Tuesday Tedium

It's pretty much the cutest thing ever to watch Buster go have coffee talk with the neighbor dog each morning. It's like clockwork. They must have a standing date. ❤️

*Every morning while I am putting on my makeup and blow drying my hair I let Buster out of the bathroom and into the back yard. (If you don’t know what my bathroom looks like that might sound confusing, but basically we have a door in there that opens to the backyard. Well, it turns it wasn’t that confusing after all. You can kind of see the door to the outside behind the shower in this picture so there’s a visual in case I am making no sense.) So, because he inside most of the day (sorry adorable but practically Albino dog, the vet says no sunbathing for you!) I try and let him get outside and sniff around while I’m getting ready before the sun is too high in the sky and radiating everything in sight. Have I mentioned how fond of summer in Sacramento I am? Anyway, every morning without fail he runs down the path we have in the backyard to this little chink in the fence where he can sniff at the neighbor dog that lives behind us. Neighbor dog is a black lab named Casey who is outside most of the time, and I swear to god, you guys, they sit around and kvetch for like 10-15 minutes every morning. I know they MUST be communicating, but WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?

*Speaking of animal communications I totally want to see a dog psychic. let that sentence sink in for a second. Did I say psychic? Ahem, “Animal Communicator.” I know, I know — I sound like a raging lunatic, but there is one that comes highly recommended in my area (seriously, she has Yelp! reviews!) and there is a part of me that is just DYING to see if she can really give me insight on what Buster is thinking. It’s not that expensive, so I am very tempted if only to have the experience: what does an animal communicator do? What would she say? How would Buster respond? I mean, frankly I should do it for blog fodder alone — AMIRIGHT?

*We are going to go a see a wedding venue this weekend, and I am hoping this is the thing that I need to get my ass in gear around planning a wedding. I am a bridal failure, you guys. I am so happy to be engaged and so happy to be marrying the love of my life and all that but every time I think about “Planning A Wedding” I find really urgent things to do like clean my baseboards or alphabetize the magazines that I am throwing into the recycling bin, you know? I’m hoping that finding a venue we are excited about will give me that equivalent connection/excitement that seems to happen to expectant mothers once they find out the gender of their baby? I don’t know. If not — I may need some cheerleading. 🙂

*I have been working with a nutritionist and it is turning out to be a real exercise in change management, self sabotage, and a little “getting my ego in check” thrown in for good measure. So much to say on all of these things, but really it comes down to “What do you mean I need to stop using garlic and onions for 10 days? WHAT WILL I COOK IF I CAN’T HAVE THOSE?” Any of you have experience with Metabolic Typing? She has me experimenting this week with a meal plan based on my metabolic type and I am feeling a little bit ragey about it. My type is a “Fast Oxidizer” — which will mean nothing to most of you, I’m sure but if you are curious about determining your own metabolic type or if you are just bored at work and want to take the nutritional equivalent of a Cosmo Quiz, you can probably get a pretty good idea from taking this free online assessment that is somehow associated with our old buddy, old pal Jillian Michaels.

*Speaking of Jillian Michaels, will her podcast give me rage or is it worth listening to? I have softened on her just a smidge since she has decided to leave The Biggest Loser and talk (though somewhat vaguely) about what a sham that show was with respect to health. Entertaining? Yes, sometimes. Promoting healthy habits? Notsomuch. Anyway — where were we? *clap clap* Ah yes, Jillian’s podcast? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Any other fitness-related podcasts you’d reccomend? I’d like to listen to them while eating Taco Bell on the couch.

*Juuuuuuuuuuuust kidding. Just checking to see if you were still reading. Happy Tuesday, y’all!

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7 Responses to Tuesday Tedium

  1. Sizzle says:

    Please do the pet psychic. I seriously need to hear about this! 🙂 I went to a nutritionist & she was all “you eat well! Cut the sugar & keep exercising & you’re good.” uh, ok? Now I have to go take the quiz. I love quizzes.

  2. Jesabes says:

    Of course you don’t eat Taco Bell on the couch…you eat it in the driver’s seat as you pull away from the drive through, right? 😛

  3. Noblepower says:

    so glad to see you back here, Holly!
    Pet psychic – yes please, I would love to hear how that goes!
    Random thoughts on the wedding planning – if you have trouble getting into the planning, maybe you haven’t hit on the type of wedding that you guys really want? It seems like a lot of people get sucked into doing a traditional wedding that might make other people happy but leaves them feeling stressed out or bleh. There’s nothing wrong with “eloping” by getting married in some fun location elsewhere, or a few people (or just the two of you) going to City Hall, or getting married in a barn or on a sailboat or on horseback or whatever. You get the idea. When you come across it, I suspect it will sing to you. 🙂

  4. april says:

    Self-sabotage. … yep, I’m pretty sure that apple fritter doughnut I had for a mid-morning second breakfast qualifies.

  5. Maureen says:

    I totally second what Noblepower said! Don’t get sucked into the traditional wedding if that isn’t what appeals to you. Other people may have opinions, but it is your day-and you need to do what is exciting and meaningful to you.

    Of course, I picture you guys getting married at a fabulous winery-with Buster as ring bearer.

    Seriously though, I never was someone who dreamed about a wedding or walking down the aisle-I got married at the Courthouse with a few people attending, and then had a fun party the next day. I loved how low key it was, and after 20 years, look back and know I had exactly the kind of wedding I wanted. Whatever that looks like to you, I hope you guys go for it!

  6. I had a venue 3 weeks after we got engaged haha. I was ready to get that show on the road!

    A bunch of the bloggers I read just went to a big conference with Jillian as the key note speaker and they are singing her praises big time.

    http://www.pbfingers.com/2014/08/20/fitness-isnt-about-building-a-better-body-its-about-building-a-better-life/

  7. Nicole says:

    I agree about the non-traditional wedding. I had a “traditional” in the sense we got married at our church but nothing else was traditional about it. We had 25 people, designed/printed/made the invites ourselves. We did a dinner reception at our favorite restaurant and partied until 2am at the hotel next door.

    Think about what you most want from the day and plan around that. For us, food and friends was most important.