Friday Things

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving; I'm feeling so very happy right now to have this relaxing time off with my family.  The kids seem to have more understanding of the holidays and it just gets better and better every year.  My son was very excited to wear his turkey hat during dinner and mentioned over and over again how thankful he was for his family.  He even ate some stuffing this year!  Usually they only eat the potatoes, cranberries and pie.  Progress! 

Turkey hat!  Stuffing!

Yeah, she's in the 'terrific twos' stage and ate mostly squeezable yogurt.

I'm feeling ready as I'll ever be for the Seattle Half Marathon on Sunday - I can at least check carb-loading off my list of to-do's.  I'm going to try my best to just run and enjoy this last big hurrah before a whole month of down time and holiday celebrations.  I'll at least be aiming to get a course PR which I really hope won't present a problem; Seattle was my first half marathon last year at 2:13:35.  Secretly (not so secret, now) I might just be gunning for around 2:02 for a PR...  The course gets pretty hilly near the end and it's a far cry from 'flat and fast' so I'll play it by ear and hope for the best.

One year ago Sunday - time has FLOWN

OK, I'll get right to my song selection this week; please forgive me for enjoying Chris Brown's music - pretty please?  Whenever I download one of his songs (which has been maaaybe three times) I think of it as supporting all the folks that work for RCA Records.

Don't Wake Me Up by Chris Brown

Friday Playlist
In My Mind by Ivan Gough and Feenixpawl (11/16/12)
Don't You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia (11/9/12)
Castles in the Sky by Ian Van Dahl (11/2/12)
Sanctuary by Gareth Emery, featuring Lucy Saunders (10/26/12)
You Are My Diamond by Tiesto - featuring Kianna (10/19/12)
Numb by Usher (10/12/12)
We Are by Jus Jack & Oza, featuring Aeone (10/5/12)
Chorus by Erasure (9/28/12)
Cinema by Benny Benassi (9/21/12)
Take a Walk - Passion Pit (9/14/12)
Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold (9/7/12)
Space Invaders - Mark Norman (8/31/12)
Beautiful People - Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi (8/23/12)
Ass Back Home - Gym Class Heroes (8/23/12)
The Veldt - Cover Pop tribute to Deadmau5 & Chris James (8/23/12)
Without You - David Guetta feat. Usher (8/23/12)
Good Time - Owl City feat. Carly Rae Jepsen (8/17/12)
Addiction - Medina (8/3/12)
We Run the Night - Havana Brown feat. Pitbull (7/27/12)
The Night Out - Martin Solveig (7/20/12)
Tell 'Em - Sleigh Bells (7/13/12)
Sun is Up - Two Times (7/06/12)
Steam Machine - Daft Punk (6/29/12)
Arguru - Deadmau5 (6/22/12)
Now or Never - Outasight (6/15/12)
Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns Remix (6/08/12)
Young Blood - The Naked and Famous remixed by Tiesto (5/18/12)
Call me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen (4/6/12)