Hey Folks,
So sorry that there's been a bit of lapse in the posting (and I was doing so well too!) I ended up waffling a little on the eating and exercise, but I'm hoping to get back at it tomrrow! Just got a pair of brand new runners for my birthday, so expect to see running info up here as welll!
Given that I've strayed from the beaten path, measurements and weight was on hold. I'll repost when I start again.
TTFN!
- B
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Where have I been?
Long time no see!
At least… it feels like it’s been a rather long
time. My last post was August 15th! I can’t believe I went that long
without even writing a draft of something to post here (although… the list. It still
grows. Everything from make up to movies to old 80’s cartoons). I feel quite
guilty about it, to be honest. * Poof *! There goes that plan of a daily ½ hour
block of time to write. Sigh. Well, if at first you don’t succeed….
There’s been a pile of things going on here since I last
posted. Perhaps not enough to make a good excuse for not blogging (alright,
alright. Definitely not enough. I spent days letting my brain turn to slurpy
ok?! I have a little over a week before I have to go back to school to finish the masters.
I’m taking advantage of that.) BUT! There have been things. Interesting things.
Things I can blog about.
Since last we spoke, er… typed… I’ve had a birthday, been
sans Hubby for 10 days, and had the flu (still have the flu actually). These
were the major events. I know, they still don’t seem like a lot. But they did
manage to take up a CHUNK of time, due to the little things involved.
On the 12th I celebrated my 28th Birthday.
Which is to say I celebrated it on the 11th, because the 12th
was a Sunday and I had to work on Monday. It was wonderful. A couple of days
before, my way too awesome parents bought me not one, but 2! pairs of shoes and
matching purses. I am dearly in love with them and can’t wait to post there
here to share. The shoes and purses that is. Not my parents. They wouldn’t
appreciate that.
Back to Birthday. Saturday I went around with a friend in
search of a suitable birthday outfit. Hubby had tried very, very hard to keep
the whole thing on the DL (Down Low? Or is that term passé now?), with poor
results. In sending out messages, he neglected to tell others that this was
supposed to be a surprise thing. I was asked by 3 people about the events on Saturday.
I had to inform them that I didn’t know, as Hubby was planning it and hadn’t
informed me. This was met with varying responses to “Oh crap! I ruined the
surprise! I didn’t know!” to glossing it over to make it not a big deal and
promptly getting me off the phone. I found it pretty funny. I was still quite
surprised too! And I am semi glad that I did find out, since it gave me heads
up enough to get something nice to wear, get makeup and hair done, etc.
All in all, it was a blast. Friends came over that I
haven’t seen in far too long. There was barbeque, drinks, chatting. No games,
but me and girls spent quite a long time around the table having the ‘late
night drinking talk’ that is inevitable when liquor is involved. Not the sappy
one, mind you, the good kind instead. Apparently it was pretty amusing to the
more sober boys who took refuge in the living room, as I was informed by Hubby
later the next day. While I was nursing the Wine Flu. ;)
A few days after the Birthday Adventures, I helped Hubby pack
and saw him off at the airport. He was gone for 10 days of fun, sun, playing
pool and a bit of gambling in Las Vegas. I’m happy to say he had a wonderful
time. He and his team made it quite high in the competition, coming in the 60s
range, out of 460 teams. I was so proud! Once the boys were out of the
competition, that’s when the fun began. They gambled, they drank, they bought
things. Another proud point: Hubby didn’t over spend, over gamble, or over buy
and still had a blast. He actually came home UNDER budget. On top of that (yes!
More!) he is a wonderful, fabulous husband. He went to Sephora and MAC to
purchase makeup for me, since we don’t have either of those stores here (which makes
me all kinds of sad. Here that Sephora and MAC?! We need you here in
Newfoundland!). I gave him a list of about 11 items hoping he’d come home with
about 4, maybe 5 if I was lucky. He came home with 6 items, plus the little
bonuses that Sephora gives you when you spend whatever amount. There will be
more about that later. There’s actually too much to try and smash in here.
While Hubby was away, the only thing I really got to do
was work and be sick. Actually, I’m still fighting the flu. It’s brutal. You seem
alright at first, then it comes by and kicks you in the pants saying “NO!”
I did get to do a simple little craft on a “craft night”
with a friend, watched all the episodes of Toddlers and Tiaras (what can I say,
it’s trainwreck that I can’t tear my eyes away from. And the social
psychologist training is just making it sooo fascinating). Picked up some
pretty sweat clothes at a killer sale at Aeropostale Took Jessie, my 8 year old puppy, to the vet
and found she is probably suffering from allergies. So we’ve cut out the little
bit of dairy she gets. The vet also told us she’s overweight. Chubby was the
word she used. So on top of giving her some meds to take care of the allergies,
we’re cutting her food by a quarter. She’s dealing, but we get extra sad puppy
eyes for not giving her things like egg and yogurt. anymore. Picked up Hubby Thursday night,
Friday night I was over with some friends. Today is at home, suffering through
this flu.
So there it is. The crib notes version of where I’ve been
and whats going on. I’ve done other small things, there’s definitely been some other
items picked up that I’ll be sharing, other things on the list I wanted to get
to (though some of them are getting to the dated stage. Post them anyway?)
By now you may have noticed the new blog look! A bestie
picked this one out for me. It became my favourite as well. I just need to
figure out how to tweak a few things. Like that title. The colour and font
needs to change. But... my tweaking hasn’t been successful so far. Must learn
MOAR! And I’d love to have some of my own pictures in there. Eventually I’m
sure…
Well, it’s time to close this entry up, it’s long enough
as it is!
Till next time.
P.S.: One more thing! My brother-in-law and his
girlfriend found a new apartment! Very excited for them, as it’s in town and easy
to visit. A bonus is that I get my sewing/art/craft room! They need a couch,
and we have a spare futon. So they’ll be taking the futon, making space in the
extra room for me! Yay!
Scaring Yourself Silly
This post comes a little late. I know, I know. Halloween is past us, but still wanted to talk about this, because Halloween weekend and Halloween Night for me was less than stellar.
The weekend... well… it was just dull. I was sick, Hubby was sick, we hadn’t had any time to get costumes together or decorations out (mostly because they are in a big box too heavy for me to carry in the shed, and Hubby had hurt his knee a couple of weeks ago and still recovering). Thus I looked forward to Halloween Night, with all the little trick-or-treaters.
All 5 of them.
That was it, only 5. And they were adorable, but I was really hoping for more. At the end of it, I was left with a 115 chocolate bars (now spread between home, work, and school office). Bored and disappointed, I sat down, worked on a school presentation, and threw on Leprechaun.
What a great decision! Intended to be scary, this movie is actually quite funny. The leprechaun himself is quite hideous, but his antics of getting his gold back, and those of the people trying to escape him, are hilarious! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now I had made previous plans with a friend to go see Paranormal Activity 3 on Tuesday. By the time Tuesday night came along, I was feeling brave. Watching Leprechaun had some kind of… emboldening effect on me, though I can’t quite figure out why. We proudly trotted into the cinema, bought our snacks and tickets, and waited for the show.
Now, I don’t normally like paranormal movies. But for some reason, the PA movies have really hooked me. I had re-watched the first 2, and was expecting quite a bit from the 3rd. I won’t spoil it for those that haven’t seen it, but suffice to say, I left with more questions than those I had answered, and I kinda hope they come out with a 4th.
However, it was just as jumpy and suspenseful as I had expected. There is a lot more activity in this one, and they set you up to expect the jump. The best part though, is that they fake you out so that when you do expect it, nothing happens. Or what does happen is from the demon. And then something does happen from the demon and you get a bigger jump.
As soon as I came home from the movie, I started getting what I call “the heebie jeebies”. I made the dog stay with me as a walked around the house and booted to the bed once the last light was off. As I dashed into bed and curled under the covers, I could hear Hubby chuckling at me. Still, it didn’t keep him from snuggling me to keep me from scaring myself too silly with my overactive imagination.
I did really enjoy the movie, even though I spent a good deal of it hiding behind my coat. And it might be a little while before the heebie jeebies finally pass. At least I didn’t let out little yelps of fright every time. Can’t say the same for my friend!
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