Case Life: better late than never..

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

better late than never..

I have been meaning to post about this for a while now.. but I finally have the pictures ready to do it! I FINISHED MY FIRST HALF MARATHON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 17 2010!!! hooray, I am pretty proud of myself. I started training around January and I felt like I was ready that beautiful Saturday morning! My chip time was 2 hours and 22 minutes. I told myself I didn't really care about my time, I just wanted to finish it, but a little part of me wanted to be under 2 1/2 hours, so that is nice! I felt really good until I hit the 10 mile mark around Liberty Park. (I only trained up to 10 miles thinking I could push the last 3 miles) well, I pushed the last 3 miles, alright, but it was hard at the end. I think next time I might train up to 12?? I don't know. anyway, here are the pictures. I look like crap and the pictures really don't do the sweat justice, because it was all over me. I know this is gross, but I have to add it in- i don't know why- I think I squeezed my ponytail 4-5 times in the last few miles and it was seriously like I just got out of the shower and was squeezing the water out of my hair! haha For those of you who have lived with me in college, or ever worked out with me, you know of my sweating situation! It was really cool to be a part of it, i can't believe how many people were there. I would love to do another one- but I don't think I could ever do a full. I wish I would have lost more weight, but what can ya do? Anyway, back to the today- we are getting along okay without Dan. Of course, the wind storm comes along while he is gone, so I did not get much sleep last night - too busy thinking of all the horrible things that could (or couldn't) happen from the wind. Bailee is having a pretty hard time without Dan- her transitions from one place to the next is hard. She'll have a dream and wake up crying because it had Dan in it and when she woke up, she realizes he isn't here. Or she'll just sit there and say out of nowhere, "I miss daddy." Dan is liking the weather and enjoying the pool thus far... who wouldn't? okay enough rambling.. I need to go pick Bai up from preschool!

5 comments:

erica said...: i am so proud of you for doing this!! wow, what a huge accomplishment! i am sad your family is without dan, but it will be fun once you're all out there together!; April 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Kelsie Thueson said...: you go girl!! That's so awesome!! I sure wish I had the guts to ran a half marathon!! See you soon!; April 28, 2010 at 1:44 PM
the cole family said...: you are one brave woman!; April 28, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Tricia said...: Amazing! Congrats on such an awesome accomplishment :); April 28, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Angie said...: You Rock Janelle! You are an inspiration to me! I've been toying with the idea of doing a 1/2 marathon, but I'm a little unsure if I could do it. Way to go!!; May 1, 2010 at 11:59 AM

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."