Uggggghh

I just came in from my run and it was tough today. My legs felt like lead and to make matters worse my Ipod battery died half way through. Running stinks without my tunes! For some reason I came in with "All Creatures of our God and King" going through my head. Where did that come from?
What I really wanted to write about was how much I love some of my worldly possessions, the first one being my Ipod.

Glenn surprised me with it last mother's day (2007). I had a little Rio Mp3 player that worked just fine and held plenty of songs so I wasn't expecting an upgrade at all. At first I thought that I'd take it back because it was too expensive but I ended up keeping it and have loved it ever since. I have lots of different play lists which I am way better at organizing and I love to plug it into an IHome and have tunes while working or cleaning. I also plug it in on Sundays and play church music. I don't have any videos on it except one episode of Dora that I put on for William when he was younger. It still helps me out in a pinch though. My boys can't believe that I don't have any videos on it but I'm still a greeny. I can't get over how cool the music is let alone think about putting movies on it!
Another thing I love is my running hat.

It makes me happy every time I use it. I wanted a white lightweight hat so I'd been pricing some on E-Bay but they were too expensive. I ended up at the running store and found exactly what I was looking for at half the price on Ebay. Don't you just love it when you that happens? I think this hat is probably "last year's model" and they were clearing it out because everything is dri-fit now, but it was just what I was looking for. It's totally practical too, which I love. (I am my mother's daughter.)
The last worldly item I wanted to mention is our BlendTec blender.

This one is for Glenn. He probably loves this one more than me but don't you just love it when something just works so well? It's kind of like a fine tuned automobile, it's just good. When Glenn went through his weight loss program over the summer we were drinking a lot of smoothies and the program recommended getting a BlendTec but wow, talk about pricey! Luckily we ended up getting one at wholesale, that one just worked out for us too. Our favorite smoothie is Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Banana, but we do different versions of it. Glenn's is more healthy than mine.
It's kind of fun to watch the "Will it blend" videos that Blendtec makes if you've never seen them (www.willitblend.com). They have blended everything from golf balls to cell phones and the guy that does it is this very dry guy in a lab coat who always starts the segment with "Will it Blend, that is the question." One of the coolest ones I've seen was the 12 glow sticks, they did that one with the lights off.
Well those are a few of my favorite things...

I guess I'm a pretty simple person but I prefer it that way.