How are you spending Christmas Day?

Here's how it went down:

• Mom rudely woke me up at 9 am to open presents.  I wanted to sleep more.  She said "you can sleep tomorrow!"
• Opened presents.
• Ate super yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs w/ cheese & salsa wrapped in tortillas & home made cinnamon rolls with fresh OJ.
• Bummed around the house in my jammies until about 3 pm while briefly chatting w/ siblings & grandmother on the phone throughout the day.
• Went for a quick 3.5 mile run around my parents' neighborhood.
• Showered.
• Had super yummy dinner of mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, rolls, & jello (no turkey for me... just my parents) with individual home made chocolate molten lava cakes for dessert.  OMG... SO f'ing good!!!
• Left parents' house around 7:30 to meet several flickr friends for drinks (one of my friends' dad is in the hospital & needed cheering up).
• Hung out w/ friends at House of Pies until about 11 pm.
• Went to great Greek bar for cocktails til 12:30 am.
• Went to great dive bar for more cocktails til 2 am.
• Went to my friend, Jenn's house for refreshments & girl bonding til just after 4:30 am.
• Got home around 4:45 am.
• Passed out.
  

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Show us a sign that Christmas is a month away.

Galleria Tree

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Show us how you're spending the day after Thanksgiving.

I never even got out of my pajamas today.  All I did all day long was snuggle on the couch with my puppy, watch tv, & take long naps.  It was fabulous. 

Day 41: Happiness is a warm puppy

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Show us a souvenir from a memorable trip.

Finisher's Necklace

This is my finisher's medal from the Nike Women's Marathon that I received on October 21, 2007 in San Francisco, CA.  It was given to me by a man in a tuxedo as I crossed the finish line.  I even video taped it:

My Nike Women's Marathon Finish

I still cry every time I watch that.  I can still hardly believe I did it.  I ran the HELL out of that marathon & even though it took me 7 hours, 10 minutes, & 25 seconds to get to that finish line, I'm more proud of those 7 hours than practically anything else I've done in my life.  It's not just that run, but everything I did to get there.

Day 8: Nike Women's Marathon FINSHER!

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How are you celebrating Halloween today?

I attended the Halloween party at work given for the pediatric patients.  It was such fun & SO heartwarming, yet heartbreaking at the same time.  More than anything, it was just really great to see the kids smile.  :)

Concentrating Kitty

MDA Halloween

The Little Mermaid

The Bug Whisperer

Slow down "little" fella!

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Woo-hoo!  I'm a finalist for Vox Hunt's "What Do You Have to Say?" contest in the Music Contest Poll section.  So do me a favor, go here & vote for me!  (I'm finalist #2)  Tell your friends!  Thanks!  (I'm not sure why my photo is so dark on the vote page, but you can click here to see the original entry.)  

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Show us your junk drawer. 
Submitted by rosemarypepper

I don't have a junk drawer.  Instead I have a junk room:

Junk Room

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Why won't this guy take the next f'ing step & contact me already???  JEEBUS!!

*sigh*

I hate internet dating.

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I've mentioned it here before, but I'm gonna talk about it again.  On October 21, I will be running the Nike Women's Marathon as a member of Team in Training.  In addition to running the marathon, I am also raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  This money will be used for things like cancer research, education, & patient & family aid.  This is all very personal for me because I lost my dear friend & brother-in-law, Dave to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 6-1/2 years ago.  He was 40.  Then just this summer, Meredith, the 27 year old sister of a very good friend of mine was diagnosed with Lymphoma.  (Thankfully the chemo is working & she's almost completely cancer-free!)   I'm running this race in their honor.

For this marathon, I am committed to raising a minimum of $4100 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  I've almost reached that goal, but could use a little help.  So I'm asking my Vox friends for help.  If you have the means & the will, please click here to go to my TNT website & make a donation.  It's fast, easy, & best of all... it's TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!  All donations must be received by the end of this week. 

Thank you SO much for your help!!  :)

Me and Meredith

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Audio: Share what you're listening to right now.

Stupid iTunes won't let me upload the songs so here's video.  Mmmm... Dave Grohl!  How can you not love the Foo???

Foo Fighters - The Pretender (Official Video)

And I just recently got into a little Gomez:

Gomez - How We Operate

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