doing: august 2014

struggling with my one little word 

 

eating rice cakes in bed

 

wearing my space coyote dress often

 

learning the secrets to yummy nondairy frosting 

reworking the office/guest room

getting better at French braiding my hair vs my default Dutch braid

catching up with old friends like a day hasn't passed

kicking ass on this months mileage {and bike riding}

 

pinterest failing

putting deposits down for our wedding venue {wooooo!}

making more custom bow ties {have you ordered yours yet?}

help! my brain is stuck on shuffle...#2

hello august 2014

holy sh*t it's august already. yikes! where did july {and the summer} go? i took some time to slow down and relax last month, and have some fun without thinking about what i should/could be doing. boy do some of my goals show that {whoops}, but i feel a million times better. so without further ado....

> this is a leftover from last month, boo.  i've been wandering the fabric stores and not finding any inspiration {lame excuse, i know}. but these aren't things i can force production on, if i do, i'll never be satisfied with the end product. update: still no, but now that the fabric stores are full of fall and winter selections i'm much more inspired. it's hard to get mideval-heavy when all you can find is neon chiffon. true story.

> well last month i covered my 25 miles in 13 runs, which breaks down to 1.92 miles per run and 2.6 runs per week. so with 4 weeks in august, i need to run 7.5 miles a week to be successful. now that the 1st week is almost over and i'll be 4 miles behind by sunday.....longer runs are gonna be my friend once again! update: yayayyyy! done, done and done!


> hahaha, oh boy. this one has been on my unoffical to-do list for a while now. greg finished his list months ago, and his gentle nudges to do my own have started to become a lil more forceful, lol. so its time to just get it out there, it doesn't have to be a final list, but i do need to get some names on paper. update: besides the rest of this list and other daily things that needed to be done in august, this is alllll i heard from greg this month. so to be a brat, i did it on september 3rd. then i made him rework his list of first names into my super-duper spreadsheet extraordinaire! muahhhahahaa

> it's not easy, nor convenient, but riding my bike is good for my wallet and body and jeepy. update: jeepy is still out of commission, so this was easy to maintain.

how to have a romantic picnic dinner in the city....

step 1 have a terribly long and annoying week. hello monday:

step 2 decide tofu is something neither one of you want deal with on a friday night.

step 3 mix a{n accidentally super strong} "to go drink."

step 4 walk up a giant hill to your favorite carryout place, aka one that hasn't made you sick and isn't chipotle {yes, i could eat burritos for the rest of my life}.

step 5 head to the liquor store next door, grab a couple of beverages and forget to snag two extra paper bags.

step 6 wander over to the neighborhood "commons," which in your opinion has far too much concrete to be seriously considered a park.

step 7 find a spot to sit in the park, which also happens to be across from the courthouse.

step 8 wrap his tallboy {hehe} in said extra paper bag, then pour yours into your now empty sippy cup {wow, where'd my drink go? i must've been pretty thirsty....}.

step 9 open up all of the containers and chow down. start off trying to be lady-like, then realize most of your options are basically finger food {or have handles!} and forgo using real utensils.

step 10 give your fiancé sad puppy eyes when he starts to use pita bread to scoop with {hello cross-contamination....and jealousy}.

step 11 laugh at your fiancé when he admits that 3 yrs ago {to the week} he was on vacation and freaking out to his girl BFF about this new cute girl he met.

step 12 kiss, canoodle, giggle and be obnoxiously romantic and cute.

step 13 stand up to leave, and realize how much youve had to drink, oops.

step 14 then insist that ice cream will make you less wobbly for the walk home. down the giant hill.

the end.