Must I....

Why oh why is it so hard for me to sleep when D is at work? I'm sitting here watching a horribly disgusting KFC commercial thinking... ew. ew. ew. I could be sleeping. But I'm not! Must pull self off couch.

But first: Random thoughts!

We finally found a window company! Yipee! Did I mention how high our PG&E bill has been? Not to mention that it's arctic in our house! Combination crappy Montgomery Ward single pained windows meets 30 year old pool pump. One disaster waiting to happen. The pump is covered under warranty, so we're really hoping it blows up soon. But the windows, oh the lovely aluminum framed, condensation loving single pained beauties. Gosh, I hate them. D and I decided that would be the first thing we did when we got a little $$. Although we'll still have to finance a portion of it, our tax return will cover about half of the cost. PLUS, the window guys also do shutters, so we get shutters for the front two windows, and coverings for the kitchen all for the same price as two crazy other companies wanted just for the windows! SCORE! I am very happy. I can't wait to have dual insulation!

So in about 4-6 weeks we will have new windows. And then 2-3 weeks after that we will have our wonderful shutters in the front and honeycombs in the kitchen! Yay!

And hopefully... I won't feel like I live in a walk in fridge anymore.

I want these... please and thank you.

So, trying to decorate D's "man cave" and looking for inspirations...

I want I want I want. It needs some major wall decorations. I'm trying to find stuff like shelves, and nick knack holders because I'm trying to integrate all his Star Wars stuff, Notre Dame stuff, and firefighter paraphernalia into one room. Challenge! Plus we have the computer in the cave so I had to buy a desk too. But my two favorite things are THESE:

PB Fire truck Canvas Print











It's HUGE! 80 inches by 33 inches high! LOVE! It's sorta vintage, but beautiful and I love that it's three canvas panels. It's really cool!

THIS ridiculously awesome concrete floor:








YES it's freaking STAINED concrete!!! I can't find the website I got the picture from but isn't it gorgeous? I tried to convince him to do this in the kitchen, but he says it would be too hard on my legs standing to cook for as long as I do. I can just buy one of those gel chef mats. It's SO pretty, and SOOOO durable!!!

I need to find some other stuff... I'm just getting started.

Marching for babies

So last year I walked my first ever 5k for Children's Hospital. I LOVED IT. And may I just mention, that I absolutely HATE running, so walking is fabulous, and way less pressure.

This year, I'm doing the March for Babies. A great cause for babies born premature. It's a 3 mile walk right on the trail near our house, and I'm hoping a few of my friends will be able to walk with me. It's always so nice to see how many people come out and do something for a good cause. It gives me warm fuzzies. So far I've raised $190 bucks, and the march isn't even until April! Woot!

Keep you posted on how it goes!!!

Special K challenge-ing

I spent the first 6 days of 2011 with gastroenteritis. (See post below) That was a lot of fun. Before the New Year, I had promised D that I would do the Special K challenge with him. see here It's 2 weeks of eating an array of Special K products like cereal, protein shakes and bars, and some snacky granola bar things. It's supposed to be a jump start to help us be more concious of what we put in our mouths. D's been a little less pleased with his waist line lately. Now mind you, I lost 8 pounds from the lovely illness at the beginning of the year so I was thinking... uhhh great. I really don't need to lose anymore pounds! I promised though, and I stick to my word. D is always up for a challenge so I figured motivating him to get a little healthier would help me eat better and maybe, just maybe... exercise! The HORROR!

So it's day 5 now. The first three days, I pretty much wanted to jump off a cliff! I think it was all the reading of my new Martha Stewart cupcake cook book, or my new Ina Garten cook book with all that delicious buttery goodness of food, that had me a little obsessed with the food that I'm not supposed to be eating. Then day 4 I caved and ate a brownie. Well, maybe 3 brownies. Because I had to. It was for my sanity. I felt a little guilty eating it in front of D because he's been doing SO good, but he just laughed at me. I'm sorry. I don't have will power for chocolate! Today was much better, although I snuck in a teeny tiny kit kat. I'm hoping tomorrow I don't sneak any sugar. I've still lost a whole pound already! D has lost 2. Yay!

We've only been to the gym once so far, but hopefully next week we'll do better. I realize that as I get older, my body needs a kick in the butt a little more. D too. So let's hope this works!

Not so pretty...

New Years Eve came and went. Happy New Year! We went to bed at 12:10. Heh. Lucky we stayed up til midnight.

I had a stomach ache. I felt like crap. And then at 5am I woke up with gut wrenching pain in my belly. That was Saturday. My birthday. Happy 31st. Now let's see how your toilet's working! We had planned to go out to dinner with a group of friends and then to see this hilarious comedian after. I thought for sure my stomach issues would subside and I would just take a nap and all would be well.

I missed my own birthday party. No joke. I couldn't even get up off the couch. I tried so hard. Thought for a minute I could. Even showered and did my hair. And then, went back to bed. What a crappy birthday. Seriously. I missed my OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY!

And sadly, everyone had fun! Boooo! I was hoping it would suck. Just kidding.

I'm just starting to feel better. Three days later. Worst illness ever. And I still don't know what the heck it is, or where it came from.

Here's to a redo!