Life of TeeJay: 2012

Runners: Are they trending?

Everywhere I look these days

there is another race coming to town.

Every.Single.Weekend.

Talk about cha-ching.

5k. 10k.

Fun runs. Mud runs. Glow runs.

Marathons.

Me, no sadly I am not a runner.

I cannot breathe when I try. And boy have a tried.

I like trends and I would perfer to live a healthy lifestyle.

But I do not think that is the way I will succeed in doing so.

I have always done short distances in track growing up.
More then a mile, call the doctor!

I ask this question as I feel it is a growing trend.

Yes a healthy one, but still a trend.

Is everyone now a runner?

Is it a weight loss plan? Is it a maintance for health?

Or is it just a cool thing to do?

I am totally up for:

Making a tu-tu, grabbing some colored socks,

calling my friends to have a fun time bright and early!

But again, I will be walking most of that 5k.

And getting that FREE tshirt was totally worth it, right?

Just what I need, another tshirt!

Maybe a medal was even in store!

I do however LOVE watching the sky brighten up in the early morning.

It is probably because I am NEVER up that early.

Ha. That's another task.

Do you run?

People Dedicated to Quality!

What a name.

As we know, i am a lover of good food but

good service surpasses my heart even if the

food is not the best I have ever tasted.

PDQ is just that.

The name says it all.

They just opened one in St. Petersburg and

I attended the Chamber's ribbon cutting ceremony.

What great management providing hand shakes and

fun knowledge about their home away from home.

As we know, our careers have way more one on one time then our actual home.

They have a hand washing station in the middle of the restaurant!

it is for EVERYONE, workers included to continue to have clean hands.

Neat.

All of their items are fresh, no freezers in the whole joint!

Made me wonder how their milkshakes are made...

I will have to return and ask that question...so stay tuned!

I tried their chicken fingers and blueberry coleslaw.

Yummmmmmy!

Yes, Blueberries!

I did, however, hear the apple slices with toffee dipping

were a HUGE hit so those are on my to do next list.

I think I am getting hungry!

Their dipping sauces were my fave.

They are homemade!

Seeing a trend yet?

I tried the sweet heat and creamy garlic -

dip dip my chicken and perfection in my mouth!

Here are the other choices:

HOMEMADE SAUCES (choice of one)
Honey Mustard, Sweet Heat, Chipotle BBQ, Creamy Garlic, Ranch.

I will be trying them all.

Head out and try it today

as I know you will not be disappointed.

Let me know what you think!

-Tee

p.s. pictures taken from PDQ's website. http://www.eatpdq.com/

{30 Days}

I am playing the {30 Days} to be thankful game.

I am a believer if you think about it, you remember it is true.

I should do this {365 Days} but November is the bread winner.

via Pinterest

Follow me along my facebook page to see what I thankful for.

Are you playing along?

What are you thankful for this year?

XX
-Tee

Reunion 2002 Style

I think high school was fabulous.

Not many do.

But me, I loved it.

Don't get me wrong, I do not want to go back and

LOVE where I am now and Ooo college was fun.

But high school it was the land of beginnings.

Forever friends were made.

Boyfriends were had.

Places were visited, with those forever friends and the boyfriend of the month.

So when 2002 rolled around...

I was so excited to see my class at our 10 year reunion.

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Spring passed.

Summer passed.

Fall was here.

No word about our reunion!

Photos via Pinterest.

So, I decided to just put out a Facebook invite to everyone.

Spread the word.

Informal get together.

It was so much fun.

Seeing old friends (those forever friends mentioned above).

Meeting others from our class that I didn't meet back then.

Making new friends fast.

Laughing, smiling, hugging.

Bliss.

Thanks to all who came out.

I like friends. :)

xo
-Tee

A League of Their Own

I love that movie.

But it has nothing to do with this post except...

it is sports related and I am female! Ha.

Pinterest. Where else? :)

I have joined a Tennis League and let me tell you.

I am in for my money.

It has been sometime that I have competitively competed for tennis.

And you can tell.

Poor poor soles I am playing!

Wish me luck this season!

-Tee

Photos via Pinterst!

Welcome To Miami

That Will Smith song always pops in my head whenever Miami is mentioned.

Best. Song. Ever.

Party in the city where the heat is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami (bienvenido a Miami)
Bouncing in the club where the heat is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm going to Miami
Welcome to Miami

Check it out. Google Search: Will Smith Miami.

We had the pleasure of attending a sweet couples nuptials in Miami. My first time actually there! I had onlybeen to th eairport a dozen times but that was it. Hubby as my tour guide, as he has been there so many times throughout his college daring days...we set off on a Friday after work for the weekend.

We stayed at the lovely Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay. I would totally recommend this hotel. Such a great time there. Customer service passed my expectations (hard to do). Valet was prompt, check in was efficient and we headed to our room. Now silly me I didn't even take pictures of our room that looked out onto Miami Beach and a little of downtown. Here are some I took from their website though:

Our room was on the very right corner. It really was perfect.

Modern check it desk.

Our room actually was larger than this but the same type of set up.

After we checked in, throw our bags on the bed, hung up our clothes we headed out to search for food.

We walked just behind out hotel to this cute Wine Bar and indulged into some meat and cheeses as well as a couple of bottles of wine.

It was so good. Absolutely recommend this place. The owners son was our waiter and he was lovely. It was a relaxing, not rushed atmosphere. Made you enjoy where you were.

After the Wine Bar we headed back to the hotel but not to our room to the hotel bar!

We were sitting two chairs in :) for more of a visual. I do need to get better at taking more pictures.

This bar is called Catch. Cute logo they have.

I thought it was a great idea to order a martini called the Deadliest Catch..I might have regretted this decision in the morning ;)

We meet some wonderful (movie working) people. The bar closed and we headed to bed.

Saturday was spent in bed mostly. Like I said above "recoviering"! It was rainy outside so I did not feel to guilty. Movies and room service was most of our day.

Then it was off to the wedding!

We had a wonderful time witnessing the vows of this couple. You know that feeling they were just meant to be? Thats them. To a tee.

After the ceremony and before heading to the reception we made a pit stop in Calle Ocho in Little Havana to Versailles. OH. MY. GOODNESS. It was so good. Hubs wanted the cafecito and a cuban. I ordered the black bean soup. We were in heaven. Glad we stopped. I recommend this place if you are ever in Miami. Go there. Do not stop at go. :)

We headed back to the reception to honor the new Mr. & Mrs.

Thank you for inviting us! It was a lovely time!

That evening we drove the "strip" of Ocean Drive and surrounding streets to see what the night life held. We decided to head back to the hotel after that. I am glad I did it at night and saw what the talk about Miami nightlife was all about.

Sunday morning we arose and headed back to South Beach to grab some breakfast, stroll the beach and walk a bit before getting onto the road heading home.

Took a picture (had too)!

Snap Snap and we continued our journey..

The place we ended up to eat at is the same thing as Cheesecake Factory. It was really good but the plates were so large, way too large. Wasteful actually in my option.

We got back on the road and I am known for stopping and seeing random things. Like when we went to Atlanta we stopped at the world's largest peanut and took a picture. I love that memory. We were laughing the entire time.

So...we found some pyramids that were houses. Strange right? We had to make a stop.
Don't worry I snapped a few pictures here. LOL.

Enjoy!

-Tee

Homemade Laundry Soap

Last night, I made a run to Wally World

and found the ingredients to

make my very own laundry soap.

Oh yea, watch out Martha Stewert! lol.

The powdered kind, not liquid.

From the recipe,

I added in Purex Crystals

to make the smell a little fresher.

Just because I like that.

I used the blue one!

Smells so fresh and so clean.

Man, my house smells awesome

after mixing it all! haha.

Here goes nothing!

Let's see how well it does and how long it lasts!

Ready....set....laundry time!

thanks pinterest for the laundry sayings and recipe...

-Tee

UPDATE (10/22/12): It works so WELL! Even hubs likes it. Oh yea. Score for savings and actuallyworking! Still So much left and we do alot of laundry for two people!