Finished Reading Eclipse... Again!

I finished reading Eclipse for the second time tonight. I wanted to read it again before I go see the movie! Teresa and I have plans to go out to eat and then see the movie tomorrow night! I'm so excited, it's going to be soooo good!

I know... I'm a nerd!

New t-shirt!

This morning I headed to Mississippi Blood Services to give blood. The last two times I've gone, they turned me down. But today I was able to give!

They stared a new t-shirt campaign in honor of the new Twilight movie, Eclipse, coming out this week! And once you gave you could enter a drawing to try and win tickets to see the movie! I doubt I'll win, but I did get a new t-shirt!

This is the design that is on the shirt:

New Extended Harry Potter Trailer!!!

I know.... I'm a nerd!

Harris's Wedding!

This morning John came in town so we could go to our friend Harris wedding!! John got here around 9:30 a.m. After I picked him up at the airport, we made our way to Demopolis, AL. The wedding was at 2:00 p.m. and turns out it was outdoors. Yes, a outdoor wedding at 2:00 p.m. in June! Needless to say, it was a little warm outside. Luckily, the wedding ceremony only lasted about 7 minutes.

The reception was inside, but once you factor in about 100 people inside a house, it ended up being hotter inside than out. It was still really nice to visit with Harris, and John and I were able to visit with another friend of ours that was in town for the occasion. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we were able to go!

Movie night with my sis!

Tonight, Teresa and I had plans to see Toy Story 3! But before the movie, we decided to try  a new pizza place in Madison, Pie Works.

Pizza we split

The pizza here was pretty good, but I probably won't go there again. There is better pizza other places.

After dinner we headed to Malco for Toy Story 3! We decided against the 3-D and just saw it in 2-D.

This movie was so cute, we both really enjoyed it! I have to warn you though, it was quite the tearjerker at the end! I know crying at a cartoon, but it was really sweet!

Mississippi Stamp?

Mississippi Stamp

I went to visit my Gramma tonight. She has been getting lots of 'thinking of you' cards since she has moved to the nursing home, so I looked through them. I noticed this stamp on one of the letters. It a Mississippi stamp, with the state flag on it and bears. Bears? That isn't really waht I would have picked as a symbol for the state of Mississippi. But I checked the website and all it says is that the art shows black bears in a wooded area. Are there really that many bears in Mississippi??

Grill!

Here is the grill I won! I picked it up today. It's a small tailgating grill that can be used either on a trailer hitch or a stand alone grill!

Grill!

Exciting Phone Call!

A little back story... a few weeks ago, Teresa and I went to Fondren after 5. We got there early and hardly anyone was there. But we made our rounds to all the stores and galleries that we normally go to.

We went into the Fondren Art Gallery, and entered our names in a drawing for a free tailgate grill. I didn't think much about it until today when I got a call telling me I had won! I'm going to pick it up tomorrow!! Yea!

Netflix Night!

Tonight I left my Gramma's early so I could get home and watch Remember Me, starring Robert Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin (Claire from Lost).

I had really wanted to see this in the theater, but never got around to it. This movie started out like many other romantic movies, guy takes a bet (because of certain events) to ask out a girl, falls for her, girl finds out about bet, they get back together, blah blah blah. But the end really through me off. I was pretty upset with the way the movie ended, but over all thought it was a good movie.  It's a movie you will only want to watch once though.

Happy 1st Day of Summer!!!

 When I left work today! It was 97 degrees!! Head index of 102 degrees!

And it's only the first day of summer!

10 mile run!

Today I had to run 10 miles. I went to bed early last night in order to get up early and be at the trails at 6:00 a.m. Of course it didn't happen the way I planned. I ended up over sleeping and not getting to the trail until 7:15 a.m. It was already 82 degrees by then!!! To say it was hot out there would be an understatement. I ended up getting overheated and had to walk towards the end, even taking a break on the bench along the way. It was pretty miserable. By the time I got to my car it was 94 degrees!!! But after it was all said and done (and I got cooled off), I was glad I went ahead and got it done!

Early Friday Netflix Day

Today was an early Friday for me, which means I got off work at 1:00 p.m. today!! I decided to go home and watch a Netflix movie I've had for a few days.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, was Heath Ledger's last movie. The movie is about an imaginary world (the Imaginarium) where anyone can climb through a "mirror" into the mind of Dr. P, where dreams come to life. It looked interesting so I decided to watch it. Since Heath Ledger didn't finish the film, the director used different actors to take his place throughout the rest of the movie: Jude Law, Johnny Depp, and Colin Farrell. It was neat the way the director finished the movie. The other actors are used when Heath Ledger's character goes into the dream world. If you enjoy adventure/fantasy movies, you'll like this one...

I wish I was in Florida!

I mentioned the other day that I was a nerd. Well that still hold true today. Today is opening day for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resorts! It's been 5 years in the making and now it's here!

http://www.universalorlando.com/harrypotter/

I think it was would be really fun to go! Just not any time soon... It's probably going to be crowded for a long time, and now magnified, because of the oil spill. Hopefully sometime in the future though!

Picture of the day:

Tonight, the fam and I went to dinner at C'Paw's. While we were eating there was a pretty heavy rain, that soon ended. When we were walking to the cars to leave we saw a beautiful rainbow. It was so big I had to take two pictures to get it all. Enjoy!

 

Harry Potter Trailer!!!

I meant to post this a couple days ago when I first saw it. Pretty exciting! I know, I'm a nerd!

Power Outage!

Today my work shut down at 3:30 p.m.! At about 1:20 p.m. there was a terrible storm that came through and by 1:30 p.m we were without power. We sat around for about 2 hr before the boss man in charge made the call to let us go home!

I ended up using my afternoon of freedom to go to the gym early, so I could go see my Gramma earlier.

While we were leaving my Gramma's, Teresa noticed this sign on a door.

Random picture of the day:

The Hopper Room (I think it's the laundry room)

Funny at Sonny's!

Tonight for dinner we went to Sonny's! BBQ is about the only type of food we haven't had over the last couple of weeks.

We were all trying to decided what to order, when the waiter came up to ask if were were ready, here is how the conversation went:

Waiter: "Are you ready to order?"

Aunt Mary Ellen: "Which is better the pulled pork or the sliced pork?"

Waiter: "Who me? I'm a vegetarian!"

::Soft snickering at the table::

Uncle Emery: "When why the hell are you working here?"

Waiter: "Hey, a job is a job"

If was pretty funny, and gave us all a much needed laugh. Although he wasn't sure about the food he was serving, he was an excellent waiter!!

Day 14: Conscious Eating Challenge!!!!

Today is the last day for the Conscious Eating Challenge! I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since we embarked on this journey! Although I messed up a lot, I did notice some changes:

1. Drank more water.
2. Did make smarter snacking decisions.
3. I had a little more self control, when bad things were offered to me.

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Very Vanilla Silk Milk (65 cal.)

and vitamins!

Protein Shake

Almond Milk (60 cal.)

1 scoop (100 cal.)

Cup of Coffee w/ creamer (20 cal.)

Lunch:

Sushi for Nagoya

W/ Can, Lou, and Parker!

Dinner:

 

Abner's (I got the Lit' Abner)

2 chicken tenders

fries and garlic bread

Wasn't really feeling the fries...

Dessert:

1 homemade cookie

Water - about 6 glasses

Running - no run

Gym - no gym
 

Although the challenge is over, I've decided to continue the challege but on a new blog. http://consciouseatingcont.blogspot.com/

Day 13: Conscious Eating Challenge

Started off the morning great! I went to the Courthouse in Madison to participate in the Spin for Cancer event they were having. It was outside and I put in two hours worth of spinning!

Me on the bike!

Drank 3 of these

And 2 of these

Snack:

When I got to my Gramma's room

I was greeted with these!

Lunch:

Mcalister's

Half Roast Beef, Cheddar, and horseradish panini (410 cal.)

and Half Berry Spinach Salad

w/ Berry Pomegranate Dressing on the side

Dessert:

Homemade cookies someone brought to my Gramma.

Snack:

So I know this is bad. I got it because I didn't get my morning cup of coffee and really needed some caffeine. I figured this would do the trick. But it's been so long since I've had a Coke, I began to feel ill about half way through...

Also bad, I did share though.

One square of dark chili chocolate.

Yes, Chili! It was actually pretty good!!

Dinner:

We tried somewhere new for dinner. Papitos Grill in Flowood. I was actually pretty good! It was Tex Mex. I wasn't really that hungry, so I just ended up getting the cheese dip and NO Margarita!

Chips and Salsa

Dip

Dessert:

Yes, Berry Berry Good Yogurt again!

Water - about 10 glasses

Running - no run

Gym - 2 hrs outside spin

Day 12: Conscious Eating Challenge

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Very Vanilla Silk Milk (65 cal.)

and vitamins!

2 Cups of Coffee w/ creamer (80 cal.)

WW String Cheese (50 cal.)

Mott's Apple Sauce (50 cal.)

Lunch: Leftovers

Pizza (600 cal.)

Snack #1:

Lite Carmel Frappuccino

w/ Carmel (150 cal.)

Snack #2:

100 cal. yogurt pretzels

Dinner:

Corner Bakery (470 cal.)

Harvest Chicken Salad w/ balsamic vinaigrette

Dessert:

Berry Berry Good Yogurt

Raspberry and White Chocolate yogurt

w/ raspberries and white chocolate chips

Water - 5 glasses

Running - a.m. run

Gym - no gym

Candice, Louis, and Parker are staying with me this weekend! Although I'm not going to get to spend much time with them, I'm pretty excited they are staying with me! Tonight I got them to watch Twilight for the first time! It was lots of fun watching their reactions.

Day 11: Conscious Eating Challenge

Woke up this morning with a food hangover. I felt pretty crappy. With the amount of food I ate last night and the lack of sleep. (I stayed up entirely too late last night reading, and woke up very early. I was trying to get to work early to make up some time.)

Breakfast:

1/2 cup Very Vanilla Silk Milk (65 cal.)

and vitamins! 

2 Cups of Coffee w/ creamer (80 cal.)

Bad Lunch:

Every two weeks Time Out Sports Bar has a lunch special that I love! Bowtie Chicken Pasta. I know it is bad but I went and got it anyway. I hoping dinner will be better tonight.

Bowtie Chicken Pasta and Fruit

Bread Pudding

Update: I only took one bite of the bread pudding. Turns out it has coconut in it, which I happen to hate!

Sweet Tea

Dinner at Mazzio's:

Cheese Dippers w/ sauce (400 cal.)

2 slices of Thin Crust Pepperoni and Olive

(450 cal.)

Sweet Tea

The turned out to be a mistake... I shouldn't have had caffeine so late!! It took me forever to get to sleep, even though I was so tired!!!

Water - 4 glasses

Running - no run
Gym - no gym