addendum

Pin It Now! i need to *ahem* make a errrr slight addendum to my previous post.  

it was not 30 mins.  in fact it was 40.  

math was never my strong suit.  

shoot - guess i still have a while to go.   i had a feeling it was too good to be true

and just to prove that i'm still cool on some level even though i'm not able to count 30 minutes here's a photo.  of me.  and justin bobby - of the hills fame.  ha ha funny right?  (he was a little on the creepy side!) 

Guess What?

Pin It Now! I just JOGGED  5km.  ok well not quite 5km but almost....honestly!  can you believe it?  It took me half an hour... my friend Rima told me that's good for my first time but she's probably just saying that.  either way i am running in this charity race for diabetes in less than a month so i just need to be able to hold my own, it's a corporate relay so i don't want my co-workers thinking that i'm a couch potato (even though i totally am); i have these visions of crossing the finish line with my hands above my head as though it was the NY Marathon (in fact when i reached my half way point today I did the above the head fist pump) - dramatic i know.  

i really didn't think i could do it.  all of these much older much fitter people kept passing me and all i could think was they must have been doing this for a long time and how am i ever going to make it and then i did it!  slow and steady but still, that counts.  

k well that's it for now.  hoorah for me.  

booya

xoxo   

so

Pin It Now! having one of those weeks. where there is not enough time in the day. where i feel like life is passing me by because i'm so busy. it's slightly ridiculous. makes me appreciate when i do have time to do things i enjoy (scrap, watch tv, really do anything besides just work) but honestly those times feel so fargone right now.

am tired. frustrated. grouchy. ick.

the good news (great news) is i have a GOOD weekend lined up. Dinner with my girlies on Fri. Sound of Music Sat with my mom. Dinner with friends on Sat and then a visit with friends and fam on Sun. Thank. The. Lord. Above.

back from the happiest place on earth

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so i have to admit - before going back to disney (i had been a few times when i was a kid) i was apprehensive.  i was pretty sure i'd think it was bs and wouldn't live up to the way i remembered it from when i was little.  i was wrong.  it was everything i remembered and more.  and seeing it with my a 5 year old was just the best.  our group may have seemed slightly unorthodox, my mom and dad had talked about taking my niece for a while and when i told them i was interested in going we just booked it kind of sporadically - kirk couldn't come because of his work schedule and my parents plan to take my nephew when he's a bit older but honestly the four of us were a great match.  we got along so well and had an awesome time.  we really did make a million memories. 

i took over 300 pictures and still feel like i didn't get pics of everything we saw/did.  i wish i would have taken more videos with my camera - got a few of maya and they are priceless.  she was in full on freak out mode at the disney breakfast.  

it was not that busy - if you ever want to book a trip to disney go the first week of Sept - i think with kids being back at school it must not be a popular week...that and we were there over sept 11 which may have had something to do with it, but was great for us, we never waited more than 5 minutes for a ride and were able to see everything we wanted in the 4 days we were there.  

it was the first time in a long time i felt like i got a real "vacation" - sure i've taken time off work here and there but this was a full on sight seeing, jam packed adventure.  

it was just awesome.  

it's a wrap

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and just as quickly as it came summer is gone

found this new resting place this summer and loved watching the world go by 

it was the summer of weddings, stormy weather and being busy with work but we managed to sneak in a few  weekends here: 

and that made it all worthwhile. 

love the word i use most

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have you seen this site? it's super cool. takes all the words from text that you input or a site that you give it and makes a word cloud with the words you use with the highest frequency being the largest. this is mine from my blog - i'm going to save it and then do another one in a few weeks. i can't find my two faves on here so: kirk, ben, kirk, ben, kirk, ben, kirk, ben. :)

Made my first Etsy purchase today for this:

i am hoping it will work by the front door of the house so i'll see it every morning when i leave.

i love this line of products:

i love this campaign - it is so inspiring; and makes me happy to be a part of it....bittersweet symphony is also possibly one of the best songs. ever.

on the fence about a cast iron boston terrier door stop at the antique market. sounds like a no brainer right? me + bostons + antiques....that kicker is it's $149 so a tough pill to swallow. i'm going to keep my eye on it and see if the price goes down...tough to justify when we spent almost quadruple that on the real deal this past month at the vet.

i'm gonna let you in on a little secret

Pin It Now! last night i had a can of coke, a double stuffed oreo, a chocolate chip cookie, a peppermint patti, 2 pepperette pepperoni sticks, chips and onion dip and a chocolate cupcake.  for dinner.  and i loved it.  ha ha.  i never really do that - will normally just have a treat here and there and eat healthy the rest of the time.  but last night i just felt like it.  so i did it.  to be honest was the best dinner i've had in a while. 

also realized i never posted this layout from nicki's wedding.  it was a perfect day for my two friends.  

Finally, can't stop laughing about this site someone sent me in an email - these "random thoughts" are too funny