I'm back!!!!

Well, it's been a while, and just so you don't think I've been lying around eating bon-bons I'll give you a quick update. Daughter #1 has graduated high school and is headed for college in the Fall. Son #1 has successfully completed his freshman year in high school and is looking forward to daughter #1 going to college in the Fall.

Work on the 2007 TistheSimpsons Christmas Light Show is in progress. Due to all the graduation hub-bub I'm a little behind, but I'm hoping to make up some time the next few weeks. I'm doubling the number of channels from 48 to 96 and upping the light count to about 20,000. I need to build 15 mini-trees and two 5 foot light arches. To date I have 1.5 trees done. There will be 5 songs with the feature cartoon character this year being the grinch. Stay tuned!

I've also set myself a goal to run my first marathon in two years which will be a milestone birthday for me. The most I've run is a 10k which is 6.2 miles so I have my work cut out for me. I started training for a half-marathon (13.1 miles) in September. Three weeks in I'm up to running 5 miles without feeling like I've run 5 miles. From here on out, each week the long runs increase by 1 mile. I feel good and am looking forward to reaching what has always been one of those "things that I've wanted to do before I die".

Also hoping to post more consistently about the progress of both passions. Wish me luck!