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January 3, 2015

You have two weeks off? What are you going to do?

Yes…. I had two weeks off from work during the Holiday’s.  It was pure bliss!    People asked me what on earth would I do with that time..  Uh, are ya kidding?  Fill it with fun stuff, of course!   I promise – I had no trouble filling my days.

Let’s take a little walk down memory lane.

December 19th – my last day of work and first official evening off.   Spent the evening with fellow 24 Hour Group X instructors working out!

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December 20th – bought a new Jeep Wrangler.  Totally got a smoking deal on it, plus they gave me more then what I owed for my Grand Cherokee..aka soccer mom car… so ya, duh.  I am going to buy it.

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December 21st – Traveled to Mt Ayr, IA with this hunk-of-a-man for a family Christmas dinner

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December 22nd – Taught Insanity, shopped, got a new tattoo

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December 23rd – Taught Insanity, spent the morning at my friend Sara’s, snuggled on her baby Ady, watched Kaeleen run around like a wild woman and then subbed another Insanity class at Northpark 24 Hour and baked my little heart out!

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December 24th – Two Family Christmases!

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December 25th – MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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December 26th – Day After Christmas 5 mile Run.   Whew!  Holy carbohydrates and wine.

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December 27th:  Treated myself to a Starbucks, shopping and another run.  Only 4 miles this time around.  😉

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December 28th – Last Christmas with the Pirtle’s!

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Some wrestling happened.  Kind of like on Four Christmases but without the family drama.  ha!

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December 29th:  Lunch date with my girl, Claire!   Then home for our new appliances delivery!  WOOT!  These were an extra special gift.  Thank you. 🙂

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December 30th: Traveled to Clarinda to get my hair done – I went back blonde – and then had lunch with Kayla and Nicole. That turned into 5 hours, plenty of cocktails and a ton of laughter.  Gosh I love time with girlfriends. I don’t have a recent pic of the three of us, so I will do a fuzzy throwback.

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December 31st:  Lunch date with my girl Jessica – you’re welcome for yet another throwback.

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And then it was time for NEW YEARS EVE celebrations, baby!

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January 1st:  A day spent at home organizing my new Insanity schedule and chatting with multiple folks about my next 21 day challenge!  We’ve got a LOT of peeps committed.   So excited for them and the transformations that are about to take place!

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I am teaching a total of 8 classes.   There are two more that aren’t listed above because they are being offered to a private group.  I have my work cut out for me!  Whew!

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January 2nd: A little Insanity practice, followed up by a lunch date with my girls Tyree and Sarah -> we taught together for several years at Buffett Middle School <- and her daughter Kennedy.  So great to catch up!

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And THAT brings us to today!   I am actually picking UP my new Jeep this morning.  Finally, she is coming HOME!!!

EEKK!!!!!  

And the rest of the weekend will be cleaning, laundry, packing for my new work schedule and meal prepping.

 

Have a super weekend, y’all!  I will catch back up with you again on Monday!

 

Cheers! 

 

 

 

January 1, 2015

Happy New Year!

I hope you are all off to a great start to 2015!  We rang it in with the PERFECT low-key evening at Tyree’s full of good food, delicious wine, card games, tons of laughter and a morning of zero hangovers.  Winning!

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HAPPY  NEW  YEAR!!!!!!!!!

 

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Cheers to a New Year, new goals, new dreams and a blank slate to make it all come true!

December 22, 2014

Ugly Sweater Run Recap!

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December 14th, 2014 marked the third annual Ugly Sweater 5K in Omaha!   Our crew had a great time dressing up, looking ridiculous and getting some good girl conversation while we covered the 3.1 mile route.

 

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The weather was in the 40’s, a little foggy to start, but all together pretty darn great weather conditions.  It beats the 20 degree weather we had last year by far!

 

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Some advice for my fashionistas out there.  Want some lipstick with staying power?   Go cheap and pick up some old school Wet N Wild.   That stuff would NOT come off.   My lips were this ridiculous hot pink for hours.   Hours I tell ya.   I think I’ll hit up Walgreen’s again and get a better color next time.   Who knew the cheap crap works better then the expensive?

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A mini- pit stop for a reindeer photo opp mid run with the girls was necessary.

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Kayla’s socks.   Dead freaking sexy.

Lot’s of holiday cheer happened post-race too!

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Clever girls that Lora and DeAnn are.

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Cheers to a great start to the Holiday Season.   What better than Ugly Sweaters, Buddy the Elf, Christmas decorations, hot chocolate and good friends?

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THANKS to the Ugly Sweater marketing team for the tickets and for a morning of fun!

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September 8, 2014

9th Annual Biker B!tch Ride

July 19th, 2014 marked the 9th Annual Biker B!tch Ride.

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It was a day full of adventure, uncontrollable laughter, new friends, old friends, cocktails and plenty of open road.

Curious on the history of the Biker Bitches?  Find it here.

Our Day Started at Quaker Steak & Lube in Council Bluffs, IA where we convened for Bloody Mary’s, burgers, shirt exchanges and first-time greetings for a few of the gals.   We all were so excited for the day that lay ahead of us.

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We hung out, chatted, soaked up the early sun and soon loaded up the bikes for our first leg of the trip.

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Destination:

DC’s Waterhole

Plattsmouth, Nebraska

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DC’s Waterhole provided us with good service…

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An Outdoor Patio where we met a newly turned 21 year old…

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Plenty of time for girl talk, cocktails, laughter and selfies…

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Elizabeth and Lora

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Me, Kristen and Suze

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Cheezin with Ashley and Kayla

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Jen & Marcy

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It’s a tradition to leave our mark at a bar each year.   Signature Wall it was!

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A little over an hour at DC’s Waterhole and it was time to move on to Stop #2

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Destination:

Steel Horse Saloon

Newhawka, Nebraska

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The Steel Horse is tucked away in a typical small rural town.  A bar, post office and a few houses make up Newhawka.

Oh, and the flag pole placed in the middle of the only paved road that leads in and out of the community.

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Newhawka had NO idea what to do with us.

We had a few drinks and the girls were adorable enough to toast yours truly for arranging the day.

Thanks, chicks.  

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Pretty sure we made some ruckus on our way out of this town. 😉  It’s to be expected as the day moves on.

Just making our presence known is all.

Ahem….

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Destination:

Heron Bay

Louisville, Nebraska

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The owner was in rare form that day, so getting drinks took time and patience.   It’s ok, though.

We know how to entertain ourselves.

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I love Heron Bay for the outdoor seating along the river.   It’s relaxing and peaceful.

…until we take over.

The peace went out the window with this rowdy crew.

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Busted: Liz is double fisting it.

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And DeAnn!

Yet another reason why I love these crazy chicks.

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After about an hour at Heron Bay, and knowing we had two more stops ahead of us, we loaded up and headed out.

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Destination:

The Dog House Saloon

Waterloo, NE

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We lost a few gals due to other commitments, so even while our group got a little smaller… I can promise we got a little rowdier.

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Iowa gals! 

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Destination:

Street Dance

Bennington, NE

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Technically, Bennington was our last stop for the B Ride.

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Heidi has the best laughs.

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Oh, good.   We can still take normal pics at the end of the day.

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Most of the crew split ways at this point.  We had a group from Iowa that wanted to get back before the sun went down.  The rest of us moved along to listen to a band.

Destination:

Dr. Jack’s

Omaha, NE

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We Sing

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We Chair Dance

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We Love

After Dr. Jack’s a few more of us went to Anchor Inn and closed out the night dancing, singing and laughing before calling it a rap at 2:30am.

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Another B Run in the books. 

Another spectacular day with crazy ladies who I love dearly.

And can I say, holy photos?  We took 229 that day.  Clearly, ain’t nobody have time to look at all those.  I spared you.  And I spared some of the girls. Let’s just say, some of those photos are best kept private.  🙂

I say I am pretty darn lucky to know some kick-ass chicks.

Cheers to 2015 and the 10th Annual Ride. 

….Look out.  It’s gonna be crazy.

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