It's been over a week since I last wrote in this blog. I've been in a bit of a funk and I have no idea why? I'm beyond blessed. Even when I think I have problems, I can always find someone else who has it a lot worse then I do. So, now I'm going to try to pull myself out of my little pity party and tell you about my past week!
Pat, Dave, and I went to the "tough mudda" race in Poplar bluff last Saturday. My son in law, Chris, was crazy enough to enter it so we went to support him! I'm telling ya, there were some tough obstacles in this race. I could not have made the 12 mile run, yet alone doing the obstacles. They had some CARAZEE obstacles! One where you had to make it thru mud and water with live wires hanging above you. One wrong move and ZAP!  Another one where you had jump into a big vat of ice water and swim underneathe boards in the water. Then there was the "Jesus walk", where you walked thru muddy water that was so dirty that you could not see the bottom of it, there were pot holes thruout it, one wrong step and you were in mud up to your knees! The scariest one was a giant wall that the people had to run up and over the top of. OMG...are you kidding me?! Most people slid down the wall at least once before making it over it! They had a human chain of guys who were helping people over it. But you had to make it to the top and grab onto their hands to get the help! This race was all about comraderie and the proceeds of it went to the wounded warriors. Chris was a real trooper and did every single obstacle (we knew he would)! He's now gearing up for the next "Tough Mudda" race to be held in st louis next April. Goooo Chris! I'd love to be able to join him, but I'm afraid the 5K walk that we made for the color run race was as daring as I will get!

 Here's some pictures of some of the obstacles....

 this is the Jesus Walk!

 and some more..

 this is the live wires...NO WAY would I even try this one!

 

 All in all it was a fun day! The sun was shining and on a stomach with little food in it, the 3 beers this old lady sucked down thru a straw, made me feel NO pain!

Now for my fashion news....afterall, this is supposed to be a blog about fashion!

One day this past week Pat was using different settings on our flash and camera...of course, I was his model! Will I ever stop being a ham?!! Here's a few shots he took outside with the flash....

 I love my Doc Martin boots!

 I love this flash...if the natural lighting is just right (not too sunny) and you use it, it's a miracle worker with wrinkles! It washes them all away....who needs a facelift....a flash is a heck of a lot cheaper and pain free!!

   I'm loving this free people skirt! I love victorian looking clothes! Victorian and fifties vintage!

...this is Pats and my halloween costumes for this year! We're going to wear them to a party were going to next Saturday. I laughed so hard at Pats wig that I almost peed my pants! He in turn found my cat eye glasses pretty scary.....

and now for my double dose of cute.....

grandmas little munchkins! I'm really missing Patrick and Harrison! I am hoping we'll all get together at the same time and in the same place some time this year!

I'm glad I wrote in my blog...I'm starting to feel better already!