Bye Bye Cold

I'm back to normal! Well, almost.  I feel 10000x better than I have since Sunday so I don't care if it is completely normal.  All I was asking for all week was better. 

Because I haven't been my normal self, there hasn't been very much cooking going on by me.  Next week that will be changing back to my normal ways! I already have two recipes I am going to try out, one for Artichoke Chicken Pasta from Iowa Girl Eats and one for Pumpkin Black Bean Soup from Sweet Tooth Sweet Life.  I can't wait to make them both! I also may try out making my Mom's Stuffed Green Peppers (Secret: They were what I asked for, for dinner, before every first day of school). 

Before I can start all this cooking I have to finish kick booty in my first sprint triathlon on Saturday! I am nervous because I havent been able to work out all week but I am hoping that because I have been training for so long I will be just fine! I keep reading race recaps to inspire myself! I hope it works :-)

One month from today these two are getting married! I can't to celebrate the big day with them! It seems like they just got engaged. Time flies!

Sick Day

At the current moment I am laying around with a sleepy dog taking it easy.  I woke up yesterday with a sore throat but figured it was just allergies. Usually I am right when I have that assumption but this time I wasn't.  I still trucked through the day yesterday, saw the redskins kick some booty but by about 7 pm I was ready for bed.  Needless to say exhaustion mixed with a cold kept me home to today to try to kick it.  Here's to hoping I feel much better tomorrow.

On a more fun note we did some wedding venue "shopping" on Saturday.  One place was beautiful...one was way too country-fied for us...and one looked like a funeral home.  We are going to try to pack in as many visits this week/weekend coming up so we can pick a place and a date and then the really fun stuff can start!! Like, DRESS SHOPPING!

This weekend coming up is also our triathlon.  (Another reason I really want to kick this cold).  I am so excited/nervous, but my main goal is just to finish strong!! Wish us good luck :-)

Sorry for a pictureless post, I'll find some good ones for tomorrow.

Flashback Friday

In recognition of my first crush ever's birthday yesterday (JTT you will always have a special place in my heart, just like your poster did on my wall back in the day) I would like start a tradition of flashback friday.

Happy Birthday to:

I believe this was the picture that was on my wall. Happy 30th JTT!

Flashback Song:

N'Sync "Bye Bye Bye" = Only the best boy band song ever in the 90s.

Flashback Show (which is now playing in the middle of the night on Nickelodeon)

Flashback Commercial:

Funny to think this caused scandal!

A favorite food of the past:

I was just going to go with fruit by the foot, but a variety pack?!!? I don't think I ever got this :(

Now if Friday nights could go back to sleepovers, TGIF shows, and pizza I would be a happy girl ;-)

Have a great weekend!!



Negative Nancy

I am not going to lie. I am in a really horrible mood today.  It took me 2 and 1/2 hours to get to work (because of a combination of flooded closed roads, accidents, and regular traffic).  The rain just won't stop and the grey skies are super depressing.  I know I shouldn't complain, but can we spread the wealth of this rain please.  Three straight days of down pours is just so much.

Anyways, I won't bore everyone with my dreary mood. I will just leave you with a few songs that I am loving at the moment, and plan on listening to 50 times on repeat today to hopefully fix my funk.

"God Gave me You" Blake Shelton

"Marry You" Bruno Mars

"Pumped Up Kicks" Foster the People

Enjoy!

Question of the Day

How do you feel about plums??

I keep trying to like them, but I just don't think that they taste like anything.

Rain, Rain go away

Almost time for the work day to be over...spinning here I come.  I hope that traffic isnt too terrible because on a good day spinning would be 50 minutes away...and I have a little over an hour to make it there and change my clothes.  I haven't worked out since last wednesday, a whole week, so I am actually really excited for a hard workout. 

While away last weekend we found a Lululemon outlet. AMAZING. I got a pair of crop pants, shorts and a top for a really good deal! I get to try out the pants tonight that eveyone raves about! (and I paid less than half price for them)!!

Other than that today has been pretty average. It has been rainy, work has been slow, I have been googling everything there is to google about wedding venues, dresses for bridesmaids that I would want to wear as well, and my favorite...random decorative pillows ;-) This pillow is on sale for $100.  How is that even possible???


I wish we could send the rain that we had today over to Texas where they need it so badly! I believe Jaks would like that as well. He is not so much a fan of doing his business in the rain (and then having to be dried off afterwards). 

Happy Happy Birthday

This was supposed to post yesterday...obviously I messed up some how scheduling. So, we can just pretend!

9/6/11

Today is beautiful baby sister's birthday. 

Happy Birthday Jenna! Love you lots! Can't wait to celebrate with loads of chocolate cake!

I'm Back!

I had the best weekend celebrating the upcoming wedding of my bestie in Orlando!



Recycled pic from the WineFest!

 There was lots of singing, dancing. pool time, and laughing! Lots and Lots of Laughing! I haven't uploaded any of my pictures yet, (I took about 200 of them) but I have a few iphone pics to get you through.

Fishbowls

Wrenn, Ash & the goblet

Cork in the Sprite bottle?!

Everyone & Bartender Alex

The pretty pretty pool :)

Thank goodness it is a four day week because as stated perfectly by Ashley "I'm so sleepy every blink is a struggle". I agree completely!