I Am In WAY Over My Head!

I did something on Sunday night that I think I am going to regret later. I did a pinkie swear with Kristi about running a half marathon with her in March. She tried to make it sound enjoyable by saying that it was ONLY 2 1/2 hours of running. Umm....lets see....I can't even do 2 mins of running so who knows how I am going to make it longer. I don't know why she thinks it is so darn funny to challenge me, probably because she knows that I can't say no to a challenge!

Here are just a few of things going on in my head about this:
1.Why do I already have a side ache thinking about doing this?
2. When am I going to find time to train for this? I'm a busy gal!
3. Shouldn't I start smaller...what happened to the 5k challenge?
4. Winter is coming and doesn't running in the cold hurt your lungs?
5. Why did I spent so much money on my new "walking" shoes, now I have to be a runner.

So if any of you have any tips for me about running or have any really good excuses that I can use to get out of this I would really appreciate it.

(p.s. Sister Walker--you are locked in for the Turkey Trot! No excuses!!)

He's a Cook!

This past weekend I was at my parents and was having such a good time going through old photos. Family portraits are the best. Even when you think you have just taken the best one and you think it will be timeless you always end up looking ridiculous a few years down the road.
So I give you the Cook Family 1980.....
And if you look close, or not so close, you can see Luke!!! I have a twin and had no idea. Take off that cute little curl on top and remove the dress and it's Luke. I always thought that Luke definitely looked more like the Cook side but I thought he looked like my brothers not me! Clearly I was wrong.


Well Luke....what can we say....we are pretty darn cute!!

A New Hobby??

So my friend Jamie has been coming to work with stories about her awesome finds at D.I. I had never really ventured out to D.I. before but with the stuff that Jamie was finding I thought maybe it was worth it. So yesterday was the big day and it was a success! We found this slide for $10 and last week Jamie found me this car that I have been wanting forever also for $10.

Things I learned:

• 1. Don't take your kids--or else you come home with someones junk for $.50.
• 2. Make sure your car trunk is empty or you'll have to decide between your kids or your new found treasure.
• 3. I saw A LOT of stuff there that I still own...is it time to get rid of mine too?