I went running at lunch today and ran a 5K (3.1 miles). At the end, I got surprised by Lance Armstrong again! His voice came on my iPod and said, "This is Lance Armstrong. Congratulations! You've just recorded a new personal best for one mile!" How cool! It's probably not my personal best EVER, but it's my fastest mile since I got the Nike + iPod from AJ. I was super-stoked! This is only 2 days after I got a big congrats from Paula Radcliffe on Sat, when I ran 5.55 miles at Miramar...
Monday, April 30, 2007
Shout-out to William
I just wanted to acknowledge my friend William, who comes to my blog and leaves witty comments. I really appreciate that he reads and responds to my rants and raves. His wife Catherine is one cool gal too, and their toddler Thomas is one cute lil' dude. William and I go WAY back. We've been friends since we were 12 years old at Foothill Middle School. There were years where we lost touch, but through...
Cleveland Browns the darlings of the 2007 NFL Draft
We usually have a NFL "Draft Party" every year in April when the NFL teams pick the best of the college players to be on their team. Over pizza, caramel popcorn, brownies, and soft drinks, we and our friends AJ & Meera would usually celebrate our teams the Browns, the 49ers, and the Chargers picking "early". (The worst teams from the previous year pick early. The winner of the Super Bowl pick last.) This year we didn't have our party, but we celebrated the picks via cell phone with...
Saturday, April 28, 2007
I could go vegetarian
...IF I ate at Sipz everyday! Yesterday I had lunch with Todd and his friends from work: Amy, Mike, and Chris. Amy is a vegan and she took us to this restaurant in a strip mall in Clairemont Mesa called Sipz. At first when Todd said we're going to a vegan restaurant, I was a little skeptical. But when we got there and I realized it was pan-Asian fusion, I started to get excited. They even have vegan boba tea there. We sat down and perused the menu. Many items are not just vegetarian, but...
Eternal Quest for the Ultimate Flip-Flops
I'm always on the lookout for the perfect pair of slip-flops. Maybe it's a San Diego thing... the flip-flop is a wardrobe staple here. And not just for summers, it's year-round. The quintessential flip-flop goes with everything in your wardrobe: jeans, skirts, shorts, capris, etc. The ultimate flip-flop also has to be lightweight, cushiony, stylish, and provide arch support. Most flip-flops don't...
Friday, April 27, 2007
That's My King!
This past Easter Sunday at my home church Maranatha Chapel, our pastor Ray Bentley showed this 3 minute video entitled "That's My King!". It is visuals paired with a snippet of a sermon delivered by Pastor SM Lockridge (now deceased). He was the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, a prominent African-American congregation located in San Diego from 1953-1993. The words of his sermon really touched my heart on Easter and brought tears to my eyes. I wanted to share this video with you...
New avatar or not?
I like the cartoon girl on the left sidebar, I think she resembles me pretty well. I have also created other avatars of myself. Maybe you can help me pick your favorite one.
This one is my Yahoo avatar:
Of course, I'm tailgating at a football game! I like this one because the clothing style is very similar to my clothing style. Casual t-shirt and jeans and a little hooded sweater over the T.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Peavy strikes out 9 in a row
and Padres still lose to D-Backs 3-2! Pitcher Jake Peavy was one consecutive strike-out short of Tom Seaver's record of 10, set back in 1970 (year I was born!). In total, Peavy struck out 16 batters in 7 innings. Wow! But ace closer and major league saves record-holder Trevor Hoffman gave up a 2-run homer while trying to hold on to a 2-1 lead. I'm bummed they lost, but what a great performance by Peavy! This is why spring and summer is so great. This is why I love baseba...
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
America's Finest City - this is why I live here
From time to time, Todd and I will take a day off from work and just have fun together. There's less tourists around town on a weekday, and restaurants and attractions usually have less people. Since people come to San Diego for vacations, we just take a vacation in our own town. I must admit that I get jaded or take San Diego for granted sometimes, since I've lived here for 7 years now. Like all...
Fortune Cookies
Over time, I've collected some little notes from fortune cookies that I've gotten at restaurants. I only keep the ones that are either funny, odd, or I like. Here are some:
"You are admired for your adventurous ways.""Life to you is a dashing and bold adventure.""You will have many friends when you need them.""A good way to keep healthy is to eat more chinese food.""An optimistic attitude is half of success.""Your observations are useful to others.""You find beauty in ordinary things,...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Shadow Proves the Sunshine
I have an interactive calendar on my computer desktop that I downloaded from American Greetings. Today, April 24th, is "Ambivalence Day". How odd. How NOT me. So I instant messaged Todd and told him about it, how I couldn't believe there is a "Ambivalence Day". He said, "Maybe you should sit this one out". My husband is so funny! He makes me laugh all the time. He knows that I'm the antithesis of ambivalency. We try to celebrate the wacky days, like "Talk Like a Pirate Day" on 9/19,...
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Todd on KUSI: YouTube video
As promised from my previous post, here's the footage from Todd's appearance on KUSI's "Inside San Diego" show with Kim Divine and Matt Thompson...
I got a big "Congrats" from Lance Armstrong
My friend AJ gave me the Nike + iPod sensor a few weeks ago. The sensor goes on/in your shoe, and then you attach a little device to your iPod Nano. You calibrate it by running a set distance, and it knows how long your stride is. Then every time you run with it, you can see your distance, pace, and total time. I've been using it for about 3 weeks, and it's fun to see the graphs and charts on Nike.com when you sync up the iPod. The iPod has a voice that tells you your progress, such as "one mile completed", "halfway completed", "400 meters to go", etc.
Today I ran 5.45 miles at Miramar Lake. At the end of my run, a voice suddenly came on and said, "This is Lance Armstrong. Congratulations! This is your longest workout yet!" I was pretty stunned. Was not expecting that. How cool! Although, it's only my longest workout since obtaining this device. My actual longest workout EVER was 26.2 miles in Honolulu, Hawaii on 12/10/2000.
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Colorstrology
A digital scrapbooking website led me to this site. You can put in your birthday month and day, and it tells you "your color" and what it represents. Mine (March 11) is "Winter Sky", a pale blue. The description was "YOU were given a rare combination of artistic creativity and financial know-how. It is a wonderful gift to be able to create your dreams while building a financial structure to support them." Okay, so far so good. Then it went on to say, "It is important that you share your...
Taste of Hillcrest
Yesterday was our annual tradition of going to the Taste of Hillcrest with Sally. We parked at her house and walked to all the restaurants. 3.3 miles, 23 restaurants, and 4 hours later, we were happy and stuffed! Here's the run-down.We first went to the Bamboo Lounge at 12:05, and they told us the bartender wasn't ready. What?!?! So we skipped it and went to Lucky Buck's, which was a Mexican restaurant....
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Music autoplay poll for you
I have the music on my blog set to auto-play, so that when you come to my site the music automatically starts. Some people might not like it because they're on dial-up and it takes too long to load. Others might not like it for other reasons.
Please vote in the box on the left sidebar and I'll take your opinions into consideration. If you vote, maybe you can explain the reasons for your vote by leaving a comment to this post as well.
Than...
Friday, April 20, 2007
My identity in God
Lately I've been pondering about my identity in God. We all know that it's not easy to live in this world. People reject us, and sometimes for unknown or unfair reasons. Sometimes we try to "do more", or perform even better, just to gain someone else's acceptance or praise, or even to make ourselves feel better. As we get older, we start to lose our looks, and some people may start to suffer a crisis of identity at that point too. A lot of us may feel insecure about what others think...
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Two girls, edamame, spa, and froyo
Yesterday I took the day off and spent it with my best girlfriend. She had an orthodontist appt and was running late, so we called ahead to pre-order our food at Nozomi, while driving down there. She talked to them, and we didnt' know what the sushi rolls were called because we didn't have the menu with us. She had to describe the rolls we like, and the guy took our order. When we got there, our food was ready for us. The service was extra-friendly, and the guy said the edamame was...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die
Or should it be "20 Hamburgers that cause you TO die"?
A couple of years ago, GQ magazine came up with this list. Since then, it's been on Oprah and a bunch of other talk shows. I like lists like this purely because I like food and I like lists. :-)
The only one on the list I've been to is #15 "The Counter" in Santa Monica. The build-your-own-burger there IS very good, and the french fries, onion rings, and apple pie milkshake ARE delicious. Locally, a place similar to this called...
The REAL safety pup
I found some pictures of the REAL safety pup... I look nothing like him! ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Wonderpants
Over the weekend, while visiting my dad, I went to Nordstrom Rack and found a pair of Lucky Brand Jeans for $40. I tried on one size bigger than my normal size, because I've gained 3 lbs in the last two months. I had spent some time "emotional-eating" after my mom passed away. Now that I've gained 3 lbs, I'm more careful with what I eat again. I'm not fat by any stretch of the imagination, but this is my "fat" period, nevertheless. I'm still within my range of acceptable weight,...
Monday, April 16, 2007
Two more digital layouts
I created a couple more digital layouts tonight. This first one is from our trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in December 2005.This one is from last year's Taste of Hillcrest....
North Shore layout
I haven't made a digi-layout in a while, and I didn't want to spend a long time on it. So I used one of Kellie Mize's layout templates at DesignerDigitals and ScrapGirls' "Hana" papers and came up with this. Todd and I were on Oahu for a couple of days in December, prior to meeting up with my parents on Maui. We drove to the North Shore's Banzai Pipeline, where they were having the big wave surfing...
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Todd on KUSI's "Inside San Diego"
On Friday morning, Todd, Kim, and Matt played on KUSI's "Inside San Diego" show. They played Kim's song, "Home". I thought they sounded really good. The video's not up yet on KUSI's website. I'll link to it once it's up.That darn MSIE 6.0
This weekend was the first time that I'd noticed that the right side of my blog completely falls off when viewed in MS Internet Explorer 6.0. I was really bummed because that means my friends who are still using MSIE 6.0 probably don't even see my cool Scrapbook and other stuff that's on the right side bars of my blog. It's a "bug" in MSIE 6.0, in the way it interprets "boxes". So, to see my blog in all it's glory, the way it's supposed to look, with 3 columns side-by-side, you'll have...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Padres vs Giants
Last night Sally got tickets to the Padres game versus the Giants from her company. They were $38 field level seats! I took our big zoom camera there and took some cool pics. Padres won 4-0. Barry Bonds came within a few feet of hitting a really long home run to centerfield. Check out this picture I got of Barry Bonds! We brought our own food from Mama's Lebanese Deli in North Park (yum!), but going...
Safety Pup spared from a side-swipe!
Todd calls me the "Safety Pup" sometimes, because I'm a big practitioner of defensive driving. When I drive I look way ahead and scan for possible problems on the road. When I'm on the freeway I try not to be parallel to any other cars on my left or right, so that I have an "escape route" if necessary. So... this morning I was driving to work on the local roads. I was about 40 feet from an intersection, and I had the green light, when suddenly this oncoming car from the other side...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Skydiving Video
On the right side of my blog I've added my 2005 skydiving video. I still think it's pretty cool, hee hee. If you want to watch it, please pause the music player on the left first by double-clicking on the "II" pause button. Otherwise the audio in the video clip will interfere with the music on the left. Enjoy! By the way, the dive took place on March 6th, 2005... 13,000 feet (and falling) over Perris, ...
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
SD's Ethnic Dining Scene
The Belgian Frie? A restaurant specializing in Belgian "french" fries??? Being a connosseiur of french fries, it will be my sworn duty to check out this french fry restaurant in PB to make sure it's okay for everyone. ;-p I've said more than once that I love food. There are many new ethnic restaurants opening in San Diego. We're going to the annual Taste of Hillcrest again in a couple of weeks. We've gone for a few years now and it's a great way to sample all the great restaurants...
Running the AFC Half
Todd and I are planning to run the America's Finest City Half Marathon in August. He's never run more than maybe 5 miles. I've done the whole 26.2 mile marathon, but it's been 6 years and since then I've only run 5K races. So we'll be starting at about the same place. Training will be 3.5 months starting in May. I got a weekly training schedule from Runner's World and we'll be following that. I'm looking forward to running it because the course is beautiful and scenic. I also found...
Monday, April 9, 2007
Tuxedo Cat
We have this stray cat that hangs out in our backyard sometimes. She's black with some white on her chin, chest, and paws. Because of her coloring, I call her the "Tuxedo Cat". I thought I was being clever, but my husband found this in Wikipedia. Can you believe it? I guess all black and white bicolored cats with low grade spotting are called "Tuxedo Cats"! And I thought I was being original... bumm...
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Learning HTML and CSS
Ok, I've been fixiated all weekend on changing my blog and making my blog look nice. I've learned so much from trial and error. Now if my family or friends want me to design a blog for them, I can do ...
I serve a risen Savior, He's in the world today;I know that He is living whatever men may say;I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer,And just the time I need Him, He's always near.ChorusHe lives, He lives,Christ Jesus lives today!He walks with me and talks with meAlong life's narrow way.He lives, He lives,Salvation to impart!You ask me how I know He lives?He lives within my heart. In all...
Will work for carrot cake!
Last night TT played at Borders El Cajon with Kim Divine. They didn't have very nice PA equipment there, but they played the gig well and they sounded decent enough. At that particular Borders, they not only give musicians free coffee & tea, but I got a carrot cake for free too! I gave the barista my Borders gift card to debit, and she wouldn't accept ...
Friday, April 6, 2007
Projects
It's spring and the flowers are blooming. After mom passed away we helped Dad replace the old broken blinds on a couple of windows. The old broken blinds could not be opened so you couldn't see into the backyard. With the new blinds, Dad could open the blinds and see the beautiful and colorful flowers he planted in the backyard. It is refreshing to the soul.These last few weeks Dad has been organizing...
Monday, April 2, 2007
With Hope
I went running this morning, and put my iPod Nano on "shuffle". Out of like thousands of songs, this one came on....
"With Hope" by Steven Curtis Chapman, from the album "Speechless"
This is not at all how
We thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take away the pain
The pain of losing you, but ...
We can cry with hope
We can...
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