Rants, Recipes, and Running

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Here's my 10 for the week: 1. What type of cell phone do you have and how would you rate it? I have a Blackberry. I used Verizon service. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate it a 6-7. I haven't had any major problems with mine. I'd say the internet is a tad slow. If I could go back in time...I'd get a Droid. 2. What has been your most serious injury? Probably my collar bone breakage at birth? But I don't really remember that. Sooo I'm going to say when I fell running a few summers ago - b/c I was bleeding like a madwoman from the face & knees. And my kneess still have giant scars. Also, last winter I chopped the tip of my finger off chopping cilantro. It hurt. Bad. I bled. A lot. And then 2 days later, I went to the gym, worked hard & dehydrated myself a ibt, got home, took bandage off, and got super dizzy & almost fainted. That sucked. 3. What is one movie you hate and why? Beaches. It's *sniff* so *sniff* sad a...

Did we really just have a weekend? Let's just say that last weekend was...weird. I worked Friday & Saturday night. So I didn't really have a weekend. Sunday was my birthday. Friday & Saturday afternoon were spent dealing with a multitude of car issues. Yes, multiple. And the story is one of those stories that just "keeps gettin' better". It's a blog post in itself...so stay tuned for that. I had a fantastic birthday. First of all, Saturday night at work was out-of-control crazy busy. But, when the sun came up I was pleasantly surprised with SNOW-COVERED mountains. In fact, the entire TOWN was covered in snow!! You're probably reading this thinking, ".....and...?" IT'S THE FREAKING SONORAN DESERT! It NEVER snows. Ever! I am assured that this was my amazing birthday present from God. It was his way of giving me a little "taste of home". Except it felt like I was in Switzerland, not North Dakota with all the snowy m...