hey y'all!
so i've been thinking more and more, and i'm not sure how i want my new name to read. when hb & i officially get married, i do want to change my name to his last name, but i have no idea how. so, i've put a poll in so that i can get your vote :)
so option a would make my name sil maiden married, b, would be sil cristina married, and c would be sil cristina maiden - married. let me know your thoughts! oh, and btw, my middle name is cristina.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
charleston
hey y'all!
i am still gonna owe y'all the mexico pics, but here are some pics from the weekend and our trip to charleston. i'll have to say that the highlights of the charleston trip were going to piggly wiggly and eating dinner at snob. charleston is definitely a city with a lot of history, and if you are a history buff i would definitely recommend it. there is a lot of civil war history within charleston. unfortunately, hb and i aren't big buffs, and did not really feel that the tour we took was that interesting.
we started friday off by picking up my friend bee from the airport. we decided to stop at the home of the first chick fil a! it was pretty good, but i LOVE chick fil a.
then we took bee to the virginia highlands for a quick bite at murphy's and some gelato at paolo's. bee had an awesome chicken sandwich there that hb & i will have to go back for soon.
once we arrived in charleston, hb & i had a quick bite at hominy grill. it's been featured on no reservations and rachael ray's $40 a day show, but i have to say we weren't that impressed. hb had a curried chicken sandwich and i had a shrimp caesar. i think i would recommend it if you try the breakfast (the big nasty dish is what bourdain had) or the shrimp & grits.
here i am in front. it's a really cute place just didn't impress me.
hb & i opted for taking a tour that was in an air-conditioned tour bus, and we got out for a bit during the tour. like i said the tour was mainly about civil war things. here we are by the water where they have cannons. apparently these are left over from the civil war, and they are plugged up because too many people would stick their heads in and get stuck! LOL
we also drove around the city market, but we decided to walk through it on sunday since it was sweltering on saturday afternoon. i think the temperature was about 105!!
once we checked into the hotel, we got relaxed for a bit and got ready for dinner at snob. y'all this was the best meal i have had in the southeast! the food was local and super tasty. hb started with some gazpacho, and i had the red bean soup. both were excellent and had such depth of flavors. for entrees, hb had the carolina quail breast - it was so juicy and perfectly cooked! he also had a side of spinach. i had the crab cakes with a corn, okra and grape tomato saute! y'all it was so amazingly good! and our bread basket was tasty too! cornbread was moist and full of good flavor. the highlight was that they knew were were taking another mini moon, and sent over two glasses of champagne to toast us. we ordered dessert and got a devils food & chocolate mousse cake topped with a strawberry ice cream scoop. y'all best meal hands down! i wish i would have taken pics of the food, but i was too busy really savoring and enjoying the dinner! if you are ever in charleston, eat here!
after dinner, hb & i decided to try to walk to see rainbow row. we only got one block up and decided it was too hot and we would see by car on sunday. we went to the rooftop bar at the pavillion hotel instead to cool off with some punch and beer. the view is really great here, but the service isn't so great. i recommend going up for the view though. here is the suspension bridge that they have connecting charleston to mount pleasant. it's really beautiful.
as we were driving back to the hotel, i spotted a piggly wiggly and decided we had to go in! i LOVE piggly wiggly y'all, and this one was super nice. the aisles were named after streets in charleston, so it was so cute.
all in all, i think we had a good fun trip, but i would definitely say that if i that if i had to choose, i would go to savannah over charleston.
i am still gonna owe y'all the mexico pics, but here are some pics from the weekend and our trip to charleston. i'll have to say that the highlights of the charleston trip were going to piggly wiggly and eating dinner at snob. charleston is definitely a city with a lot of history, and if you are a history buff i would definitely recommend it. there is a lot of civil war history within charleston. unfortunately, hb and i aren't big buffs, and did not really feel that the tour we took was that interesting.
we started friday off by picking up my friend bee from the airport. we decided to stop at the home of the first chick fil a! it was pretty good, but i LOVE chick fil a.
then we took bee to the virginia highlands for a quick bite at murphy's and some gelato at paolo's. bee had an awesome chicken sandwich there that hb & i will have to go back for soon.
once we arrived in charleston, hb & i had a quick bite at hominy grill. it's been featured on no reservations and rachael ray's $40 a day show, but i have to say we weren't that impressed. hb had a curried chicken sandwich and i had a shrimp caesar. i think i would recommend it if you try the breakfast (the big nasty dish is what bourdain had) or the shrimp & grits.
here i am in front. it's a really cute place just didn't impress me.
hb & i opted for taking a tour that was in an air-conditioned tour bus, and we got out for a bit during the tour. like i said the tour was mainly about civil war things. here we are by the water where they have cannons. apparently these are left over from the civil war, and they are plugged up because too many people would stick their heads in and get stuck! LOL
we also drove around the city market, but we decided to walk through it on sunday since it was sweltering on saturday afternoon. i think the temperature was about 105!!
once we checked into the hotel, we got relaxed for a bit and got ready for dinner at snob. y'all this was the best meal i have had in the southeast! the food was local and super tasty. hb started with some gazpacho, and i had the red bean soup. both were excellent and had such depth of flavors. for entrees, hb had the carolina quail breast - it was so juicy and perfectly cooked! he also had a side of spinach. i had the crab cakes with a corn, okra and grape tomato saute! y'all it was so amazingly good! and our bread basket was tasty too! cornbread was moist and full of good flavor. the highlight was that they knew were were taking another mini moon, and sent over two glasses of champagne to toast us. we ordered dessert and got a devils food & chocolate mousse cake topped with a strawberry ice cream scoop. y'all best meal hands down! i wish i would have taken pics of the food, but i was too busy really savoring and enjoying the dinner! if you are ever in charleston, eat here!
after dinner, hb & i decided to try to walk to see rainbow row. we only got one block up and decided it was too hot and we would see by car on sunday. we went to the rooftop bar at the pavillion hotel instead to cool off with some punch and beer. the view is really great here, but the service isn't so great. i recommend going up for the view though. here is the suspension bridge that they have connecting charleston to mount pleasant. it's really beautiful.
as we were driving back to the hotel, i spotted a piggly wiggly and decided we had to go in! i LOVE piggly wiggly y'all, and this one was super nice. the aisles were named after streets in charleston, so it was so cute.
all in all, i think we had a good fun trip, but i would definitely say that if i that if i had to choose, i would go to savannah over charleston.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
setback
hey y'all!
this weekend hb & i went to charleston, south carolina. it was a good time, but i should have read the post allie put up regarding vacations before i went. unfortunately, i really indulged, and the workouts from the week did not burn enough to allow for that indulgence. i was super bummed to find that i had gained 2lbs. this week, it's gonna be salads for dinner because i feel like i'm getting into a groove with the exercise, and i really have to do my best to incorporate a healthy diet so that i can see results.
this week, i have been lazy about waking up, so i'm going to do 45 minute elliptical workouts as soon as i get home (well today at least, hopefully tomorrow i'll be an early riser and get it done before going to work)
this weekend hb & i went to charleston, south carolina. it was a good time, but i should have read the post allie put up regarding vacations before i went. unfortunately, i really indulged, and the workouts from the week did not burn enough to allow for that indulgence. i was super bummed to find that i had gained 2lbs. this week, it's gonna be salads for dinner because i feel like i'm getting into a groove with the exercise, and i really have to do my best to incorporate a healthy diet so that i can see results.
this week, i have been lazy about waking up, so i'm going to do 45 minute elliptical workouts as soon as i get home (well today at least, hopefully tomorrow i'll be an early riser and get it done before going to work)
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
variety
hey y'all!
i am really trying to stay on this exercise thing, and i think something that helps is planning activities that don't involve the gym, but will keep you active. they do say that variety is the spice of life!
before moving to atlanta, hb got me some golf lessons with a pro, and i LOVED it! unfortunately, i only had 3 lessons before we were set to move, and i could not continue with it. i became interested in golf because of hb. although we are young, we always talk about retirement, and how we would love to travel to places that have great golf courses (in my head we would play all the time in hawaii - i picture taking in the views of diamond head as we go through the course, and then finishing our round with a nice cocktail, but i think hb other courses in mind as well). i also feel like it would keep us from becoming distant, and not really knowing each other after the kids are out of the nest. sorry for that tangent! so, my point - golf is a great sport that's not high impact, but gives you a great shoulder, arm, and ab workout. you would think that it would be easy to hit a ball that's on the ground, but it's not as easy as you think. although i have yet to get on a course, walking a course is also excellent exercise, and i'm looking forward to one day actually playing a round, but for now, i will stick with going to the range and practicing my swing to prepare for future lessons.
do i look like tiger or what??
ps, if you are trying to golf, do NOT try my stance....you should have your knees slightly bent, and your feet going the same direction. my feet kind of in a plie in this one :)
i am really trying to stay on this exercise thing, and i think something that helps is planning activities that don't involve the gym, but will keep you active. they do say that variety is the spice of life!
before moving to atlanta, hb got me some golf lessons with a pro, and i LOVED it! unfortunately, i only had 3 lessons before we were set to move, and i could not continue with it. i became interested in golf because of hb. although we are young, we always talk about retirement, and how we would love to travel to places that have great golf courses (in my head we would play all the time in hawaii - i picture taking in the views of diamond head as we go through the course, and then finishing our round with a nice cocktail, but i think hb other courses in mind as well). i also feel like it would keep us from becoming distant, and not really knowing each other after the kids are out of the nest. sorry for that tangent! so, my point - golf is a great sport that's not high impact, but gives you a great shoulder, arm, and ab workout. you would think that it would be easy to hit a ball that's on the ground, but it's not as easy as you think. although i have yet to get on a course, walking a course is also excellent exercise, and i'm looking forward to one day actually playing a round, but for now, i will stick with going to the range and practicing my swing to prepare for future lessons.
do i look like tiger or what??
ps, if you are trying to golf, do NOT try my stance....you should have your knees slightly bent, and your feet going the same direction. my feet kind of in a plie in this one :)
Monday, June 15, 2009
habit
hey y'all!
how long does it take for something to become a habit?? i was pondering this today, and i feel like i've heard it only takes a month of doing something to make it a habit. i sure hope so because when i woke up this morning, i wanted to go back to bed. i'm back on the exercise wagon, and i have come to learn that doing my workouts in the morning really works for me because then i have it done for the day. i can come home and just relax and do nothing or run errands without worrying if the gym will be packed or not. i also think that planning out my week of workouts makes me more inclined to do them. i put them in my planner and check it off every time i've accomplished a workout. this week the plan is to do jillian today and wednesday, and do my walks on tuesday, thursday & saturday. i think the blog is helping me become more accountable - mean what you say, and say what you mean!! i'm already thinking to next week, when i will take some morning swims instead of jillian!!
how long does it take for something to become a habit?? i was pondering this today, and i feel like i've heard it only takes a month of doing something to make it a habit. i sure hope so because when i woke up this morning, i wanted to go back to bed. i'm back on the exercise wagon, and i have come to learn that doing my workouts in the morning really works for me because then i have it done for the day. i can come home and just relax and do nothing or run errands without worrying if the gym will be packed or not. i also think that planning out my week of workouts makes me more inclined to do them. i put them in my planner and check it off every time i've accomplished a workout. this week the plan is to do jillian today and wednesday, and do my walks on tuesday, thursday & saturday. i think the blog is helping me become more accountable - mean what you say, and say what you mean!! i'm already thinking to next week, when i will take some morning swims instead of jillian!!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
gave my liver
hey y'all!
i gave my liver to save the river! the local brewing company - sweetwater - sells t-shirts to benefit cleaning up the chatahoochee river. apparently the river is being threatened by overuse and pollution. taco mac also does a t-shirt with sweetwater to benefit the river. unfortunately, they are sold out, but hb & i are going to stop by on tuesday to get our shirts!
taco mac has pint nights every thursday where they give you a free pint glass when you purchase a beer of the month. hb & i have been going for a while now, and pretty much have more pint glasses than regular glasses. this month there are 3 beers including my favorite - the sweetwater ipa!! it's so YUM! if you like grapefruit, then you will definitely like this beer.
hb had the red brick blonde, and while we were enjoying our wings, we decided that it would be a good idea to tour other breweries as well. we are planning on going to athens, to the terrapin
brewery soon! it's only about an hour and a half from us, and it will keep with our goal of seeing the sites that are close to us.
in other news, i reached my goal for the week! i did jillian 4 days this week. it was a little tough to get out of bed so early, but i have been going to bed early, and hope this is a true start to getting fit. next week, the plan is to do the jillian workout on designated cross training days within the hal hingdon 5k training schedule. the running days are going to be brisk walk days, and by the week after, i will be on my way to running again.
i gave my liver to save the river! the local brewing company - sweetwater - sells t-shirts to benefit cleaning up the chatahoochee river. apparently the river is being threatened by overuse and pollution. taco mac also does a t-shirt with sweetwater to benefit the river. unfortunately, they are sold out, but hb & i are going to stop by on tuesday to get our shirts!
taco mac has pint nights every thursday where they give you a free pint glass when you purchase a beer of the month. hb & i have been going for a while now, and pretty much have more pint glasses than regular glasses. this month there are 3 beers including my favorite - the sweetwater ipa!! it's so YUM! if you like grapefruit, then you will definitely like this beer.
hb had the red brick blonde, and while we were enjoying our wings, we decided that it would be a good idea to tour other breweries as well. we are planning on going to athens, to the terrapin
brewery soon! it's only about an hour and a half from us, and it will keep with our goal of seeing the sites that are close to us.
in other news, i reached my goal for the week! i did jillian 4 days this week. it was a little tough to get out of bed so early, but i have been going to bed early, and hope this is a true start to getting fit. next week, the plan is to do the jillian workout on designated cross training days within the hal hingdon 5k training schedule. the running days are going to be brisk walk days, and by the week after, i will be on my way to running again.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
mini moon
hey y'all!
so last weekend, hb & i woke up early on saturday morning to head over to savannah. we had a great time on what we have dubbed our "mini-moon". we decided to take a trolley tour to get the layout of the city knowing that we would come back for other sites that interested us. we forgot to take pictures of some places, but here's a little recap of what we did.
hb & i on the trolley at the start of the tour -
if you have seen midnight in the garden of good and evil or read the book, then this is where the murder occurred. this is the williams-mercer home. i feel in love with all the homes in savannah. if you are ever there, you will see so many beautiful buildings that are historical homes. scad has definitely been key in helping restore and preserve these homes. the historical society also makes a lot of rulings, and you cannot change anything in your home without them approving.
savannah is also full of squares (they have a little over 20 i believe). before lunch hb & i decided to explore forsyth park. you will probably see this fountain in a lot of postcards. the park sits on about 40 acres, and it also has a very fragrant garden that is used to train the blind.
there is also a mansion that is used as a hotel now at the park. we opted to eat at the hotel restaurant 700 drayton. we had a nice leisurely lunch there (sorry no pics of the food!).
i don't have many pictures of dinner saturday night, but sunday brunch was at lady & sons. if y'all watch food network, y'all know this is paula deen's restaurant. y'all, i love paula and i love butter, but to be honest, i thought the food was kind of meh. it was pretty salty for me, and really heavy. BUT i will say that the service was excellent. everyone was super nice and kept it clean. i think that i would go again, but have something off the menu (sundays is buffet only) to give it another try. i did like the hoecakes with syrup and the hot sauce that paula sells! people line up pretty early to get a reservation, and hb did the waiting while i slept in at the hotel. here is a pic of lady & sons (it rained for most of the time we were there).
here we are after eating at the buffet. can you tell we are so full?!?!
paula & i sayin' best wishes & best dishes! y'all come back now :)
so last weekend, hb & i woke up early on saturday morning to head over to savannah. we had a great time on what we have dubbed our "mini-moon". we decided to take a trolley tour to get the layout of the city knowing that we would come back for other sites that interested us. we forgot to take pictures of some places, but here's a little recap of what we did.
hb & i on the trolley at the start of the tour -
if you have seen midnight in the garden of good and evil or read the book, then this is where the murder occurred. this is the williams-mercer home. i feel in love with all the homes in savannah. if you are ever there, you will see so many beautiful buildings that are historical homes. scad has definitely been key in helping restore and preserve these homes. the historical society also makes a lot of rulings, and you cannot change anything in your home without them approving.
savannah is also full of squares (they have a little over 20 i believe). before lunch hb & i decided to explore forsyth park. you will probably see this fountain in a lot of postcards. the park sits on about 40 acres, and it also has a very fragrant garden that is used to train the blind.
there is also a mansion that is used as a hotel now at the park. we opted to eat at the hotel restaurant 700 drayton. we had a nice leisurely lunch there (sorry no pics of the food!).
i don't have many pictures of dinner saturday night, but sunday brunch was at lady & sons. if y'all watch food network, y'all know this is paula deen's restaurant. y'all, i love paula and i love butter, but to be honest, i thought the food was kind of meh. it was pretty salty for me, and really heavy. BUT i will say that the service was excellent. everyone was super nice and kept it clean. i think that i would go again, but have something off the menu (sundays is buffet only) to give it another try. i did like the hoecakes with syrup and the hot sauce that paula sells! people line up pretty early to get a reservation, and hb did the waiting while i slept in at the hotel. here is a pic of lady & sons (it rained for most of the time we were there).
here we are after eating at the buffet. can you tell we are so full?!?!
paula & i sayin' best wishes & best dishes! y'all come back now :)
positive thoughts
hey y'all!
so i know i owe y'all a lot of posts, but i have been lazy about uploading! i will get to it soon though!!
i completed day 2 of the shred! woohoo!! no more excuses indeed.
i'm trying to think positive, and i think the exercise is really helping!
y'all my mom is getting surgery on her eyes for cataracts. please pray for her today! or if you don't pray, then definitely think some positive thoughts for her!
so i know i owe y'all a lot of posts, but i have been lazy about uploading! i will get to it soon though!!
i completed day 2 of the shred! woohoo!! no more excuses indeed.
i'm trying to think positive, and i think the exercise is really helping!
y'all my mom is getting surgery on her eyes for cataracts. please pray for her today! or if you don't pray, then definitely think some positive thoughts for her!
Monday, June 8, 2009
no more excuses
hey y'all!
hb & i got back from our fun trip to savannah last night, and i'll be posting up some pics soon!
we had a great time!
this morning was my first day back on the saddle if you will. i have been making excuses for not getting up and just exercising, and i decided over the weekend that it needs to stop now! my goal for this week is to wake up at 630am and just work out. i have come to the sad realization that i just don't workout when i say i'll do it after work. today i did the 30day shred. i've written down the following schedule - am workouts monday and tuesday, rest wednesday, workouts thursday and friday am, and then rest on saturday morning. i can't wait to get fit y'all!!
if y'all are lacking motivation, please visit shopping is our cardio. those gals are a real inspiration!!
my ultimate goal is to go on training runs with my friend ajg! she's going to run a half marathon with her sister!!
hb & i got back from our fun trip to savannah last night, and i'll be posting up some pics soon!
we had a great time!
this morning was my first day back on the saddle if you will. i have been making excuses for not getting up and just exercising, and i decided over the weekend that it needs to stop now! my goal for this week is to wake up at 630am and just work out. i have come to the sad realization that i just don't workout when i say i'll do it after work. today i did the 30day shred. i've written down the following schedule - am workouts monday and tuesday, rest wednesday, workouts thursday and friday am, and then rest on saturday morning. i can't wait to get fit y'all!!
if y'all are lacking motivation, please visit shopping is our cardio. those gals are a real inspiration!!
my ultimate goal is to go on training runs with my friend ajg! she's going to run a half marathon with her sister!!
Friday, June 5, 2009
i'm back!
hey y'all!
i'm finally back from my writing hiatus! i truly intended to write more often, but work got in the way! hb & i had a great time at our mexico party! there were mariachis, lots of dancing and good old qt with my family. i will post some pictures once i get some, and give y'all more of a play by play. tomorrow morning hb & i will wake up at 5am to drive to savannah! i'm soooo excited y'all!
i hope to run into ruby or paula deen! i'm looking forward to lady & sons buffet on sunday!
more pics and posts to come :)
i'm finally back from my writing hiatus! i truly intended to write more often, but work got in the way! hb & i had a great time at our mexico party! there were mariachis, lots of dancing and good old qt with my family. i will post some pictures once i get some, and give y'all more of a play by play. tomorrow morning hb & i will wake up at 5am to drive to savannah! i'm soooo excited y'all!
i hope to run into ruby or paula deen! i'm looking forward to lady & sons buffet on sunday!
more pics and posts to come :)
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