The people in life you pick...

“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”

The theme of the Q&A this week is Friendship:

{1} Do you make friends easily?

Yes and no.  I can find someone to talk and banter with pretty easily, but that's not what a real friendship is to me.  So surface friends, yes, but real friends who you tell real things to...good or bad...not so easily.  It takes me a while to really trust you and open up.  I guess that comes with the being burned too much by previous friends.  

{2} What 3 qualities are a must in a friend?

Someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously.  Humor goes a long way with me :)

Someone who is dependable.  It's ok if things come up and we can't meet for dinner sometimes, but I just want to know that if I really needed you, I could count on you.

Someone who is honest.  Yes, sometimes being honest sucks because you are forced into an uncomfortable situation, but if I'm acting like a B- or dressing like a hoe, I want you to tell me.  I might be a little taken a back at the time, but friends need to tell you when you're acting-a-fool.

{3} What makes you a good friend?

I'm try my best to be those things above to my real friends.  Plus, you can count on me to do something stupid or humorous every now and then.  I definitely don't take myself too seriously.  

I wear my sunglasses at night.

{4} Have you ever met a bloggy friend in real life?

Yes? tell us about your meet up. No? who would you love to meet?

I once met Michelle for a second.  She makes these amazing cupcakes and I order some for my SIL's birthday.  When I say amazing, I mean, you should order some right now and hide them so you can eat them all yourself!!  We're planning a dinner soon, so I'm excited :)

{5} Who is your best friend? Tell us about them.

John's my best friend...I guess obviously since I married the guy ;)

He's a hard worker, funny, honest, so very smart, considerate, generous, stubborn, direct, and silly.  Of course, that doesn't incorporate all of him, but it hits some of the major points.

I also have these amazing ladies in my life that are some of my other favorites

Hello Ladies!

Plus the boys on each end that have had my back since we were just young little preschoolers :)

Project 365: Day 11

My daily drive...

This one goes out to all the runners!

Congratulations to Caroline Kilel for finishing the Boston Marathon in 2:22:36.  Yes, yes, I know...Geoffrey Mutai rocked it with a 2:03:02 finish, beating the old world record by 58 seconds.  Amazing athletes!  Both runners are from Kenya and they've represented their country well!  I've been watching the race results come in, and I just can't stop.  Today is the first day that Twitter has entered my life...sort of.  I mean, there was a live stream of tweets that I was reading. Not a bad little network for stuff like this.  

How amazing is the Boston Marathon?!  If you're not a runner, you probably just think those people are crazy, but if you are a runner, then you understand how amazing these elite athletes are.  I would love to qualify for Boston.  I'm not sure how to even do that because for some reason, my legs just don't want to move that fast...for that long anyway, so if anyone has pointers, please pass them along.  Yes, this is a serious request :-)


This gets me soooo excited about the Savannah marathon!  I'm getting pumped about training again...and having a goal at the end of it.  I'm working on strength right now...I want diesel legs this time around so I can propel myself a bit harder and faster!  The race course comes out next week!!!  4/26, oh yea!  No hills, fast course???  Puh-lease!!! 

At this point, I can't wait to get off work and run!  Less than 2 hours :) :) :)


Congratulations to all of you that ran Boston today!  What an accomplishment!

Project 365: Day 10

W=Winning!



...or, just our last name :-) this is one of the many fantastic decorations we hung this weekend. Organization and making our house homey was this weekend's goal!

Project 365: Day 9

Yay spring!

Yay Friday!

Last night, John was such a sweet husband.  I got home later than usual because of the golf tournament, so he picked up stuff for dinner.  He made us a delicious dinner of steak, scalloped potatoes and salad.  It was really yummy.  He also picked up: 

and we had ourselves a little date night.  It was such a good night.  We haven't had time to really just spend time together lately, especially with us both feeling well, so his planning made my night.  It was such a sweet surprise :)

As for the movie, I thought it was slow.  I was really looking forward to seeing it, we even almost spent $12 on the cruise to rent it and I'm glad we didn't because it would not have justified spending that much.  There were some funny parts, don't get me wrong, but it was slow off and on.

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Today, is Lily's birthday!  I can't believe she's 5!  Last year, I made her a cake...a recipe with dogs in mind.  It smelled so good, but didn't taste good at all to me, but she LOVED IT.  This year, I'm going to try the doggie ice cream since she can eat them in her little courtyard and go nuts!  We'll see how she likes it :)

I'm so ready for the weekend.  I'm glad it's finally here.  It should be a fun little weekend full of friends, fun and a little bit of relaxation in there!

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!  Yay Friday!!

Project 365: Day 8

Today, Lily is 5.  Happy Birthday fur-child.  Tonight, your dad and I will give you (doggie) ice cream, so you can enjoy one of my greatest joys in life!