Random Thoughts by Jill

So - have any of you been to the new drive-thru lanes that McDonald's has - with the two ordering lanes?!?!

It's like McDonald's took the one place where you don't have to worry about not getting in the "wrong" line, and stolen that beautiful gift away. It is now possible to get into the wrong line at the McDonald's drive-thru. I will agree that for the most part, it's a great new system. AND - if you do choose the wrong line you'll only be one car further back than you should have been after the merge. (Unlike at the toll booth lane when you pick the shorter line that ends up taking much longer because three drivers up - they don't have any change!) So, the merge - another interesting mystery - how do they know who merged first? Which order belongs to which car? They ARE tricky.

Also - I was at Meijer today - contemplating the self-check-out lane, or the regular lane. I chose the regular lane since I had some produce, and didn't want to spend the extra time looking t up myself. Plus, sometimes... don't you just want to be served? Why is everything going to self-service?? So, anyway - I chose the regular lane, and I completely regretted it by the time I was walking out. I don't know about you, but when I unpack my grocery cart onto the conveyor I put my items in the order that I would like them packed into bags. All of the boxed items together, the canned foods together, the toiletries together, etc.... Tonight as the cashier put my items into the bags she turned her turnstile after each scan and mix-matched all of my groceries into random sacks - and gave me a ton of extra plastic sacks that I truly didn't need.

Is correctly packing a grocery sack just a lost art form? Guess I'll be visiting the self-check out more often.... I can get through just as fast as the cashier ----------- unless I pick the wrong self-check out machine to wait in line for.

~~This has been Random Thoughts by Jill :)

We Raced For the Cure!!

Our Race Day Goods:

The bandana that you see is from a Ford booth! It's very cool - they have the sheet that tells you what the symbols of the Warrior mean. Ford has raised a LOT of money for Breast Cancer Research. I think that's great!! They also have a fancy schmancy Ford Mustang that has a "Warriors in Pink" Package... you can see it here: http://www.fordvehicles.com/warriorsinpink/mustang/

Here we are before the race. We had to take the picture just outside of the vehicle because, of course, neither of us wanted to run with the camera in our pocket!!

Soooo - it rained on us. But, we both decided that the drizzle felt pretty nice during the race. I'm sure you all want to know our times?!?! Dave ran a 30:45, and I ran a 32:30. Soooo... I was expecting about a 10min/mile pace for both of us... and it was close! Not bad since we haven't been training at all. The first 2 miles, for me, went well - but after that I found myself walking a couple of times... after all I wanted to be able to run in through the finish!!! It was really good, though - and it felt great to do it!! I believe our final amount raised was a combined $265!! Not bad!! Thank-you everyone that sponsored us!!!

Here are our after pictures....wet, and kind of cold - but happy:

A Makeover, A Blitz, and A Poll

Hello, There! And Welcome to New and Improved Harder Holler! I've decided that this special month of blogging deserved an entirely new background.

30 days of blogging bliss! I won't cheat and count this as day 1. We will actually start tomorrow and blog for 30 days straight from May 18 - June 18.

Thank-YOU to those that sponsored us and helped make this blogging blitz possible! We raised a combined $260 for Race For the Cure!!

The Poll results show a strong desire to hear from Dave on this blog.... don't worry, I'm not offended. :) haha. He accused me of voting for this over and over, but I didn't vote at all in the poll. So - we will have a new weekly feature: Dictation by Dave. The poll also showed a strong desire to hear from Snickers... don't worry - again, I'm not offended. :) We will also try to feature some of the other popular blogging topics from the poll last week.

Thank-you for caring and for tuning in! Please tune in tomorrow for a blog on how the race went!

Save the Ta-Ta's!

We are running a 5K this weekend for Race for the Cure!

Did you know that $10 can buy one mammogram for one person? If you'd like to sponsor us for any dollar amount at all, please visit one of our websites:

http://swmirace.kintera.org/jillharder
http://swmirace.kintera.org/davidharder

AND as an added incentive for supporting the fight for the cure.... if we can raise a combined $200 I do solemnly swear to blog everyday for one month. Since I have been a majorly poor blogger lately maybe those of you that miss my random thoughts will sponsor us!!

THANKS & WE HOPE TO FINISH THIS RACE IN A DECENT TIME...WE HAVEN'T BEEN TRAINING VERY WELL, THOUGH! ;)