Day 140: Running Partners

May 20

In the interest of taking care of this body I was blessed with, I have embarked upon an adventure known as the Couch to 5K.  I am in no way, shape, or form a runner, nor do I have even the slightest desire to be one, but my body is not getting any younger and I'd like it to serve me well for a long time to come.  Lexi wholeheartedly supports me in this endeavor, and has become my personal trainer.  We had our first run tonight, and I'm pleasantly surprised to say that I didn't feel like I wanted to die.

Day 135: Burnt

May 15

You can't really tell in this picture (unfortunately it was the only one from today), but the toes and top of my right foot are bright red.  This is because I thought it would be a good idea to drain a pot of boiling pasta all over my foot.  Not my smoothest move.

Day 123: Bus Buddies

May 3

I went on a field trip with Ellie's class to OMSI.  Last year parents weren't allowed to ride the school bus, but this year they let us on.  I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not, but it was an adventure, and I had a good time keeping track of five cute 1st and 2nd grade girls.

Day 121: Sunny Morning

May 1

Yet another picture from my weekly crosswalk duty.

Day 100: Crossing Guard Duty

April 10

I'm pretty sure I have another picture here that's very similar to this one, but since I do this every week, it was bound to happen.

Day 55: Pants Again

February 24

I wore pants to church again today.

Day 43: Just Me and My Teddy Bear

February 12

I spent today sick in bed with the flu, but Ellie made sure I had company.  Every time she saw me without the bear, she returned it to its rightful place in my arms.

Day 13: Allison - 0, New Knives - 2

January 13

I got these knives for Christmas, and they're great, but my old ones were so dull that I'm having a really hard time adjusting.  I didn't cut my finger off, but not for lack of trying.

Day 4: Old School

January 4

Ellie got roller skates for Christmas, so we thought it would be fun to take the kids to the skating rink so she could really try them out.  I'm proud to say that, even though it's been YEARS since I've skated, I managed to stay upright the entire time.  And I'm a little dismayed to say that Vicki wears the same size roller skates as me.

Day 351: Pants

December 16

I proudly wore pants to church today.

If you don't understand why this is a big deal, see here and then here.

Day 302: Sunday Evening Chill Time

October 28

Watching Mythbusters with the family.

Day 258: Guard Duty

September 14

Just keeping the kids safe.

Day 219: Pretty Toes

August 6

In the two and a half years I've been doing this project, I don't think I've ever done a foot shot, but then I've never really had cause to do one until now.  Tonight I went with some girlfriends to get pedicures, and I realized that it was the first pedicure I've had since right before my wedding, 13 years ago.  Let me tell you, it will not be another 13 years before my next one!

Day 203: Mustache

July 21

While cleaning the girls' bathroom, I discovered this awesome mustache that one of them had stuck on the mirror, and I couldn't resist.

Day 155: Bracelet

June 3

I don't often wear a lot of jewelry, but today I felt like putting on a bracelet.  My best friend Pamela gave me this one way back when I was pregnant with Vicki.  It's one of my favorites.

Day 95: Your Guess is as Good as Mine

April 4

This is, sadly, the only picture I took today.  It took me a minute to figure it out, but it's actually Ellie (in the turquoise), holding my hand (my arm is the navy blue) in the Target parking lot (see the bag?)  We ran to the store while the older two were at their church activity and I think I was trying to take a picture of the two of us holding hands...I think.  I'm just glad I took a picture at all!

Day 85: Sisters

March 25

I love this picture of my sister and me.  It was from about 2002, and you can't tell, but I was about 7 months pregnant with Lexi.  Look how long my hair was!

Day 61: Book Club

March 1

The highlight of each month for me.  With school and cookie sales making my life crazy, I only got about 70 pages into the book this time, but I still enjoy spending time with some wonderful women.

Day 8: Exit Row

January 8

Time to get back to real life.  Right as we boarded, my seat was for some reason switched to an exit row, so here I am enjoying all my leg room while Chris was stuck somewhere at the back of the plane.  Don't feel too sorry for him: he was upgraded to first class on our flight out.

Day 4: Jamaica Zipline

January 4

I can't even begin to describe how much fun I had on this excursion.  We rode 9 different ziplines through the Jamaican jungle, including two that were almost straight down (although the guides sort of lowered us down those two; the rest were closer to free-fall.)  Unfortunately none of my pictures of people riding the ziplines turned out, but I like this one of Chris and me in our awesome hard hats.