ABC's of me.

I haven't done one of these in a long time. So here it goes...

A. Attached or Single? Attached. Married for eight years next month! 

With the man I love!

B. Best Friend? I don't just have one. My husband is number one though! But in close tie for second, Anne, Whitney (very fast friends!), Nicole, and Kristi.

C. Cake or pie? Pie, pecan to be exact. Funny thing, even though I decorate cakes as side job I prefer not to eat them. I do feel differently about cupcakes though.

My latest cake, made this week.

D. Day of choice? Saturdays. I get my long run in and then time to relax or have fun with the family.

E. Essential Item? Just one? Purse, so I don't have to stuff everything in my pockets.

F. Favorite color? Purple

G. Gummy bears or worms? Gummy bears.

H. Home town? Linden, CA.

I. Favorite Indulgence? Ice Cream!

J. January or July? January, I love the cold.

K. Kids? One, 4 year old daughter.

L. Life isn’t complete without? Running!

Running my first half marathon.

M. Marriage date? July 9, 2005.

N. Number of brothers/sisters? 1 older brother

O. Oranges or Apples? Hmmm Apples.

P. Phobias? Spiders and drowning. I can swim well enough to save my life and my child's and that is about it.

Q. Quotes? "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." Henry Ford 

R. Reasons to smile? Listening to my daughter say her prayers.

S. Season of choice? Fall. It's still somewhat warm but cool evenings.

T. Tag 5 People. Anyone who would like to, please feel free to keep the survey going!

U. Unknown fact about me? I need extra sleep! You don't want to talk to me if I have had less than seven hours.

V. Vegetable? Tomatoes, yeah I know people say it's a fruit but whatever.

W. Worst habit? Clutter.

X. Xray or Ultrasound? Really don’t like either.

Y. Your favorite food? Peaches

Z. Zodiac sign? Virgo.

Ok, your turn. Go!

God Bless.

Cupcakes Galore!

Over the past two months I have been making cupcakes like crazy. Here are some of them.

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.

Red velvet cupcakes.

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate cream cheese frosting and a variety of toppings.

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and chocolate flip flops.

Cupcake and cake spread.

My first ever wedding cake!

I am totally enjoying making cupcakes. They are so fun.

Have a great weekend. Eat a cupcake!

God Bless.

National Running Day (Yesterday!) + a Giveaway

Yesterday was National Running Day and while I ran, I of course, forgot to blog about it. I participated in the 2013 Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics. Torch Runs are run all across the country as a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Our small town was one of the towns that the torch came to and so there was a run. There were approximately 100 runners and yet I was the ONLY one not wearing the Torch Run shirt. No one told me that I was supposed to wear the red shirt they gave us! Oh well, I was the one in the blue shirt :)

My pre-run pic.

As you can see, I am not in this picture!

Not only was I not told to wear my red shirt, I was not told when the picture was taken so I am not in it. Oh well, I had fun and that is all that matters. The run ended up being 3.3 miles and I ran most of it with a correctional officer who I had met at a previous race.

And now, on to the giveaway. As you may have read before I am an Esprit de She Cary Blog Ambassador. Esprit de She has graciously offered one of my readers an Esprit de She prize pack that includes a shirt. I have seen the shirt and I want it. Enter the giveaway below using rafflecopter.

I'm so excited to run Esprit de She at the end of this month. I will be running the 10K. This will be my first ever women's only race. Esprit de She is a 5K or 10K followed by post race rendez-vous complete with a bubbly bar, tasty tapas and a community market. And Esprit de She is partnered with some awesome charities like Girls on the Run. Check the race series out and see if there is one near you.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Did you run yesterday on National Running Day?

God Bless.

Pretty Muddy Richmond Registration Giveaway

Have you ever wanted to run a women's only mud run? Here is your chance to win an entry to Pretty Muddy Richmond. Enter below using rafflecopter and you can join me there. I'm running the 9:30am wave.

**Please Note*** This is for Pretty Muddy Richmond Virginia ONLY!

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God Bless.

Kindrunner Kick Off

In a previous post I quickly introduced you to Kindrunner. Well they have gone live as on Saturday June 1. And I'm so excited to tell you that I have already ordered my next pair of shoes. I am Brooks Ravenna fan so I ordered the new Ravenna 4. And as soon as those come I will be sending back a pair of retired running shoes. But let me give you some more details about Kindrunner. Here are some great facts:

• Confident Runner Pricing – An option presented upon checkout which rewards those who know exactly what they are looking for. This option waives the Free Return Shipping but offers the shoe at a below retail price. Shipping of product to customer is still free, as is the return shipping of donated shoes for Kindness Cash Rewards Program.
• Free 3 Way Shipping – Free shipping of your order to you, free shipping of any returns for any reason, free shipping of your donated shoes back to us for re-purposing with Soles 4 Souls or The More Foundation Group.
• Kindness Cash Rewards Program – This is what turns your old shoes into credit towards new ones or any product on our website. KCR are available to the customer after any footwear purchase (the idea behind this is to replace your old shoes with new ones, and keep the old ones out of the garbage, landfills, or ones closet… thus why it is available after footwear purchase). Upon receipt of their footwear order, customers have the option to place their old shoes into the KindRunner shipping box and place the pre-paid return label on the box for shipment back to us.  Upon receipt of the label, we will scan the bar code and place the KCR onto the customers account for future use.  Each return label (whether it contain one pair or 4 pairs of shoes) is worth $10 KCR per new shoes purchased (5 pairs purchased on that order, you can earn up to $50 KCR) or credits towards future purchase. The KCR can be used to purchase ANYTHING that kindrunner sells and will never expire.
• Expert Product Reviews – Some of you may have seen some of these on our youtube page, www.youtube.com/kindrunner. Each and every product we carry will come with an expert product review video on the same page that the product is listed on.  These videos are done by individuals who have worked in the running industry for a number of years either as shoe reps, store owners, or expert shoe fitters at one of the oldest running stores in the nation. We bring the knowledge of your neighborhood specialty run shop to the comforts of your own home!
• Easy 365 returns – A customer has 365 days to return any product, so long as it is in its original packaging and in its original condition.  If you are injured and unable to use the shoe, if your doctor wants you in a different model because of orthotics, no worries… no questions asked!
• Next up is a nice reward for our earliest customers, this is key as I think people will be excited by it. “Free Socks for Life” to our first 500 customers! Each time one of our first 500 customers returns and purchases a new shoe their order will ship with a free pair of socks of their choice from our sock inventory.  As long as this customer continues to run, they will continue to get socks from kindrunner.com!

I'm thrilled to be a Kindrunner Ambassador, especially since I no longer have a close local running store. With Kindrunner I can bring the expert advice into my own home and recycle my old shoes while I am at it. Go check out Kindrunner. It's worth it.

God Bless.

Pretty Muddy Opening Event

Today was Pretty Muddy's opening event in Dallas. Were you there? Are you planning on getting Pretty Muddy somewhere else? I will be getting Pretty Muddy in Richmond in September. I'm super stoked about it.

Check out Pretty Muddy's website and see where they are near you.

God Bless.