I have to admit that every time I hear this song, my radio gets turned up and I sing along, It’s my guilty pleasure. I probably have more that I should admit to, but I thought I would share a few of them with you today.
Odd music choices, and no not the uber cool stuff that you like because it ups your cool factor, but the delightfully delish stuff like Journey and John Denver. Yep. I listen to the great stuff as well, but c’mon
British television; Right now I’m in love with The IT Crowd , and the majority of my wish list stems from BBC and other British programming
Chomping ice after I have finished my movie theater drink.
Saying off the wall things that embarrass my older wiser sister Donita stopping just short of lewd and right before heresy to the crown
First pedicure of the season…and the next…and the next… heck you get the idea
That high that comes from a really good workout when you climb off the elliptical, or treadmill or whatever your workout of choice is… and you get that whiff of accomplishment
Having toilet paper and not running out… HA!
Do you have any guilty pleasures… that you would actually admit to anyway?
At times I am my own worst enemy. I have recently started a boot camp class and am loving it. Wednesday past I actually jogged in class. I JOGGED! I haven’t done that in years and especially not willingly. Then Friday comes and the class is way more packed then usual with tons of kids running all over the place. I was uncomfortable and not 100% focused. I sucked all the work and fun out of my time. sigh. The rest of the day I kept kicking myself for my attitude and how easily it was to throw the potential workout away.
SO, tomorrow I will go back to class once more and regardless of the number I need to jump in with both feet. I need to focus and not worry about the others in there, they aren’t worried about me. Cause this is a long race, not a sprint and I need to remain in it.
This is my brother in law, Robert. While we aren’t incredibly close, I think the world of him for a variety of reasons.
He loves my sister and best friend Donita.
He works incredibly hard to provide for his family.
He is a do-er when things around the house need to be done.
He is an amazing father to the never stopping Amelia
He knows how things “work” and how to fix them if they don’t.
Oh, and if zombies attack – I’m going to their house, he’s a great shot and since my hippy heart knows nothing about guns… I’m utilizing his knowledge as a resource.
I love this song and artist. Thought I would share with you. I’m so ready for Adele’s new album.
Weekend past was amazingly busy and didn’t really stop. I love weekends like that. Here are a few of the highlights.
Met with a friend I made on the womens retreat for coffee and knitting
Learned how to knit! well kinda, I’m making an incredible dish cloth
Ran around with my friend Laura and tried a new restaurant
Watched the last performance of Rent (netflix’d) and cried cause I’m a sap about that show
Cooked for my Sunday School potluck and enjoyed an evening with peeps from church
Wrote and finished a few new chapters
Went to a womens self defense class and afterwards went out with friends for a drink
Made a cute new wreath for my front door
Attended a raw food cooking demo – was very informative
I know there was more, but those were a few of the high points. Oh and I’m as usual dreadfully behind on laundry, but eh it happens. It’s already tuesday, but how was your weekend? Do anything fun?
My little sister Deidre… okay she’s only 5 minutes younger… but still that technically means she is my little sister. She is the better twin, the kinder, more thoughtful and silly sister. Of course that doesn’t mean that we don’t know the exact buttons to push on the other. We can go from giggling to fightingdisagreeing in -.2 seconds. But that is the relationship of sister right?
Deidre works proudly at Pizza Hut where she washes dishes, speaks to everyone by name and delights the regular customers. She has been there over 5 years. I wish I could teach people to be as proud of their job as she is of hers.
She has a knack for numbers that is beyond impressive. I remember growing up we went camping each summer, she had an impressive catalogue of different campsite numbers from years and sites previous. My older sis and cousin and I would love to ask her to recite them, I assume they were correct… I don’t have that gift.
Deidre has a killer woody woodpeckers impression and whenever we are driving she will randomly share it with me. We then both dissolve into giggles. She also debuted her “Elmer Fudge” impression recently.
Deidre loves any special event and it becomes exactly that. A special event. For Christmas she received season tickets to TPAC for the Broadway series. We made a night of the most recent show, and had dinner at her favorite place, Demos and then went by LifeWay and then walked around the plaza downtown before going down to the show.
I wish I had her enthusiasim for the fun things. I wish I had her sense of adventure. I am learning.
I spent today picking up around my cozy home. Putting things in places and looking for misplaced items. I shared half a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a 5 year old. All in all it was great.
I started at the gym and did some interval cardio and other jazz. Then I went to pick up Little Man who I get to keep occasionally. I waffle back and forth on questioning if I ever want kids, but I feel like I was ment to be a fantastic Aunt. Perhaps someday that will translate to motherhood with the right guy, but for right now I am 100% good with it just being me. Anyway I digress… Little Man and I ran by Dad’s to drop something off for Peepers and we visited for a moment. Always nice to see Dad and get a hug.
Eventually we ended up at church, actually ahead of schedule for once. Little Man loves going to church, and I’m certain that they would love to know that he calls it “the place where Harry Potter lives”… It’s an older large building and to a 5 year old it looks imposing and exciting at the same time.
Anyway I could go into all kinds of detail about why today was amazing and perfect for a Sunday. But here are a few more highlights.
The weather was amazing, even though now it’s raining I enjoyed leaving my window’s open all day and airing out the apartment
Little Man LOVES watching Dr. Who, which makes me incredibly happy
My starbucks was perfect
Is there any better lunch that a shared pb&j with a happy 5 year old?
My apt is clean and most of my long to-do list is accomplished
That was my low-key refreshing Sunday. What did you do that was special?
I do still love you and haven’t forgotten you. I will promise to try and do better from here on out. It’s just that… I’ve been out living a pretty good life and forgetting to write about it. I know you are here and perhaps I have been abusing that fact of knowledge.
So lets agree to do lunch or coffee and perhaps we can discuss a plan of action that would allow us to see one another more often and as the mood strikes. I understand you feel like a 3rd wheel at times and I haven’t been letting you live up to your full potential.
Today has been an official snow day for me. It didn’t start that way though. I woke up this morning and checked the street, it was covered, but then I went to where I can see the main road and it looked okay, so I decided to head to the gym to meet my partner in crime, the always lovely Finn. Well, about 3 minutes into the actual drive I was sliding all over the road, I drive half a car but I had not anticipated the ice that lay under all the snow and the main roads were the worst. We worked out and actually cut it short and headed back home. My mistake was stopping at an intersection, again I was sliding and all over the road. I got home about 5:30 and decided to wait it out and see what happened. Okay, so to stop a long story here, I didn’t go to work today. The snow never stopped this morning and yea… I went into a ditch once when I was in school and thought I was invincible – but I’m not and I learned my lesson then. I had nightmares for weeks afterwards. ugh
I have really had a laid back kinda day, I picked up and took care of a few things I have been putting off and finished some thank you cards from the womens retreat I went on weekend before this past one. I also premade lunches and veggies for this week and I’m super excited about that. I know I know, DORK would be my label right now. But I made this delish pasta salad and after it cooled I portioned it into single serve containers ready to grab as needed for the rest of the week.
Pasta Salad: Brown Rice penne pasta cooked and drained, 3 carrots grated, reg can of diced tomatoes (I use the organic no salt), salad olives or whatever you like (prob half a cup) and small can of mushrooms sliced and drained. Mixed and allowed to cool. There is no mayo or cheese I’m trying to cut both out, but I think the tomatoes add enough flavor for me.
I made dinner tonight a baked veggie burger, and then I tossed a half portion of the pasta salad with cooked broccoli and I have to say it turned out really well. I look forward to trying other variations this week and it was very cost effective to make.
I’m not working out tomorrow morning, instead I will take my gym clothes to work with me in the hope of going either during lunch or at the end of the day. I’m not going out again until the roads are good to go. Just call me the neighborhood little old lady.
Do you ever have those moments where you know you want to say something profound and you then hear crickets in your head… yep… I’m so there.
This has been a really busy week in a good way. Went to an awesome concert, hung out with family, worked out, walked in the snow, fell in the snow, worked out, and other stuff. Oh, and tomorrow night De and I are heading to the theater. Must say that I’m super excited about that one.
Working out is going well, was a bit of a slacker this week with the early morning workouts but have been good about evening cardio. Somehow I have lost my new sneakers… that’s a bit of a worry.
Okay so things I’m in love with right now.
1. My little 24 hour gym – it’s like the little engine that could – always there and always going.
2. Spaced – an awesomely quirky show I netflixed… may need to own it.
3. Sleep – where I am headed in just a moment.
4. Not weighing in. I’m only going to weigh in once a month from here on out. It’ makes me much less crazy or less crazier.
This is my brother in law, Robert. While we aren’t incredibly close, I think the world of him for a variety of reasons.
