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With another holiday weekend in the record books, it is time to reflect on the last four days. The first thing that I am thankful for is the fact that I had four days to spend with family and friends.

We got an early start on Thursday.  For the second year our family served at the Coastal Rescue Mission.  The volunteers that help support this organization are great. After months of planning their hard work was repaid with smiles as more than 250 meals were served.

Thanksgiving was completed with a late lunch with my family and a relaxing afternoon. It is always nice to get outside with the kids and walk around the old farm. The kids love to hear stories about the trouble my siblings and I managed to get into growing up.

Friday was a lazy day. We did not battle the lines for the not so deep discounts.  I don’t think we left the house all day.   Actually the kids did, they enjoyed an outing with the grandparents and Madagascar 2. We ended the evening sitting around a small fire on the back deck. It doesn’t get any better than that.

Saturday was a Family Reunion for the McDaniels side of our family. Great food and fellowship. The mood couldn’t be dampened by the wet weather. The kids had a blast as kids usually do and to top it all off,  The Clemson Tigers declared victory over the Gamecocks. The only downer to this event was that our car ended up in a ditch on the way out. I was covered in mud from head to to in 50 degree rain for about 30 minutes, but it was all good.

On Sunday we enjoyed lunch with the Rabon side of Tabitha’s family. After riding the tractor, checking on the cows and a few games of checkers we were ready to head home.  We were missing some one though,  Jessie and Tyler had been gone for a while. The golf cart was also missing.  We did manage to find them at the pond. The golf cart was stuck with about to inches of mud covering it from top to bottom. They boys didn’t look much better.  They were hosed off in the front yard with the golf cart and we were finally heading home.

With three Thanksgiving Dinners and a Family Reunion this weekend, I don’t expect the scales to be very kind in the morning. I passed on a really good opportunity to ride on Friday and only managed to run twice during the break.  It’s back to work in the morning as the Christmas countdown begins.

Go Tigers !

I wish we had started this.  Maybe next time.

Don’t try this at home. Try it at a friends house

Well … it’s been a while since I have posted any info … I have been very busy with homeschooling and learning to run!

I’ve lost count of the weeks but to the best of my recollection, I am on week 7.  I have not followed the plan exactly. I have taken breaks when I felt it was needed and I have pushed myself on days that I knew I needed to.

Last week a did several sets of run 7 and walk 3. Last night I warmed up for 5 minutes and then ran 20 mins. I must be running slow because I ran last night at 4.8 mph. I generally try to run at 5 mph but I felt it was necessary for the first night of the 20 min run to be successful. I want to try 20 min at 5 mph next and then maybe 20 min at 5.2 – but that still doesn’t get me to a 5K in 20 minutes.

Any ideas what the deal is with that? Does everyone run a 5K in 30 minutes?????

The good news is I have lost 11 pounds since I weighed in on my original plan (Ten Minute Workouts). I have also done a bit of measuring which shows a loss of over 5 inches: almost 1 in. on each arm, over 1 in. on each leg, and 1 in. around my middle. YEA!!!!

We had a Turbeville Family Reunion last weekend.  I can’t remember when the last one was.  I really appreciated the chance to sit around,  Hear a few stories about the past and get a few pictures.  I also got a chance to fill in a few spots on my Geni tree.