Long overdue!!!

Well, I've been told a few times lately that we haven't updated our blog lately. I'm sorry for that. We have been so busy these last couple of months. And now all of a sudden it is 3 more sleeps till we leave on our trip and 6 days until the actual marathon. We will be away for almost 23 days!! Can't believe it. We have raised just over $25,000 over the past 2 years. Thank you to all of you who have been able to donate to us and help out this important cause. If you wanted to donate, and just haven't had a chance yet, we are still able to collect donations for 2 months after the event, so it's not too late. And if you donate before the end of December, you'll get a tax receipt good for 2007 tax year.

I just finished teaching my second walking clinic for the Poco Running Room. It was a smaller group this time around, but still very rewarding. It was great to see all my participants meet their goal. One of my members completed her first Full Marathon on Oct 7th in Kelowna. It was her goal to complete one at age 60; and she did it! Way to go Carol. Brenda walked her 2nd Half Marathon (ever and in just over a month apart) in Bellingham that same day and beat her first Half Marathon time by almost 10 minutes. Way to go Brenda!! Neil completed his first Half Marathon in Victoria and had a great walk and finished in great time. Way to go speedy.

I walked the Victoria Half Marathon with Sue (Mike's mom) and we had a good time. Mike ran the same event and managed to cross the finish line before the rain really started. Sue & I weren't quite so lucky, but we didn't let the rain dampen our spirits. We finished with smiles on our faces! It was a good walk and I used it as a training day for Dublin, so did Mike. And we even got a nice medal each for our efforts.

Well, our household has been busy with me going to various doctors appointments -- I'm currently 4 months pregnant!! We are so thrilled....we are going to be parents in April. We sold our condo (in 1 1/2 days) and a week later found a house and bought it. We are moving from Burnaby to Poco and are looking forward to our new home. It is almost a 40 yr old house, but has been recently updated and nicely done--so it feels very new to us! When we get home from our trip, we have 10 days to pack up our condo and get ready to move.

Lots of exciting things going on with us. Big Trip; Marathon, travelling around amazing places (Ireland, Scotland, London & Paris); moving into a house; having our first baby!!! 2007 sure has been an amazing year, starting off with getting married!! Life has been pretty amazing though since I met Mike!!

Well that's it for today's post. I went to answer the phone and got tangled up in some cords under the desk here, and tripped on my way out of the den. My knee is sore and I think maybe I should go put some ice on it! What a klutz....at least I protected my belly during the fall!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the fall and getting ready for halloween.
Take care and we'll try to update a bit while we are on our trip.

Cheers,
Waleah (momma to be)