Did my title get your attention? This post is a hodge podge of what's swimming around in my head tonight, and I'm writing it so I can procrastinate doing something that I really need to do but need another excuse to avoid. Plus, I haven't had a good brain dump in a while, so here goes...
First and foremost, I'm preparing for my first business trip with Tastefully Simple this week. It's a $1000+ leadership conference that I earned for free, plus some extra money to cover my airfare. The whole trip will cost me $12 AND I get to see one of my BFFs during our free afternoon on Saturday. Yay!
I haven't been on a business trip in over a decade. Well, unless you count doing vendor events with my mom's company. I digress...I scoured my closet tonight to see what I'll pack to wear and oy. It was slim pickin's! My wardrobe really is meek. And pathetic. I will say that (for some reason) I still have the dress that I wore to my wedding rehearsal nearly 12 years ago and I tried it on tonight and it looked great. Gotta love those classic Ann Taylor pieces! Of course, I have no shoes to match, but I'll remedy that later this week. I will also be purchasing some Spanx to help hold in my bits and pieces for another outfit I picked out. And some new jeans, since my trusty pair of Lucky Big Stars are fraying terribly at the bottom.
Hmmm, this trip is costing more than I thought...
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Speaking of clothes, Victoria's Secret stopped carrying my bra. My "find the perfect bra" goal on my 101 in 1001 list? Yeah, THAT BRA. I am so frustrated with them. The good news is that I bought three over the course of more than a year, so hopefully those will last me a while. Because seriously...I searched for that dumb bra for years. Grrrr.
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Don't you wish they'd sell the t.v. version of movies? I recorded and watched the ABC Family version of Love Actually over the holidays and it was delightful. They completely cut out the porn stand-in couple, if you were wondering. The whole thing was lovely and hilarious and refreshing. Except for the British guy who flew to the states and allowed the movie's Director to portray American girls as complete bimbos. But whatever.
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Speaking of movies, Mike and I rented Crazy, Stupid Love this weekend and I loved it! I mean, all things considered. One-night stands and all, there's just something about a bad boy going soft and getting whipped by a cute little red head. And WOW, Ryan Gossling sure got himself into shape for that one, didn't he? I'm guessing he had 9% body fat, if that. Yowza.
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First and foremost, I'm preparing for my first business trip with Tastefully Simple this week. It's a $1000+ leadership conference that I earned for free, plus some extra money to cover my airfare. The whole trip will cost me $12 AND I get to see one of my BFFs during our free afternoon on Saturday. Yay!
I haven't been on a business trip in over a decade. Well, unless you count doing vendor events with my mom's company. I digress...I scoured my closet tonight to see what I'll pack to wear and oy. It was slim pickin's! My wardrobe really is meek. And pathetic. I will say that (for some reason) I still have the dress that I wore to my wedding rehearsal nearly 12 years ago and I tried it on tonight and it looked great. Gotta love those classic Ann Taylor pieces! Of course, I have no shoes to match, but I'll remedy that later this week. I will also be purchasing some Spanx to help hold in my bits and pieces for another outfit I picked out. And some new jeans, since my trusty pair of Lucky Big Stars are fraying terribly at the bottom.
Hmmm, this trip is costing more than I thought...
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Speaking of clothes, Victoria's Secret stopped carrying my bra. My "find the perfect bra" goal on my 101 in 1001 list? Yeah, THAT BRA. I am so frustrated with them. The good news is that I bought three over the course of more than a year, so hopefully those will last me a while. Because seriously...I searched for that dumb bra for years. Grrrr.
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Don't you wish they'd sell the t.v. version of movies? I recorded and watched the ABC Family version of Love Actually over the holidays and it was delightful. They completely cut out the porn stand-in couple, if you were wondering. The whole thing was lovely and hilarious and refreshing. Except for the British guy who flew to the states and allowed the movie's Director to portray American girls as complete bimbos. But whatever.
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Speaking of movies, Mike and I rented Crazy, Stupid Love this weekend and I loved it! I mean, all things considered. One-night stands and all, there's just something about a bad boy going soft and getting whipped by a cute little red head. And WOW, Ryan Gossling sure got himself into shape for that one, didn't he? I'm guessing he had 9% body fat, if that. Yowza.
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Speaking of one night stands, Mike and I saw an ad on a bus the other day that said, "Wanted: One Night Stand." Our naive little eyes were appalled, of course, until we got closer and realized it was an ad for a local consignment store. Instead of THAT kind of one night stand, it was "Wanted...1 nightstand." Clever, huh? Got our attention, that's for sure.
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I got a Mac and I'm so excited. It's a MacBook Pro and I love it. Love. Except that I'm not completely converted over from my PC because I'm not as fast on Pages or Numbers as I am in Word and Excel. And lets be honest...I don't have a ton of spare time to tinker around these days. Maybe I'll play around with it during my business trip. Considering the fact that I won't know a single soul there.
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Speaking of love: I am loving homeschooling. This afternoon, Ryan picked Kaylin up from the bus stop and the kids played at the nearby park for a while with some friends. Instead of barking at them to come home so we could trudge through homework, they got to play for more than two hours without a care in the world. Kaylin didn't have any homework, but even if she had, we could have done it in the morning while Ryan was schooling. I am love-love-LOVING this freedom in the afternoons.
Over the past 5 weeks, we've been primarily focusing on reading, writing and arithmetic, but last week, we incorporated in some ancient history and the kids are really into it. They do a related coloring page while I read aloud, then we do the review questions together, look at a map of the area we're discussing, then do an additional project from the activity book if there's time. We're all learning so much: Nomads, Egyptians and hyroglyphs, oh my!
Then last night, I began reading them Little House in the Big Woods from the Little House on the Prairie series. Ryan is so into it already that he begs me not to stop reading. I put Jason in his crib and the big kids lay on Ryan's bunks while I read before bedtime. It's a great setup and they're a captive audience. Even Jason's already learning not to be disruptive. So far, so good!
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Last week, a friend and I took our kids to the Pirate Exhibit at the Arizona Science Center. I was a little underwhelmed by the exhibit, personally, especially for the cost. Hmmm...I take that back. I guess I actually enjoyed it, but the fact that it was lots of reading and little that they could touch meant that the little ones weren't as captivated. Glad we went, wouldn't go again.
The kids were even all pirated out for the day. We split two costumes and three bandannas between five kids. Not bad, huh? How cute are these scurvy dogs?
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I got a Mac and I'm so excited. It's a MacBook Pro and I love it. Love. Except that I'm not completely converted over from my PC because I'm not as fast on Pages or Numbers as I am in Word and Excel. And lets be honest...I don't have a ton of spare time to tinker around these days. Maybe I'll play around with it during my business trip. Considering the fact that I won't know a single soul there.
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Speaking of love: I am loving homeschooling. This afternoon, Ryan picked Kaylin up from the bus stop and the kids played at the nearby park for a while with some friends. Instead of barking at them to come home so we could trudge through homework, they got to play for more than two hours without a care in the world. Kaylin didn't have any homework, but even if she had, we could have done it in the morning while Ryan was schooling. I am love-love-LOVING this freedom in the afternoons.
Over the past 5 weeks, we've been primarily focusing on reading, writing and arithmetic, but last week, we incorporated in some ancient history and the kids are really into it. They do a related coloring page while I read aloud, then we do the review questions together, look at a map of the area we're discussing, then do an additional project from the activity book if there's time. We're all learning so much: Nomads, Egyptians and hyroglyphs, oh my!
Then last night, I began reading them Little House in the Big Woods from the Little House on the Prairie series. Ryan is so into it already that he begs me not to stop reading. I put Jason in his crib and the big kids lay on Ryan's bunks while I read before bedtime. It's a great setup and they're a captive audience. Even Jason's already learning not to be disruptive. So far, so good!
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Last week, a friend and I took our kids to the Pirate Exhibit at the Arizona Science Center. I was a little underwhelmed by the exhibit, personally, especially for the cost. Hmmm...I take that back. I guess I actually enjoyed it, but the fact that it was lots of reading and little that they could touch meant that the little ones weren't as captivated. Glad we went, wouldn't go again.
The kids were even all pirated out for the day. We split two costumes and three bandannas between five kids. Not bad, huh? How cute are these scurvy dogs?
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Mike and I tried to hike Camelback Mountain yesterday, despite the fact that my 1001 days ended 105 days ago. The conditions were nearly perfect. Most importantly, we had childcare: the kids had a sleepover with my mom. The weather wasn't too hot and wasn't too cold. I'm not pregnant. (that took up a large chunk of my 1001 days!) I've been to the gym at least three times in the last month. (not in the best shape, but I figured I wouldn't die)
Well. We couldn't find a parking space for ANYTHING. Since when do cars wait in line to get a parking space to exercise?!?!? We even drove slowly behind people, hoping they were done hiking and on their way to their cars. So disappointing. With our tails between our legs, we then drove over to another popular mountain, Squaw Peak, and found one lonely parking space just sitting there, waiting for us.
We huffed and puffed up the mountain, even passing some hikers. (ahem...most were very old or very young, like FIVE years old, but it made me feel better that I wasn't the slowest one on the mountain) I forgot how steep this dumb thing is! It was like climbing stairs for 45 minutes. My legs were Jell-O when we got to the top and I was concerned that I was too shaky to make it down safely. Thank goodness for gravity, because I ended up bending my leg and practically falling down the rock-formed stairs, somehow avoiding stumbling to my death. But seriously, I won't be hiking Squaw Peak for a while. And to think...Mike and his boss used to jog that twice a week in our days before kids! He didn't remember ever being in that good of shape.
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Last thought: during our date night Saturday, I talked Mike into committing to his own version of the 12 Goals for 2012. He's not a goals person, so this was HUGE. Things that made his list are: no coffee for a month, arrive early to work every day for a month, grill every weekend (YAY for me not having to cook Saturday or Sunday - this was actually his idea), plus lots of fitness goals and wake up early/go to bed early goals. I'm so proud of him! I might have to rearrange a few of my months to be in line with his months, but that's okay. He's even on board with July's "no t.v. except 2 hours/week" goal. Can't wait for that one...we waste so much time on pointless entertainment. I blame the t.v. for why I don't read. Flipping on the t.v. and demanding that it entertain me with no effort on my part...hopefully I'll pick up a book or two during the month of July.
Thanks for hanging with me during my rambles. I hope you're having a great week!
Mike and I tried to hike Camelback Mountain yesterday, despite the fact that my 1001 days ended 105 days ago. The conditions were nearly perfect. Most importantly, we had childcare: the kids had a sleepover with my mom. The weather wasn't too hot and wasn't too cold. I'm not pregnant. (that took up a large chunk of my 1001 days!) I've been to the gym at least three times in the last month. (not in the best shape, but I figured I wouldn't die)
Well. We couldn't find a parking space for ANYTHING. Since when do cars wait in line to get a parking space to exercise?!?!? We even drove slowly behind people, hoping they were done hiking and on their way to their cars. So disappointing. With our tails between our legs, we then drove over to another popular mountain, Squaw Peak, and found one lonely parking space just sitting there, waiting for us.
We huffed and puffed up the mountain, even passing some hikers. (ahem...most were very old or very young, like FIVE years old, but it made me feel better that I wasn't the slowest one on the mountain) I forgot how steep this dumb thing is! It was like climbing stairs for 45 minutes. My legs were Jell-O when we got to the top and I was concerned that I was too shaky to make it down safely. Thank goodness for gravity, because I ended up bending my leg and practically falling down the rock-formed stairs, somehow avoiding stumbling to my death. But seriously, I won't be hiking Squaw Peak for a while. And to think...Mike and his boss used to jog that twice a week in our days before kids! He didn't remember ever being in that good of shape.
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Last thought: during our date night Saturday, I talked Mike into committing to his own version of the 12 Goals for 2012. He's not a goals person, so this was HUGE. Things that made his list are: no coffee for a month, arrive early to work every day for a month, grill every weekend (YAY for me not having to cook Saturday or Sunday - this was actually his idea), plus lots of fitness goals and wake up early/go to bed early goals. I'm so proud of him! I might have to rearrange a few of my months to be in line with his months, but that's okay. He's even on board with July's "no t.v. except 2 hours/week" goal. Can't wait for that one...we waste so much time on pointless entertainment. I blame the t.v. for why I don't read. Flipping on the t.v. and demanding that it entertain me with no effort on my part...hopefully I'll pick up a book or two during the month of July.
Thanks for hanging with me during my rambles. I hope you're having a great week!
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4 comments:
I could SOOOOOOO benefit from turning off the television myself. It tends to get left on sometimes just for background noise, but even that isn't healthy.
Whoah! That was a HUGE brain dump! But, I'm used to it since that's how most of our conversations of late have gone. I'm dumping on you or vice versa! :) Can't wait to see you on Saturday, BFF! Love you!
Aw. I tried reading the Little house books to my eldest, but she just wasn't into it. Hm, I might have to try with the youngest now! I loved those books so much as a kid and saved them, my kids have to like them too! :)
I was totally frustrated with VS's as well when I was back in the US over Christmas and desperately needed new bras (my dog likes to yank them out of the laundry and chew them). I was shocked they didn't have "my bra" anymore (Body Demi) but the lady measured me and explained they "updated" it - its their most popular bra. I tried one on - LOVED it - bought 4. So I totally recommend when you need another bra you go back in and try it out. I love it more than the original - and I have cleavage again - yeah! Now to keep them out of the dogs mouth.....
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