It's Official!!!

I just signed up for my first Triathalon!! Not that I don't love doing marathons (what?)...I am ready for a new challenge....thanks Kelly and Jenny!! It's not till August....thank goodness....now I have to take swim lessons and buy a bike...and a wetsuit and a swim suit....yeah, this will be quite a challenge for me, but I am excited!!! When the training begins, I will let you all know how it is going. Luckily I have Kelly to help motivate me and Venessa too, she is doing the Naperville one in June.

Happy Easter!!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.....here's a little Peep show for ya! Ha ha.

A weekend of events

This was a great weekend! I am just starting to feel the effects now. Rebecca was in town. Dave and Liz were in town for their wedding shower and lots and lots of green and basketball. This past friday was the 8th Annual Big Ten day at Joe's on Weed st. Rebecca's friend Sarah organizes it every year. Lots of basketball and beer and flip cup and WISCONSIN WINS.

Flip cup, me vs ryan

Myself, Kel and Rebec, we are wearing green for St. Patty's....not Michigan!!!

Kelly forgot I am not as light as I used to be :)

Ryan in his Badger Red

So, then on to Saturday...I was so excited Becky asked me to go to the neighborhood easter egg hunt with Mia. She had just gotten up from a nap so it was a little shocker to see all the kids and the eggs and the Easter bunny....Cort called him "neat". Check out Bec's pictures. She got some good ones.

After the easter egg hunt, me and becky headed to Dave and Liz's wedding shower at Home Run In. It was so great to see them. We then headed over to Becky's and Cort's to hang out with everyone. I had a such a great time and the kids are so cute and growing up so fast!!!

Mia came to the shower too!!

Then, after hanging at Bec and Cort's house, I was off to meet Rebec and Ryan and his friends for Patty's celebrations. It was a late night but really fun. Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!

Ryan and his friend's Ryan and Ben

Rebecca!!!!!

Busy Weekend!

The weekend flew by so fast!! Saturday we had Marina's baby shower at Kristin's parents house. It was so fun and we had so much fun planning. It was exciting to see Baby G's new clothes and items for the nursery and to just see the smile on Marina and Corey's face. I can't wait to finally meet the little guy. For a minute, I sat back and looked around and thought how great it has been to see all my friends go through the stages of dating, marriage and then to start a family. This is only the beginning!!

After the shower, I headed up to Iowa to help Ry guy clean his house to put it on the market. We only stopped to eat and then the rest of the time was cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, straightening, and then vacuuming again this morning. I thought it was sparkling when I left. We are crossing our fingers with this tough market we are in!! April would be 2 years of long distance dating. And its funny to think.....that went by faster than I ever thought :)

This weekend will be another fun and busy one...lots going on.....so I plan to post some pics and stories then. Have a good week!!!

Out after work!

Work has been bit overwhelming lately but it definately helps to unwind after a long couple days. On Sunday, I met some of my friends from the hospital at the DOC Wine Bar by York town mall. It just opened up. The funny thing is that there is another one in the city on Clark St right by where I live. It was not crowded at all but I loved it. You can do a wine sampler and pick all different kinds of cheese (my favorite)!!! And bread too :) It was nice to catch up with the world travelers as I call them. They travel all over the place and always have the best stories!! Kristi actually lived across the street from me also on Deming and trained for the marathon at the same time and worked at Good Sam and we never knew each other till about 2 years ago. Small world.

Jana, Me, Illona and Kristi

Jana and me

Illona and Kristi

Wicked Wednesday!!

Today I took my mom to see Wicked for her birthday. I had never seen it before and she had not either so I thought it would be a good surprise. It was amazing!! I know a lot of you may have seen it already since its been out for a couple years, but if you have not, I highly recommend it!! I am just so impressed with how talented the cast and the music and just everything!! I really did not know what to expect as far as the storyline goes...but it really gives such a good message.

For all you runners...

I was really excited when I saw that a movie about the 2005 Chicago Marathon (my first one) was going to be at the theatres on my 30th bday!! Well, of course, it sold out :( I was totally bummed. But, I checked the next day and because of popular demand, there was an encore presentation this past thursday. I was so pumped and got my ticket right away. Ryan was in town and joined me. Let me tell you...it was amazing. It was a documentary but more like a movie about where marathons started and the background of some of the olympians and just average runners. It really brought back lots of emotion and of course....it makes me want to do another one. So, for all you runners, here is the link about the movie, with the trailer. The soundtrack is on Itunes. It will be coming out on DVD soon as well. Just thought I would share. I give it 10 stars!!!!!!

http://www.marathonmovie.com/home.html