I cleaned my desk! It's a little ridiculous how happy this makes me... Maybe I'll tackle cleaning my personal desk after work. Gasp!
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Little things
I cleaned my desk! It's a little ridiculous how happy this makes me... Maybe I'll tackle cleaning my personal desk after work. Gasp!
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
It's only the eleventh day of Christmas so I totally still have time for a Christmas post!
By the way, I always have trouble coming up with blog titles. I'm always worried it'll make the post sound lame-- or worse, spoil some surprise I have for you!
Like what we got Molly totorture amuse for Christmas.
Like what we got Molly to
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| Me: "Now, Molly, these are antlers. You're going to be adorable. Just hold still..." Please forgive my shirt... I had been wearing something nicer but changed into this to bake since I always make a mess of myself. |
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| Molly: "I realllly don't know about this..." |
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| Molly: "Yeah, NO. I'm done." Me: "PLEASE????" |
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| Molly: "Oh, fine. But only because I'm distracted because my favoritest person in the whole wide world just got back from yoga and I need to lick her hands more than I need to get this thing off my head." Kristin, before you say anything, you look fine in this picture, and posting it was absolutely necessary for proper blogging. |
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| "Ok, maybe this isn't so bad" |
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| "Actually, I look rather cute" |
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| "I think I'm really getting into the Christmas spirit here guys" |
And here's my personal favorite...
Molly was (and still is) a very spoiled puppy for Christmas. We bought her a stuffed Christmas-themed moose, Kris brought this awesome monkey that squeaks. Unfortunately Molly has now torn holes in both and I keep pulling polyester stuffing out of her mouth because she tries to eat everything and doesn't have the common sense to spit out things that are not food. I had to pull an unpopped popcorn kernel out of her mouth the other day (don't judge me and my cleaning skills; it went flying out of the air popper and I didn't know where it went).
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| "OOH what's the flashy light thing you're pointing at me. Must investigate camera!" |
Molly was (and still is) a very spoiled puppy for Christmas. We bought her a stuffed Christmas-themed moose, Kris brought this awesome monkey that squeaks. Unfortunately Molly has now torn holes in both and I keep pulling polyester stuffing out of her mouth because she tries to eat everything and doesn't have the common sense to spit out things that are not food. I had to pull an unpopped popcorn kernel out of her mouth the other day (don't judge me and my cleaning skills; it went flying out of the air popper and I didn't know where it went).
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| Christmas moose! She actually started leaving the antlers on for after a while. |
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| Santa Paws! |
Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Christmas and got everything they wanted-- we had a wonderful time with family and friends, both here and back in Lemont last weekend.
Goals!
So I usually don't make new years resolutions, because I have a short attention span and tend to get distracted by things. Plus I'm pretty much perfect already, so what's the point?
But in this case, I have a lot of changes I want to make this year, and I'm usually better about keeping up with lifestyle changes if I make them public. So I'm doing this, and I'll have to keep myself accountable to my readers. All three of them or so. :)
The biggest one, which I'm sure a few of you have heard about already, is I'm going to be running a half marathon in June. June 5th (my sister's half-birthday!) in San Diego! I'm not a runner, so I'm really counting on that elevation difference helping me out... Just kidding, I'm training too. I'd love to be at the gym right now, actually, except that I think I slightly sprained my ankle last weekend (stupid slippery airport floors and having to dodge people trying to walk into you) so I'm trying to take it easy.
Second one is that I'm going to buy, cook, and eat (when we eat out) healthier food. I know, nice and vague, eh? More specifically, I'm going to buy more of my food from smaller shops (we have some great bakeries, delis, and butcher shops that I have in mind) and from the local grocery chain that has wonderful natural and organic meat and produce. It'll take more time, but I feel like it'll be worth it. Plus the grocery store is next to my gym, so I'll just have to learn to lose my shame and go in there all sweaty after working out. Oh, and I'm trying to avoid artificial shtuff in my food. Not going to be preachy here, I've just reached a point where I don't want fake color, fiber, flavor, sugar, etc.
Going hand-in-hand with that, I'd really like to lose 15 pounds. Shouldn't be too bad. I won't go into detail on that because no one likes to hear people ramble on and on about how they want to lose weight...
I want to get a new bike and start biking around to do errands and go to the gym. There's really no reason not to since most of the places I go are within 3-4 miles. Like this one.
To make time for all that, I'm going to stop watching crap tv. I'd tell you what I end up sitting down and watching sometimes, but honestly I'm embarrassed... Exception to this is food network shows that I record and watch later, but I'm going to try not to do that either.
Oh, and I'll be saving more money for travel, emergencies, etc. Haven't been doing that since all the wedding chaos and the joy of trying to combine two peoples' finances and spending habits, but shouldn't be too hard now.
Resolution for this week? Clean out the fridge and pantry! I have no less than three jars of baking powder, all of them past their expiration date. Shame on me...
But in this case, I have a lot of changes I want to make this year, and I'm usually better about keeping up with lifestyle changes if I make them public. So I'm doing this, and I'll have to keep myself accountable to my readers. All three of them or so. :)
The biggest one, which I'm sure a few of you have heard about already, is I'm going to be running a half marathon in June. June 5th (my sister's half-birthday!) in San Diego! I'm not a runner, so I'm really counting on that elevation difference helping me out... Just kidding, I'm training too. I'd love to be at the gym right now, actually, except that I think I slightly sprained my ankle last weekend (stupid slippery airport floors and having to dodge people trying to walk into you) so I'm trying to take it easy.
Second one is that I'm going to buy, cook, and eat (when we eat out) healthier food. I know, nice and vague, eh? More specifically, I'm going to buy more of my food from smaller shops (we have some great bakeries, delis, and butcher shops that I have in mind) and from the local grocery chain that has wonderful natural and organic meat and produce. It'll take more time, but I feel like it'll be worth it. Plus the grocery store is next to my gym, so I'll just have to learn to lose my shame and go in there all sweaty after working out. Oh, and I'm trying to avoid artificial shtuff in my food. Not going to be preachy here, I've just reached a point where I don't want fake color, fiber, flavor, sugar, etc.
Going hand-in-hand with that, I'd really like to lose 15 pounds. Shouldn't be too bad. I won't go into detail on that because no one likes to hear people ramble on and on about how they want to lose weight...
I want to get a new bike and start biking around to do errands and go to the gym. There's really no reason not to since most of the places I go are within 3-4 miles. Like this one.
To make time for all that, I'm going to stop watching crap tv. I'd tell you what I end up sitting down and watching sometimes, but honestly I'm embarrassed... Exception to this is food network shows that I record and watch later, but I'm going to try not to do that either.
Oh, and I'll be saving more money for travel, emergencies, etc. Haven't been doing that since all the wedding chaos and the joy of trying to combine two peoples' finances and spending habits, but shouldn't be too hard now.
Resolution for this week? Clean out the fridge and pantry! I have no less than three jars of baking powder, all of them past their expiration date. Shame on me...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Twitchy
How I feel working lately is exactly how I used to feel during naptime in when I was in kindergarten. I never napped past toddlerhood (much to my mother's consternation I'm sure), so during naptime I'd lay on the mats on the floor we were supposed to nap on and watch the clock.
Apparently my teacher gave up and let me read after a while because she found my behavior really creepy.
No matter how hard I try lately, I can't make myself focus when I'm supposed to be working. I had a three-hour spurt of productivity yesterday and it was heavenly. But now I'm back to watching the clock. And fidgiting. And pacing the house. Spying on the dog. Snacking. Doodling. More pacing.
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