Seven? Really?

It's been 7 years since my daddy left planet Earth.  He's resting up in heaven right now.  Hopefully, he's having lots of fun.  I just wanted to take the time to tell the Blogger world that I miss him dearly.  Dad, you are greatly missed.  You are always in my thoughts.  I hope you are well taken care of up above in the clouds.  Love you!

09.03.52 - 01.24.03

My dad with all of his 3 grandchildren

"For the First Time...

I am looking in your eyes...."  <--- this is actually a love song by K.C. Concepcion (an actress from the Philippines, also known as Sharon Cuneta's daughter)

Today marks the first time I fell in love with something totally inhuman.  If I've known that purchasing an Apple computer would be this invigorating, I wouldn't have waited 8 years to do this.  But, as the old school Mariah Carey would to say, "Love Takes Time"

I am having a bit of an issue.  I've inherited this weird habit of using the letter "i" before any application and/or notebook created by Apple. (i.e.  iMac, iFinder, iMail)  For some reason, I keep referring my brand new MacBook as an iMac.  Totally not the case.  Maybe my mind was sending me a subliminal message during the whole PC to Mac conversion to spend twice as much for an iMac.

I'm so happy though.  Thank you Twinks, JayJay, RoRo, and Ryree. especially for helping me make this most difficult decision.  I know I can be a bit of a cheap ass, but owning a Mac has been the best thing that has ever happened to me so far this year.  I can possibly go anywhere with this.  I'm no longer limited to the my bedroom when I need to access my personal computer.  I guess this means more blah-gging.  Yippee!!  Ever since we got back from the shopping mall, I've been on it.  M.A. and I decided to do a little bit of iMac, I mean, MacBook bonding.  Literally, side by side.  iChatting - side by side.  She has the MacBook Pro though.

I'm so looking forward to many more enjoyable moments with my 1st Love of 2010.  I love you Maddy!  (Believe it or not it has a name)

Six Pack... or Four Pack

I've been pretty content so far this year. I haven't disappointed myself yet. I love eating, I love my family, I love my friends, I love my puppy, I love running, I love eating.

But after thinking for a couple weeks...I really need to attack this Tabo List of mine. Full marathon is a no go this year. I'm aiming for that NEXT year...promise! What else. Well, one thing for sure is that becoming an audience member for the Oprah Show has been so freakin difficult. I might just have to forfeit that if I don't get a reply this year. Especially since her last season is 2011. That's a pretty small time frame. So, guess what I'm going to choose to do next? Nope, not skinny dipping. Nope, not singing at a karaoke bar. I guess my blah-g title gave it away, huh? Yeah, I'm going to give it a shot - Rock Hard Abs! I need to get rid of this jello tummy once and for all. Good-bye love handles! Farewell muffin tops! It's been holding me back for the past 11 years of my life. So, if any of you readers have any good ab exercises that provides fast results, let me know!  Keep in mind, I'm not going to focus on weight loss.  I'm pretty content with that, as well.  No more weight scale while tackling down this to-do item.  But if it happens during this transition process, then it happens.  More power to me!

My goal (and Sulie's) is to wear just a sports bra and some skimpy running shorts to the San Francisco Marathon this year. Watch out now!! I'm debating whether or not I should post a 'before' pic. LOL! Might be a little too much for the viewers. I seriously wouldn't want to scare my readers away. We'll see...

6 MONTHS = 6 PACK! (umm...maybe 4 depending on the genetics)

Run SF

The 2010 San Francisco Marathon will be my third half-marathon if I finish it this year.  Of course, I'm going to finish it!  I'm really looking forward to it because 3 of my family members are down to do it with me!  Hopefully that number grows but I personally doubt it.  Most of them prefer to be loud cheerleaders.  I absolutely have nothing against that.  Jess, Mikey, Nate, and I will need all the encouragement we can get on race day!  Get ready for us on Sunday, July 25th, 2010.

Let the training begin (next Monday)!!

Goals, Goals, Goals

Instead of having it called a New Year's resolution, I'm going to change it up and refer it as a goal.  Resolutions are meant be broken but goals are meant to be accomplished!  So what are my goals, you ask?  Hmmm...not sure. I'll have to get back to you on that.  Here are a few goals that I'm currently pondering on:

• Wear make-up when I leave the house:  This is a tough one and will require me to make some accumulating expenses at M.A.C., Benefit, and Sephora.  I'm not really looking forward to that.  I'd rather spend it on an expensive sushi dinner.  
• Go for long runs at least once a week with my new puppy:  This is gonna be super challenging considering I can't walk a few feet without a leashed, thirty-four pound (and still growing!), active Labrador Retriever dragging me behind him. Let's start with obedience training first, shall we?
• Dress age appropriately:  Totally dreading this one.  But the after effects of the family's field trip to Milpitas' Great Mall yesterday is leaving me pretty optimistic about this one.  I love the dresses I purchased- yes dresses and yes plural!  Am I really going to start to look like a girl on a daily basis?  Possibly.
• Lower the volume on this bad temper of mine:  My most challenging goal of them all.  This includes decreasing the use of profanity.  This also includes smiling a bit more.  For every situation that sets me off, I'm going to pause and put on smile on my face as a mental distraction.  It sucks that math does not fit into this equation.  Two negatives will not turn into a positive this time around!  I've never tried this technique, which by the way, I just made up just two minutes ago.  I so hope it works!