RunCinderella

Friday

What an adventure in la la land.... I've be so busy I can barely believe it. But, things are starting to settle down-again.

I've been away since late February, basically. That is when we moved back into our house. I've been in home improvement/repair prison ever since. Almost every minute of my life has been devoted to DOING since then. We were having some pretty severe allergy issues so we decided to rip up the carpeting out of the master BATHROOM and we found black mold in the carpeting and in the foundation. What a surprise, right? Who woulda thought that carpeting in a bathroom could get mold. LOL. Anyway, I had this tile I bought like 4 years ago and I decided to figure out how hard it was to lay tile. Yikes. I started that like 5 weeks ago and just finished last night. Replacing the floor also led to a full-fledged bathroom makeover... You know how that goes. I still have a few weeks of bathroom makeover left, but we are on the downhill side of the project, now.

Anyway, an update on the fitness goals: I have gained some weight back but I am still wearing the same size I was in October--just barely. I've tried to get back into running on a few occasions but I found that I just didn't have the interest without a goal. So, I found a goal: the white rock lake marathon in December. I have no idea if I'll be ready, or even if I'll do it, but it is something to work towards and if I have a goal I try my hardest to meet it. There are a ton of people that run in my immediate surroundings, but there are no running stores and no running groups. Go figure. It's probably just a matter of time before RunOn! opens a store in this area. We have the right demographics for them to succeed out here. They have several other locations in the metro area.

My husband and I have decided to become foster parents in hopes of finding two children to adopt. We start our training next weekend and will probably have a larger family at the end of the summer. I am excited and nervous at the same time. We love being parents and trying to have children of our own will be very costly, painful and not guaranteed to even work. Plus, I am already in my thirties and do not want to have babies past 35. We are hoping to find a pair of siblings that are between the ages of 2 and 8. My son is 9.5 so that would work out well for everyone. Hubby wants at least one girl but not two boys. I want at least one more boy, but not two girls. LOL. I'm not even sure I want one girl... I would be perfectly happy in a household full of boys. My husband couldn't handle that, though. He'd prefer a household full of girls--so he thinks, anyway . I have a very strong personality and he just has no idea what happens when you have a bunch of strong women under the same roof.

posted by Cindy @ 7:48 AM