Friday - Stayed in making brownie cupcakes w/ PB icing, and a ham & potato crock pot concoction for Saturday's lunch. Dull, I know but too bad.
Saturday - Went out for a frosty 12-miler with Tracy at o'dark thirty. The DeGuzman crew came over around noon to watch Navy beat Army (34-0). Steve opened his bday presents during half-time and promptly went downstairs after the Navy game to set up his Wii. We all took turns playing until around 6ish when other family and friends showed up. Watched the pathetic Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya fight. I liked De La Hoya in his prime, but considering how his last few fights have turned out I think it's time for him to hang up the gloves.
Sunday - Made Steve, Chris, Rob, and Joe the Cupcake breakfast before playing 9 holes of Wii golf. Silly how pretty they can make a cartoon golf course. Spent the rest of the day lounging around. Realized around 6pm that other than my run on Saturday morning, I didn't leave the house at all. Eeek.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Turkey Weekend Recap
Thursday – Met Tracy at o’dark thirty for a field trip run to Great Falls . I think trail running is harder than running on pavement, but I managed to finish without falling or doing a Sonny Bono impersonation. After a quick breakfast and shower, it was off to my parent’s for dinner. Dad fried two turkeys: one for dinner and one for Steve to take home. Ever since my parents found out that Steve loves turkey, they make a point to make one just for him any time they cook one. In between dinner and dessert, we watched Get Smart. We stopped by my uncle’s house to visit and draw names for Christmas gifts. Yay! Buying two gifts for the cousins is much easier than buying 13. Steve, his turkey and I stopped by Helen’s before finally take our overstuffed bellies home.
Friday – Lugged myself to the gym. I spent most of the day tidying up and rearranging our wall décor. Looks pretty good if I must say so myself and I didn’t spend a cent. That night, one of the ladies in our running group was having a get-together for the group at her house, or in my opinion, mansion. The house was ginormous! They had a baby grand piano in the front room and if I could do cartwheels, I’m sure I could have done at least 10 before hitting a wall. We hadn’t seen a lot of these people since the summer so it was fun to find out how everyone did at their fall races. Turns out more and more of these crazies are running 50-milers and some are considering a 100-miler in Massanutfen. Insane.
Saturday – Went out for what turned out to be a tough 12-miler. It felt like I had Steve’s turkey friend and a case of beer strapped to my back the whole time. Most of the day was spent decorating the house for Christmas minus the tree. Just like I could do without turkey on Thanksgiving, I could do without a tree at Christmas. We usually get one when Steve realizes Christmas is a few days away. By then, all that are left are the reject trees. The good news is that we usually get our tree for a bargain. I think the most we’ve spent is $20, the least $5. Speaking of bargains, we found this World Market dining set last week on Craiglist. $275 for table and chairs.
Anyway…
Took a trip to Plum Grove Cyclery in Leesburg to check out their sale since everything was 60% off. I ended up buying a pair of Tifosi glasses for running. Merry Christmas to me! Swung by Spokes, Lowes, and the dreaded Wal-mart but managed not to buy a thing at any of those places. After three weeks sans-burrito bol, we went to Chipotle, took our loot home, and watched The Happening. Movie was okay, but I’m thankful for Mark Wahlberg despite his years with the funky bunch.
Sunday – Craft and laundry day. I finished a tote and knitting needle case, and cut fabric for some soon-to-be makeup pouches. We’re having company over next weekend so I attempted to clean up the guest room where I have all my sewing stuff. Al and had talked about opening a craft thrift store where people could bring unused supplies and unfinished projects. Considering the amount of stuff I have, we should do that soon.
Monday – Yes, I know that the weekend is over, but it looks like Santa stopped by our office and dropped off a 42” TV for the lounge. No more playing Wii on the old-fashioned 27 incher.
Friday – Lugged myself to the gym. I spent most of the day tidying up and rearranging our wall décor. Looks pretty good if I must say so myself and I didn’t spend a cent. That night, one of the ladies in our running group was having a get-together for the group at her house, or in my opinion, mansion. The house was ginormous! They had a baby grand piano in the front room and if I could do cartwheels, I’m sure I could have done at least 10 before hitting a wall. We hadn’t seen a lot of these people since the summer so it was fun to find out how everyone did at their fall races. Turns out more and more of these crazies are running 50-milers and some are considering a 100-miler in Massanutfen. Insane.
Saturday – Went out for what turned out to be a tough 12-miler. It felt like I had Steve’s turkey friend and a case of beer strapped to my back the whole time. Most of the day was spent decorating the house for Christmas minus the tree. Just like I could do without turkey on Thanksgiving, I could do without a tree at Christmas. We usually get one when Steve realizes Christmas is a few days away. By then, all that are left are the reject trees. The good news is that we usually get our tree for a bargain. I think the most we’ve spent is $20, the least $5. Speaking of bargains, we found this World Market dining set last week on Craiglist. $275 for table and chairs.
Anyway…
Took a trip to Plum Grove Cyclery in Leesburg to check out their sale since everything was 60% off. I ended up buying a pair of Tifosi glasses for running. Merry Christmas to me! Swung by Spokes, Lowes, and the dreaded Wal-mart but managed not to buy a thing at any of those places. After three weeks sans-burrito bol, we went to Chipotle, took our loot home, and watched The Happening. Movie was okay, but I’m thankful for Mark Wahlberg despite his years with the funky bunch.
Sunday – Craft and laundry day. I finished a tote and knitting needle case, and cut fabric for some soon-to-be makeup pouches. We’re having company over next weekend so I attempted to clean up the guest room where I have all my sewing stuff. Al and had talked about opening a craft thrift store where people could bring unused supplies and unfinished projects. Considering the amount of stuff I have, we should do that soon.
Monday – Yes, I know that the weekend is over, but it looks like Santa stopped by our office and dropped off a 42” TV for the lounge. No more playing Wii on the old-fashioned 27 incher. Sunday, November 23, 2008
Sisters vs/ Betty and Lala
Our bus to NYC ended up leaving a few minutes late because some woman's friend was late. We'll call the non-late woman Betty because she was just a b*tch, and her friend will now be known as Lala because she was a space cadet lacking a few brain cells. Not even 5 minutes into the trip Betty, who was sitting behind Steve and I, started complaining loudly that she was not going to be able to sleep because Steve had the reading light above us on. "Oh my god! How am I going to sleep? Can you believe this guy is reading? What's wrong with him? Who the hell reads on the bus?" Blah, blah, blah. Enough!
Me: Ya know what? There's an empty seat up front. Why don't you move up there?
Betty: Why don't you move?
Me: Because I'm not the one complaining.
She shut up about the light but spent the entire ride up complaining about anything and everything. "Are they ever going to start the movie? The volume on the TV isn't loud enough. The TV picture sucks. It's too cold on this bus. These seats are uncomfortable." Will someone please put her out of her misery?
At the rest stop, Betty, Lala, and crew had to be rounded up because they weren't on the bus after the 20 minute stop. Pain in the asses.
Before getting off the bus in NYC, our driver and the lady who coordinated the trip made it very clear that we had to be on the bus by 7:00pm to go home. If you're not on the bus, the driver could not wait around and risk getting a very expensive ticket. Well, Betty is on the bus, but wouldn't you know it, Lala is missing. Betty thinks that Lala is standing outside, so the coordinator lady gets out and finally finds Lala. Turns out Lala got on the wrong bus because she didn't pay any attention to what bus we were on. If I were her, I would have been embarassed and felt awful for making everyone else wait. Instead Betty and Dip Sh*t Deluxe laughed about how funny they thought the whole situation was and how they hated this bus trip because they didn't like being told what time they had to be somewhere. Um... it's a bus trip. What did you expect?
Riding back to MD, one of the girls on the bus asked if they could put it in a movie she brought. So the driver puts it in and Lala and Betty start up with "What is this stupid movie? I don't want to watch this. Ugh! Isn't there something better to watch?" I dozed off to this but woke up because my sister snapped. I guess Betty had continued complaining and making snarky remarks when other people on the bus would laugh at the movie. My sister finally had enough and told Betty, "Would you stop complaining?! People are trying to watch the movie!"
My sister is friends with the coordinator lady and told her just how annoying Lala and Betty were. Coordinator lady says they will never be invited or allowed back on this trip. Yay!
Me: Ya know what? There's an empty seat up front. Why don't you move up there?
Betty: Why don't you move?
Me: Because I'm not the one complaining.
She shut up about the light but spent the entire ride up complaining about anything and everything. "Are they ever going to start the movie? The volume on the TV isn't loud enough. The TV picture sucks. It's too cold on this bus. These seats are uncomfortable." Will someone please put her out of her misery?
At the rest stop, Betty, Lala, and crew had to be rounded up because they weren't on the bus after the 20 minute stop. Pain in the asses.
Before getting off the bus in NYC, our driver and the lady who coordinated the trip made it very clear that we had to be on the bus by 7:00pm to go home. If you're not on the bus, the driver could not wait around and risk getting a very expensive ticket. Well, Betty is on the bus, but wouldn't you know it, Lala is missing. Betty thinks that Lala is standing outside, so the coordinator lady gets out and finally finds Lala. Turns out Lala got on the wrong bus because she didn't pay any attention to what bus we were on. If I were her, I would have been embarassed and felt awful for making everyone else wait. Instead Betty and Dip Sh*t Deluxe laughed about how funny they thought the whole situation was and how they hated this bus trip because they didn't like being told what time they had to be somewhere. Um... it's a bus trip. What did you expect?
Riding back to MD, one of the girls on the bus asked if they could put it in a movie she brought. So the driver puts it in and Lala and Betty start up with "What is this stupid movie? I don't want to watch this. Ugh! Isn't there something better to watch?" I dozed off to this but woke up because my sister snapped. I guess Betty had continued complaining and making snarky remarks when other people on the bus would laugh at the movie. My sister finally had enough and told Betty, "Would you stop complaining?! People are trying to watch the movie!"
My sister is friends with the coordinator lady and told her just how annoying Lala and Betty were. Coordinator lady says they will never be invited or allowed back on this trip. Yay!
Weekend recap
Friday - Trekked up to Chris & Joe's to spend the night since our bus for NYC was leaving at 5:45 Saturday. For dinner we had caldereta that Joe made and finished off Great Harvest chocolate chip cookies. We watched Wall-E and I loved it! There's such little dialogue in the movie so it's funny how much we (okay, I) loved the little cartoon machine
Saturday - After an annoying start to the trip (see rant), we arrived in NYC around 10am. We strolled up to Central Park and spent a few hours checking it out. Fun! I've always wanted to go there after seeing it in so many TV shows and movies.
Went to Gene's Diner for lunch and had a hefty Swiss mushroom burger: Mmm, Mmm good. I think it's the first burger I've had since January when we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise with my family. We rode the subway downtown and strolled around Chinatown and Little Italy for about an hour or two. I don't think any of us were particularly impressed so we rode back up to Times Square. Killed some time in a few stores including Toys R Us where I confirmed that children are just not for me. Grabbed dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner where the wait staff sings while you eat. Swung by a few more stores including the Hershey store before having to head back to MD. Pics from our trip on Shutterfly.
Sunday - I was going to go for a run but my shins are killing me. Spent the day sewing a knitting needle case and finishing up a knit hat that turned out to be way too big even for my oversized coconut.
Saturday - After an annoying start to the trip (see rant), we arrived in NYC around 10am. We strolled up to Central Park and spent a few hours checking it out. Fun! I've always wanted to go there after seeing it in so many TV shows and movies.
Went to Gene's Diner for lunch and had a hefty Swiss mushroom burger: Mmm, Mmm good. I think it's the first burger I've had since January when we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise with my family. We rode the subway downtown and strolled around Chinatown and Little Italy for about an hour or two. I don't think any of us were particularly impressed so we rode back up to Times Square. Killed some time in a few stores including Toys R Us where I confirmed that children are just not for me. Grabbed dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner where the wait staff sings while you eat. Swung by a few more stores including the Hershey store before having to head back to MD. Pics from our trip on Shutterfly.
Sunday - I was going to go for a run but my shins are killing me. Spent the day sewing a knitting needle case and finishing up a knit hat that turned out to be way too big even for my oversized coconut.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Halloween Weekend Recap
Thursday: We had a costume contest at work and surprisingly had 20+ people dress in costume. Being that our company primarily does work in aviation, we had a "Best Aviation" category. Both my project manager (left) and our intern from Germany (right) had the same idea.
Friday: Not much to say for Halloween. We were invited to a party, but opted not to go. The highlight of my day was finding a cashmere sweater at Nordstrom Rack. I've always wanted one, but never wanted to pay the price. I stumbled across this lime green sweater on the clearance rack which was originally priced at $168. My price: $14.69. Score!
Friday: Not much to say for Halloween. We were invited to a party, but opted not to go. The highlight of my day was finding a cashmere sweater at Nordstrom Rack. I've always wanted one, but never wanted to pay the price. I stumbled across this lime green sweater on the clearance rack which was originally priced at $168. My price: $14.69. Score!
Spent the night handing out candy to kids who no longer say "trick or treat" or "thank you." I actually found myself asking those little boogers who simply held their pillow cases open as if I owed them something, "What are you going to say?" Should I just hand you my wallet? Or perhaps you'd prefer my TV? Ugh. Maybe I should have gone to that party after all.
Saturday: Went to the gym in the morning then spent most of the day painting our living room. Two more walls to do before I'm finally done with the living/dining area.
That afternoon we went to Eric and Kelly's wedding in Burke. The reception was at the Fairfax Country Club - very nice. There were a handful of people there who I used to work with so it was nice to catch up with them. More pictures from the wedding on Shutterfly.
Sunday: Ran for the first time since the marathon. Steve and I decided to make it a "field trip run" at Carderock where we ran along the C&O Canal which was a nice change from W&OD.
After our run we headed to my parents. Took a quick trip to the Filipino store for some goodies and then spent the rest of the afternoon feasting on some crabs.
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