Go Shorty! It's my Birthday!

Woohoo! Today is my birthday. It was pretty uneventful, since I'm coming down with some sort of bug. I just feel horrible and completely congested. Therefore my day has been pretty uneventful, just work and later out to dinner. I didn't even complete my work out today. Just don't have the energy to do it. However once I feel better I'll just have to work twice as hard. Anyway, here's a birthday picture of myself.

**EDIT**Still need to post picture of the beautiful flowers I received.

P90x

I'm on a blogging roll. haha! I've been meaning to blog for quite some time now, but I've been soo

tired and exhausted, that all I want to do is watch mundane TV. Anyway, I finally started my new work out regime this Monday. Boy, it's definitely kicking my butt. However, I'm loving it! Can't wait to see the progress I've made after 30 days.

The P90x seems to be the latest craze, and I've jumped on the bandwagon as well. Of course, I'm still keeping up with my running (wish me luck, so that I can complete my first half marathon this September), but just needed something extra to keep me toned and lean. Not to mention, I did not want put on "my first year marriage weight". Almost every Newlywed I spoke to gained a few pounds after their first year of marriage. My P90x is a preventative measure, plus I always feel better after a good hard work out. Also, I'm no longer in my early/mid twenties, therefore my metabolism is slowing down and I simply can't eat everything and anything.
On Day 1 (Monday) I took some "before" pics of myself. And I will be brave enough to post them on here as well. However, it will have to wait until tomorrow,. I'm sweaty/stinky and just want to jump into the shower. Hopefully, I can keep up with this work out regime! It's definitely intense. Well, I'm hopefully that I will see difference in my Day 1 and Day 30 picture. Ok, I'm off to the shower and then hitting the sack.
*******EDIT UPDATE******* Mr. J took these pics of me, so excuse the shadows behind me. Not to mention I look horrible in all these photos. But I figure once I posted them online, it will remind me to stay motivated.

Utah Olympic Park

Last week I traveled to Lehi, Utah, for my work. It turned out to be great business trip. As some of you know, I work in the Insurance Industry. The company I work for is medium sized Insurance Brokerage aka a Retail Insurance Agent. Anyway, I don't want to bore you guys with all this insurance mumble jumble. To make a long story short, one of the companies we work with frequently is located in Utah. Every year they put together seminar/conference/retreat for all of their Insurance Carriers/Retail Agents and Insurance Brokers. Typically Insurance conferences are pretty darn boring! Trust me, I'm not exaggerating. Right after these conference everyone runs to Happy Hour, including ME!! Naturally, I was pleasantly surprised that this business trip was actually quite fun.
While I was in Utah our host company took us to the Utah Olympic Park. It's quite an impressive park. Of course, they have several activities visitors can participate in, such as the bobsled ride (it's the second fastest track in the world). Some of the bob sled athletes reach about 80-90 mph. The zipline is another activity one can participate in. It's approximately (not quite) at the same height as the Nordic Ski Jumper. Unfortunately, I didn't bring my point and shoot, since I thought I was going to a boring Insurance seminar. I did take some photos with my my camera...but my camera is a piece of s#$% and won't let me upload any pictures. So sadly I can't post any pics of the original olympic medals, they displayed in their museum.
Nonetheless, I did find some pictures from the park online. Please enjoy.

Weekend Fun

Sadly this weekend is coming to an end. It was a fun and relaxing weekend, and of course too short. I had an extremely long long work week. Perhaps, it had something to do with that fact that I just returned from our honeymoon. This weekend, Mr. J. and I decided to head out to San Diego to spend some time with my best friend Marlith, who is due with her first baby in a few weeks, and her brother Calvin. Also, to return the camcorder they had graciously lent us. Spending time with them is spending time with family! It was a lazy Saturday in San Diego, which consisted of eating way to much food, taking nap and watching movies. The cute dog in the pictures is Sydney. And she's the most adorable lil Jack Russell Terrier.

Getting our grub on.

Calvino and J. bout to go on a bike ride.

J. making a silly face.

Sadly no comments

I was made aware that my new blog doesn't allow readers to post comments. No clue, why this is?! But I'm currently working on getting it fixed. Can't promise anything, but I will try my best to get it working.

One Month...

It is true, once you are married time sure flies by. Happy One Month Anniversary to myself and the hubby! =) Of course, I have to post a FABULOUS photo from our equally FABULOUS photographer Christine Farah.

First Day Back...

Technically yesterday was my first day back at the office. And boy, it was an extremely long day. I had soo much to do, but time still crawled by. I'm sure today, it will be better.
Costa Rica was great. Even though I just returned from our two week trip, I'm ready for another vacation. I simply can't get enough of traveling. Yesterday, all I could think of was my next travel adventure. Where should Mr. J and I go? Bali, New Zealand or perhaps Australia?! We both love to travel, and we're hoping that we can take another trip this year. So far I'm optimistic.
As for next year, we're definitely planning on traveling to travel to Alaska in the summer. Mr. J's sister lives up there. Apparently, their backyard borders Denali National Park. If for some reason those plans do not work out. I would love to travel to South Africa next summer. Why South Africa?! First, who wouldn't want to go on a Safari Trip. Second, the Soccer World Cup will be held there. Third, I've never been to South Africa. Of course, there are more reasons, but these three are valid enough. What would be a blog post with our photos?! Enjoy some impressions from Costa Rica:

One of the various of Humming bird species.

Fishing boat stranded at the beach ~ it made for an interesting photo op.

One of the various butterflies

another butterfly

New Blog

Welcome to my new Blog! Ok, I jumped on the bandwagon and created a new blog. Actually, my sister is to blame, since she wanted to give my old blog an overhaulin'. So voilà, here is her debut.
It's perfect, especially since I'm a newly minted Mrs. Not to mention all the new adventure I'll be embarking on. LoL. Ok, my life is not quite that interesting, but I'm sure it will be fun, interesting and adventurous in my own way.