why yes….

I am going to the gym again. Oh, and YES it IS true that I’ve lost 30lbs.

happy.

wanna know a secret?

Going from eating anything you want and not caring about nutrients or fat (or whatever) and not listening to your body and becoming someone who makes good choices 80% of the time is damn difficult. DAMN DIFFICULT I SAID.

Now, look. I understand that millions have done it, millions are currently eating yummy veggie + fruit smoothies for breakfast after an incredible 5 mile run. I get it. I even know what to do and I’ve been trying. I’m just bitching because right now, it’s hard. and I’m weak.

 

fuck off april

you suck.

except for the flowers and grass and trees (minus the pollen), the bright blue sky and happy puffy clouds.

stupid april. i want to hate you. but you seduce me with your warm days and fresh smells. bitch.

RIP Arthur John Evensen 1921-2011

Probably my favorite picture right now…and will be for a long time. Uncle Mike with Pop-Pop at Christmas this past year.

damn + blast…

it’s almost the middle of freakin’ February! (and damn + blast is my favorite new-to-me phrase)

I was lucky enough to take a quick trip to Florida last week to enjoy a tiny bit of warm, sunny weather. Nothing like what we’re getting here in TN now. It took me almost three hours to get home from the store today! roads weren’t salted, nor were they being scraped. a truly awful commute home tonight.

and during that short stay, Cara (@anjacara) finally convinced me to try Bare Escentuals make-up. not that she hasn’t extolled its virtues in the past, but this time it stuck. we went to Ulta, which I’d never been to before (and just found out there’s one in the ‘Boro). So I got an intro kit and an eye kit (thanks Cara!!) and have been loving it ever since. And what’s bad is that there’s a retail Bare Escentuals store at Green Hills Mall. I see more BE in my future, for sure.

somehow, i dont’t think i’ll be sleeping tonight…me and netflix are gonna be tight tonight.

 

covet

this from kate spade:

oh yes, it will be mine.

christmas is crushing me

into little pieces. i have so much to do finish. i should be cleaning, baking, knitting, wrapping and shopping, but instead i’m reading and about to take a hot bath. i’ll be thinking about healing in 2010 and 2011. though, 2010 was more about hurting than healing, but i may be able to draw out the bright spot. maybe the warm water will help.

yikes…goals can cost ya.

so a ticket to Kazakhstan alone  is around $4,000 round trip. So it looks like my first goal  (in order to reach my “new” goal) is going to be saving up enough money to take that trip. that’s a tough one to think about during the holidays. I better get down to business and do a budget for December. Everyone is getting a home-made gift this Christmas, I believe.

a new goal…

so i’ve decided that i’m going to visit all the countries in the world that start with the letter “K”. and i’m going to do that by the time I turn 40. Yes indeed. I think there are 7 countries. I’ll post a list soon. I don’t think rob is too happy about my decision, because I’ll probably have to do many of the trips alone. North Korea anyone?

bad stars

yesterday i hit my head on a metal corner. I hit it so hard that I saw stars. not shiny, twinkly ones, but scary mean ones that looked at me ugly because I was dumb enough to hit my head so hard.

i have a headache today, by the way.