30 Days of Me: Day 8

Today is a picture that makes me angry/sad. This picture makes me sad. It gets easier looking at it with time but it still hurts.

For background information the picture is of Mike, Lily (left) and Lexi (right). Lexi passed away July 26, 2009. She was such an amazing dog. We both loved her so much. Seeing this picture makes me think of how much I miss her and wish she could still be here with us.

This is part of the reason I'm having a hard time getting this house ready to move. It's leaving the last house that Lexi was apart of. We made memories here with her and I almost feel like I'm leaving them behind. I know they'll be in our minds forever, it's still hard leaving here.

30 Days of Me: Day 7

Today is a photo that makes me happy. This was pretty easy. When I look at this picture I'm instantly happy. I love where my life is now. I love that I have an amazing husband and a really cute stepson. They are the best and make me happy :)

30 Days of Me: Day 6

It's a whatever I want to write day. woot!

This morning I had my last bike event for a while. It was Bike the Bay, 25.5 miles long. I had to wake up about 4:30am so I could get ready, get out the door and find where I had to park in time. Thankfully it was pretty easy to find and they were directing us into the Hilton's parking garage. They gave us a discount with parking there, instead of the normal rates I just had to pay a flat $10 (which is great because when she took my ticket at the end it came up as $30). As I was driving in the garage I started getting worried, I wasn't sure if I brought my helmet or not. I had to get a parking spot, take the bike off and then open the trunk. I did bring it and I'm glad I had it in my car because I don't think I would have had time to run back home. I had a lot of time to wait around and enjoy the beautiful morning once I got to the park. The event started about 7am. They did waves of 100-150 people and I was part of wave #14.

The hardest part was the first, we immediately headed over to the on ramp for the Coronado bridge. They tell you before you leave the starting line that the on ramp is the steepest part of the whole thing. It was pretty tough. I just kept a slow and steady pace. One I got to the top of the bridge that was probably one of my happiest moments. I was so thrilled I made it on the bridge, I glided down with a smile. The rest of the course wasn't bad. There were 3 rest stops and the rest was just looking around and enjoying the sights.

When I was coming across the finish line there was Photina and the girls saying "yay Whitney". It was too cute and I really appreciated them coming out. I'm glad I did it and I cannot wait until I can find another biking event.

30 Days of Me: Day 5

One of my favorite quotes is this:

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Friedrich Nietzsche

I really like positive quotes. I like ones that help you realize that life is hard but you can over come anything. There will be ups and downs in life. There will be moments where life seems completely unfair but it gets better. I think you grow stronger from these down moments and it shapes you as a person.

Life is great! :)

30 Days of Me: Day 4

Today is my favorite book. I love to read and I have so many favorite books. Which is another reason Mike and I are perfect for each other. I'm sure if we could we'd own a billion books. We both already have so many and a lot we haven't read yet.

I wouldn't mind having a huge library room in the future :)

This one a great friend suggested I should read and I loved it. I actually just got a copy from Mike's mom and was thrilled to read it again.

I really like John Saul books, I like the mystery to them.

Then another long time favorite. I read all her books when I was probably in the 6th grade. I loved them all. I remember being so excited to either check out the next one or buy it.

30 Days of Me: Day 3

Today is my favorite television program. I have a lot that I really like. Here are some:

This is my complete guilty pleasure. I watch a lot of this while Mike is gone.

Mike and I started watching this sometime last year and would have Dexter marathon nights. It's creepy but really good.

I became hooked on this when I started watching Grey's Anatomy. I saw in the DVD sets they did a spin off and it was just starting. I've loved it since it first aired.

I remember hearing everyone was in love with this show. I put it off for a long time watching it. Finally a coworker in Charleston convinced me I should. So I went out and bought the first season on DVD and fell in love with it. I went out and got the next couple of seasons to catch up.

30 Days of Me: Day 2

Today's subject is my favorite movie. Honestly I just really stink at picking one favorite. I tend to like a lot and not really have just one favorite of anything!

So some movies off the top of my head that I like are:

The Holiday. I can watch this movie over and over. I love it.

A recent movie that tops my list is Inception. It's so good.

And then almost every Sandra Bullock movie I really like.

30 Days of Me: Day 1

So today is my favorite song.

I have so many so it's pretty hard to choose. So off the top of my head one of my favorite songs is "3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle. I love them.

And after that is pretty much any song from Breaking Benjamin, No Doubt or Silversun Pickups.

I love music :)

30 Days of Me

I saw a couple good friends doing this so I thought I'd try it out. Plus Photina keeps telling me to keep up with my blog, this should help :)

Day 01 - your favorite song
Day 02 - your favorite movie
Day 03 - your favorite television program
Day 04 - your favorite book
Day 05 - your favorite quote
Day 06 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 - a photo that makes you happy
Day 08 - a photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 - a photo you took
Day 10 - a photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 - a photo of you taken recently
Day 12 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 - a fictional book
Day 14 - a non-fictional book
Day 15 - a fanfic
Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 - an art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 - a talent of yours
Day 20 - a hobby of yours
Day 21 - a recipe
Day 22 - a website
Day 23 - a YouTube video
Day 24 - whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 - your day, in great detail
Day 26 - your week, in great detail
Day 27 - this month, in great detail
Day 28 - this year, in great detail
Day 29 - hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 -- whatever tickles your fancy

Moving on the brain

Recently Mike has decided to extend with the ship and move us up to WA. I am thrilled, I told him to do what he wants and I'll support him no matter what. We both wanted to live up there anyway and honestly it was the best option.

Until just this recently most of the moving process was on hold waiting for him to get leave dates and to show him the apartment for approval. All of that is good now. So I am constantly thinking of what needs to get done, when it needs to get done. Apparently thinking of it so much that I was not able to fall asleep last night until almost 1am. I think by that time I passed out hard only to wake up with him close to 6am and not be able to fall back asleep. Cleaning the house was running through my head and the questions we need to asking housing. There was a huge list that started and I ended up just tossing and turning.

It should be exciting up there. His mom would tell us all about how beautiful it is, things to do and just how much she loved it up there. So both of us have been looking forward to the possibility of living up there. I know she will definitely be one of our visitors! I also look forward to showing Perrin a different state.