Well summer is winding down here in the Lakes Region. It's been crazy busy and I have seriously neglected my blog. And as John says..."you have so many things to write about, what's going on?" So I will start with my road race. It was a huge success for my first time and I cannot wait to do it all over again next year with a goal of having at least 70 more runners for a grand total of 200. That would be fantastic for us. We had some excellent sponsors who showed us support and a great t-shirt designer over at Tracings Graphics in Alton. The weather was perfect with overcast skies to begin the morning and it slowly cleared during the race. I have to thank my wonderful volunteers both from the fire department and from the town. They made sure everything went smoothly for our runners. So all in all it was a great day and I have heard a ton of compliments for our run and only a few suggestions for next year.
Let's see, the little dog had a minor surgical procedure to cut an infected sebaceous cyst and I must say she was a champ throughout and never even went near the staples she had in her back for over two weeks. The vet was able to local and it was done in less than ten minutes. She's all mended up and has permission to get in some last swims before summer is gone from us. Supposed to be a beautiful warm weekend here so she may get her opportunity.
Next up, we are starting to gear up for the biggest change to our life as we welcome our little boy in January. We have started to get the basement ready so we can turn our second bedroom into a nursery. The sooner we get the basement done, the sooner we can do the changeover. Our plan is to lighten up three of the walls with a light orange and keep one wall a dark color. We are going for a nature theme instead of the obvious fire truck theme. Gotta break him in slowly!
I also started my first baby project. I am using up a huge pile of scrap yarn to make his first blanket. The goal is to have it done in the next week so I can move onto hats, booties, and mittens. Ahh the joy of having a winter baby. I can't wait to make his first hat which he will wear home from the hospital. It's a snowman hat complete with "coal" eye and a "carrot" nose.
As far as running goes, well that is one the back burner for now. I do plan on running a half next May, just gotta make that happen in the spirng!
