lightening up

Well, since I was such downer in my last post, I thought I could lighten up a bit.

I thought I could take a leaf out of Amy's book who often posts "friday funnies" and post some of my favorite meme/pictures from pinterest.

Hope you love this post...

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I heard you like, "ridiculously photogenic guy," well this one takes the cake.
 I don't even know what the funniest part of this is.

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DIY projects: Nailed it.

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In case you needed to know what month comes after April...

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Last night, I looked up old Nsync* videos on youtube; wow, that was NOT a mistake.
Their acting was so, so, so bad, and yet their dancing was so good ;)

The best part about watching old Nsync videos and laughing at them is realizing Justin Timberlake still has a legitimate career.

self worth

This morning I was reading this blog, which had a post about weight.

At the end of the post the writer posed the question: do you guys find that your happiness & peace fluctuates along with your weight?

I found myself compelled to comment on this and once I was done I felt like sharing those words here too:

I used to base my self worth upon my weight (which was never good enough) and the saddest part is that those are the type of thoughts that lead people to disordered eating. Exercise (and spirituality) actually helped me to change those thoughts. As I worked on becoming a better dancer (in college), learned to love running (I am running my first marathon in June!), and improved my relationship with God, I began to see that my body, no matter what it's shape or weight, no matter how much I hated my knees, my body was a gift from God, given to me in love that I had stewardship to take care of (aka eat healthy and exercise). I also began to see my body as a tool to help me accomplish things. If I want to continue to use my body to run, dance, clean my house, one day have babies, and most importantly to serve others I need to love it, take care of it, and not set stringent standards on what is acceptable or beautiful and what is not. No matter how much weight you lose, you are still not in control of your specific body type, and so many other factors, so just as you say, before you even begin to lose weight or change your life you must change your heart. You have to give yourself love.

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here's the thing; I really hate it when people start off a blog post by saying, "I have been so bad at blogging lately." So this is me NOT saying that. Although the thing is it's not like I've been bad at blogging, I'm always bad at blogging. Instead of being bad at blogging I've just not been blogging. Let's count how many times I just used the word blog/blogging: 8

PS I also hate when people use the word blog in their blog. It seems I hate my own blog today. (Now we are up to 11 uses of the b word and it's getting out of control.) Just one more though, in an effort to scrounge up some ideas I google imaged the word, "blogging," and here are some of the more entertaining results. Please enjoy.

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okay no one really thinks it's time for me to update my blog, even my computer could care less I still use it plenty to read others' blogs and play tetris, jeopardy, and wheel of fortune on facebook

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shakespeare, you are so right!

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Umm yeah, let's be honest this is the epitome of me writing about nothing.


Lately I've been: running, taking naps, watching golden girls, lots of church stuff, yoga, running, cheering for Lee when he fixed our TV, playing board games, feeling bad for Ben on the Bachelolerette, being embarrassed I even watched that show, running, did I say taking naps?

Am I excited to start school in less than two weeks? You bet I am. and You bet I am not. so bittersweet.

Right now I am reading "The Forgotten Garden" by Kate Morton, it was hard to get into at first, but I am enjoying it.

What are you reading? / Are you on goodreads?

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today I don't love

1. filing taxes
2. 1-800 numbers & it's impossible to understand the employee's accent
3. ants! gah! the bane of my existence
   
4. I forgot to buy HP 7 on blu ray today
5. trying to mop the floor daily w/vinegar in an attempt to ward off ants w/o chemicals
6. the smell of vinegar; apparently the thing I have in common with ants
7. kids playing where cars drive
   
8. goofy 6 year old who said, "we don't like dogs peeing on our lawn" to me
   

today I love

1. fresh salad with sunflower seeds on top
2. exercise; does a body good
3. lee reading Harry Potter (first time ever) {he's on goblet of fire}
   
4. wandering AF DI w/my mom looking at plates
   
5. oreos!
   
6. lee! biff!
7. crazy accented 1-800 number employee calling me back and helping me
   
8. goofy 6 year old who said, "we don't like dogs peeing on our lawn" to me

PS: Not loving Will Ferrell; hows about you?

what are you going to do with your time off?

sleep in
make the bed
oatmeal/whole grain toast/milk
morning news
Fable 3/xbox/lee
popcorn/cadbury mini eggs
walk biff
tuna/pickle/whole grain bread
gym/lee/5 miles
shower
strawberry+banana+ice+raspberry yogurt
blow dryer/long hair/takes forever
oprah/facebook
lee leaves for school :(
return OVERDUE library books
cake doughnut/sprinkles :)
feed biff
pink toe nails
yoga
lee comes home :)
leftover dinner/spaghetti/salad
biggest loser/hulu

are you grossed out by the sheer amount of food I consume? you should be.

and a celebration of throwing in the towel

As of late, I have nothing of interest to say or photograph. Today, I had every intention of posting photos of a day of nothing(exciting right?); but once I left the house I forgot to take any more photos. I did however take a few this morning while I got ready for work.

{lovin' my HUGE hand... I hope it reminds you of a King of Queens episode!}

In other news, today, March 1, must be the day for throwing in the towel or at least faltering on New Year's Resolutions because for the first time since early January Lee & I actually got a decent parking space at the gym--which excites me greatly.

Speaking of 'resolutions' of sort, I am still missing my DDP; but my teeth sure don't. I think they even look whiter. Maybe that's just from my new twice a day flossing though? (shrug) it's a mystery...

Have you thrown in the towel yet?