Dude, where’s my bumper?

Saturday night we heard this loud plastic crashing sound. Kind of like someone bringing in their trash cans. Only it’s not trash day. The noise stopped after about 5 seconds, we chalked it up to a neighbor doing something, and never went outside to check on it or anything. When we woke up the next morning we found my car in pieces!

My poor little car had fallen victim to a hit and run. Such a great way to start my Saturday.

We had a dog event to go to, so we just decided to go, get it done, come home and take care of business.

At least we had a lot of support, and pink donuts.

Luckily thanks to an awesome weight pull steward (moi), we were done with 28 dogs pulling in less than 2 hours. I know I’m probably speaking Dutch, but trust me, it was fast!

We got home around 11, the cops came out to do a report at 12. Then we also found out since we changed our auto insurance recently (like in the last 2 weeks) we may not be covered for this.

So what do you do when you feel crappy about all the shit that is stock piling in your life? Find the best damn burger place and submit?

It was called “Dad’s Burgers” it’s a little place in Sacramento that was featured on DDD. So good!

What else has happened? Oh yeah Mother’s Day was awesome! Here’s a little photo montage.

And I went to BottleRock! It was this awesome festival in Napa, where they had over 60 bands on 4 different stages. They also had all the best wine and food from all over Napa Valley.

Sure it was a logistical nightmare with over 40k people. But I had a great time. I only went to one day (which was enough) and saw Bad Religion, Kings of Leon, RNDM, and my favorite show had to be Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros. It was a crowd full of hippie love and magic. There was not one person NOT dancing, and it was so fun!

So back to reality, I have a crazy big bill in front of me for an accident that I had nothing to do with. I’m so glad I believe in karma. Because the crap that is going to get to that person will be equivalent to the money I have to pay for this stupid bumper.

Ever been victim to a hit and run? What happened?

Do you like Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros?

Best festival experience?

Cheers!

I’m a noob

Yesterday I met up with Jessica for a walk around the lagoon. I really love getting a gentle work out in with a friend. It makes the time pass way faster!

I had plans to wake up early, and hit the gym for a group Zumba class. When I went to bed last night I really didn’t think I would make it. HOWEVER something crazy happened. I woke up 20 minutes before the alarm went off, and I miraculously had enough energy to get my booty out of bed and get going.

I made it to the gym with 30 minutes to spare, I got a group x class card, and waited for the class to start. I found a spot near the back, and I tried not to make a spectacle of myself. Here’s what I learned about Zumba, it’s not as hard as it looks. I have 2 left feet, and I thought I would just be flailing and hoping that no one would notice. That didn’t happen. I just took a deep breath and focused on the instructor and eventually relaxed enough to laugh through most of the work out. Love that! And when I keyed in my work out into MyFitnessPal, and 60 minutes of Zumba burns 881 calories. Having fun while burning loads of calories? Sounds like I found a new favorite!

Sorry for the wordy practically picture less post, but I didn’t want to be the creeper taking pics in the back. Well not yet anyways

Do you Zumba?

Cheers!

Keep it rolling

Yesterday I decided to pop in a gentle yoga DVD to stretch everything out. It felt good to really work into those hip flexors and hamstrings. And it felt good to count that as a work out, and work out 2 days in a row. With that being said, I woke up this morning with some new found energy and decided to go for a run. A run outside, on pavement, breathing fresh air.

I quickly changed into my work out clothes, before I could talk myself out of it. I decided to wear the new Pegasus shoesies.

I grabbed Brass, and I was out the door.

They were 2 very slow miles. I did a walk for 1/2 a song, run for 1/2 a song. Basically whatever felt good. Either way, they were my 2 miles. And I enjoyed every second. It was overcast, and a little windy. Felt great!

I feel like I’m at ground zero over here (it’s hard to look at where I was at 6 months ago). But it’s a good thing. Way better than being afraid to go to the dr, and just sitting my ass on the couch for 3 months with an injury. Ya, that was a mistake. Progress is being made, is the point I think I’m trying to make. I like progress. I like to work hard. So here we go! But not too fast, k? Don’t want to get injured again.

Did you run today? Good/bad/ugly?

Cheers!

New shoes!

Confession: I haven’t been running. Point blank. I was given the clear by my physical therapist, and I did try to last Saturday. However I feel like I need a little more time. I’m hoping to get some treadmill time sometime this week.

What do you do when you don’t feel up to running after an injury? Buy new shoes? Yes, please!

I decided to finally give in to try Nike shoes for running again. Jessica had raved about “Pegasus” and how I needed to try them. Then there was a sale at the local Nike shoe store. So I gave into temptation, and decided to buy a pair.

And they came in this fabulous teal/green color!

Worst case scenario? I don’t like them for running, and I have some kick around town shoes. Either way I’m in love.

I ended up meeting Jessica this morning for a walk around the lagoon. We cleared 2 miles before 9:30.

And I wore my new Pegasus, so now Jessica and I are shoe twins!

I was expecting some toe pain (like with the other Nike’s) but I felt nothing. They were super comfortable, and I am kind of looking forward to trying them out on the treadmill. Nothing motivates a runner more than new shoes! Do you agree?

Have you ever tried Pegasus?

Thoughts on Nike shoes? Running or otherwise?

Cheers!

Hot pink toes, and my new favorite

Hello! Happy Friday!

This week has flown by! A few exciting things have happened.

First, Carlo and I have a new favorite afternoon treat.

The lemonade strawberry chiller thingermabobber from Mickey d’s. so good! Not too tart, not too sweet, it’s just perfect. Well except for the calories. This is definitely a once a week treat.

And second, Hubs and I got some new sunglasses.

Oh and of course, the Warriors won last night!

It was definitely “on the edge of your seat” kind of game! Now we can look forward to their next series!

This morning I had some serious things on my agenda. Getting my toenails painted was at the top of my list.

Hot pink was a must!

The only other thing I have planned is a nap.

How’s your Friday going?

Have you tried that lemonade chiller drink?

Cheers!

Dirrrrrty Thirty

This has been a whirlwind weekend. Saturday I had some serious plans to hang with some OLD high school buddies.

It’s kinda hard to believe that we have known each other for over 15 years! Ok ya we are OLD friends!

We hit up Costco to pick up the cake, and some free samples.

Happy 30th birthday Kara! Love you!

We ended up having dinner at a restaurant with like 100 beers on tap. It was fabulous. We an onion ring tower.

And I got tacos.

The best part was the cake!

Oh and the silly faces!

Love those girls!

On Sunday we had tickets to the Warriors game! WOOT WARRIORS!!

The Warriors rolled out the “blue” carpet for us, literally!

I was really excited to go to a play off game (it’s been 6 loooong years for our warriors!) and feel the energy of the crowd!

Hubs and I were cheering with the best of them!

And unless you’re living under a rock, you already know that the Warriors kicked some Nugget ass! WOOT WARRIORS!

I have today off, which means laundry and a movie date with myself. And hubs got a new toy, the Apple TV adapter thingymabobber.

It’s fascinating!

How was your weekend?

Did you catch the Warriors game??

Cheers!

Watermelon is delicious

I started my day at the gym. I finally ran! And it was awesome! I did 8-10 one minute intervals of running and then walking on the treadmill. I kind of lost count when I took some walking intervals at 2 minutes. I did 25 minutes all together. I sealed the walk/jog with some weights, mostly focusing on my arms.

After the gym and a shower I stopped by my local grocery store to pick up some movies from Red Box.

When I almost finished checking out a little old lady was spying on me. I knew this because she parked her gigantic motorized scooter right beside me. I’m talking scooter was touching the Red Box machine next to me. She then asked me.

“Could you help me do something when you’re done?”

All I could think is, Tiffany, remember what happened last time you helped an old lady?

However the words that came out of my mouth were, “sure, no problem.”

She was just curious about Red Box and how it worked. She asked how much it cost, when it has to be returned, etc. She told me her son just rented a movie for $5 from somewhere else, and was shocked that it only cost $1.20 from Red Box. She started giggling, and getting excited! She asked me to help her rent “Lincoln”. I even used the “DVDONME” code, and she squealed when she only had to pay $.33 cents for the Blu ray rental. She thanked me, and giggled some more. All the giggling put me in a great mood. So glad I helped her.

I ended up spying some of these when I walked in the grocery store door, and snagged one on the way out.

I chopped that bad boy up as soon as I got home and fixed myself a gigantic bowl, complete with salt.

Salt + watermelon = deliciousness!

How do you like your watermelon?

How often so you find yourself helping out old people?

Cheers!