ShannonAlbert.com - June 2009

My name (if I was Sarah Palin's kid, god forbid):

Can Lightning Palin

http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html

We haven't had any huge news to report from our house for a while but other people we know have!

- Another niece/nephew due next year. That makes our second niece/nephew due next year. I suspect there will be a third.

- A friend of mine is also expecting another child though I'm not sure it's official yet so I'll leave her anonymous for now.

- Casey and her family are moving to Kansas City from Colorado. I haven't seen Casey in years but we keep in contact most days of the week via email. I can't wait to see her more!

- Payton's going to San Francisco next week with my mom. I'm jealous!

- Dan is thisclose to signing a lease to open his own restaurant. Coincidentally, it will be right next to where Casey's husband's new KC job is located.

A 33 year old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing her 15-year-old daughter's identity and going back to high school to become a cheerleader and get a diploma. Her daughter lived in another state with her father, from whom the woman was estranged. She faces six years in prison for identity theft. That would be a pretty interesting ending to a wild summer teen comedy about a mom who yearns to be a cheerleader.

According to the complaint, Brown wanted to get her high school degree and become a cheerleader because she didn't have a childhood and wanted to regain a part of her life that she'd missed.

Brown allegedly attended cheerleading practices before school started, received a cheerleader's locker and went to a pool party at the cheerleading coach's house.

The $134.50 check Brown gave to the cheerleading coach for her uniform bounced, the complaint said.

Here's a map of recent visitors to my blog. Interesting!

So this past week I just did the one 5 mile run on Monday or Tuesday and then another tonight. Hated them both. Weather was great, times were fine and I felt fine but I hate it. Only a couple of more runs left for me this year. Thank goodness.

Not sure what I did weight-wise but I think I stayed the same. Continue to eat healthy most of the time so maintaining is all I'm shooting for right now.

This next week, I'll be doing 1 or 2 more "short" runs and then the half is on Sunday. Marcy is coming up and if she can't run with me, she'll be cheering me on. She wants to run but may not. I don't want to run but have no physical reason not to. Guilt is a big factor in this picture, people!

The two times we've lived away from Kansas has been interesting in regards to the term used for carbonated beverages. I've had people say "huh?" anytime I would call something "pop" and would eventually just give up and not try to use it. I'm still not sure I've fully returned to using "pop" in my vocabulary.

Now I'd like to see a map of what people call shopping carts. In Texas, they're called buggies!

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Amy Poehler as Hillary. I love how Tina's impression is spot on and thus makes Sarah look like an idiot next to Hillary. Did I say that out loud?

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