Happy 4th of July!
I celebrated by running my first 5k in Huntersville! It was a beautiful morning and a great run. Almost 500 people signed up! It’s crazy running with that many people at one time. The course was nice and level with a downhill at the start and a mini downhill to the finish line.
I finished in 29:27 minutes. Not too shabby. Finished 9th in my age division. I’m certainly looking forward to running another one very soon! Can’t wait to better my time.
P.S. I’m the one in the pink.
Today we celebrate two years together. Two very fast but wonderful years.
This project feels very different from the last time I did it in 2008. I find myself wishing we had two digital cameras so Jason could take one to work with him and I can take one with me. I feel like I’m only getting part of the story with me carrying around the camera all day.
Here are some of my favorites from Monday ::
I always have someone ahead and behind me going up and down the stairs.
12: 00PM Putting on my boots for work.
12:30 Bringing in the horses for lunch.
2:00 Getting ready to ride.
8PM Wine + Monday night sitcoms.
On Saturday April 17 Jason and I attended a local radio show’s charity event called 2nd Chance Prom. It helps fund their charity called Grin Kids which sends handicap kids to Disney World with their family.
It was was a great excuse to buy a formal dress (ahem read: a prom dress) and dress up for a night on the town. It was a real blast. There were over a 1000 people there, all dancing and having a great time.
We will defiantly be back again next year. Maybe next year we will get a little more adventurous in our outfits, because the hit of the party was this guy.
This weekend, for the first time since college I competed in a horse show. Riding my own horse as well! I was super excited to start showing again, even if it was just a rinky-dink little schooling show, where my top competition was an 8 year old(well, at least one of them was!).
My biggest fear was that Wiley(my adorable pony) was going to act like the pony from hell at the show. He hasn’t been off the farm in, oh….about 4 years. So I was expecting the worst. I was pleasantly surprised. He was well mannered, a complete gentleman and a little shining star in a sea of leggy bay TB’s and Warmbloods.
Honestly, my show nerves were a problem I have dealt with since childhood and I was worried that I would be too incapacitated to perform well. Luckily, I was smart and focused on relaxing and enjoy the moments and letting things roll off my back. The day went off well in that regard. I for once wasn’t a complete wreak and monster bitch to my entourage.
The most nerves I had was for the one and only jumping around I had signed up for. We made it through, with only the scary yellow flowers at fence #2 causing us any grief. I thought after that round that I just didn’t have it in me to jump competitively anymore, but as I sit here on Easter Sunday, I’m thinking I just need to compete in more jumping classes so that it’s as relaxing and enjoyable as my dressage tests are.
My Entourage :: Dad, Mom and Granny. Not pictured, the photographer, my hubby Jason.
Jason got this great shot of Wiley semi-smiling. Adorable.
So, we ended up with two 2nd place ribbons and a 3rd place ribbon. Funny thing was that I was tied for 1st twice and 2 once and lost both the ties to come home with those ribbons. Doesn’t matter though, we had fun and Wiley had a great first show experience. I won’t say that I will be back to Toopler Branch anytime soon. The show was run fairly smoothly, but there was some confusion about my jumping round and people seemed to think I needed advice. Please don’t give people unsolicited advice at a horse show, unless your the judge.
Funny thing, all the show people thought I was a kid (even though I competed in the Sr. division) and would say things like “Do you know your coarse?” as If I was 12 and would think that I could go into the show ring without knowing my coarse. Oh well, the haircut, me being 5’0″ and riding an adorable pony makes me look like I’m 12.
Hope everyone Else’s Easter weekend was just as fun!
It’s been busy around the Rohrer house. Well, not in the “We’ve been renovating and painting and tiling” sense. More in the, go to work, come home for two ours, go to bed and then return to work sense. This winter has been hard on us, especially me because I work outdoors and really really don’t like the cold. NC had the wettest and coldest winter in 30 years. Miserable, let me tell you.
We havn’t really done much in the house. We’re almost finished with the flooring in the FROG (pics to come soon) and we did start decorating our bedroom, but ran out of time/money. We were hoping to have some tax money to spend, but it’s looking like the unthinkable it going to happen. We may owe taxes for the first time in our lives. We are hoping there is an error in my W2. Which BTW I just got last week. Grrr, hate waiting till the last minute to do things..
Some good news, I am planning a horse show for April 3rd and am excited to go. Wiley will probably flip out, but it should be fun none-the-less.
Other than that, hoping to get this taxes thing resolved and get going on some spring cleaning/decorating!
exhibit a :: Valentines Weekend [snow 35-]
exhibit b :: The following weekend[sunshine 60+]
Yes, that is Arabella swinging with me. She begged to get up there with me and when I got her up, she stayed, just like that, for about 15 minutes straight. Falling asleep as we swung in the sunshine.
Another one of my 28 things is to plant a garden this spring. I would LOVE to have fresh herbs at my finger tips. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers. Yum.
I picked up a cute little green house at Lowe’s on a whim the other day and planted some Chives, Basil and Parsley. With a little love, I now have little baby sprouts!
I have this list of 28 things I want to do before I turn 28. Number one on the list is to donate my hair to Locks of Love. A great foundation that gives kids with long standing medical conditions wigs after they have lost their hair.
Honestly, it’s been on my “I want to do this list” for years now, but I just now got the courage up to do it. I made an appointment for Wednesday Feb 3rd at my salon. I was so excited and nervous that I couldn’t even sleep the night before!
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I went the Katie Holmes short look with shorter than usual bangs. I look so cheesy in this photo! The sun was so harsh, I had to keep my eyes closed till I snapped the picture! Denise my hairstylist took off 11 inches! This is the shortest my hair has been since I was 4! It’s a weird feeling. My head feels lighter and it was strange washing it for the first time!
Anyone else out there given to Locks of Love? i have several students who have given to the cause as well. It’s really inspiring when you have 10-12 year olds donating their hair to help other children their age!
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