah I could have been smart and got up early to do them (which I will be doing from now on) so I am going to cook and early dinner (put mine in the microwave to eat after my run) I need to get back on track and now that I have a job, the house is set up and we only have a few things left to get I HAVE NO EXCUSES!! 24 miles this week. Oh yeah back on track

Ok tell me these do not make you laugh just a little?

Ok call me high school or silly and when I first saw this I laughed. I mean who ever named this gas station/ store I wonder... But serious. Does your mind not think dirty thoughts??


Well seeing how we have no access to a truck and the delivery guy would not be in till tomorrow my good old convertible was used in the transport of the hubby's new 42" Plasma HDTV.
Yeah look how happy he is....lol But this is a good example to "Use what you got!"


Best pizza EVER its from Papa Murphys and its called "The Cowboy" Serious, this pizza place is a TAKE AND BAKE so you pick up the raw pizza come home and cook it and it was the BEST pizza I have EVER had in my life!! The hubby agreed too!!


And Daisy refusing to get out of the car. She has gotten REALLY bold and LOVES car rides since the trip so now every time I let her out to help me get things from the car she jumps in and cries when I try to take her out...lol I LOVE this dog!!

Settling in just fine...

So I think I may like it here. This is the puppy I tried to get the hubby to buy for me and Daisy.. I know, I know you should never buy a dog but he was SO CUTE... I named him Charlie. And Daisy would have LOVED him.. yeah no go with the hubby to the tune of $800 BUCKS. Its sick I know.

Moving on I have been pretty quite since I got here because of a few things. I have been busy scouting for a job that I am going to love with my time here. I was not even here 24 hours and on Thursday I was already interviewing at a couple of different places. One that I was REALLY hoping to get because it would be a perfect fit for me but because they were not going to know until after the weekend (last weekend) I went to 2 more interviews today that went REALLY well. So my fingers were crossed all weekend.

AND I GOT THE JOB I WANTED!!!

So now tomorrow I have to call the 2 interviews I went to today and thank them for the opportunity blah blah just to make sure I do not burn and bridges. Anyways want to hear about how small town this place is? Ok the job that I REALLY wanted and interviewed for on Thursday? Well one of the jobs that I interviewed for TODAY was the company that the girl I am replacing is coming back to work for. I mean what are the chances?