Did you know that today is December 17th?!?!
Did you know that a week from today is December 24th?!?!?!
I.e., the day we will be travelling to Virginia for Christmas?
Furthermore, did you know that I have not watched "It's a Wonderful Life" one single time this season????
And did you know that my house is a wreck?!?!?
My gifts, of which most were purchased on Black Friday, have yet to be wrapped.
My toilets yet to be cleaned???
And this weekend, I invited our entire family over to celebrate Little Man's birthday before we go away for the holidays.
What was I thinking?!?!
At some point, I have to order a cake.
Or make one.
Not to mention the food to feed said dear family members.
And I still have to do laundry and start packing for next week.
Did I mention that Techy has 2 photo shoots tomorrow and 1 on Sunday pre-party, and won't be home, so I will be handling Little Man all by my lonesome while trying to clean house, wrap gifts, order (or bake) a cake, doing laundry, cleaning toilets, and packing.
Somebody call 9-1-1! I am having heart palpitations already!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
My Honest Opinion: Car Insurance - It Really Is Helpful
For those of you who have nothing better to do that Facebook stalk on me and Techy,
You probably already heard about Techy's accident last night.
If not, Techy was in a minor car accident last night.
He was the front of a 4 car "pile-up".
I really wouldn't use the word "pile-up" because no cars were really piled anywhere, just smashed into.
Or in Techy's case, skidded into.
Surprisingly, there was alot more damage to the car that hit him than there was to his car.
Thankfully.
Because the person behind him had expired insurance.
And the person who caused the accident in the first place doesn't even have insurance.
And has expired tags.
Meaning that had there been any substantial damage, we would pretty much be out of luck.
So, my honest opinion this week is simple, for the sake of you and for the sake of the people around you on the roads this holiday season, you should really make a trip over to see Flo
Or the Gecko
Or even, The General...
If for no other reason than the fact that someone like me won't one day post a random rant about you!
And for those of you who are more interested in the damage to Techy than the damage to the car...
Here ya go:
He managed to escape with only a bloody nose.
And he, being a lover of attention, had to document the moment, then post it on facebook, then read every comment with pride when he got home last night.
And I, being a lover of Techy, managed to let him out of my sight for a whole hour last night to let him relax with Call of Duty.
We should all be as proud of the small conquests in our lives....
You probably already heard about Techy's accident last night.
If not, Techy was in a minor car accident last night.
He was the front of a 4 car "pile-up".
I really wouldn't use the word "pile-up" because no cars were really piled anywhere, just smashed into.
Or in Techy's case, skidded into.
Surprisingly, there was alot more damage to the car that hit him than there was to his car.
Thankfully.
Because the person behind him had expired insurance.
And the person who caused the accident in the first place doesn't even have insurance.
And has expired tags.
Meaning that had there been any substantial damage, we would pretty much be out of luck.
So, my honest opinion this week is simple, for the sake of you and for the sake of the people around you on the roads this holiday season, you should really make a trip over to see Flo
If for no other reason than the fact that someone like me won't one day post a random rant about you!
And for those of you who are more interested in the damage to Techy than the damage to the car...
Here ya go:
He managed to escape with only a bloody nose.
And he, being a lover of attention, had to document the moment, then post it on facebook, then read every comment with pride when he got home last night.
And I, being a lover of Techy, managed to let him out of my sight for a whole hour last night to let him relax with Call of Duty.
We should all be as proud of the small conquests in our lives....
The Last {Outdoor} Run of the Year
That's right.
I said it.
Unless or until I can convince someone else to run with me, yesterday was my last outdoor run of the year.
And, being the nostalgic nuts we are, we decided to take a pic....
And, as Bonnie said on Facebook, "Please note the yellow caution tape fluttering in the background due to the gale-force winds."
I kid you not when I say that every single lunch run for the last 5 or 6 weeks that we have been doing it has been the windiest days of the week.
The first mile of our run was ok yesterday.
But as soon as we hit the 1 mile marker, the wind hit you like a ton of bricks.
I seriously lost almost 50 seconds a mile for the last 1.6 of my run due to the wind. Otherwise, this would have been my best speed ever.
As it was, I still managed to keep pace with last week's run which was 10:06/mile. Literally, the exact same pace.
That being said, I am really going to miss these lunch runs.
Part of me is really scared that I will let myself slip back....
Especially since we all know the current crappy condition of my treadmill....
I wonder how much I would have to pay someone to be willing to run in the wind and cold with me for the next few weeks?
Hmmmm.
Something tells me more than I have....
Especially considering the fact that Al Roker keeps talking about this stuff....
I said it.
Unless or until I can convince someone else to run with me, yesterday was my last outdoor run of the year.
And, being the nostalgic nuts we are, we decided to take a pic....
And, as Bonnie said on Facebook, "Please note the yellow caution tape fluttering in the background due to the gale-force winds."
I kid you not when I say that every single lunch run for the last 5 or 6 weeks that we have been doing it has been the windiest days of the week.
The first mile of our run was ok yesterday.
But as soon as we hit the 1 mile marker, the wind hit you like a ton of bricks.
I seriously lost almost 50 seconds a mile for the last 1.6 of my run due to the wind. Otherwise, this would have been my best speed ever.
As it was, I still managed to keep pace with last week's run which was 10:06/mile. Literally, the exact same pace.
That being said, I am really going to miss these lunch runs.
Part of me is really scared that I will let myself slip back....
Especially since we all know the current crappy condition of my treadmill....
I wonder how much I would have to pay someone to be willing to run in the wind and cold with me for the next few weeks?
Hmmmm.
Something tells me more than I have....
Especially considering the fact that Al Roker keeps talking about this stuff....
Santa, if you are listening, I would really appreciate a non-possessed treadmill in my stocking this year....
Look! It's a better picture of my Christmas tree!
Ha!
Made ya look!!!
Although...
You CAN see PART of my tree in this pic....
So, I was kinda telling the truth....
Kinda....
Made ya look!!!
Although...
You CAN see PART of my tree in this pic....
So, I was kinda telling the truth....
Kinda....
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Helpful How-To: It's a Christmas Decorating Tutorial, Ya'll!!!
I don't pretend to have any amazing skills with Christmas tree decorating.
And I certainly won't be claiming any awards for amazing Christmas tree photographs.
Obviously....
But I have come a long, long way.
Our first Christmas together, our poor tree was a hodge podge of the handful of ornaments that my mom gave me 3 weeks before, when I officially moved out of her house and into our first apartment, along with a $5 bin of plastic silver ornaments we bought at Wal-Mart to make our tree look less sparse.
It was scary.
And tacky.
Very, very tacky.
And here is where I spout off the knowledge I have acquired in useable terms to you.
Because all everyone else on the internet does is show you amazing pictures of their amazing trees.
Unless you read Bower Power like I do. Because Katie Bower gave a play - by - play this week of how she decorates her tree.
That girl likes some ribbon, let me tell ya!
And her tree is gorgeous.
I think next year I will try her tactic.
For me, Christmas tree decorating has always been a quandary.
I know, I know.
Then why am I giving out advice?
Um, because it's always been a quandary for me, duh!
I know it won't make sense, but basically, it's like when I played high school volleyball.
I knew my legs looked different than the other girls legs, but I couldn't figure out why.
Then in college, I realized it was called CELLULITE and DIMPLES.
Sorry, rabbit trail of deep-seated insecurities, apparently....
Back to the topic at hand.
You know that feeling?
When you look at your tree and know it doesn't look as amazing as you hoped or envisioned.
But you don't know how to fix it.
And when you try, it doesn't come out right???
So, how did I move past this and to a place where I am semi-content with even my multi-colored crazy light tree?
I had a novel idea, really.
I looked at pictures of gorgeous trees that I loved.
And then copied some of the finer points of the decorations.
See the poinsettias randomly placed all over this tree?
Totally stole that idea.
For the last few years, poinsettias and sprigs of holly berries have been as much a part of our tree as the multi-colored, vintage star sitting atop it.
Next, I figured in my own personal style.
Our tree is a hand-me-down from my mom.
Thus the multicolored lights.
To me, multicolored lights equal vintage.
So I rock the vintage look.
With my vintage beaded garland.
My polka dotted ball ornaments.
And my $4 Wal-Mart ornaments that just happened to match my polka-dotted ones to a T.
And I just start hanging and tucking and hanging and tucking.
Until either my ornaments are all used up or it looks complete.
Chances are, my ornaments will run out before I think it looks complete.
So yeah, my tree isn't perfect yet.
But it's a heck of alot closer.
And in closing...
Since my tree pic won't do anything to inspire you
Here are some pics to help inspire you make your tree look complete.
Take away any ideas you can....
And I certainly won't be claiming any awards for amazing Christmas tree photographs.
Obviously....
But I have come a long, long way.
Our first Christmas together, our poor tree was a hodge podge of the handful of ornaments that my mom gave me 3 weeks before, when I officially moved out of her house and into our first apartment, along with a $5 bin of plastic silver ornaments we bought at Wal-Mart to make our tree look less sparse.
It was scary.
And tacky.
Very, very tacky.
And here is where I spout off the knowledge I have acquired in useable terms to you.
Because all everyone else on the internet does is show you amazing pictures of their amazing trees.
Unless you read Bower Power like I do. Because Katie Bower gave a play - by - play this week of how she decorates her tree.
That girl likes some ribbon, let me tell ya!
And her tree is gorgeous.
I think next year I will try her tactic.
For me, Christmas tree decorating has always been a quandary.
I know, I know.
Then why am I giving out advice?
Um, because it's always been a quandary for me, duh!
I know it won't make sense, but basically, it's like when I played high school volleyball.
I knew my legs looked different than the other girls legs, but I couldn't figure out why.
Then in college, I realized it was called CELLULITE and DIMPLES.
Sorry, rabbit trail of deep-seated insecurities, apparently....
Back to the topic at hand.
You know that feeling?
When you look at your tree and know it doesn't look as amazing as you hoped or envisioned.
But you don't know how to fix it.
And when you try, it doesn't come out right???
So, how did I move past this and to a place where I am semi-content with even my multi-colored crazy light tree?
I had a novel idea, really.
I looked at pictures of gorgeous trees that I loved.
And then copied some of the finer points of the decorations.
See the poinsettias randomly placed all over this tree?
Totally stole that idea.
For the last few years, poinsettias and sprigs of holly berries have been as much a part of our tree as the multi-colored, vintage star sitting atop it.
Next, I figured in my own personal style.
Our tree is a hand-me-down from my mom.
Thus the multicolored lights.
To me, multicolored lights equal vintage.
So I rock the vintage look.
With my vintage beaded garland.
My polka dotted ball ornaments.
And my $4 Wal-Mart ornaments that just happened to match my polka-dotted ones to a T.
Until either my ornaments are all used up or it looks complete.
Chances are, my ornaments will run out before I think it looks complete.
So yeah, my tree isn't perfect yet.
But it's a heck of alot closer.
And in closing...
Since my tree pic won't do anything to inspire you
Here are some pics to help inspire you make your tree look complete.
Take away any ideas you can....
(That's what she said!)
Hope you are getting as much inspiration as I am!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Wearing Down
With the busy-ness that this season tends to induce, I am finding it difficult to fit even one hour long workout into my schedule.
So, I am back to breaking them up into smaller increments, again.
I won't deny that my weight isn't coming off quite as quickly as I would like at this point, but there is just so little time and so much to do.
To attempt to compensate for the decreased time, I am working in what I consider more intense workouts.
Yesterday, I did a double workout with 45 minutes on the elliptical in the morning followed by a 30 minute "Explosive Cardio" workout last night.
And can I just tell you, I am really not as explosive as Explosive Cardio Guy wanted me to be, but whatever.
I started the workout thinking, "Look, girl," (Yes, I call myself "girl" in my "in my head" conversations - what's it to ya?) "You can run 3 miles.... Explosive Cardio has nothing on you.... Plus, everyone says this stuff helps improve your running speed.... You CAN TOTALLY do this."
And the first 10 minutes, I totally did it.
I stuck with him, every step.
Even when he added moves in.
But somewhere between 10 minutes and 20 minutes, my body started saying something about this being a little harder than we were thinking.
And somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes, my squat jumps turned into something barely reminiscent of even a squat hop.
And my breathing turned into Days of our Lives panting, only with alot more sweat and absolutely no sexiness.
Which is pretty much my way of saying that I am nowhere near being in the shape I want to be in.
But I am closer than I was.
So, I am back to breaking them up into smaller increments, again.
I won't deny that my weight isn't coming off quite as quickly as I would like at this point, but there is just so little time and so much to do.
To attempt to compensate for the decreased time, I am working in what I consider more intense workouts.
Yesterday, I did a double workout with 45 minutes on the elliptical in the morning followed by a 30 minute "Explosive Cardio" workout last night.
And can I just tell you, I am really not as explosive as Explosive Cardio Guy wanted me to be, but whatever.
I started the workout thinking, "Look, girl," (Yes, I call myself "girl" in my "in my head" conversations - what's it to ya?) "You can run 3 miles.... Explosive Cardio has nothing on you.... Plus, everyone says this stuff helps improve your running speed.... You CAN TOTALLY do this."
And the first 10 minutes, I totally did it.
I stuck with him, every step.
Even when he added moves in.
But somewhere between 10 minutes and 20 minutes, my body started saying something about this being a little harder than we were thinking.
And somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes, my squat jumps turned into something barely reminiscent of even a squat hop.
And my breathing turned into Days of our Lives panting, only with alot more sweat and absolutely no sexiness.
Which is pretty much my way of saying that I am nowhere near being in the shape I want to be in.
But I am closer than I was.
The Haircut...No words necessary....
But I will say them anyway....
Because I like to talk...
And I like to set the scene...
And no blog post would be complete without me rambling on about something, right???
But really, let's get on with it...
Here's where I am pointing out Little Man's "Achy Breaky Heart" do to the girl.
I think my exact words were, "This Billy Ray Cyrus business back here has got to go!"
My expression really says it all....
Here's where I should apologize for the blurry cell phone pics, but in reality, the blur really just drives my point home.
This poor girl earned every cent of her tip.
She worked.
And worked.
And worked.
And then he would move.
This guy couldn't get over the fact that Little Man wasn't screaming....
It's called DIVERSION, people! Daddy's covetted cell phone does the trick every time.
(Don't mind that ridiculous double chin of mine...I love awkward angles!)
Finally. Billy Ray has left the building.
Mommy is very happy!
And for a post where no words were necessary, I managed to squeeze in enough to fill Techy's quota for the day!
(If you know, Techy, you know this is OBVIOUSLY a joke. The man likes to talk more than anyone I know. Including myself)
Point being, I managed to make a wordless post, extremely wordy.
But that's me for ya!
Because I like to talk...
And I like to set the scene...
And no blog post would be complete without me rambling on about something, right???
But really, let's get on with it...
Here's where I am pointing out Little Man's "Achy Breaky Heart" do to the girl.
I think my exact words were, "This Billy Ray Cyrus business back here has got to go!"
My expression really says it all....
Here's where I should apologize for the blurry cell phone pics, but in reality, the blur really just drives my point home.
This poor girl earned every cent of her tip.
She worked.
And worked.
And worked.
And then he would move.
This guy couldn't get over the fact that Little Man wasn't screaming....
It's called DIVERSION, people! Daddy's covetted cell phone does the trick every time.
(Don't mind that ridiculous double chin of mine...I love awkward angles!)
Finally. Billy Ray has left the building.
Mommy is very happy!
And for a post where no words were necessary, I managed to squeeze in enough to fill Techy's quota for the day!
(If you know, Techy, you know this is OBVIOUSLY a joke. The man likes to talk more than anyone I know. Including myself)
Point being, I managed to make a wordless post, extremely wordy.
But that's me for ya!
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