All the talk

There has been so much talk lately about unwanted attention. Particularly us ladies getting copious amounts of unwanted attention from complete aggressive strangers. I'm no stranger to this lovely life situation here are some of my fun experiences.

When i was in high school i worked at a laundromat there was this way older gentalman (should he be considered that...) he frequented the laundromat and at first seemed nice enough. We talked... he sometimes brought me mcflurrys.  He then started bringing me more gifts, a small jewelry box, a DVD, and i was like... ok... THEN on my birthday he gave me a birthday card in it, it said usually happy birthday greetings but then ended with "On your 18th birthday maybe we could hug. ;)."  Um... thankfully he didn't know that it was my 18th birthday... and that's about when things got strange and i truly felt unsafe. The whole time i felt really strange about the situation because why was this random person giving me things. I tried to not accept them but that never worked. Thankfully i was graduating and leaving that job behind... but perhaps i should have said something to some to spare the next girl?

Then I started working for a certain grocery chain after graduating. I worked in 3 different areas, the first one there was a manager that sexually harassed me daily. I was young and didn't really think i had any rights so i just bared it. For example i wore skirts sometimes to work because i worked in the front office. one time he asked me while i was walking around to stop and spread my legs.... i did not and THANKFULLY that time another manager was around and yelled at him being as equally horrified as myself.  That manager than asked me if this type of situation happened often and i told him with that guy it did. Shortly after the manager with questionable behavior was fired for a multitude of reasons the top one being his cocaine addiction.

Then the office i worked in was closed so they transferred me to a store. It was my 1st week at this new store and i didn't know anyone so i ate lunch alone... which apparently was an open invitation for this other employee to start talking and flirting with me. I talked to him nice enough but made other lunch plans... any other plans.  He then started following me to my car at the end of my shift sometimes my shift ended at night... in the dark... But again i didn't think i had a right to complain to anyone so i eventually just asked the guy i was dating at the time to show up at the store a few times. But that didn't even take care of the problem me leaving the store and transferring to another job is what "solved" it.

These are just a few examples of the worst situations i have been in that have stuck with me.  I know so many people (mostly ladies) that have had much worse. And now looking back i'm mad at myself for not telling someone because who knows how many other people those men (term used loosely) went on to harass or worse.

I know this topic is hotly debated with some people saying "cat callers" are just trying to be friendly and even more people saying if women weren't getting attention they'd be complaining (i puked typing that)... i mean seriously. It's frustrating. All i want is to walk a few blocks and feel safe, i want that feeling for anyone female or male. what a mess.

Maybe the answer really is gasoline and a book of matches which someone once told me was the answer to all the problems. LOL

Compelled

So why am I finally blogging after not completing my month of mom blogging?  I guess the feeling compelled me. Will this continue on? I don’t know. But for today, here we are.  

I have seen recently and heard people who got the idea somewhere along the way that life is about living in someone else’s shadow and not for breaking out to live your life. Without giving people away or situations it just seems so many people are afraid of the what ifs, so much that they stay in this state of waiting instead of just moving forward and on to things they want.

Is this wrong? I don’t know, I feel like it isn’t the greatest. I feel like it leads down the road to regret and bitterness.  I feel like it will lead to you holding your regrets against the very person you thought you were pausing your life for. Example if you pause your life for a company you work for, eventually you would grow so bitter and hateful towards the company. But the company meanwhile lives their life makes its moves and choices without taking YOU into consideration because… well that’s what their supposed to do. So why are you taking them so much into consideration? 

Why shouldn’t you free yourself of the responsibility of everyone else’s life and live yours? Now this isn’t to say don’t care about the people you love.  But in caring for them you have to care about yourself too don’t you?  Like RuPaul says “If you can’t love yourself, how the HELL you gonna love somebody else?”

More mom love

Dear Topaz,
We will try to move to a 3 bedroom house, that is the important thing, three bedrooms!  So you can have your own bedroom.  Mean kids are every where unfortunatly.  California was really no different when Sara was in 5th & 6th grade there, she didn't really have a true friend either.  I don't want to move in a place without a dishwasher or washer & dryer.
Take the trash out when you get home.  Your fish needs to be done this weekend.
We are babysitting Spence & Janeen Mon. evening don't let me forget.
Love
Mom (o are hearts)

I guess i was complaining about not having my own room, but my mom was a single mother and the fact that we had a nice roof over our head was good enough. She really was / is amazing.  Also my sister and I (or at least me) had this ideal of California that it was magical and much better than PA. So I was always like "things were better when we lived in California..."  children.  I do feel like there was more tolerance in California for diversity... but that could just be youth. People weren't constantly asking you "where are you from..."  and expecting you to say " from the boarder of foreign country... now commence hating me!"

Even though this letter is simple it still fills me with lots of warm fuzzy feels. I just love my mom so much!

Mothers day late

Well technechally since this is Mother's May i'm not really late with my Mother's day post.  BUT anyhow, i was saving one of the best letters from my mom for around mothers day.  This one is dated!!

Feb. 5. 1993
Dear Topaz, 
You will be something when you grow up.  To be something in this world you have to #1 want it. #2 Work for it. and #3 Believe in yourself. You have #1 & #2 and you'll get #3.  You also have a #4 which makes it even easier, you have a mom that loves you and believes in you enough for the both of us.  The SKY IS THE LIMIT! Teachers are not perfect, there are good teachers and not so good teachers they are only human you know?  Learn the best you can from Mrs. M, but don't let her frustrate you.  She is probably doing the best she can.  Teaching is a difficult job some people are naturally good at it and others are not but want to do it anyway.
 You can learn something from every teacher. Right? You work hard and co-operate with teachers and other classmates. I'm very proud of you.  People are always jealous of other people who are happy, beautiful inside and outside and nice.  Just be you and be happy.
Love
MOM (hearts for the O!)

How true to all of life are her letters?  I mean really i do still have #4.  #4 has gotten me through so many really rotten and hard times.  Knowing without a doubt that one person in this world loves me no matter what has gotten me through some tough things and allowed me to make tough choices.  She has always been my # 1 cheerleader and she is amazing. She deserves more than Mother's May but until i become independently wealthy, this will have to do.

 I love how she says "Just be you and be happy."  That is such a good thing to remember and take with you always.  It takes many years for people to get that and sometimes they still don't get it.  Being you is what will make you happy.  If you are pretending to be something your not at the end of the day how is that bringing you happiness?  it's not, you can only really be happy if you get to be you. She was (and is) so wise. 

I spent a lovely Mother's day with her and we had a very fun time. I hope she realizes what an amazing mother she is.

Mother's words

Dear Topaz, 

I'm glad your day went better yesterday.  Think positive and remember when a person really wants something they get it if they work for it. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT, right?
I love you very much and what I want most for you is happiness!
Love 
Mom (remember o are hearts)

The sky is the limit is a saying she gave me as like a motto for my life.  It was - Dream, Reach, Believe, the SKY is the limit.  I had a learning disability in school a combination of not being able to hear well the first few years of schooling and an actual learning disability seeing letters backward and crazy pants other things.  So i was in assisted reading and language arts classes from 3rd to 6th grade.  I worked my butt off to get out of it by 7th grade and a ton of that work and belief that i could get out of it was because of my mom and her giving me things like a life motto and her endless love and support!  As you can imagine being in the "special" class didn't help me with other students that's why i wanted to get out of it and i did. But i have to tell you i might not have if i didn't have such a wonderful supportive mother.

Mother notes

So when i was a pre-teen / teen and full of the angst thinking my life was so awful (as lots of us do at that age), life is just so terrible!  No bills, no work with terrible bosses, no scheduling conflicts... awful.... LOL

Anyhow, i would write my mom a letter about my angsty teenage feels and she would write me back so i will post some of them starting today! I hope to scan some of them and post them as they are but that is not happening today!  I'm certain all my letters sounded the same "No one loves me, i have no friends, my hair is stupid, why are elbows so pointy?"  she always wrote me wonderful notes back...

Dear Topaz, 
I hope happiness finds you, I don't think you are totally unhappy.  But the next few years are full of changes and challenges and you must Keep a positive attitude and change with changes.  Don't worry be happy! Don't worry too much ahead because when you get there you'll probably find out you worried for nothing.  And I will always be there to Love and support you.  That letter you wrote me yesterday was so beautiful and full of deep emotions.  Thank you for sharing your feelings with me. I'm not happy alone or happy in a crowd either.  I am very happy with my two wonderful daughters! 

Love
Mom  (except she would make the o hearts)

I feel like this letter still applies today!  Maybe even more so!!  and i have to tell you she is 100% always there to love and support me all 32. something years so far of my life!  She is magic. Serious people MAGIC.  Reading this letter today brings some tears to my eyes because my mother is just so amazing.

Also it's nurse week and HELLO my MOM is a nurse!!  so Thank a nurse in your life or hug them or squeeze them or don't touch them because a few i know don't like contact with germ filled humans. LOL

Journal Entries Pt. 2

More of my amazing Mother's journal entries form her senior year Christmas break:
 Dec. 30, 1969 
All I think about is all the work we have in English class when we get back. (this journal was for English class LOL)

Dec. 31, 1969 well not really
It is past 12 o'clock and it is 1970 the year I get out of school! I just can't wait till school is over but I sure hope I pass.

Jan. 1, 1970
My 7 month niece is starting off the new year bad because she has a temp. of 104 and she is pretty sick.

Jan, 2, 1970
I've decided to knit my brother a different kind of scarf it will be 2" wide and 6' long. (he went form living in FL to going to college somewhere cold, he told her that he wore the scarf! she is so cute!)
It's almost 11:30 and we were at the souderton basketball game, it was a good game even though we lost after double over time.  After the game we went to the R and on the way to my place my sister's V-W slid on ice and rolled. There were 4 kids in the car but none of us were hurt. I think someone was watching over us. (here teacher said "So do I.")

Jan. 3, 1970
My niece is getting better except now she has some kind of rash all over her body. My sister's car was over 100 dollars damage but her Insurance pays everything but the first 50 dollars. I went to my drivers test today in the snow but I flunked it.  Well, you can't win them all.

Jan. 4. 1970 
School tomorrow! I forgot to get shoe laces for my gym sneaks.  I have material for a dress in sewing but I don't have a pattern.  I wish I would never have to go back to school.  Everyone says your Senior year is fun.  Well, I'd like to know when the fun begins. (i wondered that my whole senior year as well... where is the fun part... then graduation happened and i realize THAT was the fun part!  LOL)

Her teacher wrote:  I guess you don't like school. Stay with it for a few more months and you won't need to return. Her teachers name was Miss Fisher.  As noted on the paper.

My mom is still this hilarious if not more now!

Mother May

So remember when i was all "i have an idea for May!"  WELL it's MAY and my idea is MOTHER MAY!!  What does that mean?  Well since May contains mothers day and my mom to me is worth more than just a day, the whole month of May will contain posts about her.  Whether it's things she says, wrote, photos, or just me going on and on about how she is the best in the world.

Welcome to Mother May!  I'm not saying i'm going to post everyday but i am saying any post i do in May will be about my mother. So lets start Mother May off right now!!

I guess my mom's senior year of high school she had to write journal entries while on Christmas break.  Fun fact about all us ladies (sis, mom, and i) we pretty much were done with school by 10th-11th grade so for my mom & I senior year was really donesville... how do i know it was for my mom... you will see in a few moments... what my mom writes will be in pink.

Dec.25th, 1969
Well if I'm forced to do this, I'd better start. I had a nice Christmas not because I got nice gifts, (which I did) but I like to see people happy with the gifts I give them. (by the way this has not changed about her at all, always the giver)

Dec. 26, 1969 
We have plenty of snow and believe it or not it made me think of summer and what to do next summer.  I haven't decided anything yet!

Dec. 27, 1969
I feel terrible because I have a cold, sore throat, headache, and chapped lips.

Dec. 28, 1969
Everyone is talking about another year ending and I really don't care.

Dec. 29, 1969
I worked my first full day and it is a lot better than school. 

And this is the 1st official Mother May Day on my blog!!!  I'll continue her "journal" entries another day (don't wanna over load you with awesome all at once!).

No i'm not done blogging

Since my 30 days of blogging are over it does not mean i am going to stop blogging for an eternity again (at least i hope) so fret not... (because i know everyone was very worried...).  In fact i have a super fun theme for the month of May that i'm super excited about!  But you'll have to wait for May ( i keep trying to rush it even though it means running the board street...)! 

I am trying to plan a new workout routine now that hot yoga, burpees, and shred are done.  Also it's sort of getting nicer outside (kinda) so i want to try and make some type of something that i do.  Doing the hot yoga challenge proved that you can fit things into a schedule if you want to. If i can take almost 2 hours or more a day to get to yoga do a class and drive home i should be able to devote at least an hour doing something that doesn't require driving... Right? Right!

I'll keep you posted if i figure out what i want to do. I saw this site for 100 days and you commit to do something for 100 days... i don't know what i would commit myself to for that... 30 days is one thing... 100... i don't know.

I am still super in love with my haircut so if you live around Collegeville PA GO TO MINT!!  I saw the other hairdressers cutting really cute hair cuts as well so i feel like there is a great bunch of hairdresser ladies not just Kelly the owner!  I seriously always leave Mint happy! (Also she is looking for more hairdressers if your interested go to the site i linked and get on that!)

I am getting more and more excited about San Diego!  Anytime i talk to anyone about San Diego they go "oh it's so beautiful there..."  I can't wait to see what it's all about. Also food of course. All the food!  i need to lose 15 lbs before going so i can stand to gain 10 of it back just eating. LOL  ok maybe not but i am excited for food, which i know i say lots.

And that my friends is what i have for you today!

30, 30, 30, 30

All the 30 things have been accomplished! It was like having a part time job, now I have to be productive with my new found time!

Here is a photo of my wonderful yoga/derby friend and I celebrating our 30 accomplishment.

Here is the scary ass head of the bunny I was in today... it was like my own walking hot yoga studio.

30 days!

Haircut!

I was so excited all day for my haircut! And Kelly (owner & hairdresser) did not disappoint me one bit! She owns & operates Mint Hair Studio in Collegeville PA.

I brought in a photo and left the rest in her amazing hands!

Here are some poor photos of it cause im bad at selfies.

Burrito

So my mom has a few rules when it comes to burritos. I'm not sure if it is because she lived in new Mexico or was around Mexicans... or just because but she gets real fired up about burrito situations.

Recently I was at her place and she had gotten taco smelly, I mean belly, I mean helly, ooo no I mean bell and she got a bean and cheese burrito (the devils way (with extra onions)). She opens it up and gets all sorts of bothered, "look at this thing ! Its folded the wrong way (I take a pic (below)), why did they start doing this, it didnt use to be tucked at both ends! A burrito is not supposed to be that way!"

I explained to her that its the way 90% of places do it so i guess they joined the masses because she is right they use to leave one end open. When I use to eat taco helly damn I mean bell the bean burrito was basically the only thing I ate for the last years and it was open at one end. I remember specifically trying to evenly dispurse the beans before taking my 1st bit of the open end. Strange.

Also she HATES spanish rice, with a never ending passion. Which also means she HATES when its in a burrito. Like can't believe they have the audacity to put rice in a burrito (I will take rice in mine... yum). Also never get her a bean and chesee buritto with red sauce she might spit on you. Now you know how to get my mom food at taco bell (yay I typed it right).

Left out

I can't believe I left out an obsession! I left out fresh made guacamole.  I am seriously addicted.  I make it mostly now but get super stoked when its available at places.

For my own I use 2 avocados,  1/2 to 1 lime, a small tomato, 1/2 a jalapeño,  1/2 a long hot green pepper,  & cilantro. I use 2 large spoons to mush & chop the avocados when there just ripe its super easy. Then add all the other ingredients that I have chopped to small pieces.  And then squeeze the lime juice. I love lime on guacamole,  some times as im eating the guac on a chip ill squeeze more lime on it because honey face doesn't enjoy as much lime as me.

Also I bought a window cilantro plant so I could have it whenever I want all fresh and yummy! So far the plant is doing well.  Maybe ill add a photo later... I think I need some guac...

And here is the cilantro plant.

Obsessions 2014

So today i'll talk about some things i'm obsessed with right now...

House of Jerky Black Pepper Turkey Jerky i forgot how much i use to enjoy jerky things... when i use to eat beef i think it's been almost 18 years (holy crap) i loved jerky!  Thank you house of jerky for perfecting the turkey jerky!  I tried another brand at the store that was free of msg and some other terrible additives and it was awful House of Jerky has it so right!  I need to either order some or go to the store at Jim Thorpe and get more.

GoPicnic these are like easy meals for situations where you don't have time or just don't feel like planning. They have lots of different ones for all sorts of diets.  I like the Turkey stick & Crunch which is funny because the turkey stick is like the turkey version of a slim jim and i also loved slim jims when i use to eat beef but totally forgot how much i enjoyed them. They have a peanut butter one that is also very yummy!  These are good for the times i go from yoga to practice and need food but don't have time to get other food. Also Target ofen has them for 3.5$ each which is like only paying 3.5$ for a meal. (also their is a sudoku puzzle inside for entertainment and using your dusty brain.)

BuzzFeed - obsessed. Yes. It shows me wonderful things, funny things, terrible things, awful things, amazingly terrifying things... and i love it!  Also it's a time suck... so be cautious.

one final item...
Flourless Chewy Chocolate Cookie from Starbucks - When it's warm it's heaven!  HEAVEN people. it is so good!  They changed a lot of their food menu and most of it not for the better BUT i do love this new flourless chewy chocolate cookie i think it's one of the lower calorie items so that's an added bonus. But seriously if your going to Star-take-me-bucks most likely you aren't caring so much about calories...

These are just a few of the things i'm obsessed with so far in 2014.

Reading Comprehension

So i had to take this reading comprehension test at my local community college and it was so subjective and sort of made me feel like my tiny brain was rattling around in my stupid head. It was 20 questions well you judge if these are "questions."

So what you do is read the sentences or passage and decide which is the best answer...here is my version of it.

1. Monkeys like bananas.

    Monkeys like grooming each other.

A. Sentence two contradicts sentence one.
B. Sentence two makes sentence one look like a joke.
C. Sentence one and sentence two don’t matter to your life.
D. Sentence one and two should get married

2. There was a child starving when I went on my vacation to Peru. This makes me wonder if all of Peru has starving children. Should Peru be provided more food so no child goes hungry? Why is Peru called Peru, I thought to myself.

A. The statement “Why is Peru called Peru, I thought to myself.” shows real integrity
B. The statement “Should Peru be provided more food” makes a strong political statement
C. Peru is terrible as displayed in the passage above
D. Vacations aren't worth the time

3. Southwest America is just like the old western movies
    Southwest America is hotter than it seems like it should be.

A. Sentence one is reinforced by sentence two
B. Sentence two is a bully to sentence one
C. Sentence three never had a chance
D. Small animals have fur

4. Airplanes aren't worth the cost and time. You could get somewhere just as fast if you have Scotty beam you there. When my friends and I think about flying we wish on a star. Jets make funny noises when birds get stuck in their engines. Airplanes have wings.

A. The passage above helps you understand aerodynamics
B. Your IQ just went down 3 points reading this
C. If Scotty beams you up airplanes will get birds caught in their engines
D. Birds and Airplanes are best friends forever

5. An elephant and a mouse are great friends.
    The elephant worries about stepping on the mouse.

A. Elephants are clumsy
B. Sentence two supports sentence three
C. What sentence one wants you to feel is euphoria
D. The government is watching

I got a 106 out of 120 which i don't really understand what is the scoring system? I guess these people didn't have to take the math comprehension test.

9 years looks like

This is what 9 years looks like...

It's our old anniversary day tomorrow. So I thought I would celebrate with a blog post!  We've been married for 3 of these 9... so here is to many more. 

Define "lazy Saturday"

For my "lazy Saturday" I woke up at 6:40 am did my shred & burpees outside in the parking lot, went to an hour hot yoga class, came home changed and stood in the sun for about 2 hours for derby, came back home showered, made guacamole,  left headed to my moms but stopped at the produce nazis 1st (for her im such a good gal. Lol), got to her house husseled her out to a few stores where we turned into slow raptors, went back to her place, I headed home, got all my stuff ready for tomorrow and now at 10:49pm I'm ready for sleep time.

So that was me having an easy day... tomorrow is all my 30 day things plus 2- 2 hour derby practices... yep just another easy breezey day.

I got this... I think.

Apparently Sibling day was a thing...

So i present lots of sibling photos for you!  With a few notes... if I have any style in photos from when we were younger it would be thanks to my mom who would dress us up and make us so cute. If i had any style in older years that would be thanks to my sis who was my hair dresser for many years and also as you read the other day would do my derby make-up.  I not only have the best mom in the world i have the best sister in the world! Yay for siblings (once you get past having to share everything... though if anyone had the short end of the sibling stick it might have been my sis... i was a giant brat.)

level 3

All the jumping happens in level 3 of the shred. Or the term plyometrics. Which as you might guess I have been doing outside. Trying to spare my neighbor.  The rest of the neighborhood however is on their own.  They get to watch all my parts jiggle as I jump & do my burpees... 23 today... super fun.

Day 21 of yoga went well, I did this new move on the internets it calls it a shoulder pressing pose... the teacher called it something else I can't remember.  If your lucky ill take a poor photo of me doing it for you! I thought it was pretty cool.

And that is all I got. Until tomorrow!

Natural Organic...

What does it really mean and is it real?  I feel like most likely it's not. Since i'm over hearing things such as "well the one ingredient isn't considered natural or organic but it can still qualify in your area as natural and organic right?  Yes that's what i thought..."  Ok... i guess i always knew it was mostly a lie and a way to get you to spend all the monies. I've also heard things like "Well the only difference between our organic and our normal is we have a guy standing in the factory verifying it's "organic."" Which i can only guess is a government worker who is paid to say things are organic.

Then you go into GMO and non-GMO and everything starts getting scary and sad and all i can think all the time is... what am i?

I think i'm natural and organic and non-GMO but am i? are you?

Yep this post is nice and hippie dippy for today. You'll forgive me i'm on day 20!!!

Some of my Derby Faces

Here are some of my Derby Faces.

It all started with this one Valentine game (my 2nd Derby game ever) and my now BDFE (Best Derby Friend Ever) Lucky was the captain and was all "lets put hearts on one eye and black around the other!!"  And people were like "lame" but i was like "ok i guess... to make you happy..."  SO in the one photo with my friend who came to my game you can see kinda the left over of the heart and black... Then i let my sister loose on my face for the next few games b/c my sister had been basically waiting my entire life for me to say "hey can you put pink make-up on me?"  So she did great make-up on me but then Derby games moved and so i had to learn to do my own make-up... and now it's like a thing... it's fun and the only time i wear make-up.

(lots of photo credit here http://www.tacophoto.com/, https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyGeePhotography , www.DavidACarterPhotography.com, https://www.facebook.com/RichardKimbroughPhotography, my sis, her husband, Lucky, My aunt, and i know there is someone else that i am forgetting and i feel like a jerk... so there is that!!! Also if your a photographer that i linked on here and i should give you better credit or you want me to remove the photo please let me know i don't want to break rules or anything b/c i 100% appreciate all photographers do for us derby people, you are amazing!! ) 

 (the upper left is a photo by KaPOWski a team mate of mine, below it photo by my sisters husband, upper right photo by not certain it was taken at Derby Garden, The right middle photo by  https://www.facebook.com/RichardKimbroughPhotography in LA and the lower right my husband took photo)

 

 Upper left photo by https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyGeePhotography, Lower left corner photo by www.DavidACarterPhotography.com, upper right photo by my Aunt, Middle in lower section photo by here http://www.tacophoto.com/, lower right photo by my friends mom)

Upper Left photo by my sisters husband, lower left photo by not sure, and to the right photo by Lucky)

Rain burpees

So I did my burpees in the rain outside today after yoga.  Im trying to not make too much noise for my neighbor. It was wet. But I got it done.

Akso im trying to avoid eating the giant I mean GIANT candy bars I have to sell fir derby. They're huge and will give me huge painful zits. So I must avoid them at all cost. But still try to sell them... goid luck to me.

Sore...

I'm quite sore today so I did yoga, team practice 2 hours, shred, burpees, & 2 hours practice.  Then I rewarded myself with ice cream.

What other boring things can I blog about... I don't know. It's Sunday and I soooo don't want to work tomorrow!

This bowl of Crow

So I've been eating a bowl of crow for most of today.  My neighbor needs a kidney and may possibly die, leaving her poor young daughter motherless.  For f's sake I felt so bad when my other neighbor told me about it!  I feel so bad for all parties involved but especially that young girl, this is not something your supposed to deal with at this age, young girls need thier mothers.

So if you could dear sweet readers, pray, beg, borrow, send good vibes, or do what ever it is you believe will help my neighbor get a kidney. She's officially on the list. She didn't want people really knowing her business.  But im sure any good thoughts going her way can't hurt.

Ill just go now & finish my bowl of crow.

the Magical Yarn post

So here is a post of some yarn things i have made... i can't find photos of somethings that i'm 95% certain i took photos of... so either A. i ate the photos, B. the husbeast deleted them or C. The universe hates me. I'm missing the photo of this super cute lion baby hate i made and i KNOW i took photos of it... and i'm missing photos of some things i made at Christmas for people cause there was a ton of that happening... BUT here is what i do have photos of.  enjoy, on this the half way day!

 I made the hand warmers for my teammate (the pink with the black hearts). My sis made the yarn stuffs i am wearing in this photo.

 This was a gag veil for my sis-in-laws wedding shower along with the gag guarder
down below

Neighbor Gate Update

She wasn't home yesterday when i worked out and possibly is back in the hospital since it appears her mother was the only person with a car to appear thoughout the night and this AM when i left for work... So i was able to work out just fine yesterday!  Tonight... who knows BUT i'm gonna do it anyhow and if she complains again i'll ask her what she would like me to do. and of course not listen to her.

i don't really understand what she expects me to do. Should i put pillows on my feet to walk around my apartment?  She did choose to live in a bottom unit... also it's an apartment so certain noises are to be expected in the day... i can understand past a point at night... i just really am still annoyed by all this if you can't tell.. whatever.

Moving on, tonight is day 14 of hot yoga... which means tomorrow is the half way point!  Which my teammate who does the hotness with me and i are going to celebration dinner after our half way class tomorrow!  I'm stupid excited about it!  We will be halfway there!!  and stuffing our faces... all good things! 

Now if i could just fast forward to the eating part tomorrow... that would be great! 

One word - Annoying

So last night around 8:20pm ish i was in the middle of my 30 day shred and the doorbell rings... i'm like who could that be at 8:20ish at night... well my downstairs neighbor.  She is in her PJs and a robe and she says "I just got out the hospital and all the banging around isn't helping me."  Me "Oh, ok...."  Her "thanks."  Me "Um..."

So i proceed to be SUPER ANNOYED.  I finish the parts of my workout that would be considered "Banging around" outside in the dark (that was fun) and do the not "banging around" parts inside... while being super pissed.

Here is my thinking (and maybe i'm wrong):
1. It was well before 10pm i feel like 10pm during the weeknights is a good cut off point for loud noises like music or vacuuming. Midnight on the weekend unless you've warned people that your having a party.  Technically our township has no noise ordnance meaning there is no cut off point for being a loud jackass. But i just find before 10pm during the week is curtious and Midnight on the weekend.

2. My workout total is 30 minutes of that 30 minutes i would say 7 minutes of it is me "banging around."  AND those 7 minutes are not consecutive. So i'm not "banging around" for 7 minutes straight BUT even if i was.... it's 7 minutes. not 7 hours, not 7 days... 7 mother f'n minutes. She has a teenaged daughter.... i bet that kid is more of noise nuisance on a regular basis then i am for 7 nonconsecutive minutes.

3. I pay rent.

4. I unlike you realize that living on the bottom is terrible so i went out of my way to only look at top floor apartments. Also i realize living in an apartment comes with noise issues. It's the apartment life.

5. You my dear downstairs neighbor have been more loud and annoying at times then i have.  One time you had a party on a friday night on your back patio with loud drunk people until 2am ish, it was a nice night we could have opened our window if we wanted the noise to be even worse but no you kept us awake and we didn't complain. Your lovely little daughter likes to play loud music we don't complain, when you slam your front door it shakes our apartment, we don't complain.  Your friend TOOK our driveway parking spot one day we didn't complain.

What are your thoughts my reader (s)?

So now it's like am i never aloud to workout in my own apartment?  Like today when i get out of work it will be like 1:45pm am i not allowed to workout?  Should i knock on her door and ask for her permission? I pay rent on time every month.... so i need to afraid of what i do?

Also i'm not dead inside i get the just getting out of the hospital aspect of things, but what does that mean? you need to peace and quiet 24 / 7 for how many days? Also seriously how fee-sable is "peace and quiet" in an apartment?

I'm annoyed BUT i'll still get my 30 in 30 don't you worry. but SO ANNOYING.

The long awaited Ginger post

Ok so i'm the only one who was waiting for me to write this post. It's about one of my favorite things to obsess about! GINGER!  Not Ginger people but Ginger the root!  It all started last year when i saw it at the Fresh Market grocery store where you can find "natural" expensive things (LOL) ....it's Ginger beer... it's like Root beer but Ginger instead... OK. So i tried it and fell in love. I loved root beer already and ginger just took it to the next level. I mostly hate soda because i'm not a huge fan of all the sugar or the bubbles. BUT i love GINGER BEER!!  LOVE IT.  Also when we went on vacation in California the bars actually had it AND the people we stayed with, the wife had it on her list on this black board... now i'm uncertain if she had it on there to try making it or to just try it but it made me excited to see it.  But she wasn't exactly the type of person who seemed open to conversations about her black board list...

So now i will show you a list of the ones i remember trying so far and what i thought about them...
My number 1 Favorite is
Bundaberg - It's so good. Honey says i think that b/c it's the 1st one i tried... maybe he's right or maybe it's because it's made in Australia... whatever i love it. (We get it at Fresh Market, it's expensive) here is a photo:

Fever Tree would be my next favorite... Honey bought me this as a gift and it was the best gift ever, even if we left one in the freezer and it exploded (this happens more than i'd like to admit... we forget things).  He got it at Wegmans i think and i think it wasn't too badly priced but i don't really know. here is a photo:

 Cock 'n Bull is my 3rd favorite and the one i had in California that i haven't had since, because i can't find it around me.  It's super good even though the name is scary. here is a photo:

 Gosling's is my favorite cheap Ginger Beer. I get it at Giant and it hits the spot when i don't want to spend a bunch of money. here is a photo:

 Fentimans was pretty good, though it got flat super fast and i don't know if that was because i put it in the fridge a head of time or why... but the flavors were good just real flat. Got this one at Wegman's as well. here is a photo:

 Regatta was decent but most likely i wouldn't get it again, i think i got it at the beer distributor because it was on sale. it's a little too sweet for my liking not enough Ginger. here is a photo:

Finally Reeds, way too sweet for me. It's not terrible but it's just too sweet. I've seen this one popping up in a bunch of places but we bought it at whole foods. here is a photo:

I also LOVE this spicy chia latte they made in CO with ginger and black pepper, more people need to make it happen around here!  It was so good.  And there are various ginger chew candies that i like.  The Ginger People being one of the brands i like that is pretty readily available. I want to try their ginger beer someday... just need to find it. AND i just saw a local place that is making Ginger beer the ABC brewery... i can't wait to try theirs! (Also have to mention that it makes me burp (not burppee) and that makes my sis very unhappy. saying it before she comments it! LOL)

If i ever attempt to make ginger beer i will let you know ALSO if i ever attempt to make a spicy chia latte i will let you know... Oh and i should add i LOVE juiced ginger root!  It is so good spicy and good, it's especially good to add to other juiced things.

Now you have just gotten your Ginger lesson!  (the straight edge friends drink!)