I've got another one!

Another "to do" to add to my list...

Remember to freaking blog once in a while! Sheesh.

I vow to blog once a week. At least. And to add more pictures. No pictures=boring blog.

Hold me to it!

There outta be a word!

I'm just geeky enough to be amused by this website.

I looked up my word, trafficky, to no avail. Ok, how about trafficy? Nope. I should email them, dontcha think?

Trafficky - ie "Let's take the back roads, it's too trafficky right now on 101." Get it? You know you love it.


In other news...

I'm working on my 30/30 list. Haven't had any caffeine (#1) since Thursday. Woot!

Working on #12 "Walk 10,000 steps everyday" one. Got my trusty pedometer. Been wearing it all morning and *gasp* I've walked a total of 158 steps! That's it?!?

Better wear my running shoes tomorrow.

My big @ss to do list!

Thirty things to accomplish in my 30th year, in no particular order:
(a work in progress)
1. Drink more tea and water, less coffee and soda.
2. Do something active every day.
3. Learn to knit
4. Bake an Apple Pie for DH.
5. Go tent camping (sans tent if necessary)
6. Have a garage sale
7. Practice my Spanish
8. Eat healthier
9. Lose weight and then maintain a healthy weight
10. Go mountain biking with the hubster
11. Stretch more
12. Walk 10,000 steps each day
13. Run (ok, jog) a 5K
14. Go to bed earlier, wake up earlier
15. Try a new active hobby
16. Blog more
17. Host a BBQ or party (or both!)
18. Watch less TV
19. Be a tourist at home
20. Volunteer
21. Keep my car, house, yard clean and organized
22. Have a date with the hubster at least once a month
23. Embrace new friendships, nourish old ones
24. Listen more, interrupt less
25. Forgive
26. Spend money wisely; learn to be cheap and proud of it!
27. Learn to drive a stick shift once and for all
28. Stop and smell the roses
29. Suprise the hubster with something fun
30. Think about "Be the change you wish to see in the world" and work towards that end.

And then she was thirty...

Today is my 30th birthday! Woot! I'm blessed to have made it this far in life, relatively unscathed and healthy.

I'm thinking of 30 Things to do in my 30th year. What do you think? I'll post back with the list soon. :)

Más cerveza por favor!

Oh Cabo! It was fan-freaking-tastic! DH and I were there last week for 5 days. It was my first time there. Between the awesome weather (90s, low humidity, gentle breeze), the friendly people, the cheap food and drink, and the beautiful scenery, I didn't want to come back!

I practiced my Spanish a little bit. It was getting easier and easier to catch on. We spent a lot of time on the beach just eating, drinking (2 for 1 drinks all day!), and people watching. We went took a water taxi which toured us around to the Arch and dropped us off on Lover's Beach.

We got a lot of sun. I felt the winter blues literally melt away. : )

We can't wait to go back next year!

Be grateful

So many people are struggling financially now. They are losing jobs, they haven't had a job in months... Be grateful if you have one. Hold onto that fact. It may not be perfect, but you have a job.

Someone complained to me that they didn't understand why their company cutting back on raises this year... they were still giving raises, just a lower percentage.

In a recession I think to get any kind of a raise is extraordinary. This person seemed like they were being jipped by not getting as much as expected.

BE GRATEFUL for what you have.

Grrr.


That is all.

It's passport time!

I'm going to Cabo in a week!!!! I'm going to Vegas next month!!!!

Eric has been going to Cabo monthly for a while now on business (his life is so rough, eh?) and I'm finally able to go with him. It'll be a nice long weekend spend in beautiful Cabo San Lucas. I can't wait!

We're going to Vegas a few weeks shy of my 30th (but hey, I can say its for my bday, right? Yeah, let's go with that) with another couple. Both DHs are treating us wives to Vegas as belated Valentine's present. Nice!

I can't wait and will definitely post a pic (or two... ok, or three) up on here.

Gah! I'm such a follower...

I've become a blog following whore (don't believe me? take a look at all of them!). Mainly decorating, cleaning, weight loss, newlywed, and some other just random ones I've stumbled upon.

I spend more time following than blogging. What can I say? At least I'm blogging about following. ;)

Vegas baby, Vegas!

Vegas for my 30th?!?!

Yes, please!

Got News?

I came across this website today. You can click on any dot and see the headlines from the local paper. It also gives you a link to that website to read the full stories. I think it's hecka cool! Check it out!

December post

Hi!!!

Whew! Where has the time gone? I'm really going to try and post more often. Not because I think people are actually following this, (it'd be nice!) but because it's super cathartic and helps me organize my thoughts.

I'm really looking forward to 2009. Fresh start and all that. As with most people, my goals (I refuse to say 'resolutions') for the year are basic: Get healthy, increase savings, organize & declutter our home.

Get healthy... lose weight! I'm tall, so I can 'hide' quite a lot of weight. To look at me, you'd think 20 lbs or so would do it. But ne-heh-oooo sir ree... we're looking at 50, maybe 60 lbs there partner. I'm purposefully not going to weigh myself for a few months. I swear, I think sometimes I sabatoge myself when I see the numbers go down. So this time, I'll wait to weigh in. Or at least that's the plan!

My current goal is a doable 10 pounds by St. Patrick's Day (my bday). I'm much more concerned with my measurements than my weight though. January 1st I'll take all my baseline readings and report back. I want to feel good in my clothes. Still with me? Good. Moving on...

Get healthy... I also want to take better care of myself. This can mean meditation, less TV time, getting a massage, etc. Do some psycho-analyzing (this blog will help that) of why I do the things I do. *Disclaimer: I have a BA in Psychology, so this blog may turn a little indepth more often than not. I'll try to keep that to a bearable minimum though.

Get healthy... Wannabe runner a lert! I want to run a 1/2 marathon. Being overweight, I shouldn't run right now. But once that weight is off my joints, I want to get to that goal. I've walked a 1/2 before and it was awesome.

Increase savings... pretty self explanatory. I've done really well the past few years and no longer spend beyond my means. Now, I'd like to see my savings account at least in the 4 digit zone. We're currently saving for a coach. After that, I think we'll get some new furniture and a snazzy new TV. I also need to set up a retirement account. Not to mention, once we start making beautiful babies, we'll need to think savings for them, too.

Organize/Declutter our Home... we live in an average size suburban home, but it is not organized well at all. My husband is no help in this arena, so it's up to me to devise a working system for everything. This is a huge challenge, but I have a feeling I will feel a lot of pride with every new system set in place.

That's all for now. I hope 2008 was a great year, and here's to a wonderful 2009!

Initial Ramblings and little bugs

So I thought I'd give a quick intro to life as I know it. I'm 29 (looking forward to my 30th early in the new year) living with my husband of a few months. So yeah, we're newlyweds (C'mon, say it with me, 'AWWW!'). Life is pretty straightforward for us right now. As we've only been married a few months you'd think we could just settle into our lives for a while without hearing "When are you having babies?!?!" constantly. Just in case you're curious: the answer is "About 2 years or so, unless we have an 'oops' baby." We're happy being selfish for a little while longer. And my brother and his wife are due in January, so I can spoil the living crud out of my soon-to-be niece or nephew.

Not to mention I'm really enjoying my sleep these last few years before we enter the joys of parenthood.

I'm sure I'll give more details about who we are and what we do; especially from my point of view of course, but for now, can I just share what my husband brought home to me this evening?


Flowers! For absolutely no reason except to make me smile whilst recovering from a cold that he generously gave to me last week (ahem). I love so many flowers (my friends acuse me of fast becoming ....insert horrid look here.... DOMESTICATED. Eek.) and have dabbled here and there with our garden. Gerbers are one of my favorites though and he knows it.

What a nice guy, right?

I guess I can forgive him for getting me sick and start getting used to "what's mine is yours"... even when it comes to little cold bugs.