I went onto the Lululemon website today to look for high collar sweatshirts. Their main page shows a girl holding a sign that says, "I run the Great Wall Marathon in China by 2015". That sparked my curiosity, so I Googled it. Apparently, there's a marathon that takes place on the Great Wall of China. How cool is that? I also found out that the company that organizes this event also has marathons in South Africa, Greenland, Jordan, and a brand new one to start in 2012 in Queensland, Australia on the morning of the SOLAR ECLIPSE! It's called the Solar Eclipse Marathon.
I have always wanted to be a runner. I would need to start out slow, by doing a 5k, then a 10k, then a half marathon, and so forth. But I think this Solar Eclipse Marathon could be a really great goal for me.
The prices are resonable and lodging is even cheaper if you have a group of 4-6.
Anyone interested?
Something to think about. I think it sounds awesome!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Year, New Life, New Me
So far, 2011 has been great! I'm exhausted from working 60+ hours each week, I'm hungry because I don't have the time to go home to get food or the money to buy it, and I'm breaking out.
All of this awesomeness ended yesterday (I hope). I was going to meet up with a friend Whitney on Main Street for a beer after I got off of work at 10pm, but when I got to work at 5:30, someone was already there and offered to take my shift. Whitney hadn't planned on going to Main until 8, so I decided that since I was there, I'd help out with a few things (because it's been really busy) and also go ahead and have a free 30 min. massage because a therapist's appointment was just cancelled.
I lay on the table and the therapist comes in. She says, "I'm going to do an hour on you instead, if that's ok." Umm, yeah! This was my first massage in months (again, I don't have the time) and it felt amazing. I get done around 7:30, just in time to pull myself together and meet up with Whitney.
I head up to Main St. and she's just walking in the door of the bar with a friend of hers from Boston, Chris. Now, usually I'm really shy with new people, but I was killing it! LOL here, LOL there. A few beers later, I head home when I normally would have been leaving the massage studio.
Today, things got even better. I read my friend and high school teammate Kali's blog that she just started. She decided to start in a journey towards the vegan lifestyle. In the past, I have had mixed opinions on veganism, but after I read her post, I decided to really consider it. The health benefits alone are reason to make the change. The only issue is that I have this belief that God put animals (farm kind) on this planet so humans could eat them.
So, this morning, I decided to return back to that post and look a bit more into it. She mentions that she read Alicia Silverston's book, The Kind Diet, and that she plans on following her blog, The Kind Life. I head over the http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ to see what I can find on this book and, sure enough, with my B&N membership (no big deal) I can view all the way to chapter 5. I start reading.
WOW! Not only am I impressed with Alicia's writing, but all of the facts and figures are just heartbreaking. I found myself crying at different parts of the 2nd chapter (Nasty Food #1: Meat) because of all of this information being crammed into 19 pages. And not just information, but details on videos that were released of cows and pigs in slaughterhouses that are so brutally tortured that I had a to take a minute, cry my tears, and take a sip of water to collect myself. Mind you, I was reading all of this at my desk at work.
I left to go home for lunch and to let the doggies out right in the middle of chapter 2, and I had a turkey and swiss sandwich to eat (and by sandwich, I mean turkey and swiss and that's all. No bread, veggies, or condiments). I definitely thought twice about eating it, but I was starving and we don't have much else in the house with the remodel still going on.
Here's my concensus: Starting Sunday, Jan. 9, I will start a vegetarian diet by first cutting out red meat. Each month I will cut something else out, chicken, and finally fish at the end. By year's end, I plan on eating completely vegan foods. Depending on how this goes, I may consider going vegan all the way (you know, with the beauty products and the clothing, etc), but for now, I will only plan on the diet.
I know some people go cold turkey (no pun intended), but I'm such a big meat eater that I don't think I could realistically pull that off. One thing at a time!
As aweful as this may be, I might hit up Burger King on my way to work and grab a burger. I only have 3 more days of red meat eating left! If I throw it up or I can't stand eating after two bites, I know the stories are setting in.
I'll make monthly posts with my progress (along with all my usual posts).
Wish me luck!
All of this awesomeness ended yesterday (I hope). I was going to meet up with a friend Whitney on Main Street for a beer after I got off of work at 10pm, but when I got to work at 5:30, someone was already there and offered to take my shift. Whitney hadn't planned on going to Main until 8, so I decided that since I was there, I'd help out with a few things (because it's been really busy) and also go ahead and have a free 30 min. massage because a therapist's appointment was just cancelled.
I lay on the table and the therapist comes in. She says, "I'm going to do an hour on you instead, if that's ok." Umm, yeah! This was my first massage in months (again, I don't have the time) and it felt amazing. I get done around 7:30, just in time to pull myself together and meet up with Whitney.
I head up to Main St. and she's just walking in the door of the bar with a friend of hers from Boston, Chris. Now, usually I'm really shy with new people, but I was killing it! LOL here, LOL there. A few beers later, I head home when I normally would have been leaving the massage studio.
Today, things got even better. I read my friend and high school teammate Kali's blog that she just started. She decided to start in a journey towards the vegan lifestyle. In the past, I have had mixed opinions on veganism, but after I read her post, I decided to really consider it. The health benefits alone are reason to make the change. The only issue is that I have this belief that God put animals (farm kind) on this planet so humans could eat them.
So, this morning, I decided to return back to that post and look a bit more into it. She mentions that she read Alicia Silverston's book, The Kind Diet, and that she plans on following her blog, The Kind Life. I head over the http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ to see what I can find on this book and, sure enough, with my B&N membership (no big deal) I can view all the way to chapter 5. I start reading.
WOW! Not only am I impressed with Alicia's writing, but all of the facts and figures are just heartbreaking. I found myself crying at different parts of the 2nd chapter (Nasty Food #1: Meat) because of all of this information being crammed into 19 pages. And not just information, but details on videos that were released of cows and pigs in slaughterhouses that are so brutally tortured that I had a to take a minute, cry my tears, and take a sip of water to collect myself. Mind you, I was reading all of this at my desk at work.
I left to go home for lunch and to let the doggies out right in the middle of chapter 2, and I had a turkey and swiss sandwich to eat (and by sandwich, I mean turkey and swiss and that's all. No bread, veggies, or condiments). I definitely thought twice about eating it, but I was starving and we don't have much else in the house with the remodel still going on.
Here's my concensus: Starting Sunday, Jan. 9, I will start a vegetarian diet by first cutting out red meat. Each month I will cut something else out, chicken, and finally fish at the end. By year's end, I plan on eating completely vegan foods. Depending on how this goes, I may consider going vegan all the way (you know, with the beauty products and the clothing, etc), but for now, I will only plan on the diet.
I know some people go cold turkey (no pun intended), but I'm such a big meat eater that I don't think I could realistically pull that off. One thing at a time!
As aweful as this may be, I might hit up Burger King on my way to work and grab a burger. I only have 3 more days of red meat eating left! If I throw it up or I can't stand eating after two bites, I know the stories are setting in.
I'll make monthly posts with my progress (along with all my usual posts).
Wish me luck!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Babies Galore
Literally everyone around me is getting pregant. My close friend, a co-worker, another friend, someone I knew from high school, etc. I thought springtime was the baby making season. Now everyone is getting knocked up in the fall and winter. Is it because it's a little colder this year?I normally wouldn't think twice about this, but being 26 years old, single, and a resident of Utah (where everyone gets married at 20 and pregnant by 21), I'm beginning to feel the pressure. Ok, I started feeling it a few years ago, but more so now with all my friends hopping on the boat.
I want children, but I just don't think right now is the best time for me. I don't have the income to support a family. Some may say that's the husband's job, but come on! It's 2011. The wife is just as much a part of bringing home the bacon as the husband.
Have you seen the documentary Babies? It's amazing! I laughed, I cried, it's incredible! Rent it immediately, if not sooner. Babies is all about babies in different parts of the world. My favorite part was when the baby in Mongolia's brother pushes him in his stroller up a hill outside of his yurt home and leaves him there with the cows in the middle of a field.
Is it weird that I have baby names all picked out?
Monday, January 3, 2011
New Blog
I am proud to announce the deletion of my Park City Culinary Adventures blog (since it wasn't going too well) and the creation of my new blog, Movies by Chelsea. I think this blog will be much more exciting.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Happy 2011!
It's true. The older you get the faster time goes by. 2010 went by in a flash! Here are a few things that I experienced in the last year:
1. Exhaustion
2. Realizing that I can't stay up until the wee hours of the morning
3. The joy of reading
4. Realizing that I can't sleep past 10am, if not 9am
5. The 2010 Winter Olympics
6. A short, but fun trip to Arizona
7. Celebrating the life of my amazing & beautiful grandmother, Dorothy June
8. Taking a well needed vacation to New York to spend time with my brother
9. Finding a love for running by trail (with dog)
10. Venturing to Boise to visit my second family a few times
11. Venturing to Colorado to visit close friends, and to work (and by work, I mean ski)
12. Taking in the outdoors and understanding the beauty of the mountains all around me
13. Admitting that I hate Salt Lake
14. Loving Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, and the rest of the Pack
15. Understanding that the economy is still a mess and that I won't be getting out of Utah any time soon.
16. Turning 26 and realizing that I haven't accomplished anything...queue quarter-life crisis, part 2.
What a great year!
1. Exhaustion
2. Realizing that I can't stay up until the wee hours of the morning
3. The joy of reading
4. Realizing that I can't sleep past 10am, if not 9am
5. The 2010 Winter Olympics
6. A short, but fun trip to Arizona
7. Celebrating the life of my amazing & beautiful grandmother, Dorothy June
8. Taking a well needed vacation to New York to spend time with my brother
9. Finding a love for running by trail (with dog)
10. Venturing to Boise to visit my second family a few times
11. Venturing to Colorado to visit close friends, and to work (and by work, I mean ski)
12. Taking in the outdoors and understanding the beauty of the mountains all around me
13. Admitting that I hate Salt Lake
14. Loving Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, and the rest of the Pack
15. Understanding that the economy is still a mess and that I won't be getting out of Utah any time soon.
16. Turning 26 and realizing that I haven't accomplished anything...queue quarter-life crisis, part 2.
What a great year!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Remember?
Remember in my last post how I said that something really exciting is happening, but I can't discuss it quite yet? Well, I can discuss it now! My BFF Amy's husband, Bob, flew me up to Boise for Amy's (and my) birthday. We had so much fun and she was truly surprised (there were tears)!! If only someone had a video of that moment...Here we all are after dinner at Amy's favorite sushi restaurant.
I can't believe Christmas is already over. It didn't even feel like Christmas this year. With the remodeling of our kitchen, we couldn't put our 24 foot tree up. We went to Home Depot and bought a 3 foot tree and a few ornaments, which we set up in my mom's office, where we've all been living for the last three weeks because the rest of our house is trashed. But my brother flew into town for a week, which was awesome! We all had a good time together and enjoyed each other's company.
New Year's is only a few days away and guess what? I didn't make my goal of 52 books. By midnight of December 31 I will have read 47.5 books. The .5 is the book that I'm currently reading and I know that it won't be done by then.
What are your plans to ring in the New Year? I have been invited to all-you-can-eat sushi at a local restaurant that's just down the hill from me. Can you believe it's 2011?
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Giggity
I haven't had a new post in foreva-eva! What is wrong with me? Could it be the fact that I'm finally busy at work...and my other work? Yes, it's winter, which means that my job at the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Teams are picking up, as is my job at Knead A Massage. Living in a ski town means it gets really busy starting around Thanksgiving (when most of the resorts open). It also means tourists driving under the speed limit and causing a traffic jam (probably one of my biggest pet peeves). We only have four lane highways in Park City, so if you're trying to "pass" someone in the left lane, ya gotta go more than 45 (when the speed limit is 55). Congratulations, morons!
So, my parentals decided to remodel the house. Not entirely, mostly in the kitchen. So, we have green carpet. It's a forest green, but still. Who buys green carpet? My parents do! Anyway, they decided to put in hardwood floors throughout the entire upstairs, then remodel the entire kitchen. I'm pretty excited about the whole process because I've been helping my mom choose all of the details. From the type of wood and color for the floors, to the color of the cabinets in the kitchen, even down to the detailing of the knobs on the cabinet doors and drawers.
Right now, our kitchen is completely gutted. The hardwood floors are being brought up from SLC today, then they need to "adjust to the climate" for five days. They'll start the installation on Monday. Packing the entire house has been a HUGE pain in the ass, but it's all worth it!
On a side note, something really exciting is happening this weekend, but I can't discuss it on public websites, so you'll just have to wait until next week to hear about this awesome and amazing adventure...if I remember to write about it. I really gotta get back into this bloggin thing!
On another side note, I'm screwed on my one book a week resolution. It's not gonna happen. I'm way too far behind. It looks like I'll end up with 47 or 48 books for the year, four or five short of the goal. And you know what, I'm ok with that. I have made an amazing effort, and I'm happy with the results.
And my final side not is this. The Dexter Season 5 finale is on Sunday!! WOO WOO! Who has loved watching me play Lumen every week? I sure have! Yes, I am constantly compared to Julie Stiles. I guess we look alike or something...
Go Dexter!
So, my parentals decided to remodel the house. Not entirely, mostly in the kitchen. So, we have green carpet. It's a forest green, but still. Who buys green carpet? My parents do! Anyway, they decided to put in hardwood floors throughout the entire upstairs, then remodel the entire kitchen. I'm pretty excited about the whole process because I've been helping my mom choose all of the details. From the type of wood and color for the floors, to the color of the cabinets in the kitchen, even down to the detailing of the knobs on the cabinet doors and drawers.
Right now, our kitchen is completely gutted. The hardwood floors are being brought up from SLC today, then they need to "adjust to the climate" for five days. They'll start the installation on Monday. Packing the entire house has been a HUGE pain in the ass, but it's all worth it!
On a side note, something really exciting is happening this weekend, but I can't discuss it on public websites, so you'll just have to wait until next week to hear about this awesome and amazing adventure...if I remember to write about it. I really gotta get back into this bloggin thing!
On another side note, I'm screwed on my one book a week resolution. It's not gonna happen. I'm way too far behind. It looks like I'll end up with 47 or 48 books for the year, four or five short of the goal. And you know what, I'm ok with that. I have made an amazing effort, and I'm happy with the results.
And my final side not is this. The Dexter Season 5 finale is on Sunday!! WOO WOO! Who has loved watching me play Lumen every week? I sure have! Yes, I am constantly compared to Julie Stiles. I guess we look alike or something...
Go Dexter!
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