(first published on blogspot Feb 11, 2014)

I thought I’d share with you a day in my life. I’ve seen these posts popping up lately and I know I enjoy reading what people do, so why not share what I do, even if some of it is pretty boring.

5:20 – Alarm goes off and I lay in bed for a few minutes before finally getting up

5:35 – start making breakfast and finish packing my lunch for the day

5:45 – eat breakfast while watching one of my recorded shows on tivo (it can take me between 2 and 3 days to finish a 1 hour show because this is the only time besides the weekend that I have access to tivo)

6:10 – wash my dishes from breakfast (I don’t like to come home to dishes everywhere, though it happens anyway from my parents and sister, but then I can say that I washed MY dishes so they can’t blame me)

6:20 – get dressed and ready for work

6:30 – check my email and Facebook before work, sometimes I’ll do some foam rolling if I’m really sore from my previous day’s workout

6:40 – drive to work

7:15 – arrive at work and listen to the radio for a few more minutes before getting out of my car

7:30 – 12: work, pull reports, read blogs on my phone while waiting for reports to pull (the computers are soooo slow)

12 – 12:30: chat with co workers for a bit, nice break from staring at the computer screen

12:30-1:30: eat lunch, read blogs, browse the internet on my phone

1:30 – 4: work, work, work (getting antsy from sitting all day) and chat with co workers

4:40 – arrive at the gym for my workout (finally no more sitting!!)

5:20 – eat a Larabar while walking to my car and leave the gym

5:30 – arrive at the grocery store to pick up a few things

6 – swerve into the snowy driveway (my car and this snow do not go well together) at home

6:05 – start putting together some dinner, sometimes after workouts I feel like having snack style plates. I throw random things together. Tonight peanut butter sounded good with apples and cucumber and just threw a bit of ham in there since I just bought it. 

6:20 – bring dinner upstairs to my room and find something to watch on Netflix since my mom claims the TV at night

6:45 – read blogs, chat with my bf online, check email and log workout on Fitocracy (woohoo over 500 points today)

7 – drink some tea while watching Netflix still

8:10 – realize I should probably make my lunch for tomorrow, but get distracted going through my mail from the past few days. I got a surprise in the mail today

8:30 – finally make my salad for lunch tomorrow

8:50 – decide that I should probably get out of my workout clothes I’ve been wearing since the gym and shower

9:15 – lay in bed, reading for a bit before going to sleep

9:30 – time to go to sleep

Well that was my Monday, mostly typical, other than the grocery shopping which I try not to do too often on weekdays and I don’t get a surprise in the mail everyday, though I would love to. I hope I didn’t bore you too much. Maybe I will do this post again some time on a more interesting day, though that will probably be a day when I don’t have work, because when you are sitting at a desk for over 8 hours, days can be pretty boring. Anyway I will stop rambling. Have a good week!

(first published on blogspot on Feb 10, 2014)

Happy Monday!! It’s time for another MIMM post! Thanks Katie for hosting!!

tree in my front yard

street before they plowed

backyard tree

the park nearby

(first published on blogspot on Feb 2, 2014)

This weekend, I was absolutely crazy and drove 3 hours in snow to go see my friend and rub her baby belly. The good news was it wasn’t consistently snowing for the whole drive, but the roads were absolutely terrible from the snow overnight. As long as I had tire tracks to follow on the interstate and kept my speed around 40 mph, I was good. OK I was nervous the entire time!! But I kept my focus on the road in front of me. There weren’t too many cars around me, as most people were smart to stay off the roads in the morning. It was scary and good at the same time. I didn’t like how there weren’t many cars on the road in case I did get in an accident (luckily I didn’t), but it was also good because when the “lane” I was driving in would get too snowy, I would just move slowly over to the next lane that was slightly better. I say “lane” because obviously it was kind of hard to tell where the actually lane lines were and I was totally OK with driving in the middle of two lanes if it meant I could control my car better.
    After three hours (on a normal day, it’d be two hours) I finally arrived, stepping hard on the gas pedal to get into the parking lot of the church where the baby shower was being held. I was so happy when I arrived safely there and couldn’t wait to just get out of my car for a bit and stand and stretch my legs. Then to see my friend and her baby belly. She is due in about 5 weeks!! OMG how time flies! (Sorry for the blurry pic, my phone camera is really not that good or my hand isn’t steady enough)

I was also starving when I arrived since I ate breakfast early and left later than planned, but had to wait for the baby shower to officially start. We had some little sandwiches, fruit, pasta salad, cheese and crackers. It was delicious and as you can see, I started eating before actually taking a picture.

  Aren’t those wooden forks so cool?!?! Everyone at the shower was thinking maybe we should wash these and save them because they are so cool. 
   We then played a couple games, which were new to me (I’ve only been to 2 baby showers and we played different games at those ones). The first game, we had to close our eyes and draw what the baby might look like in 30 seconds. I forgot to take a pic of mine, but one of my legs was definitely not attached to the body of the baby…
    Then we played a game which included phrases about pregnancy and after and we had to name a candy bar that went with it. We weren’t given any sort of candy bar list though so it was really tough. Ex: hospital bill = 100 Grand candy. That was the only one that most people got right. I think the highest score was 2 correct out of 20…no one was good at that game. I’m not a big candy person and some of the candies mentioned, I had never heard of.
    Then it was time for cupcakes and presents. I made her a diaper cake with “cupcakes” made from onesies and baby socks. I had so much fun putting it together.

diaper cake

onesie and sock cupcake

finished product

   She got so many cute clothes and baby necessities. Then we cleaned up and I stayed the night at her place because there was no way I was going back in the same day with all the snow. My friend’s buried mailbox and all the snow piled high.

    At least I had a buddy at her house. Simon loved me 🙂

     The good news is, after staying the night, the roads were much clearer in the morning (once I made it out of the side streets…barely, I was scared my car was going to break with how much I had to slam on the gas and wiggle/zig zag down the street until I reached a semi plowed part). I made it home in the usual 2 hours and they were just plowing my street when I got home.
     Also it’s February 2, I believe the groundhog said 6 more weeks of winter and there is already snow in the forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday this coming week. Because of all this weather and the holidays, I realized I’ve only worked a full work week once in the past 5 weeks. It’s pretty crazy and I’m getting too used to the delayed starts and less than 40 hours a week, going back to full work weeks is going to be tough LOL.
     Hope everyone enjoys the Superbowl. I’m not into sports, but I think I’ll watch some of the puppy bowl tonight.

(first published on blogspot on Jan 21, 2014)

With all the treats I’ve been giving myself this weekend, I thought it was time to join in on Becky’s Treat Yourself Tuesday.

     So even though I was sick all weekend, I still treated myself a lot. I think it helped me feel a bit better or at least distracted me from feeling sick. First, while I was out Saturday morning, one of my stops was Dick’s Sporting Goods. I had received a $10 off reward in the mail and planned to buy a swimsuit to replace my one piece for swimming laps, but their swim suit collection in stores in winter is minimal and instead I bought an under armour shirt that was discounted and used my $10 off. Score! I can already tell this is going to be my new favorite workout shirt.

        On Monday, my mom needed me to return some stuff to the mall for her and since it was a holiday, there were tons of sales, though most of the things I ended up buying were not on sale….Anyway I treated myself to some wild strawberry tea from Adagio tea and bought some candy cane tea that was 50% off for later.

   Then I stopped in Bath and Body works, because they were having a sale and I had some coupons. I wanted to try their stress relief aromatherapy so I thought the travel size would be perfect to try some before buying a bigger bottle. I also threw in an energy body wash. I can’t wait to try these out!

     Just a few little treats from the weekend, but they made me happy. Now to get through the work week. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!!