Another school year

This is how Hannah spent her summer: with a full head of hair. A few months ago she wanted to cut her hair short like mom. I told her if that was the case she should donate her hair to locks of love and showed her pictures online. She at that time did not thin it was a good idea, and I told her that was being a little selfish. She changed her mind about cutting her hair on the way to SnipIts. Well she wanted to get her hair cut again and said that she would donate her hair to the kids. And so we went.






Hannah is sporting a cute new bob and went that way to her 1rst day of school . She was excited and proud to give her hair to kids with diseases that make their hair fall out.

One!

Can you believe that Elijah is one already? Where does time go? It is amazing. We are blessed with a happy little guy who enjoys everything in life. We were lucky enough to have Aunt Cyndi and Uncle Todd allow us to party at their house.

Grandpa Jorge flew in from Puerto Rico on Thursday. He had a great time while here and enjoyed being around the children.

Hello Ladies!

Marathon training week 3

This was the first week that I did not reach my minimum mileage. I had miscalculated the day of the petit road race. For some reason I though it was saturday not Sunday. So that was 3 miles at the end of my week that I did not have.

Monday 3miles: mile 1 11:01 mile 2 14:45 mile 3 15:19 Heights Drive run
Thursday 2 miles: mile 1 13:28 mile 2 13:19 Heights Drive run

The Petit Road race sponsored by GE was held on Sunday July 20th. It began at 9:30 and one of my coworkers ran with me. The weather was humid, hot and yucky!!!! The race was to benefit the Petit family foundation.Dr Petit lost his wife and 2 daughters after 2 men invaded their home and they ended up being murdered. It was a great event with a great turnout.
I really wanted to try and shave some minutes off of my original 5k time. This ended up not happening. However I did not come in last by a long long run and did not come in last in my age group by over 30 people which was nice. My final time was 40:49.

Getting there

In my fundraising efforts, I have sent packets to various local businesses hoping to stir up some donations. So far 2 have responded with Iffland Lumbar donating $50 today. I am at $500 plus another $40 that I need to send in from coworkers. I have decided to raise my goal to $1000 since I have so long still to go. I have to get my creative juices flowing to see where and how else to raise funds. My friends and family have of course been my biggest supporters!!!

The CT Emergency nurses association has contacted me to write an article for their fall newsletter to raise awareness for AT. They also said I could put in the donation info too :)

Sunday I will be participating int the Petit Road race. www.petitroadrace.com. My goal of course is to finish, and not last, but to also run the entire race. But in the end, cutting off time from my first ever 5k would be great too!!

Week 2 Marathon training complete

Week 2 was a little less motivating than week 1. Because of the NYC trip and then working during the week which was more exhausting than normal. I however was still able to finish my goal miles for the week.

7/6 off
7/7 -1 mile run 11:40 1 mile run/walk 15:48 outside
7/8 off
7/9 off
7/10- 1 mile run 10:52 0.25 walk 4:27 Treadmill
7/11 off
7/12- 2 mile run 10:59 and 10:58 1 mile walk 16:10 .5run and .5 walk 12:42

Goal miles: 7
Actual mile: 7.25

NYC

On Sunday Papa and his friend Don, along with our crew drove to NYC. This was not the usual tourist trip, to see the sites like Times square etc, instead it turned into a food trip of sorts. We started off by going to the Fariview market. It was definately a shopping experience. It was a great time to see the large varieties of many of our favorite. If you like olive oil, they had 20 types, cheeses from around the world and a meat room where they provided you with jackets upon entering.


Then we headed for another drive to Economy candy. This is any childs dream place. Candy from floor to ceiling!!! Can't you tell by Hannah's face?


We had lunch at Katz's deli, known for it's many Jewish foods. It was very busy even on a Sunday, so I cannot even imagine what it is like on the weekends!!