Liven at the Rents’. That’s right my husband and I are crashing in my parents’ basement for 30 days. We have a wonderful set up here in the basement with our own half bath and refrigerator. I am just glad to be out of our old house. We have been waiting for this glorious day for about 3 months. I didn’t want to blog about the closing in fear of jinxing it. We have a contract on anther house in Pevely. That’s right I said Pevely, MO it is south of Imperial but not by much. We will have a VERY large yard and a nice home. The yard is our favorite but we are also excited about the garage and walk out basement. I can’t wait to move it. I will post a picture later.

I think I figured out the real reason my name was not in the paper. Because I am hideous to look at… Just see for yourself. Trust me it is worth the time for the laugh you will get.

Go to www.stlouismarathon.com click on race photos 2006 (middle column) the enter bib number 4404 and click on the first picture. Scary. I bet you didn’t know my face is made of clay. I look like I am sick or something.

What gives?
I ran my best ½ marathon time ever last Sunday in the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon and apparently that wasn’t good enough for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They posted only a few race times on Monday. I guess the home opener for the Cardinals took priority. Whatever! I would be will to bet some $$ that none of those ball players could run a ½ or full marathon (I have done both twice). Anyway they, the paper, stated that the rest of the race results would be posted Tuesday. But, much to my surprise I didn’t run fast enough to make the paper. My 9 minute 44 seconds per mile wasn’t good enough for someone at the Post. Whatever! My total race time was 2 hours and 7 minutes they stopped the results at 2 hours and 5 minutes!!!! I know, tell me about it. When I called they said there just wasn’t room and that basically no one looks at them. I had several people I know looking for my name in the paper thank you very much. It probably caused a few headaches because they spent so much time looking at that tiny print.
The guy on the phone informed me that I now have a new goal for next year. Thanks a lot. Maybe I will do just that and show them with an even 2 hours!!!
If you would like to contact the post try www.stltoday.com

A must try muffin recipe. Please make these muffins for your Easter celebration you will thank me. You will need 1 box of cake mix pineapple 1 (20 oz) can of crushed pineapple Preheat over to 350 (whatever the box calls for) Mix together cake and pineapple (DO NOT DRAIN) Spray 24 muffin tins with Pam, place equal amounts of muffin batter into each little muffin tin. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until slightly golden brown on top. Try one while they are still warm you will love it. They are also tasty after they have cooled down. They are right at 2-points/ muffin. (Close to the line between 1 & 2) Have a wonderful Easter weekend. Let me know how the muffins turn out.
See picture: Two happy campers. (The pink was a coincidence not planed)

RACE RESULTS....

NAMEWeatherholt, Carrie

CHIPTIME (race time) 2hours, 7minutes and 29 seconds

PACE 9:44

Please note my improvement from last year. I had a great run.

2005

Chip time 2 hours, 11 minutes and 13 seconds
PACE: 10:01

It was a beautiful day with weather perfect for a race. Shane and his orange bucket were there to cheer me on. We celebrated the run with lunch at Uncle Bill's Cafe with our friends Becky and Matt then a BBQ later that night at their house. What a great day.
Hopefully I will have pictures soon.

I am getting excited about my race!!!!!

At first I was pretty bummed that my brother would not be able to run with me, but now I am just ready to run my fastest time ever. I hope the weather is good. After I am all done Shane and I are going out for a big breakfast at Uncle Bill’s Café. I can’t wait. I am going to order French toast and eggs. I am just as excited about that as the race. My bib number is 4404.

I will post a link to pictures as soon as they are up.
Have a great weekend everyone.

My faith in the basic goodness of people has been restored.
Saturday March 25th about 10:00 am. I parked my car under Highway 55 and got ready to start my 10-mile run. My headphones aren’t working because my batteries were dead. This really stinks because my run is going to be 1 hour and 40 minutes long. I see a Gas station at Union Rd. and Green Park Rd. and I have $10 so I think I am saved!!! I jog over to the store and it turns out to be a true old fashion full service filling station. Meaning they had oil, car batteries, windshield wipers and all kinds of fluids for your car but no candy, soda, gum and certainly no AA batteries. I ask anyway, just incase I don’t see them (while I am thinking about stores like QT and 711 where you can buy groceries, medicine even baby food). Bob tells me he is sorry but they don’t have batteries. I guess I looked as bummed out as I felt because Bob asked how many I needed and went in the back and came out with one AA battery for me. It could have been from the break room TV remote for all I know. I tried to pay him for the battery but he said not to worry about it. It is so rare that a total stranger does something nice for you. I had my best run ever after that. I sat down this morning and wrote him a letter to thank him for the battery and the wonderful service. I just wanted to pass along something positive after my last negative post.
Have a wonderful day and do something nice for a stranger today, they will remember it for a long time.

People never fail to surprise me, both good and bad. Unfortunately this is a bad one. I don’t want to go into too much detail because this is a public blog but I have to vent. I just hate it when you have a general feeling that someone is a bad person, but you really want to give them the benefit and see them as good people. Then they go and do something that proves that they are just not a good person and you can’t go on pretending like they are nice, kind or descent human beings anymore. You just can’t make yourself believe the lies anymore. This has just happened to me. I am just going to drop it after this but I needed to vent. Why are people so mean? Is because they had their feelings hurt at one time or another? Well, to me that would make them understand how crapy it feels and not want to spread that meanness around. Maybe someone out there has the answer but I just don’t get it.

I just wrote out this long blog about the last two weeks and I went to spell check it and I lost it!!!!! So, I will recap but I am not writing it all out again.
Mom and Dad home safe
Nick and Brendan's birthday party fun.
St. Patrick's Day Race fun, best time 45 minutes for 5 miles.



My best friend is marrying my husband's best friend. How fun is that? Also, I am the matron of honor.
Another friend (name released in 4 weeks) is pregnant.
HOT

The volunteer bowling party was tons of fun. Shane bowled one of his best games ever he got five strikes with 1 TURKEY. But, we are both unable to keep score ourselves so we don’t know what he got. Lets just say it was a high score.

Look how happy he is.

Justin is up to no good.

Once again I have reason to brag on myself.... I had monster cramps that started last night at 9 pm. After that I talked myself into calling into work sick because I was having trouble moving. The cramps were still going strong this morning but a little voice in my head said "You know you would feel better if you got up and ran and went to work". I medicated myself and ran for 1 hour, picked out an outfit that I knew would make me feel good all day and went off to work. Now I am here and happy to be. I am so glad that I made myself get out of bed this morning.

This isn't a picture of St. Louis, but it is so beautiful and I know that today is going to be a beautiful day I wanted to put it with this entry.
Have a great day.

Fat Tuesday, A tradition in my life that started in 1997 and is still going strong is Fat Tuesday. Every year I get together with anyone that is interested in eating and enjoy a very Decadent Dessert. This year I went with my husband and my best friend, Becky, and we had a great time. First Shane enjoyed a Steak with Shrimp (steak seen below)

Becky enjoyed a burger


I had enjoyed a very large basket of French fries (no picture available)

Then we got down to the real work..... DESSERT

Shane had the Vanilla Bean Cheese Cake

VANILLA BEAN CHEESECAKE Cheesecake made with real vanilla beans, baked in a vanilla graham-cracker crust. Layered with white chocolate mousse and white chocolate shavings. Served with whipped cream and a fresh strawberry.

Becky had the brownie obsession (I might add that she was unable to fulfill her Fat Tuesday duties and finish her dessert, but we won't hold it against her she did have a burger)

BROWNIE OBSESSIONA warm brownie covered in Ghirardelli® chocolate-fudge sauce, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce and pecans.

I had OREO MADNESS and it was GREAT. I enjoyed every single bit. (I got up this morning and ran 7 miles to help counter some of the calories)

OREO® MADNESS Two giant Oreo® cookies sandwiched with vanilla ice cream and topped with chocolate and caramel sauces.


All and all it was a great night. Now time to give something up..... I am giving up Meat/Poultry and anything with Chocolate. (that will be the hardest one)

Check this out. I say we all try this......
Meatless Mondays for better health
Go to www.meatlessmonday.com for more details.

PS My mom and dad come home NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!

If you live in St. Louis and you like Mexican food you must try Chimichanga. It is my favorite resturant. They have cilantro in the salsa.
Check them out www.chimistl.com

This makes me want to have a baby now......
This is my buddy Max, he lives in Springfield MO. I miss him very much.

What is going on with figure skating this year? I don’t like all of the falls. I know that the skaters are getting more points for trying harder jumps, but it just looks bad. To me…. I say do something that you know you can do and that should be more points. To quote a friend “it just doesn’t look like the Olympics”.
I can’t wait for ice dancing hopefully no one will fall.

This is really hurting my runs!!!!!!
It was in the teens with the wind chill this morning. How is a girl suppose to train for a 1/2 marathon.

I miss my mom and dad. I always start to miss them about this time of the year. They have been gone for over 4 weeks and they won't be home for another 3 weeks. I get to talk to them every other week but it isn't the same. They are in Thailand and they go every year. I just wanted to complain to anyone out there.









What they see every day...

What I see every day.
No wonder they are gone.


Don't get me wrong, I love the Arch it is more the cold look I was going for.

Happy Valentine's Day.....
My husband, one of the greatest men alive, sent me an ice cream cake to work. Better than flowers in so many ways.

Today I learned about this cool website (thanks MSR and Justin). Check it out yourself...http://www.myheritage.com/


I tied it....

And this is who I am...



Just call me Rita....
Just for fun I also got
Katie Holmes and Emma Watson a few times. I tried more than one picture.