Saturday, November 30, 2024

My Seniors!! + EOM + Goal

 


Saturday morning pre-race breakfast before 'working' Bernie & Leo Birthday Bash 5K,

My Senior Runners totaling 254 years old and show up on Saturdays for race events...
My goal is to be like them! 


Runner Girl April is still not released to 'run' yet, so she helps out participating as lead bike making sure everyone is on course.


Since I was already acclimated to the cold, I went ahead and did my streak mile,
Yep, I did it all bundled up.


** No unNecessary Spend Challenge Update **
November Challenge Goal--> 22/30 days as of today 26/30 = WIN !!

Can you believe tomorrow is a NEW MONTH!




Thursday, November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving


Early Thursday start this morning not to begin cooking like most folks, but to head out for Titletown Turkey Trot 5K. We did in fact meet my goal for registrations with 266 showing up in person. This year we had a 'new' Start/Finish at Boyle County Football Stadium...that in itself was a plus!

Race photos HERE  

I'm super proud of my nephew Brayden
for his finish time of 25:17 and it was his First 'Official' 5K

And I was finally able to introduce my 2 bosses/partners
Bob Baney of  RaceRise on the right - Radio host boss Joe Mathis on the left. Joe was there doing live interviews for WHIR...

 
Once everyone was finished and things were getting cleaned up I came home and started my turkey breast in the crockpot and went for my streak mile!

Cleaned up, worked on photos and started prepping the rest of dinner.

Not 🤷 sure how the crockpot Turkey breast is going to turnout, so it'll be what it'll be.

The rest of today's meal is prepped and ready to go in the oven later,
with just potatoes and Mac & Cheese to fix. The Kid is bringing rolls, SIL & G'Kid of course bringing Appetites !

 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Tuesday Tidbit

 

THIS !! This is what it looks like when you have Five Darling PurrKids indoors and ONE Stray that adopted us as his new home…..sigh!


*** side note - Trying out the IPAD to get a post up, I still have a lot to learn about it, but I’M giving it a go. ***

Happy Homemaker Monday 11/25/24 + Flying by the seat of my pants!


This is what I've been doing the past couple of weeks...have I been busy OMG Yes! Since my last post I've been to The Ark with the G'Kid, worked 4 race events, went with the Mr for the KTIA Conference where he won the Star in the Industry Award, setup 2 sponsored tabletops for the Hospice Tea & Treasure, went to the Invincible Michael Jackson show, a downtown Cookie Crawl with the Kid & G'Kid, re-worked [as in bought new beds and sleeper couch] for the rental house making space for the growing boys & their parents, more importantly finished Christmas shopping!! ALL of which I should have done blog posts about! But did I?? You already know the answer to that don't Cha!🤣 !
In my defense, I have continued with my walk streak [GoMe],
have worked on cleaning/purging the basement & closets, and
fixing meals from freezer/pantry. I'm exhausted just from writing it all down! 

First things First...I totally forgot to add this category when I posted my new additional Sinking Funds to HHM 1st of the month post....so this will be showing up December 2nd...Lord have Mercy that's NEXT WEEK !! 
** Quick Dis-Claimer.. I forgot to add Sponsorship category in my 11/11/24 post**
Sinking Funds Categories for 2025 have changed some:
BUDGETED - CURRENT BALANCE - YET TO GO
*NEW* Sponsorships/Club Dues 900$/00$/900$

Geez oh Pete, Let's get with it for today's Happy Homemaker Monday linking with Sandra. 


** The Weather **


** As I look outside my window **
It's now late afternoon/early evening, no sun but still daylight.

 ** Right now I am **
Finally sitting down to work on this post

** OOTD **
Currently in sweats but will be changing after dinner, we have tickets to a local ''Christmas Light show''

** Thinking and pondering [how I'm feeling] **
I will NOT be defeated! I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to my list of ''things-to-do''.
Remembering to Breathe In -- Breathe Out and doing what I can when I can!
 
** What I'm reading **
Devotional ** Spiritual read
I'll Be There [but i'll be wearing sweatpants] by Amy Weatherly & Jess Jonston ** Self-Improvement read
also added Let Your Mind Run - it's Deena Kastor' Memoir of thinking her way to Victory [she's a runner] **adding a disclaimer here...I've read more from this book. I'm just over halfway and making notes along the way...added mileage begins soon😬
 Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson ** Personal read [25 pages read so far]

** TV Shows this week **
Yellowstone is the only show we've been watching 'live' everything else is DVR'd and we speed through the commercials LOL! Of course my guilty pleasure channels Bravo & TLC's Sister Wives.

** Menu Plan **
Thanksgiving Thursday - I'm cooking! 
🍲 Leftovers Thanksgiving then whatever happens to get pulled from the freezer 🍲

** No unNecessary Spend Challenge Update **
November Challenge Goal--> 22/30 days as of today 21/30

** Sinking Funds - CC Update **
Update coming next week. 

** Goal/To Do List **
Work on/in Office
Get Plant's taken care of & moved indoors
Cold weather prep the porch for outdoor stray cat who seems to have adopted us, [sigh]

** Around The House **
Bathroom bleached this morning,
Managed to refresh 3 hardwood floor areas.
 
** Project this Week **
Work on Training plan for 2025 races,

** Today's Motivation **

** Something fun to share **
My Mr receiving his ''Star in the Industry'' award. His industry is not just local tourism but state [Kentucky] as well. Fun fact, he was 1 of 5 in the state to win !!

** Looking forward to this week **
Thanksgiving with the family,
Thanksgiving Day race here in my hometown,

** From the camera **
For now I got nothing

** Reflection(s) **

Monday, November 11, 2024

Happy Homemaker Monday 11-11-24 + Veterans Day

 

Heavenly Thank you to my Dad-Army WWII,
FIL Gene Cline-ARMY WWII
and my stepDad aka Papaw-Vietnam


I missed last week's HHM so glad to get todays' done and linking with Sandra for Happy Homemaker Monday.

** The Weather **
Bring on the cooler Temps...I'm Ready

** As I look outside my window **
A cool 50° and Sunny

 ** Right now I am **
Enjoying a quick lunch, and finishing up this post.

** OOTD **
Flannel shirt & leggings

** Thinking and pondering [how I'm feeling] **
Nothing New !!
BUT..at least we are not doing weekly doctor appointments for the Mr
His local Doc we'll be seeing monthly for a bit, and the Lexington specialist
we'll be seeing every 3 months for a while...
 
** What I'm reading **
Devotional ** Spiritual read
I'll Be There [but i'll be wearing sweatpants] by Amy Weatherly & Jess Jonston ** Self-Improvement read
also added Let Your Mind Run - it's Deena Kastor' Memoir of thinking her way to Victory [she's a runner] **adding a disclaimer here...I've read more from this book, in a few short weeks I need to up my training so trying to look for ideas & inspiration though I also need to figure out just HOW I'm going to add more mileage per week...UGH!! 
 Mister Tender's Girl by Carter Wilson ** Personal read

** TV Shows this week **
The DVR Reba sitcoms are all finished and though the Mr wanted to ''start'' over with season one again I made the executive decision to squelch that idea! We have lots of regular programing TV shows set to record and watch later. The new season of Yellowstone started last night WooHoo! I started selecting various movies to record IF there's any downtime for me during the day [sometimes just for the background noise] and of course Action type movies for the Mr.

** Menu Plan **
🍲 Chili *in crockpot now*
[chili leftovers]
🍲 Tilapia fish
🍲 Cabbage, Hash Brown Potatoes & Chicken Sausage
🍲 Sides Night
🍲 Not sure, whatever leftovers we have or
whatever is on top/front of freezer pantry.🍲

** No unNecessary Spend Challenge Update **
November Challenge Goal--> 22/30 days as of today 9/30

** Sinking Funds - CC Update **
Adding this 'new category' more so for accountability, posting on the first Monday of every month. I've been a bit out of Control with the ol'Credit Card. It's time to reel--it--back--in!
Sinking Funds Categories for 2025 have changed some:
BUDGETED - CURRENT BALANCE - YET TO GO
Emergency Fund 1800$/945$/855$
Pet Care Fund 500$/345$/155$
*NEW* Pantry Freezer Restock 1000$/20$/980$
Trips &/or Race'cations 4000$/1800$/2200$
Indoor Outdoor Projects 900$/250$/650$
Car Maintenance 350$/300$/50$
*NEW* Phone Upgrade 800$/50$/750$
*NEW* Club Dues 200$/00$/200$
2024 Christmas $$ is complete
2025 Christmas 1500$/00$/1500$ 
PNC loan for Teeth Bal = $1547.89
Credit Card = O..M..Gee! Yep Reeling that bad boy in for sure!
Giving myself 5 months to pay it off. 

** Goal/To Do List **
My main goal is to continue with my mile [minimum] a day streak, today marks day #164!
Daily basic's - sweep, make bed, kitchen, bathroom.

** Around The House **
Basic routine will be a plus and now that the Mr is feeling better he's able to assist with a couple of things like sweeping.
 
** Project this Week **
I did manage to get the shelving out of the cellar and added 1 storage closet for long term clothes storage. Ordered additional storage bags for extra protection and added a fan for better circulation. I still need to work on other basement de-cluttering.
I'll be refreshing my upstairs and move plants inside for the fall/winter.

** Today's Motivation **
Health, Fitness, Goals, Money, Friendships, Family

** Something fun to share **

** Looking forward to this week **
Mahjongg with the Gal Pal's,
Visiting ''The ARK'' with the G'Kid - this is our fall trip Biltmore has reopened but we decided to stay closer to home and save $$,
The Mr and & are going to see the play Hamlet,
Heading to Covington Ky with the Mr - we're helping represent CVB/Danville/Boyle County as Ambassadors,
Hospice Tea & Treasure fundraiser, 
😉 Did I mention I'm BUSY !?! 😏 

** From the camera **

** Reflection(s) **
While talking and listening are definitely important, the next step is the most important thing: changing. Actually, doing the thing you talked about. Actions speak louder than words. Show Love in a noticeable way.