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Always a lot to be thankful for...
I feel very blessed with my family, and this year I'm feeling especially blessed with my husband. A man who does so much and asks for so little! It seems, the past few years that I have been running, he has picked up the slack in other areas, including that of Thanksgiving.
When we started making plans for the turkey trot there were 8 of us, and by the time the...

On Sunday I spent my entire day hauling up totes and covering every flat surface available throughout my kitchen, dining room and family room until every tote was empty. This alone is an overwhelming experience, not knowing where to start to make sense of it all... but somehow, every year, I go through the same thing, and know as I plug along, it will all come together.
As things started taking shape,...

We have a wedding on New Year's Eve, and I plan to be the best that I can be by continuing my running, eating well and finding motivation through others, so I decided to join another challenge along with my running goals.
With 30 miles till I reach my 2011 goal of 1000 miles, yes, I ran another 6 miles yesterday! I may increase that goal and try and make it to 1100 mile for twenty-eleven.
There...

Ran the turkey trot on Thanksgiving morning with Milt and Kristen. We met over at Milts gym and headed over so those two could get registered, I had already registered online a few days prior. With Milt having smashed his left foot, leaving it bruised and my left foot bothering me, we thought we would make one good runner out of the two of us.
So many people throughout Hinckley knew Milt and Kristen...

 
 

Another one of the creative classes at the Bertram was the Book of lists!
Trish taught this class and I just love it and the concept! The book is wrapped in felt and filled with pockets, envelopes, tags and more!
Its just as the name says... a book of lists
But you know how those lists change over time...
Lists like:
tv shows I miss
people you  miss the most
favorite reads
goals for month
people...

I was lucky enough to do several classes while at the Bertram besides for the December daily, one of my favorites is:
The gratitude journal made with Jamie Pate...
from the moment we started, I was inspired. The package alone was gorgeous and the ideas were infinite!
All the details, the butterflies and pockets... oh yes, just perfect!
Every page has a pocket with journaling pages in between
A...

How lucky am I to spend another weekend at the Bertram Crop. The anticipation of the event is like counting down to a vacation and just like a vacation, its over before you know it and the countdown begins again for another year!
A weekend to be creative, silly and social with a great group of women. Time to catch up on each others lives, on our scrapbook pages, and do what we do best, celebrate...

99 miles until I reach my goal of 1000 miles in 2011, and at this point I'm even thinking about getting to 1100 for 2011 and setting a goal of 1200 for 2012? We will see how November shapes up, and then I will know how much I can get in December?
Also, I am working on 12 half marathons for 2012.  Jill has put together this list, and even got us a sponsor!  Chelsea and I are planning on for...

Counting down to the once a year crop with Work in Progress kits and planning my projects to get the most accomplished in my time away.
In the last few weeks I have pre planned some layouts, took vacation pictures and used divided protectors to plan out which pictures are going into layouts and which pictures are added to protectors, and most recently, I decided to take my year and put it into wallet...