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A morning Walk at the LA Zoo! August 23, 2010

Filed under: Food,Running — Kelocity @ 12:09 pm

Yesterday, I got up to run/walk with the Los Angeles Racers at the LA Zoo inside Griffith Park. It was a gorgeous morning and we were happy to be out before it got too hot out.

I did a 5.5 mile walk chatting with my friend Sharon. It was so fun. She just got back from Italy and Greece, so we had lots to talk about. 🙂

We had a big group today! It was awesome!

Sporting the LA Racers logo!

After we were done, we headed to Bea Bea’s for breakfast. At first, I was not too excited about it. When they first opened, Irving and I were less than impressed with the prices. It’s not cheap… and we were turned off by that.

But I have to say, the food was pretty amazing and definitely worth it.

Everybody got something that looked amazing (there was a lot of sharing!)

I ordered the S’Mores Pancakes…. and it was just as amazing as it sounds!!!

Butermilk pancakes with marshmallows, chocolate chips (that melted!) and Graham Crackers!!!

I ate about half of this and brought the rest home.

Then we celebrated all the August Birthdays again! I absolutely could not fit even one bite of this crepe in my stomach, but it looked amazing!

Yesterday afternoon, the Scrapbook Creation Station was open again in my house! Sharon and Autumn came over for a few hours and we were scrapbooking machines!!!!

Pictures of the pages will come soon! It’s almost done!!

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Tater Tots! August 21, 2010

Filed under: Food — Kelocity @ 9:46 pm
Tags: Food, Hamburger, Tater Tots

Trader Joes just started bringing Tater Tots into the store, so naturally we bought a bag. We weren’t quite sure what we were going to use them for… until Irving brought home a bag of Harris Ranch Burgers!

Beef!

We got some Cabot Cheese (our new love since we went to the factory!)
And cut up some Tomatoes…

Enter…the Burger Buffet!

But the star of the show was the tater tots (seasoned with some cajun spice!!)

Love!

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A Natural Worrier August 18, 2010

Filed under: Food,Happy — Kelocity @ 9:21 pm
Tags: Cupcakes, Technology

After over two decades, I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I’m an over achiever and a natural born worrier. I like to do it all. I say yes to everything, and I hate to disappoint. Sounds great in theory, except my world occasionally comes crashing down because, let’s face it, no one can maintain that kind of lifestyle.

I understand now that a lot of the stress and anxiety in my life was caused solely by me. I have such a guilty conscience. I need to give myself a break once in a while and unwind. (remember that whole post about decluttering and destressing?)

I wish I could just throw caution to the wind and be a free spirit, but that doesn’t work for me either. It’s all about balance! And I’m happy and proud when I recognize the unbalance and can reel it safely back in. (the alternative is to convince yourself you’re crazy and that’s not a happy place. lol)

Speaking of Happy Places….

Look what arrived at my doorstep today!!!

Ready for this?

6 absolutely perfect chocolate covered strawberries from Shari’s Berries!

Sent by my adorable friend Sarah over at www.gagadiaries.com If you aren’t reading her blog, you should check it out, she’s 20 weeks prego and cute as a button! (I would have said that even if she didn’t send me chocolate for my birthday.)

Sarah—totally not neccessary, but I’m not one to turn down chocolate covered anything! THANK YOU!

I shared one tonight with Ashley and it was pretty amazing.

I went straight for the coconut! Mmmm!!

Mood = Better (instantly!)

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Today after work, I made an unplanned pitstop to get my nails done! I’m so proud for having kept them long for four months now and it feels great. Ladies, don’t take your nails forgranted.

This was my FIRST manicure EVER with real long nails!!!

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We also had a fun time tonight with Irving’s family trying out some new technology and doing a 3-way video chat!!!!

They were all busy chatting and laughing and I was snapping pictures because I thought it was so cool. HAHA

There’s me!

We used the audio from Skype and the Video from MeBeam.com . So cool!

So all in all, a stressful day, but a perfect night. Right now, I have a date with netflix:
my_sisters_keeper

(I hear it’s a downer, but I loved the book).

Night, friends!

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The Mac N’ Cheese Finale! August 15, 2010

Filed under: Food,Friends,Happy — Kelocity @ 10:07 pm
Tags: Food, Friends, Happy, Mac n' Cheese

To top off the end of an absolutely perfect birthday weekend, Irving offered to make me a homemade mac n’ cheese to share with some of our friends! (Yay!)

Cheers!

We had SO much fun playing CLUE! Have you ever played with all 6 players? It’s really hard!!

Ashley won!!

But really…. we all won when the Mac N’ Cheese came out of the oven!!

Hello, cheesy melty goodness!

With a salad bar to uh… make the meal healthy?

Dessert was some cupcakes from this morning!!!

But don’t worry, I did not eat TWO cupcakes in one day (Irving did though!)

Instead, I licked all the frosting off this morning (you know, for breakfast!)

And then tonight…. I had a little bit of frosting and the cupcake left!

HAHA I know, I’m weird!

Happy Birthday to me!!

We toasted with some Apple Cider Iced Wine that JR and Ashley brought back from New York!

JR said he’s climbed from the trees that these apples were picked from!!!

YUM!

And one more bite of frosting. MMmm!

After that, we played a SUPER fun game of “Left, Right Center”!

JR won the pot!! Winner takes all!
(Just don’t spend your $5.25 winnings all in one place!)

And even though they weren’t supposed to, my amazing friends came armed with gifts!!!

I got a cute Demdaco statue and the girl was carrying the same kind of flowers that Irving bought me yesterday!

I have quite the collection of these guys now! I love them!

Red Wine and Chocolate…..Yes Please!

[edited to add: I also got a Michaels giftcard! This could be dangerous!] thanks!!!!]

I am LOVING all my pretty flowers! I’ve scattered them all over my place and I smile every time I see them!!

Thanks for helping me celebrate my birthday, guys. You all mean so much to me! I am so thankful to have you as my friends!

And I seriously got over a hundred facebook emails from friends wishing me a ‘happy birthday’ too. Thanks everyone! Miss my East Coast friends, but I appreciate the texts, emails and phone calls!!

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My 27th Birthday!

Filed under: Food,Friends,Happy,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 11:51 am
Tags: Food, Friends, Golf, Happy, Los Angeles, Pho

Here I am… officially in my late twenties! I have a feeling it’s going to be a great year. 🙂

Irving had a top-secret evening planned! Yay!

He even got me pretty flowers!!

First stop was our favorite Pho Restaurant. I don’t even know the name because there is no sign on the door or any indication that it is even a restaurant. But I swear, it’s got the best Pho Ga in all of Los Angeles!

When we got to the restaurant, Erika and Timmy were waiting for us!

What a fun surprise! They are WAY better at keeping secrets than I would be. lol

We had fun introducing them to the world of Pho!

It’s basically a chicken noodle soup with rice noodles and some other goodies, but you put it all together yourself!

My favorite part is the mint!

All together!

Love those noodles!!!

Don’t forget the sauces!

YUM!

The next part of the plan was to head to the Griffith Park Observatory for a ‘Star Party’. They open up all the telescopes to the public to view the moon and the stars!