Rock & Roll Marathon

It is finally here...well its tomorrow morning at 7am but its here!!! I'm super excited and super nervous all at the same time. I'm just running the half (13.1 miles) but all I have to say is BRING IT ON!! I'm going to ROCK AND ROLL until my legs fall off.

Deodorant-Check
Chaffing lube- Check
Energy Goo- Check
Running Number- Check
AWESOME SHOES- CHECK
VERY EXPENSIVE BUT TOTALLY WORTH IT RUNNING SOCKS- CHECK
Shorts- Oh crap....jk CHECK
Sports Bra with EXTRA SUPPORT- Double Checkola
Special running hat to keep the sun out of my eyes (yes the sun will be out tomorrow)- Check
100% nylon breathable tank top- Check
Ipod with the rocky soundtrack playing over and over- CHECK!!

I think I'm ready!!

BTW...I have a wedding 4 hours after the race. I told Mark he might have to carry my around the wedding like a sack of potatoes because my legs will be out of commission. Wish him luck.

Good luck to everyone who's running!!

HOLLLLLLA!!

Happy 4th of July

Mark and I are leaving for a much need vacation on July 1st to Cresent Bar. Our fantastic friends, Brent and Julia have a gorgeous house right on the bar and we are going to party our little pants off. They have an amazing wake boarding boat in which I learned to wake surf on last year and I CANT WAIT to do it again. We will be gone for 6 glorious days which can't come any quicker! I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July and just in case I don't make it back from Cresent Bar...just wait longer. I will end it with some pictures from last year in CB Heaven.

Peace and Love

Ruby and Elly May, Cresent Bar Lovers...well Ruby, who is a girl, might have special feelings for Little Ms. May.

The Man Cave...Only guitars and Men allowed.

Mark "DB"

Brent Gravely "Captain G"

Julia Gravely "baby grrrr" and I "nellster"

Happy Father's Day

I'm not sure if I mention enough how much I love my day... but he is truly the best!

Wedding Bliss

I was in my first wedding this weekend and it was amazing! One of my best friends, Elise Stevenson tied the knot to Paul Krawczyk. It was such a fun wedding!!

I did not catch the bouqet...it was ripped out of my hands by a large woman with tattoos...I was not going to fight.

Don't worry everyone we're still alive...

I've been sitting at my desk for a good 30 minutes thinking about an excuse/reason why I haven't posted anything on my blog in over a year and I came up with...

My fingers fell off so I couldn't type...

working out to much (but that was to far)...

Elly May was keeping me really busy...

too drunk...

My dog ate it....

Jury Duty...

prison....

but then I decided I didn't need to lie to make friends so the real reason for my disappearance is...

I've been working on my tan for my 5 minute cameo on the Jersey Shore. Phew!! It feels so good to get something off of my chest other then my spray tan.

With all that said and done we are alive and well!! I promise from now on my blog will come first before any tanning bed.

Peace and Love,

FINCHLAND (Finch and Rowland combined, gosh I crack myself up.)

Maybe Britney is staying at the Best Western?

Ms. Britney Spears has come and gone. The concert was very entertaining even though she did lip sync the whole thing. Our seats were amazing. My sister gave her bodyguard a high five so we all had to touch my sisters hand because Britney had to at some point. It was truly like we were 13 years old again. Screaming at the top of our lungs "WE LOVE YOU BRITNEY" and then waking up the next morning with no voice was awesome!! We stayed at the Best Western right across the street for the Tacoma Dome. I've never in my life had to deal with such bitchy girls. My favorite moment was standing in line for the elevator and looking at the sign that says maximum capacity 9 people. So we pile into the elevator with 10 people not even realizing it and some 30 year old trailer trash mom looks directly at me and says "obviously you girls don't know how to count". Oh lord I hope this elevator can make it to the 2ND floor before it breaks!!! I just started laughing. It amazed me how many rude girls are out there. Anyways here are some pictures from the night....

Those Damn Shirts!!

Where do I even start???!!!

This upcoming Thursday a group of 10 girls and I are going to the Britney Spears concert. We are all such big fans of the brit brit roller coaster and are crossing our fingers she actually shows up to do the concert. Last friday we all came up with the idea to make matching t-shirts for the concert...so I told everyone to be at my house at 11am on Sunday...BAD IDEA!

First of all, I completely forgot we had a birthday party the night before so we didn't end up getting home until 3am, so 11am was pretty early. We stayed over at our friends house in Shoreline that night, and by 10:30 I was trying to wake up the beast (Mark) and he doesn't even move. I told him to wake up because I have girls coming over to make Britney shirts...he laughed and rolled over. Then Jessica suggested we can take her car over to my house and the boys can come over later... DUH...why didn't I think of that! We get all the way over to my condo in Bellevue, get out of the car and get to my door step (everyone is already there) and I remember that Mark has the house keys in his pocket!! Fudge!! Finally 45 minutes later the boys arrive with the house keys!

After already spending over $200 at Jo-Anne Fabrics and $100 at Big 5 for the t-shirts the project was about to begin! Quick note: my unemployment checks are $315 a week. I now have 15 dollars for the rest of the week. ANYWAYS...I get a couple of girls on diamond gluing duty...a couple on pizza making duty...and couple on printing the brit picture and myself on ironing duty. I light a couple of candles to set the mood and were off! After about an hour looking for the perfect picture to iron onto our shirts, my job has finally begun. I put the picture down on the shirt and grab the hot iron and start ironing..."TA DA" I yell....no one says a single thing but stares at the shirt. I had ironed Britney's face on upside down on the shirt. My job was now down sized to pizza cutter. Then Jordan steps into my iron duty position. She starts to iron and gets the face on perfectly straight and right side up, but has pressed the iron so hard onto the shirt she took the varnish right off of our kitchen table and onto the shirt. The back of the shirt was completely varnished. She starts to cry...30 minutes of comforting shes back on ironing duty. This time she asks for a piece of glass so we can put it in between the shirt and the table...DUH...why didn't I think of that! I grab a piece of glass that was embedded into our coffee table..it was a perfect size!! Meanwhile the pizza is ready...I (pizza cutter duty) start my job...the pizza was burnt on the top and raw in the middle. At that point I could care less! We eat and get back to work...by this time we had been working on these shirts for 4 hours. We had one shirt done and two shirts two throw away. Time to get going!! Finally Jordan gets the hang of ironing and completes another two shirts...then all of a sudden we hear a crack...the piece of glass from Marks coffee table had shattered. I place me hands over my mouth and lean back onto my chair and repeat over and over every swear word ever invented. Jordan starts crying (again) and is now scared Mark is going to come home and kill her. I'm thinking in my head, where will I go once Mark drops me off on the streets tonight. Then I hear my sister yelling "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD" she tackles me to the ground and starts hitting my head...my pony tail had gone into the candle and my hair had gone up in flames! Let's just say I now have bangs. By this point I call up Mark and told him to pick me up 4 bottles of wine and whatever the other girls wanted to drink. By 9:00pm the shirts were finally done!! They turned out great but I will never ever do another craft project in my life!! Britney better appreciate this!