I can't believe I did it again! The first time I ran the Blossom 5.25 mile Run was when I was 18 yrs old. I "ran" it in 58 min. My goal this year was to beat that time.

10 years later.....

I "ran" it with Alan from The Hangover while we took turns pushing Caden in the stroller. It was over 80º and SUNNY!!! No breeze whatsoever. Let me just say, I thought I was going to DIE! Our time was 1 hour, so I didn't beat my 58 min. :( But that's pretty good for just having a baby 2 months ago & not being in shape or training for it. At least I think so.

I wonder what our time would have actually been if I didn't have to stop to tie my shoes at least twice or stop and take pictures of my parents sitting on the side. It probably would have boiled down to 58 min exactly. Haha!

I'd like to say I will run it again next year...but we'll see about that. I highly doubt it.

pictures later!!!

10 years!

So my 10 year high school reunion is this Saturday! TEN YEARS! wow! That's crazy! I'm not like most people, I actually liked high school. A lot. [i know-i know- with the exception of the very last semester]. But even though I had a great time, I really don't feel like going to the reunion. I don't have Facebook, so I don't know what everyone is up to. Nor do I care. My dad has it and there is a page dedicated to my class. I looked at it & saw 108 members have joined. I quickly glanced at the page & realized that I really don't care. I don't mean to sound like a bitch, but I'm just not interested in what my fellow graduates are up to. Honestly, the only ones I care about, I still keep in contact with.

With that said, some of my friends are having an Anti-Reunion Reunion at my house this weekend. Who knows, we might end up walking down into town & running into some people. But we don't feel the need to go to the actual reunion and fake small talk.

It's Blossom weekend, and if you don't know what that entails, you are out of the loops. Good thing or bad thing- eh- your choice. We live in a small town and A LOT of former graduates all reunite back here to get together and celebrate Memorial weekend during the Blossom Festival. It's a carnival, parade, and tons of parties filled with fun, marathon running, alcohol, and sun. With an occasional rain.

This year, I will be participating in my 2nd Blossom Time run. Last time I ran it, I did it in JUST under an hour and I was in shape then. {freshman in college} This year, I'm old, fat and NOT in shape at all! Plus I will be pushing the little one in the B.O.B.! My goal is to finish under an hour again. We'll see how that goes!

I am looking forward to this year though. Should be a good time!

zoobaleezoo

I like this one!!!

















I like this one too









whew! big day! I may have a lot of zoo pix this summer!

goodbye my l...OV..E!!!

Molly's Show

Caden & his daddy watching Molly perform at her End of the Year Show



I couldn't decide which picture was cuter, so I uploaded them all. Plus I love the expression on the little brown haired boy in the left picture



Molly is sort of a picky eater. And I thought it was funny how she picked up the blackberries & gave them a dirty look then put them down. "Ew. I'm not eating that."

haha

PSYCH!!!

I layered my own hair! Oh man! Brave.

orange jubilee

hmm...

Well, this was on the Yahoo! home page and I found it to be rather interesting.

click me

Different. Very Different.

out with the old, in with the new

It was a tough day yesterday. Hard to give up the Sequoia with all of its SPACE!!!! Plus I thought it was good looking. BUT, the gas price to fill it was insane!!!

So now, I have this new car the Acura MDX. Let me just say, it is AWESOME! Too many perks to get into. They all come fully loaded & you can choose from 3 packages: Sport, Technology, and Entertainment. I happened to find one with TWO options: Technology/Entertainment pkg. I have no clue how I luckily stumbled on this one. And it's the color I was looking for in a new car. Score!

There are a lot of things that I am going to have to learn about it. A couple of highlights: navigation system(won't need but fun to look at), back-up camera, dvd from ceiling with remote and cordless headphones, the backrow people can control the radio (if i press a button that allows them), heated seats (even in 2nd row), memory driver's seat, handsfree link, moonroof, custom: interior/exterior lighting control, sound control, climate control.... the car is frickin off the charts.

I could go on, but the baby needs me. Maybe I should take him for a ride. :)

mother's day

We all went out to dinner. Yes, we took up the whole restaurant. It was great!

My mom, dad, Mikey, Cade, Jan, Walter, Katie, Megan, Gary, Ron, Steve, Carrie, Kevin, Leah, Dennis, Linda all came out to visit my grandma on mother's day!

I'm Bacccccccccccccccccck

Yay!! Back to work! I picked a great day to come back! It's Literacy Day; early release!

All I have to do is watch them read an then teach a high school gym class.

:)

can't wait!!!

This is going to be epic!

walking thru the metros

dad & mom coming back from squaw rock



is that a fox?





daisy



gidget









ew.

erin wearing mikey's shoes

hangin' with molly & riley

I'm going to try it again.

Tomorrow we are going to the gym, hopefully, my knee won't fail me once again. I feel like absolute crap. I ate absolute crap today. It was so gross out, that I wouldn't even go to the grocery store to buy some food. Instead, I just ate junk & drank water all day.

The little guy has been asleep for about 30 min. Let's hope for another good night like the last 2. Let's also hope that my double chin & thunder thighs go away.

Hopefully soon I'll be able to call them Thinder Thighs.

Mom's Farmhouse

My mom grew up with 10 siblings. Yes, her parents had 11 kids! They lived in a lot of different houses, but one of them will always stand out to me. The Farmhouse on 44. It TOTALLY looks haunted. When we first moved here, it didn't look run down, but it's been 17 years, and it looks pretty crappy. They lived there for 10 years in the 60's-70's.

I'm so fascinated by this house. Not sure why, maybe because it has to have sooo much history. So many stories from the families who lived in it. A couple of years ago, my aunts & cousin broke into it and took some pictures. I have never seen the pictures. And it would have been nice to see it then.

There has been a dumpster out in front of it for awhile. So we think they are tearing it down or fixing it up. My mom, my aunt, Caden, and I drove over there one day last month to check it out. My mom wanted to show me the inside so badly, so I can see the cool house & the awesome staircase.



I don't know why, but I should have tried to see what was inside the dumpster.



There were a bunch of signs saying No Trespassing. Apparently, we didn't see them.

The house is owned by the city of Akron, because it's by the lake. They bought a ton of property by the water.



yuck. I was SOOOO scared to go up to the door, bc i REALLY REALLY thought the place was haunted.

I got to the door and OMG! The inside was GUTTED! There were no floors, no dividing walls. Nothing. Just piles of wood. My mom is gonna freak. She immediately walked to the back. Then I heard her go through a door and just sigh, "omg!!!! NOOOOOO!"


haunted



I went in. Wow! What the HELL is going on here?






oh really?

There were so many memories going through my mom's head. I could feel her pain. She wanted to go to certain rooms to reminisce, but those rooms weren't there. It was so sad & depressing. I wanted to cry & I have never been in there, I have no memories of it, but I still felt sad.

There are 5 barns on the property. (i think).



We walked over to them. Some of them you could see into, some were boarded up shut. There were also a bunch of Honeybees!



Either way, they were creepy!!!



We may or may not have taken some mementos with us. Some things that could have been my grandma's.



I ALWAYS think of Dorothy when I see these. And yes. I opened it and looked down there. It was freaky.



All of the registers were piled outside on the porch.



haunted.



and haunted.

My mom said she said some Habitat for Humanity papers on the ground. Who knows how long they were there or what that even means. Are they using the wood for it? Are they fixing the place up for HFH? What? But if they were, why would they take ALL of the floors out so you can see all the way up to the roof? We are thinking they are just bulldozing it. But then why would they take the time to take all of the floors out? UGH! I want answers! And I want them NOW!!!!