Our week in photos

The Nutcracker on Monday nightAdmiring Boom's socksMom and Dad hard at working on Tuesday nightChristmas Eve
Christmas!Eating Chinese ice cream the night after ChristmasDinner with Joey and Linh last night

Busy busy busy

I feel like a crazy woman. Between work, family time and friend time no time to stop! Tinger said Boom is sick and after yoga today I have been feeling achy all over. But trying to fight it!

My favorite photo of Christmas:I like the way dad's red sweater pop's out! Must do that some more!

Post-holiday blues

...have NOTHING to do with the fact that I had to work today ;) {and tomorrow - boo!}

Merry Christmas!

Today I am happy to be with the ones I love the most.

A quickie

Just wanted to get a quick post in before I head into work this morning (just in case I didn't have time or forgot tonight!). I spent the afternoon yesterday hanging out with Mom and Dad. Good times.

Last night we had dinner here before heading out to see the Nutcracker. I love it! Joe, I think, is cultured out. But that's ok because we are done for the year :)

Ok, just gotta make it through today and then 2 days off!

Only 3 more days!

Until Christmas! Yikes, where has December gone? Even with keeping a daily journal, which has allowed me to appreciate the season each day, time seems to have flown by!

After yoga yesterday Joe and I headed over to Tingaling and Boom's where we awaited the arrival of Marm and Dad! They arrived safely and only made one wrong turn.

We are lunch at Ruggles Green, a new off-shoot of Ruggles. Apparently this is the first completely green (or something like that) restaurant in H-town!We enjoyed some good soup, nut burgers and dessert (courtesy of the restaurant which forgot Mom's order)We then went to the theater district to hear Handel's Messiah at Jones Hall.Some fun with self portraitsAfter the show, Joe and Dad (and Ruby) were still hungry so we made them some eggs sandwichesJoe and I came home and wrapped presents! Just need a few last minute things and I think I am done!

Boo!

When I don't blog in the morning I end up not blogging at all. Hate it when I forget! Yesterday was a good day. 4 mile run, see patients, and practice 1.5 hours of yoga in the morning. Lunch, and a bit of shopping with Joe in the morning.

We headed out to Conroe for his work Christmas party last night. Conroe is FAR FAR away. I like actually being out in the woods and all but getting there is no fun! Most of the peeps at the party were former Enron employees that now work elsewhere so I actually knew a fair amount and the party was fairly fun (at least as fun as work functions can be). The wine helps.

Today Mom and Dad are driving in! Can't wait to see them! I am skipping this morning's run - bad cramps - blah! But am going to practice yoga (this will be 4 days in a row for me! if i go tomorrow that will be 5 - pretty impressive if I do say so myself!).

Really???

The house is 72 degrees and humid (no air or heat on). The weather outside is sticky and gross. What happenend to the cold Christmas weather?!?! I REALLY don't want to turn the A/C on, but we may have to tonight because sleeping last night was fairly miserable. (And that had NOTHING to do with the 3 glasses of wine I drank at dinner with the girls!)

Oops!

I didn't post yesterday - damn! Messed up my perfect attendance for December. Oh well, whatcha gonna do?
Had a great yoga practice last night and ran 6 miles this morning so I am a bit sore.
I also got some happy mail yesterday - Carolyn, Bill's mom, sent me a card and a super cute t-shirt!She wrote a sweet message, saying the first thing she thought of when she saw the shirt was me :)

I guess I need to finish getting ready for work - I have a feeling it's going to be a busy day. Good thing I have the girls' ornament exchange dinner to look forward to!

Busy week

Lot of Christmas stuff going on from here on out! Book club party tonight, girls ornament exchange on Thursday, my work holiday dinner on Friday (lucky Joe doesn't have to go!) and Joe's work holiday party on Saturday. Plus working and working out in between and some scrapping if I am lucky!

I got the book for book club but never read it. Is that bad? {Something about HAVING to read a book has the opposite effect on me - kind of like in school!}

Busy Day

Today I
...ran 4 miles
...ate breakfast
...caught up with my blogs and Facebook
...made my Christmas journal pag
...practiced 1.5 hours of yoga
...let Ruby out
...met Joe for lunch
...went to the Galleria and Target for Christmas shopping
...picked up the mail
...created 2 scrapbook pages
...organized my patterned paper by color and tried to organize my embellishments
...listend to my iTunes
...realized I have way too much scrap crap
I still have to
...make dinner
...take Christmas photos of my friends Jason and Mark
...upload photos to digital frame for Gram and Grandpa K
...get ready for tomorrow
Whew!

Best movie

We just saw this - love love loved it! Hurry and don't miss it!

Change of plans

We were supposed to go to Dallas to run the White Rock Lake marathon and half, but Joe's achille's has been bothering him and he wasn't feeling 100%. So he didn't drive up and I didn't fly up (luckily we got a credit from Continental for the flight, so it wasn't a total loss!). Instead we stayed home, ate pizza and watched the movie Candy, with Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish. Great movie, although a little depressing.

I also got some happy mail yesterday: some stamps I ordered from Cats Life Press. They are so fun!We will be going to yoga this morning, having some brunch with friends and maybe doing some Christmas shopping today. I feel bad for not seeing Mom and Dad, but fortunately they are driving down next weekend so we can start our Christmas early!

Procrastinating, as usual

Instead of getting ready to work, I am editing and uploading photos to Facebook. So much more fun to me!

Richie's party last night was a succes!And I got a cool photo of the lights on our tree:I guess I need to get ready...blah!

Feeling lazy

This week had not been a good workout week for me. Maybe it's the cold, maybe I'm getting burnt out, or being just plain lazy! I have barely run and all the the last time I practiced yoga was on Sunday! I tell myself it's ok to slack off every once in a while - maybe your body needs the rest! In the meantime, give me some more chocolate :)

Our good friend Richie is hosting an impromptu Christmas party tonight so we can hang out with our favorite peeps{Richie is in the center, surrounded by D, me, Marc and Joe}

I must remember to get a group photo tonight!

It snowed!

I can't believe it snowed yesterday. Of course it didn't really stick to the ground or stay (too bad - no snow day from work!) but we got snow!The snow started coming down harder when we got our tree!

Currently it is still only 34 degrees outside - very very chilly for our early morning run and I am starting to get cold again (must take warm shower after blogging) and the high is only 58 today. But it looks like today is going to be the coldest day for at least the next 10 days. I don't mind the cold - I wouldn't mind maybe a week or 2 of straight cold weather as long as it didn't stay too long!

Our tree before:and after:{I need to take better photos - maybe this morning when we get some more light}
I got the idea to use our medals from the races we have done to decorate the tree as well. Pretty clever, if I do say so myself!

Chilly Willy

The temperature is currently 35degrees and the high is only going to be 43!! Aack - that's cold! Luckily it doesn't look like it is going to last long - back up to 70 by Saturday and even 79 on Monday! H-town has the craziest weather! Doesn't make a girl want to shower and go to work...

Caught up

I have finished my earlier pages as well as the page for my Christmas journal today. I have really enjoyed making this, 1 because I told myself to let go and keep it simple and 2 because it's making me stop and think about what Christmas means to me. Sure I love getting gifts, but the actual celebration of the whole season is so much more than that!Now I am just trying to gear up for the work day!

So close

{I have a feeling today will be a multiple post day as I have lots on my mind and lots of time - gotta take advantage!}
The Duran2 show was sold out and even though we had seats, the aisle was jammed pack with people trying to get closer and people dancing. We happened to be partying next to Diane Lokey-Farb, an H-town socialite. D recognized her, and after a few cocktails, I summoned the courage to ask for a photo:D took a photo with her friend, Joyce EcholsThey both attended the after-party with the band which was hosted by another H-town socialite, Becca Thrash. We should have been nicer!

New actions!

I generously received Photoshop CS3 as a birthday gift from my parents this year (luckily Dad can buy an educational version which is a bit less costly) and have been addicted ever since. Some much can be done with photoshop but it takes a lot to learn. Which is how I have gotten addicted to "actions" that other people have already made to manipulate my photos and make them look even cooler than they already are (ha!).

Many actions cost money, but one blog I go to (ThePioneerWoman.com - trying to make a link is too difficult for me) has made 2 free sets. I have used her first set endlessly and the new one is totally fab! Here are the examples!

Straight out of camera (SOOC)Seventies actionColorizedHeartlandSepia ToneWarmer toneCooler toneI love them - so many possibilities! (Like I don't have enough things to waste my time on...)

Great weekend

Even though most of yesterday was spent feeling a bit tired and hung over from Friday night's concert this was a great weekend (with the exception that my hubs left early Saturday morning to see his grandparents in Phoenix!).
Some highlights:
seeing John Taylor up close and personallearning a new craft - needle felting - with my sis!seeing a tree go from this:to this!Having a photo shoot for 2 of my favorite peeps in the worldgetting my hair cut (I'm hoping David and Luis get a real sign up soon)having a casual dinner with my boys at Collina's (alas, no photos, the day caught up with me last night!)
getting a 9 mile run and yoga in
enjoying some of thiscatching up with GG and Christmas journal

I think now it's almost time for bed. Glad tomorrow is another full day off. I may actually try to get some Christmas shopping done. Wish me luck!

The best show ever???

I'm not sure if I am ready to commit to that statement, but I will say that Duran Duran's show last night was truly amazing. We had fabulous seats - 3rd row from stage left, in front of John Taylor. Simon sounded great. They played a mix of new and old songs, but could have played for probably 2 more hours and still not run out of music. But I think what made it so amazing was the venue. Verizon is a fairly small place - it probably only hold a couple thousand people at most. Compared to a place like Minute Maid park, a show there is SO mush more personal. And given that Duran2 is not the most popular band of the moment, most concert go-ers are rapid fans like yours truly. Add a couple Fire Island Teas, and you have yourself a par-tay!I am still paying for the fun currently, at 7 pm the next night, but they were so worth it!

I love the weekends

Still having trouble with desktop internet connection.
Doesn't matter, in a great mood.
Let the weekend begin!

I hate spam

Having trouble blogging and with computer.
Using laptop right now,
Don't know when it will be fixed!
So boring post - no photos
No journal today either - boo!
But Duran Duran tonight - yeah!
And off for 3 days - double yeah!

It's a mental sport

Running not only requires physical fitness but mental fitness as well. Some days you are raring to go, others not so much. Today was one of those other days for me. My plan was to run 6 miles, but I just wasn't feeling it today. So I stopped after 3 and barely felt guilty about it! I wasn't really that tired, but I just couldn't make myself run anymore. Maybe it was the cold - the temperature fell from 76 to 46 degrees last night. Only here in H-town!

Other news - the hubs has been feeling sick lately. He went to the doctor yesterday but all she gave him was allergy medication. And he isn't feeling much better. So I didn't get a good photo this morning.

I have been good keeping up with my Christmas journal. Keeping it simple has helped. I plan on adding my December photos to the back of the layout.

Our computer has been acting up - I got some spam on Facebook and I think it's infecting our hardware - boo. So right now having difficutly adding photos on blogger. Will post photos later...

Quickie

I took the morning off from running and spent it scrapping instead! Got my Christmas journal done for the day:about my favorite Christmas tradition - the cards!And got a cool-ish shot of the neighborhood from our porchUnfortunately the humidity has returned today - boo! But another cold front is supposed to be coming in tonight - yeah!