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With so many graduations coming up this spring I have a lot of planning, creating and preparing to do! With Chelsea and Ben's college graduation, Zach and Camerons graduation and party and then of course many of my friends kids graduating, its going to be a busy summer!
In 2008 when Chelsea graduated high school I found the orange bottle of bubbles and made the label for them.
For Zach and Cameron...

Checking in on running and race totals...
So here we are in the 4th month of the year already... my how time sure does fly!  I'm feeling good about my race schedule and while close with my miles, I'm a little behind there, so before I head out for a run I thought I would do a little update.
Cherry Blossom shirt we fell in love with at Lululemon in DC!
Busy working on my speed and miles and...

What a wonderful holiday for us to have all our family together. When Chelsea can be home from school and Ben was in from Washington DC and that he was able to bring his roommate Wooseok. On their first night in we decided to color eggs, as it was a first for Wooseok, which made it even more fun!
After our Friday night adventure coloring eggs, we got together again on Saturday for dinner out and...

April 1st Chelsea and I ran the Cherry Blossom 10 miler, and while it didn't count in my 12 in 2012, it was a great time at the run and during our stay in DC.
Starting the race at the Washington monument was a site to be seen. With all the runners gathering into their respective corals and the idle chit chat before the race start, it seemed the most calm start of any race I've done!
Although...

and a visit to another city!
Chelsea and I were in Washington DC this past weekend for the Cherry Blossom 10 mile run, and while a lot of the Cherry Blossoms were gone, we still seemed to find them everywhere we roamed!
We found Cherry Blossoms represented on our way to packet pick up, at Georgetown cupcakes and even at our favorite store for workout apparel lululemon!
We waited in line...

Found this list from a friend and thought I would share...
Here is a list of 15 things, which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier, and much more happier. We are holding on to so many things that are causing us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering, and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy, we cling on to them, but not...

and friendship... what could be better?
Headed out to Michigan for a two day trip to hang out with some friends.  We met from all over Ohio and Wisconsin to a central place in Michigan.  First off we had to hit up Debbie's store in Howell Michigan!
Debbie's adorable granddaughter!
catching up with friends and hanging out at Brenda's for dinner and lots of laughs
so blessed with the...

Everyone is Irish on St. Patricks day.... right?
This year I hung out with a group from the gym, my trainer included. After all, we were going to run in the morning, so what harm could it be.
We started off at Sully's a local Irish bar where they removed all the tables and it was standing room only.  We then walked to every other location in Medina meeting many other "characters" dressed in green...

Got to run another great race in South Carolina this past weekend.  The weather was perfect, the course was a challenge and I got to run with Chelsea, at least for a little while!
I heard it said recently "there is no such thing as bad weather for a race, just poor clothing choices" and I must agree... though I am still learning what is the proper choice, and found with this race Chelsea and...

He would be 68 today....
So many things I wish I could share with him, its not fair!
 
He would tell me life's not fair...