Banks

Bank failures are totally fascinating to me (nerd, I know). In the work I do, we think about them a lot. And of course living in Georgia, the bank failure capital of the country, you hear about them a lot. This morning I was clicking through the front page of MSN and came across an article talking about the opposite--the safest banks in the country. Very interesting! Its kind of nice to think about the flip side sometimes.

I know I ocassionally post things referencing finance or money management, but I'm thinking of starting a weekly post on the topic. Either some good advice I've heard or a helpful article I've found. Hopefully this is interesting to someone besides just me!

Peachtree Road Race 2012

Happy belated 4th of July to everyone! Yesterday, John and I spent the morning doing the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta. Its the biggest 10k in the world (somewhere between 60,000 and 70,000 people participate), and it was so much fun! Considering my major lack of training (practically none in the past few weeks), I was really proud of myself! I finished in 1 hour, 24 minutes...much faster than I thought considering I was expecting to walk almost the entire thing. I ended up running way more than I thought I would. The atmosphere and people watching were pretty motivating! John did great too--he ran the whole thing in just over an hour. So awesome.

We did it! Any of you who know me personally know it is completely unlike me to do a 10k, but I'm so glad I did and so proud of myself. Can't wait to do it again!

Beach!

John and I had an amazing time at the beach in Destin, Florida last week. We didn't let a little thing like Tropical Storm Debby get in our way. Luckily, she only came by for one day, which we spent at the outlet mall and sitting in the hot tub through the drizzle. Here are some photos to enjoy:

Lots of sun, free happy hour drinks and seafood was had by all :)