Running with the ghetto Garmin

Hi everyone!! Meet the Ghetto Garmin: I know what youโ€™re thinkingโ€ฆ โ€œThatโ€™s not a Garmin, thatโ€™s a Polar F6!โ€ Youโ€™re right. But itโ€™s my makeshift Garmin until I find one under the Christmas tree ๐Ÿ˜‰ Features and benefits: – Calculates your heart rate.. unless youโ€™re like me and your chest strap is broken – Doesnโ€™t…

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Birthday shrimp

โ€œBirthday shrimp Birthday shrimp Itโ€™s the best day of the year, girlโ€ Come on, you know the song ๐Ÿ˜‰ We just got back from an awesome hibachi dinner with some friends ๐Ÿ˜€ Itโ€™s my friend Jeniโ€™s birthday (whoo hoo!), so we celebrated our birthdays together since mine was last week. We went to Ichiban, which…

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Upward facing belly fulla chili

Helloooooo bloggies ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Indian Food Wednesday! I hope some of you feel inspired to have a little Baigan Bhartha or other Indian delight for me ๐Ÿ™‚ Weโ€™re actually having sushi Wednesday but I have a feeling there will be some Indian food in my life in the near future ๐Ÿ˜‰ Iโ€™m glad yesterday is…

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Full of cheer up in herre

Naked blog: Usually the bloggy has a fun header, but it disappeared this weekend when we updated WordPress and Iโ€™m the process of getting ahold of Zesty to get it back up. :/ My bloggy is not usually naked like this ๐Ÿ™ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey guys! Happy Monday! ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your morning going?? Mine is feeling…

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Macaroon in my pocket

Hey everyone!! Happy Sunday! Hope youโ€™ve all had a fabulous weekend ๐Ÿ˜€ Before I get into the re-cap, letโ€™s find out who the lucky winner of the Spawesome Giveaway Comment #221! Alison said: Alison November 14th, 2009 at 1:43 pm ยท Reply ยท Edit | Delete | Spam I love the versatility of plain yogurt!…

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It’s the last day

of my โ€œoldโ€ age! (as my little nana always says) Thatโ€™s right peeps, I turn the big 2-5 tomorrow. Even though I joke about the quarter life crisis, Iโ€™m actually pretty excited. 25 has always sounded like a nice age to meโ€ฆ even though itโ€™s all down hill from there ๐Ÿ˜‰ So I started the…

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Chocolate cupcakes with Irish cream frosting

Hey bloggies ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your night going?? Mine is bueno because Iโ€™m chilling here on the couch with the pilot ๐Ÿ˜€ Life is back to the way I like it ๐Ÿ™‚ I do have to say that the Irish cream cupcakes were a success More on that in a second ๐Ÿ˜‰ So this morning, I met…

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Stop messing with me, run

Helloooooo ๐Ÿ˜€ Howโ€™s your day going? Mine has been bueno- especially since I conquered an 8 miler with Meara. I expressed my anxiety via Twitter, and was so thankful to see tweets of motivation flowing inโ€”yaโ€™ll are amazing! I donโ€™t know why Iโ€™ve been getting so nervous about long runs lately. Last night, I was…

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Breathe, stretch, pizza

Hey everyone! Howโ€™s your day treating ya? Mine has been bueno- Iโ€™m glad Iโ€™ve gotten a lot of things checked off the to-do list! I made some hummus for tomorrow night and saved myself a bowl to munch after Zumba with some veggies: And some raw chocolate whipped cream for the tarts I made and…

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Boots, Fiona and Shrek

Helloooooo ๐Ÿ˜€ How was your Friday? Any big Halloween plans?? I have to say, I was beyond stoked when the boots I ordered arrived todayโ€ฆ I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I could take credit for this purchase, but I have no fall fashion sense whatsoever (Iโ€™m a spring and summer girl, all the way). My dear…

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Just Like a Circus

Thereโ€™s only two types of people in the world The ones that entertain and the onesโ€ฆ   โ€ฆ.who stand by appalled to see a CIRCUS in the parking lot of the gym. For real! Thereโ€™s a full-up traveling circus in the shopping center where one of the gyms I belong to is located. Something tells…

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Rest in peace, iPizzle

Helllooooooo ๐Ÿ˜€ How are ya doing? A good friend died today: I will say it had a long a full life. After getting me through a half marathon, countless runs, cardio and weight sessions, the iPizzle bit the dust. The flashing lights of death happened this morning โ€“which is when the light blinks orange and…

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