This is for my friend.

Hey Mange - I love you.

My father and I haven't talked in over two years - we had a fight. He hasn't met his twin granddaughters. There's a chance I might see him over Thanksgiving. I want this tension to be gone from my life but I'm nervous.

Happiness moment - when I run I don't jiggle nearly as much. Progress is being made.

The road trip.

I love road trips but I hate the hours leading up to departure. I like to leave the house clean, the dishes done and the bed made (hopefully with clean sheets). Add this to getting the kids packed, the dog packed, and me packed and of course there's the last load of clothes that need to be put in the dryer then folded. On top of that, there's this deadline we put on ourselves which no matter how on top of it I think I am, we are always an hour past that magical time. Then as my husband is loading the car (which I feel like I will need to repack because I KNOW I can get another cubic yard for the dog who is now resigned to the very back of the car without access to the window) we will have to wrangle the cats who will be determined to hide inside when we want them outside or vice versa. The babies will poop. The dog will be excited and jumping all over everyone because she knows SOMETHING is going on and if she's lucky, she will be a participant. It just stresses me out. Then the miracle happens, we are loaded in the car, doors are shut, engine is running and we pull out of the driveway after doing the last minute gear check - babies, dog, cell phone, hubbies cell phone, ipod with updated podcasts and playlists, chargers for everything, advil, cheerios, lights off, air up, doors locked...CHECK!! Suddenly, the stress is gone. We are on the road. The world is ahead of us. We are happy. Hmmm.... French fries anyone?

Moments of Happiness

Yesterday, I couldn't watch Oprah because my babies were laughing too loud.

Today, one of my babes was choking on a piece of carrot (not funny), she coughed and out shot the carrot and some other stuff. Her sister went into a giggle fit at the sight of the carrot being launched out her sister, across the kitchen and onto the floor. Now that is funny. Em just had a look of surprise on her face.

It's getting better all the time.

Yesterday I ran a 5K with my husband...AND I BEAT HIM!! It's not that much of an accomplishment because I have been training and he has not. But I still beat him and that feels very good. I once again suffered from calf cramps which I know is because I don't stretch nearly enough. I also beat my time by two minutes. There is another race in two weeks on the same course and I think I may run it to see if I can beat my time again.

My moment of happiness today was my 15 mile bike ride. I have done this ride before and today it almost seemed easy. It ends with a major climb and it didn't seem nearly as bad this time. Maybe the bike going uphill isn't such a bad thing.

Fall is finally here.

I was so sick and tired of the heat. All I wanted was to feel the cool air on my skin in the morning when I let my dog out to pee. It has been unbearably muggy and hot here for the past three months - until yesterday. Ahhhhh. I was watching the author of Live, Eat, Pray on Oprah and she talked about keeping a journal of the happiest moment of the day and yesterday, it was going for a run with a chill in the air - or maybe it was the gentle breeze flowing through the house because for once, I could open up the windows. I love fall and I love change. Which is probably why I love spring too.

I'm also happy because I get to see my best friend next weekend and we'll spend some time in the woods hiking. We have both been training for the adventure race next spring and it will be nice to be able to train together for once. I have lost 6 pounds so far. That will be 6 pounds I wont have to drag up a hill on my mountain bike - because as I said before - bikes were not meant to go uphill. I don't care what Lance Armstrong says.

Time to clean the kitchen. And why does it never stay clean? Ugh.

The terror is here.

My twins started walking on Wednesday, September 26th. They have been practicing all weekend and now Lily has been walking all morning with no crawling. They still crawl if they want to get somewhere in a hurry but they are officially walkers.