I was doing some online shopping when I came across this cool little website, called Shop and Confess. Go sign up and share your stories, and don’t forget to use my site as a referral! You can win over $33,000 in prizes just for sharing your funny shopping stories. The story below tells a little bit more about the contest. I’m thinking of my own shopping confessional now.

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Anyone who knows me knows I love taking pictures. I’m ridiculous about it, but people thank me for it later. I don’t have any sort of fancy equipment, I just use my little Canon Powershot but the lil guy takes some great photos! I have my flickr account on the sidebar, so check out some of my scenery pictures. I also love this one that I recently captured of my parrot and Dill Pickle bonding. Is that not the most adorable thing you’ve ever seen?

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I just want to shout out a big THANK YOU to all of those wonderful people out there who donated to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society so I could run for team in training. I managed to reach the insane goal of $2500 needed in order to participate. It has been a stressful endeavor and I’m glad that part is behind me. Now the real challenges begin.

As some of you know, I’ve been training since early June for the Nike Women’s Half Marathon that’s happening this coming October. Well when I started feeling like I might not reach my minimum amount of donations, I admit I started slacking in training. Don’t get me wrong, I still did the workouts, just not with the amount of zeal I first had. Now I’m going to train harder than ever, and really make my donators proud!

I will say that training for a half marathon was starting to get discouraging, especially when I reached a plateau in weight loss. It seemed no matter how hard I tried, I was still jiggly all over. My pants were actually tighter than they were before i started working out. How is that possible? I even started reading Apidexin reviews on diet pills because I was so frustrated. But I don’t think I would ever actually resort to taking something unless I knew for a fact it was healthy. But it really is incredibly frustrating to work out 5 days a week and not see results. Luckily I rode out the plateau and I’m finally seeing an improvement. Still, running has made me bulkier than I would like, and as soon as this marathon is over, I’m joining a gym and taking up pilates!!

As some of you may know, in the last few months I have literally become obsessed with the Twilight books. I bought the first three, and I pre-ordered the fourth and last of the series. For those of you who don’t know, the Twilight Series is about a young girl who falls in love with a vampire. It sounds kind of cheesy but these books are beautifully written. The way Stephanie Meyer describes Edward makes you fall in love with him. Each book has left me hanging, and I’m anxiously awaiting the final book in the series. I can’t tell you what the cliffhanger is, but I’m just hoping it happens, that’s all I’m gonna say. My good friend Crystal knows what I’m talking about. She got me hooked on this series and from opposite ends of the country we’ve been reading the books together and talking about them. They’re making a movie this December about the first book, and I can’t wait to see it! I think they did a great job of capturing the characters the way they were described in the books. Poor Pickle is going to get dragged to the theatre. He’s a lot like Edward in the fact that he says romantic things and he’s sweet to me. He teases me all the time about my vampire obsession but I don’t care. Check out this series and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Humina. That’s all I’m gonna say. Humminahhhh.

My work is notorious for spoiling me, and the latest toy they gave me is no exception. Our company recently switched our company cell phone plan, and now we’ve all got unlimited minutes and unlimited sms texts. I’m soo excited. Not only did I get a new blackberry curve but it came with Sprint TV and Sprint Navigation. All for free. I heart my job! The only flaw I can find with the new phone is the cell reception isn’t nearly as good as it used to be. I get choppy reception in some spots and it can be annoying. It makes me wish we could get a cell phone repeater for the company so we could hear each other better. But still, who can complain? I have a FREE cell phone with unlimited everything. Excuse me while I wipe my techie drool off my face.

So they say right now it’s a buyer’s market for houses. I’ve been looking at houses like a 12 year old boy looks at his first playboy. I scan through the listings hungrily, and I daydream about what my first house is going to be like. I think what excites me the most is the chance to fix it up. I’ve always wanted to go on one of those home improvement shows they have on the Discovery Channel. Have you seen those crazy new sinks they have? They have farmhouse sinks and vessel sinks that look pretty snazzy. I don’t know if I’d be able to afford those kinds of improvements right away, but even being able to paint would be nice. I can’t wait to get out of apartment living and into something I can call my own!

As some of you might know, I’m a little bit of a gamer. I went out and bought a playstation 3 because it plays blue-ray discs, dvds, and video games. If I were made of money though, I’d have also bought the XBOX360. It has a lot of really cool games; fusion frenzy is my favorite. There is the most random video on youtube where Howie Mandel gives away an xbox for free! I would love to get a free xbox. Ok Howie, next time pick me!

For any of you out there in charge of a company’s pay roll, this software is for you. You can keep track of Online Time and Expense reports, timesheets, invoicing for customers and more. The best part about the software is that it’s free! Why pay for quickbooks or other expensive software when Journyx Timesheet can cover all your needs?

My best friend and I have decided its time to get into shape. We wanted to sign up for the Nike Women’s Marathon but it’s sold out to the public. Then we heard about Team in Training. It’s basically a fund raising program that helps raise money for leukemia and lymphoma research. In exchange for us helping to raise funds, TNT basically whoops our butts into shape. We’re going to be working out six days a week, a few days on our own, and then the rest of the time with team members and coaches. I am really excited to get in shape, but at the same time I’m excited to support a good cause. Check out the website they gave me to help raise funds. Team in Training is all over the US so check them out! I will be running the Nike Half Marathon in October, and I’m stoked to get started.

Thanks for the Tag Ruthie! This is a lot of fun!

Here are the rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
2. People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment on their blog and tell them they’ve been tagged, and to come back and read your blog for the whole story

Ok, let’s see, 8 Random Things about this lil Bug:

1. I can pick up objects with my toes.

2. I have a degree in zoology that I will most likely never use, except to offer random facts at cocktail parties.

3. I am a karaoke junkie and will get up on the microphone at every opportunity.

4. Everyone in my family calls me Bug; it’s been my nickname since I was a baby.

5. I am slightly OCD

6. I am afraid of spiders, but I can handle snakes no problem.

7. My great great grandparents came to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.

8. I love to quote movies and tv shows, and I will work a quote or reference into most conversations.

Here’s my 8 tagged people.

Pixiemom, Tamzen, Hannabanana, Extrinsic-Phenom, Jasmine, LiveLife, Connie, Freiheit