Horse and Pony Show I - Adrian, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst    Fervent, Priscilla Shirer     
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick       
Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight        
From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell     
I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight    
In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr     
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips 
Batgirl: Year One, Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford, Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
Five Habits of a Woman Who Doesn't Quit, Nicki Koziarz
Come With Me, Suzanne Eller 
 
Currently Reading: Hope Heals, Katherine & Jay Wolf

Fisher Body Plant IX - Detroit, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst     Fervent, Priscilla Shirer     
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick       
Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight        
From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell     
I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight    
In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr     
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips 
Batgirl: Year One, Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford, Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
Five Habits of a Woman Who Doesn't Quit, Nicki Koziarz
 
Currently Reading: Come With Me, Suzanne Eller

Memorial Day

Thank you to all of the soldiers who fought for our freedom that didn't return home. We will not forget your service to this country.

Fisher Body Plant VIII - Detroit, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst    
Fervent, Priscilla Shirer     
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick       
Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight        
From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell     
I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight    
In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr     
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips 
Batgirl: Year One, Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon
Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford, Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
 
Currently Reading Five Habits of a Woman Who Doesn't Quit, Nicki Koziarz
 

Fisher Body Plant VII - Detroit, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst   Fervent, Priscilla Shirer     
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick       
Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight        
From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell     
I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight    
In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr     
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips 
Batgirl: Year One, Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon
 
Currently Reading: Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford, Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin

Highland Park City Hall III - Highland Park, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst   Fervent, Priscilla Shirer   
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick      Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight       From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell    I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight   In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr   
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
 
Currently Reading: Batgirl: Year One, Scott Beatty & Chuck Dixon

Addison Athletic Booster 5K

I ran the Addison Athletic Booster 5K Saturday. It was a nice, slightly windy day to run in the country.

When the horn went off, I found myself in the middle. I was between the fast and the slower packs with no one close by. I have run this race multiple times and the course is always the same. No mile markers out of the course, so I didn't even look at my watch.

I thought I did well on the hills in the beginning half of the race. The later hills got me. The younger girl that kind of close to me started to really separate from me on one of the last hills. She just kept getting further away from me. The second to last turn, I knew I had runners closing in on me. A volunteer was at the corner and I could hear him tell whoever was behind me 'good job'. I was trying my best to keep them behind me.

The last stretch of road on the course goes from flat to hill. When I was running up the hill, I could hear footsteps behind me. Making the last turn, I heard a female talking right behind me. I knew that I didn't want her to pass me. I started sprinting towards the finish line. I heard her say 'good job' to me as I was running away. I crossed the finish line in 28:38. I placed second in my age group and was the fourth overall woman. The woman behind me ran with her husband and finished about 5-10 seconds after me.

I thought I did enough build up on hills on my weekly runs. I was wrong. I should probably start running hills/incline every week. I want to power up the hills, not get tired on them.

Highland Park City Hall II - Highland Park, MI

Books read in 2016

The Final Days, Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Rediscover Jesus, Matthew Kelly
Survivor's Guilt: The Secret Service and the Failure to Protect President Kennedy, Vincent Palamara
JFK: From Parkland to Bethesda: The Ultimate Kennedy Assassination Compendium, Vincent Palamara  
Battlefield of the Mind, Joyce Meyer
Let God Fight Your Battles, Joyce Meyer  
Earnhardt Nation: The Full-Throttle Saga of NASCAR's First Family, Jay Busbee
Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl, Lysa TerKeurst      Fervent, Priscilla Shirer  
(Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick     
Preacher Book One, Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner, Wendy Blight      
From Hell, Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell   
I Know His Name: Discovering the Power in the Names of God, Wendy Blight  
In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, Jerry Parr with Carolyn Parr  
Postal Volume 1, Matt Hawkins, Bryan Hill & Isaac Goodheart
 
Currently Reading: Sleeper Volume 1, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips

Birthday

Happy birthday to my best friend and husband, Mike!

Highland Park City Hall I - Highland Park, MI