hey all

well, been just over a year since i last wrote, i dont know where it all went too,, still here in paducah, year gone by really fast and its alright.im working at a hospital here in the er and chest pain er and do like it, just part time so i can come home some. running,, walking,, hard to do without ya'll, i do it, but not like i should and i tell everyone about ya'll and how i actually ran in a marathon. one of these days ill get to it again,wish we had a mm up here..
kids are fine, jake graduated from ole miss, finally and is working, haley is in here last yeat at state, and loving it,and we have a potential son in law,maybe.
i was just messing on the computer today and found my old blog site and thought i would write, hope all is fine,, i miss you all,,
take care
vickie

getting settled

well, we have been here a couple of weeks and getting settled in. so far so good. ive sent off for my nursing license and should get those pretty soon, then ill look for a job, just a couple days a week. we have had snow a couple of times, and last night we had about an inch but it was gone by lunch time. thomas is enjoing his job. im getting to know stuff around here and getting our apt set up. i brought some stuff from home but not alot, just to make it kinda home.
im not going to be signing up for mm08. it would be just to hard. i dont know just how often ill be home im hoping that when i am, mark wont mind if i come run with ya'll,,ill have to ask him about that. i did join a gym right after we got here and did get a personal trainer that will work with me a month, she knows i want to do another marathon and shes helping me stay on course for that. working stuff that i didnt do before, in fact right now i cant squat at all, ha, my quads are killing me and my stomack is sore to touch, ha,,shes tough but good. they have a trail run out at lake kentucky in march.. they have like a 26.3k 50 miler and even farther,, so needless to say, im gonna try and do the 26k one..one of the men that thomas works with has done it and said it was fun. so ill see.
kids are doing good,, just getting settled back in there routine again. jake took the LSAT for law school and did pretty good, good enough to get into ole miss law school but hes taking again.. he will graduate in may... haley is doing good at state, hes in Physical thearpy, a hard major but well worth the time and effort when he finishes.
ill be home the 1st week in feb for about a week. ill write mark and see if he minds me coming and visiting. i see ya'll will be at different locations this time. ill prob go to the res.
hope your all doing well,, write sometimes.. kinda lonesome up here right now..
found a church so that will help also..
take care all, hope to see you all soon
love and miss you all
vickie

HEY EVERYBODY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HOPE YOUR ALL DOING GOOD,, AND HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD HOLIDAYS,,
WE HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT NEW YEAR! EVERYONE IS WELL AND ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS. THOMAS GOT IN ON THE 20TH AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD DEER HUNTING IN, GOT A HUGE 12 PT THE OTHER DAY. JAKE HAS BEEN HUNTING WITH HIM SOME ALSO. HALEY IS ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE LIBERTY BOWL AND A BUNCH ARE GOING UP FRIDAY FOR IT. IVE JUST BEEN ENJOYING BEING HOME AND TAKING CARE OF THEM ALL AND GETTING STUFF READY FOR THE MOVE. THE MOVING COMPANY WILL BE HERE THE 31ST TO PACK UP WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE. I HAVE BEEN WANTING A NEW LIVING ROOM SUITE SO WE ARE TAKING THIS ONE UP AND GETTING A NEW ONE FOR HERE SOON. ITS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT, JUST THE LEAVING PART FOR ME. ILL BE HOME ABOUT EVERY 5-6 WKS AND WILL BE JOINING EVERYONE ON THE SATURDAY RUNS. I WILL SIGN UP FOR THE BRANDON/RES AREA, JUST CLOSER FOR ME. HOPE I SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES OUT THERE. I WONT BE HERE FOR THE SIGN UP DAY, BUT WONT BE LONG BEFORE I SEE YOU ALL.
I DID DO THE CELLULAR SOUTH HALF MARATHON IN MADISON COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I SIGNED UP FOR THE WALKER PART, JUST DIDNT THINK I WAS UP FOR THE RUNNING, BUT I DID PLACE IN MY AGE CATEGORY,, WHEN I CAME HOME AND TOLD HALEY SHE SAID, WELL HOW MANY WERE IN YOUR CATEGORY!, I COULD HAVE HIT HER!< HA,,,,
WELL HOPE YOU ALL ARE DOING GOOD, MISS YOU ALL,
KEEP IN CONTACT, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS NURSEVICKE@AOL.COM
SEE YA SOON
VICKIE

HEY

saturday

IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNING,, IVE MISSED YOU ALL. KINDA TIRED TONIGHT BUT NOT TO BAD, BY TIME I FINISHED TODAY MY KNEE WAS PRETTY ACHY BUT ITS FINE THIS AFTERNOON. I THINK MY SHOES WERE JUST WORE OUT,WENT AND GOT SOME NEW ONES TODAY. IM THINKING ABOUT DOING THE HALF MARATHON AT MADISON NEXT SATURDAY, MAYBE. ILL HAVE TO SEE HOW BAD IM SORE TOMORROW, HA,, BUT IF I DONT DO THE HALF ILL BE BACK AND RUN WITH YA'LL SAT IF MARK DOESNT MIND AGAIN. KIDS GET HOME NEXT WEEK, WELL MONDAY PROB , THEN THOMAS WILL BE HOME THE 23RD AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE PLANNING ON LEAVING THE 1ST GOING BACK TO KENTUCKY, THOMAS HAS TO BE BACK AT WORK ON THE 2ND, THEN ILL GET EVERTHING READY FOR THE HOUSE. JUST STUFF AS USUAL,

WELL HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND AND AGAIN IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL
TAKE CARE,
VICKIE

paducah

hey all,
we made it here alright, thomas went to work monday and ive been looking for somewhere to live,, lucked up today and found a really nice apt in a nice area. i had checked earlier and the sign on the office door said no vacanies but i decided i might call that next day, and she said that just that morning someone had come in, so thats good. we decided on not trying to buy a house or renting one so we wouldnt have to mess with a yard. so today ive just been riding around town trying to learn it. we cant move into the apt until jan, so we will come home thanksgiving, and ill stay adn thomas will go back and work, come home for santa then we will drive back around the 1st to move in. all falling into place but im sure homesick.
there are 2 nice hospitals in the area so after we get all settled in ill start looking for a job. ive been keeping up with my running. they have a nice gym in the hotel. and several gyms in town, ill join when i get back.
hope your all doing good and training is going good for you all.
take care, and ill keep you all up on whats going on.
miss you all
vickie

packing up

just wanted to touch base with everyone,, been backing up this weekend, :-( but its alright, its one of those good -- bad things in life,,, ill be fine..
have been keeping up with my running and walking, i dont want to lose what i got
i am signing up for MM08 although i dont know if i will be there that 1st meeting but ill be there as many as i can,, mark has trained us well, we know what to do, just i need the guidance to keep it up, and ya'll support!
hope your all well and enjoying this cooler weather,
thomas comes in tues and we head out thursday, going to starkville 1st and staying the night with haley, then on to oxford to spend the day and night with jake then on up to paducah to try and find a hotel or one of those extended hotels, thats most likely what we will do,until we can decide on just what will be best. from when we get up there until after the 1st of the year we will be kinda coming and going from there to here because of the holidays, so ill have time, while hes working. ive already checked they have a Golds Gym im going to join and have contacted the paducah running club, and they run every saturday at 5am, ill feel just like at home,, well not really, i wont see ya'll's face..
take care, and ill keep in touch and ya'll do the same

love and miss you all
vickie

hey all

hope your all doing good.. everything going good here, just trying to get things done, went to eagle lake this week and put it to bed, not just pittling around the house, wed was my last day at work, sure hated leaving that, it was a hard decision to go there then i loved it now leaving,, but thats just the way things are. will be good to be with thomas all the time.
have been doing my running, trying to get my time and endurance up some. im hoping and planning to be here for the miss blues marathon, but ill have to see when we have to be back in paducah. for sure ill be here to get signed up for the MM08..
cant wait,,
take care all, and see ya soon!
vickie

hey everyone

miss you all

i realized today reading your blogs how much i miss you all,, we had truly become one big family, i was almost in withdrawals saturday... jan. will be here before we know it, im gonna try and train for the half marathon on my own,, just alot going on to try and get ready for kentucky but i will be there in jan

hope your all doing good,take care and see ya soon
vickie

miss you all

MM 2008

WELL I AM GOING TO SIGN UP FOR MM 2008. I GOT TO THINKING, IM GOING TO BE COMING HOME ABOUT EVERY 5 WEEKS SO IM GOING TO COME HOME THE WEEKEND THAT WE SIGN UP, AND PROB 1ST RUN THEN ILL HAVE MY SCHEDULE THAT I WILL FOLLOW AND WHEN I COME HOME I CAN DO THE GR0UP RUNS. THOMAS AGREED AND I KNOW I WILL KEEP UP WITH MY TRAINING DOING THIS. IT WONT BE LIKE BEING WITH YOU ALL EVERY SAT BUT ILL GET TO SEE YOU SOON AND WE CAN BLOG. SO IM EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WAS GLAD CLARK DID THE PICS WHERE WE COULD ORDER , THE KIDS WERE REALLY WANTING ONE. SO THATS GOOD..

HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GOOD WEEK AND EASING BACK INTO THE ROUTINE. I WAS AT MISS STATE YESTERDAY AND GOT OUT AND RAN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND HALF, NOT SURE HOW MANY MILES I DID, BUT HOPEFULLY ABOUT 5. I RAN ALL OVER THE CAMPUS IT WAS REALLY KINDA FUN.
I WAS KINDA SCARED TO HOW I WOULD DO, MY LEGS HAVE BEEN ACHY, BUT THEY FELT SO MUCH BETTER AFTERWARDS, I THINK THATS WHAT THEY NEEDED.
TAKE CARE , AND TALK WITH YOU SOON
LOVE AND MISS YOU
VICKIE

kentucky

well its looks like 1st of the month ill be in kentucky, no later than the 7th.. thomas has accepted a really good position at there job outside Paducah. he has been wanting this for awhile and it came up at the right time soo,, guess im gone, its one of those things, ill be so glad to be with him again, but sad to leave. i was all excited about starting MM 08, mark can you start one in paducah?? ill have to try and find some kind of something there to keep my training up. i will do it.
just alot will be going on these last weeks of out, he will be home the 2nd and we will prob leave the 4th ,stay in an apt until we can find a house.. 5 7 yr job,,
ill write before i leave,, and maybe they have some kind of run there and some of ya'll can come stay with me, ha
take care,
more later
vickie

what a weekend!

man, what an weekend! like everyone else i was so disappointed that we didnt finish, but we could have, we had been prepared mentally and physically, just wasnt in the cards for us that day, we will do it again. i could have gone faster but i wasnt really pushing alot, i tried to just concentrate on just finishing. it was soo good to see our curb crew out,, thank you soo much, it was as if ya'll knew when I needed ya'll, when i would be wilting there you would be and you will never know how good it was to see a familiar face, ya'll are so very special for doing this. the folks of chicago were great, they were all so encouraging calling out your names, and with the water, i dont know what we would have done without them. the expo was fun, i had been planning all year to get me a jacket when i saw the price of them, i fought myself for a day then went back and got it, and said well heck i deserve it, that was fun though, and then there are my roomates, shannon who is a hoot, kept us all laughing and joy and debbie,i knew them from our walks but not good, and it was a pleasure to me to get to meet and know you better, we all just kinda set back and enjoyed the whole thing. you really get close to folks when you live with them for 3 days. thank you girls, ill miss seeing you for a couple of weeks, but ill be seeing you soon. the supper together was so good, and the company was great also, and then thanks to mark, robin, matt and scotty and im sorry i dont know the name of the man that took the pictures, but thank you for all you did, the trip was so much fun, i had a blast and that was what i wanted most of all to have a good time and i did...
hope your all doing good, i already miss you all, this marathon makeover is truly a blessing to me,, just as all of you have become to me.

its here

its taken me all week for some reason to sign on to do my blogging,, hope this will send

can ya'll believe its here, we leave in the morning,, im kinda scared and exctied all at the same time,, we have worked so hard for this,, and i decided today, im gonna run my own race, if i get to tired ill walk all i want to do is finish with all my friends.

ill have a hard time sleeping tonight, but i can sleep good on the plane!

see you all then

las vegas

made it here just fine,, about 5 min before thomas got here,i came in gate 34 he gate 38. good timing. weather great out there. got up early yesterday morning and we walked awhile, i ran a little,, then we went to the strip and i know we had to walk have walked 5 or 6 miles, lots to see. today is off day but i know ill get lots of walking in. ill get up in the morning and try to get my 10 in, or close to it. our stuff starts tonight with everyone, then tomorrow the big thing. should be fun, today the temp is like 80 with gusty winds.
i hate ill miss our last group run in mississippi, but just a week for the BIG group run.. i cant wait.
hope you all have had a good week.
see ya soon

SATURDAY

I HAD SUCH A GOOD RUN YESTERDAY, I DID MORE RUNNING THAN WALKING, I FELT STRONG AND JUST FELT GOOD. IT WAS KINDA SAD THOUGH, IT WILL BE LAST GROUP RUN, I WONT BE THERE NEXT SATURDAY, I LEAVE WED GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE THOMAS AND WONT BE HOME UNTIL MONDAY. BUT ILL SEE EVERYONE AT THE AIRPORT. IT WAS EXCITING TO GET OUR TICKETS AND RUNNING SHIRTS. MARK AND ROBIN HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB KEEPING EVERYTHING SO ORGANIZED DURING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
IT WAS GOOD SEEING MARY OUT THERE YESTERDAY, I THOUGHT SHE HAD FALLEN OFF THE EDGE OF EARTH, HA BUT SHE DID GOOD RUNNING YESTERDAY AND SHES GOING TO CHICAGO WITH US SO THATS GOOD TOO.
I WAS TALKING TO THOMAS YESTERDAY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MARATHON AND I MENTIONED THAT I WANTED TO DO IT NEXT YEAR ALSO,, IM AFRAID IF I DONT , I MIGHT NOT KEEP MY TRAINING UP, NOT SURE HOW HE WOULD TAKE IT, BUT HE SAID SURE YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN, SO IM IN GIRLS AND BOYS. AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE ADDED TRAINING FOR THE MISS BLUES MARATHON ILL STILL BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FOR WHEN WE START SO I CAN WORK ON MAYBE GETTING FASTER AND RUNNING MORE. THOMAS SAID,HE WANTED ME TO KEEP DOING IT BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN SUCH A CHANGE IN ME DOING THIS. HE SAID HE HAS MENIONED TO SEVERAL FOLKS ABOUT ME DOING THIS AND HE SAID THEY WERE ALL SO IMPRESSED, THIS IS A BIG THING YA'LL, ILL NEVER FORGET THAT FIRST MEETING WHEN MARK SAID WE WERE A 1%,, THATS SOMETHING ISNT IT. AND MAYBE I HAVE BECOME A LITTLE COCKY ABOUT IT, HAHA, WHEN SOMONE ASK HOW FAR DID YOU RUN YESTERDAY AND ILL SAY, "ONLY" 1O MILES AND SMILE,, AND THEY ARE AMAZED, IM PROUD AND IM SO PROUD OF ALL OF US. IF WE WALK, RUN OR CRAWL WE WILL FINISH THE CHICAGO MARATHON.. WE ARE MARATHONERS! WE ARE THE MISSISSIPPI MARATHONERS!

1 week down

WELL THIS WEEK IS ALMOST GONE, JUST 2 MORE LEFT, MAN ITS GOING FAST NOW,
I WASNT ABLE TO DO ANY KIND OF TRAINING MONDAY BUT HAVE REST OF THE WEEK, GETTING AWFULLY EXCITED. I LEAVE NEXT WED GOING TO LAS VEGAS TO SEE THOMAS, YIPEE! WE LEAVE MONDAY THEN FRIDAY WE ARE OFF TO THE BIG RUN!,, HE TOLD ME HE WOULD WALK WITH ME THAT WEEK WHILE WE ARE THERE, MAYBE I CAN GET SOME RUNNING IN, ILL GO TO THE GYM AND GET SOME IN, JUST WILL BE SO GOOD TO SEE HIM,

I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL TO TAKE WITH ME ,TO HAVE WITH ME WHILE WE ARE RACING, AND THE KIDS AND HIM ALL SENT ME THE SWEETEST EMAIL, WHERE THEY ALL ADDED SOMETHING ABOUT THE RACE AND THAT WAS IT, IT MADE ME CRY WHEN I GOT IT AND I WILL KEEP IT CLOSE TO MY HEART WHILE IM OUT THERE. I HATE THEY CANT GO, BUT JUST NOT THE TIME, I INTEND TO DO THE MISS MARATHON AND THEY WILL BE THERE THEN.. BUT ILL HAVE ALL OF YOU,, WE WILL HAVE EACH OTHER, WE HAVE ALL BECOME A GREAT BIG OLE FAMILY, WITH ONE COMMON BOUND, WE JUST WANNA FINISH THE RACE AND WITH THE GRACE OF THE GOOD LORD WE WILL..

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD RESTFUL DAY TOMORROW,, SATURDAY WE GET OUR TICKETS AND OUR SHIRTS, THAT EXCITING IN ITSELF,,
TAKE CARE ALL, BE SAFE,,
LOVE YOU ALL
VICKIE

race ready shorts

i ordered some race ready shorts,, x large and they came in,, and they might fix mandy, ha,, they are little, well little for me if anyone wants to look at them and see if they can wear them, ill be happy to bring them and sell them for 20$ , just let me know and ill bring them next saturday

todays run

i almost cried when i got back to the starting point today thinking we had done 22 miles, thats ALOT, my legs were killing me, i dont know if i need new shoes or what, but they hurt bad, and have been achy all day, maybe thats normal for 22 miles though,, came home and took a cold water bath which helped some and took some advil, and now just pittling around the house, i was feeling so bad this afternoon, and i realized i havent eat much of anything, ate a energy bar on the way to the rez then came home and had a pack of naps and lots of water,, ate a good supper and felt much better, now it takes alot to make me not think about eating, and today was one of those days.
it was good to be out there with everyone this morning, i had missed 2 saturdays and it was good to see everyone..
wonder how many of us folks are doing the extended training for the miss blues marathon,, i want to do the marathon and im afraid if i dont keep up with the training i might not do it..
just been watching football, go DAWGS for beating auburn, dont care for auburn since tubberbutt ( what i call him, ha) since he snubbed ole miss,, ole miss im pretty sure getting beat by vandy right now, and watch bama and ark,, love football
well almost bed time for me, hope you all have a good restful night.
love you all,,