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Happy Birthday Song!

I’m slowly trying to get ready for our first annual “Fritz 5K” at our family reunion at the end of August.  I admit I’ve been a bit lax (okay VERY lax) about running lately.  So, now I’m trying to get back into the routine of trying to run again.  It’s slow progress but I’m getting there…

I’ve also decided, in order to encourage myself along, that I’m going to sign up for another 5K in town.  It’s called “Boots & Boas” Doesn’t that sound fun?  In fact rumor has it they give you a boa at the end.  🙂  I figure any kind of motivation is motivation, right?

I just recently heard about the opera Love Never Dies.  Apparently it’s the sequel to Phantom of the Opera.  I just adore Phantom, so I’m starting to work my way through the music of this new one–so far I’m enjoying it.  I’m always surprised, that even though I’m musical, and know a lot of music, that there is still SO much music out there that I’ve never even heard of… 🙂  I guess it’s evidence that I need to listen to more music.

In other news I got a new armband holder for my phone so I can take it with me when I go running.  I’m really excited about it, but it’s REALLY big.  Actually it fits my phone perfectly, so it’s not any bigger than it needs to be, but it sure looks ginormous next to my old Sansa music player.  🙂  Wanna see?  Ok!

New Arm Band holder for my phone!

Did you know that Valleyfair sets off fireworks every night just before they close at 10:00?

Yup.

At about 9:45 every night there are fireworks.  We can see them from our deck.

There’s your random bit of useless information for the day.  🙂

You’re welcome.

We are halfway through the summer.

How did that happen?

I had such lofty dreams of what I was going to accomplish over the summer and now I only have 1/2 the summer left to do everything.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I have done some things, but not nearly enough!  The thing that has taken up most of my time for the past 3 weeks has been getting the nursery remodeled for church.  I have spent more hours than I care to count painting and painting and painting, and then organizing and decorating and arranging…  But I’m happy to announce that I am finally finished.  Whew!  (More to come about this soon)

So, here we are at the end of July and I’m determined to start getting busy having fun.  🙂

Look out everyone!

Well, it was a busy day, but we were able to get prepped for the party tomorrow, plus I cleaned part of the house, plus we continued on with his potty training (still no accidents!) and I was able to finish the nursery at church. But I am exhausted. Whew! I’ll take pictures and post more soon.

Happy weekend everyone!

Saturday was our 11th Wedding Anniversary.  🙂

Yay us!

It was a bit of an unusual Anniversary, because I spent the morning working at the church, then I went to a baby shower right after that until mid afternoon, but Tim and I did get to go out for a nice dinner and spend some time together.  All, in all wonderful (except that I forgot to take a picture of us…)

This week is a bit crazy:  potty training, 2 full days of teaching, Josiah’s Birthday, and somewhere in there I need to finish the nursery at church.  Yikes!

For now, I’m off to teach.

Meet Darian.  He’s the Baker’s Puppy (a rat terrier if I heard correctly).

This is going to be a full and fun weekend.  He has so much energy! Luckily our fence has officially been tested and works great.

We’ve already enjoyed basking in the sun and running through puddles in the yard.