For those of us who fear of falling on the treadmill.

Blogger World, today you are in for a treat. I have a guest blogger, MJ. Yes, MJ is the same MJ I blogged about last week. Go ahead, I know you all want to scroll down and look at his picture again. We'll wait. Better? So folks, Happy New Year and I'm now turning it over to MJ. Take it way MJ.....

I am very excited to be a guest blogger on OK Chick's highly acclaimed blog. Here is a story for all of you faithful readers to enjoy. This is 100% true.

I am training for the full marathon, which is in OKC in April. I have been training a month now and 3 miles is now nothing. Such a great point to reach. However, yesterday I made a classic mistake in the world of running.

So I go to run my usual 3 miles. No big deal. Right? One minor detail you will need to know before we start the running story. Earlier today, the OKC Thunder was hosting a blood drive downtown. Of course they were giving free game tickets if you went and donated, so I did. I usually donate blood and laugh at people when they faint. I have never fainted in my life...

After I donated blood at 1 pm, I went and saw Avatar. Not in 3D...too soon...they were sold out. I had to see it in regular vision. Whatever. So I ate a great dinner and I am feeling on top of my game. I then decide, hey...it's time to run. It's been a while since I donated blood, so I am good to go.

8 pm rolls around. I go to the gym and get on my usual treadmill. However, I look to my left and see my best friend Austin from high school. I haven't seen Austin since we graduated in 2002. So, yeah, I was excited to talk to him after I ran. Here is where the story gets good. I look down and realize I need to speed up my usual 6.5 speed to a 10. I have this thing where I have to finish a 5k in less than 25 minutes. It's a guy thing. So, I increased my pace. I was feeling good and almost done. Then all of a sudden with .15 of a mile left...I started feeling weird. My vision was getting blurry. "Oh well, I need to finish" is what ran across my mind. The minute I am done, I push the stop button. Something hits me like a train. My vision is quickly fading. My hands are shaking. My friend Austin (high school buddy) looks at me and says "are you okay? You are GREEN!" I respond...yeah I just need to sit....and that is all I remember. I PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR. How embarrassing! I have NEVER passed out. Ever. So after a couple of seconds, I come to and see Austin and the owner of the gym standing over me. I have just realized I passed out. I got Gatoraid and many sad looks from fellow gym members.

I passed out. End of story. Don't donate blood and run in the same day. Choose one. Only one.

The most wonderful cheese

Blogger World, yesterday for lunch I had a turkey sandwich. I understand this isn't a blog worthy statement, but I'm getting to the important part...hang with me.
On this turkey sandwich, I swapped my normal Fat Free (no taste) American Cheese for Lowfat Laughing Cow Cheese. Folks, have you tried this stuff? If not, it's a must. I've been using Laughing Cow for some time, but I have never put it on a sandwich. Normally, I add LC to dishes that require cream cheese. It's a perfect swap for cream cheese. However, yesterday I was feeling a bit crazy and decided to try it on a sandwich. I paired the LC with spicy mustard, and boy was it tasty. I recommend everyone try Laughing Cow Cheese, if you haven't already. You'll have to trust me on this one. I mean, have I ever steered you wrong when it comes to food? Of course not. Who introduced you to Fiber One Bars. Me! And we all love those, right???

Home Sweet Home

I have returned from Land of the Hogs. When I arrived home I was greeted with a feet of snow in the ditches and in my backyard. Blogger World, Oklahoma does not receive feet of snow. We're more of an inches type of state. From what I've heard around the office, and on the World News, OKC was pretty much closed down during Christmas. I'm sure that was a sight to see.

This morning the roads were still semi bad. I left super early so I could beat the rush hour traffic. I do not like driving on icy streets along idiots. I prefer to have the road to myself, so I can drive grandma speed. However before I ventured to work, I stopped at Starbucks for a drink. The roads are never too bad for a hot drink from Starbucks! By the way, I'm loaded up with gift certificates to Starbucks. I can drink nonfat Chai/nonfat Steamers until my heart gives out. This makes my butt and thighs very happy.

Merry Christmas from OK Chick...

and this random guy in the background. He's a huge fan of This is my world, you can tell by the way he's looking at the camera. But all kidding aside, Merry Christmas from my family to yours.

Now if you would excuse me, I have to prepare for my trip to Land of the Hogs.

You have not lived until

.....you see the play, A Territorial Christmas Carol: An Oklahoma Tradition in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Thanks to a fellow blogger, MJ and I were given discounted tickets to the play. We sat second row! We were so close we could see the actors spit. Not, that they did a lot of spitting. The reason MJ and I traveled to Guthrie, was to see this kiddo perform. I believe she was on the stage about 4 times, and she did a great job!


For your viewing pleasure, I have added a picture of MJ and I after the play. No, the picture is a bit blurry, it's not your eyes. However, if you tilt your head to the right and close your left eye, we look normal.

Fun night was had by all!

Ramblings

Hello Blogger World! I'm coming to you live from Hometown, USA! I took the day off work due to a dentist appointment and an orthodontist appointment- both appointments are in Hometown, USA. Before my dentist appointment, I thought I'd post something.

I just went through the worst pain at the orthodontist. My bottom teeth are not moving fast enough, so my orthodontist decided to take matters into his own hands; and saw my teeth. Folks, they actually have a device that fits between your teeth and it saws your teeth. Who in the world developed this sawing device? I want it noted that I hate this person!

Does anyone else's scalp get dry during winter? Why does this happen?

My parent's Christmas tree is the prettiest tree I have ever seen. It's 10ft tall and full of cool ornaments.

Why do people with British accents sound cooler than everyone else?

Recently, I went to a Starbucks and found five good looking guys standing in line for drinks. After some careful examining I found that all five guys were ring less. HA! What are the odds? One of the five was standing in front of me and started chatting with me. After some small talk I discovered he was there for his weekly bible study, with his other friends. In my mind I'm thinking...WOW five hot single guys meeting at Starbucks to study the bible! However, in response to one out of five's explanation all I could say was...SHUT UP! Yes, go ahead and stamp SINGLE FOR LIFE across my forehead.

I need a new toilet. Mine is broken and just needs to be replaced. I don't want to spend my money on a toilet. I want to buy something more glamorous, like...well anything besides a toilet!

I sent out my Christmas cards early last week. I have only received four in the mail. Should I be concerned or do people not send out Christmas cards anymore?

This year marks year #28 without a Christmas date. I have this silly dream of going on a date with someone during Christmas. I want to go ice skating outside, drink hot chocolate, and look at Christmas lights.

Blogger World, I'm happy to report that last week I successfully folded a fitted sheet. Another life long goal accomplished!

My mom does not put names on our Christmas presents. She assigns different color wrapping paper to each of us girls. She does this to try to cut back on someone, me, trying to look at the presents early.

All About Steve was the worst movie I saw last year. Do not buy All About Steve for anyone!

Ok, I'm done Rambling, it's time for my dentist appointment.

The End Result

Blogger World, Saturday night was my office party. After three post about My Plus 1, The Shoes, and The Sweater we finally have an end result picture. Sadly, this picture was taken after the party on an iPhone. I really feel that an actual camera would have captured my beauty better. Ok, I'm totally kidding.
As you can see, I wore The Shoes and The Sweater. The downer of the evening was you could not see The Shoes, due to the length of my pants. I know, it made me sad too. Another downer, was my hair was not having a good hair night! This would explain why I'm doing the ponytail/headband thing. The bad hair night annoyed me greatly! You see, earlier in the day, I was having an awesome hair day. I went to a kiddos 1st birthday party, and I was rockin' a great hair style; which would have been awesome if any single male species had attended the party. But you know, at a child's 1st birthday party, I was kind of the only single/childless person there. A good hair day wasted on a bunch of married people and 1 year olds.

MrT was a great party date, and I'm so thankful he went to the party with me! We took a picture together, but I see he conveniently forgot to send it to me. It wasn't one of our best, but it was semi-cute. I'll try to get the picture from him and post later. I know you guys are dying to see us together. No? Oh, I think you are lying.