Dallas Season 2 & More Things You May Not Know About Me

Sometimes  you just have to change things up a bit.  I credit my "Things You Don't Know About Me" to US Weekly, one of my guilty pleasures.  Sure, I know it's not like reading the Economist, but you know what?  Sometimes I have to really put on my thinking cap when I read the Economist.  No one has to think while reading US Weekly, they just need to be able to see & have a healthy dose of judgmentalism, if that's a word, which it is not.  I just made it up.

So here's a few more things you may not know about me, as well as some sprinkled in facts from last night's episode of Dallas.

1.  A 7th 9/11 first responder has died this month.  FDNY Lt. Marty Fullman.  The tragedy of 9/11 continues 12 years later.  I am still heartbroken over things that happened that day.  I know some people don't understand, but that's how I feel.

2.  My workout plan for 2013 seems to be...working!

3.  I am so psyched that the SF 49ers are back in the Super Bowl after an 18 year absence.

4.  I really do get upset when I see Range Rovers on the street, I really want one & I worked 65 hours last week so I could save up for one.  Maybe that is shallow to some, but all this work has to be for something, right?

5.  I am sad that Larry Hagman died & will no longer be on Dallas.

6.  I make up words like judgementalism all the time.  Another one I use all the time.  Fuckedupedness.  In my world, that is a word.

7.  I still curse too much.  See above.

8.  I've divorced a few friends in the past few years & I have never been happier.

9.  I think I may have a slight addiction to Instant Lottery Tickets.  Hey, you gotta be in it to win it!

10.  Christopher Ewing, still not a Ewing.

11.  I am sad about the Spring Lake Five this year.  Almost to the point of not wanting to sign up.  It will be the first year I run past my Grandmother's house & she will not be there.

12.  I have to pay a NYC traffic ticket or they are going to suspend my license to drive in NJ.  Next week.

13.  People don't like the number 13, but I think 2013 is going to be a really great year.

14.  I am missing a dear old friend that I haven't seen in 20 years.

15.  I can't wait til summer.  Boardwalk or not, I am excited to see how they are going to rebuild the Jersey Shore.

Thanks for tuning in again this week to my crazy blog about my crazy life!  Stay tuned for more craziness, and of course, Dallas updates!

Snow & Mud

It's snowing here in NJ tonight. I feel as if the snow totally snuck up on us. There was some talk about a flurry or maybe some snow later this week, but as I left for the gym tonight there it was. Snow. I'm not a fan. we've been pretty lucky so far with only a light dusting a few weeks ago that melted before I made it out of the house. Now if it going to snow, that's as much as I am willing to endure.

Besides that there's not much going on. I've been working, working, working & getting fatter & fatter & fatter. So I stopped the madness, downloaded An old training app that I used to use religiously back in the day to my iPad and started fresh this month. Now I am taking it slow. Very slow. But I think that is the way to go this year. Not a lot of races planned, no crazy triathlons in far away states or through obstacle course like conditions. Getting back to the basics and in great shape is on the menu for 2013.

A few months ago one of my go to running friends signed us up for a mud run. I was so psyched & sooooo "I'm tough!" until my delicate ass hit the first mud obstacle, which was about 15' past the start line. I used to watch Bear Grylls on that show where they would leave him all alone on top of Mt Kilamangaro with two sticks of gum and a tennis ball & he would find his way back to Times Square in 4 days or something equally as ridiculous (think MacGyver in the 80s). The show was totally fake, because let's face it where was he charging the camera batteries out in the wild? Yeah, at the Four Seasons where he really went every night while he led us to believe he was sleeping under a bed of cow dung and bamboo leaves. However, I would watch this show & think.....oh I could totally be the female Bear Grylls. Yeah totally, unless there was mud involved or snow or some horrendous combination of both. Which isn't all that uncommon.

So last week when said friend asked me to do the mud run again this year I totally had a flashback to how so un-Grylls like I was on that day. You win mud, you are the kryptonite in this movie. Oh well, maybe I can hold the towels or extra change of clothes. The only thing good about that day were the hot firemen hosing us down at then end. Oh yeah, and did I mention I got lost in the woods. Not as tough as I originally thought........

San Francisco 49ers - Quest for Six

That's right!  They're on their way to the Super Bowl!  

Go Niners!

Happy New Year 2013!

Did you know that 2013 is the first year since 1987 that all the numbers in the year are not duplicated?  I'll give you a second to double check that in your brain.  Yes, it's true!  & if you remember 1987 as I do (Freshman year in HS) I have a feeling it's going to be a great year!  Only had to wait 26 years for that, right?  Ha!

2013 is a new year & with that comes the standard list of resolutions.  Lose weight, eat better, spend less money.  Bore-ing.  Wouldn't you like to meet the guy that says I'm going to eat Big Macs every day for the next year?  Well, he might not make it to next year, but at least he'd have a good time trying a la Morgan Spurlock.

So what did you resolve to do better this year?  What if we didn't make any resolutions?  What if we just decided that this year we'd do the opposite of everything we did last year.  Be opposite George like in Seinfeld.

Maybe that's the answer!  Be the opposite of yourself this year!  Eat chicken salad on rye instead of tuna on toast!  I think I'm going to try that!

Happy New Year!