CONGRATULATIONS TO MY LIL’ SIS!!!!
She ran her first marathon yesterday, the ING NYC Marathon! 26.2 miles, 5 burroughs, 5 bridges, and she smiled the whole way.
She finished in 4 hours and 27 minutes, rock star status!!! I’m so proud of her. In addition, she raised over $2600 for charity thanks to generous family and friends!!!!
Congrats to everyone who ran yesterday – what an amazing accomplishment for all!
GO KATE, GO!!!
So as you all now my husband is incredibly hardworking. The hours he puts in are literally astounding sometimes and truthfully I don’t know how he still stands some days! I’m very good about entertaining myself during these many nights that he’s working away and I have to say that one of the best things about being back in the NYC area is that my family is here to keep me company!
This past weekend I had a three day weekend (woo-hoo!) and I was looking at 3 days on my own (quarter end is coming up people…)! So in an effort to try and see as much family as possible (not really…but that’s what went down) I got up off my butt and got out there. Here’s a breakdown of the weekend.
Friday morning I went out to Brooklyn and met up with my cousin’s wife and their little daughter Lucia who is only 8 weeks old (so precious!) We had breakfast out went to the park and then just hung out in their amazing apartment. Friday afternoon I had a few precious hours to myself to just putz around. Then in the evening I met up with my aunt & uncle and my little cousin Chris who is 8 years old. We had dinner at John’s Pizzeria, which was delish, then my aunt & uncle went off to see a broadway show and Chris & I ventured out into NYC. It was fun to hang out with a kid and get to do kid stuff. We went to Toy R Us in Times Square and rode the ferris wheel (he was none to pleased that we ended up in the Barbie car…oh well!) then it was on to ESPN Zone for some serious gaming. After about 2 hours there we went back to my apartment to watch baseball until his parents came to get him. I rarely get one-on-one time with Chris so this was such a treat!
Saturday my sister & her fiance and I went down to the Jersey Shore – yeah baby!!! The AVP Beach Volleyball tour was rolling through and I was so excited to see some action. If you remember Jon & I went last year out to Coney Island to watch and we had such a great time that I convinced my sis & Josh that they should check it out with me this year. We had such a great day at the beach. It was so nice to be outside all day, by the water, and just watching sports. The only bummer though was that that Top 3 women’s and men’s teams were at some Olympic Qualifier or something so we didn’t get to see them play – but it was cool because I got to see some other players I might not have focused on as much but who are still wicked good.
After a day of volleyball & sun we went to my aunt & uncle’s house down at the shore for dinner. It was so great to see them at a non-holiday outing! They cooked up an amazing meal and we sat around and chatted until pretty late and then it was time to drive back to the city.
Sunday the whole fam went out to Westchester for a little engagement party for my sister & Josh!
All in all it was crazy how much family I saw in three days but at the same time it was so great and I am very thankful that I’m surrounded by such wonderful peeps!!!
Sunday, October 28th began what would be for Jon and I the first marathon of three that we were cheering for in a week! We went down to Washington, DC on Saturday, October 27th in order to cheer for Matt & Karen on Sunday as they ran in the Washington, DC Marine Corp Marathon, their second this year.
We got up early on Sunday in order to be out at Mile 1 in time for the 8AM start. Our plan was to see them at Mile 1, Mile 12, Mile 14, Mile 19 and possibly the finish. The Marine Corps Marathon is a great marathon for a spectator – it loops so many times that it’s easy to see runners in multiple locations.
We ended up seeing them at Mile 1 and Mile 4 and then seeing Matt at Mile 12, 14 and 19. Getting to the finish proved just too difficult.
So a big CONGRATULATIONS to Matt and Karen on finishing the DC Marathon with fantastic times!
After all my excitement at Coney Island on Saturday, I spent a fun leisurely afternoon visiting with my brother and his girlfriend on Sunday. They had just purchased the new Wii Nintendo system and just like in the good ol’ days when we were kids my brother invited me over to play!
I had never played Wii before so I was excited and curious to see how it was going to work. They don’t have very many games: tennis, bowling, golf, baseball and boxing are part of a program that comes with Wii when you purchase it. Aside from that they purchased a game called Medal of Honor – it’s a WWII military game.
We started with tennis and while it took me a little while to figure out how to work it (my character was a little spastic!) I did later discover the “super serve!” We played every game except for boxing and it was such a great time! It really is a workout – in the middle of our baseball game I was literally sweating (as embarrassing as that is!) And on Monday my right shoulder was sore – hehehehe! I would definitely recommend checking it out if you know someone that owns the system.
After that we had lunch at this really cute restaurant called Say Cheese! on the corner of 45th and 9th. All their dishes are types of grilled cheese – fun! I had a delicious chicken, sauteed onion, avocado spread and cheese on sourdough bread – yum! It was a great place to grab a quick and yummy lunch – I would recommend it to those in the NYC area.
All in all it was just great to spend some quality time with my brother and his girlfriend!!!
