New Treadmill

Well for about a year now I have been planning on buying a treadmill.  It's pretty much all I have been talking about for quite a long time now.  Ask any of my friends.  I think I was driving them crazy about it.  Problem is I have this issue with actually spending money.  I have all these great plans to buy something and I work hard and save up for it but as soon as I see the money in the bank account I feel this rush of financial comfort and security and I can't bring myself to actually spending it.  So....  I kept putting off the treadmill.  well....  I finally decided to just go for it.  I found a decent one on sale at RC Willey and purchased it online to be delivered next Saturday.  Well...  to be completely honest, I was still having panic attacks about hitting the purchase button so my friend "M" actually had to come over to my desk to hit the purchase button for me.  LOL  I know.  I'm a freak! But now I will actually have one at home and I can do my walks and jogs anytime I want instead of always having to go to the Marina and rearranging my schedule for the weather.  In Reno it gets very very cold in the winter and very very hot in the summer so I'm not always able to go when the time permits me to.  Now it won't matter.  I'm sooooo excited!!!!

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Channeling My Pain

The past several months have been a whirlwind of emotional ups and downs.  What started off as great, even though I was very skeptical turned out to be crushing.  I had chosen to purposely stay out of the dating world for a very very long time and when I veered from that, I was shown why I should have stuck to my instincts.   Now I have to recover from the heartache that allowing myself to open up to someone caused.  Ugh...  Some days are better than others but I still hate the pain and the hurt that stays lingering around all the time.

Anyway, So this is why I have taken such a hiatus from here and my writing in general.  I am working very hard to get myself back to normal but I can't promise how fast it will be. I have been trying so hard to be strong in public and around my friends but when I'm alone I tend to fall apart. I haven't wanted any of my friends to know anything has been wrong or that that I'm possibly not as strong as I let them all believe I am.  Without using my writing or my singing as an outlet, I haven't given myself much of a chance to heal.  So I am getting back to the pen and paper and hoping for the best. I have several short stories I need to complete now and stop sitting on them, not to mention I need to work on this series some more.  They aren't going to submit themselves and I'm getting tired of dodging my publishers calls,  so it is time to channel my emotions and pain to work for me.

Back From My European Adventure

Greetings from the Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic

Ok, so I know I have been gone for a while but I have had soooo much going on these past couple of months. I even have several blogs that I started, but just didn't find the time to finish and post. I'm sorry about that.  I have definitely been slacking. But it has been a whirlwind of excitement.  First as I mentioned before I went to Europe for 2 weeks in September.  OH MY GOD, what a fantastic time I had.  I have tons of pics but to be honest... I haven't even had a chance to get them uploaded from my camera yet.  Yeah... I've been that busy.  But I promise soon I will get them posted.

I went to Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; Bratislava, Slovakia  and Budapest, Hungary.  Loved them all!!  I would have to say as far as city beauty goes, my favorite was Prague.  It was Gorgeous!!  Loved it.  Charles Bridge is magnificent.  I was in complete AWE! There really are no words to describe the beauty of the city and it;'s architecture.  The people were a little different than I am used to.  They weren't mean or rude at all.  They were very kind and pleasant just very different.  As an American of course I am used to 2 specific things. Smiling at people when you make eye contact with them and personal space.  Well these are two things they do not believe in over there. They don't do superficial smiling or hugs towards people they are not close with. At first they may come off as rude when you smile in their direction and they look at you straight faced and keep walking or going back to what they were doing, but you soon realize this is just how they are.  They are as kind and nice as can be, they just don't smile at random strangers they don't know.

Now for the personal space thing,  well that was hard to adjust too.  I am used to people moving to the side to not run into you.  Avoiding knocking people over in the street when they were standing in their spot before you got there.  In Prague, they don't seem to care.  If you are standing still in a place or walking down the street and someone feels you are in their way or path they will just run you right over.  They don't seem to care if you were there first.  That was something I don't think I would ever get used to.

Vienna was amazing as well.  It made me feel so at home with how similar it is to Germany.  The people, the language, the food.  I love Germany so much and Vienna gave me that same comfortable feeling.  Of course everything about the food was fantastic.  I liked Czech food as well, do't get me wrong, it was just much richer and heavier in the Czech Republic than it was everywhere else. Viennese food is very similar to German food.  Well at least to me it was in comparison to the other countries I visited this trip.  So everything about it was wonderful.  I didn't really try any food in Slovakia for the afternoon we were there but I do have to say that Hungarian food is AMAZING!!!!!  Their food appears to be rich and heavy fut it is actually light yet filing and soooo flavorful with their Hungarian Paprika.  That stuff is AMAZING!!!  So flavorful.  Nothing like anything we have here in the states.  So I don't have too many pitctures yet but I do have some food pictures on my phone.  So I will give you a little quick sneak peek. :)

 A Renaissance Dinner in Hungary.

Some MONSTROUS Tortellini in Prague.

A very heavy and very rich but VERY tasty traditional Czech Goulash and Dumplings dinner.

A pretty amazing Hungarian Fish dinner with a pretty tasty bread-like dessert. 

They do get pretty creative there with their weiners. :)

Yummy Viennese Wiener Schnitzel and Potato Salad with Pumpkin Seed Oil.

Some various European coffee.  Now they definitely know how to do coffee over there.  No comparison. lol 

Vacation!



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Hey everyone!  Just a quick little note here. 

Well, It's almost vacation time.  I leave in 11 days.  I'm not gonna lie... I am pretty freaking excited about it.  I think I have gotten all of my last minute stuff for the trip and I have taken care of the details of the house/cat sitter, bills and work.  Almost time to start thinking about packing.  Yay!!

Prague Here I come!!! 

Life begins at Football Season




  I can not even begin to express how excited I am for football season to be starting soon.  It's like my life ends every year in February and doesn't begin again until September.  Yes, I am one of those freaks about football. An even bigger freak when it come to my San Francisco 49ers though ;) My heart starts to race when I am thinking about being able to watch my boys play.  My stomach does flip flops when I start thinking about my Sunday's plans.  Fall and Football just scream happiness and home to me.

I am the girl who plans her life AROUND the NFL schedule.  I never miss a game....  Well I usually don't.  If I can help it, I don't.  Last year, I did have to miss one game.  It was pretty tough, but I received regular score updates the entire game while I was in Europe.  This year will be the same.  I will be in Europe for 11 days and during that time I will miss one game.  I need to find someone to keep me updated on the score that day. :)   I usually try to make it to a live game once or twice a season and last year I couldn't make it to one.  There was that whole preparing for a huge vacation AND buying a house thing that kind of got in the way of that.  Oh well.  Perhaps this year I will make up for that and make an extra game or two.  :) All I know is I have been counting down for the season since ummmm...   about March. 

So now.... 28 Days till the Season begins!!!!  I am jumping out of my skin, I am so giddy. 




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A week of Concert Heaven getting closer.

So, I know I mentioned on an earlier post that I got VIP tickets to see Madonna in October I thought I would make mention again.  You see...  I get home from Europe the weekend before that concert.  I don't care how tired I will be after my first week back to work, while recovering from some serious jet lag, because she is my lifetime freaking idol, MADONNA!!!!!  

This will be my second time seeing her.  I am beyond excited about it. Well to make the week even better (not to mention a little more exhausting too) I got myself tickets to the Rise Against concert on the 2nd as well.  I bought those tickets the morning they went on sale.  I LOVE Rise Against. HUGE FAN! No way was I missing that show either.  So needless to say.  I am going to be really tired the following week but it is going to be soooooooooo UNBELIEVABLY worth it!!!!!