Shame on you!

How sad for a little girl to have to take the brunt of the 

irresponsibility 

of her mother...

Casey knows what happened to her little girl... 

weather she killed her or 

an accident happened,

 she is still dead.

Casey cares more about her own life than her daughter's or 

she would have confessed to what 

REALLY 

happened.

The death penalty would have been the easy way out...

 now, she has to live a long life where 

everyone in the world knows her

and the daily shame of her daughters death 

happening in vein.

R.I.P. Caylee Marie

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Happy 4th of July!!!!!!

When I was a kid, we used to plan for the 4th of July weekend for weeks.

I loved when my mom and I would go shopping for all of the food together.  

We always had a huge spread of all the great picnic things and it was a lot of fun to go to the beach to partake in the weekend festivities.

We used to go to Schroon Lake, NY.

You could swim all day.  Eat great food.  Walk around town.  Watch the parade.  Eat again... 

Then came the show!

******FIREWORKS******

What great memories those holiday weekends were!!!

to be a kid again...

Wishing you all a fun, safe time,

creating great memories with your family this weekend!

On A Serious Note:

As I ran this morning, I was thinking of what I saw on the news last night before falling asleep.

"A runner was attacked in the Orlando area"

First, I want to say to all of you who do your daily workout outside... 

It is very important to be aware of your surroundings 
AT ALL TIMES.  

Don't wear headphones and be sure you pay attention to what is happening around you.  

Anything can happen. 

At any time!

Today, I want to bring home a few pointers that I learned while I was training 

for my marathon years ago.  

Please be sure to keep these 4 tools in your corner if you ever need to use them! 

1. WEAR A TOE TAG! 
This you can get at any running store (Track Shack) it is a little tag that goes on your shoe where you write in your name, address and an emergency number... JUST IN CASE.

2. BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS!
If you are alone that is the perfect time for someone to get to know your daily habits and then attack when you are least expecting it.  One thing I remember about training for my marathon was a fellow teammate told me that "someone is always watching".  At first, I was like, uh, okay.... but, I realized that after years of running... PEOPLE ARE WATCHING! Weather it be someone on their stoop having their morning coffee, the garbage men on their morning route, a man fishing in the lake you run around or someone driving by.  Someone is always watching! I am not saying everyone has bad intentions, or trying to scare you...  Just be aware... you never know!  If you are prepared you could stop a bad situation.

3. HAVE YOUR PHONE ON YOU!
I use the Niki+ GPS app.  It tracks online where I have been.
Plus you have a phone in case of an emergency.

4. DEFEND YOURSELF!
If you know these lethal defense moves you could save your life:

*It ONLY takes 7 pounds of pressure to rip someones ear off.
same goes for the windpipe

(and, how surprising would that be to the attacker???)

*Your fingers are deadly... poke, gouge and claw someones eyes out.  

*Your elbow is the hardest bone in your body!  Use it!

*Kick or knee someone where the sun doesn't shine. :) 

*Make as much noise as possible to attract attention.

*Stay CALM!

* Go with your gut!  If it feels weird... It probably is!

If you can, try to workout with someone. If you don't have that luxury, choose the most traveled route and be sure to keep your attention to detail ON.