CIM

i cannot believe that it was two years ago, i ran a half a marathon.  i am very proud of it.  it was a lot of hard work and dedication.  some pain and my body is still recovering from it, but overall it was an awesome moment.  i remember last year only doing a quarter of it and after it all saying, i think i will do a full one next year.  well a year later and look who's sitting on her bum munching on chips.  

though i do believe that it will happen a year from now.  so starting january 2 official training of a full marathon will begin.  it's time to get off my bum.

till then happy running/jogging everyone and good luck to all those running it tomorrow, especially jen h.~!

http://www.runcim.org/

discovery

don't you love it when you find a new blog to read.  it's like reading a new found book that you just can't put down.  tonight's late night discovery happens to be rockstar diaries.  just seeing the happiness between husband and wife and their darling baby girl, just tickles me.  happy readings.

ps. happy 23 wonderful months boyfriend!!!! you've made them all worth while.  you are handsome, wonderful, lovely, funny, smart, and most of all i love you for you and everything you do.  looking forward to many more to come. xoxoxoxoxoxoxox babers!

please not view digression advised, there is some PDAs below!!! 

mmm!

best thing about camping is making out!

<3!!!

i am constipated love.

good samaritan

sorry, this is a week late.

last week right before we were to leave for warrior dash, my credit card and drivers license fell out of my pocket while walking to get lunch.  i was okay with loosing my credit card, but more concerned with the i.d. card for i.d. theft.  three hours later, i get a call from the bank telling me they have my credit card and i.d. prayers answered!!!
so boyfriend and i rush to the bank to pick up the credit card and i.d.  then we are off.  we enjoy the drive to the hotel and have a delicious meal then rest up for the 'big' race.

it was a beautiful sunset, just not captured well

do you see her?

what about now?  i think she was talking
during the night, creepy

 we woke up and headed out.  i am nervous due to not knowing what to expect, besides nothing, but craziness.  overall it was fun and i got to see cake pop.

anxiety started to kick in.

boyfriend told me if he is running it, then i should be okay.

warning the waters have NOT been tested for chemicals or diseases,
OHHHMMMMMGGEEEEE!!!

survived and cleaned off.  more like brushed off.
thank you boyfriend for your wonderful patience with
crazy me! love you +1!

and even cora looks like she ran the race too.

so tonight instead of being on the road, i am in my bed nice and warm.  it's cozy.  what to eat now?  maybe to add to a day full of kit kats, some kfs!  i have a coupon for a 2 piece meal for 2$, you can't really beat that?

baby it's cold out

this morning i turned on the heater.  yes i was weak sauce!!! boyfriend tells me i need to get conditioned for the cold again, because we will be seeing lots of snow this year.  ugh, driving in the snow, blahhhh.

the cold makes me want something warm, like delicious steaming soups!!!  last weekend when we went to warrior dash, we had dofu house!  i love that place.  the happy old man, the green tennis balls on the chairs, and of course the delicious food.  i could definitely go for some of this right now if my stomach wasn't churning from all the kit kats i consumed today.

two thumbs up

love the tennis balls on ALL of the chairs

this is just the appetizers/ tasters
(can you see the chop stick holder boyfriend made for me <3)

the best part

almost there, the rice has come!

purple rice or black bean?
well its good!

let the feast begin!

yummm!!!!

egg drop!

and satisfied fat kids

yes that was a lot of pictures of the dofu house, but.... its quiet an experience!!!!  i say awesomeness for a crisp fall night. 

double rainbow

yesterday evening we got our second rain of the season.  it was a light drizzle, but it left today cold.  there was ice on my window this morning i tell ya!!!! ice!!! luckily it wasn't anything thick.  with the rain though we got a double rainbow!!!!

i had today away from second home.  it was nice.  i took care of some errands in the morning and was very productive, but in the afternoon i fell off the wagon.  there were some things i wanted to take care of.  one of them was car insurance.  oh well, monday will have to do.  though one errand i did do was take the coupons over to boyfriends and when i did this is what i encountered...leaves.  nothing, but leaves.  i don't understand mister neighbor is how come you cannot sweep them into a nice pretty pile in the middle of your property since it is your tree shedding?!!!

oh well it was a nice crisp day.

happy fall, its officially here.  well its more like winter.

double rainbow

mister neighbor's yard.  notice the pile is towards
boyfriends side (left of mister neighbor)

big pile of leaves from mister neighbor's tree

happy raking.

pariii

the second home has been very busy, we are hitting our deadline soon and i should be at the second home instead of here blogging. ooooooohhhhh welll, i'll make it up.  with so much second home consumption, i go to my happy place, france.  when i need a quick fix i enjoy little brown pen.  i love the details she's able to catch of paris.

for your enjoyment here are some snippets of the latest trip to france.

love ya!

 enjoy this splendid wednesday

 

petting the sweaty things

simply i've been petting the sweaty things.  bad me!  lost my patience with boyfriend in trying to plan a last minute vacation in december.  why is it so frustrating?  i don't know, but he's been great and i've been horrible.  time to make it up.  sorry boyfriend! (if you are reading this)
 we have a total of 2.5 days (need to be back for mom's birthday)  here's what we are looking at any thoughts?

death valley via bing search

eureka dunes death valley via bing search

joshua tree mojave desert via bing search

mono lake via bing search will also be accompanied with mammoth

tufa formation mono lake via bing search will also be accompanied with mammoth

zion national park via bing search will also be accompanied with las vegas

 happy tuesday people.  we only had 1 tricker-o-treater out of a street full of kids.  resulting to a lot of fun size candy. 

iphone

boyfriend and i have been contemplating on getting a new phone or not...  he is running off a a first generation iphone and me, well lets just say my phone is not too smart.  i cannot complain about this phone because it works, gets the job done, and i can drop it as many times as i want and not worry that it broke.  it's durable!!!

i honestly do not want to upgrade to the smartphone in fear of having the internet at such an easy access and simply of always being connected.  it goes into my fear of technology going wrong.  why do i need a smartphone when i have boyfriends phone, and i am still staying connected to everyone else with my simple phone.  i don't need to be connected.

so yesterday boyfriend and i were waiting to meet some friends and went into the verizon store where they had the iphone 4s.

oh siri,  how fun you are with my fob american accient

we had a lot of fun playing with her!  i think we could have spent the whole time that we were waiting in corner of the store playing with the iphone and seeing how bad my accent is.  i need to practice announciating my words when i speak.

overall thoughts i liked this phone it was fun to play with.  i told boyfriend maybe one of us gets the iphone 4s and the other will get a windows phone... but i can see it not being too long before windows comes out with a phone that we can talk to like siri?  i can see boyfriend and i sitting in the airport waiting for our flight while playing with siri for hours...yes we are that couple.   but i am still not sure if i want to go with an iphone.  simply we are pc's not a mac.

sluggers

the garden update:
the garden is growing at a steady paste, considering the battle it is constantly fighting!  slugs and white maggot looking things mowing them.  the heriloom lettuce and carrots are growing rapid.  however, the plants with anything purple veggies are not doing too well.  they look like something came through and picked it to pieces.

so boyfriend and i went to the local (and i mean local, its about a 10 minute walk) nursery and got some snail/ slug filler.  it's suppose to be organic and safe around pets.  what it does to the snail/ slugs is it makes them feel full.  yes call me a bug killer, but the plants are starting to look good!

here are  a few images of them before snail bait.

purple broccoli, you can't see center leaves because they are gone!

heirloom letuce and the purple cauliflower which you can't see because they've been mowed.

purple cauliflower looks the same as when first planted.

this weekend

last weekend was spent doing this:

 

and more of this:

then we did this and you can read more about it here

l.a. traffic how i miss you.

and then more of this...

i am not that cool to drive with my foot out the window

and this...

i thought that was the oscar mayer weinermobile up ahead, it was not.

and there was hardly time with him

yup that's boyfriend. i <3 him!

this weekend however will not be like that.  we are loosing the battle to the slugs.  it's time to fight back!  it is also oktoberfest at the millers with heman!  by the way did i tell you that boyfriend's mom bought a 1/4 of a cow!  time to eat the beef along with running to keep that heart in shape!  happy weekend!