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Fried Food and Farm Animals

We made a trip to the North Carolina State Fair on Saturday. Its a 2.5 hour trip to Raleigh so we prepared for our first day without an afternoon nap. And I will say Holden did awesome. The fried food and people watching probably helped. We hit the fair with some friends that have never been to a state fair (were they in for a treat).

Holden loved the animals, we hit all of the livestock barns and saw a steer get auctioned off to the local grocery store, Harris Teeter. And we walked through the rabbit shed and a petting zoo. He was so excited feeding carrots to the goats he couldn't contain himself. He kept jumping up and down and squealing. I tried to catch it in a photo but the photo doesn't do it justice.

The boys, Jeremy and Jay, were overly excited about the fair food. Here is a list of items that were purchased and sampled (or consumed in entirety).

• Fried frito pie
• Chocolate covered bacon (pig lickers)
• italian sausage
• gyro
• corn dog
• fried oreos
• funnel cake
• fried snickers
• fried mac & cheese
• krispy kreme bacon cheeseburger (see photo)
• fried reese's peanut butter cup
• fried cookie dough
• corn on the cob
  

The favorites were the snickers, oreos and frito pie. And I would say 4 adults consumed way more fried food in one day than we have all eaten in 6 months combined.It was an awesome day even with the 5 hours of driving.

Race for the Cure

Let me start by saying I had a goal. For a long time I have said I hate running. But wasn't really sure if I hated running because I wasn't good at it or if I really hated it. For years I have watched folks running in the neighborhood secretly envious that they could run and I couldn't. This spring I decided with encouragement (or a little kick in the ass) from Jeremy that I would set a goal to follow the Couch to 5K training program, sign up for a race and if I still hated running after the race I could say I tried. I also personally wanted to complete the 5K before I turn 30 in November.

Since May I have been running and today I completed my first 5K.

49.38

My time for finishing my first competitive 5k run. It was the longest and farthest and largest hills I have run. I am proud to say I ran the entire race even if it was slower than I thought. I was finishing my first mile when the first runners were crossing the finish line, but no matter I DID IT. And I LIKE RUNNING.

So I'm going to keep running and set a new goal. I'm going to find another race to sign up for in November/December and set to shave some time. Considering 5 minutes but open to suggestions. Also considering maybe trying for a faster mile like 12 minutes.