Friday, January 25, 2013
The Half
One of the things that Kyle and I are doing together this year is running a half marathon in June in Seattle. I'm excited to do it  with him. It'll be nice to have someone to share the experience with the whole way through. It was sort of lonely last time, although there is a feeling of accomplishment in doing things completely on your own. I half marathon seemed really daunting to me last year. It is a long way to run. But with the right training, it's so doable, and not so hard at all. That doesn't mean there weren't days of training that weren't hard for me, there were. It was so worth it in the end though. So, I'm extending the invite to all of you who want to join us. I think it would be so fun to do as a big group. Or even a small group, but the more the merrier. Doing it with John was really special for me, as i know it would be to do it with any of you who read my blog (sisters, basically).  *ahem- Amy, Bethany, Laura, Eryn (if you're reading this)* Katie's obviously excused, and Andrea may not be interested because of her knee.

What do you say? Want to come? It'll be fun and rewarding in so many ways, I promise!!

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Sarahstottle posted @ 12:13 PM


Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Rut a tut tut
This January has been particularly blah for me. I need a re-vamp of some sort. I'm struggling with it. It's not to say that I'm unhappy.  I live a pretty happy life.

 Christmas was such a great one this year. It started out with a pre Christmas visit from Evan and Esther. It was a really fun week. The kids had so much fun together, we went tobogganing, out on a date and to a Christmas party. Esther and I went birthday shopping for her birthday, which is always fun for me. And they went home and it was suddenly Christmas. It was nice to have Mom and Dad on Christmas Eve.  Mom even sang her Mary's Lullaby song and I didn't even have to try that hard to get it out of her. There was such a powerful feeling of love in my home. Ann and Adam were also there for Christmas, and I found things to be much less stressful than other christmases. On Christmas morning, Mom and Dad came back for present opening.  Dad did his usual handing out of presents. Since I had hoped this may be happening, I felt the need to write at least one funny tag for him to read aloud. I know- one is pretty measly, but usually I have Laura and the twins to help, and we all know that I'm not the wittiest. My one piece of genius was a present from Ann to Kyle that I wrapped. It said "To manchild- fruit of my loins, love the woman who bares the womb from whence you came." Usually dad is sort of grumbly and just reads what the tag says without thinking twice in a monotone mispronounced sort of way. That can be part of the fun of it. But this time he couldn't get through it without out cracking up so much, that no one knew what he said or who it was for. Kyle wrote me a really special letter, that was very kind and loving, and definitely made my Christmas. In it, it included a boxing day shopping spree. It was nice to get to know Adam better. He and Kyle and I went out shopping on boxing day, and I was worried about it not being very fun for Adam following me around and dealing with my indecisiveness. However, he's better at handling it than Kyle. I can see why so many girls get a long with him.  He went home and Ann hung around for a long while after. This enabled us to do things like go out on dates, go snowboarding and leave the house to run other errands- just the two of us. That was really really nice. Then, Ann left, Kyle and Adriel went back to school and there you have it.

Maybe because Christmas was so fun and special it's making it harder to move on. Or maybe it's the freezing cold weather that makes me reluctant to ever leave the house (-3 and I'm dying!!) and leaves little for the kids to do, and they get bored of being inside. Maybe because my hair is feeling rather drab, and I'm unsure what to do about it. Maybe it's because we are trying to stick to a tight budget and let's be honest- spending money makes me feel better sometimes!Maybe it's because Kyle is at school from first thing in the morning and has no breaks between his classes which end at 5:30 so when he comes home he has to study and I miss him. Maybe because, as much as I love my little sidekick Sloan, it's hard sometimes being just me and him at home. He's bored. I feel the need for a break. I've decided to start joy school with him in February. Hello couple of hours of free time for me!! I know I need a change. I know I need to be learning and growing. I just need a shove into the motivation department!

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