Pictures from Halloween 2005...getting ready for Marc & Jimmy's Party -- Saturday October 29, 2005.

tigger, strawberry shortcake, pooh bear...
...paul, me, fatima...

( x )

i feel like ass. im so hungover right now. i checked my phone and i frickin drunk called this boy...a lot. i feel bad...crap! what did i do? oh well. i havent been that drunk in ages. but, sorry buddy!

put a "W" up for us baby! we won last night...14-7. next fri is the semifinals then the championship game. my offense was C-R-A-P...i couldn't hit worth shit in the #2 batting spot, but -- defensively -- i caught a line drive to right which was pretty S-W-E-E-T!

sliders getting together for some drinking games...
...sheryl (3rd base) and jay (left field)


...dave (1st base) and me (right field)

pink & brown

last night, i took my cousin/godmother/roommate out to dinner at le colonial. food was great... but let me cut to the chase: im going to be her bridesmaid!!! im so excited! i came to tears when she asked me -- technically, the card she gave me asked me. when i was living with her last year, we've talked about the topic before and i just assumed that i wasnt going to be a bridesmaid because she has so many other closer friends and im just her plain ole cousin. i was totally cool with that and not offended at all. i think thats why i had tears in my eyes because i was so surprised and touched. shes 8 years older than me but i feel pretty close to her. when i was fuckin up in college my 1st semester freshman year, shes the one who took me out to dinner and told me to get my act together because my parents were going to have heart attacks. ive been asked before who my close girlfriends are and i have many girlfriends that i hang out with and travel with and enjoy life with. but my cousin liezl and my ate myra are considered to be my close girlfriends. granted, they're both family members, but not everyone is close to their family, but i am. i do have a few really close guy friends, but that'll be a different blog story later. anywho...back to the topic at hand: guess what color the dress is going to be?

due date: OCT 31st

...3 miles in 36 minutes...
my friend chris made this goal for me.

ive been running on the treadmill for a couple months now. i can run 3 miles straight without stopping, but it takes me 45 minutes. thats a 15 min mile...hehe. slow poke. but my brother told me that i just need my heart rate to be up for 30 min straight. it is, but he also said i need to push myself. my 15 min mile is at a speed of 4.0 -- some (cough chris cough) say that 4.0 is their walking speed. whatever. blah. i played around with the speed the other day and found that a speed of 5.0 guarantees a 12 min mile. shiet...5.0 is fast! last week, i tried it for 1/2 mile and i thought i was going to die at such a young age of 25. hehe. i have to try though...

background: ive always hated running. in highschool, i didnt understand why my classmates joined track. you're just running. i only participate(d) in the sports where you run and stop and then run again...softball & tennis. but earlier this month, my brother took me on the trail at the forest preserve near my parents house. "fight through the pain, your body will get used to it...your body will adjust." he pushed and pushed me to keep going. my shin splints were acting up. i couldn't feel one of my toes on my left foot. "look ahead and find a spot on the trail...make it your goal but when you reach it, find another spot ahead of you and do it again". after he pushed me physically and mentally, it was 3 miles later on a trail that went up and down and curved left and right. it took me 45 min, but wow!

last night, I ran 2 miles with a time of 24 min and 7 sec. i had no energy in me to run another mile. i was pretty disappointed in myself...

but im working on it...

Pictures from Wine & Cheese Party -- Saturday October 22, 2005.

the life of the party...
...The Rieslings: Auslese & Spätlese

last night was so blog-worthy but i cant even describe into words what happened...

...all i know is that im having a blast and that im going to take things as they come

sigh

march 2006 birthday babies at sea...
...joe, paul, john, chris, me, antoinette, jay, justin, jerome, rachel
...we're booked!!!


Joe's cruise webpage

a new boy

i talked to this boy last night. we hung out for a little bit. it was nice. but the only thing that bothered me was that he kept checking his phone. blah. oh well. i had fun though...

do you hear wedding bells?
no...i hear my alarm going off at 630am.
yikes!

hair. make-up. smile down the aisle. reception time baby!!!

...congrats kuya archie & (soon-to-be) ate myra !!!

im going to have an "Ate" in 2 days...

...and their wedding falls on Sweetest Day too.
...how cute

...i can't wait!!!

new... Pictures from my 25th Birthday Day.

Sharon's pictures from my 25th Birthday Party @ Barleycorn -- Friday September 16, 2005.

my 'brothers'...
...jeff, me, terry


my reaction...
...after getting fondled by antoinette and rachel

see 10.2004 and 10.2003

still at work.
how great is this?
so great!
and i get to play softball in the rain too.
how great is that?
so great!

i don't want to get sick before the wedding.
pray for me.

hi-ho
hi-ho
its off to texas i go...

Katie's pictures from Jen's Welcome Back @ Bar Thirteen -- Saturday October 1, 2005.

sober girls...for now...
...maureen, jen, me, katie, kris

happy birthday, weirdo.