Roadtrippin'

The time is finally here.
St Louis Roadtrip!

The top 5 reasons that I'm super excited:

1. FH time. I love my husband but I hardly get to see him enough. See also: there will never be enough. So I'm ridiculously excited about our 4 hour car ride together.

2. Blates! I'm meeting several new bloggers this weekend and hanging with some I already know. I'm beyond excited about this.

3. I'm gonna run a little race....this is not as exciting as #1 and #2.

4. I will finally have a 13.1 sticker for my car. This was a goal of mine for 2013....and since I haven't been doing great on some other goals (get skinny, get knocked up) I am happy to finally mark one off my list.

5. Out of town romance could equal bun in oven? Maybe. Cross your fingers cause nothing says romance like a hotel room.

Top 5 things that are stressing me out:

1. FH is sick-ish. Hopefully he will shake it off soon.

2. I have to work today, an entire day without leaving early. This is difficult for me on any given Friday, but really really difficult for me when a roadtrip is waiting.

3. I packed everything I own but I'm still afraid I forgot something. If I accidentally on purpose forget my tennis shoes do I get out of the race?

4. The race is super early. Which means that we have to be up super early which means we can't stay up late Saturday night. Vacations should not have bedtimes. Period.

5. I'm not going to want to leave on Sunday....there may or may not be a person sitting at my desk come Monday morning.

I'm still in denial that I'm actually running 13 miles on Sunday.
No big deal.

When I signed up for the half, I calculated my time and realized that I had to run a 14 minute mile in order to finish before the time limit of 3 hours. {I'm not sure if there is a time limit on this race, but I know some of them have it and I would DIE of embarassment if I finished after the time was up.}

I remember texting my BFF and telling her that I just have to average 14 minutes, I think I can do that.
This shows you how long I have been running.
Not. Very. Long.
Well, I've been running forever. But not consistently. And not long distances. And obvs not very fast.

Since then, I have gotten to about an average of a 10-ish minute mile.
I know this isn't super fast for many of you, but I'm okay with it.
My goal is to finish, and not die.
Honestly, I would like to finish in about 2 & 1/2 hours.
But seeing as how I haven't ran in like 3 or 4 weeks, I have no clue how I will do.
I'm also super competitive so I might just kill myself trying to finish.
I can run another half one day and then I will worry about time.
But for this one, I just want to be able to say I finished.

Make sure you follow me on Instagram (@MrsLoYoung) to get a ridiculous amount of updates. Twitter is not normally my jam, but you can follow me there too since most of my IG stuff goes on there. Same username.

I will probably be taking a nap around about mile 6 so I will have a few minutes to update my social media. And then, if my time is crappy, I can blame it on my nap and my social media addiction. I might even throw in a bathroom break just so I have plenty of excuses.

If anyone lives in or near StL and knows a shortcut for the race, please let me know. Holly and I will be looking to jump a fence or two. And because of that, I will leave you with this comment that Holly left me regarding the race....it has given me nightmares ever since.

 ........And not to scare you before Sunday, but there is a three mile HILL.

Who's excited?!

Happy Fun Friday!!!!

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For some reason, everytime I have beef with someone, I picture myself the hot chick on Step Up saying "Let's take it to the streets!"

Can't we just do a dance off to figure out our problems?
Yes please, Channing Tatum, we can.

Yesterday I.....

-wrote a blog post when I was really mad. And then I deleted it. Sorry if you missed it. It was good stuff. Truth be told, I make this blog into a book each year, for my kids to have for when they're older. And yes, I want them to see different sides of their mom, but they do not need to see unnecessary things. So it was deleted.

-was accused of lying on my blog. First off, if you don't like my blog, you shouldn't read it. Second off, get real. I didn't lie. In case you MISREAD what I wrote yesterday about the Easter bunny and then went and ran and blabbed it to my ex, you should know that he did in fact get them something for Easter. I NEVER SAID HE DIDN'T. In fact, I think he is an awesome Dad, truth be told. Not a great human, but a great dad. I was simply telling y'all exactly what happened: Kate called me and said that the Easter bunny didn't come, and that her Dad told her that he might have gone to my house. End of story.

-talked myself out of working out. It's sad y'all. I have this retarded fear that I am going to hurt myself before Sunday and not be able to run in my half. This isn't exactly that crazy, because I have old lady bones and if I run too much my legs start to die, which I don't want to happen. But there's a difference between "too much running" and "none at all".

-I taught my Mom how to block someone from showing up in her news feed on fb. (Well, actually this was today, not yesterday, but same diff.) It was very useful knowledge that I was happy to share with my mom. And now her news feed is happy.

-I went to softball practice last night with my body guard (FH) so that if the ex was still hatin' on me, I had protection. But then again, I should have realized that he would NEVER say that junk to my face, he just likes to put in on FB for the world to see.

-I dressed up for work. Like in an actual dress. It was strange. And now it won't happen again for at least another month or two.

-I reserved our cabin for Spring River. You can read about our trip last year here. We go every year and we LOVE it! It is so much fun and I am so excited to go back soon. As much as I am DYING to get a bun in my oven, I'm pretty sure my BFF LA is okay with me not getting one in my oven until after this trip. Nobody needs a pregnant lady on a raft.

-I also had one of those moments (cue the song:"You find out who your Friends are"). There are people in life who are reliable...and then there are people in life that you can never count on to do what they say they will do. Because nothing makes me crazier than having someone say they will do something and then back out. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. It just gets old.

Despite not having a spectacular day yesterday, I'm actually in a great mood! It might just have something to do with the fact that my man and I are going on a roadtrip this weekend....and who doesn't love a good road trip?? Who lives close to StL and wants to come cheer us across the finish line?? FH might need help carrying me back to the car.....

Happy Tuesday y'all! May the odds be ever in your favor. :) Pin It Now!

Easter Weekend

Any holiday that we have without kids is just not as entertaining.
It's true.

The girls were with their dad all weekend but FH and I managed to have a good time enjoying each other.

Sunday morning, I got a call from Kate. She asked if the Easter bunny came to my house. She said  "Daddy said that since he didn't come to his house, he probably came to yours."

Thanks for that, Baby Daddy. Thanks a lot.

So off we went to Walmart after church. Nothing like the last minute.

The girls actually ended up coming home early so they could do some family stuff with us for Easter. I was really excited about that.

As soon as they ran in the door, Alex stopped BEFORE seeing her Easter swag to say "Man, you look handsome!" to FH.

And then she decided to change clothes so she could match him.
I swear, that girl really does think that she is his wife and not me.

And good ole Kate is just like her Momma.
As soon as we get done with church, we throw off the dress and get into something comfy.

Please note ugly HORRIBLE heely shoes that I wish would get lost somewhere.

We ate tons of food. TONS.
I have no idea why I have kids that don't like candy that much, but it really affects me since I LOVE candy. They always hand it over almost immediately.

What they were most excited about was the GIANT $10 freaking bag of beef jerky that they got from the Easter bunny. They looooove beef jerky.

Once we got home, FH and I hid eggs for them to hunt for.
I would say 50% of the eggs had money in them so they were stoked.

And we thought about making them hide them so we could find them, but it was getting late so we were running out of time.

Can you see the excitement?
This is because they could see eggs but I told them not to touch any until I took a pic.

A great weekend with family....and now I'm looking forward to the next weekend because we are going to St Louis.

Remember that time I ran a half without training for it?
Oh yeah, that's less than a week away.
I sure do hope I survive long enough to put my 13.1 sticker on my car!

Hope everybody had a great weekend!!!
Happy Monday!
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Dear John

Dear John, Laura, Self,

There are some things you should remember on a daily basis.
But life gets busy and you tend to forget.
So this blog post is here to remind you.

1. doughnuts, pizza, and everything else that you love that is not healthy tastes amazing....but is totally NOT WORTH IT.
Put down the cupcake Fatty McFatterson.

2. abs are made in the kitchen not the gym. see also #1. It doesn't matter how long you workout or how hard you workout, if you leave the gym and eats 45 tacos, they cancel each other out.

3. K&A are gonna argue. Period. They are gonna knock on the bathroom door at least 468 times while you are in there. They are going to stand on top of you while you dry your hair, and they are going to whine when you tell them it's bedtime. Get over it. One day you will be an old lady sitting in a quiet house and you will miss the noise. {Cue the music: Yooooooou're Gonna Missssss Thiss}

4. FH is the greatest thing that ever happened to you. Do you remember the nights you prayed for a husband that would appreciate and love you?? Do you remember what it was like to have a husband that didn't even want to come home at night? Tell him you appreciate him every single day. And show him, he deserves it.

5. Work is work is work. It doesn't matter. At the end of the day, as long as there is a decent sized paycheck in your hands, it's a good day.

6. Love your friends. Text them just because.

7. Stop and smell the roses. Every single day I'm hustlin' we are running around trying to cram as much into the day as possible. Don't forget to just sit with your family and enjoy them.

8. Some days, you should dress up. Just for kicks. Maybe even wear heels. I know you don't have to at work so you normally don't. But it will make you feel good when you look good.

9. Jeans are tight. Don't freak out and feel like you have nothing to wear. I'm pretty sure it might scare FH just a little.

10. Walk outside. Even if you feel like sitting at home and relaxing. A quick walk/run around the block doesn't take long but will make you feel amazing...and then give you the energy to workout more.

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Late to the Party

What does one do when work is busy and blog ideas are short?
Join a linkup that happened yesterday, of course.

1. If calories didn't count, I would eat... Buffalo Wild Wings for breakfast, a pizza buffet for lunch, and Mexican for dinner. All day, errrrday. Oh and I'd probably wash it all down with chocolate milkshakes.

2.  On my Prom night.... I broke up with my then boyfriend because he didn't want to go downtown with a big group of us after prom. Sorry 'bout that one. Every party has a pooper.

3. When I go to the store, I always buy... peanut butter. I swear we go through more in our house than normal people.

4.  Family functions typically... involve lots of laughter. Lame, I know, but there's not a lot of drama in my family. :) But there are lots of VERY LOUD people. Myself included.

5.  I think my blog readers... should all move to Memphis so that we can hang out more. Well actually, I think you should just all move to my neighborhood so I don't live with all retired old folks.

6.  I'd much rather be..... at home with FH right now instead of at work. I swear I haven't seen him much lately because we have been busy and that drives me nuts.

7. I have an obsession with.... getting a bun in my oven.

8. My work friends.... are few and far between. There are 2 or 3 that I super love, other than that, I don't talk to many people. I am definately not popular at work, I come here to make a paycheck, that's about it. But I super love the friends that I do have here!!

9. When I created my Facebook account.... I thought it was super lame compared to MySpace. I mean, you didn't even get a song on your profile.

10. My least favorite word is... ain't. Cause ain't ain't a word, y'all.

11.  I really don't remember.... the last time that I felt skinny. Gross, I know, but it's a daily battle.

12. Justin Bieber.... actually has some decent music. But man, I bet he is SUCH A LITTLE PUNK IRL.

I'm gonna leave you with an original poem written by Kate.

The girls have to write like 10 poems for school and I love this assignment. It's hard for me to help them though cause I just want to write it for them. I see blogging in their future.

This poem was a color poem and she had to follow certain guidelines, I think she did well.

Red by Kate

Red is the color of roses.

Red is the pepperonis on my pizza.

Red is the color of my energy.

Red is a big bonfire in my backyard.

Red smells like a garden of roses.

Red tastes like strawberries.

Red sounds like fireworks.

Red looks like a ladybug.

Red feels like a hot sunny day.

Red makes me want to cheer for the rebels.

Red is the sign of stopping.

It took a lot for me not to tell her to add that Red is the name of Taylor Swift's new CD.......

Happy Wednesday Y'all!!



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Cause It's Not a Party until the Ambulance Shows Up

Remember that time that I had a skating party for my kids.....

...and I thought that no one was coming because apparently the letters R,S,V, and P mean nothing in the year 2013 so I continued to invite everyone I knew....

....and then every single kid on this side of the state came to said party?

Oh yeah, that was yesterday.

And remember how one little girl fell, but her parents weren't there, and she didn't know their phone number so we had to google to find it....

...and then the paramedics showed up to splint her broken elbow.....

...and her dad rushed her to the hospital and she had surgery the next morning to get pins put in her elbow. Remember that?

Other than stressing over running out of food and drinks, having people show up that I didn't even know since I let the ex invite some people for fear that no classmates could come, and the little girl that got seriously hurt....the party was a MAJOR success!

Oh yeah, and also I have zero pictures.
I understand if you want to unfollow me now because it's obvious that I'm the worst blogger ever.
But you see what happened was, I have a big ole otterbox case on my phone now. And an otterbox plus tight jeans just don't go together.
I normally have my phone on me 24/7, but not anymore since it won't fit in my pocket.

I'm pretty sure some other people got pics though so I hope to share them soon.....maybe.

We had a fabulous weekend.
The girls got a ton of stuff for their birthday.
It made me really miss the days when they were young and got cash or giftcards and they went straight to me.
Now they feel like they get to keep them. What's up with that?

It was also that type of weekend where you close your eyes and all of a sudden it's Monday.
I'm pretty sure I hardly sat down at all.
And I did not get enough quality FH time in at all.
I need a weekend in order to recover from my weekend.

Oh yeah, and I run a half in 2 weeks and I haven't ran in like 3 or 4 weeks...no big deal. Also, I think it's snowing in StL now....please please please let it not be snowing when we run the half.
Cause that would be just wrong.
But then again, if I'm super duper slow {which I will be} then I can totes blame it on the snow.


Happy Monday Y'all! :)

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Cowgirls that don't Kill Each Other

A strange thing happened last night.
K&A didn't try to kill each other.
They told me they were best friends.
And that they wanted to dress like twins today.

It might have something to do with their upcoming bday.
I still can't believe they will be 10 tomorrow.
Where on earth does time go??

Seems like just yesterday they looked like this:

And today they look like this:

I know this whole getting along thing won't last.
I'm not throwing away my referee shirt or anything.
But I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

Last night they had their first softball practice.
This was a big deal because they moved up to the big league.
And A was scared. Not so much K though.

But they did awesome.
I was one proud momma.
When they ran, 1st and 2nd place went to K&A.
Not that it was a race or anything, but to me everything is a race.

I LOVE our coach. I always hate when they have some super young dad coaching who barely knows what he is talking about.
And yes, I'm that mom who coaches from the sideline.
I can't help it, I coached them for years.
But our coach this year is great and he looks like Santa Claus. Bonus.

When they were done, Alex walked off the field and said "I had no idea I could throw that hard."
I really wanted to say "Me either."

Hope everybody has a great weekend! TGIF!

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