Saturday, May 29, 2004


me and my man... Posted by Hello


Me and my twin... Posted by Hello

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Sporst Center or Spanish Channel?

It's always a race every morning to the fitness center. If I get there first, i quickly turn the tv to channel 26 ESPN..to get my fill of sportscenter...to track the latest and greatest in the wonderful world of sports...it always makes my running time a lot easier...

If my hispanic middle-aged lady friend gets there first...it's Telamundo...the latest and greatest in the world of spanish game shows and talk shows with at least 12 hosts on at one time...all crammed on a couch....
i spend my time staring out the window when running..and it always seems to suck...however, i'm hoping that through that i will learn spanish at some point....

most days she beats me to the tv...but she knows me too well, if she leaves before i'm done working out....she turns the tv to espn....

today i arrived at the fitness center already preparing myself to watch the spanish channel...but to my surprise there was nobody there.....YES..i was all alone to crank espn...as excited as i could be..i approached the hanging tv and turned it to 26 (sometimes 27 espn2..if there is a game on espn)....but to my disappointment there was a tennis match on both espn's..so no sports center for me today.....so i naturally turned to the next best channel....tlc..and watched a 'baby story'....nothing like running along to the sight of watching a baby being born.....something about seeing the pain of those women...makes my running pain seem like nothing.....

one day i will get cable....one day...but until then...my fitness center meets all my television needs....

Friday, May 21, 2004

"...leaving on a jetplane...don't know when i'll be back again..."

that echoed in my head the whole time i was on the plane flying back to cali on wednesday..which i might add was the worst day of travel i've even had.....i wont bore you with the details....let's just say..i hate northwest, and all it stands for...

this is the homestrech folks...the last time i have to say goodbye to tony....in just under 2 months he will be living here....and i could not be more happy about that...

my little vaca in MN & IL was awesome...i met tony's fams in minnesota....so fun...his mom reminds me so much of mine...so how could you not love her.....his dad purposely calls me.."sherry, cheryl, shelia...."....which i was ready for..tony had warned me he might do so...but my favorite is when he called me "carol"....at least the other names were close to "shelly".....hahahah..

tony's sis stacy is going to be my new bff....she is awesome...her and her husband tim and the 3 boys are such a cool fams....i cant wait to hangs with them more. stacy and i worked out together one morning..and we had to stop running cause we couldnt run and talk at the same time :)

the time in Minn. was way to short....we headed back to IL..on the way stopping in WI for some real cheese curds (my first time)...they we nice and squeaky...which i hear is a good thing...

It's always so good to hangs in Napes and chicago...the wedding was awesome...although at the rehearsal the minister put his hand-held mic in the pulpit and when i went up to rehearse my song..it fell on my toe....i totally thought i broke it....but then realized that the toe it fell on..is my crazy middle toe that the bones are connected anyway (for those of you that know about my toes, you know what i'm talking about...for those that have no clue what i'm talking about....just pretend i have normal toes...what you don't know..can't hurt you)

tony and i went up to the city and hung out with jamie and brian..and sven....fun times at barleycorns...(see jamie's blog entitled "napkins in ears")

all in all...a great little 10 day vaca.....i really miss my friends back in the midwest....

while sitting on the plane..i realized once again..that i have the best friends in the whole world.....

"...don't know when i'll be back again...."

come visit me in cali