Where did you go time?

WOW people can you believe it's almost Christmas? Where did time go? This year was a fun one with some sad points but lots of not sad ones.

A lot of people I know (honey head being #1 on my mind) lost important people this year so getting them in the Christmas spirit is tough. If i stop and think too much about the people missing i can get caught up in a black cloud. I just have to remind myself of a few things: They aren't suffering anymore, They are watching us from above showering us with happy thoughts, and the time we had with them was a gift an amazing wonderful gift. Plus it was way better to have had them there no matter the time then to have never had them in our lives.

In other news i'm so super excited for everything!! Tonight i have Christmas with my mom & sister!! Plus you know the husbands and my cousin is joining us so my mom doesn't have to drive alone. There will be yummy food, presents, ice cream cake!!! Now i'm more looking forward to the presents i'm giving!!! I LOVE giving presents if i was rich it would be bad b/c i would be gifting people all the time. well maybe that wouldn't be bad... LOL

Saturday I'm going to my aunts and i am in the process of making a silly hat for my uncle when it's finished i hope to get a picture up here! I guess it's sort of a tradition crochet a terrible hat for my uncle. My mom started it and IS WAY better at it then me. but isn't that how it goes?

Sunday we go to honey head's Dad's house then to my other aunts for dinner! It should be a super fun time all around! I hope to keep the honey head in good spirits. He is Mr.Christmas but this year is just a little tough.

SO Merry Happy Holiday whatever you celebrate I hope it's amazing FUN filled with LOVE and you enjoy every moment.

Things i did instead of write...

Well i did lots of things. I read 3 Star Wars books in a matter of 17 days (see below picture)! I read one in 5 days, another in 5 days, and the last one in 7 days (to be fair one of those 7 days i didn't read at all). They were awesome books and YES i am officially glued to Star Wars books and it's all Honey head's friends fault! Yesterday on one rotten terrible work day one of the salesmen gave me 2 bags of Star Wars books! I am in heaven! I guess i'm good on books for a LONG while!


I crocheted a baby blanket in 7 days for honey head's friend who hooked me on Star Wars books! He and his wife are having a baby... clearly. LOL


I GOT MY NEW SKATES!! I have only skated in them twice b/c i was SUPER sick for like 3-4 weeks of yuck followed by YUCK with more YUCK on the side! But they are pretty and already i like the new abilities they give me to move up and down the track better! I'm still waiting on my new toe guards... that is a story for another day!


And finally I had THANKSGIVING with my family. Here you can see how much fun we have. The title of this photo is "I'm your cousin!" LOL I could explain it to you... but where is the fun in that?


So now your sort of caught up... in there i had a Derby game on the bank track. my team lost but i had tons of fun. For the game i baked some chocolate caramel filled cupcakes with chocolate caramel frosting... all made from scratch!! The caramel filling was a MESS! I hear they were yummy! I discovered this AWESOME device for icing cupcakes! When i make my next batch of cupcakes i'll post more b/c i forgot to take pictures of what the awesome cupcakes look like! (fail) And there was a bunch of other things that happened too... maybe someday i'll remember!

Until then have a wonderful Tuesday (crap it's only Tuesday...)!!

QUICK i'll get this in!

I have a bunch of posts i want to get to posting... but that takes effort and time... we all know how great i am about that.

So for now you get to settle for this one.

Well i have this grey (or is it gray) sweater that i really like... the honey head HATES IT! so i said "fine buy me a new grey (or gray) sweater then!" and that is what he did... i'll post the photos and you can put your two cents in... I like both of them. The one he hates reminds me of star wars in a very geek way b/c they wear lots of draping things. He says about the one he hates that it looks like i'm wearing a bunch of rags. Also the photo he said the sweater looks better then it does usually on me. (LOL) also also he wasn't super happy about me wanting to blog about it. So i thought i would make sure to give you all the information i could. anyways enjoy the photos and the little quick post.


The one honey hates!



The one he just got me... also it has silver sparkle thread through out it! FUN!

Halloween that wasn't

So i was super excited for Halloween b/c i came up with an AWESOME costume for only 6$ and some change! It was going to be amazing! FUN! the bestest everest! THEN... i got sick! Like ewwww don't go back into general population sick stuck in bed can only eat soup (which i hate unless i'm sick) SICK! Also the honey head got sick. We were quite the pair. So i had to miss the Halloween party i was going to go to! Lets not forget to mention the SNOW we got... yes snow in October. Anyways. I'm super sad face and every time i see my costume in the living room i'm reminded of the pain!

But after sleeping and not seeing other human beings for 3 days i can finally say i'm mostly better! (LOL Mostly nice huh...) The illness was NOT fun and still isn't. Oh and my hip is all hurty which means no exercise for me... which is making me very not happy. UGh i'm a whine fest.

Well here is to a better week (i hope) and maybe a better post next time around! LOL

thank you for listening to this broadcast of the whine club. until next time stay not sick face!

Honey Crisp Apple

No that isn't code for anything fancy... it's the type of apple i am eating right now and it's yummy... and giant... so it's for sharing. Spread the love.

So Popcorners are taking over my life and are FINALLY showing up in stores so i'm not just some crazy lady going on about an amazing snack that is made up & fake! I was really a day away from just ordering some on line when i found them at a Wegmans... then i found them at Giant yesterday on my way home (i stopped to get perogies which i haven't had in at least a year... for shame)! So the kettle ones are amazing! Sea salt also very yummy. The butter ones are ok... they have this strange under flavor of that powdered cheese from mac & cheese (which i hate). I have yet to try the white cheddar or Cheesy Jalapeno but i have good faith in them. NOW a popcorner is a triangle shaped popcorn chip like snack. I LOVE POPCORN but i HATE kernels... in fact i was going to try and purchase Hull Free popcorn a year or so ago till i realized it was a lot of money. SO popcorners are an amazing snack for a popcorn addict! Kernel free and AMAZING! Will it stop me from eating normal popcorn most likely not BUT it will help me eat less and annoy my teeth (gums) less! SO GO NOW FIND POPCORNERS (if you like popcorn) and make your mouth & tummy HAPPY!

Also i bought this tea that was half price it's green tea with cinnamon (Dilmah brand i have never heard of that brand) and it is YUMMY! i'm so glad i spent the 1.79$ on it. LOL yes it has caffeine but it is very yummy without sugar! My favorite tea quality.

Also a new fact i learned last night... green bananas are better for you then the fully ripe ones IF you are looking to fill up but not fill out... if you catch what i'm saying! A green banana is not fully digestible so if fills you up but leaves you with less calories absorbed! So EAT those green bananas! Also pistachio nuts the fat from them we don't absorb as much so eat away!! (well you know eat a serving... you still need to watch the calories)

Oh and i'm in love with the chocolate rice cakes! they are 60 calories in a cake and if you put some peanut butter on one... heaven! they have little mini chocolate chips in them... seriously try them... it's a good way to stop myself from going to wawa and buying their entire stock of Reece's pumpkins.

In annoying children news... My friend informed me when we were out a week or so ago that the SCREAMING child next to us wasn't bothering her b/c she is able to block it out. (she is a mother) That explained so much... and made me so sad all at the same time. So lets say 50% of the reason parents don't give an F about their screaming child is b/c they are blocking it out... (i may have said this before) wonderful. Sadly i can NOT block out your child's screams and i'm ready to smack them. Also my honey head and i were shopping and these two kids (lets say 10 years ish old i.e. should know better) were running YES running around a store almost knocking into people... knocking into displays for certain as their mom walked around "guys... stop......no really guys.... stop...." in a low library voice... LADY that is CLEARLY working so well for you. The dang kids didn't even pause for a moment... Effective parenting 101. Further cementing the shriveling of my eggs.

Well i hope you enjoy this Tuesday. i'm out.

No tengo dinero! Or some such nonsense

Ugh. Yep i feel ugh. However that hasn't stopped me from working out so i guess that's good. Though i am debating just going to practice tonight and not actually practicing... how bad would that be?

I had lunch with my one co-worker today and she cracks me the heck up! She is Costa Rican and so sometimes words escape her. For example she was trying to explain a toy her step-daughter got. She says "It's a horse ssss (makes a motion with her hands)..." Me "Saddle?" Her "No a horse.... A HORSE HOUSE." Me "(laughing just a little) A stable?" Her "YES that word!" and we both laugh. She says her way sounds better. Then i'm leaving to go back to work and she was telling me how she had a yogurt with "i guess oatmeal..." me "granola?" Her "yeah that." Me "Ok horse house i gotta go." LOL we have a fun time picking on each other b/c believe me she picks on me too!

So that was my lunch today after standing in a non-moving line for 15 minutes before abandoning ship and heading to sublameway. Not that the line i was standing in was any better saladlameworks. Wednesday is deal day at saladworks and it was packed crazy packed. Yuck!

Also my new favorite game (not) is dodging sales calls at work. currently i have two relentless sales men calling me... always wanting an appointment... meanwhile the people i WANT to hear back from don't have the time of freaking day for me. It's super fun.

Wow... this post is all over the place. Have fun with that. Bye now. (LOL)

how i feel today.

Just in case you wanted to know. That photo of me accurately depicts how i am feeling today.

Update or something PUMPKIN

So since my 31 days of running ended i have been doing the Jillian Michael ripped in 30 DVD everyday! (well ok i missed a day... but still that's decent...) I am not sure how it's 30 days b/c it's 4 weeks which = 28 days... but close enough i guess? Anyhow, i do that DVD and on the days i don't have derby i run (or try to) Last week i ran 3 days. So far this week 1 day (the other 2 days i had derby). I like the results i am already seeing and i think it's chasing the sleepy face away.
Derby though drama filled i mean reaching critical mass as we speak... has been good. I am skating my legs off when i'm at practice and really trying to make every drill count. Monday we did a 41 minute pace and i lead at least 5 minutes of it. I really got us going there for a while but had to slow down because the back of the line was breaking down.

I can't wait for my new skates!!! But i still have at least 2 weeks if not 3. I might go up there (DE) on Saturday to see if i can change from a double action to a single action truck... i don't know what i was thinking when i ordered the double. I should have just gotten the single b/c i already have a double so if i hated the single i could switch them out. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! FYI the skate shop i bought it at they don't answer the phone or e-mails. fun.

AND finally... Yes PUMPKIN!! Future self you got a pumpkin bagel with pumpkin cream cheese this year at the Bagel & Bread house on Norristown rd! And here is the proof (thanks sis!). My sis face wanted a bagel or wanted to fill the time while we waited for our mom. So i was like alright lets go to the Bagel & Bread house right near my house. AND THEY HAD PUMPKIN BAGELS! And PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE! And all my dreams came true! LOVE! (so far this week i have been back once more... YUM!)

In that photo also look at my awesome new purse (roller disco awesome sauce) again THANKS SIS! and you can see my wedding ring & band oooooo! LOL

Capital One pain in my BUTT

So you know those funny commercials for Capital One... no hassles no fees... OH how AWESOME!! Except it's not true... at all. I have two Capital One cards. I've had them for about i want to say 10 years. I have never found them to be hassle free or fee free. In fact my one card they like to charge me an annual membership fee for, EVEN THOUGH i declined whatever shit club or service it is exactly the fee pays for several times. THEY still charge me for it!! So i hadn't used either card in a year (they are fully paid off). And i get this late notice on the one card i'm like WHAT THE CRAP?! (i used a different cuss but i digress.) Well they charged me a 39$ membership fee in August! But didn't send me a bill (awesome) so they waited until the end of September and 2 late fees later to let me know i was late paying a membership fee i knew nothing about!! SO when i called about it, it was i'm afraid just a few days too late to remove the membership fee BUT we could get rid of the late fees for you...

Well thank you for treating a long time customer so well! I'm just so glad the no hassles no fees are for new members only. Isn't that great folks? So i cancelled the card right then and there after paying the 39$ for nothing! Yippee Party time everyone!

Then lets move on to the other card i have with them... somewhere along the way they put a password on it... THEY did. Not ME. THEY DID. I have no idea what this password is... therefore i can't call and TALK to them about this card BUT i can go online and use their online services... b/c i know my online login... MAKE SENSE of that! Please. I need to cancel this card as well... but i don't know the mystical magical password... so i can send a letter requesting they remove the password along with the letter i need to send a copy of my license and SS card i believe... that's comforting isn't it. That sounds hassle free doesn't it... Magical almost.

And that my friends is why i will no longer be a Capital One customer and how i was able to run 2 miles in 17 minutes. end rant.

hopefully later (or tomorrow) i will have a much more fun post for you.

Day 30 and End Scene.

Day 30 Self portrait. I guess they want to see how much your face changed in 30 days of trying to figure out what your going to take a photo of... those bastards. So without much more typing ...

Day 29 it's almost TIME!

Day 29 Black & White. Well my camera doesn't have that as a setting. So i'll show you the color version and the black & white i made in editor... i don't think i did such a great job... you tell me.

Day 28 i'm a little late

Day 28 Flowers or Flower... well mine is Flowers. These are right outside my door. My neighbor planted them. B/c if it were left up to me it would be rocks and sand. I hate gardening. BUT i do like the results.

Run Days 26-31 wait... 31?

Day 26
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes. It was short and sweet and to the point... i had practice. (look at my awesome shirt it's Nachos and one Nacho is saying "I'm a hot mess!" my sis got it for me. Perfect!)

Day 27
I ran 4.75 miles and walked .5 ish miles in 47 minutes! GO me! It was a very nice long run that made me happy inside.

Day 28
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes again i had pumpkin things to make... give me a break! LOL

Day 29
I ran 2.75 miles in 25 minutes. I thought i ran 3 miles but then when i saw my time i was like ok... something isn't right. and nope it wasn't. O'well.

Day 30
I ran 2 miles in 17 minutes... that 17 minutes was due to some rage. I'll post about that rage at another time. Now this is where i happy dance b/c HELLO I DID my 30 days of running in a row before turning 30!!!! However...

Day 31
One more for good luck! I ran 2 miles in i don't know how much time. But it was one more day for good luck and to prove that just because i turned 30 doesn't mean i'm going to fall apart (LOL). Thank you for joining me on this mad journey. i hoped you enjoyed it as much as i did.

DAY 27 hold me back

Day 27 FAR away. This is the far away of the important thing in my life... so now you know what it is.

Day 26 it might be like the others

Day 26 UP CLOSE! This is an UP CLOSE of something very important in my life...

DAY 25 LOOK ALIVE

Day 25 Something Pink. Well this one is so hard i hardly have a pink thing to call my own... oh wait never mind. This is THE pink item that started all the pink madness in my life. Pink and i didn't have a good relationship till i received this item. Now you sometimes can't tell us apart (pink & I). It's my very 1st sweethearts "uniform." I <3 it.

Day 24 i may have made this up

Day 24... WELL since it's my 30th birthday you will get a nice post about birthday things!!

Here is a summary of how it all went down:
Woke up to balloon with a bag tied to it. Looked in bag and found pecan pancake mix (yum). Honey head made me pecan pancakes!! While eating pancakes honey says "1st part of your gift is i'm giving you $ towards a new pair of skates! and we are going to the skate store in DE to pick them out! 2nd part of your gift is under your pillow... and 3rd part of you gift you will get tonight or tomorrow night." Me "CAN I LOOK UNDER MY PILLOW?!?! (with pecan pancake falling out of mouth (ok maybe not but almost))" Look under pillow and find STAR WARS complete DVD blue ray box set of my dreams!!! 3rd part of gift was a total 100% surprise dinner that night with my good friends at POCOS! So for this b-day Honey gets a A+ x 1000000000!

Day 23 Look away sister ANIMAL alert

Day 23 Animal. Well it just so happen to happen that i was at my friends house and she has 2 dogs and 2 cats. I was able to get a photo of one of her dogs for my Animal photo. NOT as cool as my hopes to get a photo of the random Donkey that lives nearish to me. Maybe someday i'll get a Donkey pic. Oh and the cute doggies name is Trouble.

Just one moment while i take a nap...

Lots of photo challenge posts coming and my last running post...and and yeah just some catching up to do from my awesome b-day weekend crazy-ness!

I'll get to it later today in the mean time have a super Monday. (i know how is that even possible...)

Day 22 who are you?!

Day 22 HANDS!! i took a squishy icky lovely dovey photo... enjoy,

A not photo post

Thought i would fill your head with useless none sense rather then useless images! LOL or i'm just having a week and i need to hear myself type some more.

We had an inspection this week at work and it makes me realize how much more i still need to learn (which i knew i guess) and how much i dislike certain people. I think i spent 1/2 my time rolling my eyes at a certain person which upsets me b/c how are we going to have an effective team if we don't get along. I guess the #1 problem is how most people are STUCK in the old ways of doing things. Which i get but we are trying to grow and with growth comes necessary changes... UGH... i'm preaching to the choir i bet. Anyhow... it should be a fun life in the next few months.

In other news my team the SWEETHEARTS are having a crap sale on Sunday and i am baking a few things to sell along with the crap. I made pumpkin cupcakes from scratch last night and i will be turning some of them into pumpkin cake pops! with White chocolate coating. I hope they turn out good. I also think i am going to make strawberry cupcakes which i will make into cake pops with milk chocolate coating. hmmmmm. we shall see. Honey head is not so happy that he can't eat the cuppy cakes just yet... he was very displeased by my "NO!"

Hey can you believe i have 2 days of my 30 days of running left! Holy moly! then i will be 30 years old. Today is my brother in-laws b-day! And 2 days ago was my sister in-laws b-day... yeah people stealing my birthday thunder. (LOL) Well have a super wonderful happy yummy Thursday (and if YOU find the elusive pumpkin bagel with pumpkin cream cheese let a gal know!!)!!!

Day 21 and yeah a run

Day 21 Faceless self portrait... You get to see the back of me once again! That is faceless! and look today's photo is on time & the actual day.

Day 20 a little late

Day 20 Bokeh... what is THAT?! (i had to google it) and i'm still not certain the photo i am (cheapting) supplying is a good enough form of it. Basically it's when a subject is in focus but the background is all fuzzy. Now my Bokeh photo is from a while ago... and was taken by accident... and the reasons for all of that is b/c i can't seem to take a Bokeh photo on purpose PLUS like i stated i don't even fully know if what i have is right. Add in the mix that i worked at work all day = a day late and a dollar short. BUT since i stated before how i can change the rules and mix things up...here is an example of such doing! HA.

Day 19 so that's what they mean

Day 19 Something Orange. My something orange is something that helps me dry my hair! LOL We have not lived in a apartment where i could just use my dang hair dryer in the BATHROOM! No that would be too simple! Our 1st apartment i had to buy a weaker sadder hair dryer that wouldn't blow the fuse PLUS i had to make sure Honey wasn't using stuff that was on the same circuit. Now in this apartment our bathroom outlets are backward and in a corner... so my plug for the hair dryer doesn't fit SO i have to use an extension cord from the living room! what a mess. so with all that here is something orange.

Day 18 phew.

Day 18 Shoes! Well let me just tell you... these aren't just ANY shoes! These are my hiking shoes! at the top of a mountain i'm about to zip line down!! YIKES!

Days 21-25

Day 21
I Ran 2 miles in 19 minutes! Yeah Awesome right! RIGHT! LOL Also this set of 5 days i took photos of me jumping. (well THIS one honey head took.)


Day 22
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes. I took these Day 22 photos myself (it kind of looks like i'm just on the love sac. LOL).

Day 23
I Ran 4.08 miles and walked .25 miles i did this in 41 minutes! Awesome! So i set my camera on the back of my car to take this pic. No one was around (or so i thought) there was a van parked in front of me with tinted windows. So i take this shot a few times before i get a good one. Then a man exits the van... Crap. LOL

Day 24
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes and as you can see you got the back of me on this day b/c taking the photo was HARD!! It's hard getting a jumping shot of yourself! (hoping the neighbors don't see you...)

Day 25

I ran 2 miles in 19 minutes. And that was pretty darn good considering i played a derby game the night before and i fell on my pelvis bone (ouch). So sure i picked a minute back up but at least i didn't go all the way back to 22 minutes! LOL

Day 17 was a crazy day

Day 17 Eyes (ok this is where i tell you a super secret... You can't tell anyone!(lol) I might have switched a day or two around so that eyes would be this day... b/c well i had a derby game and my eyes were gonna be so neat.) So here you go!

(see wasn't that worth switching some days around? SHHHH i said don't say anything... geee!)

Day 16 i don't see any cake

Day 16 Long Exposure So here is a nice slide show of some Long Exposure photos. One of them Honey Head Husband did the design work with the laser pointer.

Day 15 look what i have seen!

Day 15 is silhouette... i needed the husband assistance... and it's still sad. LOL but hey i tried.

Day 14 it's electric boogie woogie woogie

Day 14 is Electronics or just one electronic device BUT since i have many that i like... i took a photo of a few of them. My ipod nano, ipod shuffle, card reader (that i love), cell phone that is NOT smart, & good old Lappy 2.0 (little sob).

Day 13... is that bad Luck?

Day 13 is a photo of Me (or you if you were doing this) with 13 things. I had to get help from the honey head with this one... you'll see why. The 13 things are 13 awesome things that i love! Also the bunch of wooded roses count as 1 item... just to let you know. (my husband just said i look crazy :o( )

Days 16-20

Day 16
I ran 3 miles in 31 minutes... that made me happy inside! (LOL) My sad shoes are still wet... so i had to use my back up shoes. yuck.

Day 17
I ran 2 miles QUICK like a fox before shopping time with my MOM! It took me 21 minutes. So i was ok with that. (shoes still wet in fact even more wet b/c it rained as i put them outside.)

Day 18

I walked 1/2 a mile, ran 4 miles and a little something, and then walked .625 miles... it all ended up taking 60 minutes. Shoes still sad and wet.

Day 19

I ran 2 miles before practice and it took me 20 minutes! GO ME getting rid of a minute! (i hope i don't pick it back up again.) Shoes are almost dry b/c today was sunny and NICE!

Day 20
Today i ran 4.25 (ish) miles and walked 1/2 a mile or so. It took me 47 minutes AND my shoes were totally dry so i got to wear them again to run! I also went for a 5 (ish) mile bike ride with the honey face.

My shirt theme this week was neat designs! (i know i'm a dork) BUT hey 20 days done... 10 to go! (shit does that mean my b-day is coming...)