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Blogging should be blahging because it's all a bunch of blah blah blah about whatever. Maybe I'll start a new word and use it in a scrabble game once it's accepted by the masses.

Anyway, we (I) have been majorly slacking with the ol' blog (or blahg). My faithful readers, Mom and Auntie Boe should be excited to read a new post (finally!). So…what's new….

Marathon Training!

I have officially started training for the San Diego Rock N Roll marathon. I have all my new warm running gear from Christmas to help motivate me through the cold 50 degree or less days here in SLO. My goal is to finish injury free, and then secondary to that is to finish in 4:40 or less. I met with the coach of the SLO Roadrunners Club last week and will likely join so I stay accountable and of course finish with my goal time of 4:40. My last marathon was 5:20, but I definitely did not train properly for it- so I want to do it right this time around. So far the training is easy, just lots of easy runs to build up mileage for the coming weeks, but I'm sure that will change quickly. : )

MacGyver

Oh MacGyver…such a good dog, but lately he has taken to chewing up stuff in our living room. We got him some new chew toys to hopefully deter chewing on illegal items such as photo albums and knick knacks- he's already eaten the barrel and who-haw off of Bryan's Filipino barrel man, destroyed portions of two photo albums, and a bunch of Christmas decorations. It all started with the Christmas décor actually. If the new chew toys don't work, we will try reversing his exercise schedule so he a run in the morning and walk in the evening in hopes he will be a log dog all day. Then, final steps will be doggy day care a couple times a week.

Bryan Turned 29

In December, Bryan turned the ripe old age of 29 making us now the same age so I don't have to take any crap about being older until I turn 30 in October. Yay! For his birthday he got a smoker from me, his parents, and his Kristine and her husband Chris. So far, he has smoked a pork shoulder, chicken and a turkey. They were all delicious. We can't wait until the weather improves so we can eat more smoked meat.

San Francisco

This month I went with some girlfriends to SF. You can check tagged photos of me in Facebook to see some of the trip, or befriend Gioia Woo who takes a zillion pics. I am a bad photographer (in addition to being a bad blogger) so I just rely on others to post photos of me. J The trip was a ton of fun- lots of eating and shopping!

Houses

We are still renting our cute little house in SLO. We hope at some point to get a place of our own; we are happy for now, but getting antsy. In March, we'll be done with all credit card debt (namely, my credit card debt…Bryan was wise and didn't get himself into trouble in college). We will have paid off about 17,000 worth of debt in a little less than 3 years, so it will be a huge relief! Woohoo!

Hum…I can't think of much else now and I need to get to my marathon training. Today is a 25 minute run…easy!

They grow up so fast...

We thought it would be fun to show a picture of MacGyver in December and then another of the same pose almost 1 year later to show how much he has grown. Actually, I thought it would be fun, although Bryan is smiling, he wasn't too thrilled to pose with a 55 pound dog on his lap.

From MacGvyer

From MacGvyer

Major Catch-up

For the two of you following our blog, I figured it's time that I update you on the happenings in our SLO life.

MacGyver: Our puppy is so huge! He is now almost 11 months old and appears to be growing still. A friend of mine told me that her dog didn't really stop growing until 18 months, so we'll see. Right now he is 55 pounds (compared to 25 pounds when we first got him in December). The vet says he is a perfect weight, so we'll just keep doing what we're doing. We have a cute one of him as a puppy sitting in Bryan's lap. We'll repeat that photo in a later posting so you can truly see how huge he is.

We are still working on his obedience- we had a couple setbacks. Apparently dogs, like people, go through adolescence phases and rebel against their parents so we have to re-train him on a lot of things. One latest concern of ours is that he loves to jump on the fence and say hi to other dogs walking by and the owners now seem to make a point of walking by MacGyver because they all love him, but we don't want him jumping on the fence so now we have to watch him carefully outside and squirt him with water whenever he jumps up. We've also told owners that they can say hi, but to tell him to get down and sit.

Bryan's Doctorate : In May, Bryan graduated from his 2 year doctorate program in Physical Therapy. He is now officially Dr. Woo, but no one really calls him that, except me. My question to him was, "Is it ok if I introduce you as Dr. Woo?" His response: "Yes." My response: "Ok, that's all I need to know." For those of you that watch Seinfeld, you'll get the reference. J

He is very happy to be done and never again will he have to go back to school. I am still considering an MBA, but so far there is no real need for me to do it, so it's on the back burner. Why go back to school if I don't have to, right?

Vacation: From June 24^th through July 5^th, we took a vacation to NY for Bryan's brother, Jay's wedding who married his high school sweet heart and my new sister in law (although we just prefer to say sister), Gioia. There are now 3 white Mrs. Woos in existence. If we have boys that marry white people, then there may be some red headed freckled Woos out in the world some day. Haha.

The wedding was beautiful and took place on a vineyard on Long Island. Never having been to a Long Island wedding, I was very excited and then shocked. I have never seen so much food in my life! Before dinner, there were several carving stations, a buffet of fruits, fish and cheese, a mashed potato martini bar and a full open bar. This was before dinner. For dinner, there were several more carving stations and sides. It was wonderful! I especially liked all the cheeses and the mashed potato martini bar, which was basically a scoop of mashed potatos served in martini glass and bunch of toppings you could add.

Gioia was a gorgeous bride and we all had a fun time. I only had my phone, so the above photo is all I have, but I'll dig some more up and post those later.

We ended up staying all the way until the following weekend for a second wedding (this time Bryan's cousin) in Pennsylvania. During the week between we ate, visited the city, and I even did some yard work, which if you don't know already, I LOVE yard work. I got to trim bushes with an electric bush trimmer and use a gas powered lawn mower for the first time.

We also went to a Yankee game in the NEW stadium. It was a great time and the Yankees won against Seattle.

Now: We are back to normal life awaiting Jay and Gioia to visit us later this week and weekend. We are all going to the California Midstate Fair in Paso Robles for Journey and Heart concert. We will have to adorn our mullet wigs and jean jackets for that concert. J