I'm driving....... oh crap I'm in a guardrail!:(

         If you've ever been in a wreck you will know exactly how fast it can happen and how completely terrifying it really is. This happened to me. The day before our big 20 hr drive to North Dakota I decided I would go have lunch with Adam in Gallatin on his lunch break, ya know because I'm a good wife like that and I missed his sweet face. Anyway, it was raining cats and dogs and I was on my way home and all of the sudden I hydroplaned and the back end of my car was fishtailing. I could feel that I was losing control. This is the point when I'm pretty sure I started getting that sick to my stomach feeling... I tried pumping my brakes to gain control back but that didn't work. A few seconds later I completely lost control. This is the point where I'm pretty sure I was screaming, "FUCK, FUCK FUCK, NO, NO, NO FUCK," (pardon my language but when you feel like you are about to die you apparently turn into somewhat of a sailor, or maybe that's just me). I hit the left guardrail first, which bounced my car back onto the highway where I hit another car and then proceeded to hit the right guardrail where I finally came to a stop.

    

               I was feeling so many emotions. I was scared that the person in the car I hit was hurt or worse, I was happy I was still alive, I was confused on what I should to do next, I was letting the what ifs roll through my head as I looked out the windshield and saw the 2-3 story drop I would have taken if the guardrail wasn't there, so mainly I was just plain freaked out. I unbuckled my seat belt and got out of the car and 2 or 3 cars had stopped to make sure that I was okay but no one was checking to see if the other car was okay. I immediately ran to the other car that was about 20 yards ahead of me and checked on them. Luckily it was a middle aged man by himself who was completely fine. I was so relieved.  I headed back to the car to call Adam. Once I got in the car the tears started. I can't explain why I was crying I just was. I was exploding with emotions and calling my husband just made life seem that much more precious. I couldn't help but think, what if he was getting a call from someone else right now saying that I was not okay... what a freaky thought.

       Once everything was sorted out with the police and insurance we headed home where I finally started realizing that my head was throbbing and my knees hurt really bad. After a few ibuprofen and some lounging on the couch I felt better. My knees continued to hurt for about a week but they were just bruised from hitting the dashboard.. no serious damage. Thank goodness.

        My car has been totaled and although I LOVED my Nissan, it has actually been somewhat of a blessing that it was totaled. My insurance paid for the rest of what we owed on the car with a couple thousand to spare for the purchase of my new car. Since we are on Dave Ramsey's plan we decided to get a cheaper car so that we wouldn't have another car payment. Although we did have to finance a small part of the new car it will be paid of in a couple of months and we will never have a car payment again! What a relief. The new car is a 2003 Ford Taurus, which has been named Myrtle.


                           

New Job!

Hey folks,

    So as most of you know already I quit my job at Germantown Cafe to work for Marche Artisan Foods. This was a huge decision for me.  I have and will always have loyalty to Germantown Cafe. It's still hard for me to believe that I don't work there. However I don't and my new home is with Marche.

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     I started looking for a new job when the money at Germantown became inconsistent. With the opening of Germantown Cafe East and all the new hires I was starting to see a major cash flow problem when doing my finances.  With Adam and I on the Dave Ramsey plan and being bound and determined to get out of debt in December 2012, I had to look around at all my options. When I called a good friend of mine up I discovered that there was an opening at Marche. Marche and Germantown attract a lot of the same clientele, but Marche runs with longer shifts and fewer servers, which in the end means a bigger payout for you know who... ME! I decided to apply with little hope that I would actually get it (Not the most experienced server with only 4yrs under my belt). However, when I went in to apply I talked to one of the owners and by the end of the day I was offered a following shift the next day just to see if the fit would be right. By the end of that shift I was offered a job and have been working there ever since.
    When I found out I got the job it was super bittersweet. I was excited to know that I was going to be able to make more money for Adam and I, but I was super stressed over leaving Germantown. I know this may sound stupid but I loved the people there. I got along really well with the owners Chris and Jay, all the managers, and of course all the servers I had been working side by side with for so long. Germantown was my comfort zone and my home away from home family.  I even cried giving my two weeks. SUPER LAME I KNOW!
      Now I feel like I have the best of both worlds. I'm making more money and have made some great new friends as well as keeping all the great friends I had at Germantown. I still love to go and eat at Germantown because I miss the food almost as much as I miss the people, but I can definitely say I'm happy to be where I am. Marche is a great place to work with great people and fantastic fresh food and I'm happy to be a part of another great restaurant.

Dave Ramsey is the man with the plan!

        So I have never been that great with money. I mean I have always paid my bills on time but as for saving money... nope never! The thing is, I'm stubborn, I get it from my mom. If I want something I will get it and I will work hard for it too, but I should be saving the money instead of buying so many clothes, shoes,wine, etc. There was a time in my life where I was always in the negatives by the time it got around to being paid again, and this lasted for several months! I even had a picture taken of me with my thumbs up to my bank account that was pulled up online when my account finally got into the postives! 


Now, if I look around at my life I'm pretty blessed. I don't know a lot of 24 year olds who are married and have a nice car, and a nice house filled with pretty nice furniture. However, to get there we have dug ourselves into a little bit of debt. Since I'm trying to get into a program to become an x-ray tech that will pretty much leave me working only a few hours a week, we have decided to buckle down and get out of debt to lower our monthly expenses. Dave Ramsey's plan is what's helping us get there! 


                                                                    




His plan involves saving $1000.00 emergency fund first. Then you create a budget using his only program and stick with it. When you budget you use the envelope system. For instance, if you give yourself $200 for groceries a month, then you put $200 cash into an envelope marked groceries and when the money is gone you are done. You can't put anymore money in or take from other envelopes. This helps you stay on track and paying with cash as much as possible instead of a debit card helps you realize how much you are actually spending. Then there is the snowball effect. When you start paying on your debt you start with the smallest item first. Then once it's paid off you put however much you were paying on that card and pay that much more on the second card. All while just paying minimums on everything else. He has this little debt calculator online that shows you exactly what to pay first and it shows you if you stick with the plan what month you will become debt free! So far Adam and I have paid off 4 cards and we have 5 more items to go.... including my car, and we have only been on this plan for a little over a month.The debt calculator says that if we stick with it we could be debt free by December of next year! I'm so stoked! Adam and I have never been more excited to do finances and doing them together is new for us since it used to be only me! It's a great feeling knowing that you have a plan and we push each other to do even more. 


Since we are now on a budget we each only get $50 a month to spend on whatever we want and that includes, drinks, going out to eat, clothes, music stuff etc. So don't be surprised when I say that I can't go out with you because I'm probably just broke. I will be watching more movies at home and buying my wine at the liquor store instead of at a cool  bar where I have to tip and pay $7-12 a glass. So feel free to invite yourself over to my house and if you know of any cool free stuff to do in Nashville let me know!! And if you would like to start The Dave Ramsey plan yourself let me know if you have any questions and I will be happy to talk about it with you or check out his website! 

All Natural.... with a little mousse!

          So I'm not even going to make excuses for not posting in forever because the truth is I just didn't care. I mean honestly it's not like any of you were just chomping at the bit to read my next post... lets be serious.... I'm not that interesting! But sometimes I just like to post on here the things that I'm thinking, things I've been up to or just post something silly to fill up some time in my day. I actually have a bunch of things I would like to post about right now so there should be more frequent postings for a little while anyway. 


           Anyway, today's post is about hair. I need help. I hate my hair so much and I always have. In high school my hair was a disaster!!! I honestly can't believe I actually had boyfriends. It was always so fluffy and feathery looking. I didn't even learn what a straightener was until my junior year in high school and then it became my best friend. 









I actually have naturally wavy/curly hair and its fine hair but there is a lot of it! I never know what to do with it so I just straighten it all the time... not healthy! I always have these little flyaways on the top of my head that look ridiculous! 


                                                         

It kinda looks like the top of this dogs head, except I don't make it look that cute. So I've decided if I'm 

going to get my hair healthy I'm going to have to were is natural more frequently... be prepared to be 

  

scared! Here is a quick photo shoot of my first attempt to go with my curly hair in quite sometime! 

Seriously!!!?!?!

I'm going to scare people! I'm even scaring myself! 

Well whatever... I guess this is what I got to do...  

Just own it girl! lol

Back to School, Back to School .... sing it with me now!

Okay so I haven't been posting and there is a major reason why... I'm back in school FULL TIME! The semester only has about 5 1/2 weeks left and boy is it crunch time. I am really liking it so far and the lowest grade I have gotten in any of my classes is an 82. I feel like I have time for nothing though and nobody for that matter. So, if we are friends but I haven't been around lately I'm sorry I'm really wish there were more hours in the day. Soon summer will be upon us and I can go back to having so what of a life for a little while.

My first day of school photo:)

I know I'm a nerd.....

The reason I went back to school was in part because of this blog. I started this blog because I wanted to stop living life on the sidelines. I had gotten in the habit of always doing the same things and it was a boring rut that went on for too long. My thinking was that if I had a blog it would hold me somewhat accountable for getting out there and trying new things. Which I have and some things have just piled up and I haven't even been able to write about them yet. Anyway, it made me think about everything in my life. What else what I sitting on the sidelines for? This was HUGE! I had been wanting to go back to school for so long but there were so many things deterring me from doing it. For example, I didn't know what to go back for exactly, cost, afraid of failing and plain laziness. This had to end. The next step in Adam and I's life is children and I really want to have school behind me when that happens. That in itself was enough motivation for me to get my act together and get on with it. I now attend Volunteer State Community College in hopes of getting into their Radiology Technologist program! Wish me luck!

SLAMBERLY!!!

Hey all,

So, I completely forgot that I didn't post about my adventure with the Roller Derby Girls. Let me tell you... it was an experience. I loved it! For clarification, I was not trying out for the roller derby team. I just went to a roller derby practice with girls who were wanting to try out for this season. Every year if you are interested in joining the roller derby you simply attend these practices that are held 2-3 times a week and they go over some of the basic moves and help you with form. Once you've gone to multiple of these practices there is a Skills Test, in which you have to preform the basic skills in front of leaders on the team and you they decide if you get to be on the team or not or if you need more practice.

Anyway, so I went to one of these practices out of curiosity and ended up really enjoying myself. When I first walked in I was super nervous, but one of the girls kindly took me under her wing and helped me get dressed with the gear and I was off. We did drills to learn different ways to fall and different ways to stop. Both of which are very important and its very important that you can do both very quickly. I felt like I was one of the best of the new girls which really got my adrenaline up. I am lucky in that usually when I learn a sport I catch on quickly and I'm usually pretty good. This was one of those things. I signed up for the email list to learn more information because I had such a blast. However, I did walk funny for about a week afterward because I was so sore. It may be fun but it's def. a lot of work!

One of my favorite rituals of being a roller derby girl though is your name that comes along with it. One of my co-workers came up with the perfect name for me.... Slambery! I love it! Unfortunately, once I learned more about the time and money I would have to put in to be on the team it just didn't fit. I hope that at some point during my life it ends up working out where I could be on the team but just not right now. I am so thankful for the experience though. It is one that I will never forget!

Yazoo Beer at Tribe!

First off I would like to say that until I met Courtney, I had never been to a gay club in my life and now... I LOVE IT! It's perfect. Tribe is a gay bar in Nashville and it's amazing. It's not overly packed, the drinks are delicious, the music is amazing, and you never have to worry about a guy hitting on you or trying to rub on you if you are a single straight lady. Not to mention that they hosted Yazoo Beer Night!

Yazoo Beer Night was only $5 to get in and it was unlimited tastes of 8 different beers brewed by Nashville's own Yazoo. Not only were they delicious, but ONLY $5!!! Included in the $5 admission was access to the free snacks that were provided by Suzy Wong's House of Yum, and boy were they YUMMY! Speaking of snacks, Adam came with us and loved it! If you know Adam, then you know how much he loves snacks! It was Adam's first time to Tribe and he was a little nervous I think at first, but once we got there he really liked it too. He likes the fact that you don't get all the losers you can run into downtown, and by losers I mean tourists with an attitude problem or boys who feel like they need to compensate for something.

All in all it was a great night with great friends! I hope to do it again soon!

Adam turns 30!

So a couple of weeks ago Adam, my husband, turned 30! He was a little nervous about it for awhile but now that it's here and gone he's completely cool rocking the fact that he is no longer in his twenties! I mean he's got a smoking hot young wife, what else could he want!?..... just kidding! So, to celebrate we went to Florida! My parents have this awesome time share deal where we end up getting great deals on our vacations as well, so we decided to take advantage and take a short little trip to the Sunshine State. Since we booked a two bedroom condo we thought it would be nice to share our trip with another couple so we took our good friends Jason and Kristy. We had a blast! Yes, the drive was long, and yes, I got car sick part of the way, but it was all worth it!

The first day there we decided to just relax and check out one of the many outlet malls and go to eat at Adam and I's favorite pizza place, Uno's, which we sadly do not have in Nashville. It was just as good as I remember if not better. If you have ever had the chance to eat here you know exactly what I'm talking about! Their pizza's have the best crust ever. They also have our favorite dessert which is a chocolate chip cookie baked into a personal pizza pan and served with copious amounts of vanilla bean ice cream, whip cream and chocolate sauce! YUM!

Once we got back to the hotel we decided that we and our food babies wanted to relax in the hot tub! Since we had hit Wal-Mart up earlier I already had my wine cooling in the fridge! The perfect ending to our day!

The next day was Adam's birthday so we were bound to do something fun and we all decided to head to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Adam was the only one who had been there before and we were all so excited to explore it together!

We started with Islands of Adventure which was smart because they had a lot more rides! The Hulk was our first ride and probably my favorite! With its twists and turns it had my heart pumping and I was laughing because I looked over at Kristy who never even opened her eyes!

Next we hit up the Spiderman ride! SO MUCH FUN! I am not usually a fan of 3D rides but this took it to a whole other level. I was dodging bricks and enemies. It was like they were reaching out to grab me, it was so fun!!! Just walking around the park was fun! Just seeing all the little details in every different area of the park was cool. My favorite even though there was only a water ride was the Jurassic Park area! It was cool to hear all the noises and to feel like you were in the jungle!

After Jurassic Park we headed to the NEW HARRY POTTER WORLD! Now, Adam and I have never read the books or seen the movies so we didn't really think we would be that into it, but it was so so cool!!! It was so detailed! I've seen the movie trailers and it looked just like it! I was actually inspired to read the books! I can't wait to start!

After we had seen all of Islands of Adventure we headed over to Universal! It was so neat! It felt like we were on a movie set! We even got to see the Back to the Future car!!!

At Universal we got to ride the new Simpson's ride and the E.T. ride. Adam and I also hit up The Mummy which was amazing! Another 3D ride that blew me away! I hope we definitely make another trip back soon! So much fun! After a day of walking around it was time to go back to hotel so Adam could watch The Vikings game and the rest of us could rest our feet in the hot tub! I slept so good that night!

The next day was our last:( We decided to just take a day and relax. Kristy and I even got to schedule hour massages in our room which felt amazing! We got to hang out around the pool and even have races down the dueling water slides. We decided to take some paddle boats out on the lake as well!

That night we wanted to check out Benihana the Japanese Steak House right down the road. It was so delicious! Nothing like some fresh Japanese food and some late night hot tub action to make our ending to our vacation perfect!

What are some of your favorite vacation spots?!

Slip Slidin' Away!

Think slip n slides are just for kids?..... Think again my friends its for a group of young adults who have had enough liquid courage to throw on a bathing suit and throw themselves down a slippery slope! Which is so fun... until you wake up the next morning and you realize that your entire body hurts and you may have a bruised rib!

For Labor Day a group of us decided to have a big cookout and do a slip n slide. In my back yard we have a little hill that worked just perfect. A week before the event I was looking up how to make a slip n slide which sounds silly because you would think that its really easy. Which it is but there were some tips like, don't use tent stakes, that came in very handy. There were also so tips on what to use besides water to make in slippery, which I chose Blueberry scented kids Bubble Bath! It worked great!

This day was full of laughs, food, drinks and friends and you just can't ask for much more!

Even Abby had fun!

New Recipes!

Hello... do you guys remember me!? I realize I have been absent for over a month now and I have no excuses except complete laziness. However, I have been doing some fun things, have been going to new places and cooking new things and enjoying free concerts, so I have plenty to tell you about!

So, I love to go out to eat but as much as I love to do that I love to cook too! Sometimes its so hard to find time and the motivation with Adam and I's crazy schedule, because honestly who likes to cook for just themselves. However in the last month I have had some time to try some new recipes. The first one I tried was a Grilled Chicken with a toasted almond and mandarin orange relish with a side of quinoa pilaf! It was not only delicious but super healthy and easy to make! I don't need to tell you how to grill chicken so I'm going to leave that part of the recipe out, so I will start with the toasted almond and mandarin orange relish. All you have to do is buy a pack of sliced almonds and put them on a baking sheet and turn the oven to 350. Put them in for about 10 min and the almonds are done. Now chop up some green onion. Mix the almonds, mandarin orange slices with very little juice, and the green onions and you are finished. It should be 2 parts mandarin orange to 1 part almonds and just add green onions to taste. Now put in a little bowl and keep refrigerated. On to the quinoa pilaf. Do you know what quinoa is? Its a whole grain full of protein and fiber and has the taste of a mix between rice and pasta. Its super easy to make and is so good and good for you! However much you want to make just use two parts water to one part quinoa. I usually use 1 cup quinoa for Adam and I and always have a some left over. I start by placing one cup quinoa into a pot and add two cups of water. I bring to a boil and add a bouillon cube for taste. If you don't have a bouillon cube you can substitute chicken stock for some of the water. Once the water is at a bowl lower the heat and put a lid on your pot. Let simmer for about 15-20 min stirring occasionally. Once the quinoa is done you can eat it just like that or you can add ingredients like green onion, sauteed chopped yellow onion, or carrots. It's up to you and what you like! Here are the results!

Talk about delicious!

The next thing I attempted was inspired by the show The Biggest Loser. Bob and Jillian are always talking about substitutions you can make with the things you eat that are better choices. Last season they made mashed cauliflower instead of mash potatoes. Now, if you don't like cauliflower you are not going to like this dish. However, if you do you will love it! I find it delicious and it is so much lighter than mashed potatoes. Anyway, all you have to do is steam the cauliflower (I usually use a whole head ), then beat the cauliflower like you would if you were making mashed potatoes. You can stop hear and add salt and butter to taste, but for me I need to make them a little more creamy. On top of beating them I use an actually potato masher and mash them up by hand.

Then I tend to add about a tsp of butter and a little salt and you are good to go! Eat and enjoy! The first time I made this, this was all that was left!

The last recipe that I have tried was my favorite of all it was, Grilled Eggplant and Tomato Stacks. Here it is!

Ingredients

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• 2 teaspoon(s) extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon(s) extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 (3/4-1 pound) medium eggplant, cut into 6 rounds about 1/2 inch thick
• 1/2 teaspoon(s) coarse salt, divided
• 6 teaspoon(s) prepared pesto
• 2 large beefsteak tomatoes, each cut into 3 slices about 3/4 inch thick
• 4 ounce(s) fresh mozzarella, cut into 6 thin slices
• 6 fresh basil leaves
• 1 tablespoon(s) balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper

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Directions

1. Preheat grill to medium-high or place a grill pan over medium-high heat until hot.
2. Use 2 teaspoons oil to brush both sides of eggplant slices; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Grill the eggplant slices for 5 minutes. Turn; continue grilling until tender and marked with grill lines, 3 to 5 minutes more. Transfer to a large platter.
3. Spread each eggplant slice with 1 teaspoon pesto. Top with a slice of tomato, a slice of mozzarella, and a basil leaf.
4. Drizzle vinegar and the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over the towers; sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper.

One of the best things I have ever eaten! So light and fresh! Only 145 calories and I paired it again with some quinoa! Tell me about some of your favorite recipes!

Monday Night Dance Party!!!

Every Monday night at the 5 Spot in East Nashville, there is a little something called the Monday Night Dance Party!!

If you know me at all you know that I love to dance! I don't even need music I could just dance the night or day away and be completely content. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard about this dance party! It's awesome! I've been meaning to go a lot sooner but since I always seem to work Tuesday morning and the dance party doesn't even really get started until around 11, you can imagine what kind of morning that would make the next day! Last Monday we finally went and it was pretty fun. However, if you want to drink you should do so before you get there because it's so crowded that you won't be able to get a drink unless you stand by the bar for 30 mins or more. Also, if you want to dance you shouldn't be to concerned about your personal space because your bubble would def. be popped on this dance floor but still a good time if you don't mind those things. It just so happens that when I was there I kept bumping into this girl when we were dancing and when I finally turned around to see this girl it was the pop artist, Kesha! I was butt bumping Kesha! It was crazy! Pretty cool though. I will def. go again! Hopefully soon because I could use some dancing! If you know of any good places to dance in town let me know and I will for sure check them out!!!

Check out 5 Spot!!!

Fun in the rain!!!

My friends and I had been planning a white water rafting trip for a couple weeks and when the day came last Monday we were stoked!!!! We got up early and packed the car, which you couldn't fit anything else into, and were on our way by 930. We had yet to look up directions but who needs too when three of the people in the car have the Iphone. So we looked up directions real quick and took off. Blasting awesome music, laughing and talking took up the next hour when I decided to ask Adam what our next move was on the directions. This is when our day started to take a turn for the worse. We had been going an hour in the wrong direction....LAME!!! I was a little, okay maybe more than a little peeved at my husband who never manages to fail at messing up directions, but when we realized we were still going to make our apt. for rafting at 2 o'clock I began to let go of it a little. When I get mad I tend to just not talk and let my thoughts steam for awhile, but I let my annoyance sizzle and was starting to be okay once we were about an hour from getting to our destination. We started jamming out to Michael Jackson once again! Everything was falling into to place. This was until we looked at our phones and realized there was an hour time change!!!! We were going to be late by thirty minutes!!!! I started to steam up once again! I think I was a little more annoyed because Adam and I were the ones who had paid for the whole trip and no one had paid us back yet and how was I suppose to ask for money for a trip that never happened! Not cool. Even though we missed our rafting trip, which we ended up getting vouchers for that we can use this year or next, we decided to set up camp! We had planned a tubing down the river trip as well the next day. So we set up camp close to the river and set out for the lake to go swimming. It started raining right when we got there but we were determined to not let it stopped us. So we jumped in and swam around for about an hour! Next it was on to the grocery store. It took us one hour to find a grocery store that was five minutes away!! Lets just say it was an interesting drive, filled with stories from Michael Ian Black's book. Once we finally got groceries we set out for the campsite once again and started grilling as soon as we got there. Then came our drunken night of catch phrase... ( I downed two bottles of wine!!!!). I don't remember much of the rest of the night other than getting sick and passing out once again in the tent... I know I'm so classy. The next day we got up and Jordan Mcgyver'd some awesome bacon, egg and cheese muffins and then came the rain. Maybe I should say torrential downpour! It didn't let up. When we decided it wasn't going to stop we decided to throw on our swim suits and start taking everything down. It was an experience that's for sure. The trip turned out to be pretty fun! Lots of laughing, lots of drinking and lots of rain! Who doesn't love doing things in the rain on a hot day?

My first 5K!!!!!

Today at 6 in the morning I'm felt a little regret from signing up for this 5K. All I want to do is throw my alarm across the room, roll over and go back to bed, but I can't! I paid money for this thing darn it and I'm going to do it. So I roll over and kiss Adam to wake him up and I can tell he is not feeling it either, but we both drag our butts out of bed and get ready. We are in the car ready to go 1/2 hour later and boy do we look the part. In our shorts, sports shirts and tennis shoes no one could tell by looking at us that we don't run...but we don't...EVER. Of course, I am a huge fan of the Biggest Loser (obviously I am practically in love with Jillian Michaels), and if 300-500 pound people can train in six months, or something like that, to run a full marathon at the end of the season then I should be able to run my butt 3.1 miles right!!!?? So, we meet up with our friends, David and Karen, who are runners, and we head for the marathon. When we get there I start getting a little nervous. There are so many people, athletic people... runners. They are all so inspiring in the their running gear and ipods. However, I just don't want to finish last. That is one of my biggest fears in life... finishing last at anything. I mean I guess that's probably everyone's fear, the fear of failure, but today I must put in my head that it doesn't matter if I come in last, it matters if I finish what I started and so that's what Adam and I set out to do!

Before the race....

Once the race starts, I'm focused. I'm pumped! It's exciting running with that many people. You feel like you are a part of something. Watching everyone else makes you want to keep going. Adam and I managed to run without stopping to walk for the first mile and a half and then we had to start walking every once in awhile. There were a lot more hills than I expected so Adam and I walked up the hills for the most part and would run down hills and on the flat areas. Near the end the only thing keeping us going was the fact that we were going to finish... and in the middle!

I was so exhausted by the end of the race but when I saw the finish line there was this sense of accomplishment that filled me. I was so happy. I will even say,I'm a little embarrassed, but I almost cried. It was even harder to keep my tears back when we almost get to the finish line and Adam looks at me and says, "Let's hold hands when we cross the finish line." This is such a sign of our relationship. A sign that we will always be by each others side. A sign that we will always be there for each other! A sign that I'm one lucky girl!

After the race....

This is an absolutely terrible picture, but what do you expect us to look like after a race? At least we are all smiles! Adam was making me laugh which is why I look so goofy. All in all I'm so glad that we chose to do this and we are actually super excited for another one in Oct!!!

If you have time, check out the Tomato Arts Festival today in East Nashville! I would have gone back and checked more stuff out if I didn't have to go to work tonight.

A special thanks to Karen for being our supporter and photographer! Hopefully next time you and baby tomato can run with us!!