14 Years Later...

Who knew that I was meeting the man of my dreams January 1, 2000.  Let me tell you if he can fall in love (maybe it was just lust that first day?) with the me that was so very hung over that first day of 2000 well then I'm golden for the rest of our lives!!!  ;-)

We have always felt like today is more our anniversary than our wedding day is.  1/1/00 is the day that changed our lives, way more than saying vows and signing a legal document did.

New Years Day has been my favorite day of the year ever since I was a kid (football all day and tons of food!), but now it's my favorite day of the year because it's the day I met my husband and my life changed for the better, forever!  We have already had so many amazing twists and turns that I feel spoiled by this amazing life we live.  It may not always be big and fancy, but it is happy and full of love, adventure, and lot's of laughter.  I wouldn't change a thing and I can't wait to see what the next year has in store for us!

To celebrate our anniversary we decided to skip walking around Zoo Lights in the rain and take Sky out to dinner with us for Sushi instead!

 Mad chopstick skills yo!

Testing out her kiddie chopsticks. 

 Miso soup, she loved it and the tofu!

 Mark and I split this and Sky had grilled chicken, although she kept snagging our sushi!

Scarfing some raw salmon, she LOVED it!

Then we came home, got cozy, made drinks and watched Polar Express.  I can't tell you how nice it was to have a quiet night at home in pj's and in bed early.  I don't mind having a party and sharing our anniversary with our friends, but I also love having the babe and baby to myself on our special day.    

Plus the early bed time meant I was able to get a run in this morning.  Sadly Michelle was too sick to run so Mark and Sky decided to run in the new year with me.    

Nothing crazy, just a nice easy run to say hello 2014!

While I'm sorry Michelle is sick, and I was really looking forward to an ass kicking on 5 Mile Drive, it is kinda perfect that I got to run with Mark (and Sky) on our anniversary!   

I hope you had a festive (and safe) New Years Eve and that 2014 is full of nothing but the best life has to offer!  

Who ran last night/this morning?  

That's a Wrap 2013!

It's time to say goodbye to 2013 and ring in 2014!  I'm ending and starting with a run of course!  Sky and I are headed to the park for a last 2013 run, and tomorrow morning Michelle and I will ring in 2014 with our first run of the year!  I'm not going to lie, I'm a little scared to take on 5 Mile Drive.  I'm just not back from all the food and time off last week.  I know it's going to hurt, but what a good way to kick my butt back into running shape.

The only reason I would agree to a morning run is because we don't have party plans this year.  We did our normal PJ party with friends last year and it was kind of a disaster.  Sky was up until 11 or so and we were all cranky the next day because of it.  So this year we cancelled the party and are taking her to Zoo Lights and coming home to watch a movie instead.  Totally low key, just how I like it!

I'm really looking forward to all the college bowl games!  We are particularly exited about the Mississippi State game today!  Thankfully Mark works from home since it's an early afternoon game.  I love NY Day and all the games.  I'm dating myself, but I actually remember when all the bowl games were played NY Day, back before there were a million different bowl games!

A couple of Sky pics, so this post isn't 100% text:

Watching cartoons with her horse.

Ok, just get ready for ton's of new outfit pics on the blog.  Sky had some Christmas money that was specifically for new cloths.  I took her to H&M yesterday and hit up the post-Christmas sale and she got lot's a cute stuff.  She picked most of it out herself too, including the shoes in this picture.  She would not let go of them and cuddled with them the rest of the day.  

So tell me:

What are your New Years Eve Plans?

What are your New Years Resolution(s)?

Two things that would have been good resolutions, but I just couldn't wait until the 1st:
-Monthly workout challenges.  I know I need to focus on cross training and strength training more than I do, and the 30 day challenges make it really easy!  It has been going really well and I plan on continuing that into 2014.  January is going to be Pilates 4 x a week on top of my normal running days.

-Cleaning up my email subscriptions.  Holy cow was I getting a ton of emails that I never even bothered reading.  I should have counted how many email lists I unsubscribed to, but it was at least 30!  Yikes, that's a lot of junk email and a lot less time spent reading emails I don't care about/deleting emails that I never will read.

Predict the winner of the Florida State vs Auburn game!  
I'm going with Auburn by 3 points.