Come on dice...be good to me!

Alright.... I am terrible at this blogging thing.  This is my 2nd attempt at starting a blog and I've forgotten about this one as well.  That's okay... let's try again.  I have started playing Dungeons and Dragons (well I've played once) and I'm LOVING IT! My character is a Rogue Elf named Mialee and well, so far, she isn't very bright.  It's unfortunate really because the girl I'm playing with is a Wizard Eladrin and hasn't turned out to be very smart either.  We'll figure it out though!! :) 

broken car

Well. I broke my husbands car. I'm not sure what happened or how I did it but EVERY SINGLE TIME I have to drive his car I seem to make something malfunction. It's terrible. My husband took my car today because apparently I have two really bad tires and he didn't want me driving all the way to Austin on them. So I stopped at the gas station to get a diet coke for breakfast and because his battery tends to act up I just left the car running. When I came out, I threw it in reverse and noticed that it was SMOKING!! I pulled over and did what any other girl would do... called my husband (and owner of the car). So... now he's driving all over Austin/Cedar Park/Liberty Hill trying to figure out how we're gonna get it fixed (oh... he has diagnosed it as a Water Pump blowing-outage).

And while he is doing that... I have resorted to eating Brownies. Well, here's to Monday morning and the start of what will hopefully be a better week than it was morning. :)

Running!

Well. I'm doing it. I'm running. I suck at it and I don't feel like its getting any better but I started Ei210k and I'm gonna stick with it. It's only a 10 week program and I'm on week 3 so I might as well stick it out. My most recent run has me at about 3.5 miles. Obviously the goal is 6 miles but... We'll see. Just gonna focus on running the times it gives me. If I get there. I get there. :)

Yeeehaw!

I am going to Rodeo Austin to see The Band Perry next week! I am so excited. It's on a school night so my husband will be staying home to watch the baby. I couldn't find a date right away and didn't want to wait and miss out... so... I bought my ONE ticket and will be going to the Rodeo solo. I am so excited about seeing The Band Perry that I'm not too bothered by the whole date-less situation. I just hope that the people sitting around me are okay with hearing me sing at the top of my lungs and slightly off key!!

Giddy-up Ya'll!

Kabul

Did you know that it's 530am in Afghanistan right now? And it might snow there next Monday? Crazy!

E210K?!?

So. I'm running. Again. I did 3 miles today on day 1 of my app trainer. When I was done... I could have eaten my hand off!! Maybe another sign that this run thing isn't a good idea!

Frosting...

Went to get a sandwich today. Walked out with cinnamon rolls the size of my face...4 of them!

Also had a romantic CG workout this morning complete with candlelight, mood lighting and rain!

Hey Sir! :)

Guess who got an iphone... yep... this girl right here!

So far I am loving it.

Siri gave me some attitude at first when I asked about her gender, her favorite color, her religous preference... you know the normal "get to know ya" questions. I had to put her in line right away. I explained to her that I rescued her from a life of prositution at the Verizon store and that she should show her gratitude and nix the attitude. Our relationship is looking much better now.

I did catch her sending a text message to my husband that said "Hey Baby." Naathan informed me that Siri was trying to drink my lemonade and I informed her that I would cut her. Every relationship has it's little bumps along the way. I'm sure we'll be just fine.

country music

I just thought to myself "I can't see how anyone can NOT like country music. It makes no sense to me. " And I really believed it! :)

ride

I've always felt that it's better to travel than to ride. I've always been one to be active in what's going on around me and to always be intentionally moving forward. However, I read something last night that I kind of like (on David B.'s facebook-CG trainer)...

"People always say that it's better to travel than to ride. But sometimes it's just as good to ride."

I think that sometimes I may need to just sit back and ride.

CG Santa

So... Thursday was supposed to be my last day of Camp Gladiator. After 1o months, I figured that it was time to try something different and save myself the $70 a month PLUS the gas money that it was costing Naathan and I.

So, I slept in on Thursday (on accident) went to camp and didn't work out and cheered everyone on instead. We broke it down with a little "CG Ashley" and then Rob (my Tues/Thurs trainer) pulled me to the side to tell me that it wasn't my last day after all. He said that he had gotten an email the night before letting him know that someone had decided to pay for the next few session of CG for me!!! I was floored... I started crying (of course, that's what I do) and thanked him a hundred times. He told me not to thank him but that he would pass it along to my "CG Santa".

I am sooo amazed at people when incredible things like that happen. This is an amazing example of why I believe that people are by nature "good".

All of that being said, I guess it's time for me to get my game face back on and get some camping done!!

I am going to stick with my runner plans as well. I mean there are plenty of people that do CG that ran a marathon this year! So... I can too!!

Again... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you to my CG Santa!! I can't even believe it!

so baby run

Alright, so quick update, the Nook'ing was amazing!! I absolutly love the thing!! It's soo awesome. And now, I'm seriously considering getting wifi for the house. If I do that though, I'll have to get my husband cable and what's the point in having cable withou a big screen tv?

Anyway... so I went for a run today (because I've decided that I am going to try to do that) and I did alright. I ran from work to Parmer and back in 31 minutes (my goal is 30 by March 1st). I did have to walk a little bit because I apparently was hauling ass down to Parmer...and then I hit this horrible hill on the way back.

I found this cool website called jogtunes where you can put in the desired bpm (like 155 or whatever) to hit your goal time/distance and give it a genre and it gives you songs that fit in that bpm range.

So awesome... we'll see about that.

Nook!!

My dad gave me a Nook Tablet!! I am so excited.

Now if my lunch break would just hurry up so I can go download every free book that I can get my hands on!! :)

This will FOR SURE help with the "read more cause I like it" goal for 2012!! :)

My mom says that when I was little my brothers wouldn’t let me play with them (they were 3,4, and 5 when I was born) so I would beg and beg and they would tell me no or they would give me something stupid to do as if I wouldn’t figure out that I wasn’t actually helping them fight off the bad guys by coloring on a piece of cardboard. She says that after a little while (once they had invested a good amount of time in building their castles and war zones and such), I would come in and just destroy everything in one quick swoop. Hahahah!

She said it was like Godzilla style. I would apparently start back a little ways and then all of the sudden just take off running, arms failing and wipe it all out. Being smart, even at 2, I would continue running…straight to my Dad! Hahahah!

Then the boys would cry and I would try to be super cute and would typically get away with it.

They really should have just let me play with them!

the dentist

Would it be weird if I made little apple smiles for the girls at my dentist's office? I'm really considering it because:

a) I think they are too cute (the apple smiles not the girls at the office although they are as well),

b) I want to try to make them

c) I don't want to wait until Halloween when they would seem appropriate and

d) I think that the people that would appreciate them the most would be the girls at the dentist's office (you know, since they are teeth and all).

I mean look at these things!! Okay, it's offical, I'm doing it!

v-day

Guys are so much harder to give gifts to than girls. I mean, really, all it takes to give a "good" gift to a girl is a trip to bath and body works, your local bakery or a flower shop. It's so easy! Guys on the other hand... what in the world? Tools maybe? If you google ideas for Valentines gifts for guys, it pulls up tech-y gadgets and big screen TVs. Maybe I should google "Valentines ideas for guys on a budget".

But what about planning a date? Take a girl to the movies, out to dinner, to putt-putt, it really doesn't matter. Take a guy...camping? What about in the winter?

Needless to say, I am trying to plan something for Naathan and I for Valentines Day and am striking out. When I ask him what we're going to do for Valentines he says "not a damn thing" and then snickers (made me laugh as well). So he's zero help on the suggestions. However, he has been warned that if he doesn't make suggestions or give me some ideas, I will probably just plan for what I would like to do...hahah...and well...that's not always what he imagines as a good time. :)

Oh, and one more thing about Valentines Day, BrynnLee and I are going to make her Valentines for her classmates this year. (Thanks Pinterest) Check these things out!! :)

squeak. squeak. squeak.

Is it possible that I have lost weight in my feet? I feel like every pair of shoes that I put on are squeaky. I have been wearing the same Chuck Taylors for years and have never had a squeaking problem... Friday, I wore them to work and squeak. squeak. squeak. What is that?

Then... today at camp... my tennis shoes.... same thing!! Seems unacceptable.

Bring It On

Last night I was faced with the tough decision to either finishing reading "Columbine" which as you can tell by the title is this super intense and incredible book about the shooting that occured at Columbine High School OR watch Bring It On which as you can also tell by the title is a super intense and incredible movie about...well... bringing it on.

Tough decision... but I watched Bring It On... twice!!

...and it was just as good as I remember it being. I was a little disturbed when the announcer at the cheerleading competition said something about it being "2000" and I realized that 2000 was TWELVE years ago!! Yowza!

Sit!

My husband taught Mia (our puppy) how to sit on command!! It's the cutest thing!! Now, every time she sits she looks at you with those sweet little eyes like "where's my treat?". Hahah! Too cute and very impressive.

Next up... "No Bite!" and then "Play dead!" I think we may have gotten a smart one.

Wanted!

Alright, so this has happened to me sooo many times and it happened again this morning!

I'm driving along in the car and Alan Jackson comes on the radio singing "Woman".


You know the one... "Woman! One good hearted woman!"

So I'm singing and then I start thinking about the song. I'm trying to figure out if it's a breakup song or a make up song or a song about his dog when I kind of replay the first verse a little bit:

"Excuse me, ma'am can you help me?
I need to place an ad with you today.
No ma'am, tomorrow may be too late.
I'd like to have it started right away.
What's that? No this is personal.
I'm not buying or selling anything.
Yes ma'am, I know just what to say.
I wrote it down, this is what it should say..."

and then it hits me and i realize DUH! It's about placing a wanted ad in the local paper.

So when the chorus came up the next time it was so obvious that he was saying:

"WANTED! One Good Hearted Woman
To forgive imperfection
In the man that she loves.
Wanted! Just one chance to tell her
How much he still loves her.
He can't be sorry enough."

And for the first time in ohh... 10 years (?)... the song made sense!
So here's to musical revelations but most importantly, to country music! :)

rainy days and mondays

I could have certainly stayed in bed this morning!

This weekend lived up to it's expectations. No reason to recap it though really so I'll just sum it up. We had a really good time. Thanks to my amazing husband and my super awesome friend (that's Amanda, obviously) for hanging out with me and letting me hang out! I think everyone had fun (and I literally am just guessing because I can't be sure) and we got to take Dustin and Alex to Pure (Naathan's favorite). Oh. Sidenote: We went to The Domain for the first time!! So much fun!

So now... on to the business at hand... this weekend...although I had great intentions with the tequila... I may have had a beer. So I'm back on track Caveman style this morning with my applesauce, blackberrys and coffee with almond milk.

I CG'd it up this morning for the first day of my last session of camp. It was cold and rainy and something tells me January is going to be a tough month to get through camp wise.

Well, bring it on Monday!! Let's do this.

it's goin' down...

anywhere you meet me... guaranteed to go down!!

Naathan's little brother is on the way to town!! He's bringing his fiance in to celebrate her birthday. We are all very excited. It's basically guaranteed to be a good time.

Here's Dustin (with Amanda, not his fiance) looking all suave at the wedding:

Side note: I have done my Paleo research and I have found out that Club Soda, Tequila and Lime are totally allowed. (but that's it... and something about "in moderation". Yeah whatever.)

Time to get this weekend started!!

"you can ride the bus now!"

This was my conversation with my daughter this morning after she told me that she wished that she was big enough to have a tooth brush like mine and I told her "maybe when you're 10."

BrynnLee: "Mom, are you 10?"
Me: "No ma'am."
BrynnLee: "Well, why do you have one? How old are you anyway?"
Me: "Because I'm more than 10. I'm 25."
BrynnLee: Whoa! Mom! You're 25? You're can ride the bus to school now, like Ivan!" (Ivan, of course, being one of the kindergartners at her day care.)

(This is BrynnLee in the car this morning on the way to school. She LOVES her new Leapster game that she got for Christmas from her Aunt Mimi and Cousin DeeDee.)

mmhmm. me caveman.

Today is Day 2 of this silly Paleo challenge that I was somehow suckered in to. The good thing is that it's only two weeks so I feel like I might not die before my next Diet Coke. Yesterday I had the worst headache all day and I'm certain that I was having caffeine withdrawals. I am almost certain that Cavemen in fact discovered Diet Coke. I don't think there's any way we could have made it this far without it. :)See!! Proof! There he is. The Caveman with his Diet Coke... oooh... AND French Fries? Now that's more like it.

Things I have eaten in the last 2 days:

-sausage -paleo breakfast cake stuff (yum)

-lettuce -apple sauce (unsweetened)

-cucumber -carrots

-oranges -olive oil

-celery -red wine vinegar

-salt and pepper

-eggs

yeah... i think that's about it...

Things I have wanted in the last 2 days:

-a cheese burger

-and a Diet Coke!

Day 2... 12 more to go...

spin fast for your mother...

...spin fast for your father.

spin fast for your children, all your sisters and your brothers...

I did it!! I finished my first spin class this morning! The consensus? Wowza!! It was tough! I think I started it a little bit cocky and cranked my pressure up stupid high! After she told us to turn it up for about the 4th time, I had to let some of the air out!!

And now...reflecting on the experience (heheh. so cheesy)... my BUTT HURTS!! Next time I'll be prepared though. I plan to call up my girl Nicki and see if i can borrow this:

"i dont have bad days...

...i have good days and i have great days!"

Hey! What do you know? Another Blog!! (I know this is one of millions of blogs that will be started this week but hey.)

Well... here's to 2012. Last night I put the pen to the paper for the first time on all of the things that I want to accomplish this year. I dont have a year long resolution (not as of today anyway) but I realized that I have quite the list going. This is going to be a busy and amazing year.


Things I want to do:


-send a card (via snail mail) every two weeks
-keep the laundry washed and put away (we tend to get dressed out of the "clean bucket" at my house)
-find a brand new swimsuit to love
-read more (because I love it)
-write more
-go on a "just us" real vacation (because we haven't really done that yet)
-run 2 adventure races (jailbreak, anyone?)
-potty train the puppy
-remember to always make the effort to take a Hostess gift (no matter the occassion)
-get BrynnLee up and going on her new bike


So... that's the list. Time to get started I suppose.