Archive for March, 2009

What I learned about Paul yesterday

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Paul does NOT exaggerate. Seriously. He kept saying that the entire yard was clay and roots w a couple rocks in it. Whatever, I thought. Let’s not get carried away. I mean I have done some yard work in my day–how hard can this be?? Welp, we finally have a renter for the house in Elon (I got the deposit and the signed lease yesterday!) so I dug up a few plants I wanted to bring here. I got home from work and went to put them in.

Riiiighhhhttttt… Paul was not just whistlin’ Dixie (I am working on learning Southern). Roots, clay, and rocks OH MY!

Carolina’s New Logo

Friday, March 20th, 2009

A Friend of mine sent me Carolina’s new logo.  Hopefully it doesn’t stay this way for Saturday’s game.

new_heel_logo

Great week ahead!

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Today is Wednesday [Paul's View: Susan says it is Wednesday for us because it is our middle of the week, I say it is Thursday for us because tomorrow will be like our Friday (last day of work for the week)] for Paul and me. We both took Thursday and Friday off to watch the NCAA tourney and paint. The plan is to paint the living room, kitchen and hallway. I love this time of year–watching hours and hours of basketball is a dream come true! Plus I love Paul and I love to paint so how much better does it get?! We will post some pics when we are done. Also, my dad will be here tonight. He is on his way back from FL. I think this makes him an official snowbird. 3 month vacation, then migrating north.

Picture for our bedroom

Picture for our bedroom

Goal update…hmmmmm…Kind of average on everything. Things at work are getting worse, which basically only means we are catching up with the poor economy in the rest of the state. On the homefront, we need to replace our HVAC. The irony is that the HVAC in the Elon house (i.e. with no one living in it b/c we can’t sell it) has a brand new one. Well, only 1 1/2 years old. Irony sucks. We have 1 estimate and plan to get the others when we are home this week. I guess we are on a home improvement roll–we took down a light fixture that Paul and I both hit our heads on repeatedly b/c it hangs low. It is ugly too. We also ordered a poster print (already have the glass and frame) to hang in our bedroom (that was painted last year). It is a scene from our trip to Bryce.

In other news, Elli and Michael are expecting a GIRL! I keep lobbying to name her Olivia (they shot down Susan very quickly), but we will see. She is feeling pretty good, taking prenatal yoga and even took a trip to Seattle for a week for work. She has only gained 7.5 pounds and is half way to the finish line–WOW! She is very tough–she was a Diet Coke addict (rivaling you, Stephanie!) and went COLD TURKEY when she found out she was pregnant. Each day I decide to give up Pepsi, but I usually give in about the time I turn on my computer at work. I guess I did not get that gene.

The other new experience is consignment–I am stopping at a place in Burlington (where I work) today to drop off some items to consign. We will see how it goes.

Back To #1

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

With Carolina’s win over Duke last Sunday they moved back to #1 in the nation and won the ACC regular season. Now all they need to do to make it a prefect season is to make it farther in the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament than Duke. To win both of those tournaments would be great also, but beating Duke in both games this year already makes for a prefect year!

Second Of The Two Most Important Days Of The Year

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Today at 4  is second of the two most important days of the year…the second Carolina vs. Duke game. This game is huge because if Carolina wins then they win the ACC regular season; if they lose they share the regular season #1 with Duke. On top of that UNC is #2 in the nation right now and UCONN (the current #1) just lost so there is a chance Carolina could move back to #1 in the nation. Pitt is currently #3 and they beat UCONN so they may get the #1 but Carolina doesn’t even have a chance for it if they don’t beat Duke.

Why Ease Back In?

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Ever since we did our marathon the weather here has been either cold and rainy or cold and snowy so I hadn’t ridden my bike or run until today (I have been swimming so I haven’t been completely lazy). Susan is at her 48 hour crop this weekend so Tamara and I got together this morning and did a brick workout. In total we did around 24 miles or riding and around 4 miles of running. It was a beautiful day here with temperatures getting up to almost 80 and not a cloud in the sky so it was great to be outside. It was also nice to get back out on the bike and running. I was planning on going home and being lazy for the rest of the day, but while I was driving home I got a message from Susan that she was coming home for a quick ride and asked if I would go with her. I figured it was a beautiful day and I hadn’t seen her this weekend so why not. So I got home, grabbed a quick bite to eat and then we went out for about 15 miles.

Tomorrow’s weather is suppose to be like today and I am suppose to go for a 3 hour ride with Tamara in the morning (Susan will still be scrapbooking). I probably should wear some sunscreen because I got a lot of sun today but I am guessing that won’t happen. hopefully this weather is hear to stay because training like this is much nicer than the 25 degrees and 15 mph winds that we were training in for the marathon.

Hey! Check me out!

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Couple cool things from work today. A few weeks ago one of my departments won an award: American Diabetes Association Provider of the Year. There was an awards gala at Washington Duke Inn. Check me out in the pic below. I got this from the ADA today. I was waiting to get a picture of one of my nurses who won the ADA Patient Care Award. It was a great night!

ADA Awards ceremony

ADA Awards ceremony

Then I got an email w the proof of an article I did. I can’t show the whole thing here b/c they are sending it out to all of their customers: INTERNATIONALLY! How cool is THAT?! Here is a piece (the blue on the bottom and right is the actual article I wrote):

This is p.1 of 2 of the article

This is p.1 of 2 of the article

March Goals

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Just a head’s up that I have posted my goals for March. Thank you for those of you who are supportive of my goals and sharing them.

Last month one reader was inspired to re-start her running career–what does March have in store for you?