Holidays are here

I remember when I was young everyone use to say, the older you get the faster time flys.. Well, I'll say. I was just trying to make plans with friends to go mountain biking and its....Thanksgiving. I will miss spending Thanksgiving with my family, but I will get to see them over the weekend when I head home on Friday.

One of my favorite parts about Thanksgiving is walking in from the cold, into a warm home with the smell of turkey in the oven and the family laughing and talking over each other. When my family gets together NO ONE can get a word in, we all have so much to say, lots of belly laughs and I love it!

I also have my highschool reunion this weekend. I always enjoy going because I don't see many of classmates from CT now that I live in Vermont. I've lost touch with alot of people I use to be close to and I always have hopes of reconnecting. What usually happens is those who I expect to be there aren't and I end up talking to people I didn't know very well. It's funny when people feel the need to talk to you when they don't know you and you act like you know them and you know in their head they're like....um, who is this person. Last reunion we had to wear our year book picture pinned on our shirt. good times. I didn't think I changed much. I forgot how long my hair was, and how shy I was!

Isn't it funny how we see things as we saw them 5 or 10 or 20 years ago, and they look the same. The house we grew up in. The highschool we went to. Our favorite dirt road to walk or drive on. The mountain we love to climb. The stores we love to shop at, but we look different then we did 5, 10 or 20 years ago. Our surroundings look the same, but we've changed with age.

I was frantically looking/shopping for something to wear to this reunion, like I don't have enough in my closet to chose from, and who am I trying to impress? Half the S*&@ I tried on looked like I was trying to hard, the rest looked stupid. Why can't I just wear jeans and a t-shirt. Thats what I live in on a daily basis.

Happy Thanksgiving whether it's with family, friends or with a good book, its day about being grateful and my hope and wish is that for you

smiles
Mary

I got hit hard with this bug thats going around

For some reason I cut back on taking my vitamin C and I got the bug, flu, virus what ever you call it and it sucks. The doctor gave me an inhaler for the weekend because I was having a hard time catching my breath and now I can't stop coughing. Its embarrassing. I feel much much better, but this cough is just continuous and I don't want to go out in public coughing all over people. I'm going to try every home remedy there is to get rid of this cough! and I've heard them all, including putting Vicks vapor rub on my FEET! I'll try it for sure!

It is embarrassing, I met the most intriguing person on Saturday. She's a journalist for one of the national news networks, an opportunity of a lifetime to ask all those questions you'd want to ask. She had some of the most amazing stories. Knowing and meeting presidents, world leaders, the pope. She had really interesting personal stories about these interviews of hers, and I could barely ask her where she gets her hair done, I coughed the whole time. And, had no voice so she couldn't understand a word I said! She was probably thinking, who is this crazy woman from VT!

Well, I stuck to my gut feeling about the Jets over the weekend, and Brett Favre....yeppers, got it done, I'm off the hook once again and don't have to do anything stupid this week, no, it's Rich's turn again. Tomorrow at noon, Rich will dress in this huge goofy turkey costume and deliver lunch to a lucky listener who sends us an email with the request, morningmess@champrocks. The Turkey sandwiches are from Subway with all the fixins, including chips and soda! I'll probably snag one before we bring them to the winners place of business.

Smiles

5k and hip hop

I ran the 5k event on Saturday for the Conner Turnbough Foundation. Fantastic fundraiser, they raised over $11,000, congratulations.

I'll tell you what, I was not prepared! I really haven't run since May, well a few 3 mile runs here and there. After running full marathons I have a warped perception of the ease of a 5k event. I didn't eat before the race, just had a cup of coffee. I figured I would just run and then eat. Well, they say "GO" and everyone starts bookin'. Running for their lives and I'm like, where 's everyone going. What happened to this nice easy 5k fun run. Well, I told myself I'm just here to have fun. RIGHT! As soon as people started passing me, I was like, uh I don't think so and the competitive part in me started running faster and of course I exhausted all I had and got burnt before the end of a 3.6mile run! I had to walk it out a couple times. I would have been better off just jogging and finishing with a run. I need to keep my running schedule going! Mary, remember, this is just a fun event to raise money for a fab cause!

I have my hip hop class tonight. We dance to music from Jay Z, Timbeland and Akon?...HUH? Guess you couldn't do a chuncky belly role to Zeppelin's Rock and Roll?

I was really frustrated last week. I couldn't remember the steps and I didn't have room to move. There's alot of people in this class and we keep dancing in each others space! ARUGH!

Let's hope for lots of points in tonights football game. I do NOT want to wear this stupid turkey costume and stand in a street corner somewhere in Chittenden county. I am sick of losing these stupid NFL picks.

Smiles
Mary

Turkeys are full of it

It's almost here. No, not Thanksgiving, Rich's winning streak coming to an end with football picks. Well, hopefully I'm not speaking to soon. My Jets pick yesterday has me one game closer to winning this weeks picks. Just need Washington to pull through for me with a win this weekend.

Here's the deal, the loser will dress is a full Turkey Costume, standing on the corner of Dorset and Williston Road, in South Burlington, with a sign that says Save the Turkeys, eat meatloaf for Thanksgiving. Go Skins!

I hope you have a great weekend, I'll start my weekend with the Connor Turnbough 5K run tomorrow morning, maybe a movie Saturday nite and chill on Sunday. Might be a great day for homemade stew!

smiles

Mary

Lost another NFL pick with the Morning Mess

I thought morning radio was suppose to be fun. Just show up, chat it up and make OTHER people look stupid. I'm starting to feel like the Detroit Lions, what is it this year so far, 0-9? Thats me with my picks. Whos BRILLIANT idea was it to have wagers on these picks. Isn't it just fun to pick games, but NO...now we have to do something ridiculous when we lose, and I've been the loser for most of this.

Pizza Put today, noon, I'll be wearing Rich's unironed, over sized clothes, including his long sleeve RedSox Shirt and some kahki jeans I will be serving pizza!

See you there...
smiles
Mary
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