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Thursday Thirteen and high school friends

It's been 30 years since we met.  Lisa and I came from different areas and Sue and Diane came from a private school.  But somehow in 9th grade we all connected.

We stayed in contact all these years, were in each others weddings and when Diane moved to Tennessee, we drove out after she had her first child. Friendship... we've been through it all together. Some of us have lost one or more of our parents, a child, a sibling,  we were always there for each other.

And so it was like a high school reunion when we all got together again to celebrate Sue's youngest graduation from high school. Funny how you can be busy and not talk for months and catch up like it was yesterday!

 

 we didn't even plan to all wear black

Thirteen reasons to have girlfriends...

1. You can call them anytime
2. They accept you for who you are
3. They support your decisions in life
4. They love your kids like they are they're own
5. They make you laugh when you need to laugh
6. They make you a better person
7. Always there to celebrate the good times and support during the bad
8. They plan girlfriend getaways with you
9. Shopping is always better with girlfriends!
10. They give you the advice you need to hear
11. A good friend is cheaper than therapy
12. A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.  ~Arnold Glasow
13. The language of friendship is not words but meanings.  ~Henry David Thoreau
    

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Some running quotes for training motivation

Thursday Thirteen

 

1. I’ve learned that it’s what you do with your miles, rather than how many you’ve run.
   Rod Dehaven
2. The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
   Roger Bannister
   
3. Passion is pushing myself when there is no one else around – just me and the road.
   Ryan Shay
   
4. Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance.
   Noel Carrol
   
5. How would you describe the worst run you ever had? Precious!
   Hal Higdon
   
6. Putting miles in your training log is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately.
   Hal Higdon
   
7. The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us – that’s where it’s at.
   Jesse Owens
   
8. Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results. Robert de Castella
9. Experience has taught me how important it is to just keep going, focusing on running fast and relaxed. Eventually [pain] passes and the flow returns. It’s part of racing.
   Frank Shorter
   
10. Believe you can do it. Think no other way but “Yes you can.” The human body is capable of considerably more physical endurance than most of us realize. Paul Reese
11. I don’t worry about what I’ve run. I worry about what I’m going to run. To be successful, you’ve got to keep moving.
    Rae Baymiller
    
12. I’m not sure that I can describe what has been called the “runner’s high,” but like poetry and beauty, I know it when I experience it.
    Matthew Shafner
    
13. It’s not about how fast you go. It’s not about how far you go. It’s a process.
    Amby Burfoot, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life
    

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Thursday Thirteen

 

Thirteen reasons I've fallen in love with running

1. Each day that I set a goal and achieve that goal, it makes me want to reach for more!
2. Runners are some of the nicest people I've met!
3. Spending time with my daughter as we both have the running bug!
4. It's so much quicker to run up a hill than walk it!
5. It's an amazing feeling to run a race
6. Because I can!
7. It's an awesome stress reliever!
8. You get a runners HIGH
9. There is measurable progress
10. It makes you feel great after the effort
11. Challenges you to push your limits
12. no equipment necessary
13. A reason to get new shoes

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Goals, Resolutions: ways to a better you

Thursday Thirteen....

 

I know this usually comes after Christmas, but I've been thinking a lot more about this recently....

In November we went to dinner for my brother in laws birthday.  During that dinner he talked about a couple resolutions he has which are donating an hour of his time a month, reading 3 books in the year and continuing his workout schedule.

Isn't it those things that we do for others, do to make this world a better place to live and do for our own mind, body and spirit, the things that make us better people!

His thoughts inspired me to come up with my own list of goals and resolutions and here are just a few that I began thinking about:

1. continue working on reducing debt 
2. find my word for the year and live by it
3. make more gifts
4. organize my house and time (break into smaller tasks at later date)
5. Using recyclable bags when shopping
6. Continue training for half marathon.  Longest run to date 6.5 miles
7. run 5 k and half marathon
8. Finding different places to donate my time
9. Continue my reading I still want to aim for 50 or more books a year
10. viewing life in a positive light
11. pay it forward whenever possible
12. continue with a photo project for the year Project 365 or something similar
13. journal and write more (from every day to details, memories to thankful moments)

just to name a few...  have you thought about your list?

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday Thirteen

Here we are...

13 layouts that I completed at the crop!  I actually completed 14, but for the sake of Thursday Thirteen, I posted 13 of them.  I still need to add some embellishments or journaling but I'm quite pleased with what I accomplished!

I can never journal when I'm at a crop - I need alone time to think

           
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Thursday Thirteen

 

Thirteen movie quotes from Forrest Gump

1. My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump

2.  Stupid is as stupid does

3.  Why don't you love me Jenny?

4. Mama always said, dying was a part of life

5. I gotta find Bubba! 

6. Me and Jenny goes together like peas and carrots

7. My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you before you can move on

8. That's all I have to say about that

9. He got a daddy named Forrest, too? 

10. I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is.

11. My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

12. I gotta find Bubba! 

13. I'm sorry I had to fight in the middle of your Black Panther party

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So many ideas, so little time

Thursday Thirteen....

Oh I've got several Christmas magazines that I've been dog earring page after page.... here is just a sample of things I'm hoping to make or get during the holidays.  Here are 13 Christmas pictures to inspire creativeness.

You can find the directions here

Pine cones have to be everywhere and glittered ones are even better!

 

 I can't wait to fill the apothecary jars!

I just love cake pedestals!  You can find more here!

  

directions to make your own note pads are here

 

making my own hot cocoa mix

 
both of these can be found at pottery barn kids!

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Thursday Thirteen

 

Thirteen songs on my Ipod

1.  3 by Brittany Spears - from Chels
2.  Hey, soul sister by Train 
3.  The kids aren't alright by The offspring
4.  You're gonna go far kid by The offspring - this one's from Milt!
5.  I gotta feeling by Black eyed Peas
6.  Her diamonds by Rob Thomas
7.  Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus
8.  Say it right by Nelly Furtado
9.  Running down a dream by Tom Petty
10.  Tell me 'bout it by Joss Stone
11.  Someday by Rob Thomas
12.  In the Ayer by Flo rida -  okay so this is one of Chels songs that grew on me
13.  I'm not running anymore by John Mellencamp - no pun intended

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Thirteen books on my "to read" list

1.  What I thought I knew by Alice Eve Cohen

2.  The bright side of disaster by Katherine Center

3.  The gifts of imperfection by Brene Brown

4.  The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

5.  Much ado about nothing by William Shakespeare

6.  Life is a verb by Patti Digh

7.  Ordinary sparkling moments by Christine Mason Miller

8.  A tree grows in brooklyn by Betty Smith

9.  Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber

10.  The turn of the screw by Henry James

11.  Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garia Marquez

12.  Naked by David Sedaris

13.  Change of heart by Jodi Picoult

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