Let's try something different

I'm going to try to make it a point to update this once a week. We'll see how that goes.

Last weekend we had some friends over for some Wii games. They also brought over the card game Munchkin. It was actually quite enjoyable. It was a lot of fun. We don't have friends over too often so we went out and bought more beer and made sure to make it a night.

This weekend my parents are coming out to visit. My mom came out in September the week after we moved but my dad hasn't been out yet. I'm excited for him to finally see our house. It was with (mainly) his generous gift to us for our wedding that enabled us to be able to buy the house. And, they are actually going to stay here. The other times my family has come out to visit they have stayed at hotels, so we'll see how it goes with them sleeping on the Ikea bed in the guest bedroom. Saturday morning they want to go look at the Del Webb community Fireside. Once again, my mom has already seen it, but my dad has not. With the economy, they are really thinking of selling their home now (or putting it on the market now) to move here and invest the rest of the money from their sale to their retirement. Then, Saturday night, we are off to the Suns and Bulls game.

The Suns have a virtual locker room. I think the website is www.sunslockerroom.com. A few weeks ago they had a contest (Jason goes there all the time) to find a hidden APS shirt in the locker room and if you did, you could enter a contest to win a tour of the actual locker room. Well, Jason found it, and after reading the rules, I also entered it. The day of the US flight into the Hudson, I got a call from the Suns. I won the tour. So, with the tour comes 2 lower level seats to the game. The game is this Saturday game against the Bulls, so my parents will take the lower level seats, we take our seats, then the tour is during the 3rd quarter of the game. I'm pretty excited about it!

And of course, Sunday is the Super Bowl. My parents can't stay the whole game, but they can stay through part of it. 

The triathlon training is coming along. I've got to get my work schedule straightened out so I can really begin training every day. I am going to do it, I just can't only train Saturday and Sunday.

Well, hopefully I'll check in next week, I'll be 28 then! I'm taking Monday off (post Cardinal victory perhaps, but really for my birthday) and then I'm off on Friday, so I should get on to recap everything.

Brief update

Christmas was good. Jason and I went to spend Christmas with my family in San Jose on Christmas Eve. The 26th we left and headed for Disneyland. After coming back for a quick 3 days, it was back to Disneyland for New Years Eve. Only, I had a fever of 102.5 the night of the 30th and the fever was still there on New Years Eve and into New Years Day. At least it wasn't my first New Years Eve at Disneyland.

We now have the Wii Fit and Guitar Hero, World Tour. Those have been fun. 

Otherwise, I finally got a bike! I'm so relieved. This past Monday we bought ourselves road bikes. Jason wanted one so he could ride with me and keep me motivated. So, now I have no excuse! The triathlon is on! May 9th, here we come!

Sunday we watched a good friend of ours run the half marathon at the PF Changs Rock N Roll marathon. Then afterward we went to her parents house to celebrate and watch the Cardinals punch their ticket to the Super Bowl. So, with that, I am taking my birthday, February 2, off of work. Because its my birthday, and because its the day after the Super Bowl.

I'm sure there's more, but I'm not sure at the moment. There's a brief update for you though!

Inspirations

Jason and I are on the SixthMan advisory board for the Phoenix Suns and their season ticket holders. Our first meeting was last Saturday before the Utah Jazz game. We are 2 of about 45 people, some of whom have had tickets for all 41 years, some of whom are in their second year, some full season, some half season. We met in one of the Suns War Rooms that sits right over the Casino Arizona Pavilion. The first meeting was mainly introductory, we all introduced ourselves and gave one suggestion or gripe that we had. Many ticket holders complained about the lack of leg room and when people need to get by them to get to their seats and the fact that their season tickets no longer come with perks when its time to renew their tickets. Sure, those are complaints, but they are not going to tear down the arena! And, they haven't needed any perks for renewing because there has been a wait for a few years for tickets thanks to the D'Antoni era. Silly people. I hope they wise up and learn to suggest something else.

In other news, a friend of mine decided recently to participate in a women's only sprint distance triathlon this coming May. I was listening to her talk about it and I thought, that I would not do a marathon, (no way I would want to run 26 miles!) but that a triathlon (especially since I did swim for so many years) sounds doable. This triathlon has a 1/2 mile swim, 14 mile bike ride and a 3 mile run. Not too bad. So, after some thought and talking with Jason and my mom, I am going to aim to do it as well. I hope she doesn't think I'm stealing her thunder, because that is not how I intended it. She just inspired me to jump in and do it too. The only thing standing in my way is getting a bike for the race. The bikes can be pretty expensive... I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on a bike if this is only going to be a one time thing. I figure if I do like it and enjoy it, I can always upgrade later. Anyone know where I can get a bike from? Nah, that's ok. I'll keep checking out craigslist and ebay for one. Hopefully that will do the trick.

Well, I'm off to a Wrapping party, time to hang out with friends and wrap presents and drink cider!

Christmas TIme is Here

Jason and I after hosting Thanksgiving in our apartment last year for 12, decided to spend it alone, just the two of us. I don't see us doing that often as I think it is meant to be spent with your family but that is what Jason wanted to do and my family flew to Mississippi to be with my grandma and Jason's parents were thinking of going camping.

It was a nice relaxing day though. Jason cooked a turkey breast for us to eat and some of the traditional sides. We spent the rest of the day putting up some of our indoor Christmas decorations and getting our game plan together for how we were decorating the outside of our house.

Black Friday came, we were up at 4am. I had never participated in Black Friday before and it was something I really wanted to do. Especially as the economy is not great right now and we knew the sales were going to be really good. Jason went to Best Buy to get presents for his parents and then when he got out (20 minutes after they opened) he met me in line at Target waiting for them to open so we could buy presents for my family. With that, we were done shopping early Friday morning. Not too bad! We came home and put up the lights outside (I'll post pictures at some point) and then crashed for a nap.

One thing that we started for the holidays 3 years ago now was buying a new cookie jar each year. Our first one was the year we got engaged. It is a little snowman. The first year we were married is a penguin in a scarf and Santa hat. This year we found a cookie jar that looks like a holiday present. If we were to have more than one kid, automatically, each kid gets the one from the year they were born (unless we have multiples, in which case we would probably buy 2, one for each). The rest would have to be decided on at some point. We like this idea though as it is something that we started together as our own family tradition to add to the traditions we are bringing from our own sides (like my dad's cookies on Christmas Eve). 

We are preparing for our 2nd annual holiday party with our friends. I don't think we'll have as many this year due to how close it will be to Christmas, but with our schedules (ok, Jason's schedule), it was almost impossible to find a time to have it. The other thing we have to find time for is when we want to go to the Phoenix Zoo Lights. Last year we went on Christmas Eve, and I think when we spend Christmas here, that is what we'll do. But, this year we are leaving on Christmas Eve to spend it with my family, so we'll have to find a new time to do it.

Now I think it is time to wake up the sleeping husband, and our two kittens.

Game time!

Well, the Suns season is in full swing, I guess its time to actually ramble about the Suns.

Leave it to Stern to continue to make Suns fans hate him. I had no problem with Nash being suspended. I don't think he should have been suspended, but whatever. My problem was that Nash (who didn't touch anyone until he was pushed to the floor) got suspended but T Mac, the one who pushed Nash to the ground, did not get suspended, and Shaq, who pushed the entire fight, did not get suspended. I read an article where Houston was pissed that Alston got suspended for as many games as Matt Barnes, but then I also read where the Sacramento Kings (who got the game against the Suns without Nash) watched the highlight and they also can't believe that Nash was suspended and that T Mac and Shaq were not.

Yesterday was a good game against the Pistons. It was probably their best outing yet. The Shaq hit, I don't know too much on that. I have yet to see a replay of it but it looked like it was all ball (minus the arm sticking out). Shaq I think needed to get off the court and not argue so much, but I don't think it was a flagrant foul.

At least we have the entire team back for tonight's game against Utah. They play so well at home.

November is here

And, I'm sick. Yuck.

But, the Suns season is here! They have some work to do still, but at least they didn't embarrass themselves during the first week. I just hope that this new system pays off. Oh well. 

So, I am at home sick today and watching the TV. The new Guitar Hero, World Tour ad just came on, the one with Kobe singing (he looks like he's in his element), Michael Phelps on guitar (who looks very uncomfortable), Tony Hawk on drums and A Rod on the other guitar. Kobe makes that ad. 

In other news, marching band season is almost over. Finally. It seems like it went by really slow this year. Jason's band performs at 11 Saturday morning for the last show of the season. I hope they do well, but he has quite a few punk kids in his band this year that makes me hope that they fail. Jason almost cancelled the rest of the season a week ago because of them.

And, lastly, with November being here, if Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince had not been pushed back, it would have been coming out in less than 3 weeks.

Oh well.

Living with PCOS

I got the results of my blood work from last week and they said everything is consistent with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome so I had to fast last night and go in this morning to have more blood drawn. As soon as I heard though that I match up so far with PCOS, I knew it was really time to start reading up on it and  find out more than what the pamphlet they gave me said. The more and more I read, the more and more I think I have it. There could be worse things to have. And, I'll have that kick I've needed to change my lifestyle and have some time to get all of the questions that I have written down so that I can ask about it when I am told that I officially have it.

In other news, we are officially going to Paris! We have booked our hotel right in downtown Paris for the week of Jason's spring break and I am so excited!