I lost my phone... in the yard. I've never lost my phone before, it was tragic but I actually don't really mind all that much because I sort of hated that phone. The only sad part is all the photos I had stored on it, but like, whatever. I do need to manually enter in all my contacts again into another phone but it's not such a bad thing - I don't think I need phone numbers of people I haven't talked to in 4-5 years. I guess it's sort of like spring cleaning for an idiot.
This has been a pretty busy work week for us, so we really just need to power through it to the weekend when - dun dun dun - I turn 30. Some people shed tears over this milestone, but I'm not really all that emotional and turning 30 is just like turning 29 to me. Another year has passed and I've checked off a bunch of stuff that I wanted to achieve. I guess maybe if you hadn't checked off a bunch of stuff, then you'd be all upset about meeting 30 without doing all those things... so if you're reading this and under the age of 30 then try and get shit done to avoid feeling bad/old.
I'm not one to make a big deal out of things like this. 1. it makes me feel like a really selfish person to make demands of other people. Like those people who are like "it's my birthday, we have to go to this restaurant and then this club and you have to get me lots of gifts, etc." I think those people are jerks, or I've just really outgrown that. 2. just because it's my birthday doesn't mean that the world needs to come to a complete pause and revolve around me. 3. i can't stand being the center of attention, it gives me a rash. 4. i very much prefer small intimate events.
So yes, it's my birthday weekend but it will be pretty low key. Saturday Mia and I will be heading to the dog park while Abe works for a while. Later, we'll be trusting a neighbor to come feed her dinner and let her out while the adults head into the city for a nice dinner date - we haven't done this since August before we moved and had a dog! I'm really hoping that this teenager works out and we can have her come by on most weekends to give us a break and relieve guilty conscious about leaving Mia at home in her crate. Sunday, I'll be seeing my parents for a birthday lunch at a local restaurant. Monday (my actual birthday) we took the day off to relax and unwind a bit. I never work on my birthday if I can help it - my one little indulgence. This year Abe is taking the day off with me which is a great little perk - Mia will still be going to daycare though, she needs the exercise.
Hopefully, I won't lose anything else this week and it will be a major win!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Timber!
It happened.
I went years and years before being an idiot enough to slip and fall on ice. Luckily it was in my own driveway... unluckily I went down hard and to add insult to injury I hit myself on the car before hitting the ground. Mia is sometimes really stubborn with her recent fear of the hall to the garage so sometimes I have to get her out the front door to put her into the car for daycare. Last night it snowed, not much, but enough to coat the ground in a light fluffy snow covering anything underneath. I knew there was ice, so I was very careful getting from the steps down the path and to the driveway with her. I put her in the backseat and had to run around the back of the car to get to the other door in order to clip her in securely. I took about three steps while I quickly made my way around, and it happened so fast that it was like magic. My arms and legs flailed all around, I hit my elbow on the trunk, and then belly flopped right on top of it landing flat on my face covering my entire front with snow. I'm pretty sure that I screamed, but Abe didn't hear anything besides a loud thump and then he realized that I was missing. By the time he put two and two together, I was already up and brushing myself off.
Oh the agony. It was very painful, and for a split second I thought that I might have broken something but once the sting went away a few minutes later it was cool - just a major bump resulting in a bruise. Stuff like this hardly ever happens to me, in fact, I'm the person that laughs at other people this sort of stuff happens to so it was my turn for sure!
The rest of my day went better until it was time to take the dog out after daycare. I had her leash in my hand and then suddenly it just wasn't in my hand anymore... and girlfriend went sprinting across the yard at full speed in total darkness. She tasted freedom and wanted more. Mia ran around in a few crazy circles enjoying the snow and being off leash, and eventually she came right back to me to play. Thank God she is such a playful dog, otherwise she'd be sending us postcards from Mexico!
It's only Tuesday, the rest of the week will surely be less chaotic...
I went years and years before being an idiot enough to slip and fall on ice. Luckily it was in my own driveway... unluckily I went down hard and to add insult to injury I hit myself on the car before hitting the ground. Mia is sometimes really stubborn with her recent fear of the hall to the garage so sometimes I have to get her out the front door to put her into the car for daycare. Last night it snowed, not much, but enough to coat the ground in a light fluffy snow covering anything underneath. I knew there was ice, so I was very careful getting from the steps down the path and to the driveway with her. I put her in the backseat and had to run around the back of the car to get to the other door in order to clip her in securely. I took about three steps while I quickly made my way around, and it happened so fast that it was like magic. My arms and legs flailed all around, I hit my elbow on the trunk, and then belly flopped right on top of it landing flat on my face covering my entire front with snow. I'm pretty sure that I screamed, but Abe didn't hear anything besides a loud thump and then he realized that I was missing. By the time he put two and two together, I was already up and brushing myself off.
Oh the agony. It was very painful, and for a split second I thought that I might have broken something but once the sting went away a few minutes later it was cool - just a major bump resulting in a bruise. Stuff like this hardly ever happens to me, in fact, I'm the person that laughs at other people this sort of stuff happens to so it was my turn for sure!
The rest of my day went better until it was time to take the dog out after daycare. I had her leash in my hand and then suddenly it just wasn't in my hand anymore... and girlfriend went sprinting across the yard at full speed in total darkness. She tasted freedom and wanted more. Mia ran around in a few crazy circles enjoying the snow and being off leash, and eventually she came right back to me to play. Thank God she is such a playful dog, otherwise she'd be sending us postcards from Mexico!
It's only Tuesday, the rest of the week will surely be less chaotic...
Monday, January 16, 2012
Back on the Treadmill
Things that happened this weekend.
Our new treadmill arrived and Abe magically assembled it!
I ran on Saturday and Sunday (only 20 minutes each time because I had no muscle strength to go on) and I'm So Sore - like entire body sore: arms hurt from pumping away, abs hurt from stabilizing, and inner thighs hurt the very most. I guess sitting on your ass isn't the same as actual exercise. I'm happy with the model that we chose and there is a little ledge for my iPad to sit so I can watch streaming videos while getting my butt kicked. You can kind of see Mia investigating the situation, she tried to hop on with me and almost went tumbling off. It didn't work out too well for her.
The Marathon Olympic trials were on tv - woot!
I'm biting my lip as I read Running Times, watch the race, and pet my dog all at the same time. Multi-tasking at it's laziest. I am not a track person, like it's not even worth talking to me about (there's this guy who sits near me who tries to talk to me about that stuff and it's like: dude, I ONLY care about the marathon, so just stop, your glory days are over man). I'm really happy that Meb won the men's race, and I expected Desi to win the women's race but she did really well and still made the team. One thing that I wasn't expecting was to not see Deena Kastor in the lead pack at all - she did just have a baby this year. I really wished that NBC had aired this live, watching it hours after I already knew the results from Twitter made it a little bit less exciting - but as you can see Mia was thrilled.
We thought it would be a brilliant idea to go to Ikea on Monday... it was so far from brilliant but it was necessary, everyone and their screaming kids were there. You'd think that at this age Ikea might not be as interesting, but where else can you buy frames for $2? I had to buy like a lot of frames today, somewhere around 15-20 for a new project going on so this was really the place to go. I also finally organized my closet it a little bit more by taking care of my shoes with these mesh boxes (I fit two pairs per box). This might be a "for now" solution, but it works nicely and makes my closet look a lot more spacious.
I ran on Saturday and Sunday (only 20 minutes each time because I had no muscle strength to go on) and I'm So Sore - like entire body sore: arms hurt from pumping away, abs hurt from stabilizing, and inner thighs hurt the very most. I guess sitting on your ass isn't the same as actual exercise. I'm happy with the model that we chose and there is a little ledge for my iPad to sit so I can watch streaming videos while getting my butt kicked. You can kind of see Mia investigating the situation, she tried to hop on with me and almost went tumbling off. It didn't work out too well for her.
I'm biting my lip as I read Running Times, watch the race, and pet my dog all at the same time. Multi-tasking at it's laziest. I am not a track person, like it's not even worth talking to me about (there's this guy who sits near me who tries to talk to me about that stuff and it's like: dude, I ONLY care about the marathon, so just stop, your glory days are over man). I'm really happy that Meb won the men's race, and I expected Desi to win the women's race but she did really well and still made the team. One thing that I wasn't expecting was to not see Deena Kastor in the lead pack at all - she did just have a baby this year. I really wished that NBC had aired this live, watching it hours after I already knew the results from Twitter made it a little bit less exciting - but as you can see Mia was thrilled.
We thought it would be a brilliant idea to go to Ikea on Monday... it was so far from brilliant but it was necessary, everyone and their screaming kids were there. You'd think that at this age Ikea might not be as interesting, but where else can you buy frames for $2? I had to buy like a lot of frames today, somewhere around 15-20 for a new project going on so this was really the place to go. I also finally organized my closet it a little bit more by taking care of my shoes with these mesh boxes (I fit two pairs per box). This might be a "for now" solution, but it works nicely and makes my closet look a lot more spacious.
Yeah, that was a super crazy long weekend! Would it help if I mentioned that we finally made it to the British Beer Company for burgers and beers today? No? Well, that's all I've got.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Amazing Stuff
Newest obsessions:
Where's My Water game on my iPad. It's similar to Angry Birds. I spend hours playing this stupid game just so I can get Swampy his water to take a shower. - 99 cents.
Game of Thrones books by George R. R. Martin. If you like things like The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, or anything similar then you will like these. They are very adult and a very good and long read. There are a lot of characters so prepare yourself for a complex ride. - more or less $25
Young House Love. A blog by a couple who is redesigning and remodeling their home full-time. They are super creative and are able to do most projects on the cheap. I really love their style, and I am even taking on one of their projects this weekend! More to come. - Free
Benefit They're Real Mascara is truly one of the best mascaras that I've ever used. I was really apprehensive of this... like what makes it so good? It really is that good though. - $22
Davines Melu Serum - Split End Treatment is something that I use on my hair everyday after showering. I'm wearing my hair long these days and a little bit of this just on the bottom 2 inches of my hair is making a huge difference in keeping it healthy and also it's somehow eliminating my usual winter static. - more or less $25
Shameless on Showtime with Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy. Van from Reba is also in the show playing basically the same character. It's a show about a poor family with an alcoholic father who is trying to pay the bills hiliariously. The show is 30% smoking, 30% drinking, 20% sex, and 20% drama. This is the only premium channel that we get (for Dexter) and I'm so glad that we do. Check it out!
Where's My Water game on my iPad. It's similar to Angry Birds. I spend hours playing this stupid game just so I can get Swampy his water to take a shower. - 99 cents.
Game of Thrones books by George R. R. Martin. If you like things like The Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings, or anything similar then you will like these. They are very adult and a very good and long read. There are a lot of characters so prepare yourself for a complex ride. - more or less $25
Young House Love. A blog by a couple who is redesigning and remodeling their home full-time. They are super creative and are able to do most projects on the cheap. I really love their style, and I am even taking on one of their projects this weekend! More to come. - Free
Benefit They're Real Mascara is truly one of the best mascaras that I've ever used. I was really apprehensive of this... like what makes it so good? It really is that good though. - $22
Davines Melu Serum - Split End Treatment is something that I use on my hair everyday after showering. I'm wearing my hair long these days and a little bit of this just on the bottom 2 inches of my hair is making a huge difference in keeping it healthy and also it's somehow eliminating my usual winter static. - more or less $25
Shameless on Showtime with Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy. Van from Reba is also in the show playing basically the same character. It's a show about a poor family with an alcoholic father who is trying to pay the bills hiliariously. The show is 30% smoking, 30% drinking, 20% sex, and 20% drama. This is the only premium channel that we get (for Dexter) and I'm so glad that we do. Check it out!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Goodbye 2011
2011 was a huge year for us in all areas of life, but mostly the growing up part.
Vacations: Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Cruise (Costa Maya, Island of Roatan, Cozumel), Falmouth/Martha's Vineyard, Vegas with a special visit to Area 51
Big Decisions: Bought a car in June, Bought a house in August, rescued a dog in September, Bought a second car in December
Biggest Challenges: Hosted Thanksgiving (8 people) and Christmas (15 people), and moving... moving is always a massive project, but luckily this is the last time we have to do it for a long time.
My favorite part of the whole year is just how far we've come seemingly overnight. We used to be those city people who went out to bars on weekends (even at this age) and now we're total country mice who spend our money on things like Home Depot and doggie daycare. I'm finally starting to feel settled here and I really love where I am right now in life. Our jobs are going really well, and financially we're pretty sound although we do still play the lottery!
2012 should be another exciting year - I will be turning 30, we have a billion house projects on tap for the spring (some exterior siding, landscaping, hardwood flooring, painting, decorating, etc.), there might be another dog joining us (uncertain), a couple fun vacations are pending, and hopefully we can find a better life balance (we really need to go on more fun dates).
Also, I'm starting out 2012 with much darker hair. Goodbye halfway grown out highlights. Goodbye natural hair color... oh well, at least it's all 1 shade now.
Vacations: Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Cruise (Costa Maya, Island of Roatan, Cozumel), Falmouth/Martha's Vineyard, Vegas with a special visit to Area 51
Big Decisions: Bought a car in June, Bought a house in August, rescued a dog in September, Bought a second car in December
Biggest Challenges: Hosted Thanksgiving (8 people) and Christmas (15 people), and moving... moving is always a massive project, but luckily this is the last time we have to do it for a long time.
My favorite part of the whole year is just how far we've come seemingly overnight. We used to be those city people who went out to bars on weekends (even at this age) and now we're total country mice who spend our money on things like Home Depot and doggie daycare. I'm finally starting to feel settled here and I really love where I am right now in life. Our jobs are going really well, and financially we're pretty sound although we do still play the lottery!
2012 should be another exciting year - I will be turning 30, we have a billion house projects on tap for the spring (some exterior siding, landscaping, hardwood flooring, painting, decorating, etc.), there might be another dog joining us (uncertain), a couple fun vacations are pending, and hopefully we can find a better life balance (we really need to go on more fun dates).
Also, I'm starting out 2012 with much darker hair. Goodbye halfway grown out highlights. Goodbye natural hair color... oh well, at least it's all 1 shade now.
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