Triathalon Training?? heck ya

So i've recently decided that i want to get back into shape and try participating in a sprint triathalon down in st. george in May. Luckly i have a little time to prepare otherwise i would die. i still may die but I will die less (if that makes any sense) if i'm training.

so i started going to the gym again after a long 6 months yipes!! and i'm super sore. I think this new goal of mine is kind of exciting and will keep me busy for a while.
The race includes a:
-400 yd swim
-15 mile bike ride
-3 mile run

Not to bad right? I really need to work on my swimming. Luckily i don't have to do one specific stroke. I really suck at doing the freestyle stroke which i hear gets you the fastest time but i think i will just try to finish the race not go for any time breaking records. i feel like i don't get as tired doing the breast stroke or back stroke but again i think i am a little slower doing those strokes. i have a hard time coordinating my breaths with out inhaling water with the freestyle. so we'll see. i think i'm in good shape for the biking. i biked 5.5 miles yesterday and didn't get too terribly out of breath so that's a 3rd of the way there. i'm doing alright with the running i could use a little practice with my endurance though. that's huge in a triathalon!!

I have been tagged ...

8 TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH
-LOST
-The Office
-Grey's Anatomy
-Oprah
-American Idol
-Myth Busters
-It Takes a Theif ( pretty much i LOVE the discovery channel and Documentaries cuz i'm a nerd like that :0) )
-The Price is RIGHT ( ya not just the old people watch it.) i haven't seen most of these in forever. most of these shows i only see because i'm on a break at work or just have an extra min while i'm eating... all except the OFFICE and LOST those two i'm pretty faithful too.)

8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
-The Bombay House/Star of India(in bountiful)
-Costa Vida/Cafe Rio (same thing)
-Red Robin (Kristy knows why!!)
-The Blue Plate Diner
-Macaroni grill/Bucca Di Beppo/Olive garden
-Training Table (speical dipping sauce YA you know what i'm talking about!!)
-Rumbi's Island Grill
-Some Middle Eastern Food (shwarma that's probably spelled way wrong but we at that ALOT in Israel and now that i'm not eating everyday i kind of miss it!!)

8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
-I started to Read my book(new moon) finally. i'm still not done but i will eventually get there don't worry moina!
-I showered
-I went to my Institute Choir Practice
-I called my mom
-I learned how to clean Wax out of Carpet(ANDY!!!) lol
-I accidentally melted the carpet in the wax cleaning proccess oops...we'll just put a lamp over that spot ;0)
-I watched the Presidental Debate between Mccain and Obama (so sad they just rip on each other and don't say what it is they plan to do to change things)
-Hung out with my awesome roomies and QUINN (you ladies man you!!)

8 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
-SnowBoarding!! yeah for winter
-Christmas music!! yeah for christmas!!
-my Nephew's First Christmas
-My Half birthday, December 8th baby!! i'm so having another party whoot whoot!
-Getting My Christmas Bonus (hopefully they will do it this year they have every year since i started)
-Domina getting a job in Salt Lake City
-Going to Disneyland for NEW YEARS!!!
-Going to Thailand next March or April

8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST
-Travel to all the continents in the world
-Do Humanitarian work in a foreign country(Operation SMILE, LDS church humanitarian aide,etc)
-Possibly go to Grad school for a NP
-Get Endowed
-Make everyone happy :0) or at least give it a good try
-Be closer to my Family
-Get to know more People
-Have all the money in the world to travel as much as i want and spoil my nephew with ;0)
-donate money to a charity
-gain a better knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ (travel to all the holy sites)

8 PEOPLE I AM TAGGING
Kayla Prestridge
Jennie B.
Heidi Buchanan
Sharon Rowley
Peanut
Heidi West
Aubree/Michael Cooper
Kristy Thornton

Aloha Mean old Jellyfish!! :0P

So here's the story of the the jellyfish tenticle...Thursday me and my roomie came to Hawaii and got to the place we are staying at which is only 2 blocks from the beach so we went and took and evening stroll down the coast. When we started walking back we were on the shoreline walking in the wet sand where the ocassional wave would hit our feet. the Ocean is salty so it stings a little if he you have freshly shaved your legs or have open cuts. so my ankles started to sting a little then i looked down and there was a long string thing with a little jelly head.

As time went on the stinging went to BURNING!! Domoina thought i was crazy! Ya like my both my feet were on fire!!!!!! On the one ankle (left one) i could barely walk on it and then i had te same burning sensation go up my leg and end about at my upper thigh. I rinsed it off with water and it helped a little but not much.

We pulled two people walking down the street and ask them their advice of how to treat the jellyfish sting. they refered us to some store and I ended up buying this over Priced Junk that didn't work very well. so we get back to the vacation rental and ask the owner if she knows how to treat it. Low and behold it's as simple as Vinegar! Ya we rubbed vinegar on my wounds. they felt much better after that and are feeling great now. Man i have never experienced that before it's not very pleasant that's all i have to say!

After this i looked up Box Jellyfish online just for the fun of it...come to find out these things are really dangerous! if you get caught up in their tenticles you can die with in 30 seconds because their venom makes red blood cells burst! YIPES!! (i'm guessing that's only if your whole body becomes tangled in many Jellyfish tenticles. but scary non the less...

I don't quite understand how these creatures operate because i watched a national geographic clip on them and it said they have no Heart (literally ;) ) and no brain...so how do they operate? i guess the same as some small cell or virus? i don't know. they apparently are reproducing and high rates because of pollution in the water too. crazy!

BABY oh BABY!!!!

Kayla's baby is as you can see DUE in 2 days. i want him to come NOW!!! she's been doing everything she can to pop that little angel out but nothing seems to be working. He's just being a stubborn old fart! Anyone have any suggestions that i can pass along?

Kayla has predicted that he will come the day i leave for California to visit Sharon. That would make him 4 days late. I guess knowing how my mom's pregnancys were that's probably reasonable. I was the only one who came early out of all my sisters i came 2 weeks early, and not to mention the easiest labor! yeah for ME!! Kayla kind of through my mom way off because the epidural didn't end up working so she had kayla all NATUR-AL! maybe this is just payback Kayla ;0)

Well i hope he comes soon because if not i won't be able to see him dang it for 2 weeks depending on when he comes.

The Memory Post...

I'm keeping this chain alive from another friends blog.

The rules were laid out thusly:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll be sure to write one about you.

3. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

4. Please do this on your page too, so we can all share in the fun times together :-)

Rafting on the SNAKE!! farewell grandma

This past weekend has been interesting. My ward peeps and I went river rafting in Jackson Wyoming. It was so much fun. I got to get to know the people in my ward a little better. I also got to try out my new camping pad and down sleeping bag. it was so warm. the second night that we were there it got pretty chilly. the first night was just right. well except for those who slept under the stars they got alot of bug bites!. those dang blood suckers. they are kind of annoying.

I left early they had 2 river runs a day and i left after the first river run on saturday. The peeps in my boat saturday were really interesting. we had alot of different personalities on the boat. the funniest part was when the push the loud girl out of the boat that was squirting everyone. she totally didn't expect it. i think she got pushed out twice. I heard the second run she went down that day she was squirting everyone and her boat threw her out and wouldn't let her back in. that's sad but funny at the same time!lol

I left early on saturday because my Grandma Bennion has been really sick. She was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 years ago. It spread to her lymph nodes and they told her the cancer would re-occur in about 2 years if she went untreated. She decided not to do chemo or radiation. about 2 weeks ago she was diagnosed with Liver cancer. her breast cancer had spead down there.

I was grateful to be able to go see her and take care of her this past weekend. although it was kind of hard to see her so weak and unable to take care of herself. She just passed away yesterday afternoon. I kind of feel weird because i'm sad she's gone but i haven't really cried and maybe it just hasn't set in yet.

I feel like it was a blessing for her to pass aways because after she was diagnosed with the liver cancer they told her she had 2 months. she pretty much gave up all will to live at that point and went down hill fast. i mean it's only been 2 weeks since the diagnoses. i thought that was an interesting concept. We were talking with hospice nurses and they had mentioned the power of the brain on dying. The nurse was telling us that if people have any unresolved issues alot of people hold on until things are resolved and then they pass when it's resolved. I think once grandma decided she was done that why she went downhill so fast.

When i saw her last weekend she was miserable. she wasn't in alot of pain but she would take pain meds and sleep forever because the liver helps process some of those drugs so her chemisty was all out of wack. She would wake up and her shoulders would just ache. She was super skinny just bones and skin. I so grateful that she's in a better place now and able to reunite with the love of her life :0)

Swimming like a fish

Tonight i went swimming with my roommate Domoina. i found out that i really have bad technique on most of the stokes i know. This girl who is in our ward was teaching us how to swim. Domoina's still working on floating but she's getting better :0) she's not as scared now!

I have taken swimming lessons before but i always have a problem with inhaling water as i come up for a breath. Erin was really good to work me so i didn't keep having this problem. My favorite part of the evening was when she taught me how to do the flip turns. I have always wanted to learn how to do this bu never have. I never thought i would say this but I really really enjoyed swimming laps. I used to not like it very much because i would always inhale water, but now that I have that problem almost fixed i really enjoy it. Especially now that i know how to do the flip turns those are fun but take alot of air. i'm still working on the flip turns. i always have to stop right after the turn to catch my breath but i think once i build up my endurance i should be fine :0)

I never realized how much swimming works out your whole body. you get cardio plus a little resistance training. My goal for next time is try to make it acoss the pool and back with out stopping and inhaling water. Erin told me that next time she was possibly going to teach me how to do the butterfly. i heard that this is the hardest stoke and takes the most energy. i'm kind of excited to learn it. it looks so cool!!