Way to start out the new year.

finally.

thanks burt, i think...

I keed. I keed.

I'll see you April 30 at T-giving point!

i'll see you august 27 at the hyrum electrical plant.

I like your style allie.

Holy Moly it's a new year miracle, there has been a Leandra sighting. :) jk jk

allie mcbeal did you know the hyrum electrical plant is where Burt & Lani had their first date? He took her there for dinner and then they went to the Halloween dance. Lani has pictures to prove it.

It's true. I spilled the punch bowl on her.

I once had a naaayybor named Merri, who started to look pretty hairy. So I bought her a razor, someone please shave her! She cried till the hair was all gone.

lol lily. :)

So, Lily told us you were at the gym this morning again, but I see no post? Is this the 'accountability' time for your resolution? :)

ha ha rad ok I'm going to post right now. :)

Excellent work! On the run and the post :) Don't you just love how the blog keeps you on your toes?

yeah I do like be harassed. :) ha ha I'll write more when I can get some time. I can't promise it will be as entertaining as Burt's posts can be, but I'll do my best.

Oh Merri. You're Jibjab posts are the best all time posts ever in history forever to infinity and beyond squared.

i'll have to go look around jib jab and see if there is anything new to fiddle faddle with.

dilly dally. i don't know how to use it in a sentence, but i wanted to say it.

Oh, I get the point, Judas Iscariot.

ha ha ha!! I like the way you think!

another day... try to be as cool as my little sis.

what? WHAT?!

Okay Merri, I am going to say to you what someone once said to me.... ahem:

Wow you sure have a lot to say about that. This is blogging, you've gotta blog what you did ;)

lol :) I blame it on Emerson. It's hard to type w/ one hand.

Emerson bit your arm off?

lily! lol. that reminds me of that one time...

"you are going the wrong way!"

"the finish line is that way!"

"you are going backwards. you lunatics are running backwards!"

"it's not fair."

merri, i thought your post was beautiful. i didn't know you played the viola.

LOL Alli or the one guy that said: "one of the two of us is going the wrong way and I don't think it's me." LOL!!!

Merri you brought back some sweet remembrance of back in the days when I had to hold fatty patty Baby Brooks to do EVERYTHING. I don't miss those days. :)

hey, just try it! It gets easier. I can now type almost as well with one hand as I can with two! Nursing time = computer time for me, so I get to practice a lot!

Burt, Emers probably could start to chew my arm off, his first tooth popped through today! :)

Allie yes I also play the harp.

Lily isn't holding a baby all day the best?

And yeah Rachel I just need to practice more.

Nursing and surfing at the same time... those some skills!!

RAD - what if baby unlatches and milk goes flying into the keyboard?

emmer freddette got a tooth and I didn't know about it!

I hope this post that has nothing written on it makes it to the hot discussions. It's on its way.

Burt - urch! vroom! This thread got send in the wrong direction too fast! (and it doesn't happen like that anyway, we don't live in a movie!).

That happens in all the movies I watch.

you run or you eat...nothing else better to do in the mornings! :)

Nice workout, I love the ward meetings in the gym! And I must say, you ARE looking skinnier :)

Lol Rad, shake that healthy butt. :)

Oh, I'm shaking! I don't think it's all that healthy, but I'll shake it either way :)

i can't speak for everyone, but i go to one man band for the ambiance and the grease.

This is a classy entry.

ambiance? Ha! I go for the trashy chicks.

OMG OMB! I'm in!

I'll go. Hey the reason why it's so busy (and I am really not being sarcastic about this) is because all the good ole' boys from Spanish Fork like to go early morning and get coffee. They used to do it at a cafe where Wiggy wash is now, it was called trails end cafe. But it shut down a few years ago and I think one man band took over as the coffee place. They're stupid if you think about it. I would much rather drink coffee in and from Jaxies. It's new and clean and I bet the coffee in Jaxie's tastes better :)

Speaking of Jaxie's, did you know they are building one in American fork? Those guys get to have the deliciousness of Jaxies this year sometime.

Anygays, yeah, cowboys and their early morning coffee.

Well, if all we're getting is coffee, I'm out. But, for pancakes, bacon and eggs I'm in!

Those miles are contagious today! :)

i'll be there. seriously.

my hands cracked open due to running in the cold, dry air. is that gross? well, it's true.

cardio kick sounds like a class that i would not survive.

I think I need to come down for this Cardio kick class - sounds a lot like our boot camp class. Plus, I think I need to meet this Jana!

Jana is an old flame of mine. I dumped her because she had cracky hand syndrome.

Jana is hard core. So if you gals want to come down, Merri and I workout at the same gym. We can all cardio kick at the back of the class. I will lead the goofing off and class clowning. You know it

burt - that hurts.

and i am talking about my hands.

Cracky. There's just so much I could do with that word.

Oh Merri. Lily's not going to be happy when she sees you didn't blog anything!

AND you play the flute!?

is there anything you can't do?

yikes! no blood and out in the cold, yeah this should count for like 10!!!

Plus all that beer you drank...

What? Does he have something to hide from the IRS? Psshhht!

He's been bank rolling Merri's luxurious wardrobe this last year.

GREAT family picture! How can you be so tiny with such a little baby????

Sorry you missed the beautiful weather, but I am sure it will just make those of us who enjoyed it more miserable when it goes away.

Burt Lily is right. Same thing happened when he used to be in charge of the tithing... jk :) really jk.

Thanks Kelli, I'm trying to catch up to looking like you! ;)

In order to look like me, you better hurry up and get pregnant again. I would say my regular look is you 5 months pregnant. You are a tiny thing.

My husband was the financial clerk for 9 years, I should have thought of that! I would have nice clothes!!!

LOL, you forgot your wallet. I've done that a couple times in the last year.

Is your car all ready for Allie and I stash and trash?

Stash and trash. Awesome. Thanks for "volunteering" Lily.

Merri - why do you need gloves if your kicking?

Burt to protect my hands when I fall down. I fall a lot.

What does ragnar, allie, lily, my car and feral cats have in common?

It's Burts wildest dream come true.

That is skimping on your workout? Nice 75 minute warm up huh? Good job, Merri.

I second what Julie said!! That's impressive! Very nice work, very nice work:)

Well, I've heard that you like sore buns for sure. So have Lani massage it out for you.

Are you wearing bike shorts? They really help ... but until you get used to sitting in the saddle it does really hurt! I don't know if I like it either, sometimes I do, but I do know it is a great workout! Good job!

No I'm not Bonnie, but I think next time I better have some or I'll bring my pillow to sit on. lol. ;)

Burt, Lanie hates massages. I thought you of all people would know that.

POW!

HI-YAH!

Man, we feel pretty stupid for putting these comments here. Right, allie?

yeah guys how in the world did you do that??? :)

my face is all red and flushed.

so embarrassed now.

KABAM!

SCHUAAAHHH!!!

ZING!

bow to your sensei

SWORD - HAMMER!

wow, that honestly doesn't sound fun! Nice job hitting the workout!

That sounds fun. Bad job hitting the workout.

Burt I ought to knock you into next tuesday. :) that comment reminds me of a story.

Do tell.

Nice job! You are kicking it hard this year!

Burt - well my hubs has 8 bros & sisters. and each night at bed time his youngest sister would go around to each sibling and say, "good night, love ya, see ya in the morning". And wes would reply..."bad night, hate you, don't see ya in the morning."

Thanks Julie & Rachel!

That is a good story. A little mean, but a good story.

I thought it was right up your alley.

It was right up allie's nose with a rubber hose.

I want to be the first to say something dumb on your blog. I wanted to beat Burt to it... :)

nicely played scott, nicely played. :)

I never say anything dumb on Merri's blog! Maybe foolish, but not dumb.

Here's a foolish quote from The Office - "Other than having sex with other men, the book club is the gayest thing I do." - Oscar

burt - you have officially offended me.

Well, I'm glad it's official. Now maybe we can wander on over to Mamby Pamby Land and find you some self confidence, you jack wagon!

that was gay.

Offended.

in merri's words: pssshhhh.

Is that Merri's words or her flatulence?

both.

Honestly Merri. Sometimes I don't know what you're talking about.

Merri merri bo berry banana fana fo ferry mee my mo merri, merri!

Chuck chuck bo buck banana fana...

Dam it Burt, you beat me today with the dumb comment.

LOL!!!! Okay, okay. That was a dumb comment.

Merri - your husband should have married Scott. Then his name could be Wes Wesemann.

This all of the sudden got really weird.

lol scott. Burt I love it when I meet people named adam adams. Or Richard Rich. Or Burt Burt.

How about Elder Elder?

Or Bishop Bishop?

Or Two Tew.

Or Tat Tew

Love me some spin class!

How did I beat Burt again? I swear he is usually on your blog like a fly on a horses arse.

Burt must be too cool for me now. He's too school for cool.

I'm sorry, did I give you two permission to speak?

Oh great, here comes the FRB villain.

*boooooo, hisssssss*

My new favorite show is Bully Beatdown.

This is off the subject bully burt, but can I buy one of those cute red st george running center shirts or do you have to be a fast runner to own one???

You can buy one. Just ask fellow bully Steve Hooper.

Oh his picture makes him look nice. Not like a bully at all.

Didn't you see his blog title? That's Wild Bull's woman he's got under his arm.

lol

Talking at he gym is unacceptable dontcha know?

I saw you walking up the street with Cars-man. You had one pant leg rolled up, and one rolled down. Kind of reminded me of kris kross

jump jump! Kris kross will make ya- jump jump!

Mac daddy make ya-jump jump!

call me up if you're a gansta. well carson wanted me to ride scooters with him. my pant leg kept getting stuck in the back wheel so that explains the rolled pant leg. the weird thing is that I had a poster when I was little of Kris Kross and I would kiss both boys every night.

My questar bill was a bit ridiculous as well.

Nice work getting out 8 today :)

Did you lose to that team that doesn't shave their pits again?

$10k?

In your face Scott!

yes $10k. I'll go fix that right now.

Happy b-day! ya take the 10k you could buy something real nice...

I really feel like I might be getting .10 instead, but hey. :)

Burt- Every once in a while you make me laugh.

Happy Birthday Merri!

Go "Shotty" it's your birthday, we gonna party like it's your birthday

Happy Birthday Merri!!! Nice 10K! I wish I could get just 1K for my birthday :)

Rachel I would take 1k too. :)

Leandra lets play the shotting game.

Happy Birthday! Too bad you got a crappy slappy tm this morning. You should have gotten the best since it was your special day!

happy birthday x $10k

Merri has plans to use the 10k for an indecent proposal.

I hope you hosed off.

one sweaty betty collette.

Why would you think it would be bad? You're 100% back.

b/c I'm a wuss and I never use an incline on the tm :) maybe I'm pregnant again...dun duhn dunnnnn !!!!

jk

Pregnant with Wes Wesemanns twins. dun dun duuuuunnnn!

Ummmm... Ahahaha! Wow!

lol

You clowns.

Burt you hired the wrong clowns for your coming out partay then

Oh no. No bueno.

Burt where do you come from? You lurk from within the FRB shadows. Isn't it like the middle of the night in the AZ still?

Merri don't get hurt like me. Be a quitter while you can

I have a webcam set up at Merri's house so I know when she blogs.

Seriously though. I have to get up early to get my kids off to school while my wife is staying in the hospital with the little one.

Oh I see. Hey I hope little Emily gets better. I can't believe she's still in there.

Can I do anything?

btw I took a class on webcam dancing. You are required to wear goofy outfits like some of those zumba pirates. I hear Merri took the class too.

Some webcam dancing should be all I need Lily. Thanks. Haha!

Poor thing will probably in there through her birthday tomorrow :(

She'll be in there on her b-day? Poor kid! I'm so sorry, seriously that makes me sad.

My son Dallin was in the hospital for 4 days when he was 2, it was so hard and sad. I know how it is!

Thanks Lily. That means a lot.

Where's Merri?

Merri probably just dropped her daughter off at school and now swinging by one man band for her morning cup 'o' joe. :)

finally got all the brats fed & one off to school. :) jk they aren't brats. Yeah I hope Emily gets out of there soon!

Ack Merri! Not you too. Hope you get better today! I didn't know you had a sick daughter, Burt. Sorry to hear that.

when you said "brats" i read it as "brats" (as in bratwurst) and not "brats".

well wishes to merri, lily and emily!

the brat pock.

IamfirsttocommentbeforeBurt.

I feel you on the candy consumotion. Don't stop now, Valentines is a week away and I am bringing sugar cookies to you soon. Just roll with it.

Whatever Lily. What's that new word you just made up?

Go chocolate!

I can't help it if I have to use a lame keyboard...yeah so there

yummy sugar cookies. ok i will continue my sugar consumption until v-day. :)

sugar is the elixir of life. good job, merri.

At least you have the willpower to stop between February and October! I have yet to do that :)

46:40???????? I'm going to go cry now.

Is that Wes Wesseman? Nice job on the Salsa Verde.

That's a lot of doritos. whoa.

You were cranking it out this morning. :) I slipped a peek, but I can't bare to watch everyone running the last month.

I need to get over it and just learn to be happy.

Yes burt that is Wes Wessman. Salsa V is the best.

And Lil don't worry I know you'll get better. I felt the way you feel now when I was pregnant with Emerson. It's hard to be happy when your body wont do what you want it too. Ugh I'm sorry! I hate injuries!!!

I need to try some of them Salsa V's. Nice pic :)

hah aha hahahaahahaha. What would happen to Wes if the Lions made it to the superbowl. he would probalby die.

Nice! On the run and the pic :)

great run. nice job on the wavy.

Oh no Merri! That's no fun at all!

I feel for you Burt! Poor Emily, Emerson was only in for a few hours. I hope she's all better now. Did you buy her a littlest pet shop yet??? :)

She's better. She's been drowning in the toys lately. Last night we slept on the chair in the living room together.

...and kicking and screaming...

weeping and wailing.

I thought I could beat Burt to be the first on your blog to say something dumb. Nope. Damn it!

he's pretty quick these days that's for sure.

You can't see me Scott.

I just read that your baby was sick! I am so sorry. I hope everything is okay now. You are on fire with the running, Lady. Nice!

Thanks Julie. He is doing somewhat better today. We took him to the hospital again yesterday for one more breathing treatment, and now he seems to be on the way up :). There is nothing more scary to me than when my kids are sick. That's why I can't have any more kids, I worry worry worry way too much about them.

It's not a bad thing to worry about kids when they are struggling to breathe! My oldest son had bronchiolitis 6 times in 8 months (this is the pre-curser to RSV) and if we hadn't caught it when we did he would now have HUGE problems and would have had to have been hospitalized. Never second guess your gut when it comes to breathing issues! I hope your little man gets feeling better. Nice work getting your workout in despite all the craziness with baby. Oh, I have a nebulizer on hand if you ever need one, cheaper than renting!

Sorry about little Emersmits' :)

I have a nebulizer as well you are welcome to use anytime.

I'm so glad to know who has nebulizers!!! :) I will definitely give you a call lily if I need to borrow it. This is the first time I've ever had something like this happen and now I want to just go buy one for such emergencies.

I have nebulizers, oxygen tanks, pulsoxometers, canulas, everything you need. I'm the one stop shop.

Way to help a sister out. Did I beat Scott again? I wasn't even trying this time.

maybe wes wessman, i mean scott is too good for us now.

Perhaps Scott is one of the beautiful people as well Burt? I think I concur.

i am loooooost. this is what happens when i spend all day at the brickyard -- i miss these great conversations.

good job merri. POW!

Are you kidding Lily? Have you seen his teeth? Of course he is!

allie are you hammering rocks at the brickyard to work off your community service hours?

Burt are you trying to get fresh with Wesemann?

Allie never miss a day on Merri's blog or you'll be lost. Consider yourself warned.

Merri, It just so happens that I know what Allie did to get the brickyard community service. It involved my car, 20 feral cats, and Burts face.

Burt's face. bwahahaha! You made my day Lily.

oh, that was one wild night. totally worth 700 hours in the brickyard.

I meant this Burt

http://socantdeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/last-call-for-moustache-rides.html

i just passed out.

OMGosh!

Sorry I know that was a borderline inappropriate picture but I couldn't help it.

It's like looking in a mirror.

HAIR

I just shaved my chest this morning. I'm not even lying.

Did you get razor rash?

Breath Allie, breath!

No, I had the #1 blade on so that I will still have a smooth furry finish. I shaved my team name for Ragnar into my chest hair about two weeks ago and then my team went and changed our name. Now I'm hoping to grow it back out so I can manscape something else into it.

Seriously, I can't make this stuff up.

What in the... ? Where have I been? HAHA!

I am certainly not to good for y'all... pa-lease!

Burt- Do you get razor rash when you shave your behind too? ICK! Bad visual.

Oh and that pic of Burt is just SICK. So gross! However, I am quite interested in the mustache ride. Woooohooooooo!

Scott - I'll send you a picture of my butt rash. Don't worry. It's just soft core porn. You won't lose your temple recommend over it.

That might be the worst visual in the history of the FRB. Wow! I do enjoy a good look at the soft core from time to time, but that my friend is not on the menu.

ICK!

Where's Merri? She hates us.

I'd love to comment, but I'm building a pig from a kit.

lol lily love the pic

don't tell allie about the pig it's for valentines day.

You should marry them. Marry Merri. Why you buggin'?

I like their song Animal. maybe i'll marry it.

Perhaps Merri should marry chocolate? It is almost valentines you know

bring your ipod over and I might just have an animal surprise to put on it. plus a little katy parry firework action.

yeah I've been meaning to get some new songs on the ipod.

Yeah I beat Burt!

Dumb Dumb dumb Dumb Dumb!

Just get up at 2 am!

:) I would kelli, but I am afraid of the dark. hee hee and golds gym doesn't open until 6 on Saturdays.

Nicely done scott.

That emers has gotta learn how to start taking care of himself on Saturdays :). He's gonna be done so soon! And 7 is nothing to scoff at!

What now Scott?

Oh my gosh. What a sad entry.

Burt- I can't compete with your refined cyber stalker skills. You win. :(

My gym was empty today too! What gives? I'd think everyone would be trying one last ditch effort to get in shape for their valentines night or at least burn off some of those cookies! :)

Nice work on the run!

all by myseeeeelf, don't wanna be alll by myselllllf anymore...

The TM's were empty at the rec too. And that never happens, I'm usually stalking for a machine to open up. Even at 5a.m. it's dumb. nice run sister suzy.

Oh Merri, I was there with you in spirit. Actually I watched you for a bit from the ellipticals and thought how amazingingly fast you are getting.

Well I should clarify and say that the TM were full, I was just alone since I didn't see anyone I knew. :) No one to run next to, to distract me.

And Thanks Julie, I was felt like I was dragging a bit for the first few miles. Pretty sure it was the homemade oreo cookies I made last night... oops.

I'm first, woohoo

It's not a race Lily!

Hey now, everything is a bit of a race to me. I race when I eat too. cept when it's asparagus. I'm slow with that.

With stalker Burt there is no way I could ever win this race. Yeah, I know, my attitude pretty much sucks.

i just came in 4th!

what is the prize for that? i heard something about a pig...

I'm first again muwahahahahahaah!

I should have gone to Kristen's spin today. She does a really good job. Shooty. Well hopefully next week I'll get in there.

yeah it was a killer today for sure!!! :)

gah! third.

bah! i meant fourth.

mah! tomorrow i'll be first.

Hi.

HI YAH

And where were you yesterday Burt?

You will notice that I didn't comment last Saturday also when you called me dumb because I am a sore loser.

Isn't it crazy how some of those classes that are just an hour can kick your trash when you feel like you are in great shape?!? Ticks me off sometimes. Nice work Merri.

RAD - are you and your husband still doing P90X?

No, he finished back in January and hasn't done a single thing since! We also borrowed the videos and have since returned them. I liked the yoga, plyometrics, kenpo and core ones. Now that my gym is gone I think I'd like to have them!

jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.

but you should see how many cups he drinks at OMB after he leaves home Allie.

I hear you Rachel, sometimes those classes leave me more winded than a run for sure!

Nice job Merri!

Thanks Michelle, I think I am finally working back into some speed so I can run with you on your slow runs!!! :)

impressive!

I'm seriously wondering why there isn't an Amber alert out for them. I hope they come home safely soon! Thoughts and prayers for all of you.

Nice work on the workout as well.

Is this your new bo?

maybe, maybe not :)

erry body Jimmer, err err errybody Jimmer.

What was up with MichelleL being the first to comment on your blog the other day?

:) once long long ago I did run with her. i'm glad she still remembers the little people now that she's a super star.

last year, more people were killed by automobile accidents, heart attacks, lung cancer, and natural causes combined than by any one tomato.

merri, will i ever get a chance to run with you?

once allie & I did run together. she just doesn't remember it. we even rode on the same bus. it was a cool crisp morning in 2008. :) she won the tou marathon that race. I ran with her for about 2 seconds.

For sure lets run together! My hubs is done with school after June 18th, and he has a few weekends off here and there before then. But don't you live in the north pole or something. :)

oh, right. 2008. i remember you were way nervous to sing the national anthem, but you ended up doing great (except when your voice cracked on the word 'wave'). and i think that was the same year that we dumped all the raw meat into the big gatorade coolers at the start line. i miss 2008.

i am heading your way june 18th. me, you and lily can run to one man band.

seriously we are going to get together for a run. :)

I'm serious too! We need Lily better! Lily are you reading this??? GET BETTER!

Just for fun, here are my Sat mornings I am available.

March 5th & 12th

April 2nd & 30th

May 7th - I want to run the provo 1/2 marathon

May 28th

And June 25th on I am free as a bird. And my hubs will be a master of something. :)

But I'll warn you I am a wuss and haven't run outside in a while and only starting to get faster.

Okay! I'm not here! Just go ahead and invite the whole world on your group run except for me. No, no. It's cool.

dates noted! see you soon.

merri - whatever you do, don't tell burt about this run. don't. tell. burt.

I wont say a word to burt. I know how he is. if you need to recognize me when we meet just check my profile picture. I am the one holding the baby, and when I meet you I will be holding a single long stemmed red rose.

When we all meet, I will be the one holding my asprin. :)

I am reading this Merri and it's a miracle! I AM GETTING BETTER WAHOOOOOOo!

Let's all run together in June when it's warm outside. River trail loop 3 times, I will be blindfolded and you two will follow me blindly :)

That's pretty fast.

I know you're thinking I had a typo right??? :)

31:15 sounds more like it.

sick, that's so fast!

Burt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do you even try Scott?

ok it was actually 51:31.

It hurts to chew and brush your daughter?

yes, she's nothing but bones, so it is hard to gnaw on that and you can't really brush bones either.

That sucks. I've got some nice plump ones over here if you need.

Knock on wood, never had to deal with cavities in children - I'm not looking forward to it!

Nice job on the 8 miles, I'm sure those slow miles were nice and fast compared to what the rest of us run.

Don't kick your lower leg off.

Burt, do you ever work? Serious question.

Rarely.

nice WORK out there Merri :)

one-ya, one-ya, one-ya.

Next time just slow down and 9 miles in 90 minutes is easy :) You are just too fast for your own good! Nice miles heading into the weekend, especially a good lift on Friday is always good.

yeah I could probably do more miles if I wouldn't push the pace. but then I get bored so I want to get it over quickly. :) I try to do my long runs on Friday since I only have an hour on Saturday mornings. But it wasn't too long today. :)

you are crazy. Crazy fast & good.

Hi Merri. What's the haps? Oh, you just told me the haps. Well, see ya later.

burt i've been hypnotized by the pictures on your blog.

I hope you're able to pry your eyes away sometime. I'd hate for Wes to come home and say, "What have you done all day?"

"Nothing. I can't move."

Burt those were some scary pictures eeek!

Nice 5 today mistress Merri.

why can't i see these pictures?! how do i turn my blog censor off?!

Lily - Wait 'til you see what Merri shaved in her pit hair.

allie - You have to be married in the temple first.

I'm just going to kick back and let Scott comment first.

gaaaaahh! i tried.

are you talking about allie scott or scott poothbrush?

Scott Ensign.

ohhhh, kelli's husband. right.

GREAT SCOTT!

scott paper towels. thanks scott.

That's a lot of sweat!

Yes, check in to your $100.

i knew you'd be on my side burt.

I would! I honestly hate the way they ring things up when they are on sale sometimes. I can't keep up at the register!

Nice job on the sweat fest!

Take it back! That's like having a $2 coupon. You would use it right? They owe you. I wish we could go to the same sweat fest sometime.

i usually just steal a few $20 bills from the register every december.

because it all evens out.

I beat Burt. First one to say something dumb.

burt is mad at me b/c I pay $10/month for tv.

Kick it...

Shut up Scott.

Mad and jealousy are two different thing. And yes, I'm both.

Severus Snape is the Half Blood Prince.

Harry what?

Nice job on the miles Merri - I wasn't quite sure where I had come to when your picture came up :) I like it! I'm still waiting for a decent running picture.

Nice slow miles today.

Nice FAST miles today!

way to flow.

You go girf.

frig og uoy.

?lived eht yb dessessop uoy erA

uoy ot nar i ecno

Now I'll run from you

This tainted love you've given

I give you all a boy could give you

Take my tears and that's not nearly all

Oh...tainted love

Tainted love

I've been wearing my 'tired face' now for 8 months...

Nice job getting the 'kick' on!

can't read my can't read my no you can't read my tired face.

my my my my my my tired face.

one, two, three, four, five.

once i caught a fish alive.

Something dumb!

:)

Scott, that was moronic.

It's not hip to have a hurt hip. See? That's cool.

moronic is such an idiotic word.

It was seriously so nice on Saturday when I ran outside. I love that's its finally getting warm enough. And nice mileage little lady.

Good times, let's roll it again with Tamalama ding dong.

That was a fun run this morning. I wish I could have stayed up with you, but you all are too fast for me.

we understand burt, we understand.

burt - ? i thought you lived in arizona? i am *SO* confused by that comment. *SO* *SOOOOO* confused. ahhh! i am *$O* confused.

F@cT: BuRt LiVe$ "n" AZ.

I'm confused now. You should have ran with me.

But you didn't run today remember? You were in power yoga.

We did run outside. Kinda windy but still better than the hot stuffy gym. Tomorrow? Also, I am getting excited about running up Timp. When? Yahoo!

After June 18th all of my Saturdays will be available!!! :) although I like to go when most of the snow is gone.

Yeah we need to go when the snow is gone. To scary when there is snow I think. eeek. But we can do some other trails before then Julie. I know lot's. Kyle Quist knows some too.

Oh and I am so sorry I missed you Merri. It was perfect out today. I checked my phone one last time before I walked outside. I think I missed your text by only 1 minute. Dang!

I hate the 'near miss' with running partners and now that it is dark again in the morning I'm with you on the alone thing. That is why I'm getting Lucy ready to run! I'd sacrifice a stinky dog if it saved me from an attacker or a mtn lion :)

*WHY* is burt taking a power yoga class? i cannot wrap my head around this.

Because I'm powerful.

You just have too many friends when you have to start calling them by their last names, Miss Popular :)

Tea bags?

Stink! You are nice to carpool though, I'd have left her! :)

lol Rad, I would have but she kept texting me saying just a minute :)

Burt - I meant hags.

You should come with me, then you'll never be late to anything! :)

Run2tomorrow? Let me know and we can go go go!

Yes lily, what time, how many miles and where to meet? tammy might want to join, but only for 3 or so I bet.

Oh no! At least you had good company.

true that

I felt bad you were hurting. Hope you can get out with me again next week.I put your jacket ans scarf on your porch.

Sucky to hear.

That is the pits. I hope it doesn't last long cause you are just starting to catch on fire again. You are smart to stop when it hurts tho.

Oh yeah THANKS for the scarf & jacket! You guys are the best.

Did you tell Becky that I miss her?

i just read something about a "creepy badge" on lily's blog and i didn't understand. now i do.

haha Allie. Oh ahahahaha ....classic.

Lily! How many of your ovaries do I have to punch before you stop laughing at me???

Now this made me laugh.

I want some...

I'd like to be enjoying some of that right now. Better have some left Friday night. Or else.

Yummm, I love pumpkin bread. :) I was going to go to spin today, but I was late to the gym and just decided to run.

mmmm...pumpkin bread! Especially if it has chocolate chips in it. A cookie pretending to be a bread!

Nice work on the spinner - gotta love it!

i'll need a dozen loaves. thanks.

actually allie you need 2 dozen. 107 lbs??? I weighed that at age 5. :) what? I was a heavy toddler...no biggie.

Something dumb- I beat Burt!

where has burt been? I haven't heard from him in a while.

Scott! What the heck are you and uncle Rico doing over at my girlfriend's house??

Hey Burt- Nice to see you again. Uncle Rico's stache- I am a fan!

something interesting - i one-upped scott!

allie's a bully.

one time at band camp she gave me a black eye

wait did I say band camp, I meant one time at fat camp. i think I mentioned my chubby youth right?

You have. I think you ate too much warm apple pie as a kid.

We were in fat camp together...just ask Julie.

I wouldn't run on it if I were you. Let that thing rest and heal. Follow the R.I.C.E. procedure. You'll thank yourself later. So sorry :(

i actually think it was at fat band camp when i gave you a black eye. and then there was the time at black magic camp when i broke your leg. if you steal my boondoggle ONE more time...

sorry about your hip. please don't run on it until you cry. i have been doing a whole bunch of hip strengthening/opening/stretching exercises that may be beneficial for you (i have a history of hip injuries).

here's a few (including monster walk): http://www.aiasportsperformance.org/sites/32/images/file/Hip%20Flexor%20Strain%20A%20guide%20to%20treatment%20and%20recovery(2).pdf

and here's some more (including fire hydrant): http://www.livestrong.com/article/149621-hip-flexor-muscle-exercises/

OMG, who put those long links into the comment box and made your page all stretched out? ridiculous.

spank you allie for the long links. they will be most helpful. wink wink. monster walk.

I'm sooooo SICK of the gym. I was trying to reserve my TM for you, but Rachel Gordon was looking for a mill so I offered mine to her since you had one. Oh well.

Did I mention I HATE our gym?

i worked at an italian restaurant in high school. one day my boss disappeared. and also the dough roller. then my paycheck bounced. then i quit.

so i guess we need to find out if the maintenance man has a dough roller. if so, we can solve all of our problems at once.

i am glad your hip is feeling better. a weekend full of monster walk, i presume? niiiice.

This sounds like a case for Nancy Drew.

He's probably under one of those broken tm and won't ever be found. It's already so stinky in there that no one will notice his smell.

LOL@Julie

this gym sounds terrible. humid, stinky, doughy men under the TMs...

i would commit to the WB spot, but i work for clowns and i don't know my schedule on that weekend just yet. if the spot is still open in a few weeks, let me know.

also, if you are interested in purchasing decorative carbon monoxide detectors disguised as candles and golden hummingbirds, let me know. i can get you a deal.

Allie do you work for the circus now that you lost your pizza shop job?

So true Julie, so true. I have been wondering why that one tm has been so wobbly lately.

I love this...just love it! I needed a late night laugh.

Wish I could do WB, but a sweet little boy will still be not wanting his mama too far away. Next year I'll be in, next year.

Burt this actually a case for Suze Orman. Lets say Golds has a million members and we each pay $20/mo plus a $20 maintenance fee twice a year....where is the money going? dun dun dun dun It's not going to fix broken machines that's for sure.

i actually live at the zoo. see you soon.

You can find her in the monkey cage.

allie has the best life ever...lives in the zoo, worked at pizza hut and works for the circus with clowns...and she's an ok runner. :)

You can find her in the brickyard dropping bricks.

believe me that's burt dropping bricks.

You dropped the bomb on me, baby! You dropped the bomb on me!

If you want a bag, I can save you one :) Oooh, unless I end up running outside tomorrow. If I do, I will be sleeping until 5:30 -which sounds like heaven.

You can use me as a bag.

i can save you a burt.

I'm a dime a dozen.

One hour of pumping? Wow, that would wear me out.

It's really easy scott. we just stand in front of the mirror flexing our biceps the whole time.

Lily will you be starting at 5:45 tomorrow? I might join you if you don't mind.

allie you can keep burt, but save me an ice cream sunday please.

does anyone else appreciate that I am making a new comment for everyone? That way you feel better about yourselves because your email is full of new messages. you're welcome burt.

I love it.

I don't love that you chose an ice cream sunday over me.

Geez Merri, there are guys at my gym that do that most of their lifting session. I do that at home in the mirror.

Pumping: I am a fan.

may i take your order pleeeease?

we have milk and cottage cheeeeeese.

you can have an ice cream sundaaaaay

even though it's only mondaaaaay...

dsch dsch dsch bop bop

Elephants and acrobats,

Lions next monkey

Pele speaks righteous

Sister Seena says funky

How bizarre

How bizarre

How bizarre

My inbox just blew it's stack. And Burt wishes his did.

Oh Merri, of course you can join me tomorrow. Nothing like the river trail gal pal style.

Burt- If you blow your stack please do not post pics. Thanks.

scott -- what did you just say? no really. i can't read it. my blog is censored.

[wanna know the rest, hey, buy the rights]

Oh man, what have I started... LOL

I come here for entertainment.

And usually find it.

Allie: Scott told Burt that if he ends up blowing his stack, the stack of dimes will be gone... comprendo?

ah, i see. burt bought a dozen monkeys from JD for entertainment.

got it.

Burt, the monkeys aren't working! We're formulating another plan, so stay calm!

Me?

yes

nice haha!

I'll nice you Lily.

Oh man. You can really crack me up sometimes. Don't forget about General Conference tomorrow.

I don't have digital

I don't have diddly squat

It's not having what you want

It's wanting what you've got

Oh my gosh. The Prophet must totally hate you.

Conference this wekend? Woohoooo. That means no churh for me, and a nice nap... Oh wait, that is pretty much like every Sundee. :)

i rock. and roll. all day long. sweet suzy.

merri, i have a personal question: do u run4fun? burt does.

time after time...

time after time...

No, she just runs2nite.

burt you mean I have the runs2nite.

Come on Merri! I have to pee! Are you trying to make me mess myself??

I was born to get wiiild, That's my styyyle

I thought I saw you girls out running on Friday. I saw headlamps. Headlamps..headlamps...My dang headlamp is still broken. I need a new one! Dang!

You are on a roll tonight.

Zumba? :)

haha I run to this song all the time. I think I put it on FB a few weeks ago. The best! :)

i heard it in spin with kristen and the next day with jana in cardio kick. we finally asked kristen today what song it was.

This guy needs to get together with Rebecca Black.

I wish I wasn't at work so I could blast this song as loud as I can.

You must be completely dehydrated. You better seek medical help.

Sweaty betty! I'm right there with you!

burt i am in the hospital right now hooked to an iv.

Thank goodness. I bet you gals smell great, too.

Merri always smells sweet. I hate being sweaty but it feels so good to know you worked out that hard right?

i never work hard enough to sweat. i can't imagine the thought of contaminating my pores. and it would totally ruin my updo. plus, i paid WAY too much money for my color-coordinated swishy suit to just disrespect it like that.

ick merri. ick.

Swishy suit. Ha!

good find, burt. but this is not the right conversation.

hi merri.

Waaasup everyone??? I miss Merri on the FRB. Cooooome baaaaack Merri!

I know. It was the best I could do.

so you've missed me? that's all I needed to hear. If you're interested I have a LUCKY TackleBox for only $5.

I only miss Julie.

Dunununu, dunununu, dunununu nunu!

bop bop

i run on my thigh reserves. sometimes i have to dip into my cankles on a longer run.

I rarely eat before I run in the morning. Occasionaly I'll have a banana. And when I run in the afternoon after supper, I feel vomitosis.

vomit? sick. bananas? sick.

spelling police: if on occasion you have found, your language is in question...

Grrr!

I hear you on the vomit after din din.

When I'm driving somewhere I will eat a granola bar (like 100 calorie -ish) and drink some water, but other than that. Mum's the word on eating before a run! Or I will fall into the vomitosis category :)

I eat 3 teaspoons of greek yogurt before I leave the house in the morning. It's just enough to get a little something but not enough to cause any problems.

I used to run on my love handle stores alone...but not for a few months though. I prolly should again, the injury chubbies just don't want to leave me.

Nice job. I envy your cooking.

LOL! You crack me up!

I just found 2 old rolls of film. I gotta take them in tomorrow. So thanks for the reminder! :)

Yeah it's only $1 to get them developed from film to cd right now. And they can fit more than one roll on a cd. Sweet deal!

Let's face it, you're not as young as you used to be. But you're the hottest General Relief Society President I've ever seen.

Time to get this rumor rolling.

rumor? pssshht. no rumor. just rumor willis.

You could tell I was the oldest one there, and the only one married b/c no one else was sweating. But everyone else had their makeup and perfume on. :)

Merri we outrun those little 20 year olds any day. :)

Burt thinks you and I have started a new clique. Something about Burt's ex-wives club or something of that nature.

No, GTWTWBEWC.

Girls That Wisth They Were Burt's Ex Wives Club.

GTWTWNPOBSBC

Girls That Wish They Were Never Part Of Burt's Sweaty Back Club.

We be clubbin'!!

Burt I think you wrote the lyrics to this song.

http://youtu.be/Hgf6jkp8bwQ

ahahahahahahahahahahha!

You know you fanatsize about sliding down my back like a slip and slide.

what is a "roll of film"?

never trust anyone with a winter tan.

There was life before the digital age allie. It wasn't pleasant, but we struggled our way through.

We call the tan zoobies- Provo All Stars. They love tanning, muscles and doing summer sales.

You're so quiet and mysterious.

It's spring break and she is busy entertaining the chillins.

so what happened after you were arrested?

Don't burn it off. I'm like 'em chunky.

Awesome! I had to burn some bad stuff off to this mornin'

congrats to your nephew. what language do they speak over there?

Burt, Who's your friend? Or is that your butt?

Lily I bet you don't anything like I do! I am horrible! :)

Allie they speak Swahili.

Actually Merri, they speak ebonics.

Up ova here we speak Utahonics.

btw- I ate pizza last night and we made bunny sugar cookies. I sure did have something to burn off today. My stomach will turn into bread dough if I'm not carefee

I know about bread dough...so one time I ate a 1 lb loaf of bread and gained 5 lbs. How does that work???

I like bread and butter,

I like toast and jam,

That's what my baby feeds me,

I'm her loving man.

He likes bread and butter,

He likes toast and jam,

That's what his baby feeds him,

He's her loving man.

She don't cook mashed potatoes,

She don't cook T-bone steaks,

Don't feed me peanut butter,

She knows that I can't take.

He likes bread and butter,

He likes toast and jam,

That's what his baby feeds him,

He's her loving man.

Got home early one morning,

Much to my surprise,

She was eating chicken and dumplings

With some other guy.

No more bread and butter,

No more toast and jam,

I found my baby eating

With some other man.

So merri was eating toast and jam then you say...

peanut butter.

is this song even blog appropriate?

strike two for me...

Double digits!

I am so glad to hear you liked chatting cause I knew you were running fast while I was walking and that it was way harder on you than me. I will always understand if you can't talk through the speed intervals. :) I am so glad you got out to run this afternoon in this gorgeous weather.

Why don't you just rub it in that you got your bountiful basket? :)

nice miles Mistress Merri :)

You were inspired by my race report? Cool!

yes. can i borrow your rental?

LOL!

cookie chaser 5k! riverton. april 30th. see you there.

Allie - two of my favorite things combined into one? you better believe I'll be there.

Is the cookie chaser anything like this "beat the bunny" race I heard about in AZ? If so I don't know if I want any part of that.

How would you not want to beat the bunny? with a stick?

no, these cookies are totally legit. sub-18 for the male cookie and 19:30 for the female cookie. i'm not speaking in code, this is real. all real.

(Something really lame)

I beat Burt?? wow!

must be an off day for him.

He's probably just looming in the shadows...having a beer.

maybe he still has on his bunny costume and the bunny paws are too hard to type with.

AHAHAHA!

No comment.

Too cliche.

can't believe you left me hanging.

I'll sing with you! :)

This isn't the only thing Burt has left hanging. :)

i am so grateful for the moisture we have received.

i'm glad no harm or accident has fallen upon us.

Wayyyyy too cliche. You two need to be more cutting edge. Like when when Elder Oaks told a story about a guy chopping his arm off in General Conference. Now that's cutting edge!

it's a small world after all.

sorry we keep playing phone tag.

once again, my number is eight six seven five three oh niiiyyyyiiine.

is this thing on?

Tough crowd.

ba dum chhhh.

Aaaahhahahahahahahaha!

Trying to reach out to you, touch my hand. Only me, only you and my IT band.

Let me clarify that the guy did not cut his arm off IN General Conference. He was pinned down by an enormous rock. The STORY was told in General Conference.

Sorry i'm not home right now, walking into spiderwebs.

I think we've all wanted to cut our arms off in general conference at one time or another.

burt are you talking about Ammon? He didn't cut his own arm off, he cut other people's arms off.

Burt that wasn't conference. That was the movie 127 days.

It's a small small world.

No Leandra you're thinking of six days seven nights with Harrison Ford. :)

Or maybe it was how to lose a guy in 10 days...

28 Days starring Sandra Bullock. Groooowl!

i'm pretty sure it was 8 mile.

i'm sorry momma i'm grown, i must travel alone.

LOL@ allie!

Everyone else was pretty funny too, but allie made me snort.

It means the dude looks like a lady.

It was written for Burt's high school sweetheart.

Glad we could run together this morning. It went by quick!

ha I like the way you described it better JD. :)

It went by quick for you lily b/c you're too fast. :)

I eat fast, that's about it these days :)

I'll give you ten cent for a rib.

"It was written for Burt's high school sweetheart."

I can confirm this

Scott took our break up pretty hard.

It's not confidential, I've got potential.