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Hey guys!! Guess who is running a super-cute marathon in October????? Well, a lot of you since October holds Chicago, Marine Core, Detroit, Twin Cities and a load of other marathons. BUT, I just finished filling out my app for THIS super cute one, which for some reason Brent finds hilarious. I've got a Wonder Woman stamp on the envelope and off she goes tomorrow. Brent's going to run the half with me, take a break, then come backwards on the course and run the last few miles with me. Total cost for both of our races - $50!!! Can't beat that! The marathon is October 28th, and then Brent and I will both be running the Harpeth Hills marathon together on November 19th. I don't plan to taper for the 4-H marathon, it's more of a long training run for me and it should work well as it has rolling hills. I'd like to do the Team Nashville half (I think it's the following weekend) since it also has rolling hills, and this year I would like to NOT puke at Mile 12. Depending on how those two go I may still do the Memphis Marathon on December 2nd or Huntsville on December 9th. Or I may be totally burnt out on racing and just spend December baking and Christmas shopping.

Today was a very exciting day - we had a tree taken down! Half of it had fallen on our neighbor's house a week after we moved in, and the other half was aimed towards our house and cracking more and more every day. It was QUITE the production of cranes and equipment, totally fascinating. The guys did a great job and nothing got smashed up. Of course Pippin loved watching (from inside!). Here are a few pics! I'm sure the guys LOVED us and our cameras!!

Part 1: Taking the limbs down from in the bucket:









Part 2: The trunk - probably the toughest!! (notice that Pippin is watching from the window!)
















Part 3: The stump - They started grinding it today but broke their grinder so they have to come back tomorrow!