Tag: leg appreciation

Thursday Things

  • Jillian Michaels hates my legs. That is the only explanation for the amount of squats and lunges she is making me do in the 30 Day Shred. Standing up and sitting down are currently quite comical.
  • On the other hand, I’m kinda digging my legs currently. They’re strong (and getting stronger!) and I feel like I am in a good place.
  • So…Advocare Spark. Does anybody use this? Do you like it? Benefits/problems with it? Tell me more. My former Massage Therapist is a distributor and wants me to try it. She gave me these samples last night and I tried the orange one this morning. I feel more awake…but otherwise I’m not sure what to think. She thinks I should do the 24 day Challenge. Thoughts?
  • I went to dinner the other night with my girlfriends from The Corky Canvas. (Remember when I was a bartender there for about a year?) Well, one of my friends was telling us that she and her husband unplug EVERYTHING that is non-essential when they’re not using it. The result? Their electric bills have been $14. Yep, you read that right: $14 bucks. For a house! I thought that unplugging thing only saved you pennies! My roomie and I are totally on board. Even though our bill is only $37…$20 is $20! 
  • After I go home from work on Friday I won’t be back in the office until May 27th! That seems like forever, and yet not that long either. 
  • Good News! The restoration guys FINALLY took the dehumidifiers and fans out of the basement! So I’m hoping that means we’ll get carpet soon and things can be moved out of the living room and life can go back to normal soon. The Great Flood of Last Week needs to be over and done with. I can’t handle the mess that is my house. 

Happy Thursday friends!

Things that warm my cold, dead heart

11 years of working in TV News made me find a way to push away the feelings that I have when horrible things happen to innocent people. Things like fires, death, accidents, murder…you just learn how to push past them and deal with the tragedies. I jokingly talk about my “cold, dead heart” but sometimes I wonder if it’s true: do I shut myself off from my feelings because it’s easier? Because not feeling is better than actually feeling any more? I don’t know.

But I digress. That’s not what this post is about. This post is about happy things. Things that make me feel. That hit me square in the gut, or in the chest.

I got the above text this morning from my 8-year-old nephew. He was sending me a picture of a rock he found for his collection…and eventually I had to get to work. I told him to have a good day at school (he was texting me while riding the bus) and his replies gave me warm fuzzies and such a swell of love. I AM loved. This kid you guys. He’s the BEST. (Yes, he still lets me call him ‘baby’. That won’t last much longer, I’m sure. Also, they all call me “Emmie” I ADORE that.)

Then we have a leg appreciation picture. I don’t really do these, because I don’t really like my legs. They are too big, in my opinion. But last night I was sitting on the couch and I wasn’t unhappy with them. They aren’t perfect, they will forever be a work in progress, but they’re strong, capable legs. Also, it’s the middle of April and I’ve got a pretty great tan line going already! 😉

Yesterday, I rage-ran. It was supposed to be an Easy 5 but I didn’t quite hit that 12:05-12:55 pace…whoops! This run felt so easy that I couldn’t help myself. 

And finally, I give you Boba or Bubble Tea. They were selling it in the Student Union today. It’s not the best, but it could be worse. I got outside on this gorgeous spring day to get some. That’s a win in my book!

Also, today is my Friday!! 5 days of rest, relaxation and shopping await! I’m pumped.

Thanks for all your kind words and encouragement. You all are the best. Seriously.

Make it a great day friends!