Steve with the Butler Bulldog 

The Bulldog Jog

Steve and I rant the Bulldog Jog 5K at Butler University today. Because I'd been having problems with my right leg and hip I hadn't run much in the past week. The race was a pretty easy course, and I finished in 35:06 (yeah, I know, I'm really slow), but about halfway through I pulled something in my other hip. It really hurts! Here are a few pictures of Steve and I with friends.

Steve and I at home 

Steve and Kobyj 

Here I am at the US Olympic Training Center (alas, only as a visitor). 

My husband at the Garden of the Gods 

With my baby boy on Christmas Day. 

With my husband in Colorado during Christmas.

Happy Flu Year!

Well, the new year begins with a bang. Last week my husband came down with some sort of cold thing with a lot of coughing. On Wednesday I started coughing, and developed a fever, chills and aches. I'm much better now, but I'm still hacking away. The biggest problem for me was that I was so sick I couldn't even read! I have this stack of books from work that I need to finish, but about all I could do all weekend was veg out in front of the television.

I did manage to read a fair number of books over the last few weeks. Some of the best of these include:
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti
Escape from Saigon by Andrea Warren
Evangeline Brown and the Cadillac Motel by Michele Ivy Davis
Under the Watson's Porch by Susan Shreve
Norman Tuttle on the Last Frontier by Tom Bodett

When I get time I'll try to post some reviews of these and other books.

Chicago Marathon

I'm on the left at the 2004 Chicago Marathon with friends Genie and Deb. We're there to cheer on my husband Steve. We saw the sign, and the woman holding it took our picture with it.