A love letter...and response = NSV

THIS WAS THE EMAIL I WOKE UP TO ON THIS FINE SATURDAY MORNING AS I AM ABOUT TO GO OUT IN 32 DEGREE WEATHER AND DO MY LONG RUN....

Dear Vanessa ,

One year ago, you ordered the following product from Zappos.com:

Levi'® Plus Plus Size 512â Perfectly Shaping Boot Cut - Impromptu - 20W/Medium

We wanted to let you know that right now, your size is still available from Zappos.com. You can order the same product again by visiting......


THIS IS MY RESPONSE: 


Dear Zappos,


I love you.  I love you for many reasons but right now I love you for reminding me that one year ago I was shopping for size 20W jeans.  Thank you letting me know how far I've come. However, I won't be ordering that size anymore, If you have something in a 10 or and 8 please keep me posted.  You see, last winter I took control of my life and will never again need a size 20.
I would love to ramble on here, but have to go running.


Cheers,
Vanessa

Summer People

Life has gotten really crazy.  I live in a resort community and August is a nightmare here.  It seems that everyone is in a bad mood.  Locals are burnt out from the influx of entitled  NYC Range Rover driving lunatics! And the August renters are totally out of control. 


I am really busy with work, busy with my second job at the horse farm and really really busy trying to train for the VT50  I have to get in a certain # of long rides before Sept 25th.  Finding 5 hours in a day to MTB is proving really hard. sigh.... The good news is that I have made plans to go up to VT to train with some friends in the next week or so - because there are NO mountains on Long Island! So Yay for that!


With all the chaos that surrounds me, I was able to take 5 at the beach the other night as a storm was rolling in...My Husband took this photo with my Crackberry - so quality is not great but you get the idea..I'm doing my sideways Paris Hilton pose...
oh and NSV ~ Shopped at American Eagle and bought size 14 there...Woo Hoo!

Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta!

NSVs make feel like I can do anything!  They are so much better than standing on the scale with my fingers crossed begging the numbers to drop.  I went out for a mountain bike ride yesterday with a good friend - someone who is like a mentor to me - much faster and more experienced than I am.  I was actually able to catch him and even stay within 30 seconds of him! wooohoooo!  Talk about a natural high!! Oh and it didn't hurt that he mentioned that my butt is much smaller! Yeah!

I do love me some gansta rap - thus the title of this blog (ghetto boys) - I also love the Grateful Dead and have been known to blast some Miley Cyrus from time to time. - so you could say I am a well rounded music lover.  I am feeling even more "Gansta" today because I bought a new car yesterday!  Hell to the yeah!  Whats even better?  Its a small car - that I would not have been able to fit in 4 months ago!  A Subaru Impreza Sport Wagon - in my mind it is a rally car and I have been driving it like I am in a rally (thus the car sick husband last night).
Off to get a killer playlist ready for today - Whats your favorite driving music?  Would love any suggestions....

This is not me - but I wish it were...