SO: Honey, My niece, nephew, and his friend are here from Tennessee for Spring Break. Me: Oh, great! When are you going to see them? SO: I told them that they could spend the weekend with us!! Me: Like, spending the night?!? (I have never met these 17 year old Rockers) SO: Yes… They will be here at 6! (It was around noon) Soooooooo…..after a mild panic attack (The guest rooms were NOT ready for guests) I went into Tasmanian Devil cleaning mode and whipped the house into shape!!! (Once they left, I was told that when Johnny walked into the house, he said “WOW… when did you become rich” to my SO) This made me smile…”From the mouth of babes” Long Story short….These teens (That I was hesitant to meet) WON MY HEART!!!!!!! After spending the time with these amazing guys, I realized that they were in a rock band and would be touring next summer!!! (So Cute) Oh… I forgot to introduce them….Friends, please say hello to Johnny and Rick……
Johnny (Shades) and his friend Rick
So, Friday night, my 2 little ones (Pretty and Precious), My SO’s 2 little ones and the rockers hung out playing the guitar, Keyboard, singing, and playing PS3 wifi with strangers online until 5AM!!!!! Did I forget that I was going to be 38 years old in a week?!? LOL!!! Seriously…IT WAS THE MOST FUN THAT I’VE HAD IN A LOOOOOOOONG TIME!!! This was one of the songs they played over…and OVER!!!!
The next day, we decided to take the crew to the beach!! They were leaving the next day and they hadn’t even been to the beach!!!!! After making the suggestion, I remembered that this was going to require me to hang out with teens in a bathing suit!!! Honestly, by the time we reached the beach, I had forgotten that I even had on a bathing suit!! LOL!!! I felt JUST THAT AT EASE!!! We had to take 2 cars!! The 2 rockers wanted to ride with me in the BMW with the top down so that they could flirt with the ladies!!! They let me in on their secret “cute girl spotter” code and everything!!! I was “In Like Flint” LOL!! So here is a mini pictorial of our time at SIESTA KEY BEACH……
Siesta Key Beach
Xavier having a blast
They decided to bury themselves for a MySpace photo
The others wanted to help
Rick wanted BIGGER BOOBS!!! LOL!!
Alexis is their bodygaurd
Johnny
Oh Rick!! (Boys will be boys)
2 Peas in a Pod
Rick took this picture for me (He teaches Photography)
After this shot, we were ready to pack up and go. We were going to Hollywood Studios the next day! The boys informed me that they had never seen a sunset on the beach!!! So we decided to stay so that they could experience God’s Amazing Grace….
Sunset at Siesta Key
As Rick was running to get his camera, I was able to catch him in his “Bay Watch” moment!! LOL!!
After the sunset, we packed up and headed home!! They asked if we could stop at Steak and Shake so that they could take pictures for their friends back home. (There are NO Steak and Shakes in Johnson City, TN) As we dropped them off on the way to Orlando (We got to the hotel at 1:30 AM because we let them watch the sunset) They told us “This was the ABSOLUTE BEST 2 Days of our ENTIRE VACATION!!!! (That was music to BOTH of our ears) MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!! Not too shabby for an ALMOST 38 y/o….. 😉
Hello My Dearest readers!!! This is the beginning of My “Birthday Week”!! I had a WONDERFUL week of SUCCESS last week!!! I’m looking to TOP IT this week!!! There are a few goals I plan to accomplish this week!!
GOALS
1. Cook Dinner Tues, Wed, and Thurs night (as per @kthenb)
2. Complete week 2 of Push up/situp 6 week challenge (as per @slorunnermom)
5. Disconnect one night this week (as per @MizFitonline)
6. In Bed by 10:30, Lights out at 11
7. Work out 2x a day (Monday-Friday)
8. PUT MYSELF FIRST
Okie Dokie!!! There you have it!!! I WILL have 100% SUCCESS this week…MY BIRTHDAY WEEK!!!! Keep an EYE on me…Check in on me and let me know that you’ve got my back!!! BTW….
WHAT ARE “YOUR”GOALS FOR THIS WEEK?!?!?!
What is my reward for my 100% SUCCESSFUL week?!?!? A Disney Cruise Leaving the day after my birthday!!! April 25, 2010…. Look out Mickey!!! HERE WE COME!!!!!!!! 😉
Sitting at home, relaxing after a crazy day at the nursing home, my doorbell rings….I was told to be on the lookout for a package that should arrive by 3!! As I scoop my 2 dogs up in my arms, I look at the time….3:20PM!! I begin to smile!! Sure enough, it’s the fedEx guy!!! Yipee!!!! I sign, close the door, and tell @jeninRL (who is on the phone) that I just received my first Birthday gift of the year!!! Once opening the box, I started with this…..
There was the cutest singing card!!! JUST PERFECT!!
To TRULY know me is to know that I am a CHEERFUL GIVER!! It comes naturally!! What is hard for me, is Receiving!! I will go out of my way to avoid the situation!! THIS is my current life lesson!! To be a gracious, cheerful receiver!!! Reiki teaches you to open your heart!! I am LEARNING to OPEN my heart to ALLOW others to show ME love as I so willingly and easily show Love to them!! When I saw the “Goodies” in this Birthday “Care Package” I was not only speechless, But MOVED TO TEARS!!!! Not only moved by the abundance of the generosity, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, that it was the gift of REST!!! PEACEFUL SLEEP!! Something that eludes me 90% of the time!!! This was the contents in the Bag:
I tried my best to find the words to Thank Lori for the gift. As a second gift to me, she simply Blackberry messaged me “No words necessary..ENJOY” Lori, you are SUCH A GENTLE SPIRIT….So today, in this post, I want to say…..
I saw this on a board and wanted to share it with you. It made me think. Are you WATCHING, CHOOSING, UNDERSTANDING, STUDYING, And DEVELOPING?!? If not….
12:01 AM…..This AMAZING Day began!! I had 2 missions for this day! 1. Be the first to wish my Dear friend Lori happy birthday and 2. receive my first Reiki attunement. The first mission was accomplished with perfect timing!! Staying up this late has its drawbacks. I OVERSLEPT for my workout!! No worries (I thought to myself) I will get in my cardio after work. I had a hectic day in the Health Center (as always). I left around 2:30 and headed home to get mentally prepared to receive my Reiki Attunement. I changed into relaxing attire and called my Dear friend @dailykat . She is my guide/teacher on this journey. After we spoke, I went to my relaxing spot, set up as she suggested. I relaxed, grounded myself , and accepted the Reiki Attunement from Kat. Ahhhhhhhh……The EXPERIENCE was, in a word…FANTABULOUS!!!!! I felt more ALIVE, more ENERGETIC, More RELAXED than I have in a VERY LONG TIME!!!!!! I looked on my blackberry in the group and saw that My Dear friend @kthenb had just completed a 5K…FOR FUN!!! I also knew that my “Twin” @teetee_71 was crushing it on the bike at the gym!! Feeling BRAND NEW and completely and totally INSPIRED, I decided to catch the sunset 5 minutes from my house and walk/jog a 5K!! I DID IT!!! It was BEAUTIFUL!! I took ALL OF YOU WITH ME!!!
THANK ALL OF YOU FOR LOVING AND SUPPORTING ME!!!!! XOXO
The Beginning of my "Personal" 5K (Wednesday 4/14/10)
and away, I go.... (1 mile across)
Counting my BLESSINGS (this sunset being one of them)
Not a worry , pain, nor fear.....not now....only PEACE....
FINISHED! No medals or crowds,Just ME and This Sunset....
(Sunday night Blackberry IM conversation) @slorunnermom : I’m going to get up at 6AM to get in my run. Me: OK, I will get up too!!! So, the next morning (Monday) I woke up at 5:30 and headed to “The Green Bridge” to do Day 1 Week 1 of C25K (yes, for the millionth time 😉 )
Heading up the bridge with "Baby" By Justin Bieber in my ear
On the way back with "Daddy's Home" playing on the ipod
The birds were chirping! The palm trees were blowing! The waves were crashing! The Dolphins were jumping….It was HEAVENLY!!!! I am so happy to be back at it!!! I missed my AM workouts!!! This was an excellent start to my Loooooooong Monday!!!! Its my 12 hour day giving health care to a rural underserved area in Arcadia, FL. Approx. 2 hour commute (one way). After my AM cardio, I was on #gruve Yellow and well on my way to green!!! I had a delicious green smoothie for breakfast and a Wonderful salad for lunch!! After my lunch, and before the rush of the PM patients, I took a short stroll across the street in the church parking lot. It was a Beautifully sunny day with trees to shade my path…. Dare I say, it was a Marvelous Monday!
Around 8 PM, I said goodbye to the staff, headed out with my driver, and hit the dark winding road home while listening to @TwoFitChick and a microphone (My favorite part about my Monday ride) (He Carla and Shauna, Deana likes you too!!! 😉 To my surprise, I came home to THIS……
Waiting at home for me after a long day.... Ahhhhhh.... 😉
I am TRULY BLESSED in SO MANY WAYS!!!!! Its Time to close my “Angel Eyes” and “Dream A Little Dream”
Thank You for Taking this journey with me!! Until next time, I will leave you with this video…..
Me and Carla (@MizFitOnline) At the Disney Princess Half Marathon
Another wonderful weekend in the history books!! I have 2 important blogs to get out this week!! My FabFattie Cruise post and my Fitbloggin post!! I think the posts that have pictures to add tend to scare me a little!! I’m such a slow typist as it is and adding the pictures takes me FOREVER!!!! I also had many action shots to add to this post BUT quite frankly, the picture above tells the story!! This picture was taken when I went to Orlando to see @MizFitOnline (If you click on her name and it goes to her site, I want you to know that SHE Taught me how to do it!!! Hey Carla… I DID IT!!! *Proud Smile*) Carla taught me how to add links at #Fitbloggin!!! More details later…in THAT post!!! So, Carla, @workoutmommy and @AskWifey participated in the Disney Princess half Marathon!!! They ALL did AMAZINGLY well!!! When I go to see my friends compete, I am content just feeling the energy of the race and catching a glimpse of my friends in their glory!!! PLUS, I usually meet some really cool spectators along the way!! It’s a WIN/WIN!!! This race was no different!! I took my family up to Orlando. We stayed in one of the Disney Resorts and went to Animal Kingdom!! On the day of the race, they slept in while I went to the finish line at Epcot!! I had my 2 Blackberries and my ipod and off I went!! Carla was so freakin fast, that she blew by me!!! Once she finished the race, she called me and asked me where I was!! After a few texts and calls, she made her way out of the VIP tent (after running her first half marathon) JUST to meet little ole me!!! I find myself getting a little choked up as I think back to the meeting because she CHOOSE to make the effort!!! Many had gone back to the room because of fatigue, aches, pains, exhaustion TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE)…..But NOT MIZ….. SHE STAYED!!!! Honestly, to know this woman is to love her!!!! I ALWAYS knew she had a gentle soul, but at THAT MOMENT, it was confirmed!!! True to Carla form…she would not let me focus on her….In the middle of all the hugs…she asked me…”What is the One thing that you must do to reach your goals…to have SUCCESS?” She soooooo caught me off guard with that question!!! This meeting was supposed to be about her!!! Well…..Let me just say that her words echo in my ear daily!! Whenever I start to get a little off track (Like this Saturday) I ask myself… WHAT MUST I DO TO HAVE SUCCESS?!? I MUST PUT ME FIRST!!!!!!!! Thank You, Carla!!! For Keeping me in line and having my back!!!!
WHAT WILL “YOU” DO THIS WEEK TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR GOALS?!?
I have had a Wonderful week!! The mood was set by an AMAZING Easter weekend in Key West!!! I hope to blog about it after the gym, tonight! I have many POSITIVE supportive groups in my life. I just wanted to share one of them with you today. As many of you know, I LOVE my 2 Blackberries! I have many Blackberry IM buddies! When I started adding people from twitter, 2 of my first adds were 2 Nebraskian sisters @TeeTee_71 and @PhatBff I just LOVE these 2 as if we were triplets!! When I would BBIM 1, I would BBIM the same thing to the other. Thats when I decided to start a “Group” one where My Tweethearts could Motivate, Inspire, vent, a place where the were Free to “Be”!! These individuals keep me laughing, thinking, growing, and loving…EACH AND EVERY DAY!! We are ALL runners on some level….this is nourished by our running queen @slorunnermom Lori has an amazing way of reminding us of our AWESOME POTENTIAL WITHIN!!! We also have our Canadian @cunningmom who is newly back to work and juggles being a mom, wife, and a Wii Fit/EA Active ab-crunching guru!!! @FabFattieShan is taking us with her as she journeys towards her first Triatholon. Our token male @damanlovett always shows up to put a smile on our faces!! Our 2 West Coasters include My “General” Personal Trainer and Gym owner @WildfireFitness and our little cheerball @dailykat who happens to be in Hawaii and sending the group pictures so we feel like we are there with her!! @KellyK_C is one of our newest additions and she fits in LIKE A GLOVE!!! Its tons of fun!! The last little tweetheart that i want to mention is actually the reason for this post!! We had a rocky start on twitter!! She didn’t even follow me as @FootDr69 she said she didn’t know…(I’m still not sold on that one) LOL!!! She is going %110 towards her fitness goals and is making sure me and the others stay on track while keeping us laughing AND drinking water ALL DAY LONG!! The one I speak of is @kthenb ALL the People I mentioned in this post are worth a follow!!!! They have wormed their way into my HEART and I will NEVER LET THEM GO!!!! The group is ALWAYS growing!!! With each New Person, A New Gift is added!!! THANK YOU, TWEETHEARTS!!! Thank You, for being YOU!!!
I had an amazing weekend!!! It started out on Friday! After an AWESOME day of Feet and #FollowFridays, we headed up to Tampa to see “How To Train your Dragon” in Imax 3D!! This was a very cute movie!! The ending disturbed me a bit, being a podiatrist and all, But it was very entertaining!!! (YES, I’M A BIG KID!!) Once we left, we went down to the square (picture above). You could hear the music blaring from 2 night clubs!! 2 songs stuck out….”Planet Rock” and “Don’t Stop Believing” I Love them both for different reasons!! We had the kids with us so no clubbing that night….BUT I will be going back!! 😉 Then, On Saturday, I was reminded how AMAZING my Tweethearts are!!! @FabFattieShan and @nomorebacon ran a 5K for Autism and made some PR times!!! WELL DONE, YOU 2!! I was also impressed with @ShrinkingJeans!! These Ladies AMAZE me DAILY!!! They are in the process of Raising money while training for a half-marathon for Team In Training!! @LissaJoy smashed an 8 mile long run, @ReallifAdv ran almost 7 miles while dealing with a foot injury and MY SHERO @Christieo ran on a #TreadmillInTheMall ALL DAY SATURDAY For 26 miles!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I have a SUPER DUPER PLAN For this week!!! @kthenb and I plan To SMASHIT, this week!!!! Stay Tuned!!! I also spent time at a friends with a BEAUTIFUL VIEW and I took time To SMELL THE ROSES!!!!! I must say……
Hey Lovies!!!! I’m still Flying High from Fitbloggin 10!!! Job well done, @Ronisweigh!!!! I had a crazy busy day in the Health Center so I am going to write my fitbloggin post tomorrow (nursing home day) This post is my weigh in post for @psbloggers! My weight is 280.3 I am down 5.1 pounds in the last 2 weeks!!! I have made some positive changes in my life!!! Details coming soon!!! STAY TUNED!!!!
Johnny (Shades) and his friend Rick
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