Friends and Chocolate

Sunday night I had an attack of something - I don't know what - but I was dealing with severe stomach pain that then shot up between my shoulder blades. It was severely painful and scary. I talked to the OB nurse at 12:30am and she didn't think the baby was the issue so I did not go to the hospital. The pain finally subsided enough to let me go to sleep around 2am.

I had a dream that I conference called Laura and Julie, and Debbie came to my house so that I could discuss this pain with all of you. As I am talking on the phone Debbie comes up to me and says "There isn't anything sweet in this house...where is the chocolate?" And then I woke up. But I woke up smiling...I felt like the dream was saying that no matter how long it's been since we've seen each other or how different all of our lives are now, I still have 3 friends that I could count on.

By the way the chocolate is in a candy dish in our piano room...because this room isn't used often and if I leave the dish out in the wide open my husband will eat it all in one day. Oh and the pain hasn't come back so I guess it was just one of those random things.

I didn't see my shadow...

Does that count? I am officially tired of winter. It usually doesn't bother me but it seems like it's been so much colder this year. And we don't even get any pretty snow to go with it. The weathermen have teased us time and time again...but no luck. It will probably snow in April or something.

I had my 16 week appt yesterday and everything is moving right along. We have an ultrasound scheduled for March 2nd and then maybe that will kickstart us to think about some names! We also have some re-arranging to do with bedrooms. Hadley will be moving up to a big girl bed sooner than later.

Not much else going on as every day seems a bit of a blur. I had to travel last week and will be going back up to Virginia in late February, March and lastly in April...hoping the dr says I can't go anymore after that. Last week was especially fun as our plane took a side trip to Bristol, TN due to ice/fog in all of Virginia. I spent more time on a plane and in a car then I did in our VA office. Super efficient :)

Happy February!

What's New for the New Year

2008 seems a distant memory as January is off to a fast start. The 1/1 date is a very busy time at work so the days fly by...speaking of flying Marsh flew off for his company's annual kick off meeting and he'll be back Thursday night. Looking ahead at the year ahead we do not have too many plans set in stone quite yet. I am hoping for a long weekend trip to a beach at some point, possibly May. The ING Half Marathon is in late March and I hope to run that again as well. Aunt Devon is coming back for a visit in early March as she has tickets to see Britney (I refrained, I am officially too old for that concert!). And lastly, we will be welcoming our newest family member sometime in mid July! Yes indeed, Surprise Surprise. LOL...a good surprise though!! I am 12 weeks along and all is well thus far. My due date is July 22nd but with a planned C-section I'll deliver 7-10 days earlier than that, assuming Baby Duncan does not want to make an even earlier arrival.

So that is what's new in our neck of the woods. Hope 2009 is a fabulous year for us all!

For a Good Laugh...

I present to you The Duncan Family Elves

Hopefully it works.

Like y'all already didn't know I was weird...

But I'll play along. I'll try not to copy Julie too much although we have several of the same interests (ahem, you and I should go to a racetrack sometime!)...

1) The Gene Simmons picture took me back...to when I was 6 years old. Yes, I have been a Metal Head since that tender age. I had posters of KISS in my room, which didn't go over well when I tried to have friends spend the night. I was Ace Frehley for Halloween; my dad glammed me up with aluminum foil for wrist and ankle bands.

2) I have to take Julie's teen angst interest one (or two or twenty) steps further. I watch the reruns of the original 90210 on the Soap Network. I DVR Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and the new 90210, as well as The Hills. I watch them all when I run in the mornings. I've been a General Hospital fan since the age of 5 and while I stopped setting the DVR, I read the updates online once a week:)The storyline moves so slow, it's easy to pick it right back up!! It's sad that I remember Luke and Laura's wedding, over 25 years ago. YIKES!

3) I can't walk on the beach or anywhere sandy with shoes on. I cannot stand the feeling of sand in sandals or flip flops. Freaks me out. Nor can I put my sandy foot back into a shoe without first rinsing off. Ick.

4) I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast but I can still show you actual cheers and dances that we performed in high school. Look at the middle aged lady with her spirit fingers. LOLOLOL!!

5) I love tomato soup but cannot attempt to drink tomato juice. It makes me sad to miss out on the Bloody Mary experience. Just can't do it.

6)Maps and globes are fascinating to me. I can look at them for hours. You would think I would have a GPS but I don't go anywhere these days to need one! No worries, I have a map of Cherokee County just in case!

All is calm, all is bright

Life and marriage go on in the wake of the developments in Athens last Saturday...we sat through the rain and I got to see the Jackets break the streak. Ski pants are wonderful for rainy, cold games fwiw! I had the Stay Puff Marshmellow look going but oh well!

The half marathon was lots of fun although I will say it is hard to change your running pace. However we had great weather and my brother loaded my Ipod with lots of rockin 80-90s hair band music (with a few current tunes mixed in...gotta have some Soulja Boy and Britney, right?). I hope I didn't look too funny singing Bon Jovi as I ran down Peachtree.

I head to Va for a quick work trip next week and then I can really focus on getting ready for Christmas. Unfortunately there will be some last minute shopping in the mix for me but I have ordered some stuff online so it shouldn't be too frantic.

I had to share this picture of my happy toddler. It just makes me smile.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Woo hoo, only 3 days of work. Thanksgiving will be a low key event for us as just my mom and brother will be here for dinner. On a whim I've decided to run the Atlanta 1/2 marathon Thursday morning with a girlfriend of mine that has been training very hard for her first big race. She has been dedicated and I am so excited for her, so I want to be there for support. This will not be about a running the race in a certain time for me (for a change), it's just about having fun. I made it through 10 miles Saturday morning and declared myself ready. Not really, but again this one is for fun and friendship. I can't wait.

We head to Athens on Saturday and I can't help but wonder if this could be "the year"...should be interesting...my marriage has not been tested by a Tech victory yet...:)

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!