Three Things Thursday...

1. For my giveaway, I had you guys tell me a diet confession...and I loved your answers! I thought in fairness, I would offer up one of my confessions: When I need to workout in the morning, I sleep in my gym clothes...I would feel guilty taking them off without getting the workout in first :) LOL (I know I am an oddball! :) )

2. Today is mine and Tommy's 4th anniversary! It has been a wonderful four year...and I am so glad Tommy walked into my life when he did. My anniversary is always a bitter sweet time. As most of you know, my Dad passed away a little less that two weeks before my wedding day..his funeral was 8 days before my wedding. I always say that my wedding was the last gift my Dad gave to me, because Tommy and I originally wanted to elope. Dad insisted on a big wedding...and honestly did most of the planning. He wanted so bad to be able to walk me down the aisle. He did get to see me in my wedding dress, and I will never forget him telling me how beautiful I looked. It was during one of short spurts not in the hospital...and we were at my grandmother's house. It was out of the blue, and he said...why don't you go try on your dress for me...at first I didn't want to...I wanted it to be a surprise for him, but I am so glad I did. Physically, I was alone when I walked down the aisle to my future  husband... but I know my Dad's spirit was there with me, and it was in every detail of of our big, beautiful, wedding.

3.  My 30 Day challenge is moving right along...more on that tomorrow :) And I am very excited about Amy's Spring challenge...if you haven't signed up you should!

     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Three Things Thursday

1. I am back in the land of the blogging after the "Great Southern Snow of 2011." LOL We got 11 inches of snow at my house ...honestly the most I have seen in my life. I loved it! We had a blast playing in it! Tommy and I played like little children. Today was my first day back to work, but most of the schools are still closed. I will try to post some pictures of the snow this weekend :)

2. Today, a lady that my mother used to work with came in the library and was asking about my mother's boyfriend. My Dad passed away 3 years ago and this is still a very touchy subject for me. She started by asking if my Mother was still dating "that good looking man." I said yes, and tried to go back to my work...she then asked something more about him, and I gently told her I didn't know that I had only met him a few times (and honestly those few times weren't wonderful..) and she said, well I thought you liked him. I told her I really didn't know him (at this point, I was blinking back tears)...and she ended the conversation by asking if I thought they would get married soon. I honestly wanted to scrape this woman's eyes out. Or scream at her... or something! I was obviously uncomfortable with the conversation and she just kept on... not only that, but I was at work...and though I could have excused myself, because of the weather, I had no one else working in my department, and hated to leave because we were somewhat busy. * I think I just needed to vent about this*  I still feel like I could break into tears at any moment.

3. I have been trying to cut out alot of the processed foods, but during the snow,I didn't stay firm with this. I can totally tell a difference. Hopefully, I will get back into the swing of the more whole foods in the next few days :)

Running with Dad

My Dad passed away March 19, 2007. It changed my life forever. One of his favorite things to do was grill. In the past few weeks, my evening jogs have been a great time to think about and remember him. Running on nice Spring evenings, through the neighborhood I grew up in, smelling the fresh cut grass and meat cooking on a family's grill has become a refuge for me. It is my time with Dad. The first spring night I could smell the cut grass and grills, I cried for over half my jog. I know my Dad would be so proud of me. I know he would be at my races with a huge smile on his face cheering me on. There are some days that I miss him so much that my body physically hurts. Now, I just think about my evening runs...with him , and it helps.