Wordless Wednesday

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Izzy vs Panda

Izzy is terrified of this stuffed panda in the office. I caught her growling at it and when I took it down to show her she wanted nothing to do with it. I had to hide it so she would stop pacing in the next room!

Terrible ending to a great weekend

Happy Guy Fawkes Night

"Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, 'twas his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's providence [or By God's mercy] he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Hulloa boys, Hulloa boys, let the bells ring.
Hulloa boys, hulloa boys, God save the King!"

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

Halloween 2010

Donnie Darko and his bee! One costume was bought on ebay, the other made with yellow duct tape....can you guess which is which ;)

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday Tip:

Don't ever choose the basket over a cart when you go grocery shopping without a list. Your arms will become tired with all the items you discover you need when you have to go around the whole store trying to remember what you need to buy. Baskets are good for when you are going straight to the items you need and straight out.

In related news, I need to start lifting weights. ha!

Monday's Mood

I'm in a "missing you terribly" mood today...

In other news, I am going to try and post something every day this month...Can she do it? Well, she is going to try because despite this being a joint blog, Mike is working insanely hard, so it is up to me to carry on at the moment. And since I have not done a great job so far (this was created by Mike for me as a gift for our 1 year anniversary of dating -over a year ago- and I have not posted on it as much as I wanted to), hopefully this will be a turning point!

My love

"Always choose Paris! Always!"

Inspiration

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/05/31/how.grownup.kaiser/index.html?hpt=Sbin

This article inspired me....it was not inpirible written and didn't say anything mind blowing...but i realized that just thefact that i was reading it meant I was looking to grow-up...or looking fr the easy way, shoud I say. It disgusted me enough to take action. If I want someting, the only person that can help it is me...go get 'em...cause no one else will (or someine else will)

I have such high hopes for Saturdays

If I were to write today, it would go a little something like this:

"""""OK, this is it, today is the day! Izzy and I have been laying in bed all day long (and I thought getting a dog would help me get up earlier, but Izzy happens to be a nap-lover like myself) and missed all kinds of opportunities to get things done, go on an adventure or do ANYTHING! How do I break the cycle? I had such high hopes last night. I don't want to conquer all the chores, organize my whole life, visit every museum in the area, read every new magazine/book I own or make plans with everyone I have ever know.

I just want to accomplish something (or feel like I have the will power to get up before 3:30 in the afternoon. We have been awake since 8:30, people! why can't I summon the will to get up and have a good saturday?)"""""

But, if we're being honest here, that's what I would write EVERY Saturday....I need to break the cycle. I want to change...and so I'm off to try.

Thirties

Someone (who is very close in age to me) told me (without any asking/prompting) that they thought I was in my thirties (which I am not; not even close either)..... really? Am I offended because he aged me by 10 years, give or take, or am I pleased because maybe its a comment on the authority/respect he might be basing it off of?...hmmm.....

AND btw, since when is is proper to ask someone you've known for 4 days, in your shared place of work, who is a FEMALE, "How old are you?"...seriously, the girl thing alone should keep that and the "How much do you weigh?" question at bay, right?!


***Edit: This was in no way meant as a post on how being 30 was sooo old or the worst thing in the world, but was frustration about how the I felt the incident was a bit awkward/inappropriate the due to the person, setting and circumstance of it. (:

The vet...i think it scares me more than it scares her. I cry every time we go. Yesterday i thought she broke her leg....turns out she is perfectly fine. I stilled cried the whole time....

naps, kids, izzy

I don't have babies. I have a 12 year old shetlie....don't think i can handle kids that don't sleep as well as Izzy does ;) we love our naps around here... :)

perfect saturday morning

My perfect saturday morning?

listening relaxing music while flipping through my new(er) magazines

Drumroll please!

...and it may be time to change the "about us" section BECAUSE......(Drumroll please!).......

We are both currently employed!!!!

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These are a few of my favorite things...

blasphemy anyone?

Blasphemy anyone?

Love this blog I found!

ok, I"ma really bad blogger...so is Mike. But after reading a rather inspiring blog , I am determined to start back up. I love how she writes, she makes it seems so easy.... If a mom of 4 can keep up with multiple writings, so can I....I will be pathetic no more!! I want memories that i can look back and remember because I have taken the time to write them....I want to be a better writer....I think... I hope...and someday I also wanting to be a rockin' baby-wearing mama, too ;)

Now I just have to think of something to write about... :(

Day 6 (finally)

....I also take Tuesdays-Fridays off, apparently. This is going to be tougher than I thought. While I have a million lame excuses for not staying on top of my entries, I'll skip them and spare us all.

High: Since it is too early in the day to pick out the best moment I will share one from yesterday that shouldn't be missed because of my broken blogging habit....I came home to a nice clean apartment yesterday! Mike called me late afternoon that he was going to go take Izzy for a ride in the car (which she loves!) since he needed to run some errands. Ok, fine with me - I hate how she is cooped up all day when I am at work :( I come home and they are still out, but my house place looks amazing. It was fairly clean to begin with, just not very straighten up ("stuff" everywhere in the wrong place). I made dinner last night for a few friends of ours and the majority of the prep from that was still in the sink when I left for work. Well, not only was that taken care of but the counters, table and stove were all wiped clean!! He also made my bed (which is slightly embarrassing, having someone else make your bed that you left -oh well, I'll take it!) put some of my stuff away and made a toybox for all the dog toys that were scattered around the house! I <3>

Low: The "errand" he had to run that he didn't want to describe to me over the phone? Getting me some flowers. The "low" about that is he couldn't find any... apparently the closest Wal-mart, Target, Walgreens, etc, either were out or don't carry fresh flowers!!! Weird! But it was a swet thought none-the-less :)

..oh and vocab is out, it gives me a headache trying to find the most accurate definition on the web!

Day 5

Oops, apparently I take Sundays off.... oh well, its probably a good idea anyways.

High: Got the whole apartment cleaned up yesterday and today....every dish and very piece of laundry! Feels so good!

Low: Trying to remember that I cannot control other peoples behavior and not being able to say what I would like to people who need to be called out it really tough for me. But sometimes its not my place, not my fight... My advice (which I firmly believe in) of "Someone, someday will give that person the reality check they need... Unfortunately it won't be today, and its not you. So for now, don't let yourself be sucked in" is hard to follow sometimes. :(

Histology -a branch of anatomy that deals with the minute structure of animal and plant tissues as discernible with the microscope (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/histology)

Day 4

High: Slept in and it was fabulous!

Low: Didn't get as much done as I wanted to.... guess tomorrow will be laundry day :(

Ameba -any of numerous freshwater, marine, or parasitic one-celled protozoa of the order Amoebida, characterized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions, or pseudopodia, by which the organism moves, engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuoles. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ameba)

Day 3

High: I got to take a long, warm, relaxing bubble bath after work -TGIF!

Low: I had some bad, bad soup for lunch...ick!

Meiosis - cellular division that yields four gametes through two cellular divisions (http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/glossary.html)

Day 2

High: I tried a new kind of Rice-a-roni and it was awesome! New favorite!

Low: Paid the credit card bill and have no more 'fun' money this month...but its only this month for ten more days ;)

Blastula -an early metazoan embryo typically having the form of a hollow fluid-filled rounded cavity bounded by a single layer of cell. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blastula)

Day 1 (high-lows and vocab)

Highs and lows. It is something that varies groups I've been involved with do to catch up with each other before we get down to business. You go around the group and mention the best part of your day (week, month, etc) and the worst part. Its was a way to quickly stay connected with each other lives, which is important when you are a bunch of girls that are meeting for another purpose... the girls and I in my college bible study could talk about our week for hours, but our bible study was only an hour, hence starting the "High-lows" tradition.

I am hoping that starting "high-lows" here will help me to accomplish my goal to write more. The idea is that I will form a habit of writing daily. A lot of my problem comes from my less-than-perfect time management and some of it comes from the pressure of deciding what to write about. I read a lot of blogs and feel like my writing skills don't measure up, and I am envious of their ability to write and keep at it. I want that.

I want this blog to be an outlet -living alone is, well, lonely sometimes!

I want this blog to be therapeutic -I hate how I talk to much, but I admit it is such a release for me. I feel stressed when I feel something goes unsaid, but making others feel stressed from my constant stream of sound makes me feel terrible.

I want this blog to be informative -I am passionate about things, and want to be able to show it.

I want this blog to be a learning experience - I feel like sharing and developing my writing will be good for me.

So....without further ado... the first day of "High-lows"!

High- I realized (again lol) what direction I want my career to move in. I can't believe I ever forgot and start to feel like I am doomed to wonder forever. CDC here I come!

Low- I talk to much... we have a new intern and I am doing my best not to tell her my life story in her first week, but day 2 was a failure (not as much as day 1 yesterday, but still).

Oh! Also, in an attempt to bolster up my vocabulary (mostly biological words, sorry) lets put one of those in a day, too!

Biology -the science of life <3

I refuse to worry about what you think of me any longer... we're through.