It's green!

Look out! I’m a woman on a mission. It has been nonstop since the middle of November and I’m not sure there is an end in sight. As of now, I’m planning to be in a state of constant motion until after the wedding. I guess you’ve been warned it’s not easing up until the first of February. I threw in a little buffer just for good measure.

With that in mind, I decided to get this morning was the perfect time to get back on track with the healthier (notice not healthy, just better than what we’re doing now) and the exercise regimen. The exercising just didn’t happen this morning, but the trainer and I have an appointment for QT tomorrow. I decided to give the healthy breakfast thing a try.

I haven’t met a smoothie I haven’t loved…until this morning. My coworker, Miss Wisconsin, has been touting the virtues of the Green Monster for quite sometime now. With the craziness, last night was the first opportunity I had to purchase the ingredients.

It’s essentially a cup of almond milk (I went with vanilla), a banana and a good handful of spinach all blended up. I threw in a tablespoon of ground flax seed and some ice cubes for good measure.

As you can see, it’s not attractive. If you can get over the look, it’s not bad. Not great, but not the chuck it down type of beverage. For those of you who love almonds, then this is the smoothie for you. I found something missing, however. (Won't lie to you, I tossed half of it.) I’m going to give it another go but will wait for the bananas to ripen a tad bit before doing so. After filling in Miss Wisconsin on my first experience, she’s found the bananas are key.

Fully embracing the healthy start is even more critical, given the two of us have been eating terrible fried food for lunch most of this week. Today included a deep fried Milky Way bar from Eamonn’s in Old Town. Stay tuned for a review…

Are we missing something?

The cat was stretched out on my lap with The Thinker and I cuddled up on the couch under the big blue blanket. Focus was now dedicated to multitasking…you know watching TV, while browsing the Internet, updating our Twitter statuses and sharing random tidbits of the day.

Within the past couple of months, I have become obsessed with interior design and DIY projects for the house. And it all started when I stumbled upon the website, Apartment Therapy.

I’m not sure if it was because I have an overwhelming amount of free time at the office and I look for ways to occupy my time and feel as if I’m accomplishing something. Or maybe it’s because I’ve always had this desire to create something. If you follow me on Twitter, you know I spend a chunk of time each day combing the Craigslist listings for reasonably priced furniture that I can take from junk to treasure. This idea is always squashed when The Thinker asks “and where do you plan to do this – in the bedroom?”

Last night as we were curled up, I came across a post covering holiday traditions. I looked at The Thinker and asked “do we have any traditions? Should we start some?” His response, “I don’t see a tree.” This left the next few minutes with me reminding him that our apartment wouldn’t allow for a tree and this is why we should consider moving and that wedding stuff had consumed the one viable option. I’m sure he regretted his little moment of sarcasm.

Once I finished with my little rant, we moved on to reminisce about the traditions our families had as little kids. We both were allowed to open one present on Christmas Eve. I remember my sister and I staking out that present for days, maybe even weeks. My mom would make Pillsbury cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning because she would never make them during the rest of the year leaving the smell of cinnamon and warmth filling the house.

As The Thinker and I prepare for our impending nuptials, I grew concerned that we didn’t have any of our own traditions established yet. I mean we have one for Thanksgiving, but Christmas is kind of lacking.

Last year we sent out holiday cards and I made homemade candy and other baked goods for our loved ones. I’m hoping with time those traditions will start to emerge. Until then, I have holiday cards to make (yes, I spent a little too much money at the PaperSource on a cute stamp, blank cards, etc. and now have cards to create) and caramels, fudge and cream cheese sugar cookies to get started on.

Let's try again

The past couple of weeks have been a little on the hectic side. There was Thanksgiving that I spent cooking all day for dinner to last about 30 minutes total.

We flew up to Connecticut on Friday and Saturday for an unexpected family trip. I spent Sunday tackling the laundry before boarding another plane to Las Vegas on a work trip. Trust me it wasn’t fun.

I’m now back and things haven’t slowed down all that much. As many of you know, I’m not exactly enamored with my job. Rather than listen to me bitch about it any longer, I’m excited to announce I have submitted notice today (well, tomorrow actually because my boss is not back from the Vegas trip quite yet). I have accepted a position that places me on a career path I’ve had my eye on for the last five years.

Now it’s time to get back to work so I can wrap things up. I don’t want to leave my successor with quite the mess I walked into.