Mid-Year Goal Update

***WARNING: Excessively wordy post ahead!***   Remember back in the day when I posted all about my fantastic wonderful goals for 2012? Yeah about those… It’s time to take a little check in and see how I have been progressing on my goals (or let’s be completely fucking honest, my lack of progression towards my…

Let’s All Go to the Fair

It’s officially hell  fair week here. I know I call it hell week because it is a week spent rushing from work to home to the fair grounds then to bed late then up early the next morning. Next year though I will hopefully be feeling a lot less frantic about it all, because I…

Recipe Redux: Pumpkin Dog Cookies

As  you can tell, I have two dogs of my own and like to make sure they are getting some of the best stuff on the market. These cookies are made with human grade ingredients and the dogs love them! Pumpkin Dog Cookies Ingredients: 1/2 Cup Pumpkin Puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling) 2 Cups Whole…

Oh Man…

Looks like I’m going to have to buy a new iPod. Mine bit the dust on the fourth and M’s is looking like it’s not going to hold a charge. Crap. SO disappointing. I was hoping mine might come back to life, but after 6 years of hard use I guess it was time to…

O’Fallon Firecracker 5k Race Recap

Race Morning I got up around 5:30 a.m. despite not getting to bed until way late the night before. I got dressed and headed towards O’Fallon around 6 a.m. I ate a cereal bar on the way to the ball park, and had a glass of water before I left the house. The Race I…