#81 - Bingo!

Last night I joined Heather P. for a fun night playing bingo! She won $300 on a side game (called Shamrock - the side games are endless but quick and PAY $$$). Her friend, Dave, was along and would have won a game of bingo (a $250 pay out) but didn't see that he had the bingo until it was too late; someone else had already one and you can only win when the last ball played is the one that makes you the winner (learned that last night!). I...didn't win but came really close and had fun! Plus, they had a roach coach outside for most of the night which provided me the best bean burrito possibly ever.

#80 - Picnik.com

Here's a fun photo edit I did this morning on Picnik.com (recommended by our corporate IT department)! It only took a couple of minutes and it was fun. All of the edits I did were free but if you want to be a member it's only $2.08/mo. and the options are really endless.
Here's the before photo -

#79 - It's a dog's life.

Here are Tobey and Lola in the front seat of my car on the way to Petco yesterday for a toenail trim (look at those long nails!). They were so cute, just hopped in the car and laid down, up for any road trip I was going to take them on. Both love Petco because of all the great things to smell (other dogs!) but don't like being around other dogs which is sometimes embarassing... Relaxing afternoon running errands with my two co-pilots. :)

#78 - Santa Barbara

Suzanne Rogers returned to the west coast (from DC) and is living in Santa Barbara = ROAD TRIP!! Went up to see her last weekend and enjoy the 65 degree cool, coastal weather. Here is Suzanne, me and Marissa (her and Tony came up, too!) in Solvang - Scandanavian town about a 40 min. drive from SB.
We stayed at Suzanne's 2 bedroom, 2 bath beautiful apartment. Lots of college (grad and undergrad) students live there; reminded us of how we use to par-tay til all hours of the night and day AND how we can't hang like that anymore - which we all agreed was a good thing.

#77 - In da club

I have a love/hate relationship with the gym - mostly hate but last week it was love. On Thursday after work I was walking up to the front door of my Bally's and the music coming from inside was loud but the bass made it even louder. Inside, there were two DJs spinning dance music and I liked it! Most of the time I just listen to the music they provide (which is anything from top 40 to adult contemporary) so it was nice to have some really upbeat, loud music - I stayed on the ellipical for 60 min!!

On a side note, my hate for the gym was recently fueled by a physical trainer. They occassionally come around and try to get people to sign up for private sessions (I took them up on my free one but it kicked my butt so bad - I'm happy just to get there a couple times a week for some cardio). So one day, I was proud I got myself there and was on the elliptical after a looong day of work when a physical trainer tried to talk me into getting off the machine that very second and join him in some mat exercises because I could "burn so many more calories." I politely refused then he persisted telling me that I had "too much fat on (my) stomach." OH NO HE DIDN'T! I said, "Excuse me? I have too much fat on my stomach?" Then I ignored him and sent an email the next day to Bally's which resulted in an automated, canned response.