I also tried my hand at the Sandwiches by the Sea "shake" that we all know and love. Frozen strawberries, one banana, pineapple juice and vanilla yogurt (+ a scoop of vanilla protein powder for good luck). It was great! I think I had too much juice so it wasn't thick (also, my yogurt wasn't frozen) but it was still delicious and instantly reminded me of our favorite South Florida city.
Tonight I'm going downtown to the Fox Theater with Sara. She got us tickets to be in the audience for a taping of the auditions for America's Got Talent! I can't say I'm a huge fan of the show, but the taping has to be interesting. Who knows--maybe I'll get to boo someone. I keep telling Sara that my goal is to fist bump Howie. Or maybe I'll just show him how great my Minnesota accent is--he is the voice of Bobby World, remember. "Oh Bob-o, doncha knooooow!" :) I'll keep you posted.
I did one of the workouts on Chris Freytag's DVD two days ago....and now I'm walking around like a grandma. Seriously. Who knew a workout video could do so much damage? I'm thankful for the sore though. It reminds me that I did something good...and need to keep moving in that direction because this many aches after 20 minutes of weights means I've been off the wagon for far too long. Plus, there is a lot to be said for the positive endorphins that flow after a solid workout. I think I skipped around the rest of the night. Now there's a mental picture for you.
I've learned that I'm in love with dreaming. I mean, I have multiple binders full of pages of ideas and dreams. About the kind of house I want to live in, the kind of food I want to eat, the kind of gifts I want to give, the kind of crafts I want to make, and the kind of vacations I want to take. I even have a whole binder on quotes worth remembering. I've recently discovered www.pinterest.com from Sara Cleaver (baby Cleaver #5 for those counting) and can't get enough of it. Essentially it is a virtual bulletin board for all things inspirational. You can set up your own boards and pin things from the internet and then you can also follow and see what other people pin. In order to actually pin, you have to give them access to your Facebook account which made me feel squishy. So instead, I flip through the homepage and whenever I come across something I want to save I use Evernote and just tag the posting. It is so fun! Along the same lines, I'm learning that I need to be careful not to just dream life away. I have a 3 inch binder full of recipes that I haven't made yet. Well, to be honest there isn't much I've done from any of the binders and online links I've collected. So I'm making an effort to make the life I dream about. Planning dinner parties, getting crafty, etc. I'm excited. First dinner party is on the books for this Sunday. Not first one ever, mind you, but first one with this new perspective. I'm having Annie over to introduce her to my 2 favorite classmates--Hannah and Chezon. Now to figure out what to make...
Sara and I went to the bookstore Sunday night. She had a Groupon that was about to expire. We found a couple of games for her, and I found one g-r-e-a-t puzzle. I opened it up the second we got home and our table has officially been converted into the puzzle table. I love it! The puzzle itself is 1000 pieces and crazy hard. It is a pop art design that has taken all of the letters of popular food items and cut them up and form the map of the US. Does that make sense? So the map is all words--the states in bigger letters and surrounds cities in smaller letters. It is so tricky to work and fun to see how many different brands we recognize just by the font and colors. Oh wait--I just found the picture online:
I've gotten: Cheerios, Twix, M&M's, Advil, Sour Patch Kids, Airheads, Reese's, Kellogg's, Folger's, Muselix, Tropicana, Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's, Boca Burgers, Rica-A-Roni, Lean Cuisine, Charleston Chew, Green Giant, Honey Maid, Wheaties, and Oreo. Can you identify any others??
In other news: I'm officially through 9 books in the Old Testament now and next up is I Samuel. I welcome it after Judges which was hard to get through and pretty brutal. I've never spent much time in Judges before and Ruth was the perfect love story to follow up on the harshness. I'm about 6 days behind on my reading schedule but still pumped that I'm moving forward. In other reading, I finished reading Shauna Niequist's book called Bittersweet. It was really good. An easy, conversational read. She writes like she talks (I imagine). Her books are so easy to get through because you feel like you're sitting on the back porch trading life stories with her. I love her ability to pull lessons out of the circumstances in life--both trivial and monumental. Her other book, Cold Tangerines, is so refreshing. I recommend it. Now, I've moved on to the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. It is a culmination of letters that are traded between a seasoned demon and his young demon nephew on the ways they keep us from connecting with God (their Enemy). It is really interesting!
I realized this week that we are already double digits into April and I don't have an April resolution. I bombed March's to do more cardio. Started strong but was a bust by week 2. [wah wah wahhhhh] April snuck up on me and while I've pondered other things, I just never nailed one down. So it's a resting month. I'm still learning and growing but not with a specific title across the top of the calendar. Hopefully to be resumed in May. Speaking of May, it is going to be an exciting month. So far I'm planning on: celebrating Mom's birthday, going to Martini's and IMAX at the science museum (where there just so happens to be a West Coast Swing flash mob that Sara is in), working Deaf Day at Six Flags, playing tennis, having dinner with sweet girl friends, officially completing my first year in SLIP (Sign Language Interpreting Program), and potentially traveling abroad.
OK, I've gotta go now so I can get through the rest of my to-do list for today before the big show tonight. Love you more than Lisa Turtle loves side ponytails.
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Swiss Miss, Q-tips, Nilla Wafers, Airheads, Little Debbie
Where's the potential trip abroad to?
Honey Combs!! Graham Crackers, Chex, DOTS and Q-tip?? I think they were just getting desperate for a Q!
If I didn't have responsibilities here you would have to fight me on moving into your bedroom and becoming the third roommate... hmmm... seems like I've already done that before. You girls do all the fun stuff!
ps. I'm WAY impressed with your reading... there's a very good chance I won't read that many books in the next 10 years- serious.
Don't be squishy about logging in via facebook. I'm not an expert or anything, but I think it's kinda like the old apps you could put on your FB, like the buttons and stuff, but these aren't actually ON your page, just a link, so you go out to the other sites. Either that, or its smart of other websites to do so we 1. don't need lots and lots of login names and passwords and 2. everyone has a FB so its a good way to get people to share their website.
Okay, have you heard of Houzz.com?? I've been on that for awhile. I get two emails/week, they are 'idea books' it's all pictures of Houses and the idea books have different themes, then you can save pictures you like into different folders. Let me tell you, my dream home is totally rockin' ; ) If only...
It's actually interesting to go through all the pictures I've saved and see what I'm drawn to as a style. It's actually much more traditional than I would have ever previously admitted. I think about your parents house/your mom a lot when looking and think: What would Susan do?? Then I feel the need to carry paint and fabric swatches in my trunk :)
JUST lost my entire comment-for no good reason this time, other than it took too long to write?? Good thing I had copied it all! BOO-YA Blogger, got ya!!
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