Not a Resolution Revolution

Blogging...REblogging. It's not a January 1st type of resolution or anything, just a new plan to revive the old blog. In the last couple of months (and in an attempt to find things other than facebook to check on the interweb), I've been reading more blogs. I gave the old blog a little face lift. We'll see how this goes.

excuse me m'am

so today at the gym...

i didn't get there until like 7 because i had to take a nap first. number one sign of being old. when i did get there, every good elliptical machine was taken. so i got on one that i hate because it's not smooth and it makes me move in an awkward way, nothing like running. so i kinda just stood on it for a minute. then saw this girl, who was MAYBE 23, only like 4 years younger. Okay, maybe she was 21, but still she was in her 20's at least. so this girl in her 20's is getting off one of the good ellipticals, so i look over and say "are you finished?" her response??? "yes m'am."

m'am.


m'am?


now i work in a school so kids call me m'am all the time because their mama's taught them that was right, but they're like anywhere from 11-14 so i can deal with being a m'am. but a 20-something calling me, another 20-something, m'am...

it's just too much.

ohmygodit'sbeenforever

yesterday i added a new street to my running route in an attempt to run longer distances. here's what i noticed and was slightly astounded by...streets have smells that we become accustomed to and don't notice. on my normal run, there are some smells. there's the corner of nottingham and massengale (yep, massengale...) that smells like poop because of the sewer cap, there's the park portion of my run that smells dusty from the four baseball diamonds, there's northman that smells like fertilizer. these are smells i never thought about really, i came to expect them i guess. so yesterday i added the new road, lewisham, and the smells on it were fabulous. i actually paid attention and then had a little reflection and realized my other streets had smells too and decided lewisham's smells were much better than the usual dusty fertilizer poop smell of the rest of my route. lewisham had this piney eucalyptus fresh cut grass smell. totally refreshing.

Oatmeal.

I have a new love. Oatmeal.

When I was a kid, my parents never forced me to eat it like lots of Moms and Dads because they don't like oatmeal either, though my Dad tries to eat it for his heart health, but gives up after a couple days. We ate grits instead, which I really doubt have any nutritional value. I'll have to google that.

So my whole 26, almost 27 years, I've avoided oatmeal. I got a health screening a month or so ago and fortunately all my OCD gym attendance/food choices have paid off over the years and I'm in tip top shape in terms of cholesterol and blood pressure and such, whew! But the heart issues run in my family and we are all quickly getting old if you guys hadn't noticed, and so ALAS! I turn to oatmeal to lower my already fairly low LDL cholesterol. So for three days, I ate two bites of oatmeal and then dumped the bowl. BUT on day 4, I had a breakthrough. I started to mask my oatmeal intake by covering it with Kashi cereal, the yummy honey almond flax kind, and so that gave it crunch. Then, I removed that element and turned to cinnamon and sugar, which I can handle now. And today I added raisins. It was actually good and I ate the whole 3/4 cup which apparently is what you're supposed to eat. It took me a week to get to this point. What this means is that when I actually am OLD and actually do have terrible cholesterol from being old and the doctor suggests eating oatmeal, I'll be ready. No worries.

So here's my poll: How do you take your oatmeal?

This is similar to the how do you take your coffee question so if you'd like to throw that in there, feel free. I take mine with a splash of fat free hazelnut creamer in case you were wondering.



On a completely random note...have I been the only one in the dark about google scholar? googlescholar.com. wow.

My dog

IS A MORON!

In January, she graduated from living in her pin during the day. She's a whole year so you know, we thought her brain had grown a little. Not!

Last week, she lost all of her senses and started eating things that do not belong to her. She's been the best puppy...the best, but now is a moron.

Last Friday, I noticed she'd eaten a nice neat square out of the quilt on the bed, the really nice nautica quilt that was a wedding gift. Yea, I wanted to kill her.

Then yesterday, we noticed she ate a nice neat circle out of the couch. Not our lounging laying around couch, but the nice one in the living room that we never sit on b/c the big TV isn't in there couch. Arg!

She also succeeded in eating Daisy's bed AGAIN. She's a little monster.

Needless to say, her pin is back out and that is where she spends her days now. Moron.

a note on jeans

that'd be denim. i have a few pairs of jeans. i have my favorite pair, my feeling-a-little fat pair, going out pair, etc. last night i wore the favorite pair (explanation: comfy but not ugly) to dinner. it is now 10 am and i have to head out for some errands and such and i pull favorite pair off the floor where i dropped them last night b/c i figure i can definitely get another wear. however, slight glitch...they smell like dinner! i was sitting here checking the email and kept smelling food reminiscent of last night. apparently i like to block out the fact that i'm wearing slightly worn favorite pair and choose to believe they are clean out of the wash. so i sniffed my hair, my sweater, the shirt underneath my sweater, the chair...and then realized...favorite pair smells...like food! see, to me that's a little gross. they aren't dirty per say, just smell like i AM a restaurant. so, is this when i pull out the bottle of febreeze??? i think so.

what up

Christmas came and it went. I think I gained 8 lbs. in one day alone, that'd be on Wednesday, but today my sis and I ran a 5k. We were slow, but still beat 117 people. I think there were 300 and something people so you can do the math. 1 of the 117 was a really loud breather. I wanted to stop her and say, "If you wouldn't exhale with such force you would probably save 3.5% energy." But, I just didn't have it in me.They had fresh pineapple at the end which made me happy. And the weirdest thing ever....boxes and boxes of Papa John's pizza. Gross. After running? No thanks.

Other than that, no major events. A lot of wii playing. We now own Guitar Hero. It's funny. You have to hold your mouth just right to get all the notes. And last night was a major bowling/tennis/boxing tournament. It's been some intense training I tell you.

In other news...I ordered a gift on amazon. I love amazon. I ordered it on Dec. 6. Estimated delivery was Dec. 28. A little slow, don't you think? It is now Dec. 29 and it's still not here. I don't love amazon so much anymore. It was actually ordered from the amazon marketplace and it was a steal. Now I realize that actually the seller is a steal-er. He now has stolen 42 dollars from me and I'm mad. I emailed him...I'll be sure to keep you updated. I know you're on the edge of your seat.