I'm going to start by saying 2011 has been slightly challenging for us thus far but I'm hopefully optimistic about the rest of the year. It really started on 1 Jan 2011, we had a sick puppy dog for a week. He had accidents in his kennel 2x a day for the first seven of the year. We think he got into something in the compost which made his tummy upset. This was very trying for us because we didn't understand what was going on. It was very hard to wake up and come home to a house smelling of dog poo. When we finally got over our puppy troubles, we learned that Nicks grandmother had lost her battle with Lukemia. It was very hard for all of us to deal with, especially Nick. The very next weekend, I learned that my high school friend Amanda had also lost her battle with cancer. I also had a miscarriage that same weekend that Amanda died. So, in short, January just plain sucked emotionally.
February, was much better than January by miles. We took our two dogs on their very first 5k. My goal this year is to complete at least one 5k per month for the entire year. I ran with Louie (1 yr old boxer) and Nick ran with Nita (4 yr old Husky). Lets just say we'll be switching dogs for our next run. Louie dragged me the whole way and Nita could barely keep up with Nick by the time they finished. We had a great day during the 5k and learned that our dogs just plain love to run. We went out for dinner to Marazano's for our second anniversary and it was fun. We didn't do much for Valentines day. I'm currently saving up for another car because the Focus took a turn for the worse in December and it wasn't worth fixing in my eyes. My Godson, Dylan's birthday is tomorrow and he'll be 3! He's such a big boy and I'm so glad that we can be near each other in the early years. Even though God has been testing my faith this year, I know that he is filling my life with blessing untold. Looking forward to everything to come in March.
