Finally, Another Blonde in the Family

Once upon a time I married this guy...

And I was the odd ball Valerio ....

 

But NOW I am no longer alone... 

We inducted Lisa into the Valerio Family. 

They had such a beautiful wedding here are some pictures we took

      

 

Another Blonde Valerio.... and maybe another one soon 

( or maybe wishful thinking)

Wonderful Wednesday

Ok so today is not so wonderful... it is one of those days where things keep going wrong and things keep piling up and you look at life and think WHY can't ANY thing be easy! So what I was doing on my hour drive home from school was thinking of how these bad things make my life WONDERFUL cause lets face it life even at its worst can be wonderful. SO here we go...

Making life Wonderful....

1. The car we were in the process of buying was sold to some one else with out the sellers even calling to tell us... The car was old and had a ton of miles on it. Who knows if it was as good of a deal as we thought. Maybe would would of had it a week and had to replace the breaks or something. PLUS we are going to find something way better now that we have more time.

2. I was trapped in my room because there was a dead cockroach in the hallway... Ok so you may think WHAT? Here's the deal I am DEATHLY afraid of cockroaches. I know its not logical but they are gross and I have no control when one is near dead or alive. I was home alone and one appeared in the time  had eaten breakfast and taken a shower.... Oh the woes of condo life.... BUT on the Wonderful side my house is EXTRA clean now because I have scrubbed EVERYTHING so the cockroaches don't want to live in our house... hopefully that works cause I might have a full blown panic attack if I see another one.

Here is a super blurry picture ( I wasnt about to get close to the thing!)
But I had to prove to the hubby that is was there....

3.TRAFFIC, Traffic and more TRAFFIC. I hate it but on the bright side if I got to school any sooner there would be no parking. Our parking is always full so if you get there too early you have to drive around for a hundred years. which is even more frustrating than traffic. 

4. My Knee is hurting... again... A few years ago I ran the Ragnar Relay  I didn't train very well and had never run more than 8 miles. After running about 19 miles over the course 2 days I had hurt my knee. Well that was years ago and it was better until this last weekend but this time I now how to handle it. The pain means I am running again. I am not slacking and I know that I need to take my time. This pain will pace me. I will not blow my knee I will take my time and do it right!!!

5. We haven't sold our truck yet... AT LEAST WE HAVE TWO WORKING CARS!!! 

Its FINALLY Friday!!

This week has gone by so fast. With school starting again and Jon's new job I feel like there is hardly enough time to breath. This hectic schedule really has me appreciating my Fridays that's for sure. 

5 reasons I am IN LOVE with Friday

1. I have no classes on Fridays so all I have to worry about is work which 

lets face it, its not much to worry about.

2. Pay day!!!!! Who doesn't love seeing their bank account full once again.

3. Date Night... we party* all Friday night cause we get to sleep in on Saturday 

*party in this case mostly means stay out past 10 cause we are watching a movie, CRAZY I know*

4. Tomorrow is SATURDAY and that means all day soaking in the sun at the beach. Oh how I miss you soo!!!

5.  Only one more day till Race day... yes this is something I totally forgot to mention that I was doing but this summer I have slowly, very slowly been trying to get back into running with my beautiful friend Becky and we are going to run our  first race tomorrow night.  It is on a giant bridge which I have yet to run the whole way up and down sooo I'll let you know how it goes...

I am linking up with Lauren and Lindsey check out their blogs they are great.

Home Improvements

This past couple of days have flown by! We have been working hard on our lovely condo. Now I am sure when I say that you might think something like ... Oh they must have just moved in to a new place.. Well sadly no. I am just a slacker. We have been in our humble abode since February and I have completed a few projects but  nothing too serious. This week we and by we I mostly mean Jon has worked very hard on our soon to be patio!  Our amazing Landlords are letting have our way with the condo so hopefully soon it will be a nice place to look at. From inside and out. Here are some pictures of our progress, when we are all done I will posted the finished product. Maybe, if I get all my little side projects done, I will post some pictures of our place. Until then here ya go.