A World Without Facebook

I'm a little over half way through my Lenten fasting from Facebook (I think) so I thought I would share some of the things that I have accomplished in my time off.

1.) Disney Trip with the family - I've posted about this separately, so check it out. I'll add some pictures to Facebook when I'm back. :)

3.) Run for Your Lives - A Zombie Infested 5K - This was a fun run! It was in "Atlanta" (which is in quotation marks because it was an HOUR away from Atlanta so actually NOT in Atlanta, but whatevs). It rained for the three days leading up to the race and I've NEVER been so muddy. Here is my grand finish.

4.) Milling My Own Flour - I started this just before Lent, but I'm really getting the hang of it now. This weekend, I baked four loaves of bread for the upcoming week. It is sooooo good and so much more healthy than the stuff from the store.

5.) Losing Weight - Speaking of being healthy, I've dropped 14.5 pounds since Thanksgiving. It is slow coming off, but it's getting there. I meet with a trainer and am training for my first Tough Mudder run in October.

6.) Half Marathon Training - Speaking of training, I'm running another half marathon on April 21st in downtown Greer. I'm really excited about this run.

7.) House Cleaning - Starting this week I've begun gutting my house and doing my spring cleaning. My apologies to anyone that has stepped foot in the disaster area known as my house recently. I promise it is better now. :)

8.) House Decorating - I have a plan for the downstairs. Now I need the time, money and motivation to execute it. Renovating Chris's house a few years ago left me without the desire to ever do house projects again. I think I'm finally getting over it though.

9.) Haiti - This will be a separate entry soon as well, but I'm attending a mission trip to Haiti in July. I'm very excited to have the opportunity to meet and help the people there and do God's work.

10.) Becoming More of a Hippie Mom - Is that possible? Yes! We now proudly buy 75-90% of our meat from a local farmer; we drink raw milk also purchased from a local farmer; and, as I mentioned before, we mill our own flour to make bread. The grain comes from a local distributor as well. In a few weeks the farmer's markets will be in full swing, and I'll be buying all of our produce there. I'd love to grow it myself but, alas, my thumb is NOT green. Although, I did just plant a fig tree in our backyard. Please cross your fingers for me that it survives and flourishes!

So there are ten things that I've been doing while away from Facebook. :)

Am I insane....?

I was talking to my father this evening about Rachael's Run. Other than my hubby running ahead of me again, I had a great time.... a REALLY great time. I like running... even though I'm not so great at it. I told him that I was looking forward to doing another 5K this weekend and then an 8K on Thanksgiving Day. To which he responded, "Are you training for a marathon?" I laughed it off and told him that I was barely finishing 5K's at this point and a marathon is a little outside of my goal range. Then I got off the phone and really began to think about it.... Could I really do that? Sure, I'm not in shape for it now, but could I be? Do I have that kind of motivation? I started looking up how to train for a marathon online. The first four weeks include a series of 3-4 mile runs with a once per week 'long run' of 5-9 miles.... It goes up each week after from there. It's definitely something to consider.... we'll see.

Excitement, Nervousness and Sadness

Tomorrow is Race for the Cure. I am running in memory of my Grandma Billing and my Aunt Linda and also in honor of my children's Nanny and my dear friend Barbara. This is my very first 5K and I am excited and very nervous!

I attended a seminar today for the paralegal association of which I am a member. I was excited to learn that a friend and wonderful paralegal won the coveted paralegal of the year award... and floored to find out that the award was being giving posthumously. I had no idea that he had passed away just over a month ago... It was very surreal and sad for me. I wish I would have known earlier.