Monthly Archives: June 2014

*Sometimes I feel like Fridays are a Vitamin B12 shot to my psyche. I’ve been playing catch up all week because I was out of town last weekend, and so by Thursday I was doing some serious dragging. But I woke up this morning bright eyed and bushy tailed because: IT’S THE WEEKEND. And the promise of that is more powerful than espresso. (Though espresso helps too :)) I actually feel excited about mundane chores like grocery shopping and meal planning — woo hoo! PS — what are you making for dinners this week?

*So, this whole engagement story blog post is getting embarrassing. I know, I know, I need to write it. Actually, it is written, but I can I tell you the obstacle that is hindering me? I have a ton of cute pictures from the day it happened that my cousin Gina took and sent me but they are all housed at Shutterfly and I have no idea how to get photos from Shutterfly into a jpeg format. Anyone know how to do this?

*I have checked out a ton of books from the library and I am so excited to start reading some of them, but then I fall victim to this phenomenon. It is so sad, and I feel like as the years go by it is only getting worse.

*I am taking golf lessons! I decided that this was going to be The Summer of New Things and so I signed up to learn how to golf. It is fun being a beginner. I bought myself a set of clubs this week so I can finally start practicing all the stuff I’m learning on my own time. It’s so rare that we just learn things for fun as adults. It feels kind of good to have no idea what I’m doing.

*So I started working with a Certified Nutrition Practitioner who is very much aligned with my philosophies around health, activity and food. Some of you will undoubtedly think that sounds super boring and like a total drag and others of you may think it sounds about as awesome as I do. I’m sure I’ll blog about it more but we are kind of working through some baseline tests to see where I’m at with respect to general health, metabolic function, allergies, etc and then working to tailor a specific protocol for my goals. I don’t know why it took me so long to get this particular ball rolling because now that I’m doing it, it is exciting and fun. I love life/food-hacking and all but it can get exhausting when you are not getting the results you want. I thought, what the heck — let’s farm the hacking out to a nutrition professional.

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So what’s new in your neck of the woods?

I think it’s been at least 5 years since I’ve gone to a bachelorette party. This weekend my cousin John’s fiancee Lindsay had her soiree and I was struck by how much has changed over the past few years.

Gone are the days of 10 people piling into a hotel room (Thank God!) and then swinging from the chandeliers until the early morning hours. This weekend we rented two villas in wine country, and while I surely could have come home more rested, I came home with a ton of fun memories and a laundry list of lessons that made me look forward to planning my own ladies weekend in the future.

For example:

Cards Against Humanity has the potential to make you snort-laugh.

Everyone my age seems to look forward to watching Dateline on a Friday night. We are either getting old or Dateline has gotten REALLY GOOD over the years. 🙂

If you want to get a party started, just play Bell Biv Devoe.

If you’re not sure what the question is, Cheez Its are probably a viable answer.

There is not much better than floating in a sun drenched pool on an air mattress with a cocktail in hand.

People Magazine is my bible.

Good wine is money well spent. If you collect different kinds of wine, consider investing in Dual Zone wine coolers.

It’s nice to get away and have a chance to miss your little home + family. It makes the dust bunnies of life seem more endearing, somehow. If you’re planning a party or an important event, you may reserve a banquet room of a hotel or restaurant so your guests can feel more comfortable.

The biggest lesson of all though is that I’m so, so lucky to have family members that I would choose to have as girlfriends even if we weren’t related.

Oh no! It appears we have reached that awkward amount of time away from the blog where people have started to worry about me.

Man, I hate when I do that. 🙂

Popping in though to say that I am just fine. Better than fine, actually — still VERY EXCITED to be engaged, and fully immersing myself in the act enjoying summer!

I am also sort of swamped with life though.

Work has been busy (good, but busy!) And of course there are considerations like sweet little dogs who like to be walked, podcasts that want to be listened to, friends to visit, new babies to snuggle (not mine! LOL), BBQs to be had, relaxing nights at home on my couch, meals to cook, sunshine to enjoy and weddings to plan.

You know how this works.

So while I may have temporarily lost my ability to find time to blog, I have not actually lost the urge.

My brain is full up with stuff to write but I have to find my rhythm again.

I’m working on it y’all, I promise.

Let’s talk soon?