Birthday adventure

GAH came to town and we spent the weekend exploring MD. It was a fun wonderful weekend.
We went to PA and visited Fallingwater, a Frank Lloyd Wright house. We did the "long" 2 hour tour. It was definitely worth every penny.
http://www.fallingwater.org/



We stayed at The Summit Inn Resort. It was very nice, but we our visit was "out of season" so we were not able to take advantage of all the In-House activities.
http://www.summitinnresort.com/

We met friends in Bethesda for a b-day dinner at Jaleo. It is a Spanish Tapas restaurant, that was very tasty! I would definitely recommend the Mejillones al vapor - Prince Edward Island mussels steamed with a bay leaf and a pinch of salt. Keep the sauce to dip your bread in.
http://www.jaleo.com/

Enjoy!
-ELT

The Birthday Box

Once upon a time, two girls met in the 4th grade and became friends. Their friendship blossomed throughout the years and the girls became BFF in high school.
Their junior year ELT decided to put EMN's b-day present is a white box that she had painted black with a sharpie. Unfortunately, the black marker ended up getting everyone who touched the box, hands black with marker. As a joke, EMN kept said box until ELT's birthday in November, but with the addition of stickers to prevent black marker hands. And so started the tradition of The Birthday Box. Each year the girls send The Birthday Box back and forth with gifts that fit into a 6"x6"x4" box. The box has survived ~12 years and it has had many sitickers added to it and clear packing tape, so no more black marker hands!
The End.

I love traditions and once I saw The Birthday Box in the mail last week, I wanted to cry and smile all at the same time. I love my BFF and our tradition.

Enjoy!
-ELT

update

Exciting things have been happening, but I have been tired (not sleeping well) so I have been slow on updating the blog.
We set a wedding date -> 10-2-10 (nerdy date!) at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, GA. The venue comes with it's own caterer, so I am nearly done with planning :) HaHaHa.
The Knot page is coming soon...

At work, my building/division had a chili and brownie cookoff and I won for Most Unique Brownie Ingredient! I made NM red chile brownies. Add 1/4 cup of dried, crushed red chile to your favorite brownie mix and sprinkle some red chile of top after putting the mix in the pan.
If you are really daring, replace the water with green chile juice.
"green chile juice" = true New Mexican have frozen green chile in their freezer and when it defrosts you have green chile juice.

T-minus 8 days until the big 3-0!

Enjoy!
ELT

Baltimore Half Marathon

Yesterday, I finished my first 1/2 marathon.
Besides the rain (on/off sprinkles) and some wind, I finished in 2hrs and 16mins.
Mile splits:
1 - 9:52 (ran this straight)
2 - 10:11 (the rest of the race I used the Galloway method - 3min run/1min walk)
3 - 10:24
4 - 10:00
5 - 10:36
6 - 10:16
7 - 10:48
8 - 10:34
9 - 10:05
10 - 10:35 - 1hr 43 min (3 min faster than Annapolis 10mile race in August)
11 - 10:56
12 - 10:31
13 - 10:57
13.1 - 2hr 16 min

At mile 10 my right knee started to hurt badly. I just kept telling myself "it is just 3min of running, then you can walk."
I do want to more races, but I need to do more 10mile, 1/2 marathon races, before increasing my distances. Need to not have the right knee hurt around mile 10.

-Enjoy!

Happy 3 years!

Yesterday was the 3 year anniversary of my first date with GAH. We went to Taurus restaurant in ATL. It was a fun night. I was nervous and talked about very random things (I think that helped me!) from the surgery on my feet, Michigan football, a knife that had found an interesting home on the balcony, etc.
The last three years have been amazing and I couldn't have found a better match. He calms me and makes me a better person. Love ya GAH!!

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's 60th birthday. She is celebrating the day with lunch with a girlfriend while sporting her very fancy new red patent leather purse (from Dad) with matching Kate Spade wallet with red patent leather trim (from me and my sister)! Then my parents are off to Sandia to celebrate the night!
My mom is an amazing lady who has taught me many things. I love her dearly and hope she has a wonderful, special day.

Happy Birthday!!!
xoxox
-ELT

Sadness

My very lovely Grandmother passed away on Sunday. She was a wonderful, caring person who I will miss dearly.

http://www.wasikfuneralhome.com/

Leona Margaret Korenkiewicz

Date:

September 13th, 2009

Death Notice:

Korenkiewicz, Lee Margaret, 9/28/21 – 09/13/09, age 88, second daughter of Helen and Marcel Trzcenski, dear wife of Stanley and mother of Andrea, Mark, Matthew, Patrick and Paul, dear grandmother of Elaissa, Brittany and Andrew. Lee attended catholic grade and high school. Upon graduating she worked for Sanders and the Detroit Bank & Trust (Comerica). When WWII broke out, Lee enlisted in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) US Naval Reserves. After attending boot camp in Hunter’s College, New York, N.Y. and Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Lee was stationed in Washington D.C., EC (Electrical Communication) School at Anacostia Naval Station. There she met Stanley and became good friends, which later became serious. They were married Feb. 24, 1945 at the Anacostia Naval Station Chapel. Stan was assigned to the destroyer John A. Bole and they both went off to war. Lee was discharged soon after the war ended. Stan was discharged 6 months later and they came to Detroit and lived with Lee’s parents. Stan worked days and in the evenings attended classes at Lawrence Tech. University, receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. They bought a home, started a family and became parishioners of St. Raymond’s. In November of 1987 Stan suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was very ill. After 43 years they moved to Sterling Heights and became parishioners of St Blasé. During all this time Lee was very active in Christian Brothers Auxiliary; a past president, board member and Lifetime Achievement award recipient. Visitation Sunday 3-8 p.m. with a Rosary at 6:00 p.m. at the Wasik Funeral Home, 11470 Thirteen Mile Rd. (west of Hoover) Warren. Instate Monday 9:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Liturgy 9:30 a.m. at St Blasé Church, 12151 15 Mile (east of Dodge Park) Sterling Heights. Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials to: Monastery of the blessed Sacrament, Cloistered Dominican Nuns, 29575 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334 or De La Salle Collegiate, 14600 Common Road, Warren, MI 48088.

Cemetery:

Mt. Olivet Cemetery 17100 Van Dyke St Detroit, MI (map/driving directions)

Visitations:

3:00PM to 8:00PM on Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at Wasik Funeral Home-Warren Chapel (Rosary at 6:00PM) (map/driving directions)

Services:

In-state at 9:00AM, Service at 9:30AM at St. Blase on Monday, September 21st, 2009 (map/driving directions)