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Right now, I'm not sure if I can form complete sentences - so here are some updates  with bullet points and sentence fragments.

• Morning training run - "easy" 5 miles at a 11:21 minute/mile pace.  This included hills and a water stop.  At one point during the run (closer to the end), I asked the woman running with me - Is this difficult for you?.  Woman: No, not really.  I'm not sure if the two of us are going to be friends.  
• We also did several running drills - I'm so slow, I came in last even during the drills.  Some of the drills include things like - skipping, running backwards and sideways and multiplication tables.  Not really the last one, but maybe if cookie dough eating or diaper changing was a drill, I would stand a better chance. 
• I'm leaving tomorrow for a small trip to Houston to help my friend Nana with her twins (remember, they were born on Cub's birthday).  I'm looking forward to seeing Nana, her sister Weenie and the little girls but I'm not looking forward to being away from Cub.  I'm feeling a little sad about it, if I'm being honest.  I know Buttin and Cub will be just fine without me, but I hope neither one forgets me.
• We were notified by our landlord that we need to be out of our house by June 30th or sign a 9 month lease.  This means, we need to find a house ASAP (not ideal) or stay in our rental house longer than we had originally planned.  We're leaning towards signing another lease and then maybe finding a house sometime in the fall and then we can slowly move into the new house.  Buttin and I may go looking at houses in the next few days, but really there's no time.  Not to mention, we really don't have time to be moving right now!
• Some of my family members from Florida might be coming for a visit next week.  It'll be really nice to see them.  I hope they're OK with a slightly crazy, frazzled and otherwise sweaty sister/daughter.

Here is my little Cub today, playing outside.

Did I mention that I'm really going to miss him (and his daddy too)?

P.S. Probably no blog posts for the next couple of days.  I hope to return to blogging in time for Filanthropy Friday.  

Misfit Monday

It's Memorial Day and also Misfit Monday (a lesser known holiday). 

Thankfully for America, most of our misfits (I include myself) aren't qualified to serve in the military.  We did have one misfit (who no longer works with us) who was in the military. 

One day, this misfit got into a rather odd confrontation with another misfit.  The confrontation ended when ex-Army misfit stomped on the desk of the other misfit.  As in, he climbed on top of a desk and left shoe prints all over the papers on the other misfit's desk.  He had a good little tantrum.

Here's our little tantrum throwing toddler (sometimes I think a grump-alien-toddler replaced my sweet baby), playing the role of drill sergeant to new recruit, Mouser.

Busy Day, Fun Day

Phew.  

Today was busy. 

We spent most of the afternoon at Liz & Jonathan's house playing in the pool.  Cub loved the pool.  

I love his sweet face. 

Cub was supposed to take a nap at Liz & Jonathan's house before going onto our next stop.  Cub decided to play instead.  Oh well.

Next we went to my cousin's graduation party.  We showed up kind of early, because we had to leave early.

Here's my cousin (isn't she pretty?), my aunt and my uncle.

When we got home (around 4:45), we fed Cub a quick dinner and then he fell asleep on our walk.  Poor guy was pooped. 

My New Lens

I'm not sure if I mentioned it yet, but I got a new camera lens or Mother's Day.

It's super fast and sharp and I love it.

Here are a few pictures from yesterday that I love.

 

 

Filanthropy Friday

Today's Filanthropy Friday idea is from one of my Baby Mama friends, Heather.  

She wrote to me a few weeks ago praising the organization Homes For Our Troops.  They modify homes for our severely injured troops.  I thought it would be an excellent choice for Memorial Day Weekend.

Since starting Filanthropy Friday, I've gotten very good at googling charity-related stuff (don't be jealous of my talents).  A few weeks ago, I discovered Charity Navigator which  gives ratings to charities based upon efficiencies, effectiveness and amount of cookie dough consumed. You can use Charity Navigator to search charities by rating, need level or category.  They've also compiled some pretty interesting top 10 lists - like 10 Celebrity-Related Charities and 10 Charities Overpaying Their For-Profit Fundraisers.

Not surprisingly, Homes For Our Troops is a 4-star rated charity. One of the great things about Homes For Our Troops is that you can donate money to homes being modified for local troops and you can help do the work (I'd be a lot of help, if the task was eating cookie dough).  

In honor of my dad, an Air Force veteran, I gave $35 to SSG Nicholas McCoy and the project for his home in Boerne, TX (where my dad and mom live). 

Mormor & Dadoo Visit

Mormor and Dadoo are in town for a visit.

No surprise, they brought Cub a gift - a potty chair!!

Here's Cub helping Dadoo with the instructions.

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