Happy Valentine's Day!

I love Valentine's Day! I really love getting gorgeous flowers :)

Must see movie: Valentines Day
http://www.valentinesdaymovie.com/dvd/index.html

Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012

I finally made it to the Krispy Kreme Challenge on the crisp, cool morning of February 4. I ran 2.5 miles from NC State's bell tower to Krispy Kreme. I got there, got my box of donuts and started cramming them down. I had to eat all 12! I was walking around in the largest crowd of people I had ever been in in my entire life. To my surprise, Krispy Kreme had run out of water! Out of water?! WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! I was beyond livid. I mean how dangerous is that -- extremely dangerous! I ate seven donuts, and could just not eat any more. I needed some water. So, I threw my donuts down and continued on to complete the Challenge. I ran 2.5 more miles to the finish line. After crossing the finish line, guess what? No water?! Out of water again!

This was the 8th year this race has been "organized" or in my perspective, the whole race from beginning to end was extreme disorganized chaos. Needless to say, if this race has been going on for eight years, you would think the race organizers would know how much water to have. This was the type of race where you actually had to register, so the "organizers" actually already knew exactly how many participants there were going to be -- which was almost 8,000!

I am happy to say that my race registration fee was donated to the UNC Childrens Hospital! Hopefully the money actually gets to the Hosptial, but who knows with these race "organizers"

Photos from the News & Observer:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/04/1830380/first-look-krispy-kreme-challenge.html

back in the groove

At the beginning of November, I ran the Battleship half marathon in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was a lot fun! I love to run. It is so exhiliarating! I took about two months off from running (way too much time off), but this week I finally got back into the groove of running and I am training for my next race. I will be running in the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Krispy Kreme Challege is where you run 2.5 miles, eat one dozen donuts, then run another 2.5 miles. It should be interesting! I am excited to see how I, along with hundreds of others, perform.

And the miles keep coming ...

Cake Batter Pancakes

I saw this recipe on bettycrocker.com and just thought I would share it. It looks super delicious! Maybe I will get around to making these cake batter pancakes one morning :)


Ingredients:

Pancakes

1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1 cup Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
3 tablespoons candy sprinkles
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Glaze and Garnish
1 cup powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Additional candy sprinkles

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 12

Holiday Treats

I returned to work after Christmas and someone asked me how my Christmas was. When I returned the question to the person who asked me, she said, "fattening!" I was like ME TOO! What a great response she had. Although the holidays are such a fun time for me, they are also very fattening!

I love eating the special homemade sweets and treats people make; I especially love my mother's homemade goodies! It all happens during only one out of 12 months though. I always feel like I want to eat everything during the holiday season since I only get to eat it one time a year.

If only we could have these goodies all year round...