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She's baaaack!

Sincere apologies for leaving y'all hanging for more than 2 weeks with nothing but insipid Paula Cole lyrics staring at you. And by "you" I mean mom, Ashley and John, who are probably the only people out there still reading this blog.

FALL IS HERE!! I am so excited and so is everyone else in my universe. It's all anyone is talking about on Facebook. That, and football of course. It's my favorite time of year, the most invigorating. In fact, when I woke up this morning and felt the cool crisp air outside, I got busy!! I dressed myself and Gus, got the stroller out of the car, and started loading up the ipod for an epic morning walk. I was pumped! Well then I had to update Itunes, which took forever. Then I got hung up on investigating whether I could download old issues of the This American Life podcast for free (I couldn't). Then it was like 9:00 and Gus was sleepy. And you know what, I was starting to feel a little sleepy too with all that computer activity! So I figured we'd just take a little nap and do our epic morning walk after that. So we crawled in bed. By the time we woke up at 11:30, well it was just too late for an epic morning walk, and we couldn't do an epic afternoon walk because we were helping a friend move.

Oh well!

I DID make it to the gym tonight, however, so the adrenaline I got this morning from weather actually was not wasted, as it seemed it might be this morning. And now that I've got the ipod issues sorted out, maybe we'll go on a big walk tomorrow morning!

So, I had a really really long hiatus from the gym. We're talking, about 2 months. Totally shameful. I was in a groove. I was training for a 5K. I was losing weight. I was happy and feeling great! Then I went on vacation and it all went to hell. And I am just now taking baby steps back into a fitness routine. I had to start all the way back at the beginning with my running regimen, which is a bummer.

I have to find a way to avoid letting life's interruptions completely derail my efforts at healthier living. I tend to have an "all or nothing" attitude about eating right and exercising, which is not effective at all. I have a bad habit of using poor choices as a pass to keep making poor choices the rest of the day, week, month, whatever. As in, "well, I had a cheeseburger and fries for lunch, so it doesn't matter what I do for dinner, since the day is already shot. May as well totally pig out and do absolutely nothing to raise my heart rate." It's embarrassing to even admit that, but it's the truth. Anyway, if anyone out there has some advice or encouragement regarding this, I am all ears!

Most Annoying Lyric

"So open up your morning light
Say a little prayer for I"

Ugh. It's both bad grammar and bad poetry. Just awful.

Why am I blogging about an easy listening song from 1997? Because radio stations still play this crap!!

10 months

Deception

I thought we had a good night of sleep in the bag after seeing this sleepy face. Not so.

New Favorite Picture

We are back from our vacation to Colorado, and it was just awesome. This picture pretty much sums it up, taken on the drive to Colorado and capturing 3 of my favorite things on earth: Gus, Beth, and the open road.

Score!

It's a relatively new thing for me to have a decently stocked kitchen. So it's still a surprise when I am able to go whip up some cookies without a trip to the grocery store. Isn't this some sort of milestone of adulthood that I've reached? Anyone else pat yourself on the back when this happens?

Minding my own business...

Adam and I were having dinner at Subway after the gym (violating my "no more fast food" vow I made on my 30th birthday but nevermind about that) innocently eating our sandwich, when suddenly our senses were violated by the voice of Taylor Dane blasting overhead.

I wonder if there was ever a more atrocious female voice to hit the airwaves. Can you think of one? I honestly can't.

If you can stomach her grating voice, this video is nothing short of perfection.

Time Travel

I encountered this sign just the other day at a local McDonald's. I'll be sure to go back to 1995 and inform my grandma. She'll be stoked.

Goals

Adam and I are trying to go this whole weekend eating only fruits and vegetables (and diet coke and coffee for me, and, apparently 1 bag of peanut M&M's for Adam). We started Friday afternoon.

I don't really know why we're doing this. I guess just to make sure we have at least a shred of discipline. And maybe there are some detox benefits to it, but I have nothing to back up that claim.

Yesterday Adam said, "You know this wouldn't be so bad if I could just eat some meat." Um, agreed. Then he wondered out loud what you call a person who eats only fruits, vegetables, and meat, but no other animal products. I said I didn't believe that person exists, and if he does, he doesn't get his own category because that's just stupid.

What is wrong with this world, Exhibit A

Company's come and gone

Just said goodbye, sadly, to my friend Ryan, who very sweetly drove nearly 30 hours out of his way to come see us for a few days (Gulfport is not exactly on the way from Chicago to Oklahoma City.) Ryan and Gus were completely taken with one another. It is such a wonderful thing seeing a dear old friend loving my kid so much. Here is a fantastic picture Ryan took right before he left.

8 Months

The REAL Mother Goose

Anyone remember the nursery rhyme that begins like so:

"Robin and Richard were two pretty men
They laid in bed til the clock struck ten."

????

Anyone?

Yeah, me neither. Who knew Mother Goose was so progressive?

One step forward, two steps back

I have been working lately on becoming less cynical. I don't like that side of myself. It's not a becoming trait. But I got majorly derailed this weekend in that effort now that Palin is back in the headlines.