tomorrow a new point of view…

Happy Fourth of July!

July 4, 2009 at 11:03 pm | In uncategorized | 1 Comment

We enjoyed the holiday with a trip to downtown Disney and an angels game.

life from the mountain top.

June 30, 2009 at 4:50 pm | In ashdizzles, running, where life takes us | 1 Comment

ahhh…breathing the breezy clean mountain air. jasen and i have been up at pondo for 2 days now. it is amazing how it feels as though we never left. like we are coming back home from a long vacation. nice feeling. most of our “old” (i use that term loosely) friends are here, were here (kyle smith!), or will be here. at this moment we shed a little tear for our friend stacey who is not here. we miss you and are not having any fun without you.

jasen has formed a band that is mighty good for never playing together. matt (my brother) is on drums, jeff wetherell on guitar, keys and vocals, cara on cello, keys and vocals, and our new friend danny on bass. they play loud. they play rock. they play without shoes. (well at least jasen.)

i have been trying to keep my running up. i have to say…the weather is amazing. however…in over 6,000 elevation…i am having some breathing issues. my legs feel great, but i can not catch my breath. have i mentioned the hill? no no…hill is not right…mountain more like? so high elevation and steep climbs…i am only putting in 2 miles a day. i know, right? pathetic. but i figured exploded lungs may be an expensive fix.

i have been getting headaches recently and i usually blame it on coffee…which is a sad excuse. but i have been wondering if it was the altitude, so i have been trying to drink a ton of water too. which means i am needing to use the restroom often. which means i need to stick close to certain restrooms. even if that means walking up the chalet hill 16 times. i have learned there are several restrooms to be avoided due to personal preference.

too much?

there is no tent this year. what an adjustment. but it is not bad…just different. but i do say…i miss it. even though it gets cold and dusty.

now we just need for allie to get here.

running booty shorts.

June 25, 2009 at 8:16 pm | In crazy things i buy, running | 3 Comments

you know when you see skinny girls wearing things and you think to yourself, “i wonder what i would look like in that?”

i had one of those moments.

running in hot weather is a…well…you know. everything i put on is too hot, too uncomfortable. then i saw my possible answer on a teeny fitness instructor at del norte.

running booty shorts! hallelujah! i brought them home and jasen says, “you did try them on, right?” riigghht…

if i close my eyes and peek through the sides…the shorts look fine. not teeny fitness instructor fine…more like middle/average weight girl fine. with a little cellulite. but you can hardly see it if you close your eyes and peek through the sides ever-so-slightly.

in triple digit weather…i just don’t care any more.

$0.99? well worth it.

June 24, 2009 at 8:36 pm | In crazy things i buy, twilight talk | Leave a Comment

saw this today…thought it was fab.

edward:

or jacob:

i am on the last chapter of breaking dawn. it’s been really difficult to finish…but i think it is time to say goodbye and begin picking up the pieces of my life.

i think i am speechless this time.

June 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm | In what the weird | Leave a Comment

when we were watching “so you think you can dance” on the fox network, we saw a commercial for this:

FOX is setting out to prove that love comes in all shapes and sizes with the new inspirational dating competition series MORE TO LOVE. Executive-produced by Mike Fleiss (”The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette”), the unscripted series follows a single average guy with a big waist and an even bigger heart as he romances several confident and secure plus-size women. Each week, the husky hunk will wine and dine a group of curvy women to determine if they have more love to give or if they are truly more than he can handle. When the size of competition narrows, he will have to decide if one full-figured lady will become his true love.

say what?!

free hbo!

June 15, 2009 at 10:16 am | In what is rotting my brain | 3 Comments

i am glad we don’t get hbo reguarly. it is a naughty network…i am still amazed the things they can get away with…on “premium cable” or not. however…since we had a free preview weekend, we were able to watch some good and not so naughty shows. (the others we just gave up on and turned off.)

first movie (and i highly recommend) ::

run fat boy run

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the screenplay was written by michael ian black and was directed by david schwimmer. the premiss :: a man (simon pegg) leaves his pregnant fiance at the alter. then decides to run a marathon to win back her love from her current boyfriend.

next, i watched waitress:

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i love free movie weekends!

you should be better than that, my dear.

June 8, 2009 at 2:17 pm | In ashdizzles, where life takes us | 2 Comments

we have lived in our amazingly fabulous house for about 2 weeks. maybe 3. we moved during memorial day weekend when i was still in school and had report cards to do. however…no one can truly function, by no one i mean me, in a house without the necessities unpacked. therefore, i worked really hard trying to get the kitchen and bathroom unpacked. successful? yes.

bedrooms unpacked? no. office unpacked? no. to give myself credit, things are out of boxes and strewn everywhere. semi-unpacked? check. it is better to have things checked off than not i say.

we decided to sell off most of our furniture. most of the things we sold were cabinets. i take that back. EVERYTHING we have sold were cabinets…so the things in the boxes have no where to go! since buying a house completely disintegrates your life savings…we had to use the profits of the furniture to pay for the ever-so-expensive plumbing issues we have been faced. i am so thankful we had the money on hand to pay for that little beauty. by beauty i mean rotten piece of crap. in the literal sense of course.

so if you see me, don’t ask me if we are unpacked. no we are not. and do not judge me because i am not unpacked and not working. yes, i have the time. as i have stated, we have no where to unpack to. so until i have saved enough money to buy what we need…we will live out of boxes and be okay with that.

ugh. who am i kidding.

do you know what i am talking about?

June 3, 2009 at 9:10 pm | In twilight talk | Leave a Comment

i saw this today and thought it was funny. and true.

summer reading list

June 3, 2009 at 3:07 pm | In building a healthy habit, twilight talk, what is rotting my brain | 2 Comments

i have decided to dedicate my whole summer reading list to “guilty pleasures.” i really don’t have much “brain worthy” material…however…it shall be entertaining.

i need to finish 2 books i have started:

those being:

i really need to finishing breaking dawn. i need the closure and samantha walton may crucify me if i don’t.

next…(and maybe a little ambitious) the harry potter series.

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all 4,175 pages of it. i figured i should finish…my brain is already turned to mush because the twilight series.

“the host” by stephanie meyer. i love her. bless her hard work and beautiful mind.

so i have zombies, vampires, werewolfs, sorcerers, mythical/magical creatures and aliens. i think that covers it. should lead to some very interesting dreams no doubt.

national running day

June 3, 2009 at 12:17 pm | In running | Leave a Comment

thanks to @tiffanywade on twitter i found out about national running day. good thing i did it early before it got too hot! you can check out the information at runningday.org.

happy running day!