I’m in Las Vegas at Shine, having an absolutely amazing experience. I look forward to sharing more details with you when I return.
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Hope you’re having a fabulous week!
Live Inspired,
In 6 days, I will be arriving in Las Vegas!! It just happens to be one of my favorite cities. (Here is fun post about my last trip to the Bright Lights!! I’m going to attend the SHINE Event with my friend Twila.
I registered just about a year ago to attend after following Ali Brown on social media. I am SO pumped that it’s almost here. We’ll spend a day and a half sightseeing and enjoying a bit warmer weather. Then we’ll be sponges for 3 intense days of sessions and guest speakers at the gorgeous Wynn hotel.
With a new bundle of joy on route, my goal is to learn new ways to leverage my time and work more efficiently in power sessions as a Mom!
When you stop learning, you stop living. I love to invest in myself and personally grow! As I mention in my book, Live an Amazing Life, there are many opportunities to develop your skills and work on yourself in your own backyard – that are free and reasonably priced.
Here is a glimpse at what Twila and I will be participating in:
Live Inspired,
About 2 weeks ago, I started my journey to run my first 5km race!
As I mentioned in my “Injury” post, I gained a weird desire to RUN when I was recovering. I don’t have proof from my single person klutzy incident, but I’m convinced I really hit my head when I fell down the stairs! Either way, this new form of exercise is already doing me a lot of good.
I started off slowly a couple weeks ago with my trainer and husband John! Side note- my man has previous military training and really helps me stay focused and driven. “Motivated left foot…” is just one of his favorite songs to sing me while running – as an attempt to keep me moving. Usually I say mean things back to him as I don’t really “prefer” to hear his songs. I may be guilty of turning up my iPod in attempt to tune him out sometimes. Yikes…I love you John and you know secretly I appreciate the push, even though I don’t show it in the heat of the moment.
Starbucks or Running Room? As you know, I’m a huge Starbucks fan – but this time, I went to the other business!
I signed up for a Learn to Run class at my local Running Room! It started tonight and I REALLY enjoying it. I made the mistake of going for a run/walk with John this morning, so I was dragging a bit more than I wanted to. Rain fell most of the time, however I felt awesome and it’s nice to be motivated by other keen runners. I’m most excited to learn proper techniques to get my booty in shape.
My goal is 111 days away!! The CIBC Run for the Cure, for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation with my friend Justine and her team – Cowgirls for a Cure. If you’re in the Calgary area, we’d LOVE to have you join our team – cowgirls and cowboys – for a run OR walk!
Having an actual date to reach is really going to help me train! Thanks for all your amazing support – your comments and messages on here, Facebook, and Twitter mean the world to me.
Live Inspired,
P.S. I have an even bigger goal – a really cool half marathon in Las Vegas! However, I’m going to achieve my first goal and then decide what year I’ll do my BIG dream! Baby steps and consistency will help me conquer it one day.
WOW!! Where did the past 5 weeks go.
Quick update on what’s been shaking in my world.
Took in a day of Farmfair – a livestock show in Edmonton, AB.
I thought these family friend’s were so cute & keen.
I also got to see and visit with a few of my favorite lady friends – all Copper West contributors. THANK YOU!
I can’t remember the last time I was the “tall” one!?
From left to right – Stacy (check out her blog!), Deanne (sweetly asked me to speak at the conference she organized), Laura (my bestie!), Justine (check our her blog too!), Me (feeling very tall!).
On my way back south – I was able to see two wonderful women – Twila & Carlene! Always such an inspiring visit with 2 very entrepreneurial divas.
10 days latter, my wicked friend Twila celebrated her 30th with an epic slogan T-shirt bash. It was a blast!
My hot hubby and I may have been caught two stepping…
We celebrated American Thanksgiving the 3rd Thursday of November – with our friend Mike.
We ate a LOT! Our “meat” that was not photographed, was Chicken Fried Steak. Oh, we devoured our southern favorites.
Top to bottom – homemade macaroni & cheese (made with Velveeta), mashed potatoes – loaded, green bean casserole, cornbread stuffing, with pecan pie for dessert!
John was gone for the better part of 3 weeks with work - so my bestie Laura & I spontaneously took a trip to Las Vegas to take in the 3 huge western trade shows that are open during the National Finals Rodeo!!
That’s 5 weeks in a nutshell ;)
Thanks for continuing to visit my blog – I’m so lucky that you’ve returned after my 5 week “break”!
Seasons Greetings!!
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