Thursday, April 23, 2009

When am I going to Paris???

I have seen the Great Wall. I have seen prayer flags on the outskirts of Tibet. I have seen elephants, zebra, hippos and lionesses on the plains of Africa. I have zip-lined in the rain forest of Costa Rica. I have enjoyed the hot springs of Japan. I have seen the Danube and Nile Rivers. I have been to the tower of London and seen Ann Frank's house in Amsterdam. I have traveled to Taiwan and Thailand. I have biked on the islands of Greece. I have seen the Collesium in Rome and eaten more gelato than I can remember.

But I have never seen this:{In my mind I know I am making a bigger deal of this and it's probably more hype than anything, but I really want to sit at a cafe in Paris and enjoy the view!}

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Thing I love...

-shopping
-shoes (especially platforms!)
-shopping for shoes
-shopping online
-pink
-patent leather
-"designer" lines for less
-Target

Put them all together and what do you have? Things that make me happy!I have been stalking her line since it came out but couldn't find what I wanted in store so I bought it off the computer!I couldn't decide which pair I liked betterso I bought them both! {Don't worry I won't wear the two different styles together!} Looks like her normal line can run anywhere from $150-$250 so at $35 a pop I love them even more!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Boston!

While the hubs was running his heart out at the Boston marathon, I was waiting for my car window to get fixed. I drove Danny and Marc to the Highland village for a little shopping. We rolled the windows down because the weather was so beautiful, but unfortunately the back seat passenger window wouldn't roll back up! It turned out to be a broken regulator and was fixed this morning but set me back $300. Good thing I didn't buy anything yesterday!

One thing I am starting to realize about myself is that I am a creature of routine. I imagine the way I want my day to go and go from there. When something comes along to interrupt my routine (i.e. car in shop for all of the morning) then it's hard for me to do what I missed (well, I did do the groceries because we literally have no food in the house, but I missed morning yoga, and couldn't motivate myself to go this evening). At least I got a little scrappin' done and cleaned the house for Mom K's arrival this evening.

The weather around here has been almost perfect (almost because it's starting to warm up again today). We spent yesterday at Kirt and Mike's pool instead of the museum because it was just too beautiful to be inside!

Miss Lola (Brad and Andy's cutie. I need to start a photo collection of other people's pets!)Mike, Andy + BradCute JasonCute Mike

Friday, April 17, 2009

Time management

As in, I am not very good at it. I have all these idease of things that I want to do swirling in my head, but I'm just not very good at the execution. I really need to spend less time on the computer looking at ideas and more time doing them! Like Nike says, Just Do It!

This weekend will be a working one (boo!) but I shouldn't really complain because it's really the first full Saturday I have worked since March 7th. That's over 1 month! And since I will be in big D next weekend I will have only worked 1 weekend this month. 3 weeks of vacation really is a good thing!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Caught up

Eek...I can't believe it's been almost a week since I last blogged! Seriously losing some mojo here!

So what's been going on? The same ole same ole, I suppose. Thurs and Fri were regular work/work out days. On Saturday we ran and went to yoga at the Met. I like her class because it's still vinyasa yoga but we do different poses from my usual ashtanga. I really need to work on my balancing poses like half-moon cause I really suck at them!

For lunch I met Tingaling and Boom at Ruggles Green. And yay, nothing was forgotten and the order was not gotten wrong. Boom's parents are visiting next week so no craft Sunday yet again!

Joe and I went to the Morrissey concert at Jones Hall Saturday night. I am sad to report it was only ok and we left after about an hour. He only played a couple songs we knew and everything else sounded the same!{self portrait taken as we were leaving the show}
Sunday was Easter and we attended a party called Bunnies on the Bayou, which raises $$ for various AIDS charities, but really is just an excuse to be outside and drink! It stormed for about 1 hour around noon but then the sky cleared up and it turned out to be a beautiful day! And that is proof the God loves the gays!{we are "strays:" straights who love gays :)}Marc took yesterday off so we played all afternoon. Richard, me and him stopped by KL to visit DWe then went to Rice Village to shop and enjoy the beautiful day. I only bought a couple books are half-price, but have my eye on a couple bright pink items at my favorite store: The Gap.
Today is the start of another long week (boo - half to work this Sat! and missing Joe run Boston marathon next week!). I am actually going to help a friend learn how to use her new camera tonight. As I am no expert I am not sure what she really wants to learn, but I will do my best to help!

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Annoyed

I think I may have to shell out the buck fifty to watch Adam Lambert on AI because the show ran long and the DVR was not smart enough record the end of the show. I heard even Simon gave him a standing O. I saw a short clip on Itunes, he sang Tear for Fears "Mad World," which is not my favorite song by them but the clip looked amazing. I guess if this is all I can complain about then life isn't so bad.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Crazy weather

This morning it was like 41 degrees outside? WTF? Our heater wasn't working last night so our house got nice and chilly. Luckily it seems to be warming up again. Somehow I don't think being too cold will be much of an issue in the next few months!

In other unrelated news, last night our toaster actually caught the bread ON FIRE. Another WTF? Needless to say, I guess it's time for a new toaster!

Monday, April 06, 2009

Giddy

We were pretty slow this morning at work and this afternoon was going to be even slower, so I was able to sneak out early! I am so giddy I don't know what to do with myself! I think I am going to clean the computer desk and the scrapbook...yay!

Sunday, April 05, 2009

I need to stop smiling

Joe raced a half-ironman triathlon in Galveston today. This is the 4th or 5th year (at least) that he has participated in this race. I got lots of good photos which I will post sometime but right now I need to figure out how to smile without getting all those crinkle lines around my eyes! Ugh, getting older stinks!

Saturday, April 04, 2009

What happened?

Last night I took Marc and Jason to an EL event my sis was helping to host.It was quite fun with lots of good food, wine and company.I also had the opportunity to meet lots of Tinger's friends in H-town, which I enjoyed. Unfortunately too many glasses of wine led to much goofiness.And then led us to Meteor where we had a shot of something blue, which can never be good.I did enjoy hanging with my boysBut before midnight I was ready to call it quits. Marc drove me home to sleep it off.

It is now almost 3 in the afternoon and my head is still a bit achy but I am no worse for the wear. Next time I need to eat something before I start drinking!

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Bayou City Arts Festival

So this past Saturday Ting, John, Mom and I attended the Bayou City Arts Festival at memorial park.
We did quite a bit of walking - probably a mile from where we parked to the festival, a mile looking at art and a mile back! We didn't make any purchases but we did see some fun stuff
We only saw a couple artists whose work we would seriously contemplate buying (Roger Disney and Ray Phillips) but it was a great day to be outside. Blue skies, not a cloud in sight and no humidity. Gotta take advantage of these beautiful spring Houston days while we can!

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

QFT

Mom was in town for almost a week! We had a great time. Makes me realize what is really important in life...family!{I will update soon with more stories of her visit, but it is almost time for bed so here is just an old photo back in the day}

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Circus

As in the Britney Spears concert. She was not as bad as I thought, but she really wasn't that good either. Knowing someone is lip-synching their "live concert" as different from actually experiencing it and quite honestly I didn't care for it much. It was like going to watch someone's video for 2 hours. The Pussycat Dolls opened for her and I thought they were much better...dancers, singers, the whole bit.

She did have a pretty incredible stage show...I'll give her that much credit. But now I can check this off the list and don't have to see her again...for at least 10 years!

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Mojo?

I have not been motivated to update the old bloggity blog as of late. I am still taking tons of photos and the what not, but just haven't been inspired to write. Maybe because my head is stuffed and I am not thinking straight?

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

It's just allergies

...or that's what I keep telling myself. Ever since we landed on Monday evening, my nose has been stuffed up and I have been totally congested. It's worse than it was before we left, but I think there's a lot of stuff flying around in the air lately. I hope it gets better soon!

I love going away on vacation but the real world always stinks for awhilte after you get back. So I'll end with some eye candy:

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Playing catch up

We had a fabulous time in Puerto Vallarta. The beach, the sun, the food, the drinks, the dancing, the company couldn't be better!Now back to the real world - 189 messages in my email (most of the junk, of course), over 400 photos to sift through and work to deal with. Why can't every day be beach day?

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Leaving on a jet plane


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...for PV tomorrow! Woot woot! I definitely need a break!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A bit depressed

I have been avoiding looking at my retirement funds because, well, because. Doing our taxes today I had to look at my statment...talk about depressing!! I am hoping things pick back up soon or I am going to be working for a very very long time...

Happy St. Paddy's Day

I always find it funny that I forget to post on days where I have all the time in the world, yet, find the time when I really need to be heading on out to work! My goal today is to find something green to photograph. Wish me luck!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Weekend update

What I did this weekend:
-started packing for PV and deciding if I needed to buy anything
-worked for 1 hour
-had breakfast at Tiny Boxwoods for the 1st time with my best friend (we had chocolate chip cookies for dessert - yummy!)-went to Target to pick up a sun hat for PV
-chatted with Peg while she got her hair did
-got my hair did :)
-met Joe at the Galleria for a little shop shop (luckily I couldn't find the platform sandals I wanted and didn't do too much damage)
-got wet while running from the car to Panara bread for a late lunch (love their bread bowls)
-watched JFK (yes, the old movie with Kevin Costner. it was pretty good just really long) and had breakfast for dinner
-ran 5 miles
-made a yummy grapefruit/orange protein shake
-practiced yoga
-ate lunch at Brown Bag Deli
-got manis+pedis-tried to go to Old Navy but they were closed!
-went to Central Market
-TCBY for yums
-scrapped a bit
-ate fish, green beans and potatoes for dinner while watching The Soup
-wondering how the weekend went by so fast!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Brrrr...


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
After warming up the last few weeks we got a shock today - only in the 40s! I expect this will be the last cold weekend of the winter so I guess we should enjoy it?

Work was rather uneventful for a Friday and I got out early, so I came home and drove with Joe to yoga. It is not even 10 pm and Joe is already in bed (the crazy man is getting up at the crack to run 10 miles before swimming) and I am about to join him.

Tomorrow I will be spending some time with my dear sis as well as getting my hair cut. I love weekends off!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

The daily grind


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
Life is been a bit boring lately. Just the same ole same ole. I have to say, though, this week has been much less stressful and I have been in a much better mood so I am appreciating the little things.

In other random news, I have really been enjoying my yoga practice these past few weeks and I feel like I am making some good progress. I have been able to transition from bhujapaidasana into bakasana (crow) back into chataranga (sp?) without stopping. My bhujapaidasana still needs quite a bit of work but it's getting there! And my drop backs are much stronger as well. I love that you can actually see yourself getting better!

This weekend is going to be focused on getting ready for Puerta Vallarta next Friday! I am ready for a vacation!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Less is more

One of the goals swirling in my mind this year is to BUY LESS. Less stuff means less mess, right? This includes clothes, shoes, accessories, SCRAPPING SUPPLIES...you name it. And so far I have done pretty well. I can count the articles of clothing I have bought this year on 2 hands. No shoes yet (I plan on buying one pair of black platform/wedge sandals for the summer - probably an investment pair like my TB booties!). And only one design card for the Slice as my scrapping purchase. I am starting to run out of albums so I will stock up on those at the next Hobby Lobby sale. And I am starting to USE up my endless supply of stuff. If the paper is so CUTE, I should use it and not just have it right? Although sometimes I do drool over the newest cute embellishments, I remind myself that something new will always be available and to use my current stuff up first!

Monday, March 09, 2009

Not bad for a Monday


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
Work today was much less stressful than the past 2 weeks so my Monday was actually quite enjoyable. I was even able to sneak home during lunch, since I forgot my food! I had a great yoga practice and came home to my Joey making dinner! We are now winding down and getting ready for bed. Just another day in the life...

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Losing an hour


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
...is not that bad, I suppose. Luckily I already ran yesterday so I didn't have to wake up super early. After seeing patients for an hour, I met Joe for our usual yoga practice. We then came home, had some lunch and worked on the backyard for an hour. Our tenants are leaving at the end of the month so we need to make the jungle that is our backyard a bit more presentable!
Joe then rode his bike to the office to drop off clothes for tomorrow morning, which gave me time to scrap and play with my new Noteworthy Slice card! We also did a bit of shopping along Westheimer (didn't find anything) as well as more grocery shopping (ever exciting).
So did we actually cook any of the food we bought today? Of course not. We ended up meeting some peeps at Berry Hill for fish tacos. We didn't drink any crackritas so came home before 7pm. After watching some 60 minutes and catching up on some of my blogs, it's almost time for bed. I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow!

Friday, March 06, 2009

Not bad for a Friday


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
Today was actually a pretty good day. Work was not nearly as crazy as I thought it would be and I got done a bit early. The weather outside was beautiful - blue skies with fun white fluffy clouds. I had a great yoga practice. Joe and I ate our favorite salmon sandwich and did a little shopping at Central Market after yoga. And I got some happy mail: my printed photos for February as well as the Noteworthy card and card holder for my Slice! Now if I could only have more time to scrap!

Thursday, March 05, 2009

long day


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Today was a long and busy day at work. I met my book club ladies for some yummy pizza afterwards and I am now catching up with AI. So I guess I really shouldn't complain. And tomorrow is Friday even though Saturday is a work day (boo!)

sister time


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
Tingaling and I went to this girl's night out thing downtown yesterday. It was quite random with a lot of people but not much worth buying. The best part was just catching up!

Tuesday, March 03, 2009

Back in the swing of things


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
I woke up late this morning so didn't make it to the gym, but I did run around the neighborhood. Another week on the way...

Monday, March 02, 2009

Not on the PV diet


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
...but yummy! Joe took today off and we had doughnuts for breakfast. Otherwise, it's been a rather uneventful day. I have spent most of it doing laundry, eating, editing photos and scrapping. Couldn't ask for a better day off from work!

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Hello March!

I can't believe it's already the 3rd month of the year. February seemed like such a blur. I'm hoping March is a bit less chaotic!

We ran this morning in the 36degree weather - brrrr! And will follow up with our usual Sunday morning yoga. And craft Sunday afternoon after that - I'm looking forward to some scrapping and girl time!

Saturday, February 28, 2009

I feel old...

In high school, when I would go out on the weekends, I would always ask Mom and Dad why they always stayed at home. Their reply was always that they were tired. Fast-forward almost 20 years (aack!) and look at us now...home and almost in bed by 10 pm. And liking it! I don't know why working is so much more draining than school, but it is.

Today was a low key yet fun day. Joe and I practiced yoga at Yemike's class at the Met instead of mysore. I loved the change of pace and the class was definitely challenging. I will go back the next Saturday I have the chance!

We met Marc, Matt, Greg and Chris for brunch at Baby Barnaby's. While waiting for the boys, Tinger drove by on her way to the Texas Junk Co. I wonder if she found anything other than junk?

After brunch, Joe and I ran a few random errands and got dessert at TCBY. We ended our night with Dosais from Udipi. Now Joe is in bed and I am about to go myself. I need to run in the morning, but it is going to be under 40 degrees...brrr!

Welcome weekend!

This has been a crazy month...I am so glad it's Saturday! I am just getting ready for yoga this morning and then brunch with our peeps. It's going to be a great day!

Friday, February 27, 2009

Home sweet home


2009 02 27 photo
Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
I had a longer lunch break today so I decided to take advantage and come home for a bit. It's just nice to get away from the office, even if it's only for 90 minutes!

I am so happy tomorrow is Saturday and I am off!

I *heart* the ballet!


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Originally uploaded by eekachinski35
Last night Tinger and I attended opening night of Marie, the Houston ballet about Marie Antoinette. I can't believe how much I loved it! The only ballet I've ever seen is The Nutcracker, but I really enjoyed this story more. The dancing and music was beautiful and their costumes were fabulous! We must definitely see Swan Lake in the summer!
In other, more random news, I am really really craving something sweet this morning. I think it must be PMS...I also decided that I wasn't feeling a workout this morning so I took it off to rest a bit more and catch up on things I didn't get to do last night!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

That never happens

This has been a busy and stressful week at work. I am ready for a breather. But I am in a better mood now than I was about an hour ago. As I was doing my early morning Facebook catchup, I noticed I had a message in my inbox. It was from a boy I knew in high school. He was a year older than me and I had an insane crush on him for one summer. Nothing ever happened, I fell in love with B and really forgot about the boy.

This message was actually an apology for being a jerk to me in high school (really, just ignorning the fact that he knew I liked him - the usual 16 year old drama). Now I have not really given this crush much thought since it happened, but I really appreciated the note. It was very sweet and restored my faith in mankind :)

But what really probably happened is that he realized how fabulous I am and wanted to "make ammends" before becoming friends ;)!