Donation from God!

On my walk today I recieved a donation from God! He left $5 in the grass by the path that I was walking on. I assumed it was for me since I was the only person I could see on that section of the path. What a great way to make me motivated to keep doing my training walks, maybe I will find more money :)

Total miles walked: 172

Sweet Success

Today was my sisters yard sale. It was a sweltering 96 degrees outside today! We had tough competition, 2 other large yard sales in the area. We did pretty well, though. Holly was kind enough to let me set up a small table of sweet treats, or as I kept telling shoppers, "yard sale fuel". Because of the heat I ended up having to keep most of them in the fridge.

I spent the last few days making cupcakes, cookies, brownies, candies and rice crispy treats. Ethen, my three year old, has been in heaven. He has been Head Treat Tester. Making sure there was enough icing, the right amount of M&M's and testing the consistency of the chocolate.

People are amazing! I made $138 from my baked goodies! It was so cool. I did make a good part of that amount even before leaving the house. I have such a great supportive husband and my kids will do just about anything for sweet treats!

Next week is my yard sale! I am excited. All the items that didn't sell today, ended up being donated to my sale. Plus I have gotten promises of donations from several neighbors. I am expecting the calls this week since the sale is on Saturday. I have to make nice big signs to draw people in. I don't think I will make any sweets to sell next weekend. I don't think my waist band can take it!

Yummie

Just a sneak peak at some of the goodies for tomorrows bake sale!

Cookies, cupcakes, and brownies Oh My!

Miles walked so far: 164

LOOK!

Ever since I was a little kid, I was able to just look down and find 4 leaf clovers. I remember one time I found one while I was riding my bike. The trick for me was not looking for them, keep your mind open and they are usually the ones staring up at you wanting to be found. There have been parts of my life that I just never found them. It always seems to be the times that I am stressed and am not able to clear my mind.

Walking along on Sunday, I was almost to my half way point when I looked down and... do you see it yet?

How about now?

There it is!

I kept walking and then decided that I wanted to get more pictures of it. So I turned around at the half way point and started walking back. While I was looking for it I happened to find another one...

It made my day!

Total miles walked: 160

Sunny and in the low 80's

What a beautiful day for a walk! It was bright and sunny...

The pink "pom-pom" trees were in full bloom (I think they are some kind of cherry tree)...

Signs that baseball season has started...

And the best part is that yard sale season is starting too!

Speaking of yard sales, my 3-Day yard sale is in 13 days! I am excited to be doing it. All I have left to do is price things, go around to neighbors and ask for more things, make yummies to sell (that will have to wait, since they will all be eaten before then), start posting adds about it, and make signs. It will be fun. I am helping my sister with her yard sale next weekend. I will be testing my yummies there to see how they do. Wish me luck!

Miles walked so far: 152 (but I will be walking 8 more today, so it will be 160 after today!)

Spring is HERE!

Aren't they beautiful! It has been wonderful being able to walk past these beauties each day. Unfortunately they are mostly gone now, but replaced by glorious leaves! I love leaves, it means summer is coming.

I love this time of the year. Birds singing, fresh breezes, beautiful flowers, bugs start doing their thing, and people start to escape their winter dens. But I found that I apologize if I step on a bug on the path, or I jump out of the way. People driving by must think I am crazy, randomly jumping and apologizing to the ground. Oh, well. It is spring, so much nicer to train outside.

Total miles walked so far: not sure, there is a sleeping baby and my walking journal is upstairs