Green Thumbs

We took the opportunity on Memorial Day weekend to try and become a little more self sufficient and plant a little garden on the deck of our apartment. 




We had so much fun going to pick out plants- trying to decide was hard! We decided on one zucchini plant, one bell pepper plant, one tomato plant, one basil plant and 4 little strawberry plants. Josh brought home 3 big buckets and we have them up on chairs on our deck in order to get enough sun. I have a feeling that they are not going to get anywhere near enough sun, but Josh says that the recommendation they give you for 6+ hours of sunlight is "just to be safe". We'll see. It is our first garden, so this year it just about experimenting to see what we can get away with in our apartment. I sure hope we get at least something. And I sure hope the lady who lives underneath us doesn't complain about the water draining from our plants onto her porch! oops! Home grown veggies, here we come!

Special Post Alert

Okay everybody out there in the blogger world...that includes any blog stalkers that I may have...this is a very special post and I want you listen up, or should I say read up. I'd like you to meet my friend Erin's cousin Julia and her husband Brett. (I actually blog stalk them all the time!)


They have been married for 6 years now, and have been wanting to be parents for almost as long. Right now they are trying to adopt, and so far haven't been blessed with a baby...they're trying to get the word out to as many people as possible. So, if you know of someone, or know of someone who may know someone, tell them you found the perfect family for a little baby to be loved in, to be snuggled, to be played with, to grow up in, with the best mom and dad a kid could ask for. I know they are going to be the best parents ever! They have so much love to give, and lots and lots of hugs and kisses. This means so much more to me now that Josh's sister and brother in law have been able to adopt. They are so happy and grateful for their new little boy. So if you know anyone considering adoption please pass Julia and Brett's information along:

Parent Profile
Provident Living Profile
It's about love profile

And check out their blog too. They are always doing something fun, or on a cool adventure!

Julia & Brett

apparently I am Italian now...

My name has been botched in every way possible my whole life- I've gotten everything under the sun, and thought I had heard everything. I got a fax with this on it today.

It's from one of my kids social workers. I have left numerous voice mails for this lady and sent a fax to first, with my name on the cover sheet and in other multiple locations. Seriously. How hard is it?! 

WE DID IT!

We finished our half-marathon on Saturday- it is such a relief that it's over! Josh has been sick and I wasn't feeling my best either- especially since I was so nervous the night before that I barely got any sleep! 

At the start line- (we are the ones looking back) it was so exciting! It looked like the rain was holding off- but it pretty much rained the entire race. We were soaked at the end!

Gloriana finishing at 2:32- finally done! I was going strong at a really good pace  non stop for the first 9-10 miles. I was feeling awesome and on a total high. Then my body shut down and  had to walk/run the last 2-3 miles. I was so frustrated! But my legs just wouldn't run anymore. My hips were killing me. 
We didn't get a picture of Josh finishing :( but he finished just 5 minutes after me. He had a rough race- after being sick the whole week before the race, after mile 8 he was hurting bad. We were both soaking wet from the rain and so tired, we couldn't wait to get home. Josh's dad came out to support us and take pictures. 
We got medals for finishing- Josh loves his medal:) He was super excited to get a medal. 

We are still so sore today- every muscle aches! I would like to do another one- but I think that we have to train totally differently next time. More strength training to get us through that second half I think. Anyway- we are happy it's over and our Saturday's wont be taken up by long runs anymore- at least not for a couple months...until we register for another one :) 

SICK

so josh has been sick all week- like home sick from work, laid up, can't breathe, sore throat, etc and I am right behind him. I had to work yesterday, but I was nauseous all day, achy and my skin even hurt. We are both feeling a little better today, but are both taking the day off of work just in case. This does not look promising for our race tomorrow. We both only ran once this week- and our carb loading meal we were supposed to eat last night, just didn't happen because neither of us had an appetite. And it's supposed to rain tomorrow. Soooo... I am trying to be positive. We have worked so hard for this thing, I don't want it to be a bust! We need some serious prayers people.