Twice in one week!

Look at me! I'm blogging twice in the same week! This week has been going pretty well....pretty quick which is good. We're down 2 people at work and amazingly it hasn't been ridiculously busy so that has been awesome. (fingers crossed!). I've actually been hanging out with a couple of people from work and meeting new people, so that's been nice. One of the girls I actually used to work with in Philadelphia is now in Birmingham and is going to start working weekends at Children's Hospital....that's kinda random. And yesterday I went to happy hour with an OT that I work with and we went to this really super cute area of Birmingham that I never knew existed! I was so excited! It reminded me of Philadelphia. There were a bunch of cute little restaurants and bars and a lot of outside seating. Which is perfect for this time of year because it's finally started to cool off (again) and it's perfect weather to just sit outside and enjoy some drinks and food. So we're definitely going to have to explore that area a little more.

I've also been making an effort to cook more (if you don't know me too well, the extent of my cooking is hamburger helper or Lipton pasta sides with some chicken). I made baked ziti the other night and it was really yummy. I'm also big on quick and easy recipes that makes enough food for us to have leftovers for lunch. I found this really good sounding broccoli and cheese (and ham) casserole that I'm going to try to make tonight. I also organized all of my recipes last weekend. All of the ones that people gave us for the shower and also some random ones that I had written on scraps of paper. So if you have any super easy yummy casserole recipes, send them my way (alb245@yahoo.com) :)

This weekend should be pretty low key for us....which will be nice. We really need to clean....do some fall cleaning. I think we're going to make Jackie's pepperoni dip again for our tailgate snack for the PSU game on Saturday. It was so good and we can't stop thinking about it! Ok this blog is getting long, you probably stopped reading somewhere in the middle of the second paragraph.

Happy Birthday to all of the late September birthday kids......John, Carrie, Dad, Kathleen, & Dorothy....and anyone else I forgot!

Oops!

Eeeek! Sorry I haven't blogged in a week! Work and Team in Training has kept me extremely busy! I'm bummed right now because I thought we were going to get the Eagles game because on the schedule it says "televised nationally" but apparently not because we're getting the giants/seahawks game. At least the seahawks are up 21-0. And Eagles are winning right now too so that's good.

So yeah we have been down a couple therapists at work so it's been really busy. But it's going well so I can't really complain. I'm at 24% of my financial goal for Team in Training. I have to be at 60% by October 23 so keep your fingers crossed for me! (or donate! or give my website to friends you have who might be interested in donating :)). I'm going to try to get some corporate sponsors, because that would help me out big time. So if you work for a major company and have any contact info with HR/annual giving please email me! (alb245@yahoo.com)

I ran 7 miles today for Team in Training. I had to run by myself though b/c the team didn't run together at 6:30 because it was thundering and lightninging (is that a word?).

And oh yeah, it was HUMID! I got really excited last week because for 3 days it was nice and cool and I thought fall was finally here....yeah, for the past 5 days it's been mid-high 80's and HUMID. I'm ready for fall!

We had some people over to watch the PSU game yesterday (so close psu, so close). We made Jackie's pepperoni dip from the recipe she gave us for the shower...it was AWESOME!!! It was gone in like 5 minutes.

Everything else has been going well. I'll try to blog more than once this week! Here are a couple of pics of Bham from The Vulcan (second largest statue in the US next to the Statue of Liberty)...there's a fun little Alabama fact ;)

Mississippi

So I can officially check Mississippi off of my states that I've been to. Although I do have to say, for anyone who has never been there, you're not missing anything. My cousin Todd's wedding was this weekend back at home. Unfortunately Tom and I couldn't make it :( So as soon as Children's found out that I was going to be around, I was "strongly encouraged" to attend a bracing workshop in Oxford, Mississippi. It wasn't all bad, and I learned a lot at the workshop, but Ole Miss is missing something.

For people who live in Alabama, the joke about Alabama and Mississippi is that if it weren't for Mississippi, Alabama would be the worst state to live in (haha, it's not as bad as it seems). The only "hick" thing that I saw was this beat up old black school bus on the side of the road that had an air conditioner sticking out one of the windows....so I'm guessing someone lives there???
Anyways I got back last night and had to go to bed almost immediately because our first Team in Training long run started this morning (see website for more info on how that went). http://www.active.com/donate/tntagc/awesomeanne

I feel like I was going to tell you all something else but I can't remember. Notice I said "you all" and I did NOT say "y'all." Although I find myself saying "you all" instead of "you guys" so I'm wondering if "y'all" is not far behind. Hopefully not.

Happy middle of September :)

Weekly Update

Man....Penn State.......what was that all about?! We are a young team, we are a young team, we are a young team. Seriously though, we are. Plus if Ganter could actually hold the ball for a field goal the whole game might have gone differently. Hopefully he's the last Ganter playing for Penn State solely because his dad used to be the offensive coordinator. At least the Eagles won! E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!

I ran 7 miles yesterday for my long run! Our official "team runs" start this Sunday for Team in Training (at 6:30 in the morning!! ahhhh!). But at least we'll be done running before it gets hot out. It's been low to mid-80's this week and it's been great! This morning it was 73 degrees and I was about to get my winter coat!



Here is a pic of my hair right after I got it cut! I haven't worn it curly yet because it turns into a fro after about 40 minutes ;) I really like it though! I'll post a pic of it when it's straight (how I normally wear it) as soon as I get one.




There are a few updated pics of the apartment in this album. I think they're on the 3rd & 4th pages.
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/552366746kmCnOj?start=0

Enjoy!

Just for Fun

Keepin' busy...livin' for the weekend

I've been trying to get over a cold for the past few days so I apologize for not blogging. First football weekend was wonderful. We watched Penn State kick some zip-butt with some friends, ate yummy tailgate food (Ciara-everyone loved your buffalo chicken dip recipe!), and drank a few cold ones. Did any of my loyal readers watch the game and see the (crazy) (drunk) guy in the raft that they showed toward the beginning? That was my dad's friend Earl in my dad's raft...too funny. We're sitting there watching the game and then we see Earl paddle by in a raft on national tv.

I got my haircut! I'll have to post a picture....it's really short (for me)! It's above my shoulders. I love it, Tom's getting used to it. It's a big change but I was mentally prepared for the short hair....I'm used to it already.

My training has been kinda "eh" this week for Team in Training. I want to keep running but I don't want to get any sicker than I am right now. I ran 6 miles on Sunday (a new personal best for me) and 3 miles yesterday. Hopefully I'll be able to run at least 3 more days this week. Check out my site (link to the left under "links") to see all the fun people who have donated! (Your name could be on there too!)

Work is getting pretty busy....like CHOP busy. But everyone is really good about helping out other people when we get crazy so that's really good.
I'll try to blog again before the weekend....but if not.....


GO STATE, BEAT IRISH!

FOOTBALL!!!

I CAN'T WAIT!! Penn State kicks off at 2:30 tomorrow (3:30 for all you eastern time zone folks). I'm so excited!! I was so excited last week for football too, and we were watching games from last year on ESPN classic and it looked so nice outside....all cool and crisp and like great football weather.......then I stepped outside on our balcony and got a rude awakening when it was 97 degrees and the humidity was like 70%. Oh yeah, I live in Alabama and it doesn't get cool here until November! Fortunately I've adjusted to the heat down here so 85 degrees feels like a brisk autumn day! I hope everyone has a good labor day weekend and enjoys the start of football season! I know I will :)