I am copying this blog from Lesli.
1. I am good at baking. I love to try new recipes and find the right tweaks to make them just right for me.
2. I am happy when my children are happy. Or quiet.
3. I am working on training for a half-marathon next year in April.
4. I am interested in running, baking, physics, and politics.
5. I am always over-analyzing things.
6. I am enjoying my friends and my birthday month.
7. I am in love with the fall weather.
8. I am reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. It's a fascinating book and I can't wait to finish reading it, although I am making a conscious effort not to get through it too quickly. I tend to miss good books when I am done reading them.
9. I am concerned about the state of our country.
10. I am looking forward to my birthday dinner at Melting Pot next week!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Last Minute Meals
I am usually a planner. I make lists and checklists. I maintain four (yikes!) calendars to keep track of what needs to be done and when. Grocery lists, house cleaning lists, and to-do lists clutter my desk. And yet, I have a very hard time planning meals. I have a hard time deciding to prepare a meal if I'm not feeling hungry at that very moment. Which makes it hard when many meals can take upwards of an hour to prepare!
Luckily for my family, I sometimes stumble across delicious recipes on the internet that actually inspire me to do a little bit of planning and whip up a delicious and interesting meal. Tonight, I made these for dinner, and they were very tasty.
Where do you look for recipes? Are you good at planning meals?
Luckily for my family, I sometimes stumble across delicious recipes on the internet that actually inspire me to do a little bit of planning and whip up a delicious and interesting meal. Tonight, I made these for dinner, and they were very tasty.
Where do you look for recipes? Are you good at planning meals?
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Aspirations
aspiration, noun: a strong desire to achieve something high or great
I am the kind of person who has to have something to strive for. Before I had kids, my life was pretty focused on completing my college degree. That is on hold for awhile, until the kids are in school full time.
Goals and aspirations were on the back burner for awhile while my babies were babies. Feeding them, changing diapers, and keeping the house reasonably clean consumed my thoughts 24/7. Now that they are growing up (*sniff*), I have decided to bring back some modest goals into my life. I am going to start working out again, and I am going to get this house in order.
I already have a gym membership that I was seriously considering canceling, but I found a new location with a wonderful daycare center that my son seems to love. The first location we went to was just not good; my son would scream for 10 minutes straight until they called me away from exercising. I never got anything done. Today he stayed in the daycare center for almost two hours while I exercised, took a nice long shower, and blow-dried my hair. You might not understand what a luxury it is for me to blow-dry my hair without being interrupted, but it's pretty up there these days. My workout plan includes going to the gym 3-5 times a week, sometimes to attend classes and sometimes to workout on my own. That will mostly depend on when I can get there and what is available. Last night I tried to go to this class called "Soul Grooves," which I thought was dancing, but which turned out to be belly dancing. I just could not get into it! There was a 70-year-old woman there who was hilarious to watch, both because she was so into it and because she could barely move her hips. I had to leave after 20 minutes because I was so frustrated with the routine. I just wanted to jump around and dance, not wiggle my hips leftrightleftrightleftright over and over!
Part of the problem with keeping the house as clean as I would like it is not remembering/realizing what needs to be cleaned at any given time. It's kind of an out of sight, out of mind issue. So I made a list of everything that needs to be cleaned on a weekly and daily basis and have been trying to stick to that. It's been immensely helpful and the house looks much better!
What are your aspirations, big or small?
I am the kind of person who has to have something to strive for. Before I had kids, my life was pretty focused on completing my college degree. That is on hold for awhile, until the kids are in school full time.
Goals and aspirations were on the back burner for awhile while my babies were babies. Feeding them, changing diapers, and keeping the house reasonably clean consumed my thoughts 24/7. Now that they are growing up (*sniff*), I have decided to bring back some modest goals into my life. I am going to start working out again, and I am going to get this house in order.
I already have a gym membership that I was seriously considering canceling, but I found a new location with a wonderful daycare center that my son seems to love. The first location we went to was just not good; my son would scream for 10 minutes straight until they called me away from exercising. I never got anything done. Today he stayed in the daycare center for almost two hours while I exercised, took a nice long shower, and blow-dried my hair. You might not understand what a luxury it is for me to blow-dry my hair without being interrupted, but it's pretty up there these days. My workout plan includes going to the gym 3-5 times a week, sometimes to attend classes and sometimes to workout on my own. That will mostly depend on when I can get there and what is available. Last night I tried to go to this class called "Soul Grooves," which I thought was dancing, but which turned out to be belly dancing. I just could not get into it! There was a 70-year-old woman there who was hilarious to watch, both because she was so into it and because she could barely move her hips. I had to leave after 20 minutes because I was so frustrated with the routine. I just wanted to jump around and dance, not wiggle my hips leftrightleftrightleftright over and over!
Part of the problem with keeping the house as clean as I would like it is not remembering/realizing what needs to be cleaned at any given time. It's kind of an out of sight, out of mind issue. So I made a list of everything that needs to be cleaned on a weekly and daily basis and have been trying to stick to that. It's been immensely helpful and the house looks much better!
What are your aspirations, big or small?
Friday, February 17, 2012
Green Blog Post
My not quite two-year-old son loves the word "green."
For example:
"Which book do you want to read?"
"Green book."
Or:
"What color is the flamingo?"
"Green."
Or:
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Cereal."
"What kind of cereal?"
"Green cereal."
For example:
"Which book do you want to read?"
"Green book."
Or:
"What color is the flamingo?"
"Green."
Or:
"What do you want for breakfast?"
"Cereal."
"What kind of cereal?"
"Green cereal."
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Pretty Shoes!
I have a month to learn how to walk in these without falling on my face. Wish me luck!
ETA: My little boy just picked these up and said, "Wow, nice! Wow, nice!"
ETA: My little boy just picked these up and said, "Wow, nice! Wow, nice!"
Monday, February 13, 2012
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