Good thing Mike was paying attention...

We went grocery shopping at Walmart today. This is one of the items we bought... a 5.5 oz bag of Trail Mix. Who would have thought this one little bag of Trail Mix could cause such a headache. So every time we go grocery shopping, Mike keeps tabs on the prices and makes sure we don't go over our budget. He is good at keeping tabs on things... so imagine our shock when we got to the check out and our total was $30 over what we had budgeted. Mike asked to see the receipt to find out why... and there was a charge for $30.94. Nothing we had bought would have even come close to that amount. So the cashier looked over what we had and scanned some things to see if she could find out what it was that had that cost but finally gave up and said she would just remove that charge. So we finished up there (after having another problem with a gift card and a manager having to come over and everything else). I'm sure that the cashier was just happy to have us out of there.

Anyways, we got home and Mike decided he wanted to check all the bar codes as we put stuff away to see what in the world would have possibly rang up that high. We were a bit shocked to see that it was this dinky bag of trail mix. So obviously whoever put it in the system.... probably added an extra zero in there. So Mike, being the good citizen he is, called walmart to let them know that they have their system wrong and they need to change it. He didn't want someone else to buy it who might not pay so much attention and realize they were totally getting overcharged. Walmart really didn't do much. They thanked him for calling but they didn't really seem to care. It makes me wonder how many people are getting overcharged every day and never realize it. It makes me definitely want to double check all my receipts now. I just thought I would share that so we can all be aware that its easy to get totally ripped off without even knowing. So always check your receipts!!

Yup, I fell off the face of the Earth...

I use to be so good at this whole Blogging thing.... but for some reason, I one day woke up just not feeling it anymore. So I have not posted since September.... which is sad because a lot has happened that I can't remember. So I will try my best at remembering.

The last post was about the Mesa Falls half Marathon.... well I did another Half marathon in October. I did The Other Half, which is a half marathon in Moab. It was a lot of fun. We had a big group of us that ran it. Mikes Dad ran it, along with his sisters Holly and Heather. We also had Heathers girlfriend Julia run it. So we all ended up renting a house in Moab which was actually a lot of fun. It was a tough race but we all finished so that's good.

October 25th I started a new job with a new company. It was scary leaving the company I had been with for 6 years... but I needed out of the position I was in. So I am still in training with this new company, but I think it will be a good thing. It seems like training has been using up my entire brain so I'm pretty well brain dead at the end of each day. I forget how tough it is to cram a ton of info into my head each day.

I survived the one year anniversary of losing my mom. I actually took that day off work because I wasn't sure what type of condition I would be in. I spent the entire day with family... so it was nice. We had a nice turkey dinner, visited the cemetery, as well as worked on the M&M tree.

The M&M tree is the tree we are donating to the Festival of Trees in honor of my mom. So we have been scrambling to get as much M&M themed stuff as possible. So far it is coming together well. We have two - 2ft M&Ms that will be standing next to the tree. One of them we are thinking we will pose so they are hanging an ornament. We also got some colorful tin M&M ornaments and I was able to find clear plastic ornaments that were M&M shaped. I stencilled the M on them and we filled them with M&M's. So that's what we have so far. We still have not bought the actual Christmas tree... but we know which one we want to use. We still have a bunch more we want to buy for this tree. Its getting a little stressful actually, but it will be neat. I am excited to see if the tree will sell and how much it will go for. I think its neat we are doing this. My mom LOVED M&M's so its just so perfect for her!

I think we are about caught up. I know a lot more happened, but I really cant remember. I need to get back into blogging, but I tend to keep myself busy with other stuff. Hopefully I can get back into the spirit of blogging. I also need to get working on my blog book for last year so I can get it ordered and printed up. Maybe that will be today's project... we'll see.

I've taken up running, but still can't keep up with life...

I suck at keeping up on my blog. Life just gets crazy and then I get lazy. Ok so really life hasn't been that crazy, I am really just lazy. So I am still running. Its tough, but I have seen some good results weight wise. I am still signed up for The Other Half half marathon in Moab in October. I am rather scared about the whole deal. The mileage is fine.... I know I can do the mileage. What scares me is the speed factor. This race has a time cut off which is going to be a little bit of a stretch for me. I am hoping I can finish before they close the course. I guess we will see how it goes.

I have been doing a lot of job hunting and interviews. Since they relocated my office to West Valley, it has turned my commute into a half hour commute which really sucks. So I need to find something close to home. Oh and it will be nice to have a job that doesn't drive me nuts, and possibly a job I may actually like.

Its getting close to the one year mark of my mothers death. I can definitely tell. Its almost like the leaves changing reminds me of losing her. So I have had her on my mind a lot lately. I'm not sure how I am going to be able to handle the 1 yr anniversary. That's going to be tough. I am also a little nervous about going to St. George this weekend for The St George Marathon. That will be the anniversary of her getting sick. Its crazy to think how she was fine one minute, and the next minute she was sick... and then gone. Sometimes I still have a hard time believing she is gone.

Anyways.... I need to be better at writing posts, but I wont guarantee that I will be. Especially since I am going thru a tough time of year. I don't know if I will feel up to it, but I will sure try!