My dog is getting fat.

(this is random, so I'm giving it headers)

****fat dog***

She really is. I blame the cold weather making that person who walks her (aka me) extuuuhreeemly reluctant to take her on long walks. She now doesnt even try to jump on the bed. She just puts her front legs up and looks at me pathetically til I pick her up. Nice. I really hope this doesn't mean I'm gonna be one of those moms with sumo kids on Oprah or Maury or whatever. "But little Susie WANTED 16 hot dogs.. and I didn't know how to make her stop crying!" lol! Okay, that's not funny.

***Work****

Anyway... one of my co workers has a favorite coffee/tea mug. It's faded and severely stained. Another coworker opted to play a prank in the way of taking said funky mug and encasing it in a jello mold.... haha.. It took him the entire day to figure out 'who done it.' Yes, this is apparently how easily we're entertained at work. I love it.

***I drive a lot***

I've come to realize I've put over 13 thousand miles on my car in the first year of ownership...and it's never even left the city limits.. Wait.. no.. it went to OKC once. But uh.. really.. That's what a commute does, I suppose. :( I don't mind the commute, but I've had weeks lately where I have to run back and forth for meetings and whatnot lately. Just starts to add up with gas and mileage! Goodness!

***buh buy February***

Since this is completely random, I'll go with it. Guys, I am SO glad this is the last week of February. I doubt it'll warm up a ton, but there's something about March that IMPLIES warmth. haha.. :) And well, I dont like February. Granted, Marla and I found out awesomesauce house in February and I'm so pumped to move in!!

***Appliances***

Ps. we need to buy a fridge.

ATTN LOCAL FRIENDS: if you have an extra or know someone who does, we're willing to purchase said fridge or even borrow it if you don't want to completely relinquish said appliance.

****Work (again)****

Other business: Work.is.bananas. lately. Ever feel like you just can't get an assignment off your desk before another shows up...that shoulda been done yesterday.. or at least that's what the person would have preferred (shoulda gotten it to me yesterday then. just sayin.). haha.. Anyway, I think everyone's just busy.. but wow.. Is this just me? Are you slammed too? I've taken next Friday off to leave for Memphis with Eric and his fam to go see TU play. :) This excites me to no end b/c (1) I REALLY (really really REALLY) want a day off and (2) I've never been to Memphis and (3) it'll be MARCH! and (4) I've been in the mood to get outta town and (5) I enjoy Eric and fam on roadtrips. :)

****television*****

And finally, I was going to blog about a couple of my fav tv shows and then got all berserk busy and jazz. But I woulda blogged about Lost. And I'm gonna say this after tonight's ep: I NEED ANSWERS. I've been patient. I've been reading all the blogs, theories, etc. But, c'mon.. I need more. I neeeeeeeeed something more than "he's not locke.. he's my friend.." Really? REALLY? Come.on. *sigh* And did you see the Bachelor last night?! Rozalyn= cuuuhrazy beast! Whoa.

Yeah, that's all. Sorry for those few minutes of your life you won't get back. Hope you're having a rocktastic week, blog peeps! XOXO!

Weekend Recap!

Hello lovelies! Alright, I admit it. I've been a bad, bad blogger. Do you ever feel like it's overwhelming to blog, comment, yada yada? haha.. Anyway, I've also been trying to keep active to not get in a total February funk, so staying off the sofa and computer as much as possible. :)

Soo.. without going off on too much of a diatribe about my recent activities I havent blogged, let's see...

Heeeeere's the weekend..

Eric takes the second CPA exam on Monday morning! GOOD LUCK, E!!!! Kick @ss and take names!! So, he's been a studying fool lately and I thankfully pulled him away for some Mexican food on Friday night. I pulled in to his casa and saw....this.

Is that not the creepiest thing ever? These cats have apparently adopted his porch. I think one is in heat...or making horrible noises for fun outside his window (siiiiiick). Anyway, he doesn't feed them or anything.. but he's officially the cat man or something... at least this week.. haha...

Saturday, we went to his friend's engagement partay where my typical clumsy self shattered a glass. Good job, Jax. Gooood job. *sigh* If there's something to break, trip over, fall down, yada yada.. I'll find it somehow. Anyway, here are some pics I made him take before he dropped me off.. ("We didn't take any pics tonight... smile!") ;) We were just trying to get one we both liked of us smiling... and then gave up and hilarity ensued...

I see these and think "awwww.. cute.... " then "ohmygosh I need a tan!' I may have gone today. Don't judge me. I ran and worked out for 45 minutes afterward to punish myself. But, I loved every single minute of that 7 minute stand up bed fluorescent light blasting my pale self.

I've been doing it all. Self tanners. Lotions. Yada yada.. and I just wanted that goggle-wearing, no-one-can-bother-me, I'm-pretending-it's-not-cold-outside, warmth. Just once. *sigh* Why is something that feels so good so bad for me?! haha... :(

This weekend, I also filled FIVE bags with clothes for goodwill b/c I cleaned out my closet! (Seriously, some of these clothes, I wouldnt even want to give to friends.. why did I keep that random skimpy dress from college? Yeah.. I dont know). Why did I clean out my closet, you ask? Welllllllll... MARLA AND I FOUND A HOUSE! Yuppers! We signed the lease on Friday! It's in an adorable (and safe!) neighborhood.. a cute little gingerbread! I can't wait to post more about it! I'm hoping to use as much time as possible to get organized and get rid of superfluous stuff over the next few weekends before we move! (We move in March 20th)!

I hope you had a great weekend!

Oh and ps.. I gave up soda for lent. My body needed to detox. Pepsi and Dr. Pepper were taking the place of most other beverages and well..that's not good. So far, so good! I'm finding ways around soda.. tea, etc. I didn't need to stop the caffeine as much as I needed to stop all that other crap they put in soda, ya know. Sooooo whatever your goals for lent, if any, good luck b/c this is tough, peeps!

16 years.

I went to lunch with my mom today... and neither of us mentioned it....but I know we both remembered.. that today marks 16 years since my father passed away. I can't believe I've been on this earth long enough to remember something that happened 16 years ago... Anyway, I don't want to be a downer, but thought I'd mention some fun memories I have of my dad...

* I remember a lot about the time he was pretty sick...but only after he died when I was in college and helping my mom move did I realize how romantic he was. I found a box of love letters he'd written to my mom.. just random ones..notes...Anyway, it just made me smile to think of how he wooed my mom... She even said he told her he was going to marry her on their first date! ha! She was so freaked, she didn't go out with him again for months!

* He'd pick me up every day after middle school, but he'd park just down the street enough to let me walk home some of the way (b/c that was the cool thing). He totally understood things like that. :)

* He owned his own photography studio when I was a kid... and I remember hiding under the tables and scaring the clients.. haha.. He never got mad once... Granted, how scary can a 4 year old be?

* He had to carry and oxygen tank when he got sicker.. and he was often slower than mom and me. He'd wait on the bench outside whatever store we'd gone in sometimes while we'd go in somewhere to shop. I remember coming out of a store to see him sitting on a bench and a little kid talking to him. I guess the kid had wandered up to ask what his oxygen tank did (seriously, where are kids parents these days?!). My dad, being the comedian he was, told the kid to turn the tank up to the highest it would go... So he did and dad acted like he was floating, etc... Anyway, it still makes me laugh to think about.

* While my mom is a very sweet woman, she's not exactly Martha Stewart. haha.. Soooo my dad cooked. He actually loved cooking. I LOVED getting to be his helper and we'd often concoct things in the kitchen.. or at least he let me think I was concocting things when I was likely just completing a recipe.. haha.. :)

Anyway, I could go on and on, but I was blessed to have him in my life as long as I did and have some wonderful memories. And I don't really cry or anything when this day arrives every year. I dont know if that's b/c I'm trying to be a hard@ss or b/c I'd rather celebrate his life than cry about his passing...

I'm glad mom and I went to lunch today and didn't talk about it. She's an amazing lady and I've spent many years wishing she'd find someone to grow old with. But, I've come to realize what she's already verbalized...that she was lucky to have found her love once and she's happy with that.

So, here's to many great memories I hope I never lose. :) And to my awesome mom who had to be both parents to my crazy self back in high school. I wouldn't have wished that on anyone (trust me.. I was a handful.. haha).

Valentine Weekend Recap!

Hello. You Fool. I love yooooooooooooooou. (C'mon join the joy riiiiiiiiide). Happy post Valentines!

Okay, peeps.. I've had a SERIOUS case of the Februaries lately. It's been whoa. So, instead of touching on all that, I'm gonna be perky von perkerson and talk about my good weekend.. b/c that's what it was.. pretty darn good!

Friday night, Timberly and I headed out to Sonoma for some vino and an appetizer.. That turned in to dinner and a bottle of wine... and Eric came to join us! A really fun night just hanging out and laughing...esp over yummy food (Timberly introed me to their gooey butter cake. Have it. Love it. Uh.mazing).

Saturday, I got up and ran with some peeps from my group. Okay, peeps.. I am OVER this cold weather fitness crap. It's freezing. My face was chapped afterwards!

Anyway, Saturday night, Timberly lucked into some AWESOME TU seats for the Memphis game so her sister, her and I went to cheer on the Golden Hurricane! We lost. *le sigh* But, we put up a good fight. And it was a "white out" for Haiti.. They gave out free shirts and donations went to Haiti relief! It was cool to see everyone wearing white in the packed arena!

This guy was on facebook the whole game.. and I kept laughing at him b/c I was like "c'mon dude.. it's more interesting than that..." but then he went to twitter.. and took some photos..and back to fbook...and I realized "Oh, he prolly updates the TU social media stuff.." Duh.
Timberly and her sister were headed somewhere else afterwards and had on adorable dresses... My fav=Timberly put her free TU shirt over the dress... haha.. You can't tell in this pic, though. It was pretty funny. :)
After the movie, Eric and I sped off the our little Mexican restaurant we love, scarfed down some food we likely didn't need (we'd both eaten some stuff earlier...haha.. whatever) and then headed to see the movie Valentines Day (like 3/4 of other females in the country). Totally predictable (except the McDreamy thing!) and adorably cheesy. Jackie votes = two thumbs up. :) I was also glad to see Bradley Cooper in a role where he wasn't a dbag. Just sayin.

And one thing I really really realllllllllllly love are chocolate covered strawberries...and lookie what Eric had waiting for me at his casa after the movie!! YUMMO! (We may have eaten like 4...at midnight. *head hung in shame.. haha*)
Someone (me) took a nap on Saturday after my face-chapping run. Some other person (eric) did not nap. Therefore, I maaaaay have had a ridiculous amount tinge more energy. I was self timing photos and kinda being annoying having a giggly good time. Here's Eric trying to take off his shoes while I squeeze him.. hahahahaha! (also catch the glimpse of the bedroom he turned into an ikea closet. amazingness).
He agreed to pose... :)
Sunday, I ran some errands, did a lil lunch with my mom (we actually ran into each other at the mall and opted to sit down for some food), and then had Valentines dinner with Eric at Ciao! :)

Ps.. I made sure to get this pic b/c if you saw Valentines Day, our table reminded me of Topher Grace and Anne Hathaway's Vday dinner scene....I really do make fun of Valentines just b/c every restaurant looks like this.. How many couples can we cram into one little restaurant. Tables for two gone wild! ha!
awwwww :)
For Vday, I made Eric a hardcover coffee table book of our photos from St. Lucia last year! :) I heart snapfish. :)
Valentines weekend=two thumbs up!!!!

As far as houses, Marla and I had NO.LUCK. We found some and seriously as soon as we'd call, they'd been rented. It was bananas. :( Seeing another one tomorrow. I got to the point where I'd start stalking the owners. "Hi, it's Jackie again.. I know I just called this morning but wanted to follow up.." I think I'm a mix between professional and persistent and uh...completely annoying. Either way, we're seeing the house! So whatevs! :) I have some funny landlord stories to let you know about in another post.. haha.. Some people are CUHRAZY! Fairly certain one of em has hidden video cameras in the house or something equally as creepola.

Hope you had a great weekend! You giving up anything for lent?

Simply Love Swap!

Soooo since I loved the scarf swap, I decided to participate in Katie's Simply Love Swap! With a baby due in May and a full time job, she still found time to plan out a creative swap and enabled us all to get a fun surprise for Valentines from someone out there in blog land! Thanks so much, Katie!! :)

I was matched with The Creative Housewife in Montana! :) We'd done a list of "likes" etc and when I got my package, it was obvious she paid close attention b/c I LOVE everything! I have a thing for holiday socks.. I dunno why, but I love them.. haha.. She got me the cutest Vday socks! And I LOVE peach flavored things (but oddly don't love peaches)... so she gave me some awesome peach flavored lip gloss (PS.. I also can't get enough lip gloss.. it's.an.addiction.). And it gets better! A note was enclosed letting me know her mom home-makes similar fabulous lip glosses and made me mine! That's freaking awesome!

Okay, before I continue rambling, here's a photo of my fun Vday goodies from my new blogfriend! :) I still haven't eaten the chocolate.. I think I get a prize for my willpower. :)

Adorable card with the sweetest note inside :)
My swap partner is really creative and loves jewelry-making, scrapbooking, etc (I'm so jealous b/c I'm not so awesomesauce at crafts). Anyway, she made me some awesome earrings (also on my list of "likes!"). I adore the personal touch she put into my gifts and I can't wait to wear these! They feel so beachy/springy... make me want to put on a sundress instead of my wool coat! :)
Even Gracie loves the socks... ;)
Thank you so much, girlie! I absolutely love my fun surprise and I received it on a day I definitely needed a pick-me-up! Last week was a looooong work week (anyone else feel that way?).

I'll post more about my weekend later, but I hope everyone had a great one!! :)

Case of the Februaries.

I didn't wash my hair today b/c I didn't feel like it. I tried to make it a cute, pinned up style and jury's still out on whether the adjective that describes it is really "cute" or not. ha! Okay, so I'm not in any sort of down mood.. I just think I'm having a case of the Februaries. I tried to dress cute and do my hair differently to motivate me or something.. but alas...

Here's some random Wed stuff:

* Finding a house isn't as easy as I thought. I have responded to:

....one craigslist ad that turned out to be a Nigerian scammer. How did I know this? Oh, the application (wishing me "tidings" and "gospels") asked for my car make and model, my photo and my deposit. Ummm.. haha.. I got aggravated b/c I like to think I'm above being scammed so I drove by the house.. and it EXISTS...but it's not for rent. I wanted to go knock on their door and tell them someone was scamming their house. But, then I didn't know what I'd do if some Nigerian missionary actually answered the door so I thought better of it. haha. *nervous*

....one AWESOME house that doesnt take pets. I tried to negotiate, but I guess my lawyerly skills are dusty. (Side note: I hate negotiating for myself. LOVE to do it for others...hence the law thing....but personally.. icks.)

* We also went to see a house yesterday and the LL liked us so much, she's practically begging us to live there, but I dont think it's a fit for us.

* I have lots of assignments at work, but none of them are enthralling me right now. (likely b/c they're not enthralling). They're just time consuming and coming one after the other. I am thankful to have a great job.. not complaining.. just saying. It's February and my tasks aren't enthralling.

* I figured out my running group coach person works at.my.office. What are the odds?! haha! I knew I recognized her, but uh.. everyone looks different sans makeup in running clothes. Made me feel guilty for not running yesterday night *oops* I'm tired of running in the cold! I like running but my lower body is so cold when I'm done that it almost burns. *complain whine whine complain. Whatever-it's my blog*

* LOST. Okay, I love the show. LOVE it. But last night, what did we figure out really? Not.a lot. Well, except that Kate continues to kinda suck and be annoying. Read Lost Diary. It's awesome. (if you watch the show.. otherwise you'll think it's really not awesome).

http://thelostdiary.com/blog1/2010/02/what_kate_does.html

* Finally, I think my face eats blush. I put it on every morning and have no healthy glow by like 11am. Maybe I'm so pale, my face is sucking in the color at an attempt to spread it througout the rest of my casper-like bod. (dry humor and I are friends today. sorry if you're not a fan.. haha)

* My mother called me yesterday at work and started talking about addl life insurance policies and burial costs wanting to "figure it out now" instead of later. Um.. okay I get where she's coming from, but really, kinda a bummer, madre. ha!

* Whatcha think about Valentines Day? You love it or hate it? I'm really in neither group. I like recognizing it, but prefer humor and fun to sappy and romancy. (Mind you, I'm down for romance any other time. Duh. I'm a female). I ordered Eric a fun present I kinda put some time into so I'm hoping he likes it, but also hope he doesn't think it's b/c I'm all goo-goo over Vday. I'm not. I just liked the gift I got him. :) And if he doesn't like it, I'll take it myself and just buy him dinner. ha!

Okay, enough rambling. I've grounded myself to my desk to finish my projects so I needed a 20 minute break. 20 minutes are over. Resuming work. *sigh*

Weekend Recap!

Hellllllllllo peeps! How was the weekend?! Mine? Well, thank you for asking! ha! It was pretty darn good. If it had been 70 degrees & sunny, I would have given it 5 stars.. :)

Friday, Eric and I partook in a late dinner of Mexican food.. Seriously, I know it sounds like we do that every weekend, but um.. I think it's become a weekend necessity and I kinda love it. Never take Mexican food for granted. Duh. *mmmmmm! There's just something blissful about chips, salsa, guac and Eric after a long work week. :) (and a margarita...that's plenty blissful too) Plus, E's back at the books for the next section of the CPA so love getting a little down time with him over the weekend if possible... :)

Saturday, I got my happy arse outta bed at 10 til 8 (thanks for setting the alarm and dealing with me, Eric) :), put on my running clothes and headed out to run in the 40 degree slightly drizzly weather with my group. BUT we went farther than ever before! 3 miles! WOOHOO! We'll be ready for our 5K in no time! (I realize a 5K is 3 miles.. but we're not running the whole thing yet)

Met Marla for brunch and headed out to see some houses... Slim pickens, peeps.. There were two or three we liked...and we're seeing one of them tomorrow. I found one I LOVE from the outside, but the woman obviously doesn't want to rent it badly enough to call me back. Or else my perky message put her off. Whatever. I was being pleasant and professional damnit. haha!

Sat night, headed to the TU watch party with Eric and Alicia where we watched TU not win. :( (I didn't want to say 'lose'). Boo. And no, I dont know why I didnt take pics of any of said weekend activities to this point... *shrugs*

Sunday, Eric and I had a quick pre-CPA study brunch at the Bagel place! YUM! Why do you care? Well.. I'm not trying to give you a COMPLETE play by play.. but uh.. had to mention this b/c they accidentally put veggie cream cheese on my blueberry bagel (instead of strawberry). This is my question... Who puts veggie cream cheese on anything?! *sick* Pieces of carrots and celery do NOT belong in cream cheese combined with blueberry bagels. *shudder* Yeah whatever.

Sunday Super Bowl party at Christie and her boyf's house! :) They have a super cute place in South Tulsa (made me want to buy a house again.. rein it in, Jax. Rein it in.).

The girls. :)

The cupcakes. *my stomach just growled looking at these*
They had a special area gated off for the pups and I was told to bring G dog.. so I did! Please note.. She is the ONLY dog to figure out if she put her face in the bars (see below) and scooted it over, the gate would open and release the dogs. My dog=too smart.
When we started blocking her escape route, she just got pathetic. She likes people more than dogs. For reals.
Note the other pups playing or whatever versus my only child dog. (We eventually just let her out of there and she was much happier to lay on the floor not bothering anyone..but must have felt better to be in the center of all the action.. haha!)
Eric likes cupcakes. I like this photo. Cupcake trance, anyone? ha! :)

I was talking in the kitchen with the girls dont remember a lot of the commercials, but I liked the Betty W one and the google one...Oh and uh.. the E trade babies are my absolute fav. I crack up at those! What about you? Favs?

Got home to find a creepy man standing near my building. He had his back to me and even as I approached, he didnt move an inch.. just stood there...with his back to me. outside my building. Being creepy. (Reason 1,954 I'm ready to move). (No, I dont know why I didn't stay in my car other than I didn't see him til it was too late and I was too close to turn around).

It snowed A.GAIN today... For reals. This is getting ridic. Although this time it didn't stick that long-woohoo! Dear Spring-I miss you. I had a major case of the Februaries today and I'm hoping they don't come back tomorrow. I got my Glamour mag in the mail today so I'm going to go wish the Febuaries away as I read the March edition of my mag in bed.... Night night peeps! Hope you had a great weekend! :)

Random Updates... :)

Sooooooo guess what I think I've decided....

I think my friend, Marla (below) and I are gonna live together!!!!

Where does this come from, you ask?!

Okay... well.. we're both in our late 20s (dont remind me) and are STUCK in apartments. Hers is crazy $$ and my 1940s remodel has no central heat and air (or parking. or storage. or dishwasher).

Sooooooo we both want to buy a house individually. But um.. the houses I can afford will likely need some work. (Dear Law Student Loans, thank you for my mortgage-sized payment that makes me feel like I'm getting beaten with a stick..haha.. whatever, "the degree will pay off" as people say...and as I hope!). And like I've blogged before, if anything major breaks, it will likely hurt my pocket book severely. And well.. older homes have stuff go wrong around here all.the.time. So, that's a risk. A major one. And then new homes... yeah.. well.. they're (1) farther away and (2) more expensive...at least what I want.. haha..

She's in the same boat.

Sooooooo we thought hey, why not live together?! I mean...even for just a year.. renting a little casa would enable us to both put quite a bit more cash into our savings accts...

And we really get along...but aren't like inseparable (aka healthy roomie sitch). This is the first time I've thought I could live with someone since I had a less than desirable roomie sitch years ago... (Can you tell all the analysis I've put into this? Having a bad roomie sitch makes one do that.. Have you ever had someone you didn't live well with?)

We've asked each other the important questions...and been really honest with each other.

And still think it'll work! :)

She has a little doggie that'll have to meet G dawg first. :) And Saturday, we're gonna do brunch and go see what we can find around town! I was kinda leery about the idea at first, but I'm actually kinda excited now! I mean.. neither of us WANT a lifelong roommate in each other, but for a year... and having some of the amenities we both want for less $ (a yard for our puppies!), why not, right?!

I've outgrown this apt. I feel blessed to have a roof over my head, an adorable little place that has served me very well for a few years, etc, but hopefully we'll find something that will be more suitable for us both for now and re-evaluate in a year if we do. :) Cross your fingers for us! And if you're in the area and know of anything/any good areas I might not be thinking of, let me know! :)

Other things: ******************************

* LOST WAS AMAZING!!! I wont ruin anything in case you havent seen it, but I was SO PISSED about something and then got all better about it by the end! But now I'm nervous b/c um.. the only other time that happened, we all saw the result... and that result is carrying Richard on his shoulders right now. *nervous*

* Another winter blast is coming. Just in time for the weekend. Put this on the list of things that hack.me.off. Dear Mr. Winter (b/c it totally has to be a man), I have a hair appt this weekend.. and I also wanna go look for houses with Marls...and well.. I'd like to maybe be able to drive to my boyfriend's house or vise versa this weekend.. So, if you could just behave yourself, that'd be great. (Granted, I'm still happy to have electricity).

* February and I have an unhealthy relationship. This month isn't my favorite.... This is kinda how I feel the whole month.. like I'm in a suspense movie peering through...

Sorry if you love it.. but it hasn't been kind to me in the past. Last year wasn't bad at all though, so I'm hoping I'll sail right on in to March unscathed. :) It's the month of LOVE afterall, right? Yeah, I dunno.. seemed appropriate.

So... there ya go.. final thoughts: Ever had a less than great roomie sitch? Didya watch Lost?! And what's your least favorite Month? :)

Happy Hump Day, peeps!

Weekend Recap!

Here I sit, watching Kell on Earth on Bravo! I love this woman.. haha.. She's the devil-wears-prada-esque owner of People's Revolution, a fashion PR firm and was Whit's boss from The City... And I just got done watching The Bachelor. Now that's I've admitted I have no life (granted, who does on a Monday?!), don't get me started on Vienna Sausage. Ugh. That girl drives me crazy to no end. Team Tenley here. Just.saying.

Okay, so the weekend.

It was icy. It was snowy. Thankfully, it was more snowy than icy. :) And score b/c I didn't lose power! *victory fist thrust into the air*

The trees around here all looked like something off a Christmas card... all glisteny with ice and snow.. seriously quite stunning.. This pic doesn't do it justice, but whatev.

Gracie only likes to walk through previously established paths.. haha...
...b/c she looks like this otherwise.. haha..poor baby..
"mom, it's sss ssss sssso coooold!"
Yes, I took a photo of myself. With a self timer. Trying to clean off my car. This is what you do when you have no real social interaction for like 2 days. but look at all that snow!
Holding a sheet of ice that came off my car! (Like my defrosting getup?! haha.. Sweatpants, sunglasses, TU hat.. I was trying to look like I meant business.. er.. kinda).
I'd settled in to my lone ranger tv watching self on my fav place on my sofa... and thankfully Rachel pulled me out of it to go sledding b/c we had a blast! Here we are with our "sleds" aka lids to storage containers. haha.. And yes, we sledded near an overpass. Whatever. We didn't want to have to drive far. Plus, there were LOTS of kids on the super steep side.. aka the side we didn't sled on. We're wusses. I'm okay with that.
My "sled' was clear so it looks like I'm sliding on my bum.. haha!
Another side faced the street.. We didnt stay there for long b/c the whole might-get-hit thing didn't seem like a good call..
YAY!
Prepping to go on my stomach!

face plant into a drift.. haha.. Nice.
See, it was steep enough!
Self timer programmed for three shots in a row.. hilarity ensued


We're so angelic..

Saturday night, went to see Edge of Darkness with Eric and his fam.. ooh after we had Mexican food! (how could I forget the Mexican food?!) The movie is Mel Gibson's new one.. and um.. it wasn't awesome. Too much violence, not enough plot evolution. Lemme just say although I LIKED Avatar and Hurt Locker, I wasn't a huge fan of Book of Eli or Edge of Darkness... soooo uh.. Eric is on the hook for seeing Valentines Day b/c I've certainly gotten my fill of blood, guts, shoot em up flicks.. I might even throw in "When in Rome" just.because. haha...

Sunday, I went to the gym and ran! This 5K training is actually paying off a little b/c I'm not DYING when I'm done running.. and I don't push myself too hard, but I get an excellent workout. That said, with the bad weather, I feel like I'm behind and I need to get back up to speed.

Tomorrow is dedicated to Lost. I will be completely planted in front of my television for the entirety of the evening to watch the TWO HOUR season premiere! Iamsofreakingexcited!!!!

Hope you had a great weekend!!