So for the past month or so Blake and I have been trying to decide whether to take next week off of work and head up north to see our respective families. I knew I could take the time off, but Blake wasn't sure. Last night he decided that he was in. Yay! So we're leaving at about 5am tomorrow, with the cats in tow, and heading for PA.
The cats of course hate long car rides by the way. Let me explain to you how this is done (so you understand, once again, how crazy we are). We don't want to keep them in their carriers for 8 hours, but they can't be loose enough that they can scamper underneath the driver's seat while driving is happening. Basically, we take my car and we lay the back seat down and then cover up the passage from the trunk to the back seat with a baby gate and then put the cats loose in the trunk. They can see us and see out the windows, but they can't escape. We set up their litter box and some food and water back there and give them some toys. Our luggage is confined to the back seat, but we can't have much of it because we don't want to restrict the kitties' views too much.
The only other time that was attempted was for Thanksgiving two years ago. They were only 4 months old at the time. Blake went to the pet store and got some treats that were supposed to make them tired so they'd sleep the whole way. Well, Wylie refuses to put anything other than Purina Cat Chow Indoor Formula in his mouth, so he wouldn't eat one. Norman loves treats, so he took it out of Blake's hand immediately, chewed it for a minute, glared up at Blake angrily as if to say "this isn't up to par," and spit it out on the floor. So that didn't work. They cried fr the first two hours and then slept the rest of the way. So I look forward to that happening again.
The cats will stay at Blake's parents' house for most of the week. I'm leaving there Sunday to go to NJ. Then I'm going to head back to PA to pick up Blake and the cats on Thursday and we'll hang in NJ and then head back here Saturday. I'm bringing the Wii. My sister is pumped. And I haven't seen my mom's new house since she moved in so that should be exciting.
I started playing Rock Band last night...and it is fun. I'm going to have to hide it in the car somewhere, because Blake keeps warning me against bringing a bunch of shit with me. Boo.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Love from Home
I realize that this is going to do nothing to stop most of you from thinking that Blake and I are batshit crazy for treating our cats like human children, but sometimes when I'm out of town for a while, Blake likes to send me pictures of what he and the cats are doing. This probably shouldn't surprise anyone, given that we left Petsmart with a $50 water bowl last weekend. Anyway, here's a few that I got this week while in West Virginia.
Norman helping Blake do his ironing (and I use 'helping' loosely):
Wylie lounging all over Blake's lap while he's trying to have dinner:
Side note: I heart having a wireless broadband card out on loan from work...I am currently updating from the car ride back to Charlotte. Yay!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Belated Weekend Activities
I haven't checked in in a few days, but I've been a bit busy. Here's a short run down:
Friday I was back in Charlotte and went to work but left around 1 because I didn't have much to do and I didn't want to be there anymore. I had to stop at the bank on my way, and outside of the bank a farmers' market was set up, so I got some fresh melon and blueberries. My dad was still up in Lake Norman so I went there to visit. That was about it.
Saturday Blake was hosting a water skiing event for his Outdoors Club, and since I'd been out of town all week, I decided to skip the lake and hang out at home. I did some Wii Fit, went to the gym (yay me), did some grocery shopping, made the Amish Friendship Bread that I got starter for from one of the partners at work (it's delicious), and relaxed a bit. It was fabulous.
Sunday I had a lot to do, so I got up early to start laundry, did my Wii Fit, went to the gym (again! woo!), did a Target run, cleaned the bathroom, packed, and then headed back to West Virginia. We didn't get in until after midnight, so I'm super tired today.
I wanted to kettlebell it up in my hotel room tonight before dinner (benefit of driving...I can bring whatever I want. I also brought a loaf of the Friendship Bread and some cantaloupe for breakfast. We're at a Residence Inn, so I have a full kitchen. And a fireplace for some reason). I left my kettlebell in the car last night though because it was POURING when we arrived and I had to make a mad dash to the hotel door. So I hit the treadmill for 35 minutes instead. I rescued the kettlebell after dinner, so I'll be doing that tomorrow night.
I'm pretty proud of myself for my weekend gym motivation. I didn't really have much choice though, because I eat like crap when I'm out of town. I was good and had a salad for dinner tonight, but the pizza buffet at lunch was not the most healthy option. After I get back to Charlotte, I should get to be there for at least 3 weeks, so I'll be back in healthy mode with any luck. I find myself actually trying to lose weight now because I hate it when my Wii Fit tells me that I've gained weight since the last time I've used it. I've cut down on that because I'm doing the weigh in at the same time most days now, but it makes my perfectionist self pissed when the line on my little graph goes up instead of down. I may be a sad individual.
Oh! And my Rock Band for Wii is set to arrive tomorrow! I can't wait to dominate the crap out of it when I get home :)
That's all for now. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to say later in the week.
Friday I was back in Charlotte and went to work but left around 1 because I didn't have much to do and I didn't want to be there anymore. I had to stop at the bank on my way, and outside of the bank a farmers' market was set up, so I got some fresh melon and blueberries. My dad was still up in Lake Norman so I went there to visit. That was about it.
Saturday Blake was hosting a water skiing event for his Outdoors Club, and since I'd been out of town all week, I decided to skip the lake and hang out at home. I did some Wii Fit, went to the gym (yay me), did some grocery shopping, made the Amish Friendship Bread that I got starter for from one of the partners at work (it's delicious), and relaxed a bit. It was fabulous.
Sunday I had a lot to do, so I got up early to start laundry, did my Wii Fit, went to the gym (again! woo!), did a Target run, cleaned the bathroom, packed, and then headed back to West Virginia. We didn't get in until after midnight, so I'm super tired today.
I wanted to kettlebell it up in my hotel room tonight before dinner (benefit of driving...I can bring whatever I want. I also brought a loaf of the Friendship Bread and some cantaloupe for breakfast. We're at a Residence Inn, so I have a full kitchen. And a fireplace for some reason). I left my kettlebell in the car last night though because it was POURING when we arrived and I had to make a mad dash to the hotel door. So I hit the treadmill for 35 minutes instead. I rescued the kettlebell after dinner, so I'll be doing that tomorrow night.
I'm pretty proud of myself for my weekend gym motivation. I didn't really have much choice though, because I eat like crap when I'm out of town. I was good and had a salad for dinner tonight, but the pizza buffet at lunch was not the most healthy option. After I get back to Charlotte, I should get to be there for at least 3 weeks, so I'll be back in healthy mode with any luck. I find myself actually trying to lose weight now because I hate it when my Wii Fit tells me that I've gained weight since the last time I've used it. I've cut down on that because I'm doing the weigh in at the same time most days now, but it makes my perfectionist self pissed when the line on my little graph goes up instead of down. I may be a sad individual.
Oh! And my Rock Band for Wii is set to arrive tomorrow! I can't wait to dominate the crap out of it when I get home :)
That's all for now. Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to say later in the week.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Birthday time
I'm off to my birthday dinner for the third year in a row at the Olive Garden in Charleston, West Virginia. I think in the future I'm going to have to request the day off on my birthday so that I might actually be able to spend it in Charlotte at my house.
I get to go home tomorrow for a few days, so I look forward to that :)
I get to go home tomorrow for a few days, so I look forward to that :)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Wii Fit = BEST THING EVER
So it's no secret to anyone who reads this blog that I'm a little obsessed with my new Wii right now. But for my early birthday, Blake got me a Dance Dance Revolution and a Wii Fit and I must update about them because they are fantastic.
First the DDR. I thought that the 10 years of dance lessons I took meant I have rhythm, but apparently not. I am AWFUL at this game. I will need a LOT of practice. I improved a bit in the 45 minutes I played, but it was definitely rough. I look forward to continuing to play though. It had a continuous calorie burning mode where you tell it how much you weigh and how many calories you want to burn and it estimates how long to stay on for...which will be cool as soon as I can get through one song without tripping all over myself.
Brief interlude: I also got the KitchenAid food processor I wanted. Woop!
OK, now the Wii Fit. I had my doubts about how good of a workout you could really get from this. From the onset, it was just really really cool. The features are great. Although I was a bit upset that it gauges your progress based on BMI...which isn't the best indicator of health given that it doesn't take into account muscle mass. But how much can you expect a wireless balance board to do, right?
Anyway, you play with your Mii character, and it's wearing a little workout outfit, it's very cute. There are four areas: Aerobics, Balance games, Yoga, and Strength training. Because I was so sore from the Kettlebell incident of Friday afternoon, I have yet to try the strength section. But the rest is great. It's nice to be able to design my own 10-15 minute yoga workout on the fly whenever I have some time rather than scheduling in a class. The balance games are really hard at first but very fun. And I'm a huge fan of the aerobics. The hula hooping and the stepping are my favorites. You would NOT believe how sweaty you can get from 6 minutes of doing hip circles continuously. The step class is challenging, but fun. You start out with easy versions of each and eventually unlock more difficult options.
I can't believe how much I want to do this every day. So, based on the theory I always read that squeezing in as little as 10 minutes of activity helps your health, I'm going to work it into every day (that I'm at home, anyway). Days that I also go to the gym, I'm going to do it for 30 minutes. Days that I don't go to the gym, I'll work in an hour. I had to leave for WVa at 6am today, and I actually woke up excited at 4:45 to do Wii Fit for 30 minutes. It's also a good amount of time to play. I do 5 minutes aerobics, 10 yoga, another 3 aerobics, 6 minutes of balance games, and then 6 more of aerobics. It's super fun. I'm definitely trying the strength stuff this weekend. I brought the kettlebell to WVa (we drove so we had a lot of cargo room) so I'll do that twice this week and then the Wii stuff once.
This all being said, clearly the gym isn't obsolete for me or anything, but this makes me really excited to work out. There is also a feature where you can log your daily activity outside of the Fit so they work it into the charts that they keep of your daily progress and activity levels. I cannot say enough great stuff about it. If you have a Wii you should get it. But maybe just wait until they're widely available and not pay above retail for it like my boyfriend did. Not that I don't really really appreciate it, but I feel a little bit bad.
First the DDR. I thought that the 10 years of dance lessons I took meant I have rhythm, but apparently not. I am AWFUL at this game. I will need a LOT of practice. I improved a bit in the 45 minutes I played, but it was definitely rough. I look forward to continuing to play though. It had a continuous calorie burning mode where you tell it how much you weigh and how many calories you want to burn and it estimates how long to stay on for...which will be cool as soon as I can get through one song without tripping all over myself.
Brief interlude: I also got the KitchenAid food processor I wanted. Woop!
OK, now the Wii Fit. I had my doubts about how good of a workout you could really get from this. From the onset, it was just really really cool. The features are great. Although I was a bit upset that it gauges your progress based on BMI...which isn't the best indicator of health given that it doesn't take into account muscle mass. But how much can you expect a wireless balance board to do, right?
Anyway, you play with your Mii character, and it's wearing a little workout outfit, it's very cute. There are four areas: Aerobics, Balance games, Yoga, and Strength training. Because I was so sore from the Kettlebell incident of Friday afternoon, I have yet to try the strength section. But the rest is great. It's nice to be able to design my own 10-15 minute yoga workout on the fly whenever I have some time rather than scheduling in a class. The balance games are really hard at first but very fun. And I'm a huge fan of the aerobics. The hula hooping and the stepping are my favorites. You would NOT believe how sweaty you can get from 6 minutes of doing hip circles continuously. The step class is challenging, but fun. You start out with easy versions of each and eventually unlock more difficult options.
I can't believe how much I want to do this every day. So, based on the theory I always read that squeezing in as little as 10 minutes of activity helps your health, I'm going to work it into every day (that I'm at home, anyway). Days that I also go to the gym, I'm going to do it for 30 minutes. Days that I don't go to the gym, I'll work in an hour. I had to leave for WVa at 6am today, and I actually woke up excited at 4:45 to do Wii Fit for 30 minutes. It's also a good amount of time to play. I do 5 minutes aerobics, 10 yoga, another 3 aerobics, 6 minutes of balance games, and then 6 more of aerobics. It's super fun. I'm definitely trying the strength stuff this weekend. I brought the kettlebell to WVa (we drove so we had a lot of cargo room) so I'll do that twice this week and then the Wii stuff once.
This all being said, clearly the gym isn't obsolete for me or anything, but this makes me really excited to work out. There is also a feature where you can log your daily activity outside of the Fit so they work it into the charts that they keep of your daily progress and activity levels. I cannot say enough great stuff about it. If you have a Wii you should get it. But maybe just wait until they're widely available and not pay above retail for it like my boyfriend did. Not that I don't really really appreciate it, but I feel a little bit bad.
Weekend Roundup
Here's a brief summary of my weekend for those who are interested...I'm going to post about my obsession with the Wii Fit a bit later :)
- Succeeded at returning a dress to Banana Republic without buying anything else. Yay for willpower (and Blake whining like a 5 year old to go home).
- Although I've heard from several people that Costco is a good source for bike buying, the one nearest to us had a horrible selection. They had one woman bike, one man bike, and a child's bike. Not sufficient. I'm going to have to go elsewhere before my bike dreams can come true. Sad.
- Got that Kettlebell at Target on Friday afternoon...and good lord. I wound up with the 10 pound version (I'm a sissy...but I tried a few things with the 15 pounder and I think I need some practice before I graduate to that). The circuit workout in Fitness says to do it 4-5 times...I was able to do it twice without feeling like I would die. It was awesome. I was a sweaty mess and sore in a lot of good places for two days after. I'm going to try to get myself up to 5 times through within a few weeks...but this workout is a keeper. AND the kettlebell came with a DVD workout I haven't even tried yet.
- I got to spend Sunday with my dad who rented a house on the lake for the week. We did lots of boating activities and had a mini-birthday party for me. It was really fun. I wish he lived closer so I could see him more than a few times a year.
Really, the complete highlight of my weekend was the black market Wii Fit that Blake procured...you can read about that later. Happy Monday!
Friday, June 13, 2008
God, I love my boyfriend
Today when Blake got home from work, he insisted on giving me my birthday gifts. I won't be home on my actual birthday, and he didn't know how he was going to hide them from me in the house all weekend. And I love presents. So I allowed it.
I received the Dance Dance Revolution game that I made him buy in front of me, the KitchenAid food processor that I have been wanting, and...a Wii Fit.
I have been looking for a Wii Fit for a month and had no luck finding it anywhere. Blake called around and tried everything to find it and eventually wound up paying more than the retail price for it because he knew how much I wanted it. I made him promise that he paid less than $200 (retail price is $90) so I wouldn't feel bad. But I was impressed.
We played it for about an hour and it is pretty awesome. I'm excited! I haven't even touched the other presents yet. What a fabulous pre-birthday! :)
I received the Dance Dance Revolution game that I made him buy in front of me, the KitchenAid food processor that I have been wanting, and...a Wii Fit.
I have been looking for a Wii Fit for a month and had no luck finding it anywhere. Blake called around and tried everything to find it and eventually wound up paying more than the retail price for it because he knew how much I wanted it. I made him promise that he paid less than $200 (retail price is $90) so I wouldn't feel bad. But I was impressed.
We played it for about an hour and it is pretty awesome. I'm excited! I haven't even touched the other presents yet. What a fabulous pre-birthday! :)
Weekend Plans
I bet you all can tell how much I'm procrastinating at work today based on the fact that I have posted three times and it's only 4:00. Anyway, here are my weekend plans.
After work today, instead of going to the gym, I'm going to go for a walk. I may go down to Best Buy and get Blake a little Fathers' Day gift from the cats. I may also go to target and get myself a 15 pound kettlebell. I saw an awesome looking workout using it in one of my many fitness related mags this month, and I want to try it. But I don't know if I'd like walking home a mile and a half with a 15 pound weight...so maybe I'll just go to Dick's tomorrow. Later, Blake has DVR'ed The Jerk with Steve Martin and I think we'll watch it. He got mad at me last night for playing Wii for 3 hours, so I should probably be more social tonight.
I have a lot of plans for tomorrow. Most are shopping related. Besides the weekly farmers' market and grocery store trip, I'm going to head to Costco to check out bikes and also to the mall to return a dress I ordered from Banana Republic online and hate in person. While there, I need to replenish some makeup at Sephora, potentially make the trip to Dick's mentioned above, and try to avoid Aldo at all costs. If I have some extra time, I'll probably go to the gym or lift at home. Maybe do a Yoga DVD. Or play Wii. I should at least force myself to play Wii Boxing, since it's a decent workout.
Sunday my Dad is in town! He and my stepmom and one of my stepbrothers and a family that they're friends with have rented a house on Lake Norman for the week. So we're going to head up there for Fathers' Day. Depending on Blake's ability to get his boat out of the marina after the incident there on Monday, we may take the boat there for some skiing. It should be good times. Hopefully I'll get my lazy butt to the gym before hand. Weekends are hard sometimes. But next week, Blake will finally give me my Dance Dance Revolution, and I will burn hundreds of calories in my own den. Yay!
I have to be at the office at 6am Monday for a 4 hour drive to West Virginia. Boo. At least I'm not driving. And we're stopping at Bojangles on the way (oh, how I love you, bacon egg and cheese biscuit with a side of bo'-rounds and OJ).
Have an excellent weekend all!
After work today, instead of going to the gym, I'm going to go for a walk. I may go down to Best Buy and get Blake a little Fathers' Day gift from the cats. I may also go to target and get myself a 15 pound kettlebell. I saw an awesome looking workout using it in one of my many fitness related mags this month, and I want to try it. But I don't know if I'd like walking home a mile and a half with a 15 pound weight...so maybe I'll just go to Dick's tomorrow. Later, Blake has DVR'ed The Jerk with Steve Martin and I think we'll watch it. He got mad at me last night for playing Wii for 3 hours, so I should probably be more social tonight.
I have a lot of plans for tomorrow. Most are shopping related. Besides the weekly farmers' market and grocery store trip, I'm going to head to Costco to check out bikes and also to the mall to return a dress I ordered from Banana Republic online and hate in person. While there, I need to replenish some makeup at Sephora, potentially make the trip to Dick's mentioned above, and try to avoid Aldo at all costs. If I have some extra time, I'll probably go to the gym or lift at home. Maybe do a Yoga DVD. Or play Wii. I should at least force myself to play Wii Boxing, since it's a decent workout.
Sunday my Dad is in town! He and my stepmom and one of my stepbrothers and a family that they're friends with have rented a house on Lake Norman for the week. So we're going to head up there for Fathers' Day. Depending on Blake's ability to get his boat out of the marina after the incident there on Monday, we may take the boat there for some skiing. It should be good times. Hopefully I'll get my lazy butt to the gym before hand. Weekends are hard sometimes. But next week, Blake will finally give me my Dance Dance Revolution, and I will burn hundreds of calories in my own den. Yay!
I have to be at the office at 6am Monday for a 4 hour drive to West Virginia. Boo. At least I'm not driving. And we're stopping at Bojangles on the way (oh, how I love you, bacon egg and cheese biscuit with a side of bo'-rounds and OJ).
Have an excellent weekend all!
Wii
Last night, because I had procured a wireless network from work (that I'll need for traveling next week), I set it up in my house and downloaded some games for Wii.
You can get several Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo 64 games. Blake and I already have a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Genesis console in our house (don't judge us, only the Nintendo is actually set up), but we don't have all of the awesome games that we'd like. So last night, I downloaded Dr. Mario, Mario 1, Bubble Bobble, and Kirby's Adventure. I've only played Dr. Mario and Bubble Bobble so far...but they are awesome.
Blake wants Mario Kart from Super Nintendo, but we need to get different controllers for that, which is kind of annoying. But this weekend is Fathers Day, and the cats haven't gotten him anything yet, so I may head to Best Buy later and get two controllers and download the game for him. At least until we're able to get Mario Kart for Wii. It is backordered EVERYWHERE right now.
Yay!
You can get several Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo 64 games. Blake and I already have a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Genesis console in our house (don't judge us, only the Nintendo is actually set up), but we don't have all of the awesome games that we'd like. So last night, I downloaded Dr. Mario, Mario 1, Bubble Bobble, and Kirby's Adventure. I've only played Dr. Mario and Bubble Bobble so far...but they are awesome.
Blake wants Mario Kart from Super Nintendo, but we need to get different controllers for that, which is kind of annoying. But this weekend is Fathers Day, and the cats haven't gotten him anything yet, so I may head to Best Buy later and get two controllers and download the game for him. At least until we're able to get Mario Kart for Wii. It is backordered EVERYWHERE right now.
Yay!
Money money money money! (money!)
I just paid off my student loan in full. Yay! I've been accelerating the payments big time since I started working (like making payments between 2 and 4 times what I'm required to each month), and now that I've been working for 3 years, and my savings account balance well exceeded the balance in my loan, I got rid of that bitch.
Now I can take the HUNDREDS of dollars a month I was paying those people and add it to my monthly savings contribution. At least for a while, because my savings account is a bit low due to this little payoff situation. My goal is, in addition to the 401K money coming out of my paychecks, put at least $500 from each paycheck in my savings account. This would approximate how much I already put in, plus the monthly amount I had been putting toward the loan. And I get my annual raise next month (glorious day), so I'd like to up that to $600-$650, depending on the amount of said raise.
I complain about my job a lot, but as I've always said, I am thankful that I have the skills to have a job that pays me really well. Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy living off of a dog walker's salary, but most of those times I'm delirious and angry at how shitty my actual job is.
I should have the approximately $10k I've budgeted to spend a month in Italy next year in no time. And I'm working on contributing to my high-interest "condo fund," which is me attempting to even out the investment Blake and I have in our house. Obviously, when we bought it, I had approximately $2,500 (borrowed from my dad) and he had what is a completely ridiculous amount of cash for a 23 year old that he put toward the down payment. So technically, his ownership percentage in our house is higher than mine (yes, we have a legal agreement. Yes, we are cautious, because we are accountants). But within 2-3 years, which is about the time we'll probably look at moving, I should have evened us out completely.
Some days I'm really good at money. Please God, don't smite me by making my car die right now. I do NOT have acceptable funds to buy a new car at this very moment (although that is on my radar...because my car could cease to run at any time really. She turns 10 in October!) Though honestly, I might be able to get by on just a bicycle if I could learn to drive stick shift...right now I can't drive Blake's car because of my inability to master the manual transmission. (Things that aren't helping me learn: feeling completely nervous that I'm going to tear the gears out of the car that Blake treats like a child every time I get behind the wheel. Also, the fact that I'm a pretty terrible driver in general.)
This post is bordering on rambling incoherence right now, so I'm gong to end it with this. I noticed yesterday that my Marriott points balance is teetering on 300,000. It will cost me between 250,000 and 300,000 for my Italy trip (this will cover 12 nights at ridiculously nice hotels. There are no other Marriotts over there that interest me, so for the other half of the trip I'm going to have to actually pay for rooms. Boo.) I've basically earned 150,000 points in the last 6 months (since I got their credit card...and since I travel constantly and stay only at Marriotts). I don't plan to go to Italy until October 2009-ish. By then I should have probably another 300,000 points. What should I use them on?
Now I can take the HUNDREDS of dollars a month I was paying those people and add it to my monthly savings contribution. At least for a while, because my savings account is a bit low due to this little payoff situation. My goal is, in addition to the 401K money coming out of my paychecks, put at least $500 from each paycheck in my savings account. This would approximate how much I already put in, plus the monthly amount I had been putting toward the loan. And I get my annual raise next month (glorious day), so I'd like to up that to $600-$650, depending on the amount of said raise.
I complain about my job a lot, but as I've always said, I am thankful that I have the skills to have a job that pays me really well. Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy living off of a dog walker's salary, but most of those times I'm delirious and angry at how shitty my actual job is.
I should have the approximately $10k I've budgeted to spend a month in Italy next year in no time. And I'm working on contributing to my high-interest "condo fund," which is me attempting to even out the investment Blake and I have in our house. Obviously, when we bought it, I had approximately $2,500 (borrowed from my dad) and he had what is a completely ridiculous amount of cash for a 23 year old that he put toward the down payment. So technically, his ownership percentage in our house is higher than mine (yes, we have a legal agreement. Yes, we are cautious, because we are accountants). But within 2-3 years, which is about the time we'll probably look at moving, I should have evened us out completely.
Some days I'm really good at money. Please God, don't smite me by making my car die right now. I do NOT have acceptable funds to buy a new car at this very moment (although that is on my radar...because my car could cease to run at any time really. She turns 10 in October!) Though honestly, I might be able to get by on just a bicycle if I could learn to drive stick shift...right now I can't drive Blake's car because of my inability to master the manual transmission. (Things that aren't helping me learn: feeling completely nervous that I'm going to tear the gears out of the car that Blake treats like a child every time I get behind the wheel. Also, the fact that I'm a pretty terrible driver in general.)
This post is bordering on rambling incoherence right now, so I'm gong to end it with this. I noticed yesterday that my Marriott points balance is teetering on 300,000. It will cost me between 250,000 and 300,000 for my Italy trip (this will cover 12 nights at ridiculously nice hotels. There are no other Marriotts over there that interest me, so for the other half of the trip I'm going to have to actually pay for rooms. Boo.) I've basically earned 150,000 points in the last 6 months (since I got their credit card...and since I travel constantly and stay only at Marriotts). I don't plan to go to Italy until October 2009-ish. By then I should have probably another 300,000 points. What should I use them on?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Things that are a bad idea:
1) White, dry clean only capri pants and a salad with balsamic vinegarette dressing. Damn it.
2) Tasty Friendship bread. One of the partners made some and brought it in today, and as I have a weakness for baked goods, I ate a very delicious slice for a snack. And then she came over, told me she had some extra starter and asked me if I wanted it. Of course I do. Sometimes it's good to be known around the office as an avid baker, and sometimes it's bad...because if I have two loaves of this bread in my house every 10 days, there is going to be trouble. Good thing tailgate season is coming up...those boys will eat the crap out of this stuff.
3) Going to the mall this weekend. I've successfully stayed away for about a month, but after I received a shipment from Bananarepublic.com yesterday I didn't like one of the items I ordered, so I have to make a return. And then buy more stuff probably.
4) Wasting time at work searching online for a Wii Fit to buy at the retail price. Spoiler Alert: it's not going to happen anytime soon. Maybe 6 months from now.
5) Party boats. This one, which is owned by the same company as the one we've taken our office summer outing on for the past two years, exploded while fueling up at the marina we keep Blake's boat at on Monday. One of the kids that works at the marina was killed. It is truly awful. The water is littered with boat debris and oil. We definitely recognize the kid as someone who has worked there for a while. Needless to say, we probably won't be doing much boating this weekend. Sad. Blake's boat was in dry storage at the time, so it's fine...but apparently a large portion of the dock was destroyed. Not good.
2) Tasty Friendship bread. One of the partners made some and brought it in today, and as I have a weakness for baked goods, I ate a very delicious slice for a snack. And then she came over, told me she had some extra starter and asked me if I wanted it. Of course I do. Sometimes it's good to be known around the office as an avid baker, and sometimes it's bad...because if I have two loaves of this bread in my house every 10 days, there is going to be trouble. Good thing tailgate season is coming up...those boys will eat the crap out of this stuff.
3) Going to the mall this weekend. I've successfully stayed away for about a month, but after I received a shipment from Bananarepublic.com yesterday I didn't like one of the items I ordered, so I have to make a return. And then buy more stuff probably.
4) Wasting time at work searching online for a Wii Fit to buy at the retail price. Spoiler Alert: it's not going to happen anytime soon. Maybe 6 months from now.
5) Party boats. This one, which is owned by the same company as the one we've taken our office summer outing on for the past two years, exploded while fueling up at the marina we keep Blake's boat at on Monday. One of the kids that works at the marina was killed. It is truly awful. The water is littered with boat debris and oil. We definitely recognize the kid as someone who has worked there for a while. Needless to say, we probably won't be doing much boating this weekend. Sad. Blake's boat was in dry storage at the time, so it's fine...but apparently a large portion of the dock was destroyed. Not good.
Things that are BS
Normally, I enjoy reading Self magazine, and I think it's a pretty reliable source of health and fitness information. However, a few months ago, I stumbled upon an article called "Find Your Happy Weight!" and it made me raging mad. And then I stumbled upon it on their website today (here) and it reminded me how angry it made me. And here's why.
According to the article, a large percentage of women who are trying to lose weight have an unreasonably low goal weight. No surprises there. So they provide this calculator that you plug your stats into and it tells you what a reasonable weight would be for you. It takes into account how much you exercise, and even if you allow yourself a treat 'every so often,' so in theory, it would gauge your general lifestyle and tell you an estimate of what your goal weight should be.
According to this calculator, my goal weight is 117 pounds.
I'm a pretty reasonable person when it comes to my weight. I'm 100% happy with what I weigh right now (same as when I graduated college, go me), although I wouldn't mind losing 5-10 pounds. When I say I 'wouldn't mind losing' I literally mean just that - I'm not going to drastically change my diet, which I think is already pretty healthy, or increase my workouts, which I already do 5-6 times a week, to make that happen, but if it happens, then great. I think any of you who has known me for a solid amount of time knows that I have what might be considered a high to borderline too high self esteem, and I am truly not bothered about the way that I look in a bikini. I could look better, but I don't really care to make any more changes to my lifestyle to do so.
And here's the problem: I haven't weighed 117 pounds since my junior year of HIGH SCHOOL. I had the metabolism of a marathon runner at that time, and I was in dance class 4 nights a week. I in fact have a video from the school musical that year (Guys & Dolls) in which I essentially played a stripper. I was wearing probably what was the least amount of clothing passable for a high school production. And I looked like a skeleton with gigantic boobs. I looked ridiculous. If my boobs weren't so big (thanks, genetics) I would have looked like I was about 12. And aside from dance, I did no serious weight training at that time, so I estimate that I didn't have much muscle mass.
In essence, I think it would be 100% IMPOSSIBLE for me to ever weigh that much again, unless I decide that anorexia is the way to go (and with my love of chocolate and pizza, that is certainly never going to happen). Going into the article, I figured that the lowest weight that I could reasonably maintain (should I ever get back there) would be about 125 (what I weighed after my freshman year of college). To be fair, when I changed the settings in the calculator to say that I have a large build rather than medium, I got 123 pounds...which is slightly more reasonable, but I definitely don't have what would be considered a large build.
So I just want to say this: SHAME on you, Self magazine. You created this tool to encourage women to stop trying to reach unreasonable goals, yet from my experience, all you are doing is encouraging them.
You guys should all try, and let me know how it turns out in the comments. I'd love to see if any of you get a weight that seems reasonable to you. I'd like to know how reliable this thing really is.
According to the article, a large percentage of women who are trying to lose weight have an unreasonably low goal weight. No surprises there. So they provide this calculator that you plug your stats into and it tells you what a reasonable weight would be for you. It takes into account how much you exercise, and even if you allow yourself a treat 'every so often,' so in theory, it would gauge your general lifestyle and tell you an estimate of what your goal weight should be.
According to this calculator, my goal weight is 117 pounds.
I'm a pretty reasonable person when it comes to my weight. I'm 100% happy with what I weigh right now (same as when I graduated college, go me), although I wouldn't mind losing 5-10 pounds. When I say I 'wouldn't mind losing' I literally mean just that - I'm not going to drastically change my diet, which I think is already pretty healthy, or increase my workouts, which I already do 5-6 times a week, to make that happen, but if it happens, then great. I think any of you who has known me for a solid amount of time knows that I have what might be considered a high to borderline too high self esteem, and I am truly not bothered about the way that I look in a bikini. I could look better, but I don't really care to make any more changes to my lifestyle to do so.
And here's the problem: I haven't weighed 117 pounds since my junior year of HIGH SCHOOL. I had the metabolism of a marathon runner at that time, and I was in dance class 4 nights a week. I in fact have a video from the school musical that year (Guys & Dolls) in which I essentially played a stripper. I was wearing probably what was the least amount of clothing passable for a high school production. And I looked like a skeleton with gigantic boobs. I looked ridiculous. If my boobs weren't so big (thanks, genetics) I would have looked like I was about 12. And aside from dance, I did no serious weight training at that time, so I estimate that I didn't have much muscle mass.
In essence, I think it would be 100% IMPOSSIBLE for me to ever weigh that much again, unless I decide that anorexia is the way to go (and with my love of chocolate and pizza, that is certainly never going to happen). Going into the article, I figured that the lowest weight that I could reasonably maintain (should I ever get back there) would be about 125 (what I weighed after my freshman year of college). To be fair, when I changed the settings in the calculator to say that I have a large build rather than medium, I got 123 pounds...which is slightly more reasonable, but I definitely don't have what would be considered a large build.
So I just want to say this: SHAME on you, Self magazine. You created this tool to encourage women to stop trying to reach unreasonable goals, yet from my experience, all you are doing is encouraging them.
You guys should all try, and let me know how it turns out in the comments. I'd love to see if any of you get a weight that seems reasonable to you. I'd like to know how reliable this thing really is.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Back to Cooking
Last night I decided to cook a whole meal because I've been lazy lately. I decided to try this from my Everyday Food magazine. Roasted chicken thighs with zucchini and couscous. 
The chicken was good (although it took significantly longer than the 20 minutes noted in the recipe to be at the right temperature), but I found the couscous kind of dry and boring. There was also WAY too much fresh parsley involved. I only used half of the suggestion, and I still found it to be too much. But I always love zucchini.
I went to the butcher at Reid's on my way home from the gym to get the chicken. I got 3 chicken thighs for under $2, and it was fresh and delicious. I always love going to the butcher for chicken because it's just so much better than the stuff from the grocery store. I think I'll go back there tomorrow night and get some marinated chicken to throw on the grill to have with the risotto I'm planning to make. I was just going to have a hot dog, but the pre-marinated and pre-trimmed chicken at Reid's looked so damn good! They also had pre-made kabobs. I'm thinking I'm going to get all meat there from now on. Tasty.
Is anyone else totally bored at night now that there is basically nothing good on TV? I've been not playing Wii at night the past few days (because Blake gets lonely and whiny), and I gotta tell you, I'm tired of sports and Law & Order reruns, which are about our only options. Lame.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Stew's Wedding
The best way to make up for having a crappy job is to take the day off on Friday and head to Charleston for the weekend to partake in the glorious union of Jessie Stew and EW. The event was held at a plantation which had an Inn on in (this is key). We attended the rehearsal pig roast Friday night, did some hiking around the plantation grounds and some swimming Saturday afternoon, and then did the whole ceremony/reception thing Saturday night. It was hot as balls in Charleston, but that didn't stop us from having a hell of a time. Thanks for the fun, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Seltzer, and congratulations. And enjoy the Caribbean, you bastards.
Without further ado, the best pictures from the event:
Rehearsal dinner: groom's cake.
Without further ado, the best pictures from the event:
Rehearsal dinner: groom's cake.
Rehearsal dinner: Stew's butt bow. Yay!
Ceremony:
Cake:
Cake cutting and such:
Me, the Little, and the Bride:
Me and Blake:
Blake and Jo:
And the funboys:
If you want to see the rest of the pictures, including those from our little nature hike on Saturday afternoon, here's the link. I think that should work, but because I'm awful at computers, I can make no promises.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Weekend roundup
I forgot my camera today, so I can't post my pictures until tomorrow probably, but the Stew's wedding was lovely and the weekend was much fun. Fun fact: Charleston gets hot as shit in June. True story. Anyway that's about all I did this weekend, so I'll post more tomorrow when I get my pictures downloaded :)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Weekend time!
Because I'm taking the day off tomorrow, it's almost the weekend for me! And what an exciting weekend it shall be. It is the weekend of the wedding of one miss Jessie Stew(art), soon to be miss Jessie Seltzer (we have settled on the new nickname Jessie Stew-Seltz post-wedding). Go to the website. My favorite part is the page dedicated to their cat. (I'm easily impressed by fancy looking websites because I can barely operate a computer on my own).
Most of the time when a wedding comes up, either Blake or I don't really want to go. Mostly this is Blake's territory and I have to drag his ass there. However because at this particular wedding one of my friends from college is marrying one of his friends from college, we are both equally excited. And the amount of drinking will be vast.
So tomorrow, I'm going to get up early, hit the gym, get a mani/pedi, pack, and then we're leaving around 1 for Charleston. Yay! We're heading to the pig roast rehearsal dinner tomorrow night and then the ceremony and reception kick off Saturday afternoon. I'm hoping that perhaps we can get to the beach on Saturday morning. We don't get to see the ocean much in Charlotte.
It's going to be a struggle to get through the day at work today given that such a fabulous weekend is upon me. I need to stick it out here and then hit the gym when I leave. I think that since I probably won't be working out this weekend, I will break my long lifting session, usually reserved for Sunday afternoon, into two parts and do it half today and half tomorrow. This way I'll still have time to do cardio both days as well.
Random question: I'm kind of considering getting a mystic tan before this wedding, but I'm scared because I'm so ass white. I'm afraid that I'll look orange, and I don't really want that to happen. Do any of you have some advice about this? I don't want to look "tan" per se, I just don't want the glare of the sun off of my legs to blind the other people at the reception.
Have a good weekend everybody. I'll post some wedding pictures upon my return.
Most of the time when a wedding comes up, either Blake or I don't really want to go. Mostly this is Blake's territory and I have to drag his ass there. However because at this particular wedding one of my friends from college is marrying one of his friends from college, we are both equally excited. And the amount of drinking will be vast.
So tomorrow, I'm going to get up early, hit the gym, get a mani/pedi, pack, and then we're leaving around 1 for Charleston. Yay! We're heading to the pig roast rehearsal dinner tomorrow night and then the ceremony and reception kick off Saturday afternoon. I'm hoping that perhaps we can get to the beach on Saturday morning. We don't get to see the ocean much in Charlotte.
It's going to be a struggle to get through the day at work today given that such a fabulous weekend is upon me. I need to stick it out here and then hit the gym when I leave. I think that since I probably won't be working out this weekend, I will break my long lifting session, usually reserved for Sunday afternoon, into two parts and do it half today and half tomorrow. This way I'll still have time to do cardio both days as well.
Random question: I'm kind of considering getting a mystic tan before this wedding, but I'm scared because I'm so ass white. I'm afraid that I'll look orange, and I don't really want that to happen. Do any of you have some advice about this? I don't want to look "tan" per se, I just don't want the glare of the sun off of my legs to blind the other people at the reception.
Have a good weekend everybody. I'll post some wedding pictures upon my return.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Easily the most disgusting thing ever
So I'm at the gym yesterday and I almost vomit. Not because of a particularly difficult workout but because of something that I saw in the locker room. Let me lay out the scene for you.
First, I need to backtrack and explain a few things. At my fancy gym, you can pay a little (read: $16) extra each month and get your own locker where you can leave your shit AND you get laundry service, so when you're done working out, you remove your gym clothes, put them in your laundry baggie, throw them in the basket, and they're back in your locker in 24 hours. And yes, I realize how spoiled I am. I would pay $16 just to avoid dragging a gym bag with me every day, never mind for the laundry situation. But I digress.
For the people that don't pay for their own lockers, there are some lockers that you can use with a removable combination lock, etc. Also, in each little grouping of lockers, there are some long open areas with hangers, which I use for coats, high boots (because they won't fit in my regular locker if my purse is already in there), the occasional silk or linen dress that I want to hang so it won't get all wrinkly, you get the idea. Sometimes people put computer bags in there or yoga mats or whatever.
A little more backstory: I'm pretty sure I've blogged about the 50 year old fat lady who has a locker near mine before right? The one who gets completely ASS NAKED and walks around and sits on the communal leather bench with her bare behind. I mean, more power to her for feeling secure in her body, and for working out to try to get/stay healthy. But I wouldn't want to see Giselle walking around ass naked in my locker room, never mind some fat old broad.
Ok now it's time for the real situation. Yesterday Fat Old Lady was leaving the locker area to go work out as I was entering it at the completion of my workout. I see her throw her purse in a locker and some shoes at the bottom of an open hanging locker and leave. Then, as I'm getting dressed, I glance into the open hanging locker and I see her shirt and pants on a hanger. And then I see, around the top of the hanger HER UNDERWEAR. HER DIRTY UNDERWEAR, OUT IN THE OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. I seriously wanted to vomit, for two reasons: (1) I don't want to be up close and personal with anyone else's dirty panties, and (2) this probably means that she works out without panties on. GROSS. I felt the immediate need to shower.
The good news is that I upped my 4:15 snack to a yellow bell pepper and a whole grain wasa wafer with peanut butter yesterday, so I was able to get through 50 minutes of cardio and a strength training session without starving to death. I did, however, have to eat immediately when I returned home at 6:30. But that's still an improvement.
Today, as long as it's not raining, I think I'll go for a walk outside in lieu of going to the gym. Also, I am making fajitas for dinner. Yay. :)
First, I need to backtrack and explain a few things. At my fancy gym, you can pay a little (read: $16) extra each month and get your own locker where you can leave your shit AND you get laundry service, so when you're done working out, you remove your gym clothes, put them in your laundry baggie, throw them in the basket, and they're back in your locker in 24 hours. And yes, I realize how spoiled I am. I would pay $16 just to avoid dragging a gym bag with me every day, never mind for the laundry situation. But I digress.
For the people that don't pay for their own lockers, there are some lockers that you can use with a removable combination lock, etc. Also, in each little grouping of lockers, there are some long open areas with hangers, which I use for coats, high boots (because they won't fit in my regular locker if my purse is already in there), the occasional silk or linen dress that I want to hang so it won't get all wrinkly, you get the idea. Sometimes people put computer bags in there or yoga mats or whatever.
A little more backstory: I'm pretty sure I've blogged about the 50 year old fat lady who has a locker near mine before right? The one who gets completely ASS NAKED and walks around and sits on the communal leather bench with her bare behind. I mean, more power to her for feeling secure in her body, and for working out to try to get/stay healthy. But I wouldn't want to see Giselle walking around ass naked in my locker room, never mind some fat old broad.
Ok now it's time for the real situation. Yesterday Fat Old Lady was leaving the locker area to go work out as I was entering it at the completion of my workout. I see her throw her purse in a locker and some shoes at the bottom of an open hanging locker and leave. Then, as I'm getting dressed, I glance into the open hanging locker and I see her shirt and pants on a hanger. And then I see, around the top of the hanger HER UNDERWEAR. HER DIRTY UNDERWEAR, OUT IN THE OPEN FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. I seriously wanted to vomit, for two reasons: (1) I don't want to be up close and personal with anyone else's dirty panties, and (2) this probably means that she works out without panties on. GROSS. I felt the immediate need to shower.
The good news is that I upped my 4:15 snack to a yellow bell pepper and a whole grain wasa wafer with peanut butter yesterday, so I was able to get through 50 minutes of cardio and a strength training session without starving to death. I did, however, have to eat immediately when I returned home at 6:30. But that's still an improvement.
Today, as long as it's not raining, I think I'll go for a walk outside in lieu of going to the gym. Also, I am making fajitas for dinner. Yay. :)
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
here's the problem...
...I need to eat like constantly. I skipped yoga last night because by the time I got off the elliptical, I was mere seconds from eating my own foot. I had a snack at 4:15, and by 6:00 I was about to collapse in a heap in the locker room for lack of food. What is my deal? Here's a brief synopsis of everything I ate before I went to the gym yesterday:
7:30 am: breakfast: protein shake and a bowl of strawberries and cantaloupe cubes
noon: lunch: Baby carrots, small green salad, half turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat
1 pm: I see the remnants of the managers' catered lunch and snag a baby roasted potato and two dinner rolls (with butter, or course). I then chew a piece of gum to stop from eating.
4:15 pm: snack size bag of edamame
Now, granted, spending 65 minutes running 5.27 miles of rolling hills on the elliptical will wear a girl out, but I was of the impression that I should have enough calories in my body to keep me going for another hour. I guess I'm adding a wasa wafer with peanut butter to my pre-Monday night gym routine next week. Boo.
In other news, I now have to buy myself a bunch of Wii games because Blake is officially fed up with trying to find the ones I want for my birthday because they're on backorder like everywhere. Good news: I bet I'll be getting the food processor I've had my eye on now. Bad news: I'm going to have to spend a small fortune on getting these games for myself. I'm off to pre-order Rock Band right now. Because then instead of wasting time trying to find one at a store, it will just be shipped directly to me. Well worth the shipping costs.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Weekend Summary
First of all, Austin is awesome. While it is extremely hot outside, I can see why so many people want to live there. Next time I get to go there for work, I'm definitely spending the weekend and making Blake fly out to hang out with me. Good times.
Friday night Susan and I saw the Sex & the City movie. It was good, except for the 15 whole minutes that never got properly edited and had microphones obviously showing everywhere. They were kind of important scenes too. And the whole theatre was laughing. Not cool. Other than that the movie was good...although a bit rushed. It was basically what could have been an entire season of episodes of the TV show crammed into two and a half hours of movie. But it was good times. And apparently they're already planning a sequel, so yay. But it would be better if they'd just start doing the TV show again. Forever.
Saturday morning, we had to get up at the crack of dawn for our 7am flight back to Charlotte. As you can imagine, I was a bit tired and therefore cranky on Saturday. I think this showed most when we went to Target and were looking for Fathers' Day cards. I was in the "from the cat" section getting cards for Blake when I came across the funniest card I have seen in my entire life. I was laughing so hard tears were spilling down my face in the middle of target. It was so funny that I had to show it to Blake even though he'll be getting it for Fathers Day from Norman anyway. I may go back and buy the entire stock of them so that I can give them to him for years to come. It was just so perfect and accurate. This is what it was:
The front was a cartoony picture from the angle of a person who is laying on their back in bed. So all you can see of the person is their feet coming up out of the covers. And then there is a pudgy orange cat standing on what would be the person's stomach, backwards, so that the cat's ass is directly in the person's face. The butt hole is drawn on there. And the cat's head is like looking back at where the person's head would be. And then the inside says "I came by to say Happy Fathers' Day this morning, but you were still asleep. Love, the Cat."
This is way funnier in person, but Norman is CONSTANTLY walking all over Blake while he sleeps, sometimes he even sleeps on him. And when he does all of this he ALWAYS rubs his ass all over Blake's face. It's like his goal is to get his butt as close to Blake's face as possible before he lays down. Sometimes I'm awake when this is happening and I just start laughing. So you can imagine how excited I was about this card. Also, the cat on the card is orange and so is Norman...so it's almost like Blake designed this card with himself in mind.
After my little incident at Target, we went to Best Buy and Blake bought me Dance Dance Revolution for Wii for my birthday. Yay! but he won't let me have it until we actually celebrate the birthday. Which is fine, I can wait a couple of weeks if I know that I'll get to have it then. I pretty much played Wii for the rest of the day Saturday.
Sunday we went out to the lake. It was hot out, but the water was nice, if not a bit colder than I would have liked. Blake skied and Tim was with us so I didn't have to drive the boat, which was key. When we got home, we did chores and played Wii and I made cookies.
Today it's back to my normal schedule until I go out of town in two weeks...it's Yoga day, so I leave work at 4:30 and do some cardio and then yoga until 7. Woo.
Friday night Susan and I saw the Sex & the City movie. It was good, except for the 15 whole minutes that never got properly edited and had microphones obviously showing everywhere. They were kind of important scenes too. And the whole theatre was laughing. Not cool. Other than that the movie was good...although a bit rushed. It was basically what could have been an entire season of episodes of the TV show crammed into two and a half hours of movie. But it was good times. And apparently they're already planning a sequel, so yay. But it would be better if they'd just start doing the TV show again. Forever.
Saturday morning, we had to get up at the crack of dawn for our 7am flight back to Charlotte. As you can imagine, I was a bit tired and therefore cranky on Saturday. I think this showed most when we went to Target and were looking for Fathers' Day cards. I was in the "from the cat" section getting cards for Blake when I came across the funniest card I have seen in my entire life. I was laughing so hard tears were spilling down my face in the middle of target. It was so funny that I had to show it to Blake even though he'll be getting it for Fathers Day from Norman anyway. I may go back and buy the entire stock of them so that I can give them to him for years to come. It was just so perfect and accurate. This is what it was:
The front was a cartoony picture from the angle of a person who is laying on their back in bed. So all you can see of the person is their feet coming up out of the covers. And then there is a pudgy orange cat standing on what would be the person's stomach, backwards, so that the cat's ass is directly in the person's face. The butt hole is drawn on there. And the cat's head is like looking back at where the person's head would be. And then the inside says "I came by to say Happy Fathers' Day this morning, but you were still asleep. Love, the Cat."
This is way funnier in person, but Norman is CONSTANTLY walking all over Blake while he sleeps, sometimes he even sleeps on him. And when he does all of this he ALWAYS rubs his ass all over Blake's face. It's like his goal is to get his butt as close to Blake's face as possible before he lays down. Sometimes I'm awake when this is happening and I just start laughing. So you can imagine how excited I was about this card. Also, the cat on the card is orange and so is Norman...so it's almost like Blake designed this card with himself in mind.
After my little incident at Target, we went to Best Buy and Blake bought me Dance Dance Revolution for Wii for my birthday. Yay! but he won't let me have it until we actually celebrate the birthday. Which is fine, I can wait a couple of weeks if I know that I'll get to have it then. I pretty much played Wii for the rest of the day Saturday.
Sunday we went out to the lake. It was hot out, but the water was nice, if not a bit colder than I would have liked. Blake skied and Tim was with us so I didn't have to drive the boat, which was key. When we got home, we did chores and played Wii and I made cookies.
Today it's back to my normal schedule until I go out of town in two weeks...it's Yoga day, so I leave work at 4:30 and do some cardio and then yoga until 7. Woo.
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