Some days my head is too big

To even wear a hat! Check it here:

http://www.nataliedee.com/052506/massive.jpg

Dream Kitchen

Holy kitchen awesomeness! Totally check this out, Ikea Dream Kitchens.

Thanks to Peeps for sending me the link. I think I like the one with the pink stairs the best. But I actually just like the song the best. haha. Make sure to turn up the volume!

I like the one with the fireplace, too. What's your fave?

Colorado Colfax Marathon

This past Sunday, 10 of us ran in two relay teams in the First Annual Colorado Colfax Marathon! It started east of Denver, out in Aurora, and went all the way to Lakewood, west of Denver. People ran down your favorite street and mine, Colfax Ave. The relay was broke down like this: 10K, 5K, 10K, 5K and 12K.

Our team names were hippoJOGamus and hippoRUNamus, following in the hippo tradition which started in August '05 with the hippoPUBamus. Team hippoJOGamus consisted of me, Liz, Lucia, Alice and Maggie and team hippoRUNamus consisted of Justin, Annie, Lloyd, Marisa and Kate. That is all of us in the pic. Just like that Streets song goes, We're So Fit and Don't We Know it.

We had a blast running and also totally appreciate our two team drivers, John and Joe, who both got up super early to shuttle us to the relay exchange zones and to the finish line. They are totally rad.

Of course later that afternoon we had a big party/BBQ which was quite the success, with a fruit watermelon being voted Favorite Food. Also, we only had 1 PBR left out of the many, many beers which seems to signal a scucessful party.

A highlight of the race for me was running the first 10K, and half of it with a grey-haired man named Bob who told me about the shrapnel in his right lung and how he used to fly helicopters. And yes, I was running the same pace as this probably 65 year old man, but I still exceeded my goal time!

Fun fun fun. Perhaps more races in the future, as well.

5K!

This past Sunday, May 14th, I ran my first 5K ever! This race was great for a variety of reasons:

1. Six wonderful friends did the race with me--Liz, Kate, John, Laura, Katie and Maggie. You guys are awesome!

2. We got to run around the warning track at Coors Field right before we hit the finish line.

3. There was free beer and free pizza (I thought they were going to have hot dogs, so I was a little sad) after the run.

4. We get 2 free Rockies tickets for running!

It was great fun and a serious goal accomplished for me. Now just to get ready for the race this Sunday, where I run a 10K in the innagural Colorado Colfax Marathon. Woo Hoo!

Friday Fever!

OK so I like TOTALLY have FRIDAY FEVER. So does my friend, Jeff "Peeps" Peoples. We are communicating Texas-Colorado and I contracted FRIDAY FEVER from him.

Friday Fever makes you:

• Not want to work
• Want to go to Happy Hour, Stat
• Feel REALLY hyper
• Send funny emails
• hehehehehhehehe!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now, an illustration.

What I've Been Doing

Lately. what I have been doing mainly is watching movies. Here's a short summary:

Friday: The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I liked the book better, the movie was like 3 hours long. Ugh. I give it *** of ***** stars.

Saturday: Shopgirl. This movie is great, Steve Martin is old, but Claire Danes is great and so is Jason Schwartzman. I give it ***** of *****.

Saturday, continued: Just Like Heaven. This movie was dumb, and I didn't like it but I like Mark Ruffalo. Gotta like any guy who's name rhymes with buffalo. I give it ** of *****.

Sunday: The Squid and the Whale. I liked this move because it was short (81 minutes) but it was kind of depressing. ***.5 out of *****

Monday: Colfax Avenue, Main Street Colorado. I love Colfax, so does Laura, so we went and watched it. It was OK but all still photos, and I think the title was actually Colfax Avenue: Heart of Colorado. Anyway, I think I should make a movie about Colfax. Maybe when Stacy moves back. After all, we already wrote some songs for it...
I give this *** of *****. It could use some work.

Tuesday: I actually saw people and didn't watch a movie! But I did watch Gilmore Girls. Season finale next week!

Now that you are all caught up with my media intake, I will try to think of something more interesting I've been doing for next time.