friday
18 Feb 2011 1 Comment
Hidy everybody! It’s Friday, hoorah! We got up around 6 this morning to go for a fast-paced walk around our town’s frozen lake. It was invigorating, to say the least, and it felt good to stretch our legs after being pinned up in our snowy neighborhood. Hopefully it’s a habit that will catch on and stick with us for a long time. We are starting out easy and just telling ourselves to walk fast for 20 minutes, because that’s so simple and not something you can’t too easily justify not doing! Do you have any exercise routines? My roommate and I used to do a little yogalates, and in between rolling on the floor laughing, we actually started being able to stretch easier. I’d like to pick that up again!
We are sticking to my little planned meals (all one day of it so far) and it’s such a nice feeling. We each had a fried egg this morning with toast and sliced tomatoes, along with coffee and orange juice. I sent Harold off to work with a turkey wrap (don’t tell him, but I put an equal amount of lettuce and turkey – that boy doesn’t like his fresh greens too much) and some little crackers. He didn’t want to take an apple or orange because they are ‘too messy’…. ahem. Any suggestions? For dinner tonight I’m making a veggie lasagna in the crockpot. I’ve made it before and Harold really liked it, so hopefully it’ll turn out fine again! You know it’s a very simple recipe, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it, so maybe I’ll post the pictures and whatnot later. In a way I’m happy to be forced to learn some crockpot recipes as some staples because it’s really nice to drop something in a big pot at noon, forget about it all day (except for the heavenly smells) and then have it warm and ready to eat by the time your husband gets home!
Another bit of exciting boring grown up news: I paid off one of my student loans a bit ago! I’ve been “phew”ing ever since, real big phews. Being in debt is just not something I enjoy a tiny bit. It’s too stressful. Now I just have one more to go and then we have Harold’s, which is noticeably more than mine, but hey! He is the breadwinner. As long as we’re chipping away at it consistently, I’m happy!
Speaking of happy, spring spring spring. It’s coming! Light-weight dresses, sandals, being warm, smelling fresh things. Because vintage clothing will always have my heart, here are some dandies up for grabs that are making me just itch to romp in a field or drink an iced coffee in a park. And then go home and have everyone out for a potluck and hoedown at our farm.
Why even bother with anybody’s new spring lines? There’s so many good oldies. Then again, you go on ahead and buy your new clothes… leave all these ugly old rags for me! Tehe. So long!
Yours,
Rebecca
Feb 19, 2011 @ 21:36:38
Peel the orange, separate the slices, put in a baggie. Check.
Cut and core the apple, brush lightly with lemon juice, put in a baggie. Check.
No mess. No excuses left for your boy over there.