Monthly Archives: April 2007

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Where Have You Been?

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Somegosoftly got a job!

Okay, sort of… I was so busy! I got up so early! Phew! You all count on me as your daily morning ray of sunshine, but I had to work. Well, play. Um, for two hours. Fine. It wasn’t a job, you got me. I got to babysit an adorable little 9 month old that I’m going to miss like crazy when I leave.

baby eating dog food
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(Just kidding, that didn’t happen!) 😉

Good news: Baby is still alive and well despite me being in charge of feeding, changing, and putting her down for a nap. Bad news: I am eating like crap.

You know, because I’m leaving. So everyone loves me. We went out Monday and saw an advanced screening of The Reaping (first movie with Hilary Rank that I’ve liked). I had more popcorn and soda than I’ve eaten in about a year. It was my dinner. Then yesterday I had Tutto Gusto in Steiner Ranch with aforementioned adorable baby and TB. We had calamari AND pasta AND tiramisu. Today I got to hit Texadelphia. Mmmm. I forgot how good meat smothered in mayonnaise tastes. Needless to say I also have not worked out the last two days. I’m hoping that after burgers and beer tonight I will be full until June.

Or maybe I’ll be late blogging tomorrow too- and fasting.

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Today’s Birthdays

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Celebrity birthdays

 

 

 

These stars were all born on April 4:

Author-poet Maya Angelou is 79.
Actor Craig T. Nelson (Coach ) is 63.
Writer-producer David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal,The Practice ) is 51.
Comedian David Cross (Arrested Development,Mr. Show, hanging out with somegosoftly at sxsw) is 43.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. is 42.
Singer Jill Scott is 35.
Bassist Magnus Sveningsson of The Cardigans is 35.
Magician David Blaine is 34.
Singer Andre Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 33.
Actor James Roday (Psych ) is 31.
Actor Heath Ledger is 28.
Actress Jamie Lynn Spears (Zoey 101 ) is 16.

Mom is in some pretty cool company, don’t you think? Wait, you’re right, THEY are the lucky ones. 😉 Except Jamie Lynn Spears, she’s probably insane.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!

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March Tally

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SXSW got me on the drinking, but I was super extra awesome with the working out this month, so I’m happy. Some year I’ll find some before and after measurements and photos so that y’all can see just how drastic it all is:

Final count on the Calendar of Progress:

  1. The letter W (for weights) appeared a total of 10 times.
  2. The letter C (for cardio) appeared a total of 21 times.
  3. The letter D (for drinking) appeared a total of 12 times.

Rock and Roll. If you’ll remember, cardio is typically implying running 5 miles. Weights is typically Body Pump. I am so happy. It’s probably just the work-out endorphins. That’s cool.

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Enviga

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Working out isn’t enough in and of itself. When I realized that and entirely reformed my eating habits was when I first started noticing drastic improvements in my health and weight loss.

One problem I face is that I can’t stand sugar replacements. I would rather die than drink Diet Coke. So I quit drinking soda. I can’t eat anything with Splenda or Equal or whatever else. Try to trick me. I can taste it in anything. That new Dannon yogurt, the 60 calorie one, is disgustingly full of Splenda. Can’t eat it. Every once in a while I get real sick of not being able to eat or drink whatever, or trying healthy stuff only to find they put that crap in it.

Enviga is controversial:

Mean article here, good article here.

It only has 5 calories, and purports to help you burn calories (hundreds) since it’s a green tea based drink. Whatever. I’m not looking for a quick fix. That usually never works. Who cares about that??? However, this stuff is tasty. If you are curious, I suggest you pick some up. It’s a delicious alternative to water – whether or not it burns calories, it won’t leave that nasty after taste on the roof of your mouth like other drinks. There’s no fat or calories, and it’s yummy. Works for me whether or not I’m burning calories.

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*CocaCola in no way (unfortunately) endorses somegosoftly*

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Great News

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How much do I love Law and Order? I love it with all my being. If there’s a choice between doing anything and seeing a L&O I haven’t already seen, or maybe have seen but forgot how it ended, I will sit in front of the tv. TNT, USA, Bravo, you have marathons at a time, where I will camp out and not even answer the phone during 5 to 13 hour long stretches of tv. It’s bad, I know. I’m addicted. I have the computer game. Mom bought me DVD seasons. I know the theme song. I wish it was a ringtone. Or my doorbell ring. Don’t cross me, I know what to do to avoid conviction. I’ve made mention I think I could pass the bar. That’s how much L&O I watch.

Anyway, Fred Thompson, the DA, is a real former senator. And, should he decide to run for President, I will vote for him. NOT ONLY was he on my favorite show, I did a little research and discovered I approve of most of his policies. (Minus Mexican Wall, of course!!) But, mostly, he was on my favorite show. Oh, and have you SEEN his wife? That would be awesome.
Article: A Law & Order Presidential Candidate?


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Really? I would even send him a campaign contribution. It might only be $50, but hey.

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Three Great Days

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Sunday, I made us some muffins and MK and I read the paper. I suck to read the paper with, he’d be trying to read and I’d be trying to talk to him about what I read that he’d already read – he probably won’t let me sit next to him with the paper again anytime soon.

It was so beautiful out, we went to Town Lake and walked. So slow. MK hasn’t been out in a while, it felt like we were crawling, but I quit complaining and enjoyed walking and talking with my husband. We walked up Lake Austin Blvd. and had some Thundercloud subs, mmmmm. We picked up some steaks and went back home and sat out for a bit, packed a bit, and totally fell asleep, best nap ever.


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When we woke up we got a full car load of stuff packed away. It is so funny, getting to stuff I want to take that we fight over why we do/don’t need and where to put it. I think I’ve been very accommodating. We hardly have anything but large furniture left. It’s so strange. I have to keep reminding MK we’ve got two more weeks here, we’re kind of ahead of schedule. I cooked us a huge dinner and we watched some tv, listened to Musical Starstreams. My weekend was so full of life and love and fun and friends, I couldn’t have been happier, I’m so blessed!

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Saturday Did Too

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In order to fully have a weekend of me being insane, MK and I decided to do something very silly in the morning. We showered and dressed up as pretty as possible, and drove out to the side of the road and took pictures in the bluebonnets.

Laugh it up. I think I might have done this the first time I visited Texas, at the age of 9. Once you actually grow up and live here though, you drive by people doing that and make fun of them. For preservation of my sanity, we did go at least where no one could really see us. But we do, now, have pictures of us amongst the state flowers. No, you can’t see them.

From there we drive over to the MIL’s house, and returned to her everything that was her excuse to come over to our house. We are, after all, moving, so we don’t need her trying to come to Seattle looking for a dish or anything.

After a stop at Starbuck’s for MK, we drove over to BH and PH’s. They are renovating their house. It seems like someday, if I ever have a house, I would like to renovate it. What a sense of accomplishment and hard work. My favorite was BH noting that all the wine looked very old and expensive due to the fine layer of dust that had settled on everything.

We had some drinks and they took MK and I out for one of our favorite dinners, since we’ll be missing these places soon enough. We went to the original Hyde Park, on 45th. I loooooove this place. I used to live over there in college, and ate there a lot. I also ate at Mother’s, the vegan place across the street. If you don’t know, some bum set fire to their most amazing outdoor garden patio, completely burning it to the ground. Very sad.

Our dinner was fantastic, and then we walked to Dolce Vita, the gelato shop next door. MK and BH had coffee, PH and I had wine. We talked for hours. After I recounted my thinking from yesterday, PH let me know that over the time they’ve known me, they appreciate that I’ve grown to at least know when I say dumb things, which I previously had not. That made me feel better and dumber all at the same time. Oh well. We had a great conversation and really enjoyed the time we were able to spend with our friends, again who we’ll miss so much.

MK and I met KD and ND and co. at Molotov and then Key Bar, rounding out yet another super fantastic day. What a great weekend.

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Friday Night Got Me Thinking

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When MK and I first met, I didn’t want him to see us grow old – know me less than the cool hot chick I was (right). I sat in horror imagining him seeing my wrinkly skin, my health issues. More than that, I didn’t want him to know that I was human, that I could ever have flaws. In mature, reasonable, 19 year old fashion, I decided I would give him a few good years and disappear. I joked about it plenty, but there was some serious thought into the facts at hand, concern when we continued to date, and learn about each other, bad and all.

Then he proposed.

Now we’re married. There’s no running away, I’m (a little) more mature, but I’m still silly about things. I catch myself saying and doing things and worrying if he’s going to change his mind. I talk. A lot. And as a result, you can sometimes talk before you think, and I am the Queen of blurting out the wrong things. I always have good intentions. But it’ll come out wrong, or be a little too impassioned in the heat of the moment.

MK has been the best, most patient and accepting person ever. He’s never been mad. He’s watched me grow, helped me develop responsibly. And taught me to accept myself how I am, and then everyone else will. Stupid mouth and all.

Friday night was so cool. BB cooked us giant super extra delicious turkey legs. Best ever. Then TB and SB came home and we all hung out. And I said a bunch of stupid things. I am excellent at putting my foot in my mouth, and embarrassing myself. *shrugs*

All I know is I’m going to miss these friends the most, that have known MK and I for so long, and accept me no matter what stupid things I blurt out, no matter how some things never change. MK brought me in to his world, and these people have been better to me than anyone ever. We talked late into the night and otherwise had great conversation. We got into the car and MK looks and me and very simply let me know:

“Sometimes you just kill me.”

We erupted into a fit of laughter and acceptance of the fact that no matter how hard I try, I’m still me, and some things might not change.