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3rd Annual After Holiday Ugly Holiday-Sweater Party

We hosted yet again another successful After Holiday Ugly Holiday Sweater Party. The food spread was quite the talks. This year we decided to do fresh made pizzas and a total of 8 were made throughout the night. Some of the speciality pizzas included fried egg and BBQ with ham and onions. We had plenty of other great fixings including rotissarie chicken, bacon wrapped chicken, brie, bruchetta, salads and the works. For a sweeter note, there was any kind of dessert to fulfill your sweetest buds- tres leches cake, tiramisu, coconut cake, shot-glass cheesecake and others.
We had a greaet turnout. The real reason why people came was to compete in the best dressed Ugly Holiday Sweater. The previous reigning champions were not in attendence, therefore the floor was open and the battle was on. Some fantastic heavy knit sweaters. However the winners would be obvious as their sweater were not only obnoxious, but also audible.

and the winners are...

Josh and Jenny Malcolm and the prize of a Holiday Mr Potato Head.
Stay tuned for the 4th Annual After-Holiday Ugly Holiday-Sweater Party and bring you best or worst sweaters.

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late christmas...my new baby

it came in today!

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pictures: http://sports.webshots.com/album/582185243HbxtcJ

Eventful weekend

A lot accomplished, a lot done.

It all began Saturday, 8AM ride with Paez, Darrel, Tony and Dave. Steady and easy was the pace. We started from the lakefront and headed to Groveland via montevista and headed west on pine island and turned north onto 33. Not even a mile onto 33 with a steady 20mph pace line, Paez behind me hits a rock and goes airborne send Darrel behind him to ride over Paez and crash as well. Fortunately they were able to walk and it appeared that nothing was fractured between the guys and their bikes. However they were pretty banged up and riding home wasn't even a thought for the two of them.

Tony, Dave and I decided just to backtrack home to get off the main road and take it pretty easy back to the lakefront. Our morale dropped from the event.

When I got home, yummy breakfast of chocolate chip waffles with the wifey. We then got ready to start our day together beginning with heading down to Orlando to the Asian market. Desiree wanted to pickup some sweet sticky rice and some spring rolls as her lunch. We then walked downtown publix to grab me a sub. The plan was to head down towards the science museum and draw out a sheet to have lunchin the park. We brought a frisbee and book with us to relax outside. I of course ended up taking a nap, while Desiree started a new book.

Afterwards, over to St Margaret Mary's for church and dinner at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant Pho 88. Or date day would continue with a movie at winter park village- "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". The theatre was the craziest I have ever scene it. Both lines inside for the fandango kiosk were crowded as well as the concierge desk. Outside the like was extended out past Johnny rockets. Everybody inline was commenting on how busy it was and that they have never seen it like this. I guess a lot of the big movies we starting around 19:00. The movie was good, however pretty disturbing. Not recommended for a first date unless you're into that sort of thing. The movie was originally in Swedish and the title translates to- 'Men who hate Women'. You can only imagine what disturbing things we were referring to. The night culminated with our favorite dessert place- Yogurtland. Then home to bed it was. What a long and eventful day.

Sunday began similar to Saturday. A 2 hour bike ride with josh. And today would be home improvement project day. We decided to paint the office and the kitchen. Light gray for an elegant office and sea foam blue to compliment the cabinets and countertops of the kitchen. W competed both rooms in about 5 hours. How crazy it is to put a little colour on the wall and change the feel and look of a place. We're really happy how things turned out.

Happy New Years...2011 recap

How crazy it is that we are now onto the 1st day of 2012. Happy New Years.
2011 was a crazy year. Lots of new changes, mostly all good. Let start chronologically.

January-
-took delivery of my new car/project- Nissan silvia s14.5- and the wrenching begins
-2nd Annual After Holiday Ugly-Holiday Party- A very special day, as it was the day that I proposed to Desiree.

February-
-wedding planning begins
-Unitas Marriage Prep classes begin
-still wrenching on the Nissan Silvia
-Vote for Pedro; Actually Vote for Desiree and Nguyen Vu for Crate and Barrel Wedding Contest
-training

March-
-still wrenching on Silvia
-family engagement party
-training

April-
-Silvia is up and running however now for sale!
-engagement session with our photographers
-Nguyen Vu on bike vs Car- cervical collar and ER- all tests normal

May-
-Silvia still for sale
-more wedding planning
-back to light training
-1st cruise- Carnival Cruise Line- The Dream; I'm hooked. when's the next one?

June-
-1st race of the season; Ferndale, FL; dropped out after 22miles when we were averaging 26mph- tough course and tempo, not well prepared
-Take delivery of my new car purchased down in Ft. Lauderdale- 2005 Audi A6
-training, hot summer coming
-more wedding planning
-Silvia sill for sale

July-
-A month of Le Tour- my team- Garmin/Cervelo; Thomas Voeckler; Yellow Jersey winner- Cadel Evans; Tour de France Party!
-painting the house
-more wedding planning
-silvia still for sale

August-
-trying out new electrolite nutrition on the bike
-decided to sign up for a triathlon for 2012
-of course...wedding planning and... silvia still for sale

September-
-2nd road race of the season- Ocala, FL I finished and happy with my performance
-Bachelor Party- Bucs vs Falcons in Tampa Raymond James Stadium- Bucs win!
-wedding planning- crunch time
-Silvia for sale.. still

October-
-Desiree 1st 1/2 marathon- Disney Wine and Dine night race
-Sold Silvia
-the start of my 1/2 Ironman triathlon training- swim, bike, run
-D-Day- Time is now or never; finishing last details
-29th- Our Special Wedding day- Best day of my life
-Honeymoon- Costa Rica- Sunday to Sunday- Manuel Antonio

November-
- Honeymoon- hiking, swimming, surfing, zip lining, horseback riding, ATVing, white water rafting; eating, sleeping, relaxing, loving ;)....
-Desiree 2nd 1/2 marathon- Women's Health in St. Petersburg, FL
-swim, bike, run, weight training- new triathlon gear- TYR Cat 5 sleeveless wetsuit
-wedding picture preview
-Happy Thanksgiving
-Christmasing the house

December-
-Lucky's Lake swim
-Lake front open water swim trainings
-Desiree 3rd 1/2 marathon, 3 in 3 months; Lake Louisa Clermont, FL; PR- 1:54:37
-Christmas- lots of love, family, and training gear

What a busy year it has been and it seems like only yesterday is when I proposed to Desiree.
Now over 2 months married and loving it. It's easy.

On to 2012- New goals, New adventures, and a new partner in my life- my wife Desiree!