Picnic! (and a silly discovery)

Hannah and Marcia and I went on a picnic at Magnuson Park. It was a beautiful day, albeit a little hazy. Warm enough not to wear a coat. Love that! We went on a little walk throughout the park and took lots of pictures, of course. It was nice to have Marcia around, since she takes pictures as well as me. Makes me not feel so crazy-paparazzi! Don't we just look strait out of an Anthropologie advertisement? (Just joking...Hannah and Marcia where joking about this today. We aren't stylish enough for Anthro, of course)
After our glorious little picnic I made my way to my FAVORITE store. Trader Joes! I already went shopping this week so I was just going to buy bread from the home meeting. It was nice to not have a shopping list, just peruse the aisles and see what there was to buy. There are always fun new things to see and of course the samples are amazing! They had two different kinds of cheeses today, yum! Anyway, today I used the restroom at TJ's for the first time and I was AMAZED at their AWESOME bathroom! It was painted as an underwater scene. So of course, I whipped out my camera...
Isn't it awesome? I hope its not gross to take photos in a bathroom. It was a pretty clean bathroom. Anyone else know this was there? Maybe I am the last to know. :)

Biker chick

Yep, that's me! I am a bike rider now. And even a bit of a bike commuter too, as I rode to and from work today. Yesterday I got quite discouraged because I tried to run and wasn't successful. My plan was to walk one mile, run one mile and walk one mile. But 1/2 way through the running mile my knee started throbbing, so I was back to walking! I am a little sick of gym work outs, so biking works great! It gets me outside, going fast but not in pain. Yay!

Matty was so sweet, he rode to work with me today and took my picture outside my work. Love that guy!



So my life is still not very interesting. Just trying to work out as much as possible, but sometimes taking time off to be lazy. :)

Wonderful weekend.

The last two days I have walked three miles each day. I am not in horrible pain!

Every time I go to Green lake I use those pull up bars! I have done several chin ups, and yesterday I even did a regular pull up!

Despite the fact that I worked in the morning, I had a really fun day! Lindsay and I walked together around Green lake, as I have already mentioned. We were joined by cute little Ziggy, her black & white French bulldog. The weather was gorgeous! Actually yesterday was the last day that we will work together on a Saturday, as she is soon to go back to school to be an Endodontist. :)

In the afternoon I was a good girl and did my leg exercises!

Charnelle and Tiffany were in town and we went downtown to Cheesecake factory! It was really fun. We scoured the calorie menu and found yummy salads which weren't so bad on calories. I got a delicious spicy chicken salad that was only 440 and it was HUGE! It was fun to be with the girls.



Matt and I went out later with Phil and Heather, for his birthday. The best part was that Phil had a rented BMW for the day and it was a convertable! First time in a convertable! I have a photo.

Beautiful day!

As I was going to the gym today I was enthralled by the strange weather. There were dark clouds on the entire horizon with a bright blue sky above. As I left the gym it was raining hard, but in the afternoon it was really pretty! I had to close the blinds at work to keep the bight sunshine out of my eyes. :)

Just thought I would highlight a few happy details.

I did two UNASSISTED chin ups today. At least half my body is working correctly. Very exciting. :)

I took a picture of a pretty flower today:



I had a fun coffee date at Zoka with Hannah. We played that game where you connect dots to make boxes on a napkin. Fun! But Hannah won.

Tomorrow I am going on a bike ride. :)

I had a nice day at work. Of course the bright sunlight streaming in didn't hurt!

My legs feel a little better today. Matt and I have sure been working hard getting them healed!

Matty made me dinner tonight! He made mozzarella stuffed chicken, a vegetable medley (delicious!) and Caesar salad. Thanks Matt!



Since I am injured I have been trying to stay positive!

Ice Whirlpool

I just thought I would post a photo of me being hard core! 25 minutes in an ice whirlpool (aka garbage can with fishtank pump) is very difficult! Just part of my wonderful physical therapy routine. I really want to be able to run Bloomsday.



The coat keeps me from freezing and Matt also makes me hot tea. Tonight I stood in the bucket while I watched "Castle." Funny show!

Shopping and YoSwirl!

Because this is a less than ideal Friday (due to a knee that I believe will never be the same again) I decided to got shopping with Hannah. Even Matt told me to go buy stuff! So I did. :) I got:

1) New bra from Victoria Secret. On sale and with a $10 gift card.
2) New t-shirt from American Eagle. Accidentally tried on some skinny pants and they looked HORRIBLE! Even with my less fat self, I just can't pull those off.
3) TWO new t-shirts from GAP. With a gift card.
4) Two fragrances and one bubble bath from Bath & body works. We just had to take advantage of the sale, Buy three, get three free. :)
5) YoSwirl! My favorite frozen yogurt that is tart like real yogurt and only 70 calories per half cup. Can't beat that!
6) Subway sandwich for lunch. We split a $5 foot long and kept it pretty low calorie.

Here is Hannah with our yogurts and shopping bags:


Yummy Yogurt! My favorite! Its only about 150 calories for the whole cup! The lady made ours extra big and extra pretty, so of course I took a photo.

Weekend update + funny observation

I just back from Costco and before I forget I must say that I saw a very funny thing there! I wish I had my camera. Actually I did have my camera, but was too embarrassed to whip it out. The woman behind me was purchasing three items: Wine, Sausage and a book, "The belly fat cure." Maybe its just my obsession with weight loss, but this cracked me up! I wanted to tell her, "The way to cure belly fat is to NOT buy three bottles of wine and a Costco sized package of full fat sausage!"

Okay, so now I have some real content. I had an awesome weekend with some of my favorite friends and beautiful wedding, and therefore have some photos to share...

Me and my grandparents. My grandma is not doing so well, so it was great to have a chance to spend time with them.


Getting nails done with all the girls! My manicure & pedicure are still in good shape after five days!


Hanging out at Joe & Renae's...have you ever seen more people in a small living room?


The beautiful bride and me in my new giraffe dress!


Fun weekend! Now I have a couple days off so I am committed to completing a few things: Laundry, house cleaning, knee healing, and finding photos for the front of my albums. Its going to be a blast. :)

(Anne-Marie tells me that I use too many exclamation points, so I am making an effort to using less of them!!!)