Lisa Michele

This is the love I get!!

:)

My loving sister somehow suckered me into doing the Mud Run…okay so that’s a lie.  Her friend couldn’t do it so I volunteered to take her place, not knowing what I was getting myself into.  First of all I hate to run.  I don’t mind cardio, but running is not fun to me at all.  My second mistake was that this thing is 6 miles.  6 miles of running!  6 miles is forever when you don’t like running.  I only trained for 2 weeks because that’s all the time there was after I found out I was doing it.  Luckily I wasn’t totally out of shape because I go to the gym, but let’s just say at mile 3 I was ready for it to be over!  So the biggest thing that got me was that I had to get up at 5am on a Saturday morning!  Those of you who know me, know that getting up early is one of my least favorite things to do in the world, on top of running.  So I had to get up early to run.  Yeah.  So the run…I wanted to die and my legs finally started feeling better today, 4 days later, but I survived and now I can say I did the Mud Run!  I came in at 1 hour 22 minutes, which for me, was pretty good.  The mud was fun and crossing the lake felt pretty good, but all in all it was just not all that fun.  I’m glad I did it, but I’ll never do it again!  Unless you wanted to pay me lots of money then I just might reconsider…

Yeah I blinked...I do that a lot for some reason

Have I ever mentioned how much I love the Angels!?  Yesterday a company that we do business with offered me tickets to the game last night, and I was so excited when I found out they were for their suite!  Our tickets gave us access to the Diamond Club, so my friend and I went in just to see what it looked like (we had never been in there).  I wouldn’t mind having seats right here:

Diamond Club view

The suite was very nice, with lots of food and drinks.  I had a great time, especially since the Angels won! 

Yesterday I went to Oceanside with my sisters and nephews for a birthday celebration for our cousin.  It was such a fun day just hanging out with my grandparents and extended family, watching the kiddos play in the sand and get super dirty (I was so thankful they weren’t my kids and that we didn’t take my car!).  The sun never made an appearance and it was a little colder than we all would have liked, but the kiddos didn’t mind.   It always amazes me that kids can get in the water and not be freezing cold.  I was cold just watching them!  There was a bon fire and s’mores later in the evening and it was just a really fun day.  I hope to go down there again this summer (hopefully with some sun).  Here are my super cute nephews playing in the water.

Cute butt crack

I put a bobby pin in his hair...isn't he adorable!? Hopefully daddy doesn't see this...

We put our 13 year old Irish Setter down this morning.  This is the first dog I’ve ever been attached to.  Sundance died when I was too young to remember and we gave Sadie away because she was crazy (well at least that’s what I remember!).  I was never attached to either of them, but I was 13 when we got Mollie.  She broke my wrist and gave me a nice raspberry near my right elbow that I still have a scar from, but I still loved her.  We were in the room when they put her down, her face in my lap.  It was so sad, but I know that she’s at peace now and not in pain.  She could barely walk without falling over.  To my sweet, sweet Mollie:  Even though you broke my wrist, you will still be my favorite puppy girl.  You drove me crazy sometimes but wouldn’t trade any of it.  You brought our family joy and you will be forever missed.

Mollie Tara French 10.4.95-4.10.09

It is so sad when a person’s life is taken because someone else is selfish and doesn’t think of others.   When someone drinks and drives, they are selfish, plain and simple.   They think it’s not that far or I’m fine or they just don’t think at all.  It’s a ripple effect of the lives that can be hurt by one person’s selfishness.  Angels starting pitcher Nick Adenhart, along with 2 others, were killed by a drunk driver early this morning after he pitched an excellent game last night. The driver was driving with a suspended license for a prior DUI.  Do these people not learn??  There are some things in life that I will never understand, and this is one of them.  If you can’t afford to get a taxi at the end of the night, how did you pay for all the alcohol you consumed?  Call a friend or have a few less drinks and get a cab.  These are people’s lives we’re talking about.  Nick Adenhart (1986-2009) you will be missed!

This weekend my goal was to shop for accessories for my room and put them up.  I was very successful, though all the other things on my list of things to do went ignored.  Oh well…family and being anal comes first J  Saturday I drove all over the Tustin Marketplace and some other places, and I am very happy with all that I found.  The only thing left to do in my room is put my TV on the wall.  I have the mount, but I just have to find someone to mount it for me.  My handy man brother-in-law is too busy with his new house for me to even bother asking him.  I haven’t figured out who else to ask to help me with that.  Here are some pictures of my accessories and drapes I made (they match my pillow cases).

Friends

Family

Drapes and candle holder

Pretty drapes make it nice and dark

My TV will go on that wall...eventually

My pretty room

My dresser

I have no idea why, but I’m in a major blogging mood.  So I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes I’ve collected from books, movies, and songs.  Enjoy!

It made no sense when he looked at me that way.  Like I was the prize rather than the outrageously lucky winner. - New Moon (2nd book in the Twilight series)

Not many people get every single thing they want, plus all the things they didn’t think to ask for, [all] in the same day. – Breaking Dawn (4th book in the Twilight series)

Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted. – Unknown

When we keep our sin quiet, the Enemy uses it.  When we come clean, God uses it. – (a book I can’t remember the name of)

How do you say ‘No way I’m doing this’ in crazy? – Bolt

Most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you. – Dirty Dancing

Because you’re the one.  You are everything I never knew I always wanted. – Fools Rush In

Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most. – Hope Floats

Don’t think you are.  Know you are. – The Matrix

The best love is the kind that weakens the soul…that makes us reach for more. That plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. – The Notebook

So it’s not going to be easy, it’s gonna be really hard.  And we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that, because I want you.  I want all of you.  Forever.  You and me.  Everyday. – The Notebook

This is for the husbands who have won you, the losers who have lost you, and the lucky bastards who have yet to meet you. – The Wedding Date

Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds boy; she’ll beat you if she’s able.  The queen of hearts is always your best bet. – The Eagles

Sometimes ending is the only place to start. – Lifehouse

Heads I win and tails you lose because you don’t have the right to choose. – *NSYNC

Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you’re up to. – Beverly Hills, 90210

Over the line?  You’re so far past the line that you can’t even see the line!  The line is a dot to you! – Joey, Friends

I mean isn’t that just kick you in the crotch, spit on your neck fantastic? – Rachel, Friends

There’s rock bottom, 50 feet of crap, then me. – Rachel, Friends

Every girl dreams about finding her prince charming.  But if that prince refuses to come…a girl has to take matters into her own hands. – Gossip Girl

It’s just the appearance of sanity that counts my dear.  Remember that. – Gossip Girl

The ties that bind us are sometimes impossible to explain.  They connect us even after is seems like the ties should be broken.  Because some ties are…meant to be. – Grey’s Anatomy

Denial.  It’s not just a river in Egypt.  It’s a freakin’ ocean. – Grey’s Anatomy

Most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. – One Tree Hill

Regret makes you old and bitterness poisons the people around you. – One Tree Hill

I gave you my heart.  If that’s not enough for you, then I’m not enough for you. – One Tree Hill

Grief is like the ocean.  It’s deep and dark and bigger than all of us. – One Tree Hill

Sometimes people have to cry out all the tears to make room for a heart full of smiles. – One Tree Hill

Sometimes the beauty is in the attempt. – One Tree Hill

You never know how much you love someone until you have to give them up. – One Tree Hill

Change isn’t something that just happens…it’s something you make happen. – Privileged

The only person you can really change is yourself. – Samantha Who?

Because seriously it takes me way too long to post a blog.  I read and re-read it like 10 times before I publish it and once I finally do, I always go back and edit it.  It’s so darn annoying!  But it’s so Lisa and I can’t stop being me J Like this post should only take 2 minutes but it’ll end up taking me like 10…

On Saturday night my sisters and I went to a birthday celebration for one of their friends.  I love them so much and we had such a great time.  Spending time just the 3 of us (no offense to our mother or their husbands) is so much fun.  These girls are the reason I want 3 girls.  I don’t know what I would do without them…to vent to, to keep me sane though family drama, to get my kid fix because I’m not married yet.  I want my children to have what I have with my sisters.  They have taught me so much about dating, about finances, about life in general.  Thank you Lord (and mom) for my sisters!

Saturday night

Many years ago (1986ish maybe)