Olive Branch, MS!!

C3 made it to Olive Branch, MS last night! It was an easy 7 hour drive. (I'm not looking to driving home the Sunday after Thanksgiving). We are Thankful to spend Thanksgiving with Nene and Papa! Over the next few days the Castlemans and B. Elliott's will be coming into town too!!

Due to the amount of people visiting, C3 gets to stay in the camper. It reminds me of the Uncle that comes to stay in Christmas Vacation.

I guess ours is a bit nicer than Uncle Eddies. Here's hoping for Jelly of the Month!!

Today I spent the day with my Mom!!

We hit up Dunkin Donuts! We don't have them in Tulsa :(

We also hit up Charming Charlie- my fist time!!!

I got this head scarf thing, and the deer necklace! I actually have been looking for a deer necklace after I saw a girl at Old Navy wearing one. Score!

I'm loving spending time in Memphis/Olive Branch. Wish it was closer!

The only downside is that these guys are everywhere!!!

Pomegranate season is here!!

I look forward to the holidays for many reasons and Pomegranates fall top on my list!

Pomegranates always remind me of my mom. She would pack the seeds in our lunches growing up. I remember my friends looking at me strange and wondering what I was about to eat.
Now it seems everyone knows about pomegranates and I can find them everywhere!!! 

I have been opening and eating them since a child, so I wanted to share the best way I get the seeds out.

Step 1: Cut the top off.

Step 2: Score the pomegranate 5 times

Step 3:  Score the top to connect the 5 cuts you did on the side of the pomegranate

Step 4: Pull the pomegranate apart into 5 sections and pull the seeds out

Enjoy!!!!

I like to put the seeds in the fridge for a few hours and eat cold! So yummy.
This was my first pomegranate of the season. I will be enjoying many more this season!!!!

McNellies's Pub Run, Tulsa 2011

Well it's official; I ran my first race!! I ran with a few co-workers so it not so scary!!

McNellie's 2011 Pub Run!

4 Miles and 3 Pints of Guinness later I finished the race!!!

There were tons of people there!

My Cheerleaders!!!

 The race took place in the Tulsa's Blue Dome District. (see the blue dome in the background)

I'm not a fan of beer, let alone warm Guinness that is sitting out waiting for us.

Me and Autumn (in the pink shorts) running!

My co-worker Vince running!

 Silly Boy!!!

I had a blast. Next time I will do a few things differently;

 like not sign up for a 4 mile run while drinking beer.

Autumn, Josie, and myself at the finish line!!

Happy 3 Year Anniversary!!!

Happy 3 Year Anniversary Casey/Caseface/Caseadilla/Caseman!

I love you so much and am so happy to be spending my life with you!

A lot has happened in the last 3 years and I can't wait to see what the future holds!!

Dust Bowl, Tulsa OK

While Grandma and Grandpa/Pepaw were in town Casey and I had a date night! We went to the Blue Dome district of Downtown Tulsa and went Bowling at the Dust Bowl!

 We had a blast at this retro bowling ally.

 Casey won one game!

And I won one game!

We had to keep track of our own scores! I don't think I have ever bowled without computers. Since neither of us really knew the correct way to keep score, we made up our own rules for strikes and spares.

Thank you Bob and Sue for watching Colton and giving us a night out on the town!

When you Google Dust Bowl, images like this come up. Yikes. I guess in the 1930's this area had horrible dust storms that lasted for 8 years. Severe drought and strong winds created these dust storms. If you have read "Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, it took place during this time period. Just a little American History for you all.

Run Run Run....

Apparently I have been going about running all wrong. Who knew you shouldn't wear Cotton socks or pants!?? Not this girl...

And who knew there were so many different types of shoes for running?? Not this girl...

With my first run coming up in less than two weeks (yikes) I decided to get some real running shoes!!! And non-cotton socks (that look and feel just like cotton, strange). I headed to Tulsa Runner and after trying on 15 different pairs, running on a treadmill while my run was video taped from 3 different angles; I walked away with these bad boys!

Brooks PureFlow shoes!! I'll be going for my first run in them tonight. Fingers crossed I can run farther and faster in these bad boys ;)

Oh I was also told not to stretch before a run..WHAT??? I guess just a warm up walk is all that is needed. Stretch after the run. I have so much to learn.

9 Days till my first race!!! GULP!!!

Oh Happy Day!!

Great news this weekend!!

 Tulsa County Library now supports Kindle!!!

 I have been waiting for this day since I got my Kindle!

 I am a fan of the Library and take out books/books on CD on a weekly basis.

 Now I can download them directly to my Kindle too!

Oh Happy Day!!

My first download is "Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang" by Chelsea Handler.

 I'm not sure I will be finishing this book, it is a BIT harsh to say the least.

 I had to crop out the rest of my Kindle page, because it was not blog appropriate!

 Good thing about the free download from the Library is that I got to try out this book.

 I'm glad I did not purchase it!!

Happy Halloween!

This weekend we had our first visitors!!! Grandma and Pepaw came to visit for the long busy weekend! We celebrated Halloween, Colton's 4th Birthday, and Casey and I went out for an early Anniversary Date! We had such a blast with Sue and Bob and we were so happy to have them visit. Sad to see them leave!!!

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Colton was Thomas and he could not have been happier with his costume!

Casey had fun carving the pumpkins. His puking pumpkin was a hit!!!

We got lots of treats!

 And a few tricks!

 Sue and Bob gave out candy while we took Colton Trick-or-Treating!

We gave out a lot of candy!

 C3 all dressed up!

 Colton loved Halloween and all the CANDY!!

Colton and baby Lane!!!

I hope everyone else had a wonderful Halloween. Ours was very Happy!