YUM!

When a co-worker recently returned from vacation, she surprised me with this! She knows I love all-things-Twilight, and that I am Team Edward!! I'm not sure which one looks more delicious - Edward or the candy... who am I kidding?! EDWARD!

My Surprise!!

My friend, Brittney, is an awesome runner. Running 6-10 miles a day is normal for her!! So naturally, she was one of my biggest supporters when I decided to start running.

When she found out she was chosen to run in the NY Marathon, she decided to to make a vacation out of it and asked me if I had any recommendations for her. I told her about a few places but stressed the restaurant, Serendipity, which was featured in the movie, Serendipity, they have the most AMAZING frozen hot chocolate! I absolutely LOVED this place!!

After I ran my 5K, I received an unexpected package in the mail from her. What girl doesn't love to get a package?? Because she was so excited for me finishing my run, she sent me a gift!!! The package had the movie Serendipity with a sweet note :) I was so excited!

Thank you SO much Britt!!! I can't wait to watch it!!

My FIRST 5K Run!

We did it!!
Stephanie and I completed our training program (C25K) just in time to make the Run Wild 5K our graduation run!!!


I never would have attempted this challenge if it wouldn't have been for my sister, and I KNOW that I would not have completed the program without her - I am so happy we did this together and SO proud of BOTH of us for following through with it!! I ran it in 34:38min - not too bad for my first!!



And the group we ran with! Our group was HUGE!!!

Next up? I am training for a 10K in August. Wish me luck!! I am in week 2 of the 6 week training program and it is already pretty tough!

Independence Day & Run Wild 5K!!

Happy Independence Day!!! I hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday!!

And...

TODAY IS THE DAY!!

This is what Stephanie and I have been training for!! Wish us luck! I am SOOO excited! Hopefully all this hard work will pay off today and we will make it within our goal time!!!

Eclipse

I cannot WAIT for this movie to come out!!! The previews have been amazing and only increased my anticipation! I am doing the same thing for this movie that I did for SATC - getting reserved seating. I can only imagine how outrageous the lines will be!

I cannot wait to see Edward on the big screen! I even got a shirt made for this event!!

C25K Training - Update

Can you believe that my sister and I have actually stuck to it?!?! We are in week EIGHT now! The whole program is 9 weeks, so we are almost there! We no longer get to take 'breaks' in our runs... from here on out it is straight running. We are working on picking up our pace...

I feel confident that I will be able to run the entire time, which was my original goal... now my challenge will be to complete it in 30-33 min. Wish us luck!! The 5K is over July 4th weekend so its coming up soon!!

I have been told that running while I am in Wyoming will be really hard, but will help a lot when I run the 5K - I sure hope so!! Maybe that will give me the boost to acheive my goal time!!

Getting Carrie'd Away...

Tonight I get to enjoy SATC2 with my two sisters! I am SO excited!! I am also relieved we have assigned seating for this showing since today is opening day - I am sure it will be packed!! I am in desperate need for a girls night, and what's better then Sex and the City?!?!

Wordless Wednesday's

Loving Summer with Vito!!

Great Strides Walk 2010 (again!)

Please help me raise money for the Great Strides CF Walk, I am participating in.
Every penny helps! Even though I have reached my personal goal, my team has not met their goal yet, so it would be wonderful if you could donate!

Your donations will go towards finding a cure for the devestating disease CF, Cystic Fibrosis. My friend Cara has this disease and is the team leader of the group I am walking with, CARA'S CORPS.

CLICK HERE if you would like to donate! Thank you to everyone who is helping out for this cause!!

C25K Training

My sister wanted to start running, but said she needed a buddy to keep her motivated… so she talked me into running with her. Honestly, I was not all that thrilled about it. I am not a runner, I don’t typically enjoy it, and I was lazy…
We are now into our 3rd week of training, and I am shocked! I don’t LOVE it yet, but I don’t hate it – which is great! We are following a plan called Couch-to-5K. There is an app that we downloaded onto our iphones that tells us when to run and when to walk. It slowly builds up your endurance and stamina so that you don’t get burned out and quit.
We both signed up for our very first run – The Run Wild 5K this July. A lot of Joe’s family (that’s really into running) will be in town for his step-brother’s wedding. They will be running it as well, along with some of my family. Run Wild 5K has turned into a family event! I am really looking forward to it! Joe is going to be racing my cousin, Philip, for the 3.1 miles – my goal is just to complete it without walking.
And I will be honest… I am not doing this for my health… I am hoping to get a little toned, and lose about 3-5 lbs. Wish us luck on our new adventure!!!

My Nissan Altima

Here's the new car! It's my very first 4-door car!!

And I have buttons on my steering wheel!
Although I can't put the top down in this car, I can open my sunroof!!
You see the arrow and the caption that says 'RIGHT HERE!!!' - that happens to be my favorite feature.... HEATED SEATS!! Even though I live in Houston, I am ALWAYS cold, and will use the heck out of the heated seats!

So there you have it - my new car!! It drives so differently then the Mustang, so I'm still getting used to it. I really do like my new car, I can't get over how smooth it drives!! I'm still sad about the Mustang, I wasn't ready to give up that car yet.... but I am enjoying this car, its newer and has 1/2 the miles so I know it was a smart choice. Let me now what you think!!!

It's Totaled...

Again! This is the second car that I have totaled from hydroplaning.

I was so sad to say bye to the Mustang, it was the first car I bought. It was such a fun car, and I'm going to miss the convertible.

Here is the damage...It was totaled because the frame was damaged (couldn't even open my driver side door!), the airbags deployed (ouch!), needed a new bumper, hood, side quarter panels, windshield, etc... you get the point...

And here is the damage to me... This is my wrist - a burn from the airbag My knee
My forearm had a deep bruise as well... that one hurt the worst..

I was on my way to Dallas for my high school friends wedding. Thankfully, I was not hurt badly and managed to make it in time for the rehearsal dinner.

Shopping for a new car isn't as much fun when you HAVE to, rather then you WANT to... I pick up my new car today... I am excited, but it's a 'smart' decision rather then a 'fun' decision... I will post pics of my new car soon!!

Bluebonnets in the Spring!

Is this not beautiful?!?!

They were so tall, Vito had to JUMP through them! It was hilarious! This is him in the process of jumping - I was cracking up. He looked like a little kangaroo!

Why?

Karys – What you doing, Ro-Ro?
Rachel – Drying my clothes.
Karys – Why?
Rachel – Because I washed them.
Karys – Why?
Rachel – Because they were dirty.
Karys – Why?
Rachel – Because I wore them.
Karys – Why?
Rachel – Because I have to wear clothes.
Karys – (her matter-of-fact face) Because you can’t walk around naked. See my cute outfit?

Rachel – (cracking up) Oh my gosh I love you!!

CCBC

I have been pretty busy when it comes to books lately… I was given a GC to Katy Budget Books from Emily for my birthday which I used to purchase the first book in The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith. I love the new TV series and really liked the True Blood Book Series as well, so I thought I would be just as impressed with the Vampire Diaries… honestly, the first one was good – but after that, I only read them because I bought them. They just became too weird and too fake for me (yes, I realize I am saying that about a vampire series). It just was not what I was expecting, and I was severely disappointed…After finishing that series, I wanted something more happy, up-beat, and girly. My best friend, Kara, recommended A Total Waste of Make-up by Kim Gruenenfelder. I really enjoyed this book… all the way until the ending. I was hoping the ending was going to have a little bit of a twist to it, but I still really liked the book. It was a fun read!I am currently trying another Nicholas Sparks book that was recommended to me; however I am very leery of it because he always writes the most tragic stories! I hope this one will have a happy ending… I'll let you know how it goes...

Joe introduced me to Audio books. I didn’t know how I would like them, so he let me borrow one of his called Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. I LOVED it!! It wasn’t my typical book whatsoever as I tend to go towards love stories, vampire novels, girly romance type books and this was a novel over political conspiracy. I googled the author and found out Act of Treason was in the middle of a 10 book series! I listened to the first one in the series, Transfer of Power, and I am currently on the second novel called The Third Option. I am totally hooked on audio books for drives – I listen to them to and from work and on my drives to visit Joe. I am not too thrilled that audio books are so expensive because I can finish them so much faster, but they help with the drives tremendously!

I feel like I am constantly reading (or listening) to books, but I love it. I don’t think I would ever read the Vince Flynn novels just because they aren’t my type of books, but they are great stories and its nice being able to discuss the books with Joe, since he has read and listened to them.

What are you guys reading?? Anyone else like audio books?? I love all the recommendations!!