Papa O's Birthday

Today is Papa O's birthday! On Sunday we went out to Grandma and Papa's house for dinner with Uncle Bob and Laura to celebrate. Grandma Kathy made prime rib, chicken, cheesy potatoes and broccoli salad (YUM) and I made cupcakes! One of Papa's hobbies is scuba diving so when I found the "shark attack" cupcakes I figured if I just added a dive flag it would be perfect. They turned out great after a few shark catastrophes. One thing I was disappointed about is that I used white cupcake papers. (I bought blue papers but didn't use them?!?!)

Happy Birthday Papa O we love you!

Lazy Triathlon

During the month of March at the Jackson YMCA they are having their annual "LAZY TRIATHLON". I thought about doing this last year but decided not to because COME ON it's a lot more running, biking and swimming (I don't swim!) than I do even in a month!!! BUT this year I am going to give it a shot. Better yet, Lisa and I are going to give it a shot (on our own). We will see maybe next year I will sign up to do it and get the T-shirt.

There are four goal levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Ironman. I am of course opting for the Bronze level! SO... as of March 1st I had 31 days to:

• Bike 50 miles
• Run/Walk 20 miles &
• Swim 2 miles (144 lengths of the pool) EEK!!

I started a day late so that didn't help but I think I am off to a good start now. I have started an on-line log at running-log.com. If you would like to see how this is going for me HERE IS THE LINK. For the sake of keeping track I am logging my running and walking just as running. Don't for a minute think that I ran 3 miles in 3 days (I can only run about 1/8 of a mile right now without feeling like I'm going to die!).

Happy Birthday Grandma Teresa

I finally got the chance to use one of my Christmas presents that I was most excited about. My mom got me a cookbook that is full of super cute, fun cupcakes called Hello Cupcake! Last Thursday was her birthday so I made her "a box of chocolates". I was so happy with how they turned out! The best part is Papa O's birthday is in a week and I can't wait to make his cupcakes. :~)