You-Tube Video #4

Today at the LA County Fair, Gina and I also somehow managed to find the time to make yet another awesome you-tube video! Check it out here: Pin-Ups At the LA County Fair Enjoy!

LA County Fair Fun!

I spent today at the LA County Fair at a fund-raising event with my roommate Gina for her project, Pin-Ups for Vets. Of course we had to dress up as Pin-Ups for the whole day! That wasn't a problem for me because you know how much I love dressing up. I especially love all Gina's fun wigs! What do you think of me with this short black hair?

One of my favorite parts about today was getting to try the delicious fried Oreos! OMG! They were amazing! I seriously heart Oreos! If you get the chance to go the fair, try them! Of course, they aren't something that you should be eating all the time. : )

Another fun thing that happened today at the fair is Steve Wilkos showed up to sign autographs and take pictures with fans. For those of you that don't know him, he was Jerry Springer's main security guard on his show. But now, he of course has his own talk show currently in it's 4th season. I've never seen it but apparently he has quite a following. He was a nice guy and just so happened to be a Marine. This of course made him super VET friendly.


We also got to hang out with the renown Iraqi Veteran, Bryan Anderson. His story is incredibly moving and was featured on the January 2007 cover of Esquire magazine. His experience will astound you and certainly teach you what it means to be strong in the face of immense hardships. These are the kind of people that I look up to.

Friday Flip-Off #4

Things have been really good and busy for me this week so I don't have too much to complain about but of course I still managed to participate in this week's Friday Flip-Off. Thanks to Kludgy Mom for creating this meme.

#1 Why does there never seem to be enough hours in the day to get everything done and also get a good night's sleep? So flip-off...the fast passage of time? Just when I think I have everything crossed off my to-do list, something else comes and lo and behold, it's 11pm at night and I'm exhausted. Whew! Guess I need to do a better job of prioritising.

#2 I've flipped it off before and I'm doing it again today, flip-off fundraising! Ugh! I just got done doing it for the Disneyland Half-Marathon and now I have to do it all over again for the 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk. Yikes! Let's hope my % Night at Shakey's in two weeks goes well.

#3 Flip-off to wilting flowers! Yes, this is kind of a silly flip-off but I got a beautiful bouquet of flowers from my friend Tracy on Sunday and they don't have too many more days left in them. I just wish flowers would last longer. Any tips? Windex or 7-Up in the water or something else like that?

Wordless Wednesdays

I love this picture from the Disneyland Half-Marathon. Right behind me is Sleeping Beauty's castle. I think that this is at about mile #4. It is exactly in the center of Disneyland. So fun!

Tuesday Three #1

One of the best things about discovering new blogs is all the awesome daily posting ideas you get. Because lets face it, sometimes I'm just not in the mood to blog.

Well, today, I learned about "Tuesday Three", this is where you share three things that you did over the weekend that you really enjoyed. Thanks to Turmoil and Juliette for introducing me to it and thanks to Stilettos and a fishing pole for creating it.

Ok, here goes my Tuesday Three:

#1 Of course, I have to mention running the Disneyland Half-Marathon on Sunday as the biggest and best thing I did this weekend! It sort of blows everything else out of the water.

#2 Seeing "Eat, Pray Love" with my two roommates, Gina and Swati, on Monday evening was a lot of fun. The three of us hardly ever hang out altogether so it was definitely a rare occasion. We all have such crazy and different schedules that we really get excited when we can do something together. Here's to hanging out much more often ladies!


#3 So because of all the training I've been doing for my half-marathon, I haven't been drinking much lately. Well, on Monday before seeing the movie, my roommate Swati and I enjoyed a delicious bottle of champagne that I've been saving since March. It was amazing and it really felt celebratory! Yum, I love champagne!

Monday Minute #1

I just started following the very sweet and new, Turmoil and Juliet today and there I learned about "Monday Minute" which is hosted by Heather, Melissa and Jules. Enjoy!

1. If you could interview any famous person, dead or alive, who would it be? What would you ask?
This is so hard! There are so many famous people that I would love to interview. Hmmm... Perhaps Anne Frank. I've always been fascinated with her life and death. I would want to know where she found the strength in that attic to keep going and live her life.

2. You have to give up one thing for a month. What would it be - car, guilty pleasure (ie. food, drink, fav. tv show), or sex?
Umm wow! I don't know. I know that I 100% could NOT live a month without my car. Guilty pleasures...yeah, I could totally go without my favorite food, drink or tv show. And sex, well, we can all go a month without it....right?!

3. Is there a word/phrase you say that you are made fun of for? If so, what is it?
I say "breakfast" like "breafast" and occasionally I say "Treadmill" like "Treadmeal". Then some of my college friends make fun of me for saying "Come on guys" in a sing-songy way...

4.Which is a stronger emotion: Anger or Love?
I would like to say love is stronger any day. I'm a big believer that love really does conquer all if you let it.

5. Where was your first job?
Babysitting. I can't really remember any of the kids that I first babysat for but I do remember loving earning my own money for the first time.

Lessons from my Half-Marathon

Here's a list of all the things I learned from running the Disneyland Half-Marathon yesterday:

• I have a new-found respect for my body and what it can do.
• I love energy goos, gels and blocks! They got me through a few tough miles.
• For this first running event, running the fastest time was not important to me, running with my pace group and enjoying the experience was.
  
• While I have a new-found respect for runners in general, I also think that absolutely anyone can run a half-marathon. It just takes lots of training and determination. Seriously, if I can do it, anyone can.
  
• I haven't been this proud of myself in awhile and let me tell you, it feels amazing to achieve something like this. It gives me hope that I can conquer anything that I put my mind to. Yes, this is cheesy but true.
  
• I now understand the 'runners high'. I can't begin to explain what it feels like but it definitely exits. All I know is that I want to experience it again and soon!
  
• Of course I already knew how awesome my friends were but some of them were downright amazing throughout my training and then cheering me on from wherever they were the day of my race. I would like to give a shout out to my awesome sister, Tonya and her husband, my roomie, Gina, Courtney S, Stacy, Em, and Tracy. I love you girls and I know that I couldn't have done this without you. XOXO

These are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend: