january madness!

hey y'all!
my weekend starts in approximately 20 minutes, and i'm so excited! i will be in durham, north carolina for part of the weekend to watch maryland play duke at cameron indoor! i honestly never got into college basketball until i met hb. i would watch the march madness because i filled out a bracket, but nothing more. i was more the college football type. in fact, when hb & i started dating, i went to a lot of maryland football games and asked him when they were going to start winning! i was used to seeing LSU play, so y'all can understand my query. well, he told me - wait until basketball season, the acc has some amazing basketball! that year, the terps made it to the N.I.T, and wouldn't you know it LSU makes it to the final four, and also beats duke! we made j.j. reddick cry - bless his heart! over the years, i've grown to love terps basketball, and i will be rooting for them in cameron indoor this saturday! i can't wait to show y'all pics!! the game is on espn, i think - look for me! my sign will either say "MARRY ME MILBOURNE" or
Everyone
knowS
terPs
wiN


GOOOOOOOOOOOO TERPS!!!

treadmills and crushes

y'all, i have a secret - until yesterday, i was so SCARED of running on the treadmill. i would usually use it for walking and put it at like a 2.5 speed. well, yesterday, i conquered my fear! it was way too cold to run our 3 miles outside, so hb & i decided to go to the gym. unfortunately, the machines were pretty much taken, so i got on an elliptical and kept an eye out for a treadmill. after 7 minutes, one opened up, and i bumped it up to 4.5...y'all i was running on the treadmill!! i followed our normal, run 3 minutes, and walk 1 minute routine, and i got through 3 miles in 46 minutes!!! it sounds terrible, but i was able to get closer to a 15 minute pace more than ever. i'm hoping that the pace will only lower from here!

another secret - i have a crush. i've had a crush on this person for the longest time. it's gail simmons for top chef. i have told hb that i am "gay for gail" so many times, so you can imagine my sadness to know that she got married! so now, i'm lookin' for a new girl crush! who is your crush? i am taking all suggestions :)

here is a picture of gail in case y'all don't know what she looks like. isn't she so cute?!!!

bride wars

hey y'all!
this weekend included a viewing of bride wars with missy. y'all, if you are lookin' for a mindless chick flick to go see, this is it. i don't know why, but i am a sucker for this type of movie. i got a little teary, had a couple of laughs, and that's about it. i found it worth my $8. next movie i want to go see is gran torino with hb. we were supposed to go see it on saturday before our run, but couldn't find the movie theater!! speaking of our run, this was the first time that i just hit a wall. i was really not into it, and i just wasn't feeling it. that being said, i regained my focus on lap 7, and finished the last 5 laps with more focus and a better attitude! i hope the run tomorrow goes a lot better! i also got a haircut y'all, and i really like the gal that cuts it. her name is valerie at the new talents salon at van michael's in buckhead. it feels a lot shorter, and i think next time, i'm gonna tell her that i want to grow it long. for some reason, longer hair is lower maintenance for me, and i am really not happy that i have to blowdry my hair everyday now that it's short.
anyhoodle, hope y'all had a great weekend! happy mlk day, and don't forget to watch cnn tomorrow for the inaug. coverage :)

guilty pleasures

hey y'all! an update - we ran 2 miles yesterday, and hb & i finally broke the 16 minute/mile pace, we ran a mile in approximately 15.5 - could have been the cold!
onto the guilty pleasures!

• gossip girl - y'all have to watch this show! it's so insane and i'm hooked!! i wish i was blair waldorf!
• real housewives - y'all i've been watching this on bravo since they had the orange county ones. they are currently doing another orange county ones, and OMG - drama! these ladies are so competitive, but what cracks me up is how they try to cling to youth. you really get the stereotypical california woman on this show.
• peppermint cremes from williams sonoma - to DIE for!
• top chef nyc - i am loving it more that toby young is part of the judges. btw, leah should have gone home last night! and i hope fabio never leaves - his accent cracks me up :)

what are your guilty pleasures?

pet peeve

those of you that know me, know i LOVE to clean. i think that cleanliness is next to godliness, and i'm okay if others aren't that clean, but here at work, i feel that people should put forth the biggest effort to keep areas clean. for instance, if you drop napkins on the floor, pick them up! your mom doesn't work here, so she's not here to clean up after you! if you spill creamer when you are making up your coffee, clean it up, wipe the counter! i just don't get why people are so dirty! am i being to OCD on this?!

reducing my behind in 2009

hey y'all!
just a quick update on the running - yesterday i ran 3 miles!!! woohoo!! in 52 minutes - not so good, but i am working on endurance this month, next month i will focus on my time.
in other news....next weekend, i'm going to see maryland play duke in raleigh! i hope the terps come to play. although they beat ga tech last weekend, they did not play very well. GO TERPS!
also, did i tell you that my friend alice is coming for a visit??!! i'm so excited! you can read up on her adventures here - http://aliceblogs.blogspot.com

recap

today is monday, and i am ready for the week to be OVER! well, just the work week.
i'm actually looking forward to running this week in the cold! i know, i know, it's not as cold as other places, but i was beginning to enjoy the nice 60 degree weather we had at the beginning of last week here in the atl.
hb & i ran 2 miles on saturday, and then did our cross training - it was so nice y'all! i can now say that i got through the first week of training for the 10 miler! we did six miles last week, and we are doing 8 this week. i feel like the next 10 or so weeks will be full of running - with some visitors thrown in :)
this weekend was spent chilling and running - and watching tons of football! i was hoping that alice's giants would pull it out because for some reason i find donovan mcnabb annoying. plus, i think eli is cuter. i am soooooooooo extremely happy that the chargers lost - one qb that i really despise is rivers, ugh, he's so arrogant! i am especially pleased that the ravens won! joe flacco made history y'all! he's the first rookie ever to win 2 playoff games- yay joe flacco!
what did y'all get up to this weekend?