I'm Ready For...

Don't hate me, but this HEAT is for the birds!

Sundays

I'm not ready for the work week to begin!

Here is what I do on Sundays...


Yep...you see that correctly. If I'm really lazy I lay around and watch Spongebob...LOL!

I need to be cleaning, mulching, tanning, cooking or doing something productive but nope...it's me and the dogs and spongebob square pants today.

It's time for....

Eating healthy and losing weight.

I feel like this:

Seriously...that's what I feel like at this very moment.

I'm not much of a runner, but walking out in this heat has to be just as good as far as burning calories. I need to convince myself to work out ALOT over the next couple of months! And I need to eat healthier of course.

I set a goal last month to paint my bathroom well guess what? I didn't do it :) This month I need to mulch my landscaping...it looks hideous. It looks like this:

Ha! Just kidding that is clearly not my house and clearly not my landscaping. I couldn't find a picture yucky enough to illustrate how bad it looks right now.

So on to my quest for a vehicle I acutally like. I'm thinking one of these:




Maybe I should stop day dreaming.

Have a good Tuesday...I'm ready to head home!

What's a happenin hot stuff????

Whew it has been hot here the last week or so...it was 101 in my car yesterday! I think I could handle a couple more pool/lake trips and then I'm ready to head into fall! (I know some of you are cursing me right now.)

So whats been happenin lately?? T H I S !!!!

What is their to say. Here's my final "two cents worth". I think she did it. I also think if I were on the jury I would NOT have been able to convict her either. I hate to say that b/c I really do THINK she did it. The problem is you can't really convict someone just because you THINK they did it. I did however DESPISE her defense team and thought they presented a horrible case. Not to mention that their little celebration party after the verdict was UN-CALLED FOR!

Moving on...

My sweet puppy Rupp has kennel cough!!!!!!! What in the world?????!!!!

We will no longer be taking him to PET%$&@#*$!! (I feel bad actually saying the name of the place online...other people may love it.) I do hope he gets better soon...poor baby! Funny story though. Matt was so mad about taking him to the vet because he was convinced that it was something small like eating too much grass. When I brought him home and told him what was wrong he actually had to admit that I was right and he was wrong and I made the good decision :)

This weekend we will be attending a Sublime and 311 concert. Guess I better start listening to some of their music, lol. (I know a song or two.)


Hope you're having a good week so far.

Stay cool!

A day in the life of...

ME

I've always thought it would be fun to do this so here goes! This was "A day in the life of ME" from yesterday:

Morning:
Worked from home before heading out to Clovernook Country Club to hang with the kids who are participating in our Youth Discovery Summer Program. Yestersday was week two of "survivor camp" which is basically just a recreational camp for kids who are blind or visually impaired. Here are a few of the kids learning to golf:



Seriously good stuff...seriously. The kids had a blast, the golf pro's learned a thing or two about people who are blind or visually impaired, the club manager said "his life had been changed"...good times all around!

Lunch:
The kids and volunteers headed in to the country club for lunch. The manager booked lunch for them in his best dining room and brought in three young professionals who are blind to talk to the kids about their work experience (they work for the club). The kids loved hearing these young adults talk about their ability to work and do things they hadn't thought possible. Here is a photo of one of the camp participants getting a surprise birthday cake...he was THRILLED!


After lunch:
The kids went swimming in the clubhouse pool (of course)! They had a great time. Some of them dont get a chance to swim at all and they were having a ball! There were four lifeguards on duty just in case. I only snapped this photo since people do like to be photographed in their swimsuites :)


Afternoon:
While the kids finished swimming, I headed back to the office. I spent about an hour catching my boss up on the days festivities, checking emails, voicemails, arranging for a media appearance we have on Fox 19 on Tuesday morning, etc. etc. etc.



Late afternoon:
Alison and I had "coaching". She has been working for me for about 6 months and every other week she and I set a couple of hours aside to catch each other up on projects, issues, kudos, etc. We tried to go to a coffee shop but it was closed so we ended up at Molly Malones...nothing like coaching at a BAR! Ha! No drinking was involved though (well...just Pepsi). Afterwards I dropped a grant off to a foundation located a few miles away.

Evening:
I had some time to kill before my spa appointment so I went to Old Navy and bought some new short...I've grown out of my old ones. SIGH.

On to my "spa" appointment. I had a bikini wax and I will NEVER do it again. It was awful. Terrible. A nightmare. I have bruising and red dots/broken blood vessels all over...looks like I won't be taking off my shorts this weekend to expose my bathing suit bottoms! If I could show you a picture I would...just to discourage all of you from doing it!


After the awful appointment:
I went home did laundry, hung up clean laundry (from Maui), HA, did dishes (the kind that sit in the sink for a week because they can't go in the dishwasher), gave myself a pedicure, entertained all FOUR dogs, caught up on the Casey Anthony trial, etc. etc. etc.!

Well...there was an unusual day in the life of ME! Hope you had a good day...minus the SPA appointment of course!

I confess

I read someones blog who made lots of random confessions and it made me laugh...here goes:

I confess
I haven't washed my hair since Sunday. EEEWWW. At least I have a reason...I had some sort of hair treatment done and I can't wash it for 72 HOURS!

I confess
I took a nap today during my lunch break. Although there isn't anything too wrong with this because it is my lunch break and I can do as I please, BUT it makes me feel much older than 27!!! Guess I'll tell myself that I'm still on Hawaii time...how long can I use that excuse??

I confess
I haven't given my Dad his Father's Day gift yet. SIGH! I got a nice card weeks before Father's Day. We spent 18 hours on a plane (on the way home from Hawaii) on actual Father's Day. No excuse. I know...I suck.

I confess
I watch coverage on the Casey Anthony trial on HLN five nights a week. Have no fear...if I have to miss it...I have it recorded. Deep confession...some days I watch Vinny Polatino (spelling), Jane Valez Mitchell, Nancy Grace and Dr. Drew all in a row. That's right...four hours of trial discussion.

I confess
I don't really like my new car. AHHH! I will find out if Matt reads my blog based on this confession! Ha! I better get over it really quickly though. With that being said, if I ever get one of these, I promise to be perfectly happy!! (Just kidding...kind of.)


That's all the confessions I'm willing to discuss at this point, lol!

Just Maui'd

Oh Maui...when can I see you again? I loved it there. Only problem was the amount of time we DIDN'T have. Next time I have a few things on my list to accomplish 1) Road to Hana 2) Visit a blowhole 3) Out of the ordinary restaurants.

I did manage to snorkle which was sooo neat. I need to have another go at it though because I had no idea what I was doing and made it much more difficult than it needed to be.

I did see one of these...it's a humuhumunukunukuapua'a (seriously):

And one of these:

My friends saw these and I was sooo jealous!


Anywhoo...my sister-in-law and her new hubby were the first people to have jumped off black rock (a cliff) in their wedding attire...gown and all. (This was the morning after the wedding.)


You can read one of the articles about it here.

Thats all for now...I'll be here day dreaming about Maui!

Sneak Peak

Hi friends,

I'm back from Maui. We had the best time. I'm convinced this is the only way to have the perfect wedding! Ha! We saw sooo many beautiful things...had a great time with family...witnessed the most beautiful wedding (and bride)...relaxed...ate great food...the list goes on and on. If I ever get back there we will definitely do more tourist type things. We didn't have time on this trip, but I'm sure there will be others!

Not a whole lot of time to write today, but here's a sneak peak of the activities:




Is it bad that I just got home and I'm ready for another vacation?? :)

G O N E

You heard me! I will be gone Tuesday - Sunday. Do you know where I'm going???


M A U I !!

For her wedding :)

Ignore the photo...my hair is dark but this pic is about Lauren!!

See you in a week!

ALOHA!

One of those

It's Tuesday and it's been one of those days (or weeks I suppose).

Yesterday after work I decided I needed to get some things accomplished around the house (no...I have not yet attempted to re-paint my bathroom). I spraypainted our outdoor furniture, cleaned up the house, put away laundry, sorted HUGE piles of dirty laundry and threw a load in...you see where this is going don't you?

Here is when the washer decided to break down.

Yes, after the water had filled completely to the top and all the clothes were drenched. I know...it could have been much worse and leaked water out all over my house or something (like happened to my poor frieneighbors - friends/neighbors). But, it seemed pretty bad and I had a breakdown by the time it was all said and done.

Basically, I had a big load in that had to be completely rung out (which I don't seem strong enough to be able to do). I loaded all the drenched clothing into a laundry basket which I couldn't lift by the time all the wet laundry was loaded into it. Then I scooped all the water into buckets (which I also couldn't lift once I filled with water), hung the clothes out on the back deck (REDNECK) and ended up with water all over the house. Meanwhile, Matt (who was supposed to be helping) decided to walk down to the neighbors house to return a power washer and decided to play a nice game of basketball. Long story short, it did not make a good evening for him once he got home and I was in the middle of a breakdown. We may be burying the washer this evening.

Today has started as an okay day at work but the corporate drama and "politics" has creeped in. I need to re-group and focus on the reasons I love my job...

I love this picture. It's a 2nd grade class feeling a braille book I brought in for them. They loved it. They even asked questions like "how do blind people know when they are hungry?"..."how do blind people know when it's time to wake up or time to go to sleep if they eyes are always dark?"...and my favorite..."if two people are blind and deaf and neither one of them have hands, how do they talk to each other?"...ha! Ok, they got me on that one b/c I have no idea! A good reminder of why I do what I do.

Off to make this a better day! I'm thinking I'll put on Britney's new CD ;)