to go or not to go...

I should get up and go to yoga, but I have a slight headache and tuesday I went and came back with a headache that pounded the rest of the day.... hmmm

The exciting news is that the Groupon this weekend was for 20 sessions of Bikram Yoga for $20! a steal... its got a 60 day time limit... so about 2 times a week... I will start going regularly... as soon as I don't feel aweful going into it...

lame.

Wonderful weekend

The sun has finally decided to shine this weekend and had perfect timing for Karen's 50K for her 50th birthday! Went out to Karens parents house in Hillsboro to hang out and catch up over dinner which was fabulous and much needed after our busy lives have sabotaged regular phone calls since me moving up to Portland. Where able to review pictures from her trip to Hawaii in Feb and show the pictures from the wedding and catch up on everything else going on in our lives.

Kristen came to town from Bend which made it extra fun as well. So wonderful to have her around for a few days, even though its never enough, we are continuing to develop a schema to move me to bend eventually, and work on a visit sooner.

*At the 15 miles mark/turn around point*

9 miles of walking around Forest Park in conjunction with Karens 50K Fat Ass Birthday run, with KC I and II (bf is a KC too) and boyfriends friend Pedro resulted in the same 5 conversations being had over and over again, but some good witted humor and poking fun of. And the sun shining made everyone enjoy it that much more. Oh and Ruby (the pup) joined as well.

Karen completed her 50K and we had a l-iner at the Oak Creek McMenamins Brew Pub and then completed the evening with a nap, showers, and Adult Mac and Cheese and Steaks cooked on the Tregar Grill.

A long day interrupted by a minor medicine mis-hap (conclusion of the story - always remark medicine bottles if something different is in it then the label says, even if you live alone or with one other person, and always ask about med's when you are a friends house looking for ibuprofen : ) )  but everyone is ok and survived.

In other news, looks like I should be able to move to the 7-5 Sun-Tuesday position at work, which should make everything and everyone a bit happier. No getting home at 11:30 pm and needing an hour to un-wind. Normal dinner times, and the potential to attend planning meetings and network more for a real planning job. Also still maintaining full time status and benefits at work, and the ability to pick up an additional shift to keep my 40 hours. Paperwork is being done and the last few that need to be talked to to make the switch happen is occurring, could be as early as next week! Excellent.

I hope you are all doing well, feeling healthy, and getting some of the sunshine and warmth that seems to be on the verge of spring/summer.

Any ideas of what I should do for my birthday??... 26 days and counting.

Oh and I found a few pictures of Kristen's 10K from Run with the Roses a few weekends ago here in Portland, so here are those!

what happens when you have nothing to do but shop....

I had a great day shopping, probably spent to much, but hit up REI, and the outlets including finding a new black purse at Kenneth Cole, a killer jean deal there as well and 41% of everything in the store!, And a sweet summer dress at Banana Republic.

Salomon skort for running -$32

love the material being spandex-y, the other side has a ruche thing going on too, way cute and sporty 

Ultimate Direction water bottle/hand held - $18

Finally broke down and bought one

Kenneth Cole Skinny Jeans (major win) - $17!! (normally $79)

Kenneth Cole New York, Tote  Handbag - $94 (normally $249)

(In addition they had $20 off a purchase of $100 or more, so the jeans are pretty much free, go me!

This dress but in black and white/grayish from Banana Republic - $25

So I am done for my birthday, between this and the money spent at Columbia last week when I got back from vacation I should be done... haha, right... well I will try.. my birthday is soon enough anyways, we can call some of this birthday stuff right?

Vacation, and back to beautiful Portland

Helloo... I have tons of pictures from the recent trip to So Cal for my sisters wedding. It was beautiful, and the boyfriend did an A +++ job with the family, and I do mean the whole family. They loved him, and I knew I would hear about "when are you getting married heather" weather he was there or not... we even got through those comments.
The important parts are that the family love him, he liked them. The wedding was beautiful, the boy finally went to Disneyland, and we had one day of somewhat relaxing occurring : ) as a vacation/wedding trip should be... enjoy the pictures...

my Sister and new Brother-in-law during their first dance

Kristopher picking lemons for the first time ever

 Grandpa Bill doing rope tricks

Kristopher hugging a palm tree

Relaxing on the beach

California Adventure 

Soaking up some sun after breakfast

A great trip, but too quick for sure. 

oh and I can not wait for summer to arrive here in Portland, we have had 2 days with 60 degree weather, its been amazing, I mean AMAZING. I love the place more every day : )

In other news, I have moved in with Kristopher, kind of a big step, kind of made sense as I was here all the time anyways, getting stressed about not having my stuff where I am at, and not being able to help pay rent where I am spending my time, and spending a lot of money to store my stuff at a place I am not at. So far so good, my stuff fits, and while its fuller then it was before, it feels more comfortable I think, and works.

We are happy, and I feel secure in the relationship, and where its going, and the communication and patience is there.

I am still applying and looking and wanting a job back in planning, the boy is taking a class in planning this coming quarter, and just looking at his textbooks makes me jittery and goggly over it... soon enough right? soon enough....

Hope all is well in all of your lives, I am keeping up reading yours, even if I am failing at continuing to keep up to date on mine : )