Spring Break Recap

Last week was our spring break. It really came at a perfect time! I was getting so stressed out with work, i needed the break!

We ended up staying in town on Monday for the big National Championship game Monday night. I'm so glad we decided to stay so we could be in Lexington for everything!

SO SO PROUD OF OUR UK WILDCATS FOR WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!  

We watching the game at our favorite spot, Tin Roof!

With about 1,000 of our closest friends! Haha

It was fun to be down there. But I admit, once the beer was thrown in the air and the crowd was rushing the street... I was ready to leave!

Tuesday morning we woke up early to head to Charleston. Luckily, Ben drove 2/3 of the way. So lucky to have him :) 

We made it to Charleston by 4pm and got ready for dinner on the beach! It was a great night!

Wednesday, we went to the beach for a little bit and then the pool. I put sunscreen on, and I still got fried!!! Luckily, I had 50 spf on my face and it got the perfect little glow to it! Haha

Wednesday night we went to a local favorite, Reds Ice House. It's on Shem Creek, so you usually see lots of dolphins!!

 It was a great night of drinking local mixed drinks, and eating some southern fried seafood! I definitely did not eat healthy on this trip! 

Thursday we woke up early and drove about an hour to the Firefly distillery. We were hoping for a tour of the distillery, but apparently they don't do those. So we opted for the taste testing instead! 

We got to try 6 different Firefly flavors. Then of course, they tell you how you can only buy certain bottles at the distillery, so we were suckered in. 

It was beautiful out there!

After we went to King Street for lunch and a little shopping.

We went to Poogan's Porch for lunch. It was so good! I ordered the Shrimp n Grits and they were amazing!

After some shopping, we came home and took a nap before heading out to the Riverdogs Baseball game for opening night. 

The game ended up getting rained out after one inning, but that didn't stop us from eating their famous hot dogs! 

Ben ordered the Homewrecker, which was on Man vs. Food a few seasons ago. It was ridiculous!

Friday was another shopping day. We went out to the outlets for some spring essentials. I would die if the outlets were 20 minutes from my house! Ben and I went to a little Japenese restaurant that's tucked away. They have the best lunch specials! I got hibachi chicken and Ben got 3 rolls of sushi. 

Which were all amazing by the way! 

We did a little more shopping at Towne Center near my mom's house and then just relaxed until our next meal. We went to another local favorite, Crave, for dinner. It's by far, Ben and I's favorite restaurant in Charleston!! 

Then, it was Saturday, our last full day in Charleston. And we were complete vacation bums and hung by the pool ALL DAY! It was great!

And a beautiful day! We grilled out by the pool for dinner. Another amazing meal and Ben and my mom made it all! 

You really can't go wrong with eating in Charleston!!! Whether you're going out to eat, or picking something up at the Piggly Wiggly to cook. They have amazing choices!

These two boys were wiped out by Sunday!!

Loving on his hippo. So so sweet!

Now that we're back home, I have to get myself back on track with healthy eating! I made fresh salads for my lunches this week. 

Thanks to my sister's inspiration. (Check out her new blog here!)

It's nice getting back to routines and schedules. But it's really nice knowing I only have 29 more school days left until summer ;) 

Oh, and this little cutie showed up in the fridge. Thanks, Ben for the delicious surprise! Just what I needed after all these healthy lunches, haha!

Weekend Recap and 5K!!

This weekend flew by! I am so glad I have a full week off to recover! HELLO SB 2011!!!

On Saturday afternoon, we went to a favorite bar on campus to prepare for the UK game (don't even get me started on the game Saturday night... That wasn't the UK team that had been playing the past few weeks. Maybe next year....)

We just went for lunch and to see everybody who came in town. Perry joined us, and loved being with us outside the whole afternoon. 

He was pretty much held the whole time and then laid by our feet while we ate lunch. Such a good little pup.

Saturday afternoon, my sister, Karie and her boyfriend, Andrew came into town for the weekend!! We had made plans to run a 5K back in January and decided to run one at the Kentucky horse park in April. It was a great weekend for visitors, hanging out outside, and a 5K!

Saturday night, we went out to dinner to Saul Good. I love everything their menu offers and whenever I order something new, I am never disappointed!

We ordered Thai Chicken pizza and Veggie Pizza. Both were amazing! I ordered a veggie pita, but ended up taking most of it home so I could devour the pizza instead, haha. Seriously, so good. If you live in Lexington and go to Saul Good, order the Thai Chicken pizza, I promise you won't be disappointed!!

Then we went to another favorite, ORANGE LEAF! Karie and Andrew had never been, so I wanted to take them.

 I think we are starting to become Orange Leaf regulars. We go about once a week. Pretty soon, our bowl is going to be as big as the one in the picture behind us with all the toppings we keep adding!!

After dinner, we came home and hung out with Perry while we waited for the game to start. Perry loved his new toys from Aunt KK!

Thanks KK for all of the gifts for little Perry!

We even put Perry's bball jersey on for the UK game, and it still didn't bring any luck to our boys in blue... We quickly went to bed after the sad UK loss.

Sunday morning, we woke up bright and early and went over to Kentucky Horse park for the race. 6:15am came wayyy early!

 

I didn't take any pictures at the race. I wish I would have brought my phone because the Horse Park looked gorgeous that early in the morning! I need to get an armband so I can run with my phone. Any brand recommendations?

Run the Bluegrass was a GREAT race. Everything was very organized, we had no problems with traffic or parking. Karie and I are thinking about committing to the Half Marathon next year! I think we are going to build up and do a 5 miler, then 10K, then 10 miler, and eventually the Half Marathon next April. 

I used the Couch to 5K program on iTunes to train. I highly recommend this if you are beginning to run!!

 

We finished the 5K in 33:11 minutes. I am really happy with that time, considering I hadn't run a race in 3 years!!

We had GREAT weather both days this week. After the race, we took a nap and Karie and Andrew started the drive back north. Thanks for driving down for the weekend!! We loved having you, and Perry loved meeting you :)

We took Perry to the puppy park in the afternoon. I love taking him there so he burns lots of energy and can enjoy running around. Everyone always compliments on him and his temperament. I'm glad other people love my puppy as much as I do!!!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the nice weather!! I need another nap to catch up from this busy weekend!! Thankfully, I have the whole week to :)

FINAL FOUR BOUND!!!

First, we had a huge win over OHIO STATE on Friday night.... 

THEN, we beat UNC today. 

NOW, we're going to the FINAL FOUR baby!!!!

I am sooooo so happy for my Wildcats, and so proud to be an Alumni. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know all UK fans sure did :)

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm linking up with Jamie for  

What I’m Loving Wednesday

1-I'm LOVING this weather. It has been so nice out, which means we can go outside for recess at school, Perry can go play at the puppy park, and I can run outside! I even enjoyed the little storm we had this afternoon. Perfect napping weather, which is exactly what I did. No the back door is open and Perry is loving laying outside!

2- I'm loving that this SPRING BREAK is less than 2 weeks away and I will be heading here....

I can't wait to see my mom, shop, lay by the pool and head to beach!!! 

3-After Spring Break, it will be KEENELAND time in the bluegrass!!!

4- KENTUCKY is in the sweet sixteen and play OHIO STATE on Friday. I have waited for the day that UK plays OSU since I came to school almost 5 years ago. People keep asking who I'm going to cheer for.... and you better believe I'll be wearing this on Friday!

 

5-I'm loving Apple. I took my iPhone 4 in to the genius bar last night and they replaced it. It kept randomly turning off when I would be using an APP and it would be like 10 minutes before I could get it to come back on.... Thank you Apple for having great customer service! 

 

While in the Apple store, I'm convinced that I want need the iPad 2!! 

6- And finally, I'm loving that there are only TWO MORE DAYS until the weekend :)

What are you loving this Wednesday?!

What's Your Favorite Color Baby?!?!

I needed a snow day today, it has been amazing! I got to spend time in bed, lounge around, watch tv, catch up on some blogs! I finally got out of bed around 11:30am so that I could meet Tracy for lunch!

We had another great lunch at Buddy's. Probably the third time we have been to Buddy's on a snow day! Ha, I promise next time we can go somewhere else, Tracy!!! I love being able to just sit at lunch for an hour and half and talk and catch up and not have to worry about what time it is!

After lunch, we headed to my new fav place -- Nati Creme! 

So good! I have definitely stocked up on frozen yogurt and ice cream since I've been sick!!! Mmmm

Now on to the best part of my snow day, today!!!

Tonight I will be heading here....

(via google images)

For the big UK-TENN game! I decided to sort of surprise Ben with tickets to tonight's game. We had talked about going to the game next Tuesday against Mississippi State, but I thought tonight's game would be more fun. 

(via google images)

 

He has taken such good care of me since being sick. I've had countless bowls of chicken noodle soup and several strawberry banana milkshakes brought to me in bed. He is amazing, and I am very thankful he took care of me! So I thought this would be a good way to pay him back :)

 (via google images)

Like most Kentucky fans, Ben HATES Tennessee. He loves UK vs. Tennessee games, especially when it's basketball and we are more likely to beat the heck out of them. AND it's Bruce Pearls first game back from his 8-game suspension, so it will be a good one to attend.

  (via google images)

GROSSSSSS! It kills me to even put this picture on here, but I wanted to find the WORST picture of him and I refused to have him in that ugly orange blazer!!!

Rumor has it John Wall will be in attendance at the game tonight! He hasn't said anything on twitter about it, so I guess we will see tonight! My bet is on him doing the Y when they spell out Kentucky!

(via google images)

I'm off to get ready for the game! Ben will most likely be sporting his v-day present I gave him last year... His P Patt jersey, ha!

  (via google images)

  

C-A-T-S! CATS! CATS! CATS! 

Sad UK Sports Weekend

This Saturday was a jammed packed schedule for the Big Blue Nation. Unfortunately it wasn't the outcome we were hoping for from either sport.... 

Saturday afternoon the UK football team traveled down to Birmingham, Alabama for the BBVA Compass bowl game.

I considered going down to this game because I've always wanted to go to Alabama, but it would have been too hard to travel Friday after my first week of teaching. And the boyfriend had to travel to Canada for business on Sunday. So that was a no-go on the bowl game trip. Sad :(

I'm thankful that we didn't end up going to the game after the final outcome. We did not play well, and I hate admitting it, but I think we needed Mr. Mike Hartline on the field for one last game. Hopefully Joker had a good 1st year learning experience, and UK football will be even better next fall!!

After the football loss, we changed the channel to watch the basketball game against Georgia. The first half wasn't bad and I thought we would be able to pull out a win. But once again, no such luck. Josh Harrellson, "Jorts," is still my favorite bball player this year, ha! (I think it's mostly bc of his ridiculous nickname!)

(via http://blog.kentuckysportsradio.com)

It was not a good weekend for UK sports fans!! Oh well, moving on to the big game this week, the National Championship! Of course, I will be cheering for the SEC team!

WAR EAGLE!

Tomorrow night, my friend is having some people over to watch the game. Hate that it's a late game, BUT we have a snow storm coming tomorrow, so I'm thinking (and hoping) we will have a snow day on Tuesday!! For now, I will be following KY Weather Center  and my favorite, Bill Meck at LEX 18 hourly to track the upcoming storm! 

Hope everyone as a good workweek!!

(all images via google unless otherwise cited)