Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Just Keep Swimming

I've started working out again.  I should not even need to say that, because I should never have stopped.

I am not particularly concerned about the extra 10 pounds (although I certainly don't like that either).  I am mainly upset that I allowed myself to rely on coffee instead of natural energy endorphins. I am just generally happier when I'm working out.

Here is how it always happens:  I'm working out regularly, feeling really great and looking great.  Then I end up going to a training or home for the weekend.  I don't exercise while I'm away and then when I get back I cut out exercise to "make time."  Really, when I cut out exercise, I lose time because I spend more time in bed wallowing around trying not to wake up.

So all I need to remember is to just keep going, no matter how difficult or time-consuming it seems.  When I quit working out, it is SO much harder to start up again.  Solution:  Don't quit in the first place!


Monday, November 7, 2011

PRESIDENT Obama

I need a history lesson.  Have we always spoken of the president as if he was our college drinking buddy?  Why do we call him "Obama" instead of President Obama?  Or Barack Obama?  To me, it seems incredibly disrespectful that the man in the highest elected office is spoken of in such a familiar manner.  And this has nothing do to with being a Democrat or a Republican.  It is about respecting the leader of your nation.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Procrastinating isn't just for College!

Granny Square Lap Blanket
Tonight's Official To-Do List:
1. Finish Grad School Personal Statement
2. Finish making a purse for a co-worker
3. Finish making t-shirt necklaces for a co-worker
4. Wash dishes
5. Clean bedroom


What I've actually done tonight:
1. Hang out with Dae-shana
2. Watch this week's TV shows
3. Finish this blanket I started at least 2 years ago
4. Now I think I'm going to bake meringues

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Life Lessons from a Sappy Romance Novel

More than a year ago now, my aunt suggested that I read Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson.  I read it.  I cried.  I passed it on to my mother.

The thing that struck me the most was not necessarily the story, but a phrase that kept coming up.  Suzanne would often say something like "Aren't we lucky that we have your daddy?" or "Aren't we lucky we get to have this experience?" or "Aren't we lucky it's such a beautiful day?"  

I realized that "Aren't we lucky" is something that I say in my own life, and something that I believe every day.  I was lucky to be born in to a wonderful, loving, and FUN family.  I am lucky to have my physical and mental health.  I am lucky to live in a country such as this one that (at one time) allowed my family to advance and create the very comfortable life I live.  I am lucky to have gone to college and I am lucky to have been intelligent enough to take advantage of it.  Basically, I'm lucky.

My mom and I started saying it to each other.  A few weekends ago, my momma came to visit me and we got matching tattoos that say "Aren't we Lucky" around our wrists.  I would post a picture, but pictures of wrists look funny.

This morning my mother also reminded me that The Lesson of the Five Balls.

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity, and you are keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls, family, health, friends and integrity, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life”


I don't have much of a comment for this because it is pretty self explanatory!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Owling Around

Owling on the Pool Table
I was an OWL for Halloween!

I was inspired a month or so ago when I found this adorable little owl costume on Pinterest.  Then I found these wings!

I decided the wings were a more important part of my costume.  I was sewing the wings up until an hour before I went out.  BUT now I can say that I made my costume.  The fabric was all thrift shop fabric totaling about $3.50.

I topped it off with some big eyes for my make-up and a bird's nest of curly hair.

I went out with my friends and had a jolly good time.