Tag: travel

Time Crunch

I feel like lately my life is rush, rush, rush! This weekend will be no different. Of course, it’s a self-created problem because there is TOO MUCH I want to do and so little time!

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Tonight: 
Dinner with a few friends at Bruno’s
Take Mosey for a walk (gotta burn off those pizza calories)
Begin packing (that’s right, I haven’t started yet!)

Saturday:
Make a dish to take to the design swap (see below)
Garage sale-ing
Jeans shopping (the WORST!) with my ever-patient hubby
“Design Swap” night at a friend’s… this should be fun!

Sunday:
Church in the morning
Take a breather! Whew!
Keep packing!

Yep, I work Monday and Tuesday, (even though we leave Wednesday morning at an hour so early I’m in denial). Which means that my packing must be more or less done by the end of the weekend! Eeek! Just have to keep reminding myself… deep breaths… it will all be worth it when we arrive…

 Brugge // Chris Milliman

If I seem like a crazy person lately, it’s probably because I am! 

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May Exercise Resolution

My favorite thing about the fact that it’s finally MAY is that now I can finally say we are going to Europe “NEXT MONTH!” Which is exciting, because it’s so soon but also a little sad because the trip will be here and gone before we know it. Additionally, I’m weighing the pros/cons of not blogging during the trip, or just doing photo dumps every few days, or what. Feel free to weigh in on that as well.

Fair warning: this post is about weight, and weight loss. If that scares/offends/triggers unhealthy reactions for you, please come back tomorrow or the day after for a more home-decor related post.

May also means that time is marching onward and I have not met my vacation weight loss goal (numbers: undisclosed) but in fact I gained two pounds since December. Two whole pounds, you say! Oh the humanity! I’ll just say that my weight is frustratingly consistent. I am extremely grateful that I do not gain, but frustrated that despite my best efforts I do not lose, either.

This morning as I bolted out the door with my “breakfast,” a cup of coffee (with milk, always) and a mini wheel of cheese, I thought of one of my favorite quotes from The Devil Wears Prada (love the movie, detest the novel).

It’s for Paris, I’m on this new diet. Well, I don’t eat anything and when I feel like I’m about
to faint I eat a cube of cheese. I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight. 

Well, I am going to Paris, but despite the evidence of my meager breakfast I am not on this particular diet. Let me state the obvious: it’s not healthy! 

I have made a last-minute May resolution: work out 5 days a week. Yikes. As one who rates exercise right down there with mopping the floor (our entire house is tile or wood, too), I don’t want to do it but it must be done. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up liking it. Yesterday I stairmastered my way through half an issue of Real Simple. Perhaps I can justify my magazine addiction by equating it with exercise motivation? Maybe?

As for my “diet,” I’ll let you in on a little secret. Lots of vegetables, some meat, and I could probably make real progress just by cutting out some bread and pasta, but who wants to do that?

Any tips for one who wants to diminish her “spare tire” in six weeks? 

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Image from The Paris Apartment via Pinterest

Did you know that Oh Happy Day is giving away a trip for two to Paris? If you’re more blogosphere-savvy than me, chances are, you do. If not, now you know!

Yes, Paris, France. Not Texas.

I can’t imagine visiting Paris and not having to share a hostel room with random strangers… the Russian girls I met were nice, but it would be incredible to have a luxurious room like the one offered!

I know that by linking here I increase my chance of winning by one… but also if you all enter the contest then my chance of winning decreases. C’est la vie.  Click here for details on how to enter!

 

 

I will be back later this afternoon with photos of what our living room currently looks like… don’t touch that dial! Actually, if your computer has a dial, I want to know how you operate it.