Free swim suit giveaway

One of my favorite blog authors is doing a free swimsuit giveaway.

If you're interested you can enter to win a new Modbe swim suit here. Check it out.

IronMoores Rise Again

Getting ready for the Adventure--100 meter swim, 3 mile bike, 1 mile run

The annual Icebreaker Triathlon in our town was today! I didn't think the
kids would do it this year, but sometime last week
(after our good neighbor fixed the flats on the kids' tires--Thanks Mike)
they started begging me to sign them up.

Doing a race with friends makes it even better!

That's a Happy Face at the Finish line

My Favorite Breanne Quotes During the Race

1. "I'm doing this for fun and for the exercise." Her way of saying, I'm having fun and it doesn't matter if everyone beats me. That was at the beginning of the bike when it was still fun.

2. "Triathlon is a lot harder than I thought." That was when she was trying to get her bike up the hill, and starting to really feel the difficulty of the whole venture.

3. "This is torture." Still, on the hill with her bike. (I had to smile here, because I know this feeling. Couldn't help but wonder if God ever smiles on us like I did her at that moment? Yes, it feels like torture, it won't last forever. Look, how well you're doing? Keep going.)

4. "I should get the trophy for best rib hurter." Early into the run she made this comment. Even though she says it was just for fun, I'm sure a part of her really wanted to be recognized among all the athletes for her efforts. Oh, did she ever have a side ache! In her mind, it must have been the one greater than all others worthy of the prize!

Connor ended up getting a ribbon for 2 place in 8-10 year old age group. Breanne got a ribbon for third in the 7 and unders.

I'm so happy for them. What a fun day!

This Is Right On! Check it out

I think she has a very good point. I wrote an email to Target in hopes that somebody will listen and if enough of us say something maybe somebody will listen.

http://www.mormonmommywars.com/?p=1720

Let Me Just Tell You How NOT to Do It.

Does anyone hate learning this way as much as I do?

It bugs me that I have to learn how to do things by screwing them up. I know intellectually that that's how we learn, but I can still be bugged, can't I?

I also understand that we can learn from others mistakes. If we don't learn from what other people are doing than we'd have to make all the mistakes ourselves, right? Well, let me help you out.

Don't peel and shred potatoes and then leave them overnight in the fridge before cooking them.

Ok, I knew they might turn brown but I sort of thought if I added creamy soup and ham, and then covered them well in the fridge they'd be ok for baking the next day. NO!

If you would like to eat grey-black potatoes than you should do what I did. I can't say I've ever eaten black potatoes before this. Yes, I ate them! In fact, I liked them. Now, if I could have gotten any of my family to taste them I'd have other witnesses. No way. Nobody would touch them.

Anybody have other learning experiences to share with me, so that I don't have to make that mistake either?