This morning I went over to the school gym and ran for almost 35 minutes straight (had a few walking laps.) I'm not sure what the distance was, but I'd guess it was around 2.5 miles.
Then I came home, showered, and ate breakfast (apple, orange, banana, and a bowl of Kashi cereal - I was stuffed!)
At church I received lots of hugs and many people saying how happy they were to see me back. I stayed for potluck, and ended up staying well after the food was gone. A group of about 8 of us were just sitting talking - shooting the breeze so to speak. 
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When I got home I read my other frugal forum that I like to save for Saturday afternoons. In one of the threads someone posted a link to a PowerPot. I was thinking that it looked like a great thing to have for emergency preparation, or simply for camping as well. At $149 it isn't something I'm going to probably get anytime soon, but I did think it was a neat idea.
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I talked to my grandma this afternoon. She told me that the pkg with the car charger should be here no later than Monday. Yay
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I get frequent emails from Pixel of Ink for free and inexpensive ebooks. Today I saw they were featuring an ebook by Michael J. Fox called "A Lucky Man" for $1.99. It is only the 3rd ebook I have actually paid money for (really, I paid giftcard money ...) I've already read the first couple chapters, and am really enjoying it.
I think after sunset tonight, I'm going to watch season 7 of Family Ties. That I think is probably my favorite season of it - with Micheal's new relationship, and then the breakup. The episode with the breakup has a song that I absolutely fell in love with, and still love ... never can remember the name of it ... I thought it was on my phone, but then I think I must have gotten it off a CD, so it was one of those songs erased when I changed computers. (One reason to not get rid of CDs even after you have ripped them onto whatever variety of MP3 player you have/use.) One of the lines is something like "What would you say" and it talks about how he can't believe that she thought he'd hurt her - that if he had the chance he'd kiss the ground she walked on - that he'd give anything just to hold her one more time ...
When I was running this morning I realized that I only had 30 minutes of Christian songs tagged on my phone. I had to restart the playlist before I was finished running. So I need to go through and double check that I have everything tagged, and then if I do, well ... I may need to spend some of my fun money on a few more songs. (Again, why you don't get rid of CDs even after you've ripped the songs ... used to have a ton of Christian music CDs, ripped them, and gave them away. Now have had to slowly rebuy my favorites from those collections ...)
Nice day
August 5th, 2012 at 01:20 am
August 5th, 2012 at 02:19 am 1344133168
Need a 10k or 1/2 marathon. Perhaps in October. You've motivated me!
August 5th, 2012 at 02:20 am 1344133223
Glad to hear you had a nice welcome back at church.
I just started back last weekend and it had a great impact on my week. I've been reading one chapter of Proverbs a day. My mom asked that I pick her up on the way to church tomorrow. She hasn't been in maybe over 16years.
August 5th, 2012 at 02:26 am 1344133563
The song is : "At This Moment" by Billy Vera and The Beaters
August 5th, 2012 at 02:37 am 1344134250
Training for a race is a great motivator - I say go for it!
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ME2 - Thank You!!! I just spent a little bit of my fun money.
August 5th, 2012 at 03:34 am 1344137674
Michael Gross is a family friend, having gone to school with my mom. His father just passed away and he was in the Windy City. I liked that show, too, and Billy Vera and the Beaters!
Sounds like a lovely day!
August 5th, 2012 at 04:10 pm 1344183042
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