Life's Rules

Just thought I'd share as a quick reminder for life:

Don’t work so hard that you miss your kids and families life: Simplify your life 

Choose happiness, silliness and laughter 

Stay in touch with friends 

Express feelings so as to not settle for something you don’t want 

Have the courage to live a life true to yourself, not the life others expect of you

Uvalde or Ugalde?

So while on vacation this summer, Walt wanted to take our family picture under the Uvalde sign.  Uvalde was actually named after a man with the last name Ugalde, however, along the way the name was changed to Uvalde due to either a misspelling or a misunderstanding with this Ugalde fellow.  Here is the history of the name and town as written by http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txuvalde/ :

Created from Bexar County in 1850; re-created and reorganized in 1856. Named for the 1778 Governor of Coahuila and noted Indian fighter, Juan de Ugalde, with the name Anglicized. Uvalde County's most famous son was John Nance Garner, Vice-President of the United States under Franklin Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941. His nickname of "Cactus Jack" was earned through forthright comments such as the office of vice-president "isn't worth a bucket of warm spit." Uvalde County is located on the southwest side of the Texas Hill Country between Del Rio and San Antonio and the lands include parts of the Edwards Plateau and the Nueces River. The county seat is Uvalde, a small town at the crossroads of two of our nation's longest highways, US 90 and US 83, both of which extend from border to border. A host of historic, interesting and recreational sites make Uvalde a wonderful place to visit. For a more detailed History of Uvalde County check out The Handbook of Texas Online.

So there you have it, the history of Uvalde County and the town of Uvalde, Texas.  Below is the picture of our family under the Uvalde sign, taken while on vacation at the Frio River July 2013.

13.1 #2 Complete

Well this past weekend, 4/7/13, I completed my second half marathon, Angie's Half Crazy! Half Marathon.  I have to say I am pretty proud of myself and quite frankly surprised I completed it, LOL!  After the LaPorte Half Marathon, I wasn't too sure I would ever do another half marathon again, but I did and I did GREAT!

My time was 3 hours and 16 minutes, which is better than my 3 hours and 36 minutes I finished LaPorte with.  I think these half marathons are addicting.  the mentality is kind of like, well I did one, why stop there, when is the next one?  MORE MORE MORE!

The next couple of runs are some 5k's, one is The Gritty Goddess, a 5k obstacle run, then The Electric Run in June which is just for fun but you wear a bunch of those glow necklaces/bracelets, etc.  The bridge series is coming up in the Fall and I'll sign up for those again and tackle those damn bridges again I'm sure.  Half Marathon #3, here we come, LOL!

Here are some pictures from Angie's Half Crazy! Half Marathon we took:

 

The awesome Bling!

 

Me and my girls!

Me...all finished, now it's nap time!

That's it for now, till next time...Keep Calm and go RUN!

13.1 DONE!

Well I did it!  This past Sunday, 12/2/12, i finished my first half marathon.  It was an awesome feeling to cross that finish line.  I tried not to think about it and let it overwhelm me, but I have to say it was VERY emotional to cross the finish line and receive my medals.  I did it!  I RAN/WALKED a freakin' Half marathon.  Sheesh!  It's still kind of surreal in my mind but when i look at the medals and think about it, I am VERY proud of myself and think i want to do it again next year.

Here is a picture of all 4 medals i earned this year for completing the Texas Bridge Series, they are so pretty (and heavy):

The bridge series started with the Kemah Bridge 10k, up and over 4 times, PHEW!  Second was the Galveston Toughest 10k up and over the Galveston Causeway and ended with the LaPorte By the Bay Half Marathon, 13.1 miles with the Fred Hartman Bridge Included in that mileage.

When i got home and finished the half i posted my dedication of these runs on my Facebook page, here it is again:

Well here they are! I finished the half marathon today, it was hard but I did it! This run completed the Texas bridge series of runs, 2 10k's and a half marathon.

I dedicate this series of runs to two very special people. First, my husb

and because without his support i couldnt have done the training and done the runs. Secondly i dedicate these races to my friend Gail Boyes, she encouraged me to join Bay Area Fit and constantly kept telling me I could do it...even on days she couldnt do much. Thanks you Walt and Gail, i love you both.

Also thanks to my family and friends for your awesome support and for cheering me on and putting up with my running posts on FB.

I also ordered a 13.1 bling shirt from a friend of mine who makes them as a business, Nicky Harrington Breaux who owns and operates Bling it Up! Rhinestone Accents made this shirt for me (not a great shot of me, it's hard to take a good picture of yourself with your phone):

Well that's my report for today.  Next is the Santa Hustle 5k run on 12/23/12.  that is a run purely for fun.  I'll post an update and pictures from that fun event.

Thanks everyone for your love and support during this half marathon/marathon training season.  It was a blast!