I should get to cleaning, huh?
9/3/12
Labor Day Woes
I would really love to whip up a cute skirt or get crafty on a new project on this labor-free Monday, but unfortunately, my space still look like this:
I should get to cleaning, huh?
I should get to cleaning, huh?
8/29/12
Wishing for Rain
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A typical rainy day gives me a great excuse to drink a cup of hot tea, listen to chill music, slow down and reflect.
So far, all this sunshine we are blessed with here in Colorado makes it quite hard for one to sit inside and do just that. I'm finding it near impossible to slow down here.
I never would have thought that one of the things I miss most about Oklahoma is a good rain storm. We are departing from the "rainy season" here and I find myself wishing, hoping, for just a few drops to fall from the sky.
8/27/12
Our New Home
Finally, the anticipated photos of our new digs...
We are pretty smitten with this little rental house.
The neighborhood is great; it's biking distance from Little Man Ice Cream and Highland Tap and Burger, Sunflower is right around the corner, and the neighbors are quite friendly.
The wood floors and odd quirks (we have a Harry Potter coat closet!) remind me of the homes I lived in college. Penny loves the stairs to sneak up on people as they round the corner to the top. And the attic fan puts me right to sleep.
Ah, and that backyard. It's where we spend most of our time. The hammock is up, and the massive tree that houses 4 squirrel's nests keeps Zia entertained for hours. It gives a relaxing place to enjoy a glass of wine with friends and hopefully host a cookout before the summer winds down to an end.
For 11 months, it's all ours.
We are pretty smitten with this little rental house.
The neighborhood is great; it's biking distance from Little Man Ice Cream and Highland Tap and Burger, Sunflower is right around the corner, and the neighbors are quite friendly.
The wood floors and odd quirks (we have a Harry Potter coat closet!) remind me of the homes I lived in college. Penny loves the stairs to sneak up on people as they round the corner to the top. And the attic fan puts me right to sleep.
Ah, and that backyard. It's where we spend most of our time. The hammock is up, and the massive tree that houses 4 squirrel's nests keeps Zia entertained for hours. It gives a relaxing place to enjoy a glass of wine with friends and hopefully host a cookout before the summer winds down to an end.
For 11 months, it's all ours.
8/23/12
Grow, Veggies, Grow!
The lovely family who we are renting their house for the next year allowed us to plant a few veggies in their garden before we moved in. They (we?) have an automatic sprinkler system, so Ryan went over, planted, and then we didn't see our little plants again for 2 months.
...until now!
They are growing so strong. The cherry tomatoes (hiding just behind these big guys) are probably my favorite veggie ever: they are so cute and little, but also taste amazing. I barely get the container back into the house before I've eaten them all.
And check out that ginormous pepper! And out-of-control Basil plant!
We've toted this strawberry plant all over the place this year, but clearly some creature at the new house said "get outta here" (in its Italian accent) because that plant is totally demolished. Or eaten. Or something.
Hooray for home grown veggies.
...until now!
They are growing so strong. The cherry tomatoes (hiding just behind these big guys) are probably my favorite veggie ever: they are so cute and little, but also taste amazing. I barely get the container back into the house before I've eaten them all.
And check out that ginormous pepper! And out-of-control Basil plant!
We've toted this strawberry plant all over the place this year, but clearly some creature at the new house said "get outta here" (in its Italian accent) because that plant is totally demolished. Or eaten. Or something.
Hooray for home grown veggies.
8/22/12
This One Time I Tried a Cleanse
My co-worker, who usually joins me for restaurant crawls and happy hour, asked if I wanted to do a cleanse with her this week.
First response: "no way"
But then she said it was only for 48 hours and she needed a buddy, so I reluctantly said "yes?".
Obviously doing this over the weekend was out; there wasn't a chance that we were going to waste our weekend having no fun (cleanse = no fun), so we decided to do it on Tuesday and Wednesday.
What did we get ourselves into?
Breakfast was alright, the lunch smoothie was delicious, but I wish I could have 3 more, juiced kale wasn't too bad, and my snack of radishes and green beans was comical. I tried to have a good attitude, really really hard, and kept saying "2 days, 2 days, 2 days".
And honestly, it wasn't the lack of delicious food I'm used to eating (and the morning coffee of course), I wasn't having cravings for french fries, it was how my body was starting to feel that made the cleanse so hard... I was tired and had an awful headache and was making poor decisions. Dr. Oz said we could eat as many "snacks" as we wanted, but I went through my whole bunch of radishes, ate 4 celery sticks, and still felt pretty sluggish.
It was dinner time and I had a big ol' pot of stew cooking (per the strict menu) and I thought, this is going to be fabulous. I will eat this massive pot of stew and I'll be okay! I can do this!
After an hour of simmering, I took a quick taste, and it was horrible. I even added things I wasn't suppose to add in a last ditch attempt to make it worth eating and nothing helped.
I grabbed a piece of bread (not on the list) and tried to eat the soup with it, but I just ate the bread instead. Then put butter on it (definitely not on the list). Then grabbed another piece of bread, and another.
The downfall.
I lasted 12 hours of a 48 hour cleanse.
First response: "no way"
But then she said it was only for 48 hours and she needed a buddy, so I reluctantly said "yes?".
What did we get ourselves into?
And honestly, it wasn't the lack of delicious food I'm used to eating (and the morning coffee of course), I wasn't having cravings for french fries, it was how my body was starting to feel that made the cleanse so hard... I was tired and had an awful headache and was making poor decisions. Dr. Oz said we could eat as many "snacks" as we wanted, but I went through my whole bunch of radishes, ate 4 celery sticks, and still felt pretty sluggish.
It was dinner time and I had a big ol' pot of stew cooking (per the strict menu) and I thought, this is going to be fabulous. I will eat this massive pot of stew and I'll be okay! I can do this!
After an hour of simmering, I took a quick taste, and it was horrible. I even added things I wasn't suppose to add in a last ditch attempt to make it worth eating and nothing helped.
I grabbed a piece of bread (not on the list) and tried to eat the soup with it, but I just ate the bread instead. Then put butter on it (definitely not on the list). Then grabbed another piece of bread, and another.
The downfall.
I lasted 12 hours of a 48 hour cleanse.
8/20/12
Into the Wild
“...so many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
Christopher McCandless, 'Into the Wild'
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