Single Saturday

With my sister still in Missouri and Jason still fishing at the end of the earth (see below) I have a single Saturday. A day all to myself to do as I wish. We have a 10-20 mile group run and then nothing planned. I want to try to make it to World Market over in Panama City. Yes, Panama City and not Panama City Beach. I have no clue why they opened a World Market all the way over in the PC mall. Worst idea ever. I'm sure 75% of the people who live over there have no clue what it is. Anyway - I need to make it over there before it closes. (I know, I'm so positiive it makes you sick).

I'm also VERY exited about my 'new' computer. I've been using my sisters Macbook for a while since my dell has been unreliable. Nothing against Mac's, but I still have issues figuring some things out on it - plus it's my sister's so I don't want to load all of my pictures on it. Anyway, my good old Dell laptop would freeze up for no reason the past few months which was VERY frustrating when I was online. So, some local collage kid stopped by my office to advertise his computer fixing skills. Sweet. Needless to say, my 5 year old laptop is going to be as good as new on Monday. Celebrate!!!

Not to be petty...but...

Gina, a fellow Warrensburg High School Swim team member from back in the day, came across this article First ever relay... Well, when we where sophomores in high school, we where member's of the first ever Warrensburg High school Girls Swim team. And our team was awesome. And, we did make it to state. Someone at the newspaper needs to get their facts in line :)

Fine - I'll do the 25 thing post

Via facebook - Gina tagged me in the '25 random things about you post' so I decided to share it on the blog since it has spell check :)

1. I sleep in my pink zensah compression socks every night (they keep my feet feeling good!!)
2. Living on the beach is awesome, but I do miss the city. Getting tired of the $15 glasses of wine.
3. I eat black beans, spicy saffron rice, with cheese on top at least three meals a week.
4. My bike is set up on the trainer in my room. No excuse not to get a ride in.
5. I have the best training group ever! Swim, bike, run alone? Never! And we all push each other. Love it.
6. Very picky about fish - I will only eat it if it's fresh and either myself or Jason caught it. Unless I'm somewhere where I don't have the choice
7. I watch the Biggest Loser every week obsessively - while eating a bowl of ice cream.
8. I CAN NOT STAND SNOW BIRDS! They drive slow, shop slow, and most of them are pretty darn mean. Sorry grandma's and grandpa's out there, but people do live here year round.
9. I'm becoming more like my parents every day - which is not a bad thing at all.
10. Between #3 and fish tacos - I could eat nothing else for the rest of my life.
11. There is no functioning in Chloe's life without coffee in the morning.
12. I also watch the Rock of Love Bus. It's like a car crash - it's so bad, but I just can't look away!
13. Biking is my weakest point in the triathlon - please refer to #4 - but I am determined to make it my best!
14. I ran the Disney marathon and made it my bitch
15. If one more friend tells me they are expecting or getting married with in the next 8 months I'm going to be broke.
16. Last August a picture of Jason and I holding a fish that I caught made it into the Florida Sportsman Magazine. It's kind of odd when people actually recognize me.
17. I hate checking voicemails on my cell phone.
18. I worry about retirement - and I'm only 28!
19. If I won the lottery, I would not tell anyone by my family. And Gina, because she would be my financial advisor :)
20. I'm doing Ironman 70.3 New Orleans, and the main reason I signed up was because it ends in Jackson Square. :)
21. I have not colored my hair in 4 years.
22. Bedding is very important to me. I like my bed to look nice, smell nice, and to be made every day. Hello. OCD knocking.
23. If I had the choice of going out to an awesome bar - or hang out at the house with friends, play Wii, drink wine, and eat awesome food. I would much rather stay home!
24. My sister is awesome and I wish I could be as laid back as she is.
25. It took me 3 days to get this thing completed.

There you go.

I just think this picture is fun! Yeah! Friday!

Missing my fisherman but I'm Fabulous!

Jason and I have been together for a year and a half or so. Love him to death. He's the pro surfer/Florida boy that I dreamt about while growing up in good old Southern Missouri. Anyway - right now he's down in Venice, LA running tuna charters. If you've never heard of Venice, LA - you're not missing much unless you are a hard core fisherman or duck hunter. There is NOTHING down there except very large fishing boats and one diner full of fried goodness and beer. Wikipedia states Venice is also known as "The End of the World". Seriously. Click on the link above if you don't believe me. There are still trucks and boats in trees left over from Katrina. It's on the VERY southern tip of LA. Not a lot of sunshine and the water is a wonderful color of poo brown because of the river. So - its not that cool of a place. Trust me, I've been there.

Anyway - this time of year, he's down there for about three months running tuna charters. He was going to come home tomorrow for a few days, but just called and picked up a few more trips. Granted I love having time to myself and be in my 'workout Nazi mode' as my friends call it. But I do miss him. Next winter he's going ot be running charters down in the Caribbean. Hopefully my boss will under stand my 'leave of absence' request. :)

On a better note! Super runner Denice from RUN DMT made my day by tagging me with a Fabulous button or sticker - not quite sure what to call it :)


But thank you Denise for liking the randomness of my blog!

Receiving this award - I have to list five of my fabulous addictions:
1) Training. Seriously - I become really moody if I go more then 2 days without a round with my trainer, dip in the pool, or a good run.
2) Wine. No detail needed
3) Spending time with the boyfriend.
4) Family. I'm 28 and talk to my mother every day and I live with my sister. I have a pretty cool family.
5) The Sunday Morning Show on CBS. Every Sunday morning that I don't have a brick workout - I do exactly what I'm doing right now. Drink coffee , dip a croissant in it and watch this show. (Example of my wonderful breakfast today!)






Now - five other blogs that I think excel in the fablouisness:
1. Missy Ironman Florida 2008
2. Gina - The Jollys in JC
3. Sam - Sam I Am From Fat to Fast
4. Absolut(ly)Fit
5. Colormekatie (love this blog - ALWAYS puts me in a good mood!)




Random thoughs:
Get excited - Rock of Love Bus is on tonight!!

My mom is in the Key's with her girlfriends. Lucky. One of these days I'll be able to go on this 'girl trip'

I've drank a TON of coffee this morning - have a feeling it's going to be a very productive day!

Happy Sunday!!

TGIF

It's crazy how the air quality can effect your runs. Two summers ago, we had to deal with Red Tide. It was so bad, that I could not even roll the windows in my car with out coughing up a lung. This morning as I was driving to Watercolor to meet everyone I noticed how 'foggy' it was. Once I got out of the car, realized that it was not fog, but smoke from the prescribed burns! I guess the wind was blowing the perfect direction to push it all down here. Needless to say not only was the run tough due to the air quality, but we all smelled like a bonfire!

After reading Steve in a speedo?! GROSS! 's blog I had to share this motivation poster:

Growing up we used to have lobster races/fights all the time before they hit the boiling pot of water. Yum. I could so go for some lobster right now. After Gina's 'Maine Event' in July where I ate lobster all day, every day - my body is finally craving it again! Check out Steve's blog - it's awesome. Plus, he's running a 1/2 marathon tomorrow somewhere where it's really freaking cold - like -5. So wish him luck!

Also - to add to the randomness of this friday, I would like to share an oldie, but goodie youtube video that was e-mailed to me this morning. It is just too funny.

Thanks Gina!

Gina is a ton of help - assisting me with my blogging needs :)

Check out this web site - it's for Super Denise, runner extraordinaire. (If you don't believe me, check out her Disney report!!)


Also - for all of you new runners, thinking about becoming a runner, or old pros, here is a another great website Runner Girl It's full of awesome info.


So excited about Gina helping me with this link issue I've been having!!

Grabage Trucks and Trainers

This evening I had a hot and heavy date with my trainer. Need to get in gear again for New Orelans 70.3 - and with biking as my WORST leg I've been spending some quality time with her. With new Netflix in hand I was ready to go. Almost two hours later I jump off feeling as good as I can for rocking the trainer. Then I get a text from my friend who lives in the condo below me. Asking me if I was finished. CRAP. I had no idea he was home. Usually I send a warning text - oh well.

My sister is up in St. Louis visiting our parents for a few weeks - and decided to take Amtrack up to Chicago to spend some time with a friend of hers. Granted my sister is not the best driver, specially in the snow, so we where thankful she opted to rock it old school with the train. On a side note - if we had an awesome train system here like they do over in Europe I would NEVER be home on the weekends! Back in the Holland days - we would just hop on a train and wake up in some awesome destination! ANYWAY - the train hit a TRASH TRUCK that was stuck in the middle of the train tracks due to the snow. Are you kidding me! Thankfully my sister is fine, as was everyone else, and they just put everyone on a Grayhound to get to their destination. Crazy day.

Random thoughts:

*Grandpa from the biggest loser looked AWESOME when they did the follow up!
*Rock of Love Bus. Don't know why. But I'm addicted to that show.
*I can't have cereal in the house becuase I will eat a box a day. Literally.
*My lease is up at the end of April and I'm already stressing about moving. Ugh.

Thankgoodness tomorrow is Friday!!