12 of 12 for September is Tomorrow!

One day warning! Get out your cameras! :)

It'll be exciting. Wednesday work-day. Wee!

Weekend 9.8.07

After a too-late evening at Lemmings on Friday, I spent most of Saturday in front of the TV watching The O.C. Most people panned this season as the worst but I have to say that I'm really enjoying it! Maybe it's because I'm a little more removed from the previous seasons--it HAS been over a year since I've seen the show.

Or it could be that I really like Taylor. I think I relate to her. Not the scary mom part, but the kind of crazy/weird/talking to much part.

Sunday I went to the burbs to do laundry (I'm so regressing! Hello?) and have dinner with my sister's family and my dad. Good times.

Jack showed us his Halloween costume. How cute is he?? He's the red Power Ranger. Did they have names? or just colors???


Ben didn't want to put on his costume, but he'll be Peter Pan. I can't wait for official Halloween pictures in 1 1/2 months!

Running

So I joined a gym. Good for me! It's been a long time since I worked out with any consistency so this is a good thing.

My problem is that I'm such a spaz. I can do the elliptical just fine (as long as I don't use the ones with the arm things--those kick my butt) but if I try to run, I practically fall off unless I totally concentrate. Not off the back, mind you, but to the right. I lean or something.

And the running? That's another problem. I can't do it. I tried to do an interval thing last night and after 3 minutes (shorter than most songs on my ipod and some commercial breaks!) I'm gasping and sweating profusely and have to go back to walking. And no suggestions on taking it down a notch on the running speed! I can already pretty much walk at the speed I'm "running".

I'm getting there though. :) I'll keep trying. Maybe in a few months I can re-read this post and laugh at myself. Well, I'm already laughing at myself (as I said, I'm a spaz) but now I can shake my head and be all "oh, she was so naive" or something.

And I started a star chart to track my working out progress. 2 so far. Yay!

We're All Just 12-Year Olds at Heart

Friday was playing with fire.
Saturday was watching TV and playing with my dog.

Sunday was watching High School Musical. (Really. So bad. I wanted to like it. But...no. BAD)

Monday was watching Ratatouille.

I AM 12 years old. But I'm a 12-year old with a driver's license, the ability to drink (legally), and a steady paycheck.

All is good.

Chicago Weather

It was a bit windy and rainy last night.


This pic is out of my bedroom window and doesn't really convey how big this tree really was. It cover half the street and part of the corner as well and when it fell, it took out the bricks and some concrete at the top of the building you can see in the picture. If it helps, size-wise, the balcony that is partially hidden by the tree branches starts about 5 feet up, so the tree was still taller than me laying down! By the time I walked Sadie this morning it was already half gone. Go city workers! I hope you got overtime.

Bright Lights, Big Ass

I have a perpetual cycle that I go through when reading books: first, I spend a month or two with magazines: Entertainment Weekly and Glamour, specifically. Once I grow bored of that, I move on to chick-lit types of books and then eventually onto the more "high-brow" books when I feel like I need to actual learn something or spend my time becoming more cultured (that's the only reason I've read things such as Catcher in the Rye and The Red Badge of Courage...which, I'd like to congratulate my wonderful schools for allowing me to have 4 years of advanced English AND and English degree but it took reading the Shopaholic series to get me to ready Catcher in the Rye.)

So. I'm currently on my Chick Lit month and I've just read one of the funniest books I've encountered in a long time: Bright Lights, Big Ass by Jen Lancaster. Hilarious. To the point where I had to stop and compose myself on the bus this morning before someone thought I was having a seizure trying not to laugh.

This woman is hilarious. Read it--you'll love it. And just TRY not to laugh when you read about her exploding out of her pants after working out. I dare you.

I'm off to Amazon to buy her other book (Bitter is the New Black) right now. Because I just can't get enough. Good thing she has a blog too.

Weekend 8.17.07

Friday: Lemmings to "celebrate" two friends being laid off from their jobs. Luckily they're both getting a severance, but it still sucks. It was a fun night--lemonade and blueberry vodka is a tasty summer drink!

Saturday: 12 hours of scrapbooking with my mom. It was really fun--I got a lot done and am now inspired to do even more. I also won a prize again. I think that's 4 out of the last 5 drawings. :) Lucky. I'm working on photos from 2004 and REALLY want to get more caught up.

Sunday: Met up with Christy and her adorable son Jacob. We went to target and McDonald's, which...fun! You can't go wrong spending time in either of those places, although you might be very poor after. Jacob and I had fun running around the store and asking "Where's mommy?". Hopefully strangers didn't get the wrong idea. I didn't steal him!

It also poured rain all day on Sunday so once I got back to the city Sadie and I took very short walks. We still got pretty wet though.