New Address!

Hey all! We've moved! :) My current roommate Brianna, a friend of mine from college Sarah, and I are in the process of moving into a new house! Built in 2002, it's a pretty 3 bed, 2 (full!!!) bathrooms, two floors with a garage in a great neighborhood! Anyway, I just wanted to make sure that people received my new address (and I'm not printing out fancy cards this time! ha ha!):

628 North Steele St.
Tacoma, WA 98406

Don't be a stranger! :)

23 started off right!

Thank you to EVERYONE for your birthday wishes! I had the best afternoon/evening ever! Work was a tad busy, but all of my coworkers and I got off a little bit early and traveled down 6th Ave to Masa - my favorite Mexican sit-down restaurant in town! We were there for a little while, enjoyed chips, salsa, and margaritas. Then we walked down a block to my coworkers' favorite place called the Crown Bar, which was so cute inside and very lovely. The food smelled amazing, but I had eaten my weight in chips at Masa, so instead I tried a strawberry sidecar - a special of the day - which was fantastic! It was pretty fun! And my coworkers bought me a bottle of Reisling and the cutest wine glass that says, "Birthday girl" all over it and is painted so cute!

Then when I got home (after 4 hours out with the coworkers!) I returned home with a surprise party waiting for me! We watched a movie, I opened presents of flowers, a massage and a magazine subscription, and then I very happily said good night, after emailing our manager to say that I may be a little late! :) ha ha!

So thank you so much for my birthday wishes, the cards, everything! I had the best day ever!

Our new house!

Finally, more than a dinky 800 square foot apartment! We're getting a fantastic house in a cute little area of Tacoma, and we'll be close to a lot of fun areas too! We were pretty excited that we'll be able to hear the UPS chimes at noon as well! :)

Click here for pictures of the inside!

Back in the saddle again...

Well, after several weeks I'm back to my running regiment! I hit a huge road block last month, without a real goal to run after, and then I had an unfortunate sinus infection for the last three weeks, which thank goodness is fully resolved now! So Monday I ran 2 miles, slowly increasing my speed from 5.0 to 6.0 mph. Then yesterday, Wednesday I had a disappointing afternoon, where I felt like a big lead figurine, so instead of running 3 miles like I had planned, I ran 1 mile, walked a mile, and then gave up and rode the bike for 30 minutes.

Well, today my fantastic friend Meredith showed me Podrunner, and I suggest the Podcast called "Freeway to 10k" for anyone looking for a little "pump me up" music! It's fantastic! I ran 4.15 miles in about 45 minutes! I was so psyched, it's just a huge boost to my confidence!

Here's the website of the 12k that I'm planning on running in FOUR WEEKS!!!

I'd appreciate your thoughts and prayers for the next four weeks! It's going to be CRAZY! :)

Miss you all!

Happy Mother's Day!

I just wanted to take some time and space on my blog to recognize the amazing women in my family! I love you all and appreciate everything that you've done for me in my life!

Aunt Susie
Aunt Pipi
Aunt Debbie
Aunt Kelly
Aunt Debi
Aunt Linda
Aunt Lisa
Grandma Billie
Grandma Mary
Grandma Sue
Mama

and of course,

Mi madre, mom, and mommy!