A-Z survey

Happy Tuesday!!!!  I have seen this survey floating around and I enjoyed reading it about so many people, so here we go!!!

AGE- uggghhhhh  44
BIGGEST FEAR-  Something happening to my kids.
CURRENT TIME- 0800 hrs
DRINK YOU LAST HAD- Hot apple cider it is so good!!!
EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO- My oldest son Jordan
FAVORITE SONG- This always changes probably Taylor Swift Wildest Dreams
GROSSEST MEMORY- I am going to say crime scenes and leave it at that
HOMETOWN- Townville, PA
IN LOVE WITH- Prissy
JEALOUS- Fast runners
KINDEST PERSON I KNOW- Amy
LONGEST RELATIONSHIP- sighhhhhh  4 years
MIDDLE NAME- Ann
ONE WISH- I want my mental health back!!!!
PERSON SPOKE WITH ON PHONE LAST- Jordan
QUESTION YOU ARE ALWAYS ASKED- Whats for dinner?
REASON TO SMILE- Everyday is a new opportunity to improve.
SONG LAST SANG- Wildest Dreams
TIME WOKE UP- 0620 hrs
UNIQUE TALENT- Cooking
VACATION DESTINATION- Mountain cabin
WORST HABIT- Comparing myself to others
XRAYS- Skull, back, tailbone, arm, ankle
YOUR FAVORITE FOOD- Salads for sure
ZODIAC-  I hate my sign for so many reasons Cancer

I had the best run today!!!!  Probably the best run in over a year. 

 I hope you enjoyed this survey.  Feel free to share.  

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here in Memphis,  I love fall. 

 

How is the weather where you are?

Pick a few letters and add, please

Are you giving out candy for trick or treating?  I cannot decide if I am yet

 

Friday Five

I had so much fun yesterday with Zachary watching these funny videos yesterday.  It gives me so much joy to see him laugh.  I am so blessed to have had such wonderful sons.  I know we all think that our kids are great, but mine really are!!!



1.  I am completely out of peanut butter, like I took a spatula and scraped every little bit out of the jar.  I am addicted to peanut butter.  I had to have half a bagel with plain butter.  The good side of this is I get to go to the grocery store which I love. This may be the size I move up to

2.  I am going to the new Whole Foods close to my house tomorrow and I am really excited because I have a rolling list of things I have been wanting to get. 

3.  Have you heard of Coke rewards?  I have been entering the caps (most donated) into the system for a few months and have $30.00 already!!!!  I also have been entering my grocery store receipts into Ibotta and have $20.00. 

4.  I am starting to take donations to make homeless blessing bags to pass out on Thanksgiving.  Memphis has a huge homeless population.  If you are interested email me at has2run@yahoo.com

5. We are carving pumpkins tonight which should be a lot of fun.  Hot apple cider and scary movies what a great way to end fall break!!!

What are your plans for the weekend?
Do you eat an obscene amount of peanut butter?
Do you participate in any rewards programs? Which ones?

I have bloggers block

I have sit here for two hours and cannot think of anything to blog about.  Is bloggers block a real thing? 

Yesterday was National Taco Day.  I made the meat eaters in my home regular tacos.  I just had some cheese dip and chips.  Nobody like the hard shell tacos. So I pan fry flour tortillas with butter until they get slightly crispy.  They are so delicious.

 

Today is mommy Monday and I am trying to brainstorm ideas.  I am pretty sure we are going on an ABC nature scavenger hunt.  We used to do this when he was a toddler, but I mentioned it yesterday and he was on board.  We just go to a park with a piece of paper with the alphabet written down the side and try to find something for each letter.  Fortunately his name starts with Z so I always have that covered. 

 

I was randomly scrolling through the local news yesterday and how about I found an article that said they are breaking ground for a Trader Joes in Memphis. This is good for two reasons 1) I love Trader Joes 2) my son who has worked at the one in Atlanta could possibly move here!!!!

This week marks my friend Cat's six months of sobriety and I am so happy to be able to go with her to receive her six month chip. We are taking her out Saturday to celebrate.

I am currently addicted to Sour Patch kids, and have no plans on quitting.  The blue ones are my fav.
After this past weekend, I realize how much I am not looking forward to the cold temperatures.  It was in the fifties and to me it felt like below zero. 
Today is my weekly rest day from running.  I am really feeling good when I run again.  I have really missed that feeling.  I am really excited for my friends who have big races this coming weekend.  Have a great taper week

Have you ever had bloggers block?
What is your favorite candy?
Did you celebrate National Taco day?

 

 

 

The best cranberry orange scones EVER.

I made the perfect scones. I thought because they sound so fancy that it was going to be difficult.  Seriously they only took about 20 minutes.  I used to order the scones at Starbucks but they were kinda pricey and hit and miss on freshness.

I decided to make cranberry orange scones yesterday afternoon because they just sounded good.

The recipe called for baking powder, sugar, salt, orange zest, dried cranberries, butter (always),

heavy cream and flour.  Mix everything together.  In order to get the scone shape, you press the dough into a nine inch cake pan, and then divide it like pizza. These only needed to bake for ten minutes

They were soft, fluffy, perfection.  I will definitely be making these again. If I were to describe a scone to someone who has never tried one, it is a mildly sweet, biscuit like creation usually using a fruit to flavor it. 

Yesterday I had a short run, 4 miles, I had planned on going further but it was way too hot. This weekend is supposed to be the last heat wave here in Memphis, we shall see.

This is pretty much my plan for the weekend.

Have you ever had a scone?

What are your plans for the weekend?

Is it still hot where you live?

My Bucket List

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  I enjoyed the cooler weather here in Memphis. Just a quick wrap up of my weekend.  Saturday, I took two hour long spin classes and did a little strength training.

Sunday was my long run, I would have been happy with ten miles, but completed eleven at 8:44 pace, which I was satisfied with.  I finally watched Wild with Reese Witherspoon and I really enjoyed it.  Makes me want to hike the same trail. 

My bucket list, is so long, probably because I already have done so much that I figure why not shoot for the moon.  I take great pleasure in knowing that I was a soldier, a leader, a police officer, boss, mother, runner, baker, there are so many great things that I was able to do with each of these titles.  I am proud of what I have done!!!

There are so many things I want to do.  These are just a few. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

What did you do this weekend?

Do you have a bucketlist? What is something that you really want to do?

Has it cooled off where you live?