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i think i should start training for my marathon

Tammy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:11:34 +0000

I am running a MARATHON in October and I have ran one time this week! Not good.

This is bad. I have been looking forward to this for almost 2 years and since I am the ultimate procrastinator I am, of course, not ready. I wanted to qualify for the Boston Marathon and I need to break it to myself that it won’t happen. I just don’t know how to do it.

I love running………once I get started.

To get started is hard. It is a serious mental battle for me to get dressed and get my shoes on but once I get out the door I am fine. Well……if you define fine as constantly battling to keep going and not cave to the voices in your head that tell you to walk. I don’t know why I love it but I do. It is the best feeling to finish running and feel high. I have a healthy body and you never know when that can be taken away so I need to keep going. I would hate one day to not to be able to run.

Running is me showing my gratitude to God for my healthy body.

I am trying to motivate myself.

It is working a little.

There is a free running class on Wednesday Tuesday at the Salt Lake Running Company store on Highland Drive. It is about Chi Running. If anyone wants more information let me know. I think it is going to be really good.

Goodbye 2008!!!!

Tammy — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:22:00 +0000

So 2008 is coming to an end and a part of me is saying “Good riddens!”

2008 has been the worst and most life changing year of my life, all due to my own choices mind you. You know how there is this saying out there that goes “God will never give you anything that you can’t handle”? I realize that this saying is a nice warm cozy blanket to make us feel like we are strong enough to handle what comes our way but what about when we make the most idiotic decisions and God absolutely has nothing to do with them? What about when we make the most stupid decisions and completely ignore the signs that God is telling us to sit down and shut up and we make a complete mess of our lives?

Well I believe that if we recognize that we are stupid idiots and that we actually admit that we ignored the loud voices in our heads and ask God to help us clean up our messes then he will and he will do a grand job of it. This is when the saying “I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it” comes in. The cleaning up of the mess is not that easy but if you surrender to it then everything will work out because God knows what is best.

This is basically my 2008 year summed up. I am so glad the year is over even though this doesn’t actually mean that all my messes have been cleaned up it does symbolize a new beginning which I embrace whole heartedly.

So on the my major life lessons of 2008 (can you hear the drum roll?):

Don’t ignore the good voices or the loud, flashing neon signs telling you what to do.
Allow your body to do what it is meant to do, if you stress out it messes things up and sends the wrong messages to your body.
Pay attention to past answers you have received and trust them.
Don’t turn off your brain, it is unwise.
Follow your intuition about people. Women are born with great intuition if you listen and use it it will improve, if you ignore it you will lose it.
Embrace your relationships and make them better and give back more than you receive.
Tell the truth immediately and suffer the consequences immediately.
Surrender to God’s will (do I sound like Bruce Almighty or what), his way is much better than trying to scramble about on your own
Patience
Stop, Look, Listen but maybe it should be Stop, Close Your Eyes, Hear
Just keep praying, just keep praying (Finding Nemo, anyone….anyone?)

So there you go. You now can look forward to my goals for 2009 and they are some mighty good ones.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!

Something Funny

Tammy — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:19:00 +0000

I got an email from my friend Melissa and thought it was so funny that I had to post it. I have never seen this before so sorry if you have. I love it!

To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students… here is something to make you chuckle.

Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children.

After creating heaven and earth,
God created Adam and Eve.

And the first thing he said was
” DON’T ! “

“Don’t what ? ” Adam replied.

“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.” God said.

“Forbidden fruit ?
We have forbidden fruit ?
Hey Eve..we have forbidden fruit ! “

” No Way ! “

“Yes way ! “

“Do NOT eat the fruit ! ” said God.

“Why ? “

“Because I am your Father and I said so ! ” God replied, wondering why He hadn’t stopped creation after making the elephants

A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and He was ticked !

“Didn’t I tell you not to eat the fruit ? ” God asked.

“Uh huh,” Adam replied.

“Then why did you ? ” said the Father.

“I don’t know,” said Eve.

“She started it ! ” Adam said.

” Did not ! “

“Did too ! “

“DID NOT ! “

Having had it with the two of them, God’s punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed.

If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven’t taken it,
don’t be hard on yourself.

If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT !

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend
the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2 Grandchildren are God’s reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word
what you shouldn’t have said

5. The main purpose of holding children’s parties is to remind yourself that there are children
more awful than your own

6. We childproofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

ADVICE FOR THE DAY:
Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home one day

AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
“TAKE TWO ASPIRIN” AND “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN”!!!!!