Beautiful Friday!!

Fabulous FRIDAY!
I love today!
WHY? 7 reasons.

1. Last official day of classes at UNF. Two finals left. (Light at the end of the tunnel)
2. Everyone was nice and not annoying at work. I only made $56 in tips, but forget you!
3. I'm going by the nickname White Chocolate again
4.It's cold outside so I can bundle up and wear boots
5. Date night with Tyler
6. Caught up on dishes
7.I <3 GLEE!

Britt my sister makes fun of Glee! She just doesn't understand.

So guess what Britt... forget you!! ;) HAHHAHAA

check out Gwyneth. Love her. (press pause on my blog playlist to the right so you can watch this sick clip)



xoxo,
white chocolate

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas! :)

HELLO! I truly hope everyone had a lovely thanksgiving. Well it's November 30th today and time to pull out the Christmas tree and all that good stuff and the high was 82 degrees here in Jacksonville, FL! Isn't that just splendid? Luckily tomorrow things get better with the high in the low 60's I believe.

I loved going home to visit the fam and friends in AZ, and I loved having Tyler with me!

Here is a quick shot from Thanksgiving Day...

Tomorrow is DECEMBER! And I will be DONE with finals and this semester one week from tomorrow! Life is good

xoxo,

Candace

The love-hate relationship of running!

Happy Wednesday!!

So Running and I, we have a unique relationship!

Somedays, Running is the one thing that can make me feel better.

For awhile I never questioned whether I would be running that week,

it was just part of me.

And then... school/work/crazy started and I quickly found myself out of the habbit! Running suprised me and would reappear in random occasions, but it wasn't a regular occurance anymore, and I suddenly realized it needed to be.

So this week I said at the beginning of the week "I am going to run EVERYDAY this week" because there were weeks, probably many, were I ran MAYBE once because I made up exuses over and over again!! Well so far so good, Monday I ran, Tuesday I ran. Today is Wednesday, and I'm off to run!!!

The beautiful thing is I missed running because I don't just do it because I know I should, it's enjoyable, and I ALWAYS feel better when I am done!! It's killng two birds with one stone.

Now I'm not necessarily saying I'm running terribly fast, or terribly long but I am running, and that's enough for now!!

wonderful quotes:

"In running, it doesn't matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, 'I have finished.' There is a lot of satisfaction in that." -Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder

"Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." -Oprah Winfrey

"Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'." -Paul Tergat, Kenyan professional marathoner

"Running long and hard is an ideal antidepressant, since it's hard to run and feel sorry for yourself at the same time. Also, there are those hours of clearheadedness that follow a long run." -Monte Davis

"What distinguishes those of us at the starting line from those of us on the couch is that we learn through running to take what the days gives us, what our body will allow us, and what our will can tolerate." -John Bingham, running writer and speaker

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars." -Les Brown

This kid is AMAZING!!

So sometimes I wonder why I'M not famous. Here's one reason... I can't make instruments with my mouth like this kid!!!!!!

xoxo,

Candace

this is how i feel right now

that's all. no explanation necessary.

xoxo,

candace

ps-incase you are wondering i am counting this as my weekly blog post...

Savannah, Georgia!

Oh hey ya'all!

I decided I am really officially a fan of country music. Therefore the current playlist on this blog is allll country :) My brother Ryan would be very upset and appalled at this news.

Wow, I am a terrible blogger. I shouldn't even be considered one! My last goal of posting weekly has failed. But every day is a new day, right?! So today, September 15th,2010 I solemnly swear to post at least one blog per week!

School is CRAZY!!! I am only taking 12 credits, but it feels like TWELVE HUNDRED!! Okay, okay that was a hyperbole (extreme exaggeration for the effect, which I actually just covered in my literature class) Next week I have an essay due on Monday for my Western Civilization class, an essay due in Literatre on Tuesday, Wednesday is the fateful day my math test is held on and Friday is a midterm. Party right? Right! But enough about that.

I'm on my break time, I declared it!
Last Saturday we got to go to Savannah, Georgia with all of Tyler's family! And Tyler's brother's girlfriend Nicole came!! It was so much fun I only wish it was longer and we took more pictures!!

Savannah had so many beautiful, unique,extravangant buildings and history going on! It also seems to be the hot spot for filming movies! We went by Chippewa Square which is where the famous bench scene in Forest Gump was filmed. Although interestingly enough, the bench was a prop just set in front of the park and isn't actually there!!!

Here are a few lovely pictures from the adventure!!

Here is Tyler loving the bus tour :)
Awesome buildings...

Suzanne and Jason in front, me and part of Ty behind !



Ryan, ridin' solo! hahah

Nicole, Josh, and Suzanne!

ON the way there!!

Bob, Shelly, and Ryan AKA the PARTY car!!

Brooke comes to Florida!!!

So, I get this text from Brooke a couple fridays ago saying "i'm coming to FL on Monday" and I was like "As in this Monday?!" and she was like "yeahh"

(Okay so maybe that's not EXACTLY how it went down but you get the basic idea!)

So Brooke's awesome sister Angie lives in West Palm Florida, and so we all met up in Orlando! SO fun! We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel and got Brooke lots of stylish things at Florida Mall!

I seriously had so much fun and just adore Brooke and her sister :)

And I also adore the giant H & M and XXI at Florida Mall :)

BROOKE COME BACK TO FLORIDA ANYTIME!!!

that's all for now, xoxo.

In loving memory of House.

Welll I know I haven't been blogging regularly so today I start my new goal: 1 blog post per week.

Lets see how it goes!!

Well the Friday before my birthday I went and picked out an orange kitten. It was my birthday present! I was so excited to have a new kitty I bought him lots of toys and things. ..We named him House after Tyler and I's favorite TV show.

.. Things weren't great from the start, he wouldn't really eat and then I noticed he had fleas. So I took care of the fleas and made a vet appointment to take care of any other problems. The vet said he seemed perfectly healthy but they were going to test him for Parasites. I got him dewormed, and got his shots done. It turned out he did have a parasite so we started him on meds for that.

One week and one day after we got House it was Saturday morning at about 6:15am when I woke up from the saddest sounding meow. We found House underneath the bed barely breathing. It seemed as though his airwave was blocked off and his lungs weren't working properly. Tyler went to look up animal hospitals open 24 hours and I could tell things were not looking good. He was starting to breath less and less and as he was about to go I made Tyler grab him. House died around 6:25 am before we even got out of the house.

House was my little buddy. He would run to me when I would get home from work and never leave my side. If I was standing he was laying at my feet.

It was very traumatic and sad for both Tyler and I. The poor kitten only lived a short life of 6-7weeks with pain and sickness. I just hope he is in Heaven playing like a kitty should!!

Sorry to have this blog post be so depressing but I had to tell everyone what happened to my brand new baby kitten. :(

welcome to the manning blog

I have been meaning to start a blog for Tyler and I for quite some time,I also had a little bit of nudging from some friends which is great ;)

Tyler and I have been married about 2 and a half months now-crazy! :)We got married on April 9th and then had an open house is FL on April 17th! The open house had such a delcious chocolate fountatin !!

We have both been pretty busy since we got married, Tyler more than me! He is in his first year at one of the big four accounting firms, KPMG and also studying for the CPA exam.

I have been working as a server at Chili's-not so glamorous but the tips make up for it, and also taking a summer class at the University of North Florida.

We went to Orlando a couple weeks ago and went to the temple and the outlet mall to shop, way fun!!

Florida is really really hot right now and mixed with the usual humidity it's less than comfortable I'll tell you whattt!! But at least there is a beach, that I rarely get to go to! But anyway here is the pier at Jax beach:

WELL that's pretty much all I got for now!

If you have a blog let me, I'll add you too my list now that I am a blogger! haha!!