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"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin

"All great achievements require time." - Maya Angelou

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - Shakespeare

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See The Beauty In Everything...

^That picture makes me smile, hope it does the same for you^

Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator

See what you get!

Look below to see my score!

The number of facebook friends you have means something?

Click here.

"If a girl can put up with you through your worst days,

& still stick with you & all your bullshit,

then its kind of obvious that you shouldnt let her go."

(Saw this on Twitter and loved it.)

More Than 700 Billion YouTube Videos Were Viewed in 2010.

Click here to read more.

Paleo ... Veggie Peeps ... this might be interesting for you.

Just another reason to not eat fast food...

Do you cook? Like to cook? Like to eat? Yeah, check this out.

^Is it just me, or does that just look odd?^

Is it weird that just LOOKING at a burger,

that I feel icky and... fat.

Click here to see more (happening in UK, of course not the US)

I think it is great they are incorporating veggies at Burger King

but I think it's... I don't know. You make your own opinion on it.

I didn't think I liked brussels sprouts until Thanksgiving when Danielle Richardet had made them and I tried them. Let me tell you... THEY ARE AWESOME! What in heavens is the big stink about them anyways? Why do so many people rag on them? Maybe people just listen to what others say, and they haven't actually tried them for themselves?? That's what I'd guess. I made them for the kids (Bishop family) and they LOVED them. I was so pleased!!

Click here for a blog of PICTURES :)

In the United States, over 3,000 deaths per year from lung cancer

IN NONSMOKERS

are due to secondhand smoke.

GROSS.

Pretty stinkin' cool....

Beware this one made me dizzy...

You know Hobbes...some days even wearing my lucky rocket ship underwear doesn't help.

-Calvin & Hobbes

You know your children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.

- John J. Plomp

Do you recognize the girl in the photo below?

She died. 28 years old.

Click here to read more.

‎"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's been a while...

So I have decided to do the Wrightsville Beach Half Marathon on March 20th... I know it seems like a long ways away, but it has to be for ME to be ready... I haven't been running or doing any REAL strenuous exercise lately... so I kinda believe I'll be starting from scratch... I might do a couple 5Ks and 10Ks leading up to it just to do them, and have themunder my belt, since I haaave only done 2 5Ks EVER. I wish it wasn't so cold outside but I guess it's better than being sweltering hot outside? Right? Ek. Anywho! If anyone is interested in joining me, VOLUNTEERING, or just wants to check out more info for the heck of it, look at the links posted below.... :)

Click here to see the Wrightsville Beach Marathon Website

Click here to see the MAP of the Wrighsville Beach HALF Marathon

February 4-6th Ryan is going to be competing in the CrossFit Garage Games in Georgia. Oh and then it's Valentine's Day, wow first time I'm actually looking forward to it :)

But back to what I was talking about, haha... I'm really so proud of him! If you didn't know he won CrossFit Wilmington's “Not Normal / Give Yourself Abs for Christmas” contest!

Ryan dropped 22lbs… from 192lbs

BEFORE Picture:

down to 170!

After Picture:

He worked really hard for it and really deserved it. :)

Proof that it's ALL about HOW BAD YOU WANT IT! ...Seriously!

He looks good huh? Back off ladies ;)

So now that I'm looking at my calendar,

I can't believe this year is about to be over,

which reminds me... NEW YEARS... New Years Resolution...!!

Do you know what my New Years Resolution was last year?

NO MORE MEAT... :-)

I became a veggie head hehe... best decision ever I have to say.

This past year I have been blessed in so many ways... and I'm very thankful.

My New Years Resolution this year is going to be more like a promise to myself, and a goal, because who writes the rules on what you can say is your New Years Resolution?!?!

But my promise to myself is to work on how much trash/recycling I make. Confused? Don't be. Danielle Richardet that you've heard me mention before, the one that writes the blog It Starts With Me that has inspired me in countless ways to change things I never would have thought about, keeps track of her plastic use...

Mind you, I do always consider the packaging that my foods come in, and I don't use plastic bags, and I do recycle, and wash and keep all of my plastic containers, yadda yadda yadda... BUT there is ALWAYS more that I can do. I want to start decreasing the purchase of the products that DO come in the plastic packaging, because WHO needs 438957348957893 plastic containers?!

No one.

I recycle every itty bitty piece of anything possible that you can recycle and sometimes go into peoples trash (that I babysit for... please don't judge me) and I take out things that could easily be recycled that they maybe just didn't think about.

Okay, yeah and then my goal to myself is the Half Marathon... :)

Vegan Egg Nog

1 1/2 cups Vanilla Almond Milk

1 can Coconut Milk

1-2 Tbs Maple Syrup

2 tsp Molasses

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Mix in blend and serve chilled.

You can adjust the spices for taste and maple syrup for sweetness.

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Christmas Events in Mayfaire :)

http://www.mayfairetown.com/index/c/post/id/117/

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Early Christmas Present For Myself: 3 Cookbooks

These are the 3 new cookbooks I ordered... for myself

for my early "Christmas present" :)

#1

^This cookbook "Skinny Bitch" reminded me of my 2 favorite books...

so I had to give it a shot!

#2

#3

Beach Access Adoption

Going To Adopt A Beach Access At Wrightsville Beach!
Beach Access Map

The available accesses at this time are: 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, and 24

I was hoping to get #35 because it is closest to Ryan's house

& would be most accessible to me... but oh well!

Ryan's sister Danielle Richardet from It Starts With Me adopted access #36!

Hmmm... which one to adopt?!

UPDATE: I ENDED UP ADOPTING ACCESS #24!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE PICTURES!

Props to James Bain for his first "Beach Trash Run"

You may think that this isn't a lot for his beach trash run... but...

THINK ABOUT IT!

If EVERYONE picked up a couple things... we'd REALLY get somewhere :)

Good job JB!

cute ideas

Unzipped Glass Bag

"Peace of Cake" cake mold

http://www.perpetualkid.com/saving-the-planet-shopper.

Thinking about Christmas... and gifts...

Recycled Gifts for her


I love these... protect our Earth recycled glasses


Eco Friendly Gifts


Another cool site... Pure Citizen


PS I MADE THIS

^

Ring I got today @ Hallelu, on Wrightsville Beach next to WINGS!

"Maybe being grateful is recognizing what you have for what it is, appreciating small victories, admiring the struggle it takes to simply be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know and maybe we're thankful for the things we will never know. At the end of the day the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate."

-Grey's Anatomy

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Go ahead, get it over with... smile!

It's amazing how the the human mind does not process the the fact

I used the the word "the" twice each time in this sentence.

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I want to take a second to thank everyone who voted for my friend

Danielle Richardet's Our Daily Ocean: A Story of Butts

FilterForGood Film Project because SHE WON!

Check out her blog HERE and see what she's been up to!

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Funny/odd things people Google: Click here

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^I had to share this... I know, mean, but he DID post it on YOUTUBE^

HOVERBOARD - NILS GUADAGNIN from nils guadagnin on Vimeo.

^Pretty neato^

Heads up... bad language in the following video....

This made me laugh..... haha... kinda stupid but funny.

I ran my first 5K Friday, Oct 29th... it was the Ovarian Cancer Midnight 5K at UNCW.

Ryan, Joe, Aaron & Jeff ran it with me... :) Thanks guys for coming!

-Not the clearest pictures, but you 'get the picture' ha!-

I really loved it. I see a lot of races in my future and hope to

really get on it and do better and better :) I feel silly for wondering

why Pat & Elisabeth run marathons all the time. They give you like

a high! But it's like a good/healthy high! Makes you feel good.

I feel like if I actually TRAINED instead of just showing up and running

that it would be even more intense... because you work and work at

something and then you DO it, and then once you've finished, you feel

so accomplished! I still felt accomplished even though I didn't 'train'

because I went out there and DID IT. I completed it... and I saw a TON

of boys follow in BEHIND me :)

Is it weird that I am FARRRR more competitive when it comes to

guys than girls? Maybe it's from growing up with tons of boys and

being a "tomboy" and closet "girly girl" haha... if you could describe

me in a cartoon drawing it would be a little girl in a karate uniform

wearing heels... with a big doggie on a leash...

a purse in one hand and pair of sneaks in the other :)

oh and my bathingsuit on underneath :) hehe.....

Pre Race Meal

^I listened to this and had a sweet potato a couple hours before^

I did my 2nd 5K Sunday, Nov 7th... I did the 2010 NC Battleship.

Let's just say it was COLD but I'm glad I did it. :)

My lungs are NOT used to the cold weather... after the race

for the next like 36 hours all I did was sneeze... like nonstop. arg.

Map of the course for next weekends 2010 Battleship NC 5K

I stayed the night at Ryan's Saturday night and brought my

sweet potato with me to make Sunday morning, but after

being nauseous all day Saturday and not wanting to eat ANYthing

I could barely force down 1/2 of my sweet potato. blah.

Races coming up!

Oh my goodness. Sunday after the race, AND A NAP...

we watched Toy Story 3... and he said I would cry... but

OMG. SO funny and SOOOO sad. I boohoo'd for sure.

Sunday night when Ryan went to the rink, I took Kane with me so I could get him to Stan, but I ended up having him over night (which I loved) hehe... made me want a dog of my own EVEN more. Kane is such a great dog though. Monday after doing the loop with him and cleaning out my car (where he went out and did it with me hehe) I didn't even have to like tell him to not go in the road or like, to not run off... he was so good. AH LOVE IT! :) But anyways, I took him with me to work and the kids LOVED him!

haha... at first Kane wasn't too excited about the new friends :)

Sonja and Charlie kinda scared him at first haha aw

he kept backing up against me like omg, get them away haha

haha... but as you can tell by this picture, he fell in love with them :)

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San Francisco BANNED the HAPPY MEAL!

Excellent news, eh? CLICK HERE to read about it :)

"If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't"

Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)

Where is the Zebra? 25 letters after the A, bruh! :)

From @pinkhairedcyn 's Twitter:

Silk Pumpkin Spice Soy Milk+ Jack Daniels = seasonally delicious #whatvegansdrink

"I'd give you the world if it were mine."

-Sade

What do you get when you take the "F" out of "way"? ain't no f'in way!

"The Ocean--I love the ocean...I see God in that...

the tranquility, the movement...its musical to me.

When Im near the water, I hear music."

-Lenny Kravitz

"Ah, what we could learn--even if just a little--from the gentle sloth

who slowly, slowly, slowly crawls along a branch of a tree

eats a little, sleeps a lot, and lives in peace."

-Eric Carle

You know your children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. - John J. Plomp

"All im sayin is that life is short.

You've got to enjoy your MF'n life.

You gotta enjoy what you have right now,

because you never know what the fuck is goin to happen..."

(Katt Williams)

...I have to say this might be the best thing he's ever said... :)

It just me or are 80% of the ppl in the “ppl u may know”

feature on Facebook ppl that I DO know

but deliberately choose not to be friends with?

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds.

Sometimes in smiles. :)

Guys who...

still carry bags, open doors, tell their girl that she's beautiful, show respect

...Real Men.

If I were a pilot I would scream

"WE'RE GOING DOWN"

every time I landed the plane.

There are 2 words in a person's life that will open a lot of doors for them:

PULL and PUSH.

(630):He's sobering up. It was really bad for like 45 mins.

He cried while tellin me how he pictured us eating hotdogs on the beach together.

(919):All I know is that it's pretty damn mean to put a glass wall in a bar.

(408): I just need to know if he's either really genuine about

being in my life or being in my vagina.

(517): I would bitch about being this hungover,

but honestly im just happy to be alive after this weekend.

Boy you stay up on it You got that something that keeps me so off balance

Baby you're a challenge, lets explore your talent ♥

We're all a little in the dark when it comes to love.

Sometimes you have to run away from it to see it clearly

& sometimes you have to come home to try it again.

Instead of going grocery shopping I might dress up, go trick or treating

and ask for everything I need; paper towels, toothpaste, coffee.

If your life is a series of endless ups and downs, consider a more supportive bra.

Dr. Seuss was a fake name that the author Ted Geisel

started using after he was busted for drinking in college.

The reason we have elections in November is because

that's the best month for picking a turkey.

I'd like to thank www.peopleofwalmart.com

for making me smile and feel better about myself.

"Im having too much fun today; I ain't worried about tomorrow."

-J. Depp in Public Enemies

"Live your life in happiness

even though those around you lead lives which are unhealthy,

and wish to spread their illness to you....

Be Happiness itself."

- Buddha

"I don't know how many times I've stood right here,

and you still don't see me. It may be wrong but

tonight I'm gonna see those city lights, cause it sure

as hell beats lying here, wishin I was on your mind..."

Fact:

During Saturday morning cartoons,

children see an average of 8 junk food ads per 10 minutes of cartoons.

Website with some funny stuff :)

Dear Customer Service: First of all, you should know that I'm typing this with my middle finger.

It takes 42 muscles to frown & only 4 to extend my middle finger & tell you to bite me...

Mirrors don't talk and lucky for you they don't laugh!

I don't come with dice-so don't play me.

This is an INside joke and your on the OUTside.

Thanks Lauren Horne :)