A Race a Month - November - Part THREE!

November was truly the month for races.  While I was home for Thanksgiving, my Dad, Margaret, and I ran in the 30th and final annual Turkey Trot.  The course was 5 miles and I ran with my Dad the whole way.  We did it in 47 minutes!  I felt really good and love the place I'm in with my running right now.  Let's just hope the lovely snow that is in the future doesn't ruin that for me...

 My Dad and Margaret

 My Dad and I

The Silly Trophies

Mrs. Barnett : )

Two More Pinterest Finds...

The other weekend, David went to El Paso for work.  With him gone, I decided to try out two more of my pinterest finds!  The first was a simple dessert that I always wondered how you made it.  I knew David would like them, and they became an addicting snack!  I ended up throwing them out after a few days because David promised to take them to the office and never did.  I needed to stop eating them!  The second, was something that I did not think David would like.  It was a healthier version of enchiladas.  I made it and loved it!  When David came home, he tried it and ended up loving it also!  Ya-hoo, two points for me!


Mrs. Barnett : )

Source: chef-n-training.blogspot.com via Sarah on Pinterest

Source: cleverlyinspired.blogspot.com via Sarah on Pinterest

A Race a Month - November - Part Two!

I went back to Indy for Veteran's Day weekend to get my hair done.  While there, I wanted to keep up my running momentum and found a small 10k to run.  It was NOTHING like the hot chocolate race and much much smaller.  It got me out for a longer run though, so it was perfect!  I even ended up getting 3rd place in my age group.  This qualified me for my very first racing award!!  However, I had no idea and didn't stay for the results. : (  There will be more though, right?!  I actually ended up going by myself, so did not get good pictures.  Please enjoy what I did get though!

Girls on the Run was there!

 SMALL crowd!

Self Portrait!

Your overall finish place was 118 and your age group finish place 
was 3.  Your time of 1:04:27.6 gave you a 10:24 pace per mile.


Mrs. Barnett : ) 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Pilgrim Barnett : ) 

Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Mrs. Barnett (teacher's dressed as 80's girls!) and her First Graders!  We know we are late, but hope you enjoyed the fun holiday!

Mrs. Barnett : )

Baking / Pinterest

I am currently obsessed with Pinterest.  When I say obsessed, I mean O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D.  If you are not on it, go get on it, NOW!

Anyways, I baked some s'mores bars this weekend from a recipe I found on there.  They were so so delicious, I think I had WAY too many. 

They were SO good, I had to share them with you!  You can find the recipe here...

Source: the-girl-who-ate-everything.com via Sarah on Pinterest

Mrs. Barnett : )

A Race a Month - November

This past weekend, my friend Lauren came to run my November race with me!  We did the Hot Chocolate 15k and had a total blast.

We started on Friday by going to the expo and having a fun dinner at Cosi.  The expo was pretty crazy and we decided to walk there, which was a little far!  We had fun at Cosi though and ordered s'mores for dessert!

Saturday morning was the race.  It was a little cold to start, but super sunny!  It ended up being one of the best races I have ran.  I felt great the whole way and never stopped to walk a little.  The 9.3 miles went by fast and I was super proud of myself when we finished.

After the race came the fun "chocolate" part.  First, when you ended you were able to scoop up as many Ghirardelli chocolates as you wanted!  Then, you walked over to tents where you could pick up chocolate fondue and hot chocolate.  I have never been the biggest fan of eating at races, but this was delicious!

After the race, we went to my favorite place, Sweet Tomatoes, for lunch.  Then, we saw 50/50 (really good!) and went to Kona Grill for dinner.  Yummy!

Thanks for a fun weekend, Miss Martz!

Mrs. Barnett : ) 

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Saving Money.

I haven't been so happy about my life this school year.  I want the year to pass by soo badly so that we can move on from this condo (not a fan of it!) and hopefully finally buy a home here.  I have to remind myself that where we are buying is outrageously pricedand that is a main reason for the delay.  However, I am so very ready to move on in life. 

Meanwhile, I have turned into a money-saving lady.  I never used coupons before this year, nor really even looked at prices when buying.  That has changed and I am much much more money-concious, which is a good thing!  I wanted to share with you some of my favorite new websites where I have found tips/tricks...

Learn Vest

Money Saving Mom

Financially Smitten

$5 Dinners

                   

Mrs. Barnett : )

David.

David played on a softball league this fall.  They only won one game, but that doesn't matter right?!

Mrs. Barnett : )