Hurricane Parties & Giveaways!!!

I know most of you aren't Floridians and will think I'm crazy, but I'm excited because it looks like Emily (the storm) will be coming to Florida this weekend!

It looks like it will just be a tropical storm, but we might get Friday off work if that thing speeds up.  Plus, I think storms are pretty neat.  It's amazing how a force like that can come together and become so powerful.  I would never wish a big storm anywhere, but a tropical storm or category 1...I'll take it.  My dad and I would always go out and watch the storms blow through.  When I was young I remember tropical storm/hurricane days being days where you hung around the house with the family, dad made pancakes, and it rained a lot.  I know they can be dangerous, but they're kind of exciting too!  We will see what the end of the week and the weekend brings.  Hopefully, it's a free vacay day on Friday!!

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GIVEAWAY!!!

Next Thursday is my 1 year blogaversary!  So, I figured I would host a giveaway!  The giveaway will include:

Nathan's handheld in pink!

RoadID gift card valued at the cost of the Wrist ID Slim

plus a few other goodies!

To enter (please leave a separate comment for each entry)

1. Must be a follower and tell me what your favorite candy is.

2. Blog about the giveaway and leave a message with the link.

3. Tell me about your favorite workout in detail.

4. Tell me: what do you think the best thing about blogging is?

The winner will be drawn August 11.

hello monday.

This weekend went by entirely too fast...as usual.  Why is it that the weekdays seem to drag by (mostly) and the weekends fly by (always)?

This morning's workout was biceps, abs and a 3 mile run.  I was not feeling the whole gym thing this morning, but after snoozing 3 times (oops) I did drag my happy rear out of bed and to the gym.  I only got in 3 miles because of this, but at least I made it!

This weekend, we had a lot of running around to do, a beautiful wedding and a bit of relaxation and fun-in-the-sun.  Oh, and movies.  A couple of them, actually.  We have become movie-watchin' fools lately haha.

I did make the key lime pie on Friday and it was yummy!  The bro&sis-in-law came over to watch

and eat pie.  I thought Hall Pass was overall entertaining.  A good rental movie.  

Last night, we had sushi for dinner and made our way to bed at 6:00 to watch a movie and put in 

I thought it was a little slow, but it was good.  They really just left you guessing about what the heck was going on until the end. 

On another note: Apparently Congress was listening to me last Friday, and I was happy to hear last night we might have that whole little mess straightened out in Washington for now.  Hopefully they were really thinking about what was best for the American people instead of themselves.  We shall see...

Did you do anything fun/exciting this weekend?

Watch any good movies?

My Top 10 Things On Friday

1.  I'm totally making this amazing Key Lime Pie recipe this weekend (hopefully tonight!)  You can find it here and I only know about it thanks to Amanda!  Key Lime is one of my favorite pies, but I haven't had it in so long. That's mostly because John worked on a project in The Keys for a year and he had his fill for a lifetime, so I get boycotted, but not tonight my friend.  We'll see if I can't change his mind!  Just look at it!

yum!

2.  I've been highlighting my hair for about the last 6+ years and I've decided to quit.  Only because I don't want to spend the money.  We'll see how long this lasts...my roots appear to have darkened over time, so I wonder what color hair I'll actually have now?

*no, I do not think brown hair is 'icky', just the color mine is looking...ha.

3.  I'm so incredibly excited it's the weekend!  Words cannot express.  

source

That is me, on the inside right now.

4.  This week has been less than stellar on the workout front.  I've made it to the gym once.  Count it. 1.  WTF Christina?!  Part of it was exhaustion, part of it was other plans were made, part if it was I forgot my shoes...so today, I'm off to run 10 miles and with 800's mixed in as speed intervals, and maybe a little bicep work.  My goal: finish the 10 in 90:00-91:59.  Can we do it?!  Well, lets just say, if I do, there will be a picture to prove it.

5.  I bought a dress for our friend's wedding we're going to this weekend.  It is hard for me to find dresses right now, but John is a fan...

with white sling backs (if I can find them) and a white cardigan to go over it for the indoor reception.

6.  In a little over a month, I'll be trekking my way up to the mountains again.  I'm so very excited!!!  Hopefully it won't rain the whole time we're up there this time!

7.  Speaking of travelling, I have spoken with an awesome lady-friend and we're going to try to swing a trip to NYC next fall!!!

We have lots of planning to do!  Girls trip!  Woo hoo!  More on this later!

8.  Right now, I'm reading

I was sucked in almost immediately.  It is well written and even though it jumps around from person to person, it is still easy to follow the story.  I'm about 1/3 of the way through it, but I would recommend it already.  I'll follow it up by going to see the movie I'm sure.  I really like Miss Emma Stone.

9.  Only 5 more weekends until:

That's right folks, 5 short weeks until the best season of the year rolls around.  Anyone that knows me, knows I live for Florida football!!  Woohoo!  AND they got smart this year and put the first few games at night instead of in the blazing heat of noon!  Novel idea...only took 106 years to figure that out...

10.  This one is on a serious note, so feel free to skip if you're only up for peppy today.  

Will the US elected officials EVER figure out their shit?!  

This:

solves NOTHING!  How about we realize that while we do need money to run our government, we can't live outside of our means.  Let's also realize, that while we can't live outside of our means, cutting everything in one shot is not going to work.  It is going to have to be a process.  Stop being selfish.  Figure this crap out.  K thanks bye.

Happy Friday!  Have a good weekend friends!

And the verdict is in!

I'm skipping Running Wednesday this week, but it will be back!

Today's workout:

Run 3 miles in 26:46

30 min shoulders and abs

So, as promised, I wore my Old Navy running shorts and here are my thoughts on them:

Pro's:

• lightweight
• comfortable
• cute
• reasonably priced

Con's:

• ride up if they're too big
• the sizes run big

I think the shorts would not ride up if they fit correctly.  The Old Navy shorts fit a bit looser than my Nike Tempo shorts and those shorts do not ride up at all.  We'll see what the ole dryer does for them! 

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I went and saw Captain America last night.  I loved it!  I wasn't much of a Marvel fan ever, but after Iron Man, I was hooked.  I didn't think any of them could top Iron Man, but it did for me...by a hair.  For Captain America they added in some WWII history.  I know most of it was altered to add in the Marvel aspect, but the fact that they used real people from that time period did it for me!  I really enjoyed the movie!  Ladies...even if you don't like the Marvel movies and your man does, there's a bit of eye candy if you join him.  

Happy Wednesday Ladies!

Instagram Fun and Deals!

I'm pretty sure I'm the last person to find Instagram, but I love it!  I couldn't sleep last night for a while, so I made fun pictures...or at least, I think they're fun!

I'm going to try to make one of these soon!

I thought it was a fun and easy way to edit pictures!

*DEALS*

Yesterday, I went to Old Navy in search of this dress:

It was wayyyy brighter yellow in person...to my eyes anyway, so I passed.  But while I was in Old Navy, I found some other great deals!

2 pairs of running shorts for John at $7.49 a piece!

$6 bathing suits!

$3 packs of athletic socks!

2 pair of running shorts for $10.00 a piece!

I feel like I made out like a bandit yesterday.  The shorts seem really comfortable, but they run big.  I'm hitting up the gym and a run in them tonight, so I'll review them for you tomorrow!  If I can find $10 running shorts I like, I'll be in heaven!

In store, they also had sports bras, workout tops, shorts, shoes...all kinds of things on sale.  I would go check out my local Old Navy if I were you...maybe you can find a steal too!

Recharged

This weekend was a wonderful recharge (for the mind, not so much the body haha) and just what I (and John) needed after this past month.

Friday night, we saw a sea turtle lay eggs.  We didn't see any babies going out to sea, but we know where we're going to look for some next weekend now!  It was a pretty late night getting back to the condo.

Saturday, we woke up and had a lazy early morning, had breakfast with my parents and headed out to surf.  It's been so long since I've surfed.  It was so much fun!  I missed it so much!  It was HOT but so very pretty out:

Some of our amazing friends joined us later in the evening on and we had a fun night of games, laughing and maybe some wine...

Sunday, we woke up to

Feels like 104* at 9am?! WTF?!

So we followed Lily's example 

Thanks for being a good example Lily!

This weekend was just what we needed...even though I'm exhausted today!

What did you do this weekend?

I have not had enough quality sleep this week, and it shows...

1. I confess I have a short fuse this week.  People are annoying me.  

I'm so sick of the people that make America a crap-hole because they suck off the government (not the people that have real needs, but the ones that are lazy or cheap), or people that take advantage of the system in general, and to those that sue, just because they can...you suck!  I'd like to thank that bitch that sued McDonalds and won because SHE SPILLED HOT COFFEE ON HERSELF, well, I can pin point you for frivolous law suits becoming a common thing in America.

It's just so frustrating to watch everyone be out for themselves instead of just doing the right thing.  Yes, I like to look out for myself, but if I slipped in a restaurant tomorrow because I walked on a wet floor and fell...well, too bad for me and my busted ass.  Stop trying to strike big and get something for nothing!  Just do the right thing and ask yourself if the roles were reversed, would you be happy with that reaction?

Rant over.

2. I confess that I've slightly slacked this week gym-wise.

But I did get in an 8 mile run with speed intervals in last night...and I liked it.

3. I confess that I'm a grudge holder.

It's not that I want to be. I just am.  I fight against it when it involves someone I like, but sometimes, that just doesn't happen.  It usually goes away, but until then, I'm left seething.  And if the person does something really offensive and intentional...good luck.  I doubt I'll be coming back around.

4.  I confess some days, I would like to go back to school.  

For a long time, I wanted to be a lawyer.  I got my political science degree and took the LSATs and did pretty well, but I don't feel so inclined towards that anymore.  Mainly because I don't want to be fighting against dumb-asses like those mentioned in #1.

I'm toying with maybe pharmacy school or something?  Not quite sure but it's a thought this week.  Anyone have any experience in this? 

I started looking into it.  With pre-req's and the program, it would take me 5 years.  Assuming I started this in the spring, I'd be almost 33 by then.  Ugh.

But I do like school.  I could have probably been a student forever.  If only students made money...

I just like that it challenges me and I'm still learning new things.

5.  I confess I'm delighted it's the weekend

Yea, so that's probably not really a confession, I'm sure most of you feel the same way!

I'm off to hunt down baby turtles to watch their cute little selves scoot into the ocean.

If that's not super cute, I don't know what is.

And yes, I know most of them get eaten...don't try and burst my bubble.