Back from Spring Break :)

Ha, ha, let's just pretend for a second that I was on a beach somewhere for the past week, sipping a cocktail and soaking up the sun.  Ah, that sounds nice, right?  Well, I wasn't on Spring Break, but Kevin was so I guess that counts :)  I have my girls weekend coming up at the end of next month, so it's something to look forward to--and to motivate me to get my booty to the gym. 

Anyways, I'm back.  Sorry for the break in posting, but what can I say, at least I am back after a week and not months :) 

I still have a ton of pictures to post and things to get caught up on, but I guess such is life.  I started my half marathon training plan this week which is already keeping my quite busy at the gym.  I am having to take a break from some of my classes to fit in all of my training runs, but it's good because it will be good to get back to my classes when training lets up a bit. 

I'm trying to be a bit better with my eating habits this week, I started completely falling off course last week.  I realized for myself that once I start slipping it is a very slippery slope--those Reese's Peanut Butter eggs are not helping anything these days.  So, I am trying to limit sweets, chips, and fries for the next month.  I need to finally shed this last 5-7 pounds and I certainly think my running would benefit from me losing the last couple of pounds, so here's to hoping :)

So, things are good around here--now if only my house would magically clean itself, life would be great!!!!

Finding motivation?

Remember last week when I posted about finding my motivation and trying to hold myself accountable--well guess what?  I have failed on every single one. Like not even close to accomplishing even one of my goals-pathetic I tell you, yes, but in my defense-the weekend was busy, the dog got lost, Kiley celebrated her 3rd birthday, and blah it's still snowing and on and on.

I have a ton of things to post and I will, I promise, but tonight, I think I need to take time to regroup and really find my inner motivation. 

Here's to a new day tomorrow.  I am going to really try to get back on track--and it won't hurt that my mom is coming tomorrow for a week so an extra pair of hands hopefully will be just what I need :)

Happy Friday! Morgan's home!!!

Well our little jailbird is back home.  Thanks so much for all of your thoughts.  Kevin actually picked her up this morning and said that her accommodations were not so great, probably a good thing I didn't pick her up.  He said he could hear her crying when he walked in, then he had to go ID her and she was super excited, but the he had to go back out front to fill out some paperwork before they would release her and he said she just howled like he had never heard before.  My poor baby dog.  I would be giving her treats for the next week, heck, I would probably be letting her eat at the dinner table with us.  And, yes, I am giving her treats for the next week :)

We have a busy weekend planned to celebrate our little Kiley's 3rd birthday!!!!  Her birthday isn't actually until Monday, but we are going to do family day tomorrow since I have my second 10K of the year on and a baptism on Sunday so tomorrow Kiley gets to be Princess for a Day!!!!

I can't wait--oh and do you know how hard it is to get six helium balloons in the back of your car.  Oh, not easy.  I wish someone had videotaped me.  I would have been dying laughing if I have seen myself.

Have a great weekend!!!

Missing: A lovable labradoodle named Morgan

My sweet Morgan went missing this afternoon--now, I know she is ok, someone found her and turned her in, but it was past the sheriff's closing time, so my poor doggie has to spend the night in the pound.  Poor girl :(

I really don't know what happened, but after thinking of it more, this is what I think happened.  I let her and Madison out a the same time.  The dogs love to just wander around the yard and they really don't ever venture out of the yard so we don't always have their collars on.  Madison is the one a couple of weeks ago who started to go out of the yard and that is the only time that I have ever seen either one of them leave the yard.  We starting putting the collars on them again, but Morgan's battery didn't work so I didn't have it on them.  After a while Madison wanted to come back in, but Morgan loves the snow and would stay out all afternoon.  So I thought nothing of it.  After a while, we decided to walk down to get the mail.  I went out, called for Morgan, no Morgan.  Looked around the house, nowhere to be seen.  Started to panic.  Checked in the house to make sure she didn't get stuck somewhere even though I knew she wasn't inside, nope not there.  Loaded the girls into the car--windows down, yelling for her.  Nowhere to be found.  Drove back home in hopes that she was there, nope.  Left the girls in the car, tried to follow random tracks through the snow but who knows what was dog tracks vs. deer tracks vs. coyote tracks.  Back in the car, keep driving around, screaming for her.  Nothing.  Thank god I don't see her hurt on the side of the road!  Frantically try to find the number for the police department, but it is hard to do while driving and screaming out the window.  Call Kevin and tell him to try to call.  Go back home again--ask a few people, including the UPS man, if they have seen a yellow dog wandering around.  Nope.  Finally, get a call back from Kevin who talked to the sheriff that someone had dropped her off, but we couldn't pick her up until the morning.  Relief, but I am still left wondering what happened.

After a bit of thought my most plausible hypothesis is that the house next door is going up for sale and someone there saw her and thought she was lost. When I pulled into the drive way today, I saw they had a lock box on their door.  Well, this afternoon while searching for Morgan, I noticed that their was a For Sale sign now in their front yard.  My thought is that someone went to their house to put up the sign and Morgan just pranced over to say hi and since she didn't have tags on the people thought she was lost.  Now, I'm sure it was the relator who came to put the sign up and the house is vacant so there are no owners there that would know this was our dog, so I know that this person truly was just trying to do the right thing and I am thankful for that.  I am thankful that my Morgan is safe, but I know she is probably not loving spending the night away from home by herself.  I can only imagine the pound is not luxurious.  Does she even have food?  And she doesn't have a nice pillow to sleep on.  She must be so scared and wants to come home.  Poor baby.  You better believe that I will be waiting in the parking lot for the pound to open up tomorrow morning.