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Yes, I used to make fun of my tv friends who created Fan Pages.

But when the boss makes the order, comply you must.

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Here's What's Cookin'

Heading into the Rodeo and there's no shortage of things to do.

In addition to Rodeo jazz and my nightly 'happenings' segment, I'm also launching a number of new series on your pets, fitness, weekend agenda, and what's for dinner.

Soon you can also look for my new website on 39online- it's been a slow process, but it's coming along nicely.

That way every segment I do, every tweet I tweet and every flipcam moment I capture will be handy in one place. Besides here, of course.

Tonight we're cookin' Curry in a hurry on 39 news @ 5.

Corrine Bailey Rae, pull me through!

I'm jamming to one of my favorite artists. It's my stress therapy.

When I was younger and needed some 'me time' I would go into my room and blast Mariah Carey or Michael Jackson and sing and dance in front of the mirror.

Both the singing and dancing were horrific. But it was the best way to shake off a bad day or get my mind off of whatever was bugging me.

Sometimes you forget to do those kinds of things as an adult- just find a way to chill.

Sure, I do yoga and run and do 'adult' types of workouts, but that's not fun. Dancing to Corrine Bailey Rae is FUN.

At the 'ole office it's a busy agenda packed will great 5pm live shots which are FUN also- catch me at Molina's for Happy Hour on Monday.

I'll be the one with the oversized sombrero and the strawberry margarita.

NOLA,baby

    Want to know how to celebrate Mardi Gras?

That was the idea behind me packing up and hitching a ride in our live truck all the way to the crescent city, to show Houstonians how to ring in their Fat Tuesday.

That was Friday.

Then the Saints pulled one out on Sunday and won a silly little thing called the Superbowl.

Now, Tuesday night I'm bloggin' from a hotel room before we head back.

It's been a couple of days of busy busy. live shots from Bourbon street for 2 nights then tonight live from the route of the Victory parade.  All things equally as cool.

 Also cool- a few of the guys I met tonight are production for the new Ryan Reynolds movie 'Green Lantern', they're apparently filming in NOLA in just a few weeks.

How exciting! 

  Now to what I'm really looking forward to- logging and writing to all of my great Mardi Gras video for Monday and Fat Tuesday.

  We've got some great stuff playing around in the French Quarter, checking out the longest running parade krew in NOLA history, some king cake fanatics waiting hours in the cold for the best in town.

Catch it on 39 News the day before Fat Tuesday and on the big day!

  

Off and Running

I should be off and running. But I'm not. I'm a week and a half away from my first marathon.

And we're in the middle of an 'arctic blast' or so we're calling it on TV.

So I'm giving myself a free pass. OR more likely, I'll get a bit panicky that I haven't been out and go and act like I'm joining a 24 hour fitness so I can run in a climate controlled mega gym.

I'm under prepared for my 26.2 mile trek across the desert- I'm running in Phoenix. Fabulous Phoenix.

I'm also registered for the Houston race the same day, but in Phoenix I have a running buddy aka 'mom' to keep me honest. So, off I go.

My husband and I own a home about a stones throw from where the race finishes, and I'm thinking now how funny it is that it took me moving across the country to have any interest in getting in the game.

I wasn't a runner until Virginia. That's where I ran my first 1/2 and bought my first 'Virginia is for runners' t-shirt. My fav.

I guess none of that has anything to do with 'Hailey the tv so and so', and that's so great!!

I love my work, I love what I do for me outside of work, too!

Playing Catch-Up . Darn you, DVR

Just when I thought I was finally caught up with technology... a DVR disaster strikes.

Years after everyone else was Ti-Vo'ing Desperate Housewives I still had basic cable and a dial-up modem.

Finally months ago, we upgraded to a DVR Box for me to indulge myself and copy and record anything my little heart desires, including archiving my stories and live shots. Or BRAVO Watch What Happens!

The day after Christmas I was finally going to burn my on-air library.
I went to preview my list- which I had already logged, decided what and from when to burn, etc.. and it was empty.
Gone, baby gone.

Not one recording left over. Not one. After a mini-meltdown (not a big one, after the past few months of my life I'm only reserving big meltdowns for true tragedies) we called the cable company.

They've never seen anything quite like it. 6 Months worth of recordings zapped in an instant.