Almost Gypsy Soul

Growing up in small town has its good and bad, like most things I suppose. I was great place to be a kid, a little difficult to enjoy the conveniences of the city, but hey, we didn’t know any better. So, I decided to put together a playlist of small town things, here we go. (have I done this before??) Someday, Steve Earle Small Town Kid, Eli Young Band Small Town Saturday Night, Hal Ketchum Small Town, John Mellencamp Famous in a Small Town, Miranda Lambert  Enjoy!!

and the best thing in the world. I've never lived someplace where I can "just go shopping" and that is ok with me. Actually its more than ok with me. I have a Wal-Mart now and I just despise the place. I usually choose spending more on groceries just for the opportunity to forego Wal-Mart, which I lovingly refer to as Hell. Since I turned off my tv for the summer, I browse on the interweb alot more. And the other day browsing turned into buying. damnit. but I got some pretty cute things. Etsy and Amazon....pure evil I tell you! This is my first accidental purchase of last week. I've lately become obsessed with arrows and feathers and this is just so dang cute! $20 at MDspark's Etsy shop, I just couldn't pass it up! And then my feather AND arrow purchase. I bought Loretta back in February and we are still sporting the cheesy plastic tab key ring. I thought to myself I could make that...I'll just run to the craft store until I

Holy buckets! what the heck happened to summer? For the first weekend in as long as I can remember I stayed home. Granted I had to cancel plans to stay at home this weekend, it was fore sure that something that I really needed. And even though it was a great recharge, I feel a "no technology" weekend coming on.....soon! Among all the relaxing I was supposed to do this week, I of course had a list of things to accomplish so what was my biggest side track....load new pictures on my digital photo frame, which didn't go well, but it was fun to look through all my old pictures. So between work, walking Tylie, doing laundry, mountain biking, cleaning house, sighting in my gun and taking naps...these are my favorite 5 7 pictures from going through pictures to fill my digital photo frame, in no particular order of course. This one if from just a few weeks ago. I love it because I am so happy with my progress and all the fun things that I am able to do now. This is taken

Everyone has told me how beautiful Sheep Creek Geological Loop, south of Manila is. Most people would get in their vehicle and drive it to get the confirmation that they need.....me? nope. I sign up for a 10k to confirm that yes, I do need to drive the whole thing at a later date. Tower Rock We will recap that I ran a half marathon back in October and I have ran a total of about 6 times since then....including a couple 5Ks, a few mini miles with the kiddos, and a 5 mile training run with Colorado Transplant Friend. So, yeah, I signed up for the 10K instead of the 5K....for scenery purposes of course. At the top, ready for the start. Colorado Transplant Friend and I ran the 10K while Music Man ran the 5K. I finished 8th in my age group and only walked a tiny bit. These old lady hips, knees and ankles don't take the pounding of running without training too well. Proof of Life: Before and After

Since September of 2013 I have lost and kept off a little over 40 lbs. I know that many people's first question will be "How did you do it?" but I really think its more important to ask "How did you (I) get to where you (I) needed to lose 40 lbs?" This was me as a junior/senior in high school....and I thought I was fat! So now that we've established the fact that I was in fact not fat in high school, back to the question at hand.....How did I get to where I needed to lose over 40 lbs? The problem is I'm not sure how I let myself get to that point. You see, I was a high school athlete, I was playing some sport at least 6 days a week. I went on to become a college athlete, my freshman 15 was solid muscle. The problem was after 2 years I didn't want to be a college athlete anymore and I quit playing basketball. With more free time than I'd ever had in my life, I had time to be a "normal college kid". My freshman 15 turned into t

Its no secret that I've felt like I have nothing to say lately. I've caught grief from a few of my loyal readers, but it still hasn't dropped a list of topics on my plate. So with no shame what-so-ever, I've copied this list idea from Erin over at Love, Fun and Football . Thank you Erin! Currently... Reading: Power Thoughts Devo....winning the battle of the mind one day at a time & opening up to page one of Threads West. Not yet sure what its about...but its been compared to Lonesome Dove and said to be the Gone With the Wind of the West.....we shall see. Playing: Ipod shuffle....over and over again. I really need to put some new tunes on that baby....probably before my 10K on Saturday! Watching: Whatever is on my one TV channel that I get this summer. I "pause" my TV in the summer because why pay for something I don't really use? Lately its been Law & Order or Golden Girls. Tr

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Where is the summer going??? I woke up this morning to 31 degrees and frost on the windshield of my pickup, crap! We (or I) had better take advantage of what is left of the season of fun in the sun. So, let’s all go to the lake, swing the golf clubs, play in the mountains, whatever, and send summer out in style. And speaking of style, there is supposed to be music attached to this blog entry, so in honor of the last concert I was at (Almost Gypsy Soul was there tooJ), here is your playlist. Reckless Kelly, Every Step of the Way Sawyer Brown, Some Girls Do Reckless Kelly, Weatherbeaten Soul Sawyer Brown, Café on the Corner  And a bonus, just for our host: Eric Church, Wreckingball.  Enjoy!!