Sep
28
At all. And you should watch this video. It makes me happy.
Sep
28
There. I said it. I’m not even all that embarrassed about it.
I’d originally ordered The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set
child teenager. I’m not sure what that says about us.
The Hunger Games: Way to draw someone in.
Catching Fire: Way to F with my head.
Mockingjay: I was muy decepcionado with this book. I didn’t know how I wanted it to end, but I do know it wasn’t the way it ended. How’s that for a spoiler?
This series was candy, just straight candy. I wouldn’t let myself try to think ahead; I just wanted to read things chapter by chapter. I knew if I thought hard enough, I could figure out the entire series and I didn’t want that to happen. It was a perfect trilogy for reading from around a campfire or in the bathtub. I couldn’t pick it up and drop it off mid-chapter and not worry about it. And it made me more than a little excited for the movie(s) to come out.
Maybe I’ll try challenging myself with a book this time around. Or not. Because I like pictures.
Sep
28
This post brought to you by T.G.I. FRiDAY'S. All opinions are 100% mine.
One of the best things I'd been doing lately is taking my lunch to work. It saves a minimum of $8/ a day and pretty much anything I bring from home is healthier then anything I'd be able go pick up or have delivered to my work. Quick places to grab a somewhat healthy and relatively inexpensive lunch? Kind of hard to come by in my little corner of downtown Minneapolis.
I'm fan of the prepackaged frozen dinners and cans of soup. The sodium's not the greatest; I get that. But when I'm at my least finest form at 6:30am every morning and I need to get some lunch and run out the door, the fewer things I have to grab, the better? Box from the freezer? Can from the pantry? I got that down.
Yesterday, during our grocery shopping expedition (Saturday afternoon = horrible idea), I ran across T.G.I. FRiDAY’S “Entrées for One”. Here's what I couldn't stop staring at:
Mac and cheese + chicken = my favorite foods in one container where I don't have to do anything but microwave it for six minutes? SOLD. I couldn't find the nutritional content anywhere online, which was a little frustrating, but I'm sure it's not going to match some of the other stuff I eat. In other words, I can't have Friday's frozen dinners every day. But occasionally? YES, PLEASE.
Also, here's an even better way to try these new entrees: Fun Freezer contest. If you enter and win, you can find yourself with a year's supply of freezer-based goodness!
Sep
27
I’m making a solid attempt at reading the Bible through from front to back right now, thanks to an app I downloaded for my phone. It just gives me a few verses a day, which is about all I want to read in one setting.
So far, after barely getting a taste of Genesis, I have more questions than answers. I don’t think I was expecting answers as much as I was clarifications of the verses that get thrown out in heated debates. That’s not happening either just yet, but I’m definitely giving it time.
I think this might prove to be the most interesting and in depth project on my 101 list… with the exception of learning to pee while standing up, of course.
Sep
27
It took three years, but she’s closed to as die hard as me. And I love it.
Sep
26
I just forget to check things off my list. Oddly enough, that happens in my daily life, too. Weird, right?
I’m only to 19/101. I should probably get a little more serious about this! The whole list is here.
Complete
19. Go to a women’s sporting event that’s not the WNBA. Thanks to Groupon! Managed to find myself on the field during halftime attempting to kick a field goal. I did not succeed.
21. Go to a soccer game. Thanks to Groupon, we went to go see the NSC Minnesota Stars this summer.
53. Spend more than $20 on a haircut. Major let down. In fact, The General’s been cutting my hair the last couple of times, and it looks just the same, if not better.
55. Get a pedicure. Most feminine thing I’ve ever done in my life, aside from getting my period, and I’m not going to lie. I’d totally do it again.
57. Take part in some type of teeth whitening process. Use a do it your home jobber and think I burnt my mouth. I only made it through half the treatment before wussing out, but I’m still calling it done.
99. Complete Lake Street Photo Project with Jenni. This turned into something I’d do every weekend. There were photographs and meat raffles involved and I still haven’t edited the pictures yet.
Pending
11. Watch the sunrise from somewhere I can photograph it. I work at 7am now. So, this one should not be as majestic and tricky as I may have thought it would.
12. Learn to pee outside while camping without peeing on myself. I really wanted to this year over Labor Day, but I could not make myself do it. I’m hoping there’s a community ed class for this.
15. Make a list of 12 local restaurants I want to visit and make plans to try each of them. (10/12) I went to the Barrio Truck and the World Street Kitchen. Trucks count as restaurants, right? And I go to One on One Bicycle Studio & Go Coffee for lunch all the time now at work now that I know it even exists.
Sep
25
Earlier this summer, I realized I hadn’t been back to Missouri since Christmas of 2010. I tried making plans over the 4th of July weekend, but that didn’t work out due to work obligations. Then, I got a card from my grandma at the beginning of September, which happens at the beginning of every month. This particular card said she was homesick to see me. So, you’re darn skippy that I planned a trip back to Missouri faster than I’ve planned any trip back to Missouri. So, now from 10/5-10/10, the we will be in the Sedalia, MO/Belleville, IL area.
Our schedule thus far is as follows:
10/5: Leaving work directly following a staff meeting to visit my friends I-35 and Iowa for the first time this year.
10/6: Visiting my grandparents, my aunt and uncle, and anyone else I can cram into one day.
10/7: More visiting during the day, perhaps getting new tires, attending a high school homecoming football game and then driving midway through MO.
10/8: Visit the Arch when it opens, head to Belleville for an all day, city wide Chili Cookoff.
10/9: City Museum. All. Day. Long.
10/10: Heading back to the 612.
And I’m back to the point where our vacation will need a daggum* vacation.
*I can’t stop saying daggum lately and I’m not sure why.
Sep
22
Not to be all religious, but if you’re going to decide which of the Bible verses are ones you should choose to believe and/or enforce, then I can do it, too, right?
James 4:11-12
11 Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
12 There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
#Bible http://j.mp/dQOWPL
Sep
21
I have approximately 4.5 billion things that I need to write about. I keep starting blog posts in my head (hello, nerd!) and then never putting them into WordPress. If I could get a trained monkey to take care of that for me, I’d be forever appreciative.
Last weekend was one of the most fantastic weddings of all time. I’m totally always a bridesmaid, by the way. Twice that’s been my role in the whopping five weddings that I’ve actually been to that I can remember. In other weddings, I’ve been a candle lighter and a guestbook attendant. The fifth wedding was a Catholic wedding and I’ve blocked most of that out. (More on this latest wedding later.)
I had three days of fever over a week ago, started waking up with sore throats, tons of muscle fatigue, etc. Went to the doctor, stole some medical supplies while waiting, and then found out it’s nothing. THANKS, DOC. Since then, I’ve managed to lose my voice. If you know me in person, you’ll know how much of a travesty this is. It’s slowly working it’s way back and I’m slowly no longer sounding like a prepubescent boy.
Yesterday, the General and I went to the Lynx playoff game. I won tickets via Twitter from a VP of the Timberwolves. They were in a suite, which was way, way awesome. And I think being that far away from the rest of the fans probably prevented me from screaming my fool head off and losing my voice all together. The Lynx won and they’re headed to the Western Conference Finals, starting tomorrow, and don’t worry. We’ll be there. I even ponied up the cash for these tickets. (And more about this to come as well.)
The Kid’s been a rock start in high school so far. He’s got some new friends and the ones I’ve met have been super awesome. It’s weird to think he’s hanging out with people that are old enough to buy cigarettes and porn now.
The whole damn family is heading toSedalia,MO/Belleville,ILin a couple of weeks to catch a high school football game and a city-wide chili cook-off. As always, it’s sure to be action packed and loads of fun.
More blogging. It’s coming. I promise.
Sep
16
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of MeetMoi. All opinions are 100% mine.
Tonight, I was killing time while waiting for a doctor and started digging around in my Android's Marketplace. I think if I could learn one skill overnight, it'd be to create apps. It seems like everyone else can do it with the amount of spectacular garbage on there.
I did run into the MeetMoi Android app, though, which has now turned online matchmaking up a whole notch. I downloaded it and spent some time in the waiting room digging into. It was more of a two-man-team digging into it, because The General was equally as enthralled in it as I was.
I immediately got hit up… IMed up? Chatted up? I don't know what kids are calling it these days, but I do konw that "lovergirl88" wants to talk to me real bad. I left my phone unattended for an hour and had a dozen notifications. I think what I'm trying to say is A) I'm apparently smokin' awesome and/or B) this mobile dating app might just work.
I'll leave you with this, though. Sometimes I text on the toilet. Or play Words with Friends on the toilet. And if I were in the market for someone to date, this app would lead to me browing the profiles of potential suitors on the toilet, too.
