It has been too long since I have posted! I promised myself I'd stay with it this time. haha.
Lets see... what has been going on since I last posted.
Job is going great!! I'm loving it.
David and I are really enjoying our passes to SeaWorld! We go pretty frequently, and were so sad to here about the trainer who passed away. We remember seeing her during the shows, and it really felt like we somehow knew her! We went to the Shamu Show yesterday (Believe) which they are doing "Dry" showings of (no trainers in the water with the animals) and it was amazing... the trainers were still so positive and had so much energy, and the animals seemed to be in good spirits. They did a memorial for Dawn which was very nice.
I got to take my little cousin Gabriel to SeaWorld for a belated birthday present the weekend before last, which was really fun.
Other updates... we got a new TV! We had saved gift cards for the past year to get the TV David has been dying for... and we got a 50 inch Samsung plasma TV and a new stand for it to go on as well. We are loving it! I watched Planet Earth last night in HD and it was fabulous!!! I have all of the Planet Earth shows now set to record on my dvr. LOL.
We've also checked out some new places to eat like Pom Pom's (for yummy sandwiches). It was a while ago though. I need to get better about posting regularly so I can remember the details.
Other news... I cooked TWICE this weekend! For anyone who knows me, they know this is a big deal. It was definitely with David's help. haha. I'm normally much more of a go out to eat, or $5 hot n ready little ceasars pizza kinda girl, but I'm trying to get back to eating healthier and trying to save some $... although the cost of ingredients for things always gets me! So I look for recipes that don't have quite as much fancy stuff. haha.
Saturday night I made baked chicken (OK that may not sound like a big deal to most haha) and we made sweet potato "fries" with them. You cut up a sweet potatoe into fry sizes and then toss with olive oil, garlic and rosemary and bake in the oven for a yummier, healthier version of regular sweet potato fries. YUM!
Then yesterday I made taco rice in the crockpot and put it all in early in the morning, so it was nice and ready for us when we got back from SeaWorld! I used ground beef, taco and ranch seasoning packets, kidney beans, corn, diced tomatoes, tomatos and chilis, sliced carrots, and a little bit of 2% cheese on top! It was really good and filling for soup, and there is a lot left for dinner tonight and lunches.
In other health notes... I have been having issues with my knee to keep me from running. This is EXTREMELY frustrating. It's probably been about a month now! I believe it is the IT band syndrome. I will start off running and it'll feel great and I'll think it's finally better (my knee doesn't just hurt generally at all, I wouldn't even know anything is wrong), and then BAM right at about .67 of a mile EVERY time it hurts out of nowhere. I cannot run through it, it hurts too bad. Once I walk it almost instantly goes away, but as soon as a try to run again after that, it hurts. I've been doing some strenghening exercises that are supposed to help, and have been doing the elliptical, power walking, dvd workouts to cross train. Hopefully I can get back out there soon, as it's making me a not so happy camper!
Well, I think that's all for now. Sorry for the lack of pictures! I will try to update soon WITH pictures. :)
