Flippity Floppity Foo!

I painted my toenails yesterday (for the first time since October).  And then I wore flip flops.  Hooray for warm weather!!!!!

Inspired By.....FORREST GUMP????

Yeah, I love that movie.  I have recently started RUNNANG.  I must admit that I don't always love it.  I'm pretty darn slow and I get kinda bored after a while.  However, today, with the help of my running partners (my ipod playlist peeps), I pushed myself.  I ran over FOUR miles without stopping.  I did it in 40 minutes.  I'm pretty sure I could have kept running and running and running.  So yes, I am just like Mr. Gump (well, not really....but kinda).  Except....I don't ever remember him looking like this after he got done running:

Yeah.  I'm pretty scary.  And red.  Hmmm....anyway, I did it.  Bring on the 5k in May.  I've got this now! :)

*P.S.*

I know many of my readers are avid runners.  Please don't mock me for being slow and stuff.  And for not running very far!  I only posted this since it was a personal best!  ;););)

The Ville Misses T Will!

I totally stole borrowed my title from someone's sign at the basketball game (I'll be sure to give it back).  I wish I had come up with it.  Since I didn't, I thought I would use it in my blog!  Okay, I'll get on with it.  You people have better things to do than read my jibberish (maybe)! ;)

You must know by now how much I love basketball.  RIGHT??  Yup.  I thought so.  Well, one of my favorite U of L players (now an NBAer) just came to Indy.  Who, you might ask?  Terrence Williams.  You don't know that name?  T Will?  Ring any bells?  Most people call him T Will.  Terrence Williams has double the amount of syllables.  I'm thinking if I'm ever famous, I'll just go by S YA.  Ha.  Anyway, T Will plays for the New Jersey Nets and they were in town playing the Pacers.

Thank you, Alan Mowrey for hooking us up with SWEET seats.  We were four rows behind the Net's bench.  Blake loved it!  I snapped a few great (but far below a real photograher's standard) pics.  It was so fun to see him in action.  He was amazing.  Too bad he plays for the worst team in the NBA.  But that will soon change, my friends.  It will definitely change.

Here are the photos.  If you're a fan, you should be jealous! ;)  If you aren't a fan, you probably won't care about this blog anyway.  Sorry, peeps.  If I'm not talkin' about basketball every now and then, you might wonder who  hacked into Simply Sarah's blog and stole my identity.  It's true. 

I  now present......number 8 for the New Jersey Nets.......TERRENCE WILLIAMS (said with my best announcer voice)!

Had to take one of Brook Lopez.  But just one! 

Falls.....Canadian Style!

We were told Niagara Falls was WAY better on the Canadian side.  I got all the proper documentation needed to cross into another country!  It wasn't hard (except for the mean border crossing lady I mentioned earlier).  Anyway, even though it was freezing and stuff, it was beautiful!  I can see why the Canadian side is much better.  You can see everything since the falls are on the American side.  The view is where it's at and the view is all in Canada!  Here are some photos!  The Last two are from DQ....I had to get some poutine.  I know, I'm not sure who named it that but it sure is tasty!  Who wouldn't love french fries with gravy and cheese?  I think it's time for American restaurants to start carrying it.  I'm sick of driving all the way to Canada just for a side dish.  Oh well.  Niagara Falls was pretty cool, too! ;)

New York, New York (But Not New York City)!

Spring break was quite an adventure!  We decided to go to New York to visit my sister and her super cute little family!  Here is list of some things we dabbled in and some things I learned.

5 things I loved about our vacation:

1.  I lOVED seeing my sister, her husband, and my sweet niece.
2.  I loved getting away from "life" for a little bit.  It's nice to just get away every now and then!
3.  I loved exploring church sites in Palmyra.
4.  Wegman's.  It's an awesome grocery store.
5.  Going to Niagara Falls in Canada (and eating poutine while across the border).  I also especially loved the border patrol lady who had a lot of personality (she totally didn't).  She must hate her job.  Yeah.  That's it.

5 things I learned/discovered/realized while on vacation:

1.  Lola HATES the car.  I also learned I don't do well in a car with a shrieking child.  It was THAT bad.
2.  There are no Speedway gas stations after you leave Ohio.  At least I couldn't find any.  Which is bad news because I like fountain drinks.  From Speedway.  Enough said.
3.  It can snow at Niagara Falls in April.  Probably only when the bad luck Yadon family visits but still.....
4.  Indiana is REALLY flat.
5.  I ate way too much.  WAY too much.  Vacation is over.  Diet is starting again!  Tomorrow!

We are home now and trying to get back into some sort of routine.  And by routine, I mean getting my kids to bed at a decent time.  I'm also trying to keep myself out of the Easter baskets.  I need a 12 step program to recover from my apparent Robin Egg Whopper addiction.  Here are some photos from the trip!

In front of Jess and Brandon's house!

Lake Ontario photos!

Photos from around the house and in Palmyra!  Fun times were had by all! :)