SXM Day 1 - Friday

For our first vacation of the year we went to St Maarten!!  We love SXM!  We've been before, are familiar with the area and just generally enjoy the heck out of our time there!  I'll try not to bore you with words - but here are the bullet points from each day and some pictures to go along!

Travel day

Up At 3am

ATL massage

Flight - watched movies

Got Luggage

Got Taxi

Coffee at Fashion Cafe

Pool

Sunset at shipwreck bar

Black jack. Won $200!!

Change for Dinner

Le moulin fou

Best 1st day ever!!

On our way to the airport!  Sleepy but excited!

Xpress Spa - a great way to make a layover go by fast!

My buddy Adam made the flight with us!

Maybe we should visit those islands one day!  Key West is it??

Our feast on the plane!

Dapper Doug before dinner!

Le Moulin Fou - one of our favorite restaurants on the island!  French onion soup and sushi for appetizers!

For the main course we split a steak and scallops dinner with foie gras on top!  Delish!

2013: Marathon vs. MBA

Well, 2013, you are crazy!

It appears as though 2013 has changed my ideas on what it will bring.  At the beginning of the year I vowed to run my first marathon, with D by my side.  We picked out Chicago, made hotel reservations, and waited for February 19 to register!

Little did I know that I'd get the urge (encouraged by D) to apply for the MBA program at King College and get accepted! So I started that journey, with D by my side.  He's been in the program since September 2012, so I figured why not!

Then registration week rolled around and as you may have heard runners trying to register for Chicago actually broke active.com.  We overwhelmed the site and registration had to be shut down.  Chicago organizers would renounce how registration would continue on February 28.  We didn't get registered in the first round on February 19.

Since that critical day - I got horribly sick with either the flu or a sinus infection.  I was miserable for at least 3 days.  Currently going on week 2 of just feeling like crud.  During this time I've still had school and work, but I've not been running.  Check out that sad running page and you'll see, its been a while!

During this lull (or break) I've come to the realization that Chicago might need to wait a year.  It quite possibly could be too much for my body to handle.  A demanding career, MBA, life in general, and first time marathon training??  I knew it was a lot - but then I got sick.  And if I were to get this sick in August or September, I doubt the marathon would happen.  So with all this in mind I think (and Doug too, don't think I've left him out of these conversations!) that marathon 2013 will be postponed to 2014.

If we put our first marathon off another year we'll be able to enjoy the long training runs and really focus on the fun of the journey!

So there it is.  Marathon vs. MBA - MBA wins for 2013 but look out 2014 cause we'll be coming after you!  : )

Out of Town Guests

We hosted from friends from out of town.  Had a blast.  So instead of boring you with the wordsmith of it all, let's go on a picture journey of the weekend!

Friday night we stayed in, ate dinner, drank, watched 'my drunk kitchen' and 'my sassy gay friend' and just had a rockin' time!

Dinner for Friday night!  Yum!  Chicken Enchilada Ring!

Saturday - we had breakfast at home, walked state street, had lunch at Macado's, did some drunk pottery, went wine tasting, watched some football, had dinner at Machiavelli's, and topped the night off with birthday shots at Stateline!

The Grind House was kind enough to send us some coffee and danishes!

Breakfast in the oven cooking! 

Bacon and fruit!

Cheese Danish - YUM!

We had so much fun with everyone and can't wait until the next visit!

The Voice Finale!

Better late than never - right?!

As you have figured out Doug won with Cassadee Pope!

Even as of now, March, Doug still hasn't cashed in his winning Saturday!

But one thing we did realize is that we probably won't spend this much time watching a reality tv show again, EVER.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted!

The Voice 5th live eliminations

The top 4!!

Doug - 3
     Christina - 0
     Blake - 2
Jennie - 1
     Ceelo - 2
     Adam - 0

Team Adam got eliminated this week!

Now in our household tournament of champions we are 50/50 to winning the coaches prize.  

The real question is who is going to win the whole sha-bang!

The final three!

Nicholas, Cassadee, and Terry!!

So as it stands now if Nicholas wins - Doug gets the whole kitten caboodle, Jennie gets $100.

If Cassadee wins - Doug gets the whole kitten caboodle and $100, Jennie gets nothing.

If Terry wins Doug gets $100 and Jennie gets the whole kitten caboodle.

Good luck!

The Voice 4th live eliminations

The top 6!!

Doug - 4
     Christina - 0
     Blake - 2
Jennie - 2
     Ceelo - 2
     Adam - 2

Team Doug lost Dez Duron and Team Jennie lost Cody Belew.  I still think quality over quantity.

Terry's got this!