September 2009

The place is clean: Flowers are in their vases: Kitchen is organized and spotless: Snacks for the camera crew + my friends (Megan, Kelly, my neighbor Michelle, and my friend Harry's mother are coming over to help): (Hummus will go in the heart when it's show time).   And my princess is ready for her [...]

Our little Friday morning run group keeps getting bigger and bigger!  I love it. Me, Megan, Debbie, and Kelly.   After a surprisingly restful night, I woke up at 5:00 AM and bounced out of bed.  I really enjoy have a standard Friday morning date with the girls to do my weekday long runs.  It's [...]

If you haven't read about it on Twitter, tomorrow a CAMERA CREW is coming to my apartment to film a couple of segments about Operation Beautiful and blogging in general.  Now, I cannot tell you who this camera crew is for, but it's major.  And if you guess, I cannot tell you if you are [...]

This morning, I went to the mailbox and found a package from my mother..... A Garmin Forerunner!  OMG.  I have been dreaming and praying for a Garmin for more than TWO YEARS.  I cannot express to you how excited I was that my mom bought me a Garmin.    Prettiest fashion accessory, ever. If you [...]

I did not feel like cooking this morning!  And my policy is when in doubt, make granola and yogurt. A sliced banana, flax, Stonyfield yogurt, and two tablespoons of flax.  Yum! I didn't get to do yoga this morning because I have some work to get done (something amazing and awesome is going down in [...]

Here are THREE random things that made me happy today....   ONE:  My new screen saver: TWO:  This sign (aww): THREE:  And a ROCKING 4.0 mile run!  I didn't get home from work until 8:20 PM and I was DETERMINED to get my scheduled run in.  It was pitch black outside and it was sprinkling.... [...]

I sold a bunch of cookbooks and other things on Craigslist today and made a nice chunk of change. Wahoo!  I slipped an Operation Beautiful note into one of the books before selling it: Around 10:30, I got really hungry and had a small bowl of cereal to hold me over to lunch: Lunch, although [...]

WHY did I ever think it could be a good idea to roll out of bed, turn on my computer, and start my work day 5 seconds after my alarm clock went off?  My poor hypothalamus! (If I remember science class correctly, that's the part of your brain that wakes you up.)   I think [...]

I am becoming obsessed with the hippie music station on my television.  I love the music, but I love the goofy song names even MORE! I actually laughed out loud when this one came on.  So cheesy (it was a good song, though).   In other news.... another day of rain and thunderstorms.  Combined with [...]

Stop avoiding the chores I "don't like." I HATE unloading the dishes.  So, I avoid doing it.  I stack dishes in the sink, I hand wash other dishes, I even blog about not unloading the dishwater.... all in the pursuit of not actually unloading the dishwasher.   This is bad.  And it's indicative of something [...]

I've embraced casserole dishes lately because they are so time-efficient.  They feed me and the Husband for at least two or three meals.  And with my busy schedule, I need that convenience.   One of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving is my aunt's corn casserole.  It's ooey, it's gooey, it's delicious!  However, it's not very [...]

I repeated my relaxing morning routine today.  I stopped myself from turning on the computer right away, unrolled my yoga mat, put on the hippie music channel, and do about 10 minutes of stretches and yoga moves.   Downward dog: Wait, that's not right!  Let's try again -- Downward dog: Better! :)   Then, I [...]