Resolution check

Is everyone managing to keep up with their resolutions? I know I am! Day 39 of 366 is photographed, 70 laps have been swam& I'm still writing in my day-by-day calendar every evening. I have to say, this is going pretty swimmingly.

Today's photo is of my faja. He's a pretty cool guy. He used to come to the barn& take photos for me because he's just that awesome. He works away& he doesn't have a blog, unlike my mother, so he doesn't get mentioned around here as much. Plus, he doesn't read my blog so hopefully Mom passes on the memo that today's post is about him :D You rock, pops!

He is pretty good to me. I have to say, I think I'm his favorite. Don't tell my brother. Dad is too kind to ever admit it out loud but I know ;) I also love this photo of dad .. you can tell how happy he is! I'd say it was to see me but I'm pretty sure he just looks that happy 24/7 in his garage. Seriously. Him& my boyfriend are very similar when it comes to liking the garage more than the house. Actually, my mom really loves the garage too. That's currently where her& Dad are. I'm not sure why .. I don't get the attraction.

PS half-marathon training is going well. Managed 70 laps in the pool this evening. Then I ate some eggs, an Orange Julius smoothie& just a little slice of chocolate cake with boiled icing. SO GOOD. I'm practically super ready.

So, I re-ask.. is everyone else keeping up with their resolutions?! What were they& are you glad you made them? I am so glad I made mine .. well, until I fail miserably with keeping up with them, that is.

Titles.

*Submitted this post without a title. Titles& I do NOT get along. I hate thinking of them. I hate typing them out& I'm certain they are never interesting enough to draw readers in.

The weather here is crazy ..one day, it's mild. The next, it's freezing cold. I have no idea what it is like today because at 10:40AM, I'm just deciding to start the day. Later, I have grand plans of going to the barn to play with Pony& then go swimming. We'll see how that all pans out. I also didn't get photos done for Scavenger Hunt, so that sucks. Instead you're getting a regular post from me on a Sunday.

Yesterday was the official end of week 3 of my Project 366! I've been doing so well ..knock on wood! Not only have I taken a photo every day for 21 days, I've managed to keep to my promises about my weekly photos. What promises are those, you ask? That I take one photo a week of my dog& one of myself. The other 5 days are random. I'm having a blast with the self-portraits& puppy portraits, though! They are really forcing me to be creative ..who knew I had it in me? I sure didn't! So, cue yesterday when both of my weekly 'musts' were photographed& I had no other ideas. It was 10:30PM and I was feeling like failure was imminent. Uh oh. Last year I made it to day 90. Was I really going to end up having to tell people I failed after a mere 20 days? Not even three weeks?!


Nope. Cue the momma bear! She was just sitting there at the table, talking on the phone to my dad. Who doesn't blog. He works out west& for a long time, I had no idea what exactly he did out there. Turns out, he tests high voltage electrical equipment before it goes into use to make sure the electricians did their jobs right. He's like a super-electrician. I hope he gets danger pay ..

Linking to Simple Things!

I love this photo! I don't think she knew I was taking it (or did you, Mom?) plus it is wayy better than my other options for photos ..a little scarecrow doll or some pretty paperclips. Not to mention- how fabulous does her hair look? The answer- pretty fabulous! So, now I'm off to enjoy a lazy Sunday photo session with my friend, her cat& that little dog bed! I have to say.. this is shaping up to be a pretty wonderful start (or end) to the week! Now, if only I can find the motivation to go ride Pony.. if not today, tomorrow for sure :) I hope everyone else is having a fabulous day as well!

Middle of the week

Today I swam some laps. Then I came home& still didn't have a photo for my bloggy readers today ..I'm trying really hard to break out my camera at least daily for a new photo or two. Sometimes it is easier than others.. today was hard. I was going to take a creepy photo of one of my coworkers swimming laps, but I didn't want to touch my camera when I was drenched. So I passed. Then I got home& asked Momma for ideas. She told me to take one of her.

I tried to convince her to squeeze herself into my light box, but she said that that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. So I settled for letting her sit in a chair ;) I really like this photo& I'm pretty certain you guys must be getting at least a little sick of photos of my dog?! I have some funny ideas for him in the next post -if anyone wants to guess. Or, if anyone has any ideas for funny photos to take of the pup, drop a line to let me know! My parents& boyfriend aren't nearly as funny to dress up& take lots of photos of. Plus, they don't listen to my commands as well as the little monster! So, here is the best I could do with a human subject ;)

Since she was refusing to get in the light box, I had to make do with using the natural light from the window. It turned out pretty good ..if I do say so myself ;) Also, don't forget that my momma has a blog just like me! She loves visitors& comments.. hope on over& give her some bloggin' love.

Linking up with {snapped}, 7 Clown Circus, Supermom, Better in Bulk, Paper Mama, Live& Love, Baby Baby Lemon& By Word of Mouth! Check them out ..lots of great Wordless Wednesdays with words ;)

Friday Snaps[2]

So. My momma has another Friday Snap up& since I copied her idea, I figured it was definitely time for me to get another one up as well! Before I could upload a photo for you guys though, I had one major problem.

What was I going to take a photo of?! It is rainy& cold here yet again so I considered raindrops. Then I realized I'd have to go outdoors to the rainy, cold world to get that shot so instead I opted to take a photo of something indoors. I openly admit my wimp status about bad weather. I hate it& it makes my joints sore. I'm aware I sound 90.

So .. last week my photo was an oldie but today my snap is hot off the press (or fresh off the film)! It doesn't have some kind of long story about how we meet& how much fun we have together. In fact, it doesn't have any story. It's a little red decoration that Mom said I should photograph when I was complaining to her about not having anything to take pictures of. So like the wise daughter that I am, I took her advice. It reminds me a lot of Christmas which I suppose is appropriate because let's be real - the weather here makes it seem like the start of November and Christmas events (what, you don't put at least one of your trees up in November?!).

So now that that's done, I can move on to other things on the agenda for today. The next thing on the list? Eat some left over supper from last night! Yum.

Thursday

Yup. That's the name of the day today. I bet you're all itching to know how I come up with such creative title for my blog posts, right?! It's a long& arduous process .. let me tell you!

What is good about this Thursday? Well .. my dad is home for 2 weeks which is always nice :) Dad doesn't have a blog so he doesn't get as much publicity as momma bear but I love him still. Do I think he should blog? Yes. Do I think everyone should blog? Yes.

Hey look!

It's myself& my faja.

I was so sunburnt it was insane.

Aside from that there isn't too much exciting stuff happening around this joint today. The weather sucks (which, I know, shocks all of you) but I think I'll try to convince my parents they need photos together while Dad is home so that I can practice portraits. What are parents for if not to tolerate their (albeit 24yr old) children, right?!

Mom& Dad getting the Mini.

This is my personal favorite photo of them!

Hopefully someone in my life will be compliant and let me take photos of them. The dog won't cooperate. The boyfriend won't cooperate. My brother won't cooperate. Geeze. I need someone around here who wants their photo taken.

Reena likes having her photo taken.

Come on people, take some lessons from the horse!

So, obviously I'll be spending my day eating Frosted Flakes& watching reruns until it's time to go to the barns. How do you plan on spending your Thursday? Hopefully it will be more thrilling than mine. Let's be honest- the only way it could be less thrilling? If you had to eat Bran Flakes instead.

Mother's Day

I love my mom :) She wrote a sweet post about how much she loves her kiddies (and while she didn't mention it specifically, I'm sure she just forgot to include that I'm her favorite!) here! So, I figured the least I could do was mention that I think out of all the moms in the world, I sure got lucky that I got her!

First off .. there's no way I could ever pass for NOT being her child. Seriously.

We hear that we look alike a lot.

Here's why my mom is pretty great, via photos. As is my style.

1. 15 years ago, Mom gave me 10 riding lessons. Thanks, Mom. Thanks for also coming to the barns on occasion, it meant so much to me:) Especially that time you met Shy ...

Hey Mom, this is Shyann. She's a good pony :)

Want to pet her?

Awww! LOVE this photo. 

My mom& my pony bonding ♥

 

Mom asking if the pony is allowed to have grass .. look at the size of her.

Obviously that thing kept MC mowed.

Perked ears = Mom picking the grass!

Sheer excitement.

Horrified after handing Shy the grass.

Probably a favorite photo of my mother& I!

2. She supports me in everything ..even runs before she has to drive to STU! Thanks for coming on your breaks at work& even braving the cold! You rock, Momma :)

I have none of her& me from this run :(

3. We have the same sense of humor. Which is nice ..because sometimes I think she's the only other person besides myself who finds me funny!

Laughing with Mel, while singing Christmas carols over the webcam.

Or something...

4. She had me. That basically earns her eternal cool points because if she didn't .. you wouldn't be reading this blog post. And that would be a TRAGEDY.

Look how stylish we were!

So cute.

There are lots more reasons ..but those ones are pretty great all on their own :) Hope you had a great Mother's Day in some way or another! Happy Sunday ..what a great weekend! How did you spend today / your weekend?

PS filly has a name -Penny :)
PPS Lakers are out of the playoffs. Mourning their loss.
PPS in honor of our weather for the next week, enjoy my new favorite band. Compliments go to Chevrolet commercial where I first heard it.

Filly!

So, yesterday was busy. I'll give a brief overview!

1. Dewey (new horse I'm riding) almost killed his owner's grandchild. Her husband went to smack Dewey and I was, at this point, holding the lead. When he smacked the horse, he backed up quickly. The friction burn hurts. A lot. So this blog post will be short because it hurts to type.

2. NEW FILLY. Oh. my. goodness. She is just so so so so precious. I am in love with her. Here are some photos ..since that's the only way to make everyone understand how gorgeous she is :)

Just born! How sweeet .. 2.30AM in the pouring rain!

Showing off her looong legs!

Proud Piper with her baby!

Isn't she the cutest?! So aside from babies, I had a great ride on Dewey yesterday& an even better one today. It was great ..Jenn& I chatted while walking in circles .. cantered around .. basically enjoyed the glorious sunshine :D Patiently waiting for my hand to heal so that I can actually do something more than just casual cantering around!

So, now .. my hand is throbbing and I am off to secure a present for my mom for Mother's Day!

Almost Easter!

Poor Saturday. It's the only day in this magical weekend that doesn't have a designated day. It's just the day between Good Friday& Easter Sunday. So I woke up determined to make it awesome.

I woke up .. changed into clothes that were somewhat suitable for being in public, grabbed my dog and off we went to the back beach. We had a fun walk .. the dog ran in so many circles that I'm surprised he isn't asleep or sick right now! I didn't take my camera though, so there are no photos from that adventure. I will, instead, show you an old photo of my dog that always makes me laugh.

Tuckered out after his birthday celebrations!

Then he refused to come inside so I stuck him on his outdoor leash& got myself ready for a bike ride. First one of the year and it was short. 17km. It still felt great though! Especially since I didn't even come close to almost being run over. Always a perk :)

After that, I came in .. drank some water, ate a Nature Valley bar (peanut butter ..mmm mm) and Mom comes in and says, direct quote, 'Hey, I'm going to wash the Mini but want to attack Dad& Blaine with silly string first?' HECK YES. So we do. I took the camera so there'd be some awesome photos.

Mom& I: 1. 

Dad& Blaine: 0.

So then I came back inside and decided to update my blog. Before that, however, I took some photos of the eggs we painted last night! Garret's eggs won by a landslide. But I don't care .. or at least, I'm trying very hard not to. I SUCK at arts& crafts :(

These are my eggs. Aren't they just so cute& clever.

Or something ..

Garret may be a tad more creative and better at egg decorating than me.

Whateverrrr.

So, that's all for now. There are a lot of photos here .. check back later for my photos of the day. They'll be up in the evening. I think .. I owe you guys 5 days worth, so as long as I find the motivation to edit them.

Enjoy your non-themed& unnamed Saturday!

Sunny Monday!

Yes, folks .. the sun is shining! It is still very cold out there though, so it's not a completely spring day. Mittens& big coats are still a must if you're going to be outside for any length of time :( Oh well, cold& sunny is better than cold& rainy / snowy / cloudy.

Freakonomics
Last night, Momma& I curled up with the Mac to watched this movie. It was pretty good! It talked about parenting ..incentives ..crime rates ..choosing names &lots of cool information. Neat to see it from an economists view. I had always assumed they did nothing of interest for me, but I was wrong! I would definitely encourage watching it! We also had some peanut butter cups. YUM. Although, make sure you take off the wrappers first. Oops.

Eyebrows
So, this is an issue I've had forever. Probably because I weirdly notice eyebrows more than anyone else. I love good eyebrows and hate bad ones. I rotate between good& bad myself, so I'm not judging. It's hard to stay on top of those pesky things when you're busy. For a long time, I had really. bad. brows. I have conquered this. You should too. My main topic is this trend of over plucking. It started a long, long time ago back when I was a wee tenth grader. I noticed it then and am slowly re-noticing it. I really hope it isn't planning on taking over the world again :| Here is an example (cropped to protect the poor person who doesn't have strict enough facebook privacy settings):

Perpetual surprise?!

Please. Avoid this look at all costs. Thank you.

Weddings
So, all kinds of people all around me are either popping the question or saying yes to it. My mother is constantly amused by my aversion to all things wedding-related. Is anyone else in this age group (20 - 29) also amazed by the fact that people all around you (maybe even you) are growing up into adults?! Well this fact is one thing that always shocks me when my friends are tying the knot (ps, congrats all you guys!), there is another thing besides the sheer adult-like behavior. What, you ask?
THE PLANNING! Oh. my. god. It seems like it would be time consuming, exhausting and so not worth the energy& money. All of that effort for one day? Wowza. So, since my wedding would be so much different from a conventional wedding, I decided to show you guys how I would want mine to go. Don't get me wrong, I do want to get married. I would just prefer it not cost an arm& leg, involve lots of people looking at me and a lot of my time.

My wedding
So, here are the things that MY (because let us never forget, this blog is all about me!) wedding need:
1. A beautiful ring. Preferably from here. Nothing traditional. No plain white diamond for me. I like color!

2. Beautiful photos. I love beautiful photos (in case you couldn't tell) and I want some. Although I want them to be fun and funky. And not in a dress ..because I don't ever plan on wearing a white dress. Again, the whole color thing.

3. Elope. Yes, that is correct. I want to plan nothing. I'd love to wake up one morning ..get engaged ..get married a week or so later. I'm simple. I want to get married in skinny jeans& a cardigan. We can do photos another time. I don't need presents or money .. I don't need people to throw me all kinds of showers / parties. Which reminds me ..

Bachelor Parties
..you haven't been single since WELL before this party. Hence, my complete lack of understanding of these things. If someone can explain them to me, I'm willing to listen& try to understand. Overall, I think they are incredibly dumb, stupid and people who want them thrown tend to be obnoxious and overbearing. Sorry if that's you. This is a major pet peeve. And those stupid slogans:

My time to mingle, as it's my last night single 

Last fling, before the ring

One more night lets do it right

And others. Oh god, just kill me. So, moral of the story -I want to get married. I just want to elope with a beautiful ring, beautiful photo memories& someone who loves me lots! Since those are the only things that last longer than the days, anyway.

Photo of the Day
Okay, so longest post ever maybe? Sorry. I just had to get the eyebrow& wedding things out. Wedding turned into a rant, for which I apologize. I think it's all funny though. On that note, here is my photo of the day. It's jesus (I think?).

I hope you enjoy my day 60 photos. It's from yesterday. Perhaps later tonight, I will update with my photo from today :) Enjoy your Monday ..it could be worse, since it's almost over now!

Sunday Afternoons

I had a glorious, glorious sleep last night. It started almost immediately after I submitted my post and lasted almost 12 hours. I guess the reason I have been feeling so crappy& chronically tired lately is because I was actually tired. What a novel concept! Who would have thought ..so for now, I'm feeling much better and wishing that I had of just been able to get such a long sleep about a week ago. If I hadn't been so tired, I would have run a 5k in Sydney today. As it stands, I'm going to get back on the fitness train tomorrow, for real this time! I'm going to restart Insanity and keep going for the full 60 days. I am promising this time.. no more slacking.

Okay, so aside from my good sleep& lack of exercise, today is gorgeous! The weatherman tells me it's cold out, but all I can think is:

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING :)

Or fall, if you live in the southern hemisphere!
The sun is shining, there are no clouds and it seems warmer than it is! What more can you ask for?! Oh yeah, that is stays this way! I want warmer weather and to enjoy some ice cream. I also want to get my motorcycle license.

Why, you ask? Yesterday Garret made the trek to Ingonish to pick up a motorcycle so that I can learn to drive! I'm so excited. Last night was my first official lesson. I sat on it, started it, shifted it out of neutral and into first (maybe?) .. let out the clutch and .. WENT FORWARD! Wooohoo .. I survived my first attempt at driving at motorcycle 4 inches! I also learned how to gas it while it was in neutral. I survived that as well (already doing much better than anticipated)! It was so exciting ..I can't wait to get a new leather coat and pants with studs on them. Also, to try to drive it outside of the garage. You guys just wait until you see me flying around downtown on my bike! I made Garret take a photo& send it to me so you guys could see just how awesome I am:

*Had to blur the background ..so many other bikes, couldn't tell what one I was on!

Isn't that awesome?! I love it. I don't even care that it's super dorky and Garret tells me it isn't very cool! Now, I need some suggestions for my awesome bike.
1. Name?!
2. Color?!
3. Decals?!
4. How awesome (1 - 10) is all this?!

I'll give you a hint for 4 .. the answer is 10 (incredibly awesome!). I'm so much a rebel that my mom even tweeted this:

Thanks Mom!! Definitely made me laugh out loud when I saw that ..too cute :) So, now .. what else is on the agenda for this day? Soon, I have to head to work where I will study for my foodborne test. If I get enough done there, I will write it tomorrow. If not, I'll write it Wednesday. Easy enough game plan ..as long as I don't get sidetracked by Buffy or Easy A! I am hoping for a quiet night -then again, I'm always hoping for a quiet night.

I also have to make myself some lunch in a few minutes and am busy wondering why I ate all the cake earlier. Baking is dangerous for my waistline. No more cookies or cakes for me! I am also promising to start eating healthier again. Such a slacker these last few weeks. Oops.

The only thing left to include in my post for this afternoon is TWO photos of the day, but I have to be honest; I'm not going to include them yet. I need to upload& photoshop them still. Too much work for me right now so on that note, keep waiting. I will add them later this evening when I get in from work.

Oh, before I leave this post go. I have one more thing to talk about:
Roll Up the Rim to: lose, in my case. I have yet to win a single thing on this stupid game. To make matters worse, Garret is constantly winning!! I think he has won 15+ times so far and I'm pretty sure I was there for every. single. one. So not fair .. Tim Hortons, why can't you pour my tea into a winning cup?! Just one .. I just want a free stinkin' tea. Please, can you make this happen before Roll up the Rim is over? Would really appreciate it!

So,for now, I am off to hang out with my puppy and make myself some lunch! I hope you all take advantage of this gorgeous day (or not so gorgeous, if that's your luck!)! At the very least, happy change of seasons boys& girls :)

Sheen vs. Hodder

That's right, ladies and gents. My mother has made the claim that Charlie Sheen is leading a less crazy life than herself. She is jealous, outraged and perhaps even a little bitter about the attention, fame and fortune Sheen is receiving for his antics while she slaves away with little rewards. In an effort to help Mom feel vindicated, I am going to attempt, for the first time ever, some investigative journalism. I started out by googling Charlie Sheen (for the record, all information about him is coming to you straight from Wikipedia. Sue them if anything is wrong.) and thinking about my mother (I tried to find her Wikipedia page. Strangely absent. She may be onto something here, folks!). If nothing else, they both like to hit the bottle!

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So, you will note, the main differences between my mother and Mr. Sheen?
1. Amount of time spent on a social network of some sort.
2. Amount of time spent inebriated.
3. Mr. Sheen is oftentimes dramatic while my mother is oftentimes productive.
4. My mother is funnier.
5. Mr. Sheen is famous and rich. My mom just has a blog.

Good effort though, Mom. I still love you :)

Happy March!

I meant to post last night .. and then I had to watch Easy A (ps, everyone should also watch this. So brilliantly funny and relevant ahahaha) with Mom. After that, I had to make myself supper and shower in order to get to the boyfriend's house to eat treats and watch people lose weight (Heavy) and get over addictions (Intervention). It was delightful .. but it left me forgetting to update the world on my life!! I know, the disappointment was almost unbearable. The drive over was sooo long ..I hate, hate, hate SNOW. Bright side?!

I GOT TO PLOW THIS MORNING! We got in the Jeep and really, Garret did most of the driving. I, however, moved the plow up and down via the switch! It was really fun .. and then we got tea. And also went to my house to pick up my gym clothes so that I could go to the gym with Margy after my lab. The lab consisted of going to the Pit to check VOC (volatile organic compound) levels .. wearing some PPE (personal protective equipment) .. and checking out what PPE is needed when working with certain chemicals. It was actually kind of fun. Except the part where my head was too tiny to fit any of the masks. We got to spray this delicious tasting mist into our faces to see if we could taste it .. if we could, it meant ill fitting equipment. We could. It was delicious though so we didn't really mind. Had it of been disgusting, I would have been a sadder / grosser experience.

At the gym, I pounded out 4 miles and did an ab workout. After surviving that, I headed to Orange Julius with Marg. They made my smoothie wrong AND I forgot my wallet so I had to scrounge money from Marg. Sorry, promise to pay you back tomorrow when I find my wallet! You're a real doll :) At home, I enjoyed some corn, sweet& sour chicken &mashed potatoes. Delicious. Then a chocolate chip cookie .. some Ritz with cheese .. and a milk and now water. Yum. I may have to break out the popcorn in a little bit, I'm craving snacks!

Basically, today nothing overly exciting has happened and mostly I'm exhausted and still have to pound out QPM and foodborne assignments. Wah wah wah. I am truly wishing I could nap and magically have them done when I wake up. Dream big. I'm currently watching Big Bang and being giddy because some people have randomly picked up my blog and started posting it on their pages (I can now be found in some tumblr sites .. LinkedIn .. etc etc). Thanks for finding me funny / relevant / entertaining / whatever. My boyfriend is floating around on random sites with a dinosaur ahahaha

Now, some topics of choice:
1. Joel Plaskett - let's be real. This guy rocks and has been a staple in my music for many many years. I've seen him in concert SO many times ..sheer genius. He is my favorite cruising music :) When you get to the end of my post, I may just have included a favorite song for you to listen to!

2. Charlie Sheen - Just because Mom mentioned his life isn't nearly as crazy as hers is. I'd like to do a comparison list but 2 problems: 1. I don't know anything about Sheen. 2. I don't know how to make a chart on here :( Perhaps I'll google him and photoshop one up!

3. Winter - we're getting ANOTHER storm on Thursday. This is quickly getting old. Seriously. IT IS MARCH. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALMOST SUMMER. Why lord, why? Snow? Where are you global warming? We should all joins forces with my mom and spray some hairspray in an effort to hurry it up and make us warm!! So, on the other hand they say March either comes in like a lion and out like a lamb or the opposite. So I guess that means we can look forward to a spectacular ending .. along with a beautiful April?!

4. Horses - I miss them SO much. If anyone reading this has a horse they want to lend me, please. Let me know?! Once the spring really arrives, I will desperately require some equine interaction back into my life. Weekly, at least. Preferably? Daily. Or, puppies. If anyone has a puppy I can love, I will be glad to take on the role of crazy dog lady. Has a better ring to it than crazy cat lady anyway!

Alright, so now that we've caught up on my relatively boring past 2 days, I have a photo of the day from yesterday ..I need to take today's still :( Just thinking of everything I still have to do is making me tired. That is never a good sign.
Yesterdays photo was the sky. With some clouds in it. I have no idea what day I'm on .. I'm too tired to count. Numbers make me nauseous. I want to do a good photo some day soon, it requires some nice weather though so I can get outside and do something more than same old, same old! I also need to keep working with my light box.
Here are my clouds :)

C'est fantastique, non? Also, I'm STILL looking for people who want to play model for me. Garret is either going to get sick of me trying to take his photo, or you people are going to think I'm obsessed with posting photos of him!! I have refrained from more photos of him, but need portraits. I can do closeups and landscapes are out until it's nice! So, don't be shy. Just tell me how badly you wish you could be a model. I have photoshop and will only post gorgeous / handsome photos of you! LOL. Oh well.. doesn't hurt to beg a little.

Now, to make good on my promise for a video. I present you, Joel Plaskett. He's great!

PS Joel, when are you coming back to Cape Breton?! Let a girl know. Promise to purchase tickets and hit that up! The island misses you :)

Thursdays ..

In case you haven't noticed, my post titles are basically just friendly reminders as to what day of the week it is. Don't say I'm not helping you keep your life on track by gently pointing out how far behind you are from where you planned to be by this particular day of the week.

So, while perusing through some blogs with high traffic, I realized a few things:
1. They write about controversial things to get people talking. That make sense, because really, no one cares that one of my socks is striped while the other is polka dots. Or that my momma just got an order from Forever21 .. or that my boyfriend and dad spent time bonding in the garage while pretending to work on my car, but not really working. More talking about welders or something, I'm sure. Well, Garret has since left to go back to his house .. I'm sitting here waiting for Dad to fix my vehicle for tomorrow's trip, but more importantly so I can head to the gym today. I have to pound out a few miles on the treadmill but also do day 8 of Insanity! Tomorrow and Saturday's will have to be done at the hotel, which I'm sure will make people think I'm crazy but I'm going to stick through 60 days of this stupid program if it kills me. Which, hopefully, it doesn't.

So yesterday I went for lunch and a tattoo adventure with Marg. It was exciting .. then we headed to the gym, where I promptly realized I had no workout pants and the world wasn't about to see me run a 10k in panties. So, thoroughly disappointed I headed home. Upon arriving home, Garret picked me up and we went to Fabricville, the mall for smoothies anddd maybe somewhere else but I forget. Moral of the story is that it was a busy day!

So now today is here, and another gym date is falling apart because of my car. When you consider that we're taking it to Halifax tomorrow though, I suppose that we're better off having dad fix it now than being stuck at a stupid garage tomorrow because of a needed oil change or with a ticket because a headlight was out. I hate when cars don't just work.

So left on my to do list for today:
1. Gym it
2. Insanity
3. Pack for Halifax
4. Clean out my car
5. Get a photo of the day
6. Get a shower
7. Eat supper
8. Visit the boyfriend

Why do I feel like it's 2.20PM and I have been completely unproductive? All I did so far was eat a waffle and a bag of popcorn. Oh, and some cheerios. I wish eating made me feel productive. It just makes me feel happy. LOL.

Last night my brother texted me this:
"Lol the people im with jsut put on shoes and I thought of u"

Direct quote. In honor of the people who know me well, I will leave it to you to dig through your alcohol-foggy memories of my love affair with this particular text message and laugh. For those of you who weren't in my life during this period, I will post the answer tomorrow to why my brother is reminded of me when people put on shoes. Oh, Matthew. You crack me up.

So, now that I've discussed the pressing topics of today (if this was twitter, would I be 'trending' in my post?! Why can't I figure that stupid site out.), I will leave you with my not-taken-yesterday-but-still-the-photo-I'm-using-because-I-love-myself photo. Today's photo remains to be seen .. and you can rest assured that Friday and Saturday's photos will be ridiculous after 2 days and a night in the city. Also, can we hold hands ..have a moment of silence and prayer .. in honor of my survival as I make my first big drive into the city?! LOL.

PS why do I love me? Who else matches like this?!
PPS www.regretsy.com <-- please. Enjoy as much as I do.