Friday, May 1, 2009

i was tagged!!!

I was tagged by Keith

The rules are:

1. Fill it out

2. Change one question with one of your own

3. Add an additional question

4. Tag 3 other people to do the same

1. What are your current obsessions?
Running a fast for me half marathon at the end of the month; Michelle Obama; I get hooked on a news story and then read and learn everything about it.
2. Which item from your closet are you wearing most often? Nylons
3. Last thing you bought for yourself? A new to me wesuit!!
4. What’s for dinner? Whatever my mom is making as she has the offspring today and we will have supper at her place before we head home
5. Say something to the person who tagged you: Does it have to be nice?? Ha Ha!! I have never met Keith . I love his sense of humour and I appreciate all the support he has given over the past year. I can tell he is a solid person.
6. What is your motivation for continuing to work out? It started out to help me sleep and then I wanted to loose some poundage but since neither of those things seem to be happening, I am loving the challenge of trying to get better and faster...
7. What are you listening to right now? The admin staff gossip in the coffee room.
8. What is your most immediate short term goal? I want to run a fast 10km on Sunday and then a fast half on May 24.
9. What are you reading right now? Just finished "The Shack". Next up is "Marley and Me"
10. What is the last movie you saw and enjoyed? Last saw "The Wrestler"...was just okay...
11. What’s your guilty pleasure? Life is too short to have any guilt.
12. What’s your favorite smell? My kids after bathtime
13. Whats something you look forward to? My 10 km run this weekend
14. Favorite Quote? It ain't the man in the fight, it's the fight in the man.
16. Whats one thing you can't go a day with out doing? Reading blogs.
17. What do you have an addiction to? I am addicted to cocaine...I mean caffeine!! I get that aweful headache when I do not have a coffee in the am.
18. Whats your favorite holiday? Hands down Christmas. I don't like the whole commercial part of it, but the family time and the excitement for my kids is so much fun!!
19. How many pairs of shoes (not just running) do you have?? I am guessing here, but probably 25.
20. Tell us one random thing about you. Hmmmm....people often recognize me from my laugh...it is apparently distinct and goofy...they will say "I knew it was you! I could hear your laugh!!"
21. Why did you start your blog? I was following Jen's blog a few years ago when she did a marathon...and I thought it was such a great idea to keep track of my workouts...then it has kind of evolved into an online social gathering every morning!!!


Everyone who's blog I follow has been tagged!!

1 comment:

Keith said...

Cool, thanks for being such a good tagee. I just read The Shack a little while ago, and enjoyed it.

I'll look forward to hearing your laugh when we finally meet! Hope that's before the 70.3 so I ride you around the various nice routes here. Wait a sec, that didn't come out quite right...

Kelly's Favorite Quotes

  • You can quit and they don't care...but YOU will always know.
  • You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
  • "Always maintain composure and class. Hard work will yield results" - I live my life by this one
  • "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others." - One of my favorite historical figures
  • "Don't hug me Mom, you are all sweaty!" - My 5 year old
  • "You're gonna run a 1/2 marathon in February, in ski pants?"-My Co-Worker
  • "Go for it! Let us know what you need." - My Boss
  • "It ain't the man in the fight, it's the fight in the man." - My Dad
  • "You signed up for...what?" - My Spouse