love in other words

the ides of march

2011-03-15T08:00:00.001-04:00

a conversation between the SO and i on the way home from dinner last night

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SO: it's almost the ides of march

me: uh huh

SO: are you excited?

me: um...

SO: when was caesar in power?

me: how on earth do i know? is there really nothing else that we can chat about besides the ides of march and caesar's reign

SO: i don't know - like what?

me: um - redoing the boys room, buying mattresses, choosing a new dishwasher, rearranging the upstairs, etc...

SO: yeah i guess those would work

me: i find it sad that you couldn't come up with anything except julius freaking caesar

SO: look at that guy running

me: i give up

flavors of the month

2011-03-10T06:45:00.043-05:00

it's been a long time - i'm thinking about returning

but in the meantime we're gonna start with some things that i'm currently loving

nick from bethenny ever after


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snickers peanut butter squared


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the happy book


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cupcake fondue


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my new phone


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dance central


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anyone else out there got any new loves?

now i have proof

2010-08-20T23:00:00.000-04:00

i went upstairs today to do my workout thinking that it was going to be a good day

first i did my ea active more workouts one with my super friendly lady who i rarely want to punch in the face - it was a short workout and mainly legs so feeling motivated i decided that me and bob would have another go round

things didn't start well when i realized that it was a 70 minute intense workout but i figured no pain no gain so i started it up - things went ok for a while and then came the t-raises with a twist (if you don't know what these are consider yourself lucky - they are evil) - now this was only my second workout with this program so i'm not sure that i was prepared but i figured that bob knows what he's talking about

HE DOESN'T

my hand slips off the stupid balance board (which let me tell you is painful enough when one arm is holding all your weight up and the texture of the board is digging into your palm) and i almost face plant onto the board - by the grace of god i missed and instead tumbled to the ground

at this point i told bob where he could stick his t-raises, turned off the tv and came downstairs to lay under the ceiling fan - bob and i are no longer friends

*in the interest of fairness i'm going to give him one more try - but if those t raises pop up again i'm just going to lay on the floor and watch him do them* :)

the biggest loser man is out to get me

2010-08-19T17:55:00.003-04:00

i started a new diet and exercise program a week ago

the good news: i've lost over 5 lbs and so far no cravings
the bad news: bob from the biggest loser game for the wii is trying to kill me

ok let me back up a little bit

the diet that we're doing is the extreme fat smash diet (except for the fact that we've already broken like 1000 rules and are just using it as a loose basic guideline at this point) but it seems to be working so whatever

which just leaves us with exercise - the SO goes to the super fancy gym around the corner but i have no desire for people to stare at me, my boobs or my arse while i leap around like a jackass so i needed an alternative - i decided to use the wii - so i did the research, i bought the programs and then hauled by butt upstairs to actually use them

the programs i have are:

wii fit and wii fit plus
ea active and ea active more workouts
my fitness coach
the biggest loser

but today we are only talking about the biggest loser

it was an off day on ea active so after dinner i decided that i would go up and start the biggest loser program since i wanted to do the 12 week program and i am fast running out of time before my deadline - so up i go thinking, "it's day one how hard can it possibly be tonight"

it started out fine - we did a 6 minute warm up and i was feeling ok so decided to keep on and plunge into the workout for the day - 37 minutes later i was near death, i could feel the blood pounding in every pore of my being and i couldn't get water into my mouth fast enough - to make matters worse i only burned like 75 calories - i'm pretty sure that bob and i are not going to be best friends and he could really take some lessons from my lady on ea active (a workout of that length with her and i've burned over 200 calories)

today is an off day on the biggest loser but i have a 70 minute workout tomorrow to look forward to in addition to my usual ea active workout - if i can move enough to get out of bed on saturday i'm going to amazed

*and for any of you who are looking to start working out on the wii - get ea active & more workouts - i actually kind of enjoy going up for those workouts*

jacking my mom's car

2010-08-18T09:08:00.003-04:00

sitting on the couch watching icarly on nickelodeon last night - the kids chose the show, not us

a commercial for moxie teens dolls came on - in case you haven't seen it here ya go

SO: those girls are not 16 and are not old enough to drive, unless they jacked their mom's car

me: i don't think girls that are old enough to drive would be playing with moxie teenz dolls

SO: if i was a 12 year old girl and my mom said that i couldn't have moxie teenz i would steal her car and drive to the mall with my friends to buy some

BM: i don't think a moxie teen doll is worth the trouble that you would get in dad

i have no idea why this conversation happened or why the SO was contemplating what he would do if he was a 12 year old girl but it was certainly good for a chuckle or two

excuses excuses excuses

2010-08-05T19:11:00.000-04:00

so i've been mia for 4 months but i'm back and i have stories

stories involving:

ants
grown men acting like 5 year olds
a pirate ship
vacation planning
a busted alternator
miniature people
broken air conditioners
weird friends
recipes gone wrong
recipes gone right
camping

stay tuned people the stories are on the way

i'd choose brownies

2010-04-08T08:37:00.002-04:00

the SO and i were sitting out on the balcony yesterday evening enjoying the nice weather, well i was out there enjoying a cigarette but whatevs

me: there was a thing in my new pack of cigarettes about how they are no longer going to be called ultra light because of some new federal law - so we're going to have to ask for the marlboros in the silver package - that is just ridiculous

SO: uh huh

me: it's not my fault that some people are not smart enough to realize that just because they smoke "lights" or "ultra lights" doesn't mean that they are better for them - sheesh

SO: uh huh

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SO: when marijuana becomes legal i'm gonna go with the brownies instead of smoking it

me: um, that was random

SO: you wouldn't rather have brownies?

me: that's not the point, that was really freaking random, i feel like that needs to be blogged

sassy

2010-03-25T20:54:00.000-04:00

the SO and i just finished watching an episode of kitchen nightmares - after it was over there was a preview for next week's episode

me: we didn't miss that episode did we?

SO: i hope not - i love seeing fat chicks cry

me: .....

SO: especially sassy fat chicks

then he realized i was blogging about it

SO: people are going to think i'm a douche

me: *nodding in agreement*

SO: and you're gonna make me look like a douche, aren't you?

me: *nodding in agreement*

SO: i'm really glad i don't read your blog

for the record he's not a douche, he's actually a super nice guy who sometimes says inappropriate things especially when he knows they'll make me laugh :)

vultures

2010-03-08T21:02:00.001-05:00

a text message conversation that occurred today between the big cheese and i

BC: if there are vultures outside they won't attack the dogs right?
me: um, not typically unless they're dead
BC: like there's vultures sitting on our house
me: um, that's creepy
BC: *picture message of vultures sitting on house*
me: my guess is that you and the dogs are way too big and alive for them to mess with - but i'm on my way if you'd rather wait
BC: they're gone, i brought a golf club for fending off vulture attacks
me: oh that's awesome

holy cheeses

2010-03-05T23:38:00.000-05:00

a random conversation from today

me: holy cheeses

SO: what did you say?

me: holy cheeses

SO: is that like jesus' brother from wisconsin?

me: hysterical laughter

it is sure is nice to have him home again

spring cleaning

2010-03-04T22:14:00.000-05:00

i woke up this morning with an overwhelming desire to clean - i blame it on the fact that it was 50 degrees outside and the sun was actually shining

so instead of going out and attempting to enjoy the weather i stayed inside and cleaned and i mean i cleaned, i even scrubbed the top of our refrigerator

i am now too pooped to pop and i still have to move all the stuff that i piled on the bed before the SO gets home from his business trip

and i promise, i will attempt to try and be at least slightly amusing tomorrow.

it takes a lot of laughs my friends

2010-03-03T22:56:00.000-05:00

since the SO is out of town, i was invited over to some friend's house for dinner tonight - you may remember Alpha Striker (AS) from this post

while i was there these are some things that he did:

-put the large brown paper bag that our chinese food came in on his head and walked around pretending to be blind - he then tried to find his wife while he was "blind" so i was laughing super loud so he wouldn't be able to hear her and i got yelled at for not allowing him to use his "sonar" and his "hearing sight"

-hopped around the kitchen like a giant frog thing while making his eyes as big as he could

-made really loud farting noises with his noise putty while i was on the phone with my mother

-started singing songs from the sound of music

-sat on the kitchen floor and tried to put cats in same brown paper bag from dinner

i have weird friends

funky winter music

2010-03-02T19:55:00.004-05:00

lately i've been in kind of a funk - i think it's mainly because of the weather (stupid uncooperative groundhog) but at any rate the funk persists - i've noticed lately that the funk has changed my music listening habits and i figured i'd share a few of my old go-to songs and some of my new loves

jeff buckley - hallelujah (old fave, never gets old)
k.d. lang - hallelujah (who'd have guessed that i would ever own a k.d. lang song)
griffin house - tell me a lie or better than love (or really any of his songs)
eric hutchinson - rock & roll
james morrison - you give me something
brett dennen - ain't no reason
ray lamontagne - empty
teddy geiger - try to hard
matthew perryman jones - don't fall in love
liam finn - fire in your belly
tyrone wells - sea breeze
ben taylor - i try
joe purdy - far away blues

and if you listen to no other one listen to this one
griffin house - the guy that says goodbye to you is out of his mind

i now have to go help the SO pack - but i hope you enjoy the music - and if you have any recommendations or suggestions for stuff you think i should be listening to or even if you want to just critique my selections go for it - i'm always on the lookout for new music

i have returned - honest

2010-03-01T20:32:00.000-05:00

after a bit of a hiatus i am back and i am participating in nablopomo this month so prepare yourselves for a post EVERY SINGLE DAY

in other news here is what you've been missing out on while i was gone:

snow
snow
snow
people dying
snow
being stuck in the house for a week
snow
the SO traveling
snow
and snow

and today i dropped an entire bottle of wine - yay me!

that's all i've got - the SO is out of town for a funeral so it's just me and the pup - i'm thinking wine is in order

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mango peach

2010-01-21T11:12:00.000-05:00

yesterday the BC and i went to blockbuster to rent a movie since we had nothing better to do with our time. while we were there we bought two boxes of the new skittles, skittles cores. in the car on the way home the BC was testing out the various flavor combinations, one of them being mango peach.

me: how was it?
BC: it was ok, not as gross as i thought it was going to be
me: oh wow, i can really smell the peach
BC: i'm not even eating that flavor anymore, you are smelling it from my stomach
me: this might have to be blogged
BC: you better, golden nuggets like that don't happen all the time

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kids say things

2010-01-20T08:34:00.000-05:00

this weekend we took the boys on a little road trip to visit the SO's parents - here are some of my favorite moments from the trip

*on the way home, the boys are in the back seat playing on their DS's*
             LM - bm, i have a question
             BM - i don't have time to be interviewed right now

*while playing super mario brothers together*
             LM - tally ho!
             BM - do you even know what that means?
             LM - yes (says something that i couldn't hear)
             BM - well yes, it comes from the british military and it means onward soldiers

*getting ready for dinner one night*
             MIL - BM do you want any ketchup on your hot dog
             BM - oh no thank you, i'm not known for my love of condiments

these could be yours

2010-01-19T21:26:00.000-05:00

you could win a set of notecards like these - all you have to do is check out the newly woodwards

dreams of john stamos

2010-01-19T09:53:00.001-05:00

the SO and i are in the kitchen this morning, he's making food, i'm giving the dog his shot and i say

me: i had weird dreams last night

SO: like what?

me: i don't really remember now, i recalled them when i woke up the first time though

SO: was i doing anything weird?

me: i don't think so

SO: were you having sex with john stamos?

me: john stamos? where on earth did you get that from?

SO: he was charles in charge

me: no he wasn't, he was uncle jessie

SO: oh yeah... who was charles in charge then?

me: i can't think of his name

SO: you should google it

just as a note: charles in charge was scott baio and for the record i have NEVER dreamed about having sex with john stamos or scott baio for that matter so i have no idea where he comes up with this stuff

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pearl necklace

2010-01-15T08:57:00.001-05:00

the SO was upstairs working, i was downstairs not working

SO: pumpkin, you want a pearl necklace?

me: what? um, sure

SO: you do?

me: i guess, i don't even know how to answer that question

the SO comes over and leans over the loft wall to look down at me

SO: you know what a pearl necklace is right?

me: um?

SO: it's when i cum on your neck

me: wtf? that's gross

SO: (laughing like an idiot) i can't believe you've never heard of that - i was listening to ZZ Top and they were singing about a pearl necklace

me: ewww - i am blogging about this - the blogosphere is going to think you're a douchebag - first the golden show and now this

SO: make sure you put that you didn't know what a pearl necklace was

me: sure, i'll do that, i'm glad that is what you got out of this conversation

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more on the fructose

2010-01-14T14:42:00.004-05:00

in case anyone was also trying to eliminate the high fructose corn syrup from their lives here are some links that i've found helpful

no hfcs

hfcs

and i know that we're all busy and we have better things to do with our time but sometimes it's easier, faster and obviously healthier to just make your own, especially things like barbecue sauce and granola, it certainly beats standing in the grocery store reading 10,000 labels trying to find one without crap in it

and if you need some recipes for these "make your own" random things let me know, i've been compiling them for a while now ever since i decided we were going to be healthier

ladies, feel your boobies

2010-01-14T10:12:00.000-05:00

or donate to some good causes like the susan g. komen foundation or the national breast cancer foundation or maybe buy some fun merchandise from the pink ribbon store

you could even go for a walk

and watch this video

fructose

2010-01-14T07:55:00.003-05:00

yesterday the SO got out of the shower, walked into the living room and goes

SO: the biggest loser is leaving some things out

me:*stares at him blankly as this is out of thin air, and he's standing in the living room wet and naked*

SO: they never talk about the diet portion, just the exercise and weighing stuff

me: um, they mentioned something the other night didn't they

SO: maybe but it's clearly not the focus

me: *more blank staring*

SO: so i've been thinking

me: *in my head i'm thinking "oh dear god, now what?"

SO: i think that we should eliminate fructose from our diet

me: what?

SO: blah, blah, blah (i won't bore you with all his nonsense)

me: oh (yeah, i'm full of intelligence today)

*fast forward about 15 minutes and the SO is in the kitchen making us sandwiches for lunch* - and yes, i fully realize that we shower at odd times - the SO works from home so we're not on what most people consider a normal schedule - it was probably around 11:45 by the time we had lunch

SO: (from the kitchen) there is high fructose corn syrup in our bread

me: i kept trying to buy the organic all natural bread from the trader joe's but everytime we ran out or you did the shopping you'd come home with the damn wonder bread

SO: well i'm just saying

me: you're just saying what? that you're the one who bought the bread with the dreaded high fructose corn syrup despite the fact that i've been trying to get you to eat the organic all natural bread? you've been foiling my plans!

SO: still, i was just saying (yeah, now who's the intelligent one)

*at this point the conversation got boring and slightly argumentative as i proceeded to google high fructose corn syrup and then proceeded to read him all sorts of information that basically contradicted what he had been saying* - oh yeah, good times are had around here

i can hardly wait to see how long his anti-fructose, label reading days are going to last - if it's more than a week i may be single sooner than i had planned

i added a new post with some helpful links

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golden showers cure headaches?

2010-01-13T09:04:00.001-05:00

i have a headache.

i was laying on the couch watching the american idol with my head in the SO's lap.

SO: you're gonna make me pee on you

me: wth? peeing on me is not going to cure my headache

SO: you mean you don't want a golden shower

me: um, no

SO: you could take a shower, and i could join you and i could give you a golden shower in the shower

me: i feel like crap, my head is killing me and you're offering to pee on me
i am so blogging this

it's ai time

2010-01-12T18:54:00.000-05:00

in 1 hour and 16 minutes the ninth season of american idol is going to begin.

the first season without crazy paula.
the last season with simon.

so bring on the crazies, and the hotties, and the screechers, and the screamers. bring on the delusional people who honestly believe they are going to be the next american idol. as long as bikini girl doesn't show up i'm a happy camper.

and for the past two year my favorite has won. so let's bring on the cute boys and i'll pick the next winner.

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my christmas tree is mocking me

2010-01-11T19:26:00.000-05:00

i usually take down our christmas tree and all the other christmas decorations on epiphany. this year, not so much. i was gone on epiphany and with that imaginary deadline already passed i was like "oh well, what's a couple more days"

then we were going to take it down this weekend. we didn't. instead we went out to dinner twice and lunch once. we went to the amish market, and the grocery store and the liquor store. i baked two batches of brownies and made two batches of chilli. we had friends over for the day and we watched football.

and yet, we could not find the time to take down the christmas decor. so as i lay on my comfy couch earlier today catching up on everyone's blogs and stalking people on facebook, the christmas tree was staring at me. and in my mind the tree was mocking me. so i moved. but then the stuff on the mantle was looking at me. so i gave up, got dressed and went to work.

now i'm home and i made dinner, and i cleaned up from dinner and i put on my pajamas. and you guessed it, that tree is looking at me. but without even saying anything the SO started taking stuff of the tree, i guess he has finally had enough of being mocked by christmas decor.

my goal now is to lay as quietly as i can on the couch for as long as possible in the hope that he is going to put everything away and i can just lay here in peace. i mean after all i did almost choke to death on my sloppy joe. give a girl a freaking break.

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monday is for menus

2010-01-11T08:00:00.003-05:00

in case anyone cares what we will be eating this week (and really so i remember what i planned on making)

love in other words

the ides of march

flavors of the month

now i have proof

the biggest loser man is out to get me

jacking my mom's car

excuses excuses excuses

i'd choose brownies

sassy

vultures

holy cheeses

spring cleaning

it takes a lot of laughs my friends

funky winter music

i have returned - honest

mango peach

kids say things

these could be yours

dreams of john stamos

pearl necklace

more on the fructose

ladies, feel your boobies

fructose

golden showers cure headaches?

it's ai time

my christmas tree is mocking me

monday is for menus

latvia and estonia

food processor fail

just call me the love guru

ack!

pound cake

pros and cons of man hobbies

a funeral, some teens and the ghetto

wii fit

violence

shoes but not the fun kind

c is for cookie - and that indeed is good enough for me

weekender

i hate sandra lee - part one

sandra lee

oh how you tempt me

try this!!

pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins!!!

another night - another thai dinner

wishful wednesday

throw love

cupcakes anyone?

dinner tonight

bedding, bedding and more bedding

sour cream apple bars

the produce stand

wishful wednesday

the granola is done

i'm a veritable martha stewart

monday monday

sunday morning brunch

another giveaway opportunity

i'm a winner!

deliciousness

this could cause an argument

it's a giveaway

closet on wheels

to dust ruffle or not to dust ruffle

couching

what a headache

on a granola quest

this was apparently the plan

it's the weather

stupid tv!

as panic sets in

well that explains it

in the beginning there was a list