i did it!

10Sep09

a few posts ago i mentioned that i was working on something i really hoped to accomplish.

and i did it.

i finished the disneyland 1/2 marathon this past sunday. earlier this year my aunt kristie told me that she wanted to ring in her 35th birthday by accomplishing something she had never done before – a 1/2 marathon. but not just any 1/2 marathon – the disneyland 1/2 marathon.

i went back/forth on whether or not i wanted to try. i hate running. really, really hate it. but then in july i figured, what the heck – it would be a pretty cool thing to accomplish. so with only 9 weeks, i followed a 12-week walk-run training program for completing a 1/2 marathon. about 6 weeks in i started to have extreme pain in my right foot. i ended up having to go to an orthopedic surgeon. he told me i was putting stress on the navicular bone in my foot and that if i continued to train i might end up with a stress factor. his recommendation was discontinuing any foot-related activity for 6 weeks.  i could swim, do the elliptical, but no walking, running or zumba.

but he knew i really wanted to do this race, and said i likely wouldn’t damage it much more if i cut back on training. i ended up only doing five training sessions my last three weeks and was still able to complete the race. the time limit for it was 3.5 hrs and i hobbled in at 3:13.

spending an entire day/night at disneyland two days before probably didn’t help my foot, but i don’t care because i made my goal – i finished it in time!     

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and the day at disneyland was pretty fun, too.

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stop, hold up, tag team

27Aug09

feeling down? low? unhappy? sad? mad? angry? troubled? frustrated?

i have just the thing to turn that frown upside down.

everytime i see the new “ice cream & cake” baskin-robbins commercial i instantly feel better.

and you will, too. promise.

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/

and, if you are so inclined, you can do the “ice cream & cake” dance and win money! they are having a contest and looking for the best “ice cream & cake” dancers. winner gets $10,000!

check out the videos. some of them are hilarious.

http://www.brvideocontest.com/

liz thinks we should made a video. hmm. most of the video participants seem to be 15 years old or younger. would it be funny to have some late 20 / early 30 year olds doing this, as well? maybe we can include marissa and she can bring our average age down a bit. either way, if we end up doing a video – you all (the three people who actually read this blog) will have to vote for us!

ice cream & cake-y-cake, ice cream & cake-y-cake. ice cream & cake do the the ice cream & cake. ice cream & cake do the the ice cream & cake. now who dat is wit da ice cream & cake?!!!!!!!!

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so it’s already august…

01Aug09

and i don’t think i’ve posted since, like, may.

well, i mean, i did just publish a post a second ago, but that was about a wedding we went to in june!

i started doing something in july, something that i’m not going to talk about on here until it is complete. it’s taking up a few days a week for me and i’m excited about doing it, but i don’t want to jinx it. if all goes well over labor day weekend, i’ll have a cool post to publish then.

anyway…what else has been going on… oh! we went to vegas for liz’s b-day a few weeks ago. lots of fun, most of the familia went and some friends, too.

it was a great weekend of hanging out with family (margaritaville), relaxing (by the pool at caesars), drinking (at the bank at bellagio and revolution lounge at mirage), eating (bobby flay’s mesa grill) and even enjoying a show (i already want to see LOVE again!).

we even won a little money. liz, paul, mike and i put $100 into a $5 slot wheel of fortune slot machine and paul hit a “spin” on the first try. $500 – whoo hoo! then liz hit a spin for another $100. splitting $600 may not seem like much to some people, but for me it was great since i have. never. won. in. vegas. ever. always good to leave vegas with some money in your pocket.

some pics:

mike and i at mirage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

liz, marissa and i at revolution lounge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with all the girls at the bank

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it’s been awhile…

01Aug09

it’s been a busy summer. wait.

make that a hot, busy summer. it’s freakin’ arizona though, so i suppose that is to be expected.

in june we went to pennsylvania for brendan and jessica’s wedding. it was good times, good times and the area was just beautiful. and lucky for us, not too humid.

beautiful green scenery:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

how cute was their cake!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and – best yet – mike wore a skirt!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other fun photos…

 

wedding party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mike’s groomsman gift – awesome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

me and amy lou at smallest airport ever. remember that show “wings”, which took place at a small airport in nantucket? i think this one was smaller…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all in all, a beautiful wedding and weekend.

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i’m so bummed

26Jun09

seriously.

sing it to the world. sing it out loud.

ma ma se. ma ma sa. ma ma coo sa.

forever.

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congrats, marissa!

22May09

the youngest in our family, marissa, recently graduated from arizona state. go devils!

i got to go to the commencement ceremony where President Obama spoke. excellent speech! not so excellent view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ah, much better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it was an excellent night and i am so proud of you, marissa!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now get your CPA license so you can do my taxes!

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i wonder…

22May09

…if i’ll ever get tired of seeing this band live.

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so we went to san francisco…

22May09

…and took no pictures. seriously, we were there for five days and took one photo.

yep. that is right. we took a photo of where we went to have ice cream with one our bestest bay area bud’s, betsey. i am sad because she has since relocated to minneapolis, but we’ll just have to go visit her out there now.

anyway, the ice cream from humphry slocombe was excellent. odd (chocolate tarragon, strawberry candied jalapeno), but yummy. a good spot to go to if you find yourself in the mission in 90+ degree weather. because we had to enjoy san francisco during a heat wave. which means 90+ degree weather in a city with little air conditioning. still, good times.

 

 oh wait! i lie. i have a few more photos.

even though i like the chronicle. i find this funny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh, and this one. we stayed at the palace and i love the atrium and forgot to take pictures of it the last time i stayed there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh, and of course mike took a picture of one of his most favoritest places on earth. toronado.

 i guess once you live in a city, since it’s not new and exciting, there isn’t as much of a need to take photos. but then i totally regret not taking photos when i get back. boo.

we did enjoy spending time with good friends (betsey and sharona!) and eating great food and enjoying great drinks (a16, home, bix, dalva, the alembic, etc…). i never get tired of being in that city and am already looking forward to our next time there.

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yes, another super mario post

15May09

so apparently i’m not the only super mario bros. lover nerd out there.

in fact, some people have actually created works of art to the italian fratellis. i found this link via a guy kawasaki tweet.

i think my favorite is “Super Mario Bros. 3″.

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funny 80s video

10Apr09

i am in an 80s kind of mood this week and found the classic 80s “take on me” video. with a twist. too funny.

Under The Bridge: Literal Video Version – watch more funny videos

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