Little Miss Poopy loves to play ball

Little Miss Poopy loves to be outside. Little Miss Poopy loves to play ball. Little Miss Poopy loves to play ball outside. Enough said.

Sweet Silhouette

There aren't many plants able to survive these freezing temperatures we've had. I don't know what these flowers are but I'm happy they are making it. The flowers were as blue as the sky so I bought them about a month ago. I am always fascinated with blue and green flowers.

Ice skating for birds

Morning duty was a cold blast. Honestly, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if the temperature never dropped past 40 degrees again. Twenty-five degrees is just stupid. Still, it would have been cool to see the birds ice skate.

Puppy Love

So, we eased back into work today. There were no students since it was a teacher in-service day. There were, however, four dogs at work today. My favorite was this 5 week old yellow lab who has been bottle fed since birth. I just love that puppy breath smell.

Frozen Beauty

We had our first hard freeze of the winter. It is supposed to dip into the 20's every night this week. While we rarely get snow (last snowfall was 1993), it is still cold! Since Sunday is my long run day, I waited until afternoon to run in an effort to give the temperature a chance to warm up. I ran my longest to date at 10.7 miles. I'm not bragging, I'm amazed. Though there was a moment when I considered stopping at Hardee's and calling my husband to come pick me up.

Post race meal

Drew and I ran the first 5K of the year in the freezing cold. It was so cold, the grass was frozen. And did I mention, it was cold?! Right after mile two, a little girl in front of me started holding her stomach and crying. I walked with her for a bit but when she was ready to lay down on the road, I put her on my back. We walked that way for a while until we got to the police car who took her to her mother. So.... it wasn't my best time 36:41. But who cares.

Our reward for running in the freezing cold? Fish tacos at my favorite cantina! Now I'm good until tomorrow.

Happy New Year!