Day Thirty Five

Roller derby practice today and I am exhausted. There was one point during the night when my legs actually felt like jello and I felt nauseous, and I had to take a break! That was a good thing and it reminded me that I need to stop being a slacker and get to the gym!!

Day Thirty Four

It is Wednesday and that means... movie night with the Charter family! I brought the movie (Whip It) and dessert (cookies), and the Charters provided dinner (Jambalaya). It was as awesome as always hanging out with Christa, Scott, Callie, and Indy.

After the movie we spent time trying to come up with some really cool derby names like: The Mad Splatter, Clea Smack-Ya, and Betty Sock-Her! It is really awesome to have super cool friends to hang out with and just relax. :)

Day Thirty Three

I am submitting this post via my phone because I wanted to try it and see how it works. Today I packed up my Xbox for repair :( Hopefully it won't be gone too long. I will just have to find lots more things to keep me occupied!

Day Thirty Two

My first charity mention of the year. My friend Nori and I are both Microsoft Xbox MVP's and during the MVP Summit this year we decided to put some of our time to good use and raise some money for charity! The charity is awesome but it was cool to get a mention on a site viewed by a lot of people, too :) GivingChiX, Microsoft MVPs put on The Blanket Project in Seattle

“They say gamers have great hands and we aim to prove that they can do great things with those hands,” said Kiki Lewis, Microsoft Xbox MVP.

Day Thirty One

We had a blast at the roller derby bout tonight! It was an awesome first bout of the season for sure! The excitement was definitely non-stop and I am looking forward to when I can be out there as one of the team. One day :)

Ashley is interested in checking out derby now too and we are all going to go to Skate King Tuesday and get some skate time in.

Day Thirty

This morning I tried to cook something new with phillo dough. I have never cooked with phillo dough and really wasn't sure what to do with it. I put layers on the bottom and added a layer of spinach and then a layer of salmon and cheese with a little cayenne pepper and then some more spinach.

In theory it sounded great, but in reality it didn't turn out so good. All the flavors were there but the phillo was bland and boring. I need to figure out how to cook it. You must have to use some wet ingredients so it gets a little moist or something. Next time!


I also went to Skate King and skated for a while. There were tons of little kids there and it was fun dodging in and out between them. It was great obstacle practice. A couple people came up to me and asked me if I was a roller derby girl because I had my gear on. That was really cool!  I told them about PFM and suggested they check it out. :)

Tomorrow we are going to check out the first Rat City bout of the season!

Day Twenty Nine

On my way to work today as I pulled onto the MS campus I saw a tiny yellow single person car. I followed it but soon lost it in the maze known as the MS campus so I wasn't able to get a picture of it; but as I was walking up to my building I came across another car (in the picture). Who drives a ... ummmm ... dune buggy? race car?  to work?

Day Twenty Eight

Drea joined me at roller derby practice tonight and guess what? ... Tomorrow we are heading to Fast Girl Skates so she can buy some gear and start going to practice with me next week. She really enjoyed watching the practice and has been wanting to do it for a while, too. Woo hoo!

I also found out that one of the new girls that trains with me is six monthsolder then me! I don't feel nearly as old now knowing other people my age are doing it :) Next Thursday I am going to join the pack and skate with the more experienced skaters. I am looking forward to it :)

I am sore and hungry and feeling great!

Day Twenty Seven

Not feeling well today. Spent the WHOLE day sleeping. I am thinking I needed a good day of rest. Roller derby practice tomorrow; Drea wants to go with me and check it out. Should be fun. :)

Day Twenty Six

I had a fun night tonight! My friend Megan asked if I wanted to attend a mixer for the International Game Developers Association in Seattle. It was a casual fun get-together. Drea and a girl I hadn't met before named Katie went with us.

During the event Drea mentioned there was a social media meetup in Seattle tonight as well so we both wandered over there and hung out for a bit. The place was PACKED. There had to be a couple hundred people gathered together. I met some people I knew from Twitter and that was pretty cool.

I got along real good with Katie, she reminded me of my friend Nikol, the funny part was she is just two years older then Zach. The times are sure changing and age is definitely becoming a numnber that really doesn't mean anything. I have friends in their 20's, 30's, and 40's.

Day Twenty Five

Tonight I hung out with Zach and Ty on Xbox LIVE in party chat just chatting. It was really nice. It is cool that we have the technology to hang out with family and friends even from a distance.

Day Twenty Four

Another Roller Derby day and another painful but fun night! I am sure tomorrow I will be feeling it even more. We learned cross overs tonight and the chick I carpool with, Nicole (in the picture), was asked to join the core group tonight! I am sure in a month I will be too, I am doing surpringly good on skates. I really thought I would have forgot it all! I need to build core strength so I am going to have to take some yoga classes soon!

Day Twenty Three

After the wonderful sandwich I had at Martina's last week I decided to stop by Trader Joe's and pick up some stuff to make my own. I ended up getting all the Trader Joe brand stuff for sandwiches and picked up some Trader Joe coffee, and cookies, too! I don't think the bananas and Puffins cereal were Trader Joe brand, but who knows, they could have been!

I liked the store in Redmond better then I did the one in Bellevue. I think I might shop here more then at Whole Foods!

Day Twenty Two

Very sore today.  Didn't do much except sit, stretch, take a hot bath, sit some more, stretch some more, and then played 1 vs 100 with my mom and Zach on Xbox LIVE! It was fun to see how much smarter I am then them.  hahahahahaha! :) Hoping to get up early and not be in too much pain tomorrow and attend a pilates class. We shall see....

Day Twenty One

I had an AWESOME time tonight! I went to my very first Roller Derby practice! There were about five of us new chicks, I was the newest, and one of the more experienced roller girls showed us how to stop and how to fall many different ways.

Everyone else was doing the regular practice, skating and blocking and a bunch of other stuff that I will be participating in next week. I am so sore and tired and excited! I am looking forward to Sunday when I go to another practice!

Day Twenty

Today I went to visit my friend Christa and her family. We watched Paranormal Activity and had spaghetti with garlic bread. Yum! I really liked the movie, it was crazy! Indy can now sit up by herself, roll over, and makes tons of sounds. I was trying to teach her to say Kiki but she just kept giggling everytime I did it!


Christa's son, Scott, got a record player for Christmas and when I got there Callie was listening to an album her grandfather had made (that's him on the album cover in the picture). It was groovy. It was a great night and we plan to make it a regular thing every Wednesday; movie and dinner. I am looking forward to it!

Day Nineteen

Today I went by Martina's house to go over some work stuff and to have lunch. While eating soup and a wonderful sandwich made entirely from Trader Joe items (she's a big fan) and snacking on veges and hummus, I realized I needed to take a pic for my blog. When I said this, Martina quickly rearranged the veggies and added some fruit because she said she didn't want her lunch embarrassed by my wonderful meals I blog about. She is so silly!

Day Eighteen

I got a new pair of running shoes today! I went to a place in Seattle where they have you run on a treadmill and they film it to check out your gait (Thanks to mum and Zach for the idea to find a place that does that!). It was pretty cool to see the results and listen to them explain the results afterward. The guy helping me was really helpful and spent a lot of time discussing the shoes with me.

I ended up getting the Puma's. It turns out I have a pretty normal gait and just need lots of padding to make it more cushiony. The shoes are guys shoes, but I liked the orange better then the purple! I really like how these Puma's give me toes lots of room to move around. My foot doesn't feel like a sausage! Tomorrow I start over Week 2 of the C25K.

Hopefully the new shoes help with the pain in the sides of my calves so I can finsh the week without crying and move on to Week 3!

Day Seventeen

I got up bright and early this morning to go on another hike with the PNW Hikers group. Bright and early means I rolled out of bed at 8AM. Which is what I literally did, rolled out of bed, brushed my teeth, threw on some clothes and hiking boots, grabbed Riley and her leash and left. It was a nice relaxing hike today and not that many people showed up, but it was still good and I got to chat and learn more about Alecia, the women who organizes all the hikes, and her family.

Ashley, whom I met on the hike last weekend, caught me on Facebook today and after chatting a bit we decided to go and watch the local Roller Derby team which starts its season next month. That should be cool to check out!

The rest of the day was just me and Riley being lazy. I did make an awesome dinner; whole wheat pasta, chicken, veggies (yellow peppers, tomatoes, spinach, and fresh garlic) with red sauce. It was really good!  In the picture with its head cut off is the 'angel of the kitchen' my mom included in my b-day package she sent. Look at the cute teapot it is holding!

Day Sixteen

Riley and I went for an early morning walk on the Burke Gilman trail along Lake Sammamish today and it was beautiful outside. It was very foggy and surreal looking. I love it! I am still missing not having snow this year, but hopefully next year I will be living near snow again :)



After the gym I picked up some fresh veggies and fruit, chicken breast, and a round of sourdough bread. After much consideration I decided to have warm sourdough bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dinner.  And maybe I will chop up some mango and mix it with berries for desert! Tomorrow I will make the chicken with veggies and pasta for lunch or dinner.