Bundling Up

Runs
Its official! I'm signed up for the PDX marathon on 10/9/11. Training has begun and EI is kicking my butt. Weekly training set with Jess and I'm excited. Abs here I come.....

Current Obsessions
Projectsprocrastinate.tumblr.com
Being on top of class work
Library
Life in balance
East coast
Mint-y tea
New episodes coming back on

Shows
The Game

Too Fast

Runs in 2011
Shamrock Run 15K, March 13
Bridge To Brews 10K, April 17
*Starlight Run 5K, June 4th
*Helvetia Half, June 11
*Portland Marathon, October 9

Looking for a trail or fun run to do in July-early September. Know of any?
*Unregistered now, but in the plans to soon

Reads
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Shows
The Cosby Show, Everybody Hates Chris

Teams
Dealer gave me free Blazer tickets for Christmas. Thank you L+V. Goin to Blazers vs Rockets game this Sunday. Blazers vs Heat viewing next Sunday. Goin to Blazers vs Golden State game on 1/24. And watching all the rest! Go Blazers!

Current Obsessions
projectsprocrastinate.tumblr.com

Momentary Sunshine

Runs
Finished 23rd in 26:45 time last Sunday. 3 weeks until the Portland marathon! Going to do my last long run before the marathon this Friday - wish me luck. The training group for next year's marathon starts in Nov!

Birthday Wish List
Toms - gray and/or red, sewing machine, a Brandon Roy jersey, massages, pedicures, and prayers for life-love-passion-adventure-all around a blessed year

New adds: point and shoot digital camera, febreeze, canvas boards (various sizes - big ones and little ones, squares and rectangles), paint brushes, oils, cool yarn - thick and/or bright but soft, and cute compact mirror

Newer adds: Blazer tickets =), new iPod shuffle in orange - it's small, square-shaped and compact, perfect to clip on to my shorts for running, tights - [black, dark grey, light grey, fishnet, thick knits, patterned knits], lomo camera w/ flash

Newest adds: Glee season 1 dvds, running watch, case and armband for my itouch,

Current Obsessions
Glee! Season premiere today.

Guys who can sing while playing the guitar - melts my heart everytime. Shaz you were right all along...

Ab workouts and squats - superman banana

Clean clothes

Pockets, zippers, holes in the back - on dresses or shirts

Songs
Listen from Dreamgirls

Works
San Diego was great! Bend was fun! I love my job but its going to be a busy busy year!

Shows
Glee Glee Glee. How I Met Your Mother. Project Runway. The Amazing Race. Ellen. Brothers and Sisters. Modern Family. So many shows! Not enough time to watch booo.

Yucks
Cheese - feta especially

I'm BAACCKK!!!!

Runs

Wine Country Half Marathon this Sunday in Dundee/Carlton. Excited and scared at the same time. My body's telling me something, I'll listen to it after the race. =) Portland Marathon in 1.5 months - AHH!!! Jess, we are crazy! But I love us for trying! I'm still recruiting 1 or 2 for the training group for next year's marathon. Any takers?

Birthday Wish List

Toms - gray and/or red, sewing machine, a Brandon Roy jersey, massages, pedicures, and prayers for life-love-passion-adventure-all around a blessed year

Current Obsessions

Day old pastries - only $1.50 at Jim and Patties and they taste great! I say the older the better, until you see mold. What a great way to save money and still eat.

Croissants - the freshly baked ones. Only $1.50 at the cafe in my building. I feel the pounds packing already.

Office snack drawers - first week at office and my drawer is jam packed. Bummer I only get to indulge in it 3 days a week.

Toms shoes - read Blake Mycoskie's Costco bio the other day. What an amazing entrepreneur! I'm impressed and would like to bandwagon the success now. Gray or red?

Teams

Beavers Football!!!!!! VS. TCU tomorrow 4:45pm, ESPN. Yeah I don't have cable so I'm not even going to pretend like I'll be watching. I'll probably catch the tail end at Big Al's or something. I will have espn.com coverage that I will be checking regularly

Blazers 2010-2011 Season - RIP CITY UPRISE! Its going to be a great season, I feel it already. Just need to get a new jersey and I'm ready to go!

Saw Aldridge yesterday at Freddy's. He asked me if I was a doctor or nurse because I brought him a whiteboard to sign. I like to stand out and obviously I stuck out like a sore thumb with the board; I realize that.

Books

Say Goodbye to Powerless Christianity by Che Ahn. Very encouraged by the miraculous testimonies.

Songs

Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade and Secrets by One Republic

Shows

Ellen is back on 9/13 and Glee on 9/20. Don't know the exact dates of my other shows but who cares. I don't even catch them on TV anymore - all hulu.

Works

Started my new job this week. Its going to be one heck of a busy-exciting-overwhelming-productive-learning-passionate work year. I think I will enjoy being the Portland Metro VISTA Volunteer Coordinator for one year. Ask me again next month to see if I say the same thing then =)

Perfect Weather Day

Runs

Neighborhood classics: Glendover, Rocky Butte, Mt. Tabor, Rocky Butte, Waterfront. Lucky I live close to run these great trails. My new shoes arrived - lunarglide+ [thank you NikeCouple]. Took them out tonight and I loved them! My feet feel like I haven't even ran anything. K told me about her new running shoes and I'll have to check 'em out too - first I'll have to ask what they're called. Wine Country Half in 4 weeks, Portland Marathon in 10 weeks - ahh!!!

Yucks

Pimples. I feel like mine are overtaking me. Everytime I treat it, its as if I'm feeding it a buffet. Any treatment recommendations?

Deals and Steals

Scored Sam Edelman sandals for $20, gorgeous Colin Stuart teal heels for $17, and a Nau shirt for $7. Sold at Crossroads today and made $81.50!!!

Artists

Tenth Avenue North - They'll be at Rolling Hills Church on October 23rd. Any takers?

Drake and Mary J. Blige - They'll be at Bumbershoot on September 5th of Labor Day Weekend.

Adventures

Every birthday is an adventure and mine is coming up! There are so many things I want to do, but I will have to narrow it down and save the rest - thank God we have birthday adventures once a year! Choices are: Tazo Tea factory tour, Seaside day trip, Spa day, Astoria day trip, Go-cart racing, Shooting range, Skydiving, Rafting trip, or Cooking lessons. I just don't know and birthday's on a Tuesday.

Shows

Have not had time to sit down and watch anything. Project Runway's new season started - time to make room for tv.

Works

Love what I'm doing. Just so much work all the time. Lord please help me get through this week!

Current Obsessions

Color - getting my closet out of the blacks/greys and into color! I think I'm doing pretty good. Bubble tea - darn you tBuzz. I'm feelin' bubble tea all day everyday now. At least you'll indulge in this obsession with me.

Sayings

"You say that I'm a dreamer and I'm not" -Dinner for Schmucks

Movies

Dinner for Schmucks was hilarious. I recommend it for anyone wanting to laugh. There are so many memorable quotes and actions. Loved it! Getting my girlfriends together to watch Eat, Love, Pray - August 15th - Ladies let me know

Sunscreen - Check!

Deals and Steals

Italian-made leather boots for $40 in my size. Brooklyn Industries dress for $24. Unintentional trips make the best deals and steals day.

Movies

Finally got to see Grownups. It was hilarious. Didn't stop laughing the entire time. Go see it if you haven't. And if you have patience save yourself some money and get it at Red box.

Shows: Amazing Race

Still haven't done video app edits. Tryin to do it next weekend with JCB.

Artists

Jason Mraz and Lauren Hill

Works

Saturday was an awesome working day at Sand in the City! Thanks to Kellson, AFJ, and all the volunteers we had to make it fun and possible.

Had A Great Weekend w/o You Sun

Runs

Took my bro running today that was fun, if only he could keep up - next time bubs! I was so motivated during my run today because all I was thinking about was the nectarine waiting for me when I was done. Yum. Lacama Lake Half is 3 weeks away!

Needs

A smaller music device for running - shuffle? nano? something else?

Reads

Have some new books to add to my reads - Sacred Romance and Say Goodbye to Powerless Christianity.

Shows: Amazing Race

B and I filmed for our audition tape this weekend - SOOO FUN! Like B said, us = victorious! Thanks to JSupra for manhandling the flip and the GoogleGirls for being a great sounding board/cast mates. Now comes the hard part - editing and getting picked. Thanks JoeCB in advance for helping with edits. =) Bits and clips to be posted later.

Holidays: 4th of July

I have never been so relaxed and appreciative as I was this 4th of July. Just being in the middle of a lake with a 360 view of fireworks was AAAAAAAMMMAZZZING - just incredibly amazing!

Current Obsessions

Water. Stretching. Slurpies. Shopping - just in time of the anniversary sale ;) - this time I'm not wasting the moneys on my annual fall boot purchase

Movies

No this isn't a comment on how hilarious Grownups was because I still haven't seen it. Not watching it on opening weekend broke my streak of watching a new release every week since Repoman. Watched Dear John this weekend, it was a tear jerker. Totally didn't expect the ending. You would think though with the amount of chick flicks I watch that I would be able to sense plot lines/endings. But I don't, which is probably why I enjoy them so much.

Songs

Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani, If We Ever Meet Again by Timbaland, Don't Stop Believing by Journey, and Billionaire by Travie McCoy.

Sayings

"You have what it takes to make it."

"Don't let money get in the way of your dreams."

"When you really want it, you'll get there."

First Day of Summer Fail

Movies

Loved loved loved Toy Story 3. What a great trilogy. KE told me today that it made it to the top 10 trilogies of all time. Makes me happy.

Shows

Last Comic Standing makes me want to go back to my comedic roots. Amazing Race is an all-time favorite. I'm please to announce that B and I are making our app video next week when he's in town!

Runs

Running's become my b--. Did Mt Tabor with Peter over the weekend, that was nice. Thanks for having me do those wicked stairs! Have a new running buddy while I'm on the west side. Miss running with Jess though.

Current Obsessions

Dry shampoo - I don't know why I didn't start using it sooner. Liberating myself - I'm taking it all back! Orange slices - so fresh and so good. Themes - just everything well just mostly for presents.

Artists

Josh Wilson, Tenth Avenue North, MaryMary

Sun - No Side of Rain - Please

Runs

I'm trying so hard to keep on the training schedule. Its hard. I get home from work and I am beat. Gonna start running with some folks from academy, hopefully that'll help. Mileage update: 5.5. Runs with Jess have been cut down to Sundays since I moved.

Yucks

There was a ladybug in my bag of spinach.

Accidentally ate turkey today.

Songs

Like Toy Soldiers by Eminem and Hot N Cold by Katy Perry

Current Obsessions

Sleep! And pinpointing my anger towards The Situation

Teams

What's wrong with you Boston! You don't get to slack when you're up a game. Make your shots, your frickin layups, dunks, etc. Get with it, win the ring!

Shows

All caught up with Glee now. Can't wait for it to start back up in the fall.

ProGoals

How can I combine nursing, public health, sports medicine and physical therapy into one? First one to answer wins!

Cleanings a Pain

Shows

Glee - why didn't I start watching this sooner, at least I got the summer to catch up before season 2 starts.

Runs

Starlight was supper fun! Next time I'm dressing up though. Got ideas? I seriously need to up my mileage fast. Hit me up if you wanna run. I'll be out there 5 days a week...

Throwbacks

Used to play violin, quit 3 years in. Now I'm picking it up again, reteaching myself (thanks to luis for the violin).

Used to dance, stopped a few years back. Don't know what I feared - insecurities, judgements, people? Now I'm gonna dance again, like I used to love (with back-burned dreams of being on dance team or a backup dancer) minus the fear.

Teams

NBA Finals - between the two I'm cheering on the Celts but my heart will always be with my Blazers!

Songs

Single Ladies by Beyonce and Pursuit of Happiness by Kid Cudi