Go Green or Go home!

Tomorrow kicks off the big St. Patties day celebrations.. I can't say I am overly excited but what can I do. I went last year and had the worst time in my whole life...I guess you could say it kind of ruined it for me. This year I have a different approach though... I will go down when I am ready, and then will go to the vally in el noche to meet up with my wonderful friend Katie. Phil is totally into the dang holiday and plans on starting at 6 in the morning....Crazy Kid. I am sure they will be calling me by 10 to come pick him up. I am on a mission to NOT drink this year... I decided I am going to run 5 miles on Sunday and trying to do that with a hangover would be horrid! Last night we went to the 10th anniversary of the Boondock Saints... I can't figure out how that movie never made the big screen..it truly is a good movie! IF this picture does not put me in the IRISH spirit I dont know what else can! Have a good day...I will blog my wonderful adventure tomorrow.. and Happy Birthday to my wonderful friend Lyuda. She turns 21 tomorrow!! woohooo!!!

P90X...will be the death of me

Phil got this crazy idea he wanted to order a fitness program called P90X. At first I was totally against it due to the fact I can't get him to go to the gym right now as it is. Why in the world would I pay 100 dollars for it to sit on a DVD rack. After about a month and me complaining to the guy I bought it from it finally arrived. Phil was pretty excited...I was just kind of blah about it. It came time to do the first workout and mind you I was not going to do this fitness program AT ALL. We did our first workout and I felt great.. I could not wait to come home the next day to see what workout was going to be thrown at me. After about a week I backed off the p90x and focused more on my running. I got a wild hair up my ass to sign up for a half marathon so I figured I really needed to start training for that. If you know me, you know that I get bored easily with workouts and what not, so last week I decided that I was going to stick with P90X and do the whole Lean program. I will use this to keep me in check and make sure I am sticking to it. I expect all my followers to hold me to this! My schedule goes as follows
Core, CardioX, Arms and Ab Ripper, YOGA, Legs and Ab Ripper, and Kenpo. I only get one day rest...so Wish me LUCK!

To Buy or Not to Buy

Phil and I have started this wonderful journey of buying a house. Everyone says it is a "buyers market" but I am starting to question that. We have looked at a million and one houses it seems like and have yet to find the "right" house. It is kind of frustrating. Either the house already sold or we have crazy sellers or the big one is it's a short sale. Last night I found the cutest house in a North Spokane Neighborhood. I called it my little dollhouse. Phil came and looked at it, and while he was there I could tell something was wrong. We got in the car and he finally started talking. He told me all the things wrong with the house and then how he would not feel safe leaving me there if he had to go to China or something. (Some of you might think we are kidding about the China thing but he really may have to go!) Once he got home he opened up the county website to find 9 sex offenders within a 1 mile radius... That right there sold me... I said Phil we are stayin at the "Pig." I am getting frustrated because I feel like we are investing all our time into finding a house and literally cannot find a single one. There are perks about living where we live though so renting would not be that bad of an idea. I mean we have the only apartment that has been updated so it looks like a house, We are on the ground floor so that is easy for the dogs, we never have to mow the yard, and I have a swimming pool!!! Can't beat that. I am not sure where this jouney is going to take us anymore. All I know is we have 51 days and counting to make up our minds... Thoughts anyone!?!

Fast Forward

So I have been told by my husband that he does not want to read about what I have done in the past 10 years so I figured I would fast forward and let ya'll know what I am doing now.
In 2006 I graduated from Eastern Washington University. After changing my major 4 times I finally settled on Health Service Administration. I figured I would be stable in pretty much anything business. I found out after graduation that I was short one stupid general science class so I had to enroll back in school for the fall of 2007. I was not a happy camper to put it nicely. In August of 2006 I met Phillip Ryan Wilson...Our first date was probably the best and I knew right away that I was going to marry him. We got married October 6th 2007. It was a pretty fun day from what I remember.. it is true... you really don't remember much of your actual wedding day. Thank God for pictures!! We reside in this place named after a farm animal and I guess you could say it kind of fits us. We have been pondering the idea of buying a house and although a house seems nice an apartment is so much easier. We have 2 dogs Spud Ricky and Buddy Bob, and just last May we adopted the craziest cat Ralphie Ru. I cannot forget to mention our fish Jonny Cash who will not die. I canot lie..our first year of marriage was really hard. I shouldn't have laughed so hard when people said the first year of marriage would be the most challenging. I have been so up and down with health until December of 2009 and I am so thankful that Phil stuck with me though that. Now I have another challenge I am dealing with. In February of 2009 I herniated a disk in my back. Come to find out last week it has herniated more and it is hitting my nerve. Not good news for someone who likes to run and jump around all the time.
Well...my chicken balls are now done so I think I will go eat. For all of you reading this... I hope you have a good night and I will talk more tomorrow....
xoxo

First Summer in Spokane 2002

So my mother decides she is going to move us all to Spokane. I was still attending my first year at Lewis Clark State College but had to go someplace for Summer break. Afterall... I was NOT going to stay in stinky town aka Lewiston. School ended at LC in early May. I came to what I now call home and was literally bored OUT OF MY MIND. Here was my daily routine...sleep in until about noon..get up, go for a run, come home, lay out in the sun, hang out with my mama at night, go to bed, and repeat it all over again the next day. I never thought I could be so bored until that summer. It was good that I had gotten into running because I had gained a tad bit of weight from all the drinking I did my first year of school. I would like to refer to those days as a freshman 30 instead of freshman 15. June FINALLY rolled around and I had gotten a job lifeguarding at Liberty Lake. I go to my first day of Orientation and met all the people I would be working with that summer... One girl by the name of Jadyn was my head guard... I thought she looked familiar and then it all dawned on me... She was the girl from camp that stole my best friend when we were little. If that didn't break the ice I don't know what else could have. I started working and it was one hot summer... I think I was tan by the first week. I had never done lakeside guarding before so I was excited to go to work every day...not to mention I finally had friends. The summer ended and I had to go back to Lewistion.........

My Vida Loca

I grew up in a tiny town named Walla Walla Washington. Yes you may call it WWW or Walley World ( I did not know that was a name for Wal Mart until I moved to Lewiston, ID), or The town so nice they named it Twice... I am sure there are many other refrences to that place, just cannot think of them right now. I lived in a great neighborhood called Stone Creek. Stone Creek was the BEST neighborhood EVER. We had our own park, and I had my very own swimming pool. I went to public school until I was a Sophomore in high school, and then made the switch to Private school. I graduated From DeSales Catholic School in 2001. (don't worry... I will fill ya'll in on what has happened since then.) I was a competitive swimmer for the Milton Freewater Tiger Sharks and got to be pretty dang good. That was until my coach decided to leave me and the coaches after that were a waste of my time. When the time came for my parents to move to Spokane I was sooooooo SAD. I remember coming home from college my freshman year and seeing our house for sale. My mother had also told me that my kitty cat Patches aka Pookey would not be moving with us. Some how my mom gained an allergy to cats and did not want him in our new house. They also told me my dog Mitsy the Ditzy would not be joining us....but I was not sad about that one. She was a crazy dog and was happy to get rid of her. We moved to Spokane and that was quite possibly the WORST SUMMER EVER...well I guess just until I met my new friends at the Lake.......To be Continued....