A picture is worth 365,000 words

I fancy myself a runner...at times. LOL! I'm a slow runner, but I do my best. Sunday, hubby and I had signed up to race in the Fort McHenry 5k Tunnel Run. We decided to it since it was a unique race - run though the Fort McHenry Tunnel on I-95, how many times do you get the chance to do THAT? So, we headed there this morning. It was a huge success for the organizers as 1,000 people turned out, double what they anticipated. It was a good run and I finished faster than my last 5k, which is nice. I took a camera with me as I ran and got some shots of the race. Most of them were blurry, but I got a couple good ones. Here's me running. ;-)

Saturday we headed to Baltimore for the Fort McHenry 5k Tunnel Run. The race itself was on Sunday, but because the race was early and it's about an hour drive, we chose to stay over Sat. night. We booked ourselves at the Hotel Monaco Baltimore on North Charles Street. AWESOME hotel! If you need to stay in Baltimore for some reason, I totally recommend it! After we checked in, we took our bags to the room and found a simply gorgeous room. I took a pic of me on the bed and this is what I got. I feel so tiny in this photo. :-)

Today's photo is courtesy of my new venture - walnut harvesting. We have a walnut tree in the side yard that seems to give a TON of walnuts off each year. For the past 5 years, I have just been annoyed at how many of them are about - bouncing off the roof, landing in the driveway, tripping me when I go outside because I don't see them. Well, this year I decided I am going to harvest my walnuts and see what I get. Today's photo is my first attempt at harvesting the walnuts. There will be more walnut photos in the future - you have been warned. LOL!

Another photo! Today's photo, boys and girls, is all about running. Two years ago I ran the Harrisburg Mile. I then promptly stopped running until I signed up the next year to run it again. Then I spent 6 weeks freaking out and trying to get myself ready to run again. And promptly stopped running again. LOL! This past Jan. I decided to try it again, running that is. So, each Sat. morning, I would head to be park and run a mile. Nothing exciting, but better than nothing. Then classes calmed down in April and I started running a couple nights a week. Then I started adding distance. In the end of June I ran my first 5k (check out the June photo update to see me in my race gear). I'm running another 5k this coming weekend (Sept. 20) in Baltimore. So, today's photo is me lacing up my shoes. :) Hoping my run goes well Sunday. (Sorry it's a tad blurry.)

I am not a morning person. Let me get that out there at the start. It usually takes me a while to wake up and get myself together. This morning was no different. I was barely awake when I poured myself a cup of cereal. I don't eat it with milk, I like it dry. Weird, I know. Well, hubby walked by and patted the arm holding the cereal bowl. Being that I've been awake for maybe 10 minutes, I wasn't real with it. I dropped the bowl. Cereal went everywhere and I got nailed on the right foot with the glass bowl. It hurt! I guess the good thing is that the bowl didn't break. So, here's my poor foot. Hoping there's no problems running. I have a 5k this Sunday!

I just love my kitties. I know people think that's strange, but I believe kitties have a personality all their own. And it sure is true for my three! The other day, my fluffy Pooka was sitting with me when I decided to take some photos. These cats will have more photos of them than any pets known to man! LOL!

Sunday, Brian and I headed to Philly for an action-packed day. We started at the Independence Seaport Museum on the Delaware River. We went to see a tattoo exhibit at the museum. As part of our museum entrance fee, we got to board the Olympia (cruiser) and (submarine). The have you start with Becuna. Then you head to the Olympia. The above photo is me heading down the steps into the Becuna. I will say, I should have headed down backwards, cause the stairs are REALLY steep. LOL! Ah well...live and learn. Both ships were incredible in their own way and being able to go on the ships made it so worth the admission fee.

Time for the rest of August, though not sure how many more. August was a really slow month. We didn't do much. July was really the high-water mark of activity. LOL! Alrighty, onto the second half of August!

Brian and I after the O's game on August 30th. We headed to the game with our friends Shaun and Ada. It was Shaun's birthday, so we all chipped in and got his name on the score board. :-) He loved it! And it was a great game cause the O's won. Yea! The weather was great, we had a blast chatting and catching up, and the O's won. What a lovely day.

Look! A real blog photo!! I have an obsession with recipes. I have about 20 notebooks filled with them. I collect them from magazines, write them in spiral bound notebooks, and never use them. LOL! That's not completely, true, but there are hundreds of recipes I have collected that I have never used. One day, I may use them. As of now, nothing. But, this is me going through all the recipes that had collected and writing them in the notebook. It's fun and whenever someone needs a recipe, I tend to have one. So, if you're in need of a recipe, let me know. I'm sure I have one for you!