Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Dancing with the STARS

I finally caught a full episode of Dancing with the Stars last night. MAN, where have I been? This show is AMAZING!!! That guy from the Sex in the City movie was SO GOOD!!
I really like the judges on this show too. They are not afraid to disagree with each other, and it's nice to watch a reality show without the obvious "Simon" judge.

My TV watching is really expanding with Alex out of town- and unexpected perk! Maybe I'll finally catch an episode of Intervention- my mom raves about that show = )

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Where's MY vegetarian vampire?

I have now watched TWILIGHT 3 times . . . . in 4 days. So good its bad, so bad its good. I even watched the bonus footage/making of Twilight on Saturday with Jody! Last night I reread book one. MADNESS I tell you, MADNESS!!!

My favorite scene:



Gotta love Edward in his sunglasses, haha. I MUST send this back to Netflicks before my obsessions deepens. Tomorrow, I swear it's going in the mailbox.

Friday, March 27, 2009

Au revoir, Goro!

Alex is off on a 10 day European Ski adventure. He left this morning around 4 am, and he will be arriving in Geneva at 6am (Swiss time). Alex and his two friends will then take a bus to Chamonix, France where they will rest up on Saturday and ski Sunday. Hopefully they'll shred some gnarly pow pow!
Monday they will meet up with their guides and depart on the Haute Loop. On the Haute loop they will ski tour through 3 countries in 6 days! France, Switzerland, and Italy.


Meanwhile, I will be doing NOTHING in Greenwood =)

Best of luck Alex!!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Mercer Island 1/2 Marathon

Maholla peeps-

Last Sunday Alex and I ran the Mercer Island half marathon. This the second 1/2 we've run together. Last time, we trained by running 5 days a week, but only for about 3-4 miles. This time, we ran 3-4 times a week, but usually at least two of those runs were 6+ miles. It was our little experiment, comparing distance vs frequency. Lucky for us, our long runs paid off because we both had much better runs this time around!

Alex ran it in 1:40, and I ran it in 1:54. I beat my time by about 8-9 min, so it was a VERY good run for me. I do have to give a little shout out to cliff shots. I ate (drank) one of these around mile 7, and I just FLEW for the next 3-4 miles. I took another at mile 11 to help me with the final push. It REALLY made a difference. Alex and I both played it safe early on, and then stepped our pace up significantly around mile 6-7. Even though we didn't run together (hence the time difference), we applied the same strategy to our run- must have been all the training we did together! Or great minds thinking alike.

Max and Anne came and met us at the finish line. It was SO nice of them. The weather was drizzly, and it was early, but it really is GREAT to see people you know cheering you on.

Hopefully I will have ugly, red-faced running pictures of myself to post up soon!

Here are the UGLY running pics as promised . . . actually Alex looks like a real runner, I look like I'm DYING- haha



Monday, March 16, 2009

To the EXTREME

Back from Whistler- what a trip! We had a GREAT time. Alex and I arrived around 10pm Friday night. Andrew and Kathy were already there, they had checked us into our "slope side" room, and poured us a glass of wine as we walked through the door.

The next morning Alex and Andrew did "fresh tracks" while Kathy and I sipped our coffee and watched skiers go up and down the lift from our living room window. Our hotel was literally on the side of Blackcomb mountain. We joined up with the boys around 10am, and started skiing straight out of our hotel. Ski-in ski-out is AWESOME! No walking in ski boots!!!

We took the peak-2-peak across from Blackcomb to Whistler. Even though you know you're safe, it is pretty freaky! It is the worlds longest and highest gondola, 1500 feet up in the air, and you travel for 11 long min.

From there we chaired up to the tip top of Whistler Mountain, where the wind nearly blew us off the mountain! It was by far my most extreme skiing to date.
After we put in a full day on the slopes, we warmed up in the hot tub and then headed down to Whistler Village for dinner. We ate a cute Italian restaurant with live music. Yum!

Day two we woke up and skied Blackcomb Mountain. Alex, Andrew and Kathy took me through a motocross, or skiercross, track where I nearly died speeding around corners and flying over hills! I can't wait to watch the 2010 Olympics and see if they race on the same track.

What a great weekend, wish I was back there right now!!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Whistler Getaway!

Heading to Whistler/Blackcomb after work for a ski weekend! WOO HOO! Sunny skies and fresh snow, can't wait. Alex's brother and sister in-law left this morning, and we are meeting them up there as soon as I can get off work.


Yesterday I spent my "trade in" money at Second Assent and got some new goggles, what a treat. I have been using Alex's hand me downs, but after trying out some scratch free lenses I decided to upgrade.

Alex, his bro and sister in-law are all great skiers. I am a little nervous about trying to keep up with them, yikes! When in doubt- cat track down the mountain- that's my plan. Alex and his brother are waking up early early Sat morning to participate in the "Fresh Tracks" program. They get up at the crack of dawn, ride to the top of the mountain where they eat breakfast at the top lodge. Then they ski down before the mountain opens up, hence the "fresh tracks" name. Pretty cool. I will be sleeping in and meeting them for coffee after =)

Ta!
Anna

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Walkin' on Sunshine

Maholla peeps,

I am going to try and start blogging again, even if they're short and boring, because I have many a friend who work desk jobs and they need something to read!!!

Today was super sunny. I couldn't bring myself to workout indoors at the gym, so I decided to WALK home from work. I work in Seattle, I live in Greenwood. I am not sure how many miles it ended up being, but it took about 1 hour and 50 min. Pretty long . . . but nice. Totally doable. I think in the summer, when it's not too windy and cold, it will be a really great alternative work out.

TTYL
Anna