My little sunbathers

It's starting to heat up. It was close to 90 degrees in Tucson today!

Spring Training

Buster is ready for spring training.  Go Giants!
It's hard to tell in the pictures, but that's a Giants beanie :)

Creative Juice

Girl's Night.  Megan and I went to a painting class tonight.  I got a deal on Amazon local.
A glass of wine, paint, brushes, canvas, and a teacher = a great night and some art!  :)

A glass of Malbec, palette, and paint brush (behind my ear). 

I'm ready!

Megan's set to go!

Time to get serious

Halfway there

Finishing touches - adding the trees.

Yeah!  And Megan won a free class.  So we'll be going back!

Happy Birthday to me...a day late

Yesterday was my birthday.  Thank you to everyone who sent me a card in the mail or posted on my facebook wall.  It helped make my day special.  I worked yesterday and then had some friends over for pizza and beer.  We were supposed to play games, but just ended up talking.  :)
All in all it was a good day.  I stayed up too late and am tired tonight.  Early bedtime for this ol' timer and Maude.

Me - age 29.

At work.

My computer.  Sarah decorated it for me :)

 Who does this puppy look like?  

Birthday card from my parents.

Yeah - Tulips :)

Introducing Maude

So about 2 weeks ago, I noticed it.  I was washing my hands in the bathroom at work and I looked up, only to see, *gasp* a gray hair!  I was too busy at the time to take a picture, but don't worry that same gray hair appeared another day and this time I captured that silvery little bugger.

I've named my gray hair.  Her name is Maude.  She needed an elderly sounding name.  No I have not plucked her.  Not yet anyway.

Official race day photos

Here are some pictures from the marathon, while running it.  There was a lot of excitement in the beginning and as you'll see that as the miles dragged on, I look less enthused.

Since the marathon, I sadly have only ran twice.  Partly because the weather has been so cold here.  I went out last week for a quick 20 minute run.  It felt great - like I was greeting an old friend.  As spring warms up, I'm sure I'll be out on the river path again, but for now - I have a new passion, indoor rock climbing.  More on that later.

Here are some pics from race day.

Early on in the race - about 4-5 miles in.  We are running down Main Street about to enter the castle!

Castle in the background.  It was so beautiful.

Yeah - still having fun.  I know the camera is there and put on a show :)

Past mile 18 - this is at ESPN world of sports complex.  Not so excited.

In the parking lot somewhere between two parks.  At least I look better than the lady next to me.

Still moving, somehow.

Moving slower now.

FINISH LINE!!! :)

Yahoo!!!  I survived.

You can see Mickey in the background.  I high-fived him right before this :)

We did it!

Snowy Desert

Mountain picture as promised. From my front yard.