#34 An Eggscellent Weekend

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

I had an eventful weekend filled with craziness.

Friday April 22, 2011--Good Friday
Dad gave me the day off and I just watched tv until it was time to go to my nanny's house for crawfish. They were amazing!!!!

Saturday: April 23, 2011 My big accomplishment was that I walke the Cresent City Classic. It was a 10K; this is 6.2 miles.

This is a picture of Me and my cousin, Gerilyn, before the race.

This is a picture of my cousin; Ashley and her friend, Lauren.

Ashley, Lauren, and I walked from my sister's condo to the start of the race, which was another mile.

Ashley and her friend took of running. Gerilyn and I walked. We finished in 2 hours and 38 secs which means that we did 18 minute miles. I finished with 1 blister and my body is sore all over. After a stop at the First Aid Tent we were finished. By the end of the day everyone walked/ran approximately 10 miles. Needless to say we were exhausted.

After the race, we traveled back to Lafayette. Ashley drove us. She 15 and only has her perment; she did amazing.

Sunday, Aril 24, 2011 Happy Easter!!!!

The Roth Family

Everyone woke up about 9am. We ate breakfast. I had an omelet by the "Omelet King," Matt Roth. Believe me, it was delicious. I was also surprised that the Easter Bunny found me at The Roth Household. Thank-you Easter Bunny.

At around 2pm. The rest of the family came. We ate, chatted, told stories, and just hung out. It was so much fun.

#33 Something Borrowed

I know I haven't written in a while, but life has been a little crazy. I will write about that in another blog. I have just finished reading the most incrediable book, Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. I read it in literally 3 days; would have been faster, but I had to work. I have been dying to read this one for a long time and it has been sitting on my bookshelf. I heard that it was being made into a movie but still never read it. Last week I realized the that the film will be out in the first week of May, so I kind of was in a panic. I couldn't put it down. The book is also greatly praised.

Here is what is written on the back of the book:

Meet Rachel White, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl--until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend Darcy throws her a party. That night, after many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's finace'. Although she wakes up determined to pu the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. In her wildest dreams (or worst nightmare?) this the last thing on earth Rachel could ever have imagined happening. As the September weddding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make her choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness. Something Borrowed is a phenomenal deput novel that will have you laaughing, crying, and calling your best friend.

Emily Giffin is amazing author. She got right into the juicy stuff; she also as the ability to keep the reader into the book with all the twist and turns. Here is a little bit about her.

She graduated from Wake Forest University and ahte University of Virginia School of Law. She practiced law in New York City for several years before movine to London wher she began writing full time. She now lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons.

Many people of written loads about the book, but one stands out and it is exactly what I feel.

You don't have to lust after your best friend's boyfriend to worship this book (trust me on this)... Here's a heroine you'll root for and a book you won't want to put down. I loved it.

Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada

The Film
I can't wait to see it; I am anxious how the filmakers will do it.

This is the movie poster.

Some of the cast members.

Kate Hudson as Darcy; Ginnerfer Goodwin (He's Not that into You, Big Love) as Rachel; John Krasinski (The Office) as Ethan; Colin Egglesfield (All My Children) as Dex

#32 Weekly Weighin

So, I hit another milestone in my weightloss. This week I lost one more pound making the total weightloss 30.4 pounds. This means I get my cheesecake from Bilellos Cafe. I haven't had a piece of this cheesecake since I started Weight Watchers.

I honestly can't tell you what I am doing different. I just think Weight Watchers Pointplus Program works; plus, it could be that I am taking Zumba three times a week. Since the new year, I have lost 9.4 pounds. This roughly is about an average of 1/2 a pound per week. I know that seems like a slow process but I lose weight extremely slow. I guess this means I need to take another picture of myself.

Weighin days are so nerve racking to me, because I never know what is going happen. My goal this week is to track everything that is put into my mouth; I need to do this beacause tracking really works, if I can make this a habit, then I will be in business.

Last night WW (Weight Wachers) rolled out their 5K which will be held in like 6 weeks. I think I am going to do it. It will be a short term goal. This means on top of the all the Zumba I will have to start training for it, which means that I will be walking everyday. I hope I can get someone to do it with me. If not, then thats okay.

#31 Cities in Color

I am ready to get back into painting; I still have to finish my xmas paintings for my family. So far, I have only one done; it has been given to my cousin for her new house. She spends a lot of time in Atlanta with her new fiance', so I made her a piece of art work called Atlanta in Blue. I chose blue because it is my favorite color, and also I have a lot of blue paint for some reason.

This painting is 24 in X 24 in. It is acrylic on canvas.
As it turns out, she loves blue too. I didn't know this but she decided to redecorate her living room with blues.

I need to find a way to market this.
I want to do other cities, but I need ot fine the time. I think I will paint some more this weekend.

#30 Remember When

I have been thinking recently about my trip to India and my Semester at Sea Voyage.
This place was one of the most life changing countries I have ever visited; it was the best and worst places I had visited.

Below are the words I wrote when I returned back to the ship after the trip we had taken:

India was amazing; it was both beautiful and heartrenching at the same time. I am still having a hard to time expressing my feelings and emotions about India. Just like every country we have visited there is a lot of poverty, but it seems India’s poverty is out in the open more. You see these beautiful women where these manificiantlly colored sarees living in a tin building.

I was able to see the poverty more when we rode the trains. For the train, I saw why India smelled the way it did. People used the restroom whereever they pleased. On the way back from Jaipur we rode on sleeper trains, which was another experience on its own. It was basically bunk beds. The cushion was about 2 inches thick.

Using the restroom was an experience all by itself. In most places, the restroom was a hole in the ground, where you just squat and do what you have to do.

The Taj Mahal was breathtaking as I pictured in my head. Pictures don’t even come close to the beauty it is in person. Seeing the Taj was the last thing I thought I would ever see. The beautiful sarees seeemed to be even brighter next to the beautiful white marble.

India was an experience of a lifetime. The world right now is so worried about Africa, a place that does need all the help it can get. I just wish some of the help would go towards India, because there is just as much poverty or maybe more in India. I can’t wait to return to India and lend a helping hand.

#29 Killer...

I finally finished the 6th installment of the Pretty Little Liars book series, by Sara Shepard. Killer let in a lot of clues to what was to come; in the end a suprised twist happened which really through me for a loop. When I got to the end of the book I thought to myself, "What the hell just happened?"

Here is the book description for the Harper Collins pubishers website:
In picture-perfect Rosewood, Pennsylvania, ash-blond highlights gleam in the winter sun and frozen lakes sparkle like Swarovski crystals. But pictures often lie—and so do Rosewood's four prettiest girls.

Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily have been lying ever since they became friends with beautiful Alison DiLaurentis. Ali made them do terrible things—things they had to keep secret for years. And even though Ali was killed at the end of seventh grade, their bad-girl ways didn't die with her.

Hanna's on a mission to corrupt Rosewood's youth, starting with a very attractive sophomore. Aria's snooping into her boyfriend's past. Spencer's stealing—from her family. And pure little Emily's abstaining from abstinence.

The girls should be careful, though. They thought they were safe when Ali's killer was arrested and A's true identity was finally revealed. But now there's a new A in town turning up the heat. And this time Rosewood is going to burn.

I now have 2 more left before I finish the entire series. I finished reading Killer in a matter of an afternoon. So if could make time for the last two books this upcoming weekend, I CAN finish both books.