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Top Row: Merona Tortoise Watch, Contessa (she loves her beer boxes), Lemon Chiffon Cake

Middle Row: Mother's Day Church Service, Neighborhood pool doing laps!, Norman

Bottom Row: I voted!, J.Crew Ballet Flats (recently gifted), Love Bracelet (sold at Pop of Chic)

Friday

Friday is our usual vegetation night...  We caught up on our television shows and called it an early night as usual.  I enjoy the fact that we both accept Friday is our relaxation night...  I like my Zzzzzz's.

Saturday

I slept in until 7:45am and that is super late for me!  Once I had my coffee I was ready for a nice 5 mile run.  I've been working on a 9:30 pace being my 'normal' pace and on this day it wasn't all that easy for me.  February of this year my orthopedic physician diagnosed me with runner's knee.  It's now gone into both knees, sigh...  Fortunately I'm not in any major pain (only some pain, sometimes), however they both making snapping noises when my knee bends more than a 90 degree angle.  This diagnoses entails Advil, rest and icing my knees as much as I can.  I had thought about it for awhile as far as cross training that I needed to do something else along with running.  I quit the gym this year on New Years Day (great resolution right!?!?), but with as much running as we were doing each week (averaging 20 miles) there was no point in having a gym membership.  Anyways, later Saturday afternoon I decided to pull out my swimming gear and do some laps in the pool!  It's been a long time, but it is quite impressive that my Speedo from 2001 still fits (barely).  If in 11 years I go up one size, I think I shouldn't complain!  It only took four (4) tries to get all of my hair into the cap, but somehow I managed.  Joe decided the water was too cold so he dipped his feet in while watching me.  I'm hoping that he decides to swim with me, but he didn't grow up living in a pool like I did.  During my laps he may have had a beer or two, I guess he needed that for additional entertainment.

Sunday

Happy Mother's Day!  We attended our normal 8am church service and at the beginning the music leader asked every man in the sanctuary to come forward onto the choir stage.  WHOA!  I've never seen that before!  So every man (including the husband) went up to sing for all of the mother's.  This was obviously not rehearsed but it was pretty neat!

Oh yea, I also bought a new swimsuit and goggles!  Nothing to exciting, but here it is (FAU colors go owls!).  Somehow it was only $34.99 so I was pleased with the price!  I also purchased one of these to help aide in upper body strength training.  Don't get me wrong, I still plan to run 3-4 days a week if I can, but figure on days that my knees are angry or it's just too hot out I will go to the neighborhood pool.  It's a nice lap pool!

Tonight @ Midnight (EST) is the last chance to enter the Guilty Star Earring Giveaway!  A winner will be drawn and emailed on Tuesday.