A Runners Mom & More: March 2024

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Happy Easter + EOM update

Let's do a $$ End of Month Update.....

🠋🠋Cash Envelope/Sinking Funds🠋🠋

[SF budget needed/$$saved-carry over= ?balance?]

⮚💰Hair 500$/300$ = 200$ balance

[I cut my own hair a few months ago getting ready for the whole teeth thing]

⮚💰PetCare[Vet] 350$/350$ = DONE 🏆

⮚💰In:Out Projects 500$/500$ = DONE 🏆

⮚💰Trips 4500$/2645$ = 1855$ balance

[I'll be pulling from this SF for upcoming Biltmore trip]

⮚💰Car Maintenance 350$/128$ = 222$ Balance

$$ spent on new kicks for Ethel =897$ so 'new'

sinking fund amount is 350$ - this amount should cover 2 oil changes & winterize maintenance later this year.

⮚💰Promo Items 1200$/0.0$ = 1200$ balance

[ 2024 Promo items already purchased-will start 2025 saving starting June??]

⮚💰2024 Christmas 2000$/617$ = 1383$ balance

⮚💰Emergency Fund 1200$/115$ = 1085$ balance

[I'll concentrate more on this after CC is paid off]

TOTAL = 4745$ balance [does not include Promo]

I feel I'm on a good track so far. I'm also on track to have credit card [current amt owed=2532$] paid off in 3'ish months, did my first doubling up paying my dental bill [current amt owed=2540$] goal to have paid off by NLT August..

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Quarter Horse Relay Marathon Re-cap

Bling for today's Quarter Horse Relay Marathon...

[📷credit Shawn]

My day started earlier than normal for race day Saturday....around 4:30am! Today's race is different from most of them we do. With plans to be there all day, I'm packing breakfast & lunch. Yes it's a ALL Day thing. Relay teams of 2 or 3-4 or 5-8 with various pace per miles makes it unpredictable as to just when I'll finish with the photography. But that's what I signed up for when I joined RaceRise.

45'ish teams, & 17 solo runners will run 16 'loops'.

I brought my provisions & set up my little area camp,

And waited for runners to cross the bridge in front of me. Expected weather conditions for today were going to end up with high winds, but decent temps. So, my little hut set-up is going to be perfect!

DJ-James Hummel kept the music & commentary going...

The beginning of the race started from the parking lot in order to get the .2 of Marathon distance, 17 solo's & 45'ish first runners started....after getting the race start I headed for my spot. Here are several of my favorite pic's...