Friday, November 19, 2010

Thankful

For the entire month of November I have been doing a daily Facebook status update starting with:

Today I am thankful for

I wish I could say it was an original idea, but alas I stole it from one of my Facebook friends.  It's been an interesting exercise and while I do know that I have many, many things to be thankful for it is surprising that sometimes I really need to think about it.  I want it to be somewhat meaningful, thought provoking and fun.  Amanda at Run to the Finish Daily does a daily Gratitude Journal, go check it out.  I know I need to spend more time expressing gratitude.

I'm sitting here tonight eating croutons out of the bag, making turkey soup from the carcass of the turkey I cooked for today's office potluck, trying to rebuild one of the kids laptops, reading blogs and stalking people on Facebook - what an exciting Friday night!  My husband has been out of town all week and he flies in later tonight so I will be trekking to the airport in a few hours.

I have 13-14 miles on tap for tomorrow morning; it is predicted to be about 38 degrees and raining tomorrow morning; oh boy!  But, it gets better; we'll be heading to Corvallis (about 80 miles South) for the Oregon State versus USC Football game, which starts at 5:00 p.m. another cold and wet outdoor activity. 

On Wednesday evening I was fortunate to get the opportunity to hear Dean Karnazes speak; wow, what an inspiring individual and pretty much a total freak of nature in terms of what his body allows him to do.  The next two items on his agenda are:

1.  Running across the entire US on trails
2.  Running a race (I forget if it was a marathon) in all 204 (two hundred and four) COUNTRIES

Can you believe it?  I read his Ultramaraton Man book quite some time ago and would highly recommend it.  Now I'm not quite a cool as Beth who actually got to run with Dean in Colorado, but I thoroughly enjoyed the evening anyway :-)  If he comes to your area take the time and listen to him speak; he really is remarkable.

Have a great weekend!

7 comments:

  1. I can't believe today's weather! Good luck on your 13-14 mile run this morning. And good luck to those Beavers! Hopefully they bounce back this week.

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  2. My daughter has already picked out her clothing for WHEN it snows (not if it snows...WHEN).

    I love hear people's gratitude journals (like Amanda's) and just people being grateful in general. I think it's too easy to get caught up in ourselves and not realize just how fortunate we really are.
    Keeping a daily gratitude journal has really helped me in the past.

    I hope had a wonderful homecoming with the husband :-)

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  3. I loved Dean's books! What a great opportunity to hear him speak!

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  4. What a pathetic Friday night. Ha.
    Yeah mine aren't any better.
    That 38 degree run sounds fantastic, I hope you enjoyed every mile.
    As far as Dean, wow, he is one crazy guy, I can't imagine the energy he brings when he speaks. You're so lucky! I saw that Stan Lee Superhumans clip that Dean posted on FB, very cool.
    But from the looks of it, in terms of being busy, I'd say you're a close 2nd to him.

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  5. Did you survive the "dreadmill" (if tap means tapis-roulant)? I hope yes oh my superhero!

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  6. how fun to hear him speak! he is remarkable...i don't even know how he dreams up all the stuff he ends up doing.

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  7. Hi Kathy,
    I need to start thinking more about all of the things I should be grateful for. I love Amanda's idea and she always has such great things on her list:)

    I hope that your 14 miler went well:)

    I am also putting together Stefano's virtual race report. Mine will not be up until later tonight.

    Take care Kathy!

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