Nicole Tasker Woods

My friend at work (let’s call her Joyce) is just in love with the vampire Edward from the Twilight series. She has gone ga-ga over the books and the movies and is bouncing off the walls in anticipation of Eclipse, which opens June 30. Below is Joyce’s boyfriend, Edward:

She has tried to get me to read the books since 2008 when the first Twilight movie came out. Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good vampire story. My two favorite TV shows are True Blood (HBO) and Vampire Diaries (The CW). I also started reading a series of books about The Black Dagger Brotherhood.

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As you may already know, I LOVE The Bachelorette / Bachelor series. It is one of my guilty pleasures in reality TV and I tivo every single episode. This season of The Bachelorette with Ali does not overlap any of my other Monday night shows so I get to watch it live and I love it! I got my friend at work to watch it as well so that I have someone to talk to about it on Tuesdays.

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I counted three squirrel’s dead bodies on my way to work this morning. The first in the intersection outside my house; the second on the left side of the fast lane on the 101 heading South; the third in the middle of a back-road in Encino. I am writing this to all of you to make you aware of these Squirrely Suicides that have been increasing in frequency over the past few weeks.

All of these unfortunate deaths came to my attention while I was out on my usual week-day morning run with Cali in early May. There we were, trotting along and in the distance in the middle of the street, I saw a squirrel hunched over eating something. It was only seconds later when I saw two cars speeding down the street, quickly closing the distance between car and squirrel. Cali and I were both looking at the squirrel as we got closer, but the cars got there first and before I could shout out to warn the creature that its death was swiftly approaching – the squirrel looked at the car and – SQUISH.

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This morning was my triumphant return to morning running. Cali was super stoked about it as well. For some reason she KNEW we were running this morning because for the last hour of sleep from 5:00am to 6:00am, she was restless. Under the covers – out of the covers – half way in – half way out.

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My Dad was feeling sickly the last day they were here for their visit so it’s no surprised that 24 hours later, I stared to feel the sick symptoms as well. It did not hit me until Sunday morning and it was so bad that I had to roll out of bed and drive to the Rite Aid in my pajamas to buy medicine. Ryan was away that weekend so unfortunately I had to take care of myself. Well, I did have Cali giving me kisses every third second, so I had THAT going for me.

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Mom and Dad’s visit was a total success!  I picked them up from the Burbank airport Thursday night after I got out of work, then we dined on some lasagna at home that I prepared the night before.

Friday we had breakfast at the house, then made our way to my office so that they could see where I work and go to lunch with a friend of mine. Then we made our way to Downtown Los Angeles where we saw Date Night at the Regal LA Live movie theatre and had drinks at Flemings while we waited for Ryan to arrive. After dinner, Ryan and my Dad went home and my Mom and I went to Staples to see Taylor Swift in concert. Gloriana was the first opening act and then Kellie Pickler. We had a blast! My mom was taking lots of pictures and videos so hopefully she will post them online soon for all of you to see.

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Here come Mom & Dad

Here come Mom & Dad

Right down Mom & Dad Lane!

My Mom & Dad get on a plane headed to Los Angeles  in T minus 75 minutes. I CAN NOT WAIT!!! I’ve been so pumped this past week that it has rubbed off on my basenji and she’s been bouncing off the walls with excitement. She likes entertaining visitors, but an over-night-visitor? She just LOVES those!

For the past few months I have been following this exercise routine:

• Monday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM only
• Tuesday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
• Wednesday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
• Thursday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM & PM
• Friday – Run 1.5 Miles in the AM only
• Saturday/Sunday – Long Walks, whatever I feel up to

But recently, I have been switching the afternoon runs for a 2 – 2.5 mile walk. Now that the sun is out an extra hour longer after I get home from work, there’s plenty of time for a long walk. Cali keeps me at a steady pace so while I speed walk, she has time to take in the surroundings and work on her tan.

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In August, I am flying to Manchester, NH to spend a few days at home in Northwood. Then my mom and I are flying from Boston to Paris, where we will meet up with Ryan and his mom where our EuroTrip 2010 will begin. After a week in Paris, we are picking up a rental car and heading to Bruge for a couple of days and then off to London.

I am excited to be in Paris again. I went for two weeks during the summer after my Junior year in high school and obviously did not appreciate it like I will when we go this year. In high school, I was young and stupid and all I thought about on that Paris trip was how much I missed my high school beau. I did, however, go with my best friend at the time and we had a blast. We made a lot of great memories and when I think back to it now, in all of those memories, we were rolling in laughter. It is a shame that growing up sometimes means growing apart.

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Burger King has added a glorious item to their menu…funnel cake sticks! They come with a side of frosting for dipping and were the perfect afternoon snack/dessert. After enjoying our low calorie, low fat soups and frozen dishes, we were still hungry and decided to head to Burger King to see if the rumor of funnel cake sticks was really true. And yes, yes it was. We walked in the doors, the smell of sugary fried dough hitting our faces and waking up our senses. We ordered three boxes and split them between the two of us. It was delightful!