| count down to thanksgiving |
[Nov. 16th, 2009|02:05 pm] |
Dear Rachael
Please stay on task for the next 10 days. Every day counts. Just remember that you will feel a lot more prepared if you stick to the schedule. Remember that by taking care of your self you are much better aped to take care of your family.
Notes: there is construction on your way to work. So leave 7 Min earlier than usual. Try to do some stretches in the morning so you’re not so stiff the rest of the day.
Monday – Step class @ 5:00, drawing co-op @ 7:00, Get groceries and make lunch for tomorrow. It’s so hard for you to get to both things on Monday night, it’s always a goal.
ok, you made it to step and drawing. Not going grocery shopping was not your fault. Zac had the car really late so it could not be helped. And lets be honest your brain was fried so you would not have made very good food chooses anyway.
Tuesday – Body pump @ 5:20. You’re so very bad at showing up to this class but the holidays are coming and you really want to step it up so you don’t feel like a blob. Then off to Noel’s Place maybe? You haven’t seen him in a few weeks.
Fail. I feel just so gross today because of not getting done what I needed to yesterday. Instead of going to the Y I stayed at home and eat ice cream watching Oprah. I took the dog for a walk and I think that was the only time during the whole day I was on my feet. I have an office job where I sit for 7 hours straight, then when I got home I sat for another 7 hours. Fuck that. Today I have my size 12 jeans on and it's just crushing my heart. I feel like I have a tire around my waist. I’m just so mad at myself right now. I’m just so sick of the same story. Every day I get home from work feeling drained of energy so I reach for the sugar and end up getting too full to make it to the gym. This has to end.
Wednesday– Try and make it to the Y right after work instead of going home and sleeping. Kelly might come over to make dinner with us and then we have planes to see 2012. She will be moving back home and we should take this opportunity to hang out with her.
It was good seeing Kelly, she moves in Dec. We watched South Park and just hung out for a long time
Thursday – Body pump @ 5:20 with Alyssa who is the best teacher ever. Rachael, Don’t miss out on this class! Get a jump start on all the chores. Do the Dishes before bed because you hate doing them Friday morning. Really think about what needs to get done on Friday. Maybe plane out some meals for the weekend.
Good job for doing the dishes! Not so good not making it to the Y. But spending the night with Zac watching DS9 was pretty cool.
Friday – Your last day to yourself. Oil Change @ 8:30 then Clean Clean Clean! Dad is going to take care of the Cat and Bunny over thanksgiving and you need for the house to be immaculate for him. Check out Target/Lens Crafters for prescription sunglasses. You will need them on the trip to Wyoming. Step Class @ 5:00. Try to have dinner ready for when Zac when gets home.
Wow you got alot done! Oil change - car wash - new sunglasses - Step Class - not having dinner ready wasn't such a big deal. Pizza is a nice friday night thing with the one you love
Saturday – Body Pump @ 9:00. Make Zac some breakfast, you know how crabby he gets with out food and you know he will not think to feed himself cuze he’s a boy and boys are just stupid like that. Sorry but it’s true. Get ready for the wedding you might have to pick up people. It starts at 4:00 I think? You can leave early cuze you have to work in the morning. Be Cheerful. Have your car cleaned out cuze it will be filled with stuff tomorrow night.
YOU MADE IT TO BODY PUMP! Next time try being on time so you get a mat and some elbow room. I don't know why you freak out so much before a family event, you and zac looked good everyone was happy and it wasn't that long
Sunday– work all day with the dogs 7:30 to 5:00
long day. Michele is so much fun to work with, I really miss her at SG. Mabye we could hang out again for New Years!
Monday– Step Class @ 5:00, then maybe you and Zac and go grocery shopping for some things for thanksgiving that will be ok in the car. It will be polite to bring food. No time for drawing co-op. oh get some Tupperware to!
you made it to step class and even did jumping jacks in the morning! You eat good food all day and what happend? Sleep did not come last night. I think there's just too much on my mind.
Tuesday – you are going to have to work a little late this night maybe. Body pump @ 5:20. Pack for Wyoming. Call Dad and make sure he has keys. Clean all cages/litter boxes and have food ready for the animals. Leave out the Note for Dad. Could you leave a thanksgiving card for dad and Gail? Do you have time to make a cake for Zac’s Mom? It’s her birthday when we get there. Get a load of Landry done. Don’t for get the board games and the Allergy medicine. Clean out the fridge. Get some wine for the weekend and some beer or zac, it will make you both happy.
Zac's mom called and it looks like were not going. She's really sick and dosn't want us to get it. H1N1 has been going around alot. Zac and I havn't gotten it yet but we know many people who have. I've been phyching myself up for this trip all weeklong and i feel so bad we can't go now. And i'm just really worried about Zac's mom. I hope she has someone who can go check up on her. God this sucks, it's her birthday and i just feel so bad we can't be there for her.
Wednesday – go for a very long run @ 5:30 in the morning. You will need it. Drive all Day for 12-13 hours. I know it’s a long car ride but Please be nice to Zac, be nice to him for the whole trip. You have a lot to be thankful for. |
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| Yck, 0 dollars |
[Nov. 9th, 2009|11:56 am] |
Yuk, I have 0 dollars for the next 7 days. This happens to be about ones every 3 months or so when the timing is just write that I end up having to pay 3 big bills in the same week. There is just not much I can do about it.
Ok I did the math on more time and I have $-40. Living paycheck to paycheck sucks and I just don’t see this situation changing for me anytime soon. This is one of those times where I need to count my blessings.
Stuff to be thankful for
1 Zac – the love of my life, he did get groceries for us yesterday
2 this week should be fun and not require money.
Mon – step class and drawing co-op
Tue – Noel’s house
Wed – Kelly is bringing over a movie
Thur – body pump and Deep Space 9
3 I have a bunny |
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| Thank You Andy |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|02:30 am] |
Sometimes i'm really bad about leaving my lights on or not shutting the trunk door all the way. But Two is better than one when it come to saturn station wagon. Thanks guys!
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| voting is important |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|11:12 am] |
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First time election using ranked choice voting. Not too bad. I usually download a copy of the ballet then spend time looking up each person’s website to weed out the crazys. After that last election I do very much believe that every vote counts. |
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| halloween weekend |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|11:10 am] |
Friday night’s house party was pretty good. Lots of people were dressed as old school vampires and all played the part well. I had had plans to be Daria but ended up as Flo from the progresses commercials. It’s not that I really love Flo or hate her it’s just that she’s a really memorable person and I was sure to get some kind of reaction from it. And I think it’s just funny that her name is Flo!?! Making the costume into to a Zombie was just for extra drama. It was an easy outfit to put together except for the eyes. Flo wears a lot of eyeliner and fake lashes which I have no experience in either. It was a lot of fun having a full cat eye and I think I might just start wearing some eye make up on a day to day kind of thing, maybe.
Saturday Zac and I walked down town to see if you could get into Hell’s Kitchen, AND we DID! Usually you really need reservations. The foods so good there and I had a bloody marry in celebration of Halloween. We stopped at the store for some more blood cuze it’s Halloween all weekend long! Zac, Megan and Bryan had some dinner with us in NE. Then we spent the rest of the night over at Martha and Matt’s place watching movies. OK this is just an idea now but next year I want to make a hunted basement and have a party at are place. |
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| more zombie stuff |
[Oct. 31st, 2009|11:58 am] |
Jerusha had hallows Eve house party.
I was Flo from progressive and Zac was my insurance victim
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| walking the wolf |
[Oct. 22nd, 2009|02:19 pm] |
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I owe the dog a long walk today. It was raining yesterday and I didn’t feel like being outside so I made her hang out in the yard. She just looked at me though the window like “you suck and why don’t you love me anymore?” God, I’ve been a dog walker for Essa nearly 3-4 years. My Bunny still gets mad at me when I come home smelling like a dog. She runs away and thumps under the bed. She sees it as me conspiring with the wolves. Zac and I keep telling her that we’ve decided not to feed her to the wolves but she never believes us. Oh my poor baby bunny rabbit <>> |
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| glasses, anniversary, net flicks |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|03:35 pm] |
I’m finally better now. This last 3 days I was sick with a bad sore throat, runny nose and just feeling really dizzy. I missed work on Monday which I think was a good thing. Monday night I did go to drawing co-op and that’s like my most favorite to look forward to during the week, I just couldn’t miss it.
Let’s see, a lot has happened. I ordered new glasses online, that’s a first for me. I never order stuff online. But the price at retail store was so high with out insurance. I shopped around to 5 different places and the best deal I could find was going to be more than I pay in rent. Glasses should not be more than rent. I even looked into just getting new lenses in my old frames but that ended up being just as bad. So I went online and found something I can afford. It makes me uncomfortable shopping online for something that’s going to live on my face but I didn’t really have a chose. I’ve put this off cents August.
What else? Oh Zac and I had out first anniversary on the 11th. We didn’t do anything that fancy, just some bowling at Bryant Lake which was super fun. At home we watched the Office online, the one where Pam and Jim get married which we hadn’t seen yet and it was awesome. I know that seems silly but it was really romantic for me. Then we walked down to the Black Forest and had some drinks. Oh and Lunds gave us a free cake for getting are wedding cake there last year.
Some bad news, are Hollywood on Hennipen closed down. I get that we were like the last people on earth that rented movies from a video store but it wasn’t so much that don’t like Netflix, it's just that we really like taking walks and going to the video store gave us an excuse to get out of the house. So were on Netflix now. Who knows maybe we’ll get a dog to satisfy the whole going for walks thing. Probibly not, but a girl can dream. |
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| Zombie Night |
[Oct. 12th, 2009|05:16 am] |
Kelly, Zac and I went out for Zombie night over by the U of M on Cedar. We saw a band and then just walked around like the undead and yelled "brains" out to the people passing by. It was pretty sweet! But it was cold out and the bars were getting crowed so we went to Zombie Land the movie over at St. Anthony Main. It was a little strange going to an area of town where no one else was dressed up like Zombies but whatever. There was this wedding going on in the restaurant next to the movie theater and we had to walk passed it in front of all the guests. Awkward! Over all it was a really fun night. |
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| 4:30 in the morning |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|12:26 pm] |
I’m kind of feeling like a looser right now. Yesterday I canceled on my step mom for this girl’s night thing. I couldn’t get off work to get there on time and the weather wasn’t go for driving but I should have made more of an effort not an excuse to go. I thought I could use my time after work to go to step class then to drawing co-op but when I got home I crashed and slept through step class. When I got up I had just enough time to get to the art supply store to get paper which I was out of but I didn’t make it on time and missed drawing co-op.
My sleep has just been way off lately. I’ve been waking up at 4:30 on the dot for the past 4 nights and just can’t get back to sleep until like 7:30 which is when I should be getting up. I’ve been missing breakfast and eating way too late at night which i’m sure has something to do with it. I’ve been crashing in the afternoon and I think Zac is just getting annoyed with me. Last night I tried taking benadryl @ 5:00 cuze it makes you so drowsy but it didn’t work at all. I just laid there wide awake. So today I am determined to end this cycle. I eat breakfast this morning and my goal is not to take a nap when I get home and just go to the Y. Can I do this? Yuck I’m so tired right now.
This Sunday is our one year anniversary of being married. We don’t have any planes as of right now. I really want to make the day special in some way. I know I should feel so excited about this but honestly I’m kind of nervous about it and I don’t know why. |
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| Jeans and the gym |
[Sep. 30th, 2009|10:35 am] |
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It’s cold out. I’ve got jeans on for the first time in a long time and I feel like a cat in a Halloween costume. I’ve been wearing these cute skirts all summer which look ok on me and now that I’m in jeans again they just aren’t doing it for me. Maybe because there a little tight. I think I’m going to do jumping jacks until they fit better. Actual this last week hasn’t been so back with working out. Fri-step class, Sat-body pump, Sun-step class, Mon I was lazy and took a nap :P then Tu-went for a run. I feel so much better about myself when I make it to the gym. Tonight I’m hopping to get to body pump again, the teacher is really great and I need more strength training. |
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| getting back to the basics: drawing 101 |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|09:46 pm] |
ok so i did make it to figure drawing but i fell asleep and missed step class. ::sigh:: This is a 20 min drawing and i only spent like 2 min on her head so i'm not going to show that part. |
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| took out the AC this weekend. |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|01:46 pm] |
Fun weekend! We got together with Kelly are long lost friend we watch Lost with on Wednesday nights. She came over on Saturday and we played a little Frisbee then went to a movie at Southdale. It was the new Drew Barrymore flick that she directed called “Whip It” about roller derby. It was supper cute and fun AND we got free t-shirts at the end!
On Sunday we took out the AC, which was covered in pigeon poop. Are building has been taken over and I want to talk to my landlord about it some time but I don’t know if there is much she can do. The man next door feeds them and I think they are his friends. Kyle and Amelia came over for some cards, dinner and a game of battlestar. It was good hanging out with them again. Last week are game was cute short and before that we hadn’t seen them in a while.
My goal for tonight is to get to step class from 5-6 and then go to figure drawing co-op from 7-9. Then go grocery shopping and have lunches made for tomorrow all before I get to bed. I can do it but I must stay focused and not give in to take a nap. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 25th, 2009|10:36 am] |
i'de like to talk about drawing for a bit. This last year has gone by and i can hardly pick up a pen. I used to draw all the time. Ever cents i got out of school i've been drawing from photographs and drawing for other people. I need to get back to observation and i need to just draw for the sake of drawing. Last Monday i went to the figure drawing co-op at MCAD. Like the world really needs any more pics of naked people, but it has given me an opportunity to do what I’m good at. Right now is not the time to be coming up with amazing work but to just work and to learn to see again. Hopefully I’ll make it back this Monday. |
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| dogs and check books |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|01:41 pm] |
I took Essa the dog for a walk this morning. I have to say it was this really nice way to start the day. Aaron is gone all weekend so Essa and I get to hang out. It would be so much easier if I could just take her to my house but she’s a big German shepherd dog who loves chasing the small animals out side. I know she would try and eat the bunny. Hipadess doesn’t even like if I come home smelling like a dag.
I’m really thankful for this extra job. I over drew my checking account yesterday and god dam does that suck. I hate the charges that rack up. I wish that the card just stopped working instead of me having to give the bank my first born. |
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| i hate flies |
[Sep. 17th, 2009|09:32 am] |
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I have an office job where I sit at a desk most of the day but my office is attached to the warehouse and there is a counter that divides the space not walls. We have big trucks come in everyday day to drop off or pick up product. So the garage doors are open most of the time. Here is where the problem is. We get bugs. Well we get flies. There was one busted can of dog food we found the other day but the flies found it first and now they have taken over. I seem to be the only one really bothered by them. I put up some of that really gross sticky fly tap by the windows yesterday and when I got here this morning there were over a hundred flies stuck to them. All it takes is one busted can and this is what happens. The warehouse guys are really good about cleaning up and looking for any product that might be a problem but when a broken can is in the middle of a 700 lb pallet of food there isn’t much we can do about it until we find it. It will be cold soon and the flies will go away. I’m just irritated today. |
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| Favorite - Magnetic Fields Song: Epitaph for My Heart |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|01:55 pm] |
"Caution: to prevent electric shock do not remove cover
No user-serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified
service personnel"
Let this be the epitaph for my heart
Cupid put too much poison in the dart
This is the epitaph for my heart
because it's gone, gone gone
and life goes on and on anon
and death goes on, world without end
and you're not my friend
Who will mourn the passing of my heart
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart
Who'll take its ashes and, singing,
fling them from the top of the Brill Building
And life goes on, and dawn, and dawn
and death goes on, world without end
and you're not my friend |
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| Ren Fest 2009 |
[Sep. 15th, 2009|09:13 am] |
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Ones again I worked at Ren Fest! The weather wasn’t that nice, hot and humid. 8:00am – 7:00pm so basically all day Sunday. That’s a long time to be festive. I do really like the food and it’s the best people watching in all of the land. I didn’t dress up for the renaissances festival this year. With Anne in town it just wasn’t enough time to put something together. Next weekend there is another event. After awhile they start to look the same. |
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