Run #4 and More Thanks!

First off, Thanks to TERRY & SANDY CARLMAN, longtime family friends of ours, and the parents of one of my oldest and best friends, Erin. Erin & I have been friends since we were 5, and the Carlmans were like my second family when I was growing up for all the time I spent over there. I love ya'll!

Also, I want to thank AMANDA GRAY, my dear friend who I met during my HOB days. Amanda is one of a kind and so much fun- your friendship means the world to me and I really appreciate your donation!

So yesterday we ran somewhere between 4 1/2 and 5 miles- for a total of 60 minutes of running. It really is amazing what you can do in little increments. We started with 30 minutes of running only 4 weeks ago- and here we are doubling it. It is further than I have ever run before, but it really didn't feel all that different than the week before. I hope each of the week's incremental increases goes as smoothly.

I think that is a good lesson in life- everything in moderation. If you bite off more than you can chew right off the bat, well, no wonder when you get burnt out. But if you slowly build up, you can do so much more than you would ever think you could. It just takes patience.

We also had a really interesting clinic on running form. Apparently I bounce a little too much when I run (thank you, years of cheerleading) but I'm working on it.

I didn't make it to the farmer's market yesterday because I had some folks coming over to play Euchre. Yes, we played a midwestern card game on a Sunday afternoon- I promise I'm not 80. Amanda (see above) and I put up a good fight, but we lost 2 games to 1 to Jake and Amy. What can you do? We just got out played.