T minus less than 24 hours and Im at white lake. Im super excited and nervous for this event.
Everything is coming together. Im finally packed and have gotten directions. I have given information to Daniel about what Ill be wearing.
My event isnt until Sunday morning but I feel like there is so much to do before that. Of course Alex has her big race on saturday and poor her... its going to be 90 degrees! Ekk! But im sure she will do great! She has so much drive and determination.
Not much else... Im wiped and going to bed. I need my sleep.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
RIP Mazda 3i RIP
As I write this I know the inevitable is about to happen. I must go clean out my car in preparation of sending it away to hopefully a really nice person who will love it and take care of it for some time to come. No, there was no car accident, just a finacial decision that Daniel and I had to make on my car. As much as I love my car, the amount of work that needs to be put into it and with no guarentee that it will last a lot longer since its creaping up to 150000 it is with much sadness that I must retire it. I find this type of letting go much like getting a new home. In fact thats really the only other time I have felt this way. I love my mazda more than any car ever. (but on that account i did have some pretty pathetic previous cars like the rust bucket lebaron with the leaky roof and then the white mazda protege that every time I had service done to it there needed more.)
To start off my journey with my mazda.... back in 2003 Valerie was dating or just friends with this guy named Brock. He rolled up to my parents house with his brand new black mazda 3 and I was WOWED by it! I did not even sit in the car but knew that that car HAD to be mine. I was determined that that was the only one for me and there wasnt anything that could out do it ever. When my white mazda protege did not pass inspection in the fall of 05, and then I was told that my engine was going to blow any time along with a laundry list of things, I knew that I needed to make a finacial decision about purchasing a new car. After talking to Daniel (since he worked and works and the car dealership) I saw my mazda 3i on the internet. It was a bit more than what I wanted to spend but we were able to get the payment that I could work with. Since I didnt have to save up for paying for any more semesters in college I knew that I could afford the payment on the car and the more expensive insurance. So I met Daniel at the dealership and he told me to go find my car. Of course I didnt know what I was supposed to be looking for but was hoping that it was the mazda 3 that I told him about. IT WAS! I was so excited. I got in and hugged the stearing wheel. I was thrilled that this was MY new car. I was a grown up and making those payments on it and loving it and taking care of it. I drove that car everywhere. If you asked my mom about 9 years ago if I would ever put the sentance of me driving everywhere in a car together she would have laughed. I hated driving as a teenager. I refused to even get my license until I had to at age 18 and a few days old. That car has been to the beach so many times, to Charlotte, Durham, and Fayetteville too. I have gone to Atlanta with it and many more places. It was good. Recently I have been driving it 90 + miles every day to and from work.
Back to the decision on why I have chosen another route now. To be frank, my car is work X amount of dollars. Its needs about half of X amount of dollars to keep it running for about a year and that is to say if nothing else creeps up. I could name out the laundry list of things that it needs but that would be a whole other blog.
The new car that I test drove on Saturday night was a mistubishi lancer es sport. Honestly its almost identical in looks from the inside and outside. Its the same size minus a couple inches and has about the same gas milage. There are a few pluses with it. For starters it has what I have always dreamed of... a SUNROOF!!!!! I think that might be the most excited I am about the car. It drives like im floating on clouds and the lights are AMAZING!!! I can actually see at night and in the rain. Thank goodness. My mazda was the worst on lights. I would be driving like an old grandma in her 90's in my mazda when it was dark and rainy. I was terrified.
The seats and inside are black (nice!) the sound system is AMAZING! It tells me hello and goodbye like my mazda does. Same car, different color plus added bonuses really.
So in every way its just like getting a new house. You hate to see the other one go, you know you will never have it again, but you are so excited about where you are going in life. You cant wait to start memories in your new one and are so proud of what you have gotten. My mazda will always have a very very special place in my heart just like that piece of rust chrysler lebaron with the leaky roof. There will always be great stories about the past like the time when Granddaddy was picking Val and me up from the airport and couldnt figure out why the door wouldnt open... he needed to push the key fob. hehe.
Im really excited about the future and what it entails. I have already taken picutures of my car but the camera isnt around... ill have to do that later. I cant wait to start new memories and have a long life with my new car.
To start off my journey with my mazda.... back in 2003 Valerie was dating or just friends with this guy named Brock. He rolled up to my parents house with his brand new black mazda 3 and I was WOWED by it! I did not even sit in the car but knew that that car HAD to be mine. I was determined that that was the only one for me and there wasnt anything that could out do it ever. When my white mazda protege did not pass inspection in the fall of 05, and then I was told that my engine was going to blow any time along with a laundry list of things, I knew that I needed to make a finacial decision about purchasing a new car. After talking to Daniel (since he worked and works and the car dealership) I saw my mazda 3i on the internet. It was a bit more than what I wanted to spend but we were able to get the payment that I could work with. Since I didnt have to save up for paying for any more semesters in college I knew that I could afford the payment on the car and the more expensive insurance. So I met Daniel at the dealership and he told me to go find my car. Of course I didnt know what I was supposed to be looking for but was hoping that it was the mazda 3 that I told him about. IT WAS! I was so excited. I got in and hugged the stearing wheel. I was thrilled that this was MY new car. I was a grown up and making those payments on it and loving it and taking care of it. I drove that car everywhere. If you asked my mom about 9 years ago if I would ever put the sentance of me driving everywhere in a car together she would have laughed. I hated driving as a teenager. I refused to even get my license until I had to at age 18 and a few days old. That car has been to the beach so many times, to Charlotte, Durham, and Fayetteville too. I have gone to Atlanta with it and many more places. It was good. Recently I have been driving it 90 + miles every day to and from work.
Back to the decision on why I have chosen another route now. To be frank, my car is work X amount of dollars. Its needs about half of X amount of dollars to keep it running for about a year and that is to say if nothing else creeps up. I could name out the laundry list of things that it needs but that would be a whole other blog.
The new car that I test drove on Saturday night was a mistubishi lancer es sport. Honestly its almost identical in looks from the inside and outside. Its the same size minus a couple inches and has about the same gas milage. There are a few pluses with it. For starters it has what I have always dreamed of... a SUNROOF!!!!! I think that might be the most excited I am about the car. It drives like im floating on clouds and the lights are AMAZING!!! I can actually see at night and in the rain. Thank goodness. My mazda was the worst on lights. I would be driving like an old grandma in her 90's in my mazda when it was dark and rainy. I was terrified.
The seats and inside are black (nice!) the sound system is AMAZING! It tells me hello and goodbye like my mazda does. Same car, different color plus added bonuses really.
So in every way its just like getting a new house. You hate to see the other one go, you know you will never have it again, but you are so excited about where you are going in life. You cant wait to start memories in your new one and are so proud of what you have gotten. My mazda will always have a very very special place in my heart just like that piece of rust chrysler lebaron with the leaky roof. There will always be great stories about the past like the time when Granddaddy was picking Val and me up from the airport and couldnt figure out why the door wouldnt open... he needed to push the key fob. hehe.
Im really excited about the future and what it entails. I have already taken picutures of my car but the camera isnt around... ill have to do that later. I cant wait to start new memories and have a long life with my new car.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Lots of great news and preparing
Ok so some great news... think pink! My sister in law is going to have a girl and one of my friends as well. They found out a day apart from eachother! I am super excited for them and hope all goes well from here on out.
Also... I have started packing for White Lake. I have so many different components that I can not leave out. For one, its not just a running race.... there is swimming and biking too. I have to remember my goggles, swimsuit, bike shorts, camelbak, etc. O and of course my bike! A few years ago Val did a sprint tri at the beach and we were on the road for a while when we realized we didnt have her bike! EK!! Hopefully this time since we are driving together and I am going to make a list and check it twice that we wont forget anything at all.
Im a snack packer so of course that was the first thing I packed. I made some trail mix for everyone and have protien bars, gu, etc. Im getting pretty excited to spend the weekend with everyone and have a great time.
Yesterday Alex, Val and me were in the pool and had a great time. After chatting in the hot tub off I was to do a quick hard set of weights with Val. Then I had to make my way around town for the good deals of the week. By the time I turned around it was already 7pm! Wow the day went by fast.
Also... I have started packing for White Lake. I have so many different components that I can not leave out. For one, its not just a running race.... there is swimming and biking too. I have to remember my goggles, swimsuit, bike shorts, camelbak, etc. O and of course my bike! A few years ago Val did a sprint tri at the beach and we were on the road for a while when we realized we didnt have her bike! EK!! Hopefully this time since we are driving together and I am going to make a list and check it twice that we wont forget anything at all.
Im a snack packer so of course that was the first thing I packed. I made some trail mix for everyone and have protien bars, gu, etc. Im getting pretty excited to spend the weekend with everyone and have a great time.
Yesterday Alex, Val and me were in the pool and had a great time. After chatting in the hot tub off I was to do a quick hard set of weights with Val. Then I had to make my way around town for the good deals of the week. By the time I turned around it was already 7pm! Wow the day went by fast.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
waste of money
Ok... call it lazy, call it being frugal, I dont care what way you cut it but baking cookies minus the eggs is a bad idea. I dont care what vegan webpage says that they taste awesome, dont believe a word they say. No offence but I just wasted almost a whole jar of precious pb, splenda, flour, etc but most of all im disapointed over the pb and splenda! That stuff is too good to waste.
So now I have two batches of cookes. One was sugar cookies and that was even worse than the pb one. I tried to doctor the pb cookies up with some cocoa powder but that didnt work. I think Im just going to go to the store now to pick up some chips ahoy for my cookie function at work tomorrow... so much for being a baking queen today..... sigh
So now I have two batches of cookes. One was sugar cookies and that was even worse than the pb one. I tried to doctor the pb cookies up with some cocoa powder but that didnt work. I think Im just going to go to the store now to pick up some chips ahoy for my cookie function at work tomorrow... so much for being a baking queen today..... sigh
Friday, April 16, 2010
bad start.... great outcome!
Well my day started with me taking a few things out to the recycle bin and then getting bird poop on my hands! AHH Totally GROSS!
Fast forward to jetting around town before swim practice. I headed to target to mossie around and found 3 shirts and a sports bra all for the grand total of 1.34 dollars! Yippie! Then I went to Bed bath and beyond to pick up more lighting for the front of the house. It just looks so good but not complete yet.
Swim practice was good. Poor Alex was sick from all the drugs that the doc put her on. I had no IDEA she was so sick! She is a good actor for sure! She got sick in the pool and not one person asked if she was ok. Both of us thought that was really strange. Someone make a comment while she was out for a second about how hard she was swimming and pushing herself. If they only knew it was the drugs.
We headed off to Chickfila and had lunch then I jetted around the town and found some killer steals for my future homeowners and some baby gifts Im putting together.
I of course went and got my starbucks because it was free and went to get more free lunch with Daniel.
My day ended with me running 7 miles on really hilly course and I was catching myself going a little over 8 min mile. I thought... this cant be right right???
Apparently so because I went to the gym to do some weights and I had nothing left in me. I just couldnt. I did 55 pushups and some ab work and called it a day.
Today we have swim practice, followed by riding our bikes on the open road, then a run with Val.
Fast forward to jetting around town before swim practice. I headed to target to mossie around and found 3 shirts and a sports bra all for the grand total of 1.34 dollars! Yippie! Then I went to Bed bath and beyond to pick up more lighting for the front of the house. It just looks so good but not complete yet.
Swim practice was good. Poor Alex was sick from all the drugs that the doc put her on. I had no IDEA she was so sick! She is a good actor for sure! She got sick in the pool and not one person asked if she was ok. Both of us thought that was really strange. Someone make a comment while she was out for a second about how hard she was swimming and pushing herself. If they only knew it was the drugs.
We headed off to Chickfila and had lunch then I jetted around the town and found some killer steals for my future homeowners and some baby gifts Im putting together.
I of course went and got my starbucks because it was free and went to get more free lunch with Daniel.
My day ended with me running 7 miles on really hilly course and I was catching myself going a little over 8 min mile. I thought... this cant be right right???
Apparently so because I went to the gym to do some weights and I had nothing left in me. I just couldnt. I did 55 pushups and some ab work and called it a day.
Today we have swim practice, followed by riding our bikes on the open road, then a run with Val.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Part 2
So for the second half of my birthday, Daniel and I took a stroll to target and then to the mall. Since I had already gotten a bunch of birthday goodies already, I continued with this trend. We went to Ruby Tuesdays and got takeout burger and then went and had a "date" in the mall and ate our burger and fries. (I shared) UNFORTUNATLY it was contaminated with mayo. Sigh. We then walked around. Daniel started shooting video with my new video camera and then we went into the animal store. Daniel and I have been playing with the idea of getting a dog now for a while. On one hand we would like one and on the other hand we know how much hard work it will be... sort of sounds like kids if you ask me. Anyways he said if we did get a dog he would like for it to be a wolf dog, ie husky or something of that nature. (I have that conversation on video) So we left and got some free icecream (i shared once again) and then the bottom fell out of the sky and Daniel was so nice to pull the car up for me so I wouldnt get wet and my icecream too.
We came home.... cant remember what the heck we did for the rest of the day. I know I made my banana chocolate icecream. I think I went to the gym but who knows..... It is a good posibility.
Anyways, today I went and did my race event at Tanglewood Park. Man that was a hilly course. I was booking it down those hills and struggling to get back up them. I did make it under 30 minutes for a 5k. Not what I wanted but I would take it considering I did stop for about 10 seconds to help someone and all the hills. I then had to make a quick stop into work where I had to fix a situation that wasnt broken.
I got home and the whole car ride back my eyes just wanted to shut on me. I decided it would be best for a nap and then the gym. So thats exactly what I did. After all I did have big plans for the night.
I met Alex, Ron, Mary, Kathy, Ellen, Dave, and Daniel at a mexican resturant for dinner/birthday celebration. We were there for almost 3 hours! It didnt seem like that but o well. We had such a great time. We laughed so hard and thankfully I did not recieve any birthday songs or pies in my face. PHEW!!
Tomorrow is a new day and a busy one as well. Work all day and a little hard work at the gym is lined up already.
We came home.... cant remember what the heck we did for the rest of the day. I know I made my banana chocolate icecream. I think I went to the gym but who knows..... It is a good posibility.
Anyways, today I went and did my race event at Tanglewood Park. Man that was a hilly course. I was booking it down those hills and struggling to get back up them. I did make it under 30 minutes for a 5k. Not what I wanted but I would take it considering I did stop for about 10 seconds to help someone and all the hills. I then had to make a quick stop into work where I had to fix a situation that wasnt broken.
I got home and the whole car ride back my eyes just wanted to shut on me. I decided it would be best for a nap and then the gym. So thats exactly what I did. After all I did have big plans for the night.
I met Alex, Ron, Mary, Kathy, Ellen, Dave, and Daniel at a mexican resturant for dinner/birthday celebration. We were there for almost 3 hours! It didnt seem like that but o well. We had such a great time. We laughed so hard and thankfully I did not recieve any birthday songs or pies in my face. PHEW!!
Tomorrow is a new day and a busy one as well. Work all day and a little hard work at the gym is lined up already.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Just the bestest
So my birthday started out with me going to bed early the night before. 930 to be exact. I woke up to Daniel smashing his foot into one of his weights and seeing a really bad cut, etc. on his foot. I proceeded to tell Sweet Tea happy birthday (she is 20 years younger than me) and gave the cats food and went to bed.
I woke up at 7am on my own and headed to the gym. I was only there for a little bit to get some weights in and then went to breakfast with Alex. We went to IHOP and then afterwards she went to her car and wrote happy birthday shannon on her car from all the pollon. We then went to caribou coffee to get a free birthday drink and then to starbucks to get my free drink there. Alex and I split the drinks and were high on caffeene and spring weather. We had a great time running around getting breakfast stuff everywhere.
Not much else planned for the rest of today. I just dont have any ideas on what to do. I could go back to the gym or I could just lay around the house. Im not sure.
I woke up at 7am on my own and headed to the gym. I was only there for a little bit to get some weights in and then went to breakfast with Alex. We went to IHOP and then afterwards she went to her car and wrote happy birthday shannon on her car from all the pollon. We then went to caribou coffee to get a free birthday drink and then to starbucks to get my free drink there. Alex and I split the drinks and were high on caffeene and spring weather. We had a great time running around getting breakfast stuff everywhere.
Not much else planned for the rest of today. I just dont have any ideas on what to do. I could go back to the gym or I could just lay around the house. Im not sure.
Monday, April 5, 2010
The good and the bad
Well... I must say that I have kept a secret from a lot of people for a few weeks. My secret is that my foot has been bothering me. It would cramp up for no reason and it didnt feel good wearing high heels. So after much internal discussion, I sucked it up and headed to the doc hoping and praying that I did not break anything. Well the good news is that nothing is broken! Phew.. the bad is that I do have tendinitus or however you spell that darn medical term. I dont know how I got it, it doesnt hurt when I excercise but when I put the heels on for work... ekk! Its one of those things where you are fine and then all of a sudden you think... that didnt feel too good. Anyways I am just very very happy nothing is broken, not like I thought it was even though some people did. (not mentioning any names) I guess this is a good excuse to wear flats to work and get some downtime.
Another good thing that happened yesterday (besides Easter) was my dad turned 60! It was the first year his birthday has fallen on Easter and he was really excited it was on his 60th. Family came in and we had an easter egg hunt for the little ones. I got to use my new video camera that Daniel got for me. I roasted him along Evan, and most of his siblings. We had cake and an overall good time.
Now the drive back was another story....the traffic was horrible! Stop and go for a good while. There were accidents all over the place and the sun was setting in our eyes. I tried to take a nap going home but got nothing but a stomach ach and dry eyes.
Anyways... today is another day and a good one for no specific reason.
Another good thing that happened yesterday (besides Easter) was my dad turned 60! It was the first year his birthday has fallen on Easter and he was really excited it was on his 60th. Family came in and we had an easter egg hunt for the little ones. I got to use my new video camera that Daniel got for me. I roasted him along Evan, and most of his siblings. We had cake and an overall good time.
Now the drive back was another story....the traffic was horrible! Stop and go for a good while. There were accidents all over the place and the sun was setting in our eyes. I tried to take a nap going home but got nothing but a stomach ach and dry eyes.
Anyways... today is another day and a good one for no specific reason.
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