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13.1 mile day

5:00 am - Alarm goes off

5:05- Husband finally nudges me awake letting me know my alarm had been going off for 5 min

5:06- a few anti morning person words run through my mind

5:45- Leave the house

by 6:00- the gitter bugs kicked in

Nervous as ever!

7:00 sharp the race begins!

-No. I wasn't wearing a swimming cap. just and overly large head band-

Each mile seemed to be getting longer and harder as would any other half..

By mile 8 my legs started to cramp and my thighs started to burn,

I wanted more than anything to walk

But each person that ran by me kept asking "whose

CDH

I immediately got a smile on my face and said

"My Mom"

and pushed harder.

I was running with an angel today.

This race was for her.

Not only was the race dedicated to her..

The night before I Made a list of some of the most important people in my life and dedicated each mile to them, and told myself I would think about them that entire mile.

To tell you the truth..it may be cheesy.. but that is what got me through this race

 It was with me the whole time. Each mile marker I'd pull it out and see who it was that would be cheering me on in my head,

(If you cant read my chicken scratch handwriting)

Mile 1: Jake Bascom (Hubs)

Mile 2: Ron Hale (Daddio)

Mile 3: Candice Bement (Sister)

Mile 4: Heather Barrus (Sister)

Mile 5: Aly Hale (Step Mom)

Mile 6: Jared, Parks, J (Brothers)

Mile 7: Entire Bascom Family

Mile 8: Entire Hale Family

Mile 9: Sandy and Phee Richter (Amazing Friends)

Mile 10: Tay and Corb Mtcalf (Amazing Friends)

Mile 11: Anytime Fitness Gym (bless)

Mile 12: Amazing Friends and Support

Mile 13: MYSELF

Not going to lie, this race kicked my butt

and I speed walked half of the 12th Mile due to

calf cramps and jello legs

I wanted more than ever to run through that finish line

I was talking to my mile number 3 (Candice Bement) a few days before, asking for advice about racing and the last thing she said to me was

"The BEST feeling is crossing that finish line!! Don't Quit!!"

And Boy was she right...

(over on the far right in black)

13.1 Complete!!

First Race

Seriously one of the greatest experiences of my life

Salt Lake Half Marathon 2012!

A One HIt Wonder

I've been MIA for the past month or two...

My apologies

To be completely honest I think... I Know I've taken a bite to big for me to chew

In Fact

3 bites to big to chew 

In the excitement of spring, I think I went a little overboard with my projects

in result of having not ONE project complete in a span of 2 months.

Pathetic!

So of course I gave up and starting blaming

T.V Show

Friday Night Lights

for my "waisted" time

Okay Now that I've justified my absence I'm happy to announce I have

COMPLETED

1

Project

Its Much Like my "love" Project 

Same simple steps just has a little bit of a different meaning to it

Lets begin

All You need:

2-8' 1x4's Cut in Half

8 Wood Screws

Drill

Skill Saw

Stain

Paint Brush

Lettering

Desired Spray paint color

Desired Number of Bolts

Confused?

Keep Reading

Like I said before its a lot like the Love project

Take your 1x4's and aline them to your desired positions

Mine weren't perfect so I off set them just a hair

That Skill saw will be your best friend for the next step

I just used a piece of scrap wood for my anchors

and cut it, making sure it crossed over all four 1x4's

(if you need assistance with the skill saw ASK someone, we all know you' re not Jack Lumber, its okay)

Set your anchors and DO NOT make the same mistake I made last time..

RemembeR?

Aw that's nice..isn't it!!!?

No, it totally sucked!

SO

My friends this is why this special drill bit was invented....

PRE DRILL

I can't tell you enough

Otherwise, your project will look like literal crap, like my sad looking anchor on my

love project looked

I know its an extra step and its annoying but take my word on it.

I'm happy to say its

Smoooooth Saillling

from there.

Remember, I off set my strips.. I promise I'm not blind, I know.

Now for the Fun part..

Stain!

I was close to doing dark walnut stain but I chickened out and went with my one and only

Special Walnut

and I'm glad I did.

It Turned out to be just as I had imagined!

Now for the "Lettering"

This project wasn't only inspired by blogs, pintrests or the fact it required screws and a drill

but because of the lettering chosen

F

A

M

I

L

Y

I've always been a home body,

I moved for college and somehow found myself home every weekend

I live by the saying

"People may come in and out of your life, But you start and end with family"

I don't know where I'd be without any of them in my life

I'm one lucky girl to say the least.

Hale Family

Bascom Family

Alright time to put down the tissue box and finish this project!

For wood lettering Micheals is the place to go,

although.. they were out of the white selection for letters

"I"

and

"L"

Wrong color, Don't Care!!!

I just used my "go to" satin spray paint

and

Its like it never happened!

Almost Finished

Letter placement

Once they're placed

Pre drill where you want your bolts

 I wanted the "industrial look" So I went with..

 Great little wonders

yeah.. "F" is right, when you don't have the right drill bit size.

So I spent a little extra time pre drilling my holes not a big deal.

It was worth it

Ladies and Gents

The Final Project

I haven't found a placement for it quite yet I have a few ideas..

I'll let ya know!!

ENJOY!