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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our  vivacious children.

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Felt a little tired during the last mile. 

Talked to one of Sasha's running partners today about pipe organs. He is building his own....wow...Although I hate being the ward organist and constantly stressing about playing for Sunday...I love playing the organ. I took a class at BYU and have been in love with it ever since.

So my great-grandma played the organ and she had her own in her parlor back in Texas. We inherited it after she passed on and then my Mom passed it on to a friend when we moved to Russia. I'm thinking it's time to get it back into the family. It has a full pedal board and as far as I remember was a lovely organ..huge but lovely. For a true organist a full pedal board in your home is quite a wonderful thing. It means you can practice the pedals without going anywhere....So..those are my morning musings for today. I seem to be a little tired this morning.....maybe it's from the insanity of last week...who knows. Things should go back to a normal level of insanity this week. :) 

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Luz and I got together today..Hooray!! What a fun way to start the day. I feel energized and happy... grateful to her for words of kind wisdom and loving friendship and a faster pace than I do on my own...I feel great and ready for the day.!!

 

 

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So I found out the other day that my thryoid levels are whacked...which explains the insomnia problems and the trouble losing weight...argh!! I'm a little tiffed at my doctor for not giving my the right level of medicine. Hopefully it will get back on track and I can feel a little bit better. having been feeling too bad but I have noticed this recovery has been a bit harder. 

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Joseph must want to grow up to be a personal trainer like his Daddy...he says to me, "Mommy, we need to get the fat off of you." 

He also told me that I'm not allowed to cut my hair. The two years between hair cuts is up and it's time to donate another 10 inches of my lovely locks to Locks of Love.  I think I'll give him another 3 weeks to get used to the idea. Maybe I'll talk my hairdresser friend into letting him hack off the ponytail and have her do the fixing.  

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i think the more responsibility I add to my life and the more I'm willing to just shut up and serve (not a phrase you'd probably hear in general conference or that I would use with my children since that and other words like stupid are words we just don't say)...uh..anyway...the more I'm willing to give my life in service the more I am able to see the very real and very timely tender mercies of the Lord. 

I have had a real struggle adjusting to having six children. I think there are several factors at hand but I'm sure that one of them is the fact that my thryoid hasn't been stable...that really can make havoc for you when all the sudden you can't function. Yet I have seen the Lord's love for me in little ways so many times in these last four months of stumble trip type of lifestyle that I cannot deny his ability to find ways to minister to all of his suffering ones. That doesn't mean he doesn't let us suffer a great deal but I have faith that a perfect balance exists. Usually for me it happens when I'm really truly at my wits end and then something happens...like magic somebody is there for you.  I hope you can be that somebody for someone else today. And if you need a lift I'm a good tenderhearted friend. Send me a PM and I'll send you a cheery note of encouragement. 

 

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crazy day...I ran to the church at 10:00 at night with my purse in my hand so I could get into the church to practice the organ. My neighbors saw me and I wondered if they recognized me or if they thought that I was a crazy lady running away with my loot from the scene of the crime. 

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