December 2010
52 posts
Body Inspiration
I love looking at picture of Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Osbourne when I need a little workout and healthy eating inspiration. Just look at Jennifer…
… she looks amazing! And Kelly…
… seriously hot!
I know these women have trainers and dieticians helping them out, but they still had to do the work. Totally inspiring. :)
Body Inspiration
I love looking at picture of Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Osbourne when I need a little workout and healthy eating inspiration. Just look at Jennifer…
… she looks amazing! And Kelly…
… seriously hot!
I know these women have trainers and dieticians helping them out, but they still had to do the work. Totally inspiring. :)
Getting my life together via a run, putting away laundry, and bathing the beast before popping a bottle of champagne and getting all dolled up for the night.
This is where I’m spending my NYE- I hope you have a great night!!
All I have to say about 2010
is that it was a year where I worked REALLY hard and a year where I got closer to the people who matter the most. It definitely wasn’t my year (although it wasn’t NOT my year) but it was an incredibly important year for many people close to me.
2010 has treated me well, but I’m excited to usher in 2011.
Happy New Year’s Eve!
MacBook Air or MacBook?
I’m getting ready to invest in a new computer (my old MacBook has an exploded battery, the mouse pad works intermittently and no power cord) but can’t decide between the MB Air or traditional MB.
I’d do the 11 in MB Air with extra memory ($1199) or the standard MC ($999). I would totally just go for the air but you have to by add ons for ethernet plug ins and the CD/DVD drive.
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MacBook Air or MacBook?
I’m getting ready to invest in a new computer (my old MacBook has an exploded battery, the mouse pad works intermittently and no power cord) but can’t decide between the MB Air or traditional MB.
I’d do the 11 in MB Air with extra memory ($1199) or the standard MC ($999). I would totally just go for the air but you have to by add ons for ethernet plug ins and the CD/DVD drive.
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Movies to See
Blue Valentine
All Good Things (playing at The Music Box)
The Tempest
Somewhere (playing at Century Centre)
Country Strong
Rabbit Hole (playing at Century Centre)
Jane Eyre
What should I buy with my iTunes gift cards?
I received a few iTunes gifts cards for Christmas and really want to use them to expand my music collection. I haven’t spent a ton of money on music in the last few years and am a little out of touch with what is our there. I’m looking for mellow music that has strong lyrics- I want something I can sit and listen to or put on in the background and enjoy.
Some of my current favorites...
What should I buy with my iTunes gift cards?
I received a few iTunes gifts cards for Christmas and really want to use them to expand my music collection. I haven’t spent a ton of money on music in the last few years and am a little out of touch with what is our there. I’m looking for mellow music that has strong lyrics- I want something I can sit and listen to or put on in the background and enjoy.
Some of my current favorites...
New Year's Resolutions
I love thinking through what I want my New Year’s Resolution(s) to be each year- it is so much fun to know the sky is the limit and January 1st just feels like such a clean slate. Let’s be serious, though- a year is a pretty long time to commit to something you come up with between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
You can check out some past resolution posts here and here.
This...
New Year's Resolutions
I love thinking through what I want my New Year’s Resolution(s) to be each year- it is so much fun to know the sky is the limit and January 1st just feels like such a clean slate. Let’s be serious, though- a year is a pretty long time to commit to something you come up with between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
You can check out some past resolution posts here and here.
This...
Reality check.
On my very short, very slow run today (which was a fraction of the length I had planned)T I could feel feel every donut, cookie, potato chip and beer I’ve eaten over the past month.
If that isn’t inspiration to get it together I don’t know what is!
A little Young and the Restless with my mom, a quick jog around the lake near my house, packing up all the Christmas goodies I received over the past few days and heading back to my little house in Chicago.
It’s been an awesome holiday but I’m ready to get back to normal. :)
The little things.
I haven’t had cable since the late spring. My parents, on the other hand, have it all- HBO, series on demand… it’s amazing. And every time I’m visiting their home I revel in all the TV out there to watch… movies, series I’ve heard about but never seen, series I watch regularly and just want to see again.
I love it, but not enough to get cable again myself...
The little things.
I haven’t had cable since the late spring. My parents, on the other hand, have it all- HBO, series on demand… it’s amazing. And every time I’m visiting their home I revel in all the TV out there to watch… movies, series I’ve heard about but never seen, series I watch regularly and just want to see again.
I love it, but not enough to get cable again myself...
Watchwhenthecamerasoff:
“In a strange way, I miss that year, because all those possibilities that existed then are gone. It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he could walk through a door or could appear behind a bush. It was a year of very magical thinking, and in some ways I’m sad to be moving further and further away from it.” - Michelle Williams on Heath’s passing.
Michelle Williams and Heath...
This is what you listen to when you’re the...
Boys.
People collect a variety of things- albums, coffee mugs, trinkets from vacation- but somehow over the year I have managed to collect quite the assortment of boys. Some of them are exes, some guys who I can’t quite classify as an ex, and some are just good friends- but all of them hold unique and important places in my life.
Let me give you the rundown of some of the boys from my past who...
Obsession with mynetdiary.com
I know I just posted about it, but I’m seriously in love. Because I was tracking my calories all day I limited myself to an itty-bitty piece of german chocolate cake at a coworker’s going way party and can still either have one beer or two glasses of white wine tonight while out!
Love, love, love.
ridiculously cool. →
I can’t pick a favorite…
Javier Bardem…
James Franco…
Vincent Cassell…
Lesley Manville…
They’re all just too awesome.
http://www.mynetdiary.com →
According to this website (which is AWESOME) I can hit my ideal weight losing 1 lb per week (eating 1960 calories per day) a good month and a half before I run my marathon.
Fabulous!
Finishing the weekend super productive style:
5 hours of work (which will make my week SO much easier)
rolling out my sore back with my foam roller
cleaning up my closet (and organizing laundry)
finishing my wine :)
Marathon Training Schedule
I’m using Hal Higdon’s Novice Marathon Training schedule to get ready for my first full marathon on June 18th. His program is only 18 weeks, but I feel pretty strongly about getting started as soon as my winter break is over so I tacked on 6 weeks of pre-training before the actual date.
You can find my full program here.
24 weeks of training might seem like a lot but I really want...
Winter Storm Warning for tomorrow and I all have...
It’s good to be me!
*That is within walking distance of my house.
Seriously. Obsessed. With babies.
It’s getting ridiculous- every time I see one I ooh and ahh, I follow a million and a half baby blogs, and I facebook stalk every friend and acquaintance who is pregnant or has a little one.
Can I borrow someone’s baby for a few weeks to get this out of my system??
The worst Christmas tree ever.
Somehow Adam and I found it. It’s ridiculously crooked, every time you tap it a million needles fall to the ground, and it is completely irresistible for our dogs- every time we come home we find pieces of it sprinkled around the house.
I do love live Christmas trees but this one’s days are numbered…
Friends.
It’s ridiculous how easily you lose touch. Facebook gives me a false sense of staying involved in my close friend’s lives but it absolutely cannot take the place of conversation. I’m going to make a list of all of the friends I don’t connect with often enough and make a point of calling someone every week to catch up.
Great friends are too rare to just let slip away!
Getting my Groove Back
Today was a good day. A really, really good day. I was able to glide through a two hour interview for another institute position this summer (no matter the outcome I’m super pumped about another summer training corps members!), got a boat load of work done all afternoon, and had another two hour meeting with my region’s executive director.
I’ve always felt like the...
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Thanks for all the introductions! I have the coolest followers. :)
Do yourself a favor:
Go see ‘127 Hours’ and ‘Black Swan’ as soon as possible. They are both phenomenal movies that really highlight two of the best young actors out there.
Hey Followers: Who are you?
I would love to learn who out there follows my blog.
If you have a minute, tell me a little bit about yourself here.
Movies I Need To See:
Lars and the Real Girl
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Blue Valentine
Love and Other Drugs
All Good Things
This is how to turn 26 in style:
1. Throw a holiday party the night before your birthday so you can see a bunch of your favorite people without throwing an actual birthday party where you have to be the focus of attention.
2. Work from home in PJs while watching favorite movies and sipping coffee.
3. Meet fabulous people for a buffet lunch at an excellent Indian restaurant a few blocks away.
4. Go home for a little more...
Let me tell you one of my favorite things about Facebook… birthday greetings. I know it only takes a second to write a ‘Happy Birthday’ wall post but knowing so many people took those few seconds to think about me today makes me really happy. :)
“And when the cold wind’s blowing
Snow drifts through the pine trees
In...”
– All That I Want, The Weepies
A new Christmas favorite…