What a wonderful weekend! It was very relaxing and just what I needed! Friday night we had some friends over so that was pretty fun. Saturday...hmmmm...what did we do Saturday? I think just a lot of catching up on things...laundry, recycling, etc. Sunday we went to the gym. I ran 5 miles! (One of my Team in Training goals for this week) and then went to the pool Sunday afternoon.
I'm SOOOOOO super excited for football to start! I can't wait for Saturday. Tom and I decided we are going to "tailgate" at our apartment every penn state game. I'm going to try to cook some "tailgating food" every week....each week something different. So if you have any good recipes...please email them to me at alb245@yahoo.com This week we're doing some sort of meatballs. Basically I just want an excuse to use our new crock pot :)
That's all for now. Feel free to check out my TNT website for updates on my running progress! Please donate if you can! Even donating as little as $5 or $10 can help make a huge difference in the lives of people with leukemia or lymphoma!
http://www.active.com/donate/tntagc/awesomeanne
Monday, August 28, 2006
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Atlanta trip
We had a good time in Atlanta this past weekend. I’ll hopefully post the pics soon on webshots. We went with some of Tom’s friends from UAB so there were 7 of us total. We drove out on Saturday and went to the Bodies in Motion exhibit at the civic center…which apparently was the same thing as the bodies exhibit at Franklin Institute but I was never able to go because I was always busy with wedding planning. Anyways it was amazing and right up my alley. The bodies were dissected and then plasticized using this new preservation technique they are working on. The muscles were really cool and a good anatomy review for me :) But the cardiovascular system was by far the coolest. They injected all of the arteries and veins with red and blue dye and then somehow miraculously dissected everything else away except for the arteries and veins and they were able to preserve them in their original shape. It was amazing.
Saturday night we went to Underground Atlanta for dinner which was kinda scary…I do not recommend it. Then we went to a bar that had live music and ended up across the street at Hard Rock so that was fun.
On Sunday we went to the Georgia Aquarium (and Ikea! How I miss Ikea!) The aquarium was really cool and I have some cool pics of that I will have to post. My favorite part was the giant whale sharks. They only ate plankton, and for some reason each one of them had their “posse” of little yellow fish that swam in front of their mouths. There’s a pic of one below but it’s kinda hard to see the little yellow guys. This might be Ralph…one of them was named Ralph :) These 2 pics are from my camera phone so they’re not that great. All in all it was a good trip.
Saturday night we went to Underground Atlanta for dinner which was kinda scary…I do not recommend it. Then we went to a bar that had live music and ended up across the street at Hard Rock so that was fun.
On Sunday we went to the Georgia Aquarium (and Ikea! How I miss Ikea!) The aquarium was really cool and I have some cool pics of that I will have to post. My favorite part was the giant whale sharks. They only ate plankton, and for some reason each one of them had their “posse” of little yellow fish that swam in front of their mouths. There’s a pic of one below but it’s kinda hard to see the little yellow guys. This might be Ralph…one of them was named Ralph :) These 2 pics are from my camera phone so they’re not that great. All in all it was a good trip.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Team in Training
So if you are reading this, that means I have your email address, and most likely you received an email from me earlier today about The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training. I have decided to join Team in Training and train for and complete a half-marathon in Phoenix, AZ on January 14, 2007. I have always been active in sports my whole life, but by no means have I been a distance runner (or even liked running that much!).
Running a marathon or half-marathon always seemed like this amazing thing that I secretly wanted to do but never thought I could. But now I believe I can for two reasons: 1) I ALWAYS tell my patients that they can't say "I can't" until they try. So I at least have to try. And 2) Team in Training benefits such a wonderful cause and I have talked to several people who, like me, were not big on running but completed a marathon with Team in Training and said it truly was a life-changing experience.
I have set a personal goal for myself to raise $4000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Any donations, big or small, would be greatly appreciated not only by myself, but by everyone that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society benefits, including patients, their families, and the doctors and researchers who try to find cures for such horrible diseases.
You can donate securely online at my Team in Training website at
http://www.active.com/donate/tntagc/awesomeanne
I will also be tracking my progress on there so if you can't get enough of my blog, you can read my TNT page as well :)
Let me know if anyone is interested in joining Team in Training in your area and running with me in Phoenix in January! That would be so fun and some extra motivation for me as well! Visit http://www.teamintraining.org to find a local meeting near you.
Running a marathon or half-marathon always seemed like this amazing thing that I secretly wanted to do but never thought I could. But now I believe I can for two reasons: 1) I ALWAYS tell my patients that they can't say "I can't" until they try. So I at least have to try. And 2) Team in Training benefits such a wonderful cause and I have talked to several people who, like me, were not big on running but completed a marathon with Team in Training and said it truly was a life-changing experience.
I have set a personal goal for myself to raise $4000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Any donations, big or small, would be greatly appreciated not only by myself, but by everyone that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society benefits, including patients, their families, and the doctors and researchers who try to find cures for such horrible diseases.
You can donate securely online at my Team in Training website at
http://www.active.com/donate/tntagc/awesomeanne
I will also be tracking my progress on there so if you can't get enough of my blog, you can read my TNT page as well :)
Let me know if anyone is interested in joining Team in Training in your area and running with me in Phoenix in January! That would be so fun and some extra motivation for me as well! Visit http://www.teamintraining.org to find a local meeting near you.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Jet lag
We've been back from Portland for a week and I think we just finally recovered from our jet lag....maybe. We had a nice and relaxing weekend....hung out with some friends Friday and Saturday nights (and I hung out by the pool saturday and sunday during the day....LOVE having a pool to go to in this heat!) I was looking forward to another relaxing weekend this coming weekend but it looks like we are going to Atlanta with some friends. Should be a good time.
My work is going pretty well too. It's starting to pick up quite a bit and I'm seeing a lot more patients. And Tom and I manage to walk down the street to Starbucks for a lunch time pick-me-up at least once/week. We are obsessed with Starbucks! Carrie gave me a gift card for my bday and it was gone in 2 days! And we just found one near our apartment too....that could be dangerous!
The chins are doing well. They missed us when we were gone last weekend but they're all better now. They LOVE when we come home because they think we have food to give them. They jump up on the side of the cage. And whenever we have leftover random cardboard boxes we put them in the cage because they like to play in them. I still have my heart set on getting a border collie.......maybe next Spring when we have a little more money and are really settled in. We'll see. Drop me an email if you have some free time...I'd love to hear from everyone! alb245@yahoo.com
My work is going pretty well too. It's starting to pick up quite a bit and I'm seeing a lot more patients. And Tom and I manage to walk down the street to Starbucks for a lunch time pick-me-up at least once/week. We are obsessed with Starbucks! Carrie gave me a gift card for my bday and it was gone in 2 days! And we just found one near our apartment too....that could be dangerous!
The chins are doing well. They missed us when we were gone last weekend but they're all better now. They LOVE when we come home because they think we have food to give them. They jump up on the side of the cage. And whenever we have leftover random cardboard boxes we put them in the cage because they like to play in them. I still have my heart set on getting a border collie.......maybe next Spring when we have a little more money and are really settled in. We'll see. Drop me an email if you have some free time...I'd love to hear from everyone! alb245@yahoo.com
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Portland and Dot & Juan's Wedding
Portland was amazing! We were able to see and do a lot while we were there and we have some pretty awesome pictures. We explored some of the microbrewery brewpubs and had some fine beers. We also saw a bunch of waterfalls on Saturday. Three of them were along this small road on the mountain but we didn't have to go far off the road at all to see them. Then we went for a longer hike with Carrie & John and we hiked up this mountain to see this amazing waterfall.
We also went into Portland to go to their "Saturday Market" which they have Saturdays and Sundays. It was like a mini- Arts Fest! We couldn't believe they have it every weekend. We got a really beautiful picture for our one bare wall in our apartment. It's a picture of this rushing stream that is almost turquoise and has green trees in the background. It is perfect and exactly what we were looking for.
Dorothy and Juan's wedding was absolutely gorgeous. They got married outside at a lodge that was overlooking the mountains and the Columbia River. It was really beautiful and I was so glad we were able to be there to share their day with them. The reception was fun too, and of course John (some of you may know him as Meatball) and one of Juan's friends ended up having a dance-off to early 90's music...quite a site.
Overall it was a great trip but we are very much looking forward to a low-key weekend! Here are a few pics from out west. The rest are on my webshots page. Scroll down for the url...I know it's on some other posts.
We also went into Portland to go to their "Saturday Market" which they have Saturdays and Sundays. It was like a mini- Arts Fest! We couldn't believe they have it every weekend. We got a really beautiful picture for our one bare wall in our apartment. It's a picture of this rushing stream that is almost turquoise and has green trees in the background. It is perfect and exactly what we were looking for.
Dorothy and Juan's wedding was absolutely gorgeous. They got married outside at a lodge that was overlooking the mountains and the Columbia River. It was really beautiful and I was so glad we were able to be there to share their day with them. The reception was fun too, and of course John (some of you may know him as Meatball) and one of Juan's friends ended up having a dance-off to early 90's music...quite a site.
Overall it was a great trip but we are very much looking forward to a low-key weekend! Here are a few pics from out west. The rest are on my webshots page. Scroll down for the url...I know it's on some other posts.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
What would YOU do?
Not much to write today. Getting ready for Portland tonight...I'm sure I'll have a lot to write about when we get back! Like how we will be eating ramen noodles for 2 weeks because we spent all of our money to go to Portland....whoops! J/k....kinda.....
Anyways, someone forwarded me this the other day and I think it's hilarious. I probably wouldn't think it was hilarious if it were my kids and my stuff...but I still hope I would have at least gotten the camera out like this poor soul did.........
Anyways, someone forwarded me this the other day and I think it's hilarious. I probably wouldn't think it was hilarious if it were my kids and my stuff...but I still hope I would have at least gotten the camera out like this poor soul did.........
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Nashville
So the beer festival was pretty fun. They had a lot of different breweries and a handful of our favorites. We tried a good amount of new brews but it was very tempting to go back to the ones we liked the most! After the beer festival ended, we went downtown (well, we were downtown, so we walked a block to the main area of downtown) and went into one of the tons of bars that had live music. We ended up making a good decision, because the guys that were playing/singing were really good! The one guy even busted out the banjo for a few songs....good stuff :) We met some interesting folks from Bham while we were there....now they were some talkers! ;) They also informed us that Birmingham has it's own college football bowl! We were hoping it would be earlier in December so we could go and tailgate (I'm ready to tailgate this weekend if I could!). But unfortunately it's not until December 23 and we hope to either be home by then or be coming home on that day.
Maybe Penn State will make another bowl run this year (they better!) and we can go to that instead! We actually will probably go to some UAB games. Tom went to one last year and said it was fun. Besides, they're free with your "campus card" which I now have. 31 days until Penn State Football!!!
Music City Brewers Festival
Maybe Penn State will make another bowl run this year (they better!) and we can go to that instead! We actually will probably go to some UAB games. Tom went to one last year and said it was fun. Besides, they're free with your "campus card" which I now have. 31 days until Penn State Football!!!
Music City Brewers Festival
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