just because

let's start with my 5:30am alarm. got up. got dressed & headed to uncommon athlete. nothing but green lights the whole way! seemed like a promising morning. then i read the board. sprints, burpees, awesome. 10 rounds of burpees, 10. uncalled for! haha. then ran an easy 6 miles with madison. perfect. came in, chugged my liter of water and started on breakfast. should've known things were headed downhill when i was standing at the toaster waiting/wondering why my toast wasn't popping up...only to realize i hadn't put it in yet. cool. started my coffee. i was just telling madison on our run that EVERYWHERE i go i have the change the toilet paper roll. it's humorous at this point. i mean, everywhere i go. reached over for paper towel. you know it. end of the roll. had to change it. things seemed a little better. started eating, watching the news, watching gabe play. hmm, gabe. he got a little fussy just before jay left. so we figured he might be gett...

madison and i were laughing last week about our random pet peeves. i know i've blogged about some of mine before. but i really have some strange ones. i have a feeling i'm about to embarrass myself... ok, we have 2 types of silverware in our house. one is this cheap stuff i bought from target when i moved out on my own. then we have our "nicer" stuff we got when we got married. i only like to use the cheap stuff! and i get irritated when jay uses "my" silverware. i need therapy. saturday is "dont make the bed" day in our house. i despise it! i hate the bed not being made. but i try to let loose once a week. but i do straighten it out before i get in it. i cant help myself. it drives me crazy when someone sits right in front of me at the movies. (unless its packed.) i want to prop my feet up. when people don't return their carts at stores. really? don't leave that mess sitting in parking space. ohhhh - when smart cars, motorcycles ...

i wanted to have a point to this post. but i am afraid it'll just be me rambling, again. maybe i'll end up talking about something that matters but don't count on it. i love having a pixie cut but sometimes i miss being able to do my hair in different ways. typing that makes me laugh b/c i really don't have hair skills. so my different ways would include: down & ponytail. i guess i just miss it when i see cut hair styles. i'll just keep the pixie. gabe can wave now. its so darn cute. the kid has a lot of spunk. laughing is one of his favorite things. he laughs at everything. he's also really into clapping these days. i was singing old mcdonald to him this morning and he clapped the entire time. too cute. its certainly the only applause i'll ever get for singing. last night while he was eating jay and i were "biting" his toes. he thought that was hilarious. his feet are big, huge chunks. i am absolutely diggin this fall weather. i say ...

well gabe is taking a nap so i figured i'd blog. (mainly b/c it will keep me distracted or i may EAT all afternoon. ravenous.) i asked jay to hide the cheerios today b/c i've almost eaten the entire box. he put them on top of the fridge. well done, jay. i keep waking up at 2am. not sure why. but when i do, i eat cheerios. i found one by my pillow while making the bed the other morning. oh yes, i ate it. i asked jay what i should blog about. he said funny people in my life. i feel like almost everybody in my life is funny. i'll just think of people and tell you about them... my dad. ohhhhh norman. here's why he's funny. he LOVES to give unnecessary information. like last week, he called to see if we wanted to use their gps to get to the mountains. i said yes. keep in mind - gps gives directions. he couldn't help himself. he STILL started giving me step-by-step directions to north ga. i even said, "dad, i am not listening." he kept talking. THE...

last night gabe & i went to eminent worship. i was going to put G in the nursery but i hardly ever get to be with him during worship so i kept him with me. it was sweet to watch him watch jay sing/lead. i love that gabe will get to grow up watching his dad sing, play guitar and lead worship. i am also glad gabe will get to grow up watching his dad read his Bible, share scripture over supper, write songs about Gods faithfulness and help lead others in their faith. i'm also glad he'll get to grow up watching jay: play bass, play acoustic, play electric, play keys, sing beautifully, ride a motorcycle, drive a big truck, take care of my car, treat me with respect (always), pray for our family, grill, put things together, take things apart, etc. what a fabulous dad gabe has. good job, kaci! ha. anyway, after a while of worship, TAs went to hear a lesson lead by aaron wall. i love to hear aaron teach. he always makes me laugh and teaches me something new about God. last night...

so i said my next blog was going to be about Uncommon Athlete. i am a woman of my word so here it goes! there are so many reasons why i love it. i actually have a love/hate relationship with it. but we'll get there... i just want to start by saying how much i like/admire/appreciate Mike & Dennis (the owners.) i know it may sound strange that i say i appreciate them. but i truly do. you can read more about them on the UA website (like background, etc.) i won't go into all that. what i appreciate is that they care about their clients. they care enough to learn people's names. they pay attention during workouts and make sure people are doing things correctly. they don't just care about memberships/numbers. they care about helping people get stronger, healthier, and fit. they demonstrate every  stretch and move we do during the workout and will answer any question we have with patience. they can work with people who've never worked out or train the toughest ar...

training for this marathon is a huge challenge AND makes me less "girly" ha... why you ask?? well, i am in a wedding this weekend and i'm about to lose 2 toenails on my right foot. awesome. that is going to be lovely. runners trots. enough said. calloused feet. but whats really random is only my right foot is gross. the left is normal. weird. things happen to your body when you run long distances that are just strange and gross. burping like a man. why? yuck. the good news is i have a running buddy that experiences the same trials/issues to at least i'm not alone. reading blogs about running make me feel better too. i have wayyyyy too many pairs of running shoes. i have more running clothes than "real" clothes i think. i hardly ever match when i run. i'm wayyyyyy too cheap to pay for nice running stuff. i have shorts from old navy that dont even have their new logo on it. some are entirely too big but whatever. just wait til i start wearing m...