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It's obviously been a while since I've done anything. It's amazing how much time school takes! I want to kind of re-do my blog and reorganize things into different sections so I have a section for posts about running/fitness/health, and one for family stuff, something like that. It's going to take some time for me to work on it, especially since I don't have much material right now. Once I get things figured out I hope to get more traffic on here and hopefully I'll have something that's useful and/or fun for someone!

On a different note, I'm taking a Social Media marketing class. For the class, we are in groups of 3 and we are meeting with local businesses to help them develop a marketing plan directed at using Social Media. My group is working with the Boys and Girls club of America Maverick. It used to be the Maverick Club, but now they are The Boys and Girls Club. Their big problem is that nobody really knows about them or they think the club is closed. They're really in need of donations. If you don't feel comfortable giving a monetary donation, they are always in need of supplies like paper, pencils, etc and also things like basketballs, baseballs, etc. I've only met with the lady a couple times, but I really like what I've seen of the organization. I'm going to try and post more things about them as I learn more.

Also, they club is trying to get the Color Run to Amarillo, TX!!!! The race people donate proceeds to a local charity, so in this case it would be the Boys and Girls Club. So not only would it be epic for Amarillo to have this, but it would be benefiting a great cause. If you happen to read this, go to the site of the Color Run and vote for Amarillo to get it!!

Been busy!

Yes, I  know it's been a while. Truth is I haven't really had much to post about. I've been prepping for the half marathon, studying for a CLEP test, and trying to keep up with everything else. Hopefully soon I'll have something worth posting about!

2 quick things...

1) I'm registered for the half marathon! Woo!

and 2)... I have just discovered the amazingness of pancakes with peanut butter and jelly!!!!! Why has it taken me this long?!?!?!

Woo Hoo!

Horray! After waiting what feels like forever, they finally put up the registration form for the half marathon I want to run! And the best part? It's only $20. Most of the other half's I see are at least $50. I "officially" started training this past week, and sad to say it, but it didn't feel like it. I went running Monday and Wednesday as planned. According to the training plan I'm following, I'm supposed to run Thursdays, but it was just a crazy crazy day Thursday. I was going to to my long run on Saturday (4 miles) but we got up late and then decided to take the kids to the park. I ran to and around the park, but I only got like 1.5 miles in. But, that's okay. This is a new week and now that I can actually sign up, I'm feeling more motivated.

As for the eating better, well.... it's not going to good right now. I'm all out of the fruits and veggies I got. Either they were all eaten or went bad. Money's kind of tight and it's sad that the good healthy stuff I want is so dang expensive. But, it could be a lot worse.

However, my weekly menu is working great! Of course there's days that I switch stuff around, but over all it's been fantastic.

And I've done a couple more creative things for my kids!!! I won't post pics of them, but the first one I did for my daughter. We're starting potty training, so I just filled with piece of paper with stenciled drawings of flowers and butterflies. We have these little butterfly stickers. When she pees in the potty she gets 1 sticker and when she poops (which has yet to happen) she gets 2. We put them on the flowers and butterflies. Whenever she fills up a flower or butterfly I plan of her getting a small prize. I have yet to get the prizes, but she has yet to fill one up. The other I just did this morning. Our son is trying to learn the days of the week, so I printed out the days and made a small calendar. Each day has a picture of what we're going to do for that day. For example, Sunday has a picture of a church because we go to church. Monday has a stroller because I'm going running. One day we're going to the library, so there's books. Hopefully it works out.

Feeling crafty!

Thanks to Pinterest there's a million crafty things I want to do, and I'm not the crafty type. But today I had a couple small things come up that I just had to do! The first one came to me at dinner time. My almost 3 year old son is such a picky picky eater. Usually I'll just give him cereal or chicken nuggets or something like that that he'll eat just so he'll eat. But tonight I made roast and I really wanted him to just try it. I don't like bribing kids, but sometimes it just has to be done. I told him if he took a bit of roast I'd give him a dollar. And it worked!! He ate a few more bites! I wish he had eaten more, but you can only do so much. Anyway, my husband and I decided he's old enough and capable enough to start earning small amounts of money for things. So I came up with a few chores he can help with and amounts of money to go with it!

Here it is! My newly made menu thing! I got the original idea for this from Pinterest (of course) but the one I saw was much fancier. I just used the side of a diaper box, scrapbook paper, a glue stick, a sharpie, clothes pins, and a couple small envelopes I got at Dollar Tree a loooong time ago. I'm excited to have this! Before I just had it written on a piece of paper and it wasn't as fun.

So far my menu and snack prep idea has been going great. I love not having to spend the day thinking "What am I going to make for dinner tonight, and do I have the stuff to make it?" Of course breakfast and lunch are a totally different matter, especially with my son being so picky. The single serve fruits and veggies are great too. I take the kids out on walks a lot so we don't go crazy while my husband has the car all day at work. I just grab a couple bags and bring them along. I know if I can get a few of those down me a day I'm doing great!

I'm wanting to do this half marathon in September. It would be my first! The only problem is I can't find anything anywhere about how to register!!!! It's a yearly thing but I get the impression that they don't start registration until like August. It's a little nerve wracking. I found one of those 10 week training plans for half marathons and I officially start training next week! I'm nervous but excited. We just got our jogging stroller fixed so I'm hoping that will help me with training. With my husband's work schedule I'd either have to wake up super early to run, run when it's still 100 degrees outside, or wait until it's dark and dangerous outside. But now as long as I can push the stroller I can go whenever I want! Woo!