You know about my mouse fear. Spiders aren't my favorite, and the whole fear of possibly having my skirt tucked into my underwear coming out of a ladies restroom is always a concern. I check 100 times before I open that door to go back into society, always praying my tush is properly covered. But one of my biggest fears as of lately has been my first real date after the big D. I mean I knew it was going to have to happen sooner...
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
My Furry Children
Most of you probably have one dog. I have three. Three! This is a blessing and a curse. Look at them, they are so cute. And you know that saying about how owners look like their dog(s), I do think they all look like me just differently:) But seriously, they are so much responsibility. When you want to leave town, or even walk them it...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Poor man's chair
Can you remember not having any responsibility? How you just went with the flow and didn't have a schedule or time clock to punch? Summer time off and playing in the yard in the pool? Ahhhh, those were the days... but sometimes I still get to have them with my little nephew. The other day I got to. We went to the park and did the kiddie...
Concrete legs
Sometimes when I have had a bad night where I just can't sleep or a bad day filled with emotional drain and exhausting thinking, I swear my legs turn into concrete stumps I can barely lift when I try to run. Other times, when I am restless and frustrated beyond belief I feel as light as a feather and like I could run for miles and hours....
By now you've seen my new banner! My mom's photography could make a paper bag beautiful! She's good!She even took cute pics of my shoes!You've seen my running shoes, which are self explanatory....not too fashionable, even though I did ask the guy at the specialized running store if they had anything...um cuter. You should have seen his face...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
There are nice people out there :) they work at Jamba Juice
My girlfriend is in her first trimester and is oh so sick. Really sick. I am talking, she takes sick to another level and really makes childbearing not look fun at all. She hasn't been eating much due to her constant nausea, and even sleep is rare with her relentless feeling of an empty or nauseous stomach. I have been trying to find something...
Nothing says lovin like something from the oven
I did it. It was not easy but I did it. I pulled my big girl pants up and just decided it needed to be done. The last time I made it, it was for him. It was his favorite summertime dessert actually. But as it was his, I am sure it is many peoples all time favorite. I baked an apple pie! I got this recipe from here....and let me tell...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
My new running buddy
Last year I started running for the first time in my life. And I have three, yes three dogs (aka furry children). So I would walk them and then run, or run then walk them. Which ends up taking up a huge hunk of my day. And actually it's just my one little humming bird that NEEDS her daily walk. Her name is Ruby and she is like a humming bird....
Sunday, July 18, 2010
I have found my fridge is looking very empty, depleted, vacant, drained....maybe even kind of ghostly. All of these words can also accurately describe how I have been emotionally feeling this week.It's intriguing to me how emotions can affect us so physically. I don't eat but I can run for hours, which just shows how the mind is much stronger...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
I still feel small when I stand beside the ocean...and I know that will never change
When I was a little girl my grandparents took me to the California coast with my siblings for a week. We stayed in a beach house where we would get up early when the tide was low to search for the best shells and hope to find a real message in a bottle. I fell in love with the ocean during that week and I became obsessed with whales and...
Saturday, July 10, 2010
If only I were making this stuff up
Sometimes I feel like my life is a movie. Really it's more like a bad comedy filled with one liners like "are you kidding me?" and "yes I am not joking..." Portland Oregon is not a hot place, but every single summer for the past decade I have lived here I have suffered the 2 weeks in the summer of record highs that always tease me into...