Friday Favorites

I am SO glad it's Friday again! Even if it has been a shorter week- it still felt super long.

1) Bball- Any time NC State wins and UNC loses it's a great day and week!! NC State won their past 2 games and played pretty well! I am excited to go to the NC State game v. Miami this weekend! Let's pray for a win- otherwise I'll never hear the end of it at work.

2) Beach!- I mentioned this already, but it really was a highlight of my week. I LOVE the beach and any time I get to go- it's a highlight :D

3) Blockbuster- the Blockbuster that we use when we rent movies is closing. So their entire store is on sale! They had some really good deals, so let's just say we were able to add a lot to our collection without spending much money :D

4) Ring- we took my ring back to Zales this week to get it resized so it would (and not spin around my finger :D) and it came back in 2 days!!! YAY!

5) 50 calorie orange juice- I LOVE orange juice, but it's really not calorie friendly. But recently they came out with a new one that is only 50 calories for 8 oz. AMAZING! John bought it for me :D and while you can tell it's not exactly the real thing- YUMMY! :D

6) Walking ‘Canes program- So UM is very into health initiatives and supporting a healthy lifestyle for their employees. Well they invited all their employees to participate in a walking program where you track how many steps you take each day, using a pedometer they give you. If you meet their requirement and track it each week (it's a 12 week program) you get points. You also get points if you lose weight. Whoever gets the most points, the top two employees get free airline tickets. YAY! Well I do a lot of this anyway (or at least I am trying) so I thought- why not?! If I win, that's awesome- if not, so what. It's sort of a motivator though and I think it will be neat to see how far I walk each day.

Apparently, the Surgeon General suggests that most individuals can significantly improve their health by performing 30 minutes of moderate activity on most days of the week. And despite popular belief that this activity must be “exhausting” and time consuming, research indicates that by walking 10,000 steps a day, most people can achieve this recommendation by the Surgeon General. So yay! Maybe this will really encourage me even more to lose weight :D

On a not so happy note- I stepped in a fire ant bed and got my foot eaten up pretty good. It burned like it was on fire (guessing that's why they are called that). My foot has been swollen for the past 2 days :( Also, our anti-lock break system went out. And to fix it will cost us a pretty penny :( Guess that's life though...

Have a happy weekend!