4.28

I didn't do much. I never got dressed. I didn't even take many pictures.

3.31

Shirt: Google, Shorts: Unknown but I think Walmart in 2003 or 2004, Jeans: Mudd (2003)

I woke up and went to Daily Donuts. Dave and I walked.

I ate 2 donuts and watched some TV.  At 1, I went swimming with Wes and Hilary.  We went into the hot tub next.

When we were done, I showered then ate my other 4 donuts. I watched TV too.

Then at 7 Dave wanted to watch TV so I watched TV with him for a bit.

We watched Game of Thrones and I fell asleep before it was over. I was asleep before 10 then at 10, Dave woke me up to go into bed and go to sleep. I actually did.

3.25

Jeans: Express, Shirt: Loft, Necklace and Earrings: Lia Sophia, Purse: Target, Jacket: NY&Co

I was up early but watched TV.

I didn't do my long run on the weekend so finally around 2 PM I set out to actually run the long run. I ran from my apartment to Steven's Creek Trail. Normally I would drive there and run on the trail. Over halfway done, I took out my phone to take a picture.   I actually completed my run. I was very impressed with myself.

After the run I had about an hour before I had to leave to meet Kylie. She went to my high school but I didn't really know her. My elementary school teachers suggested I contact her so I did and finally she got back to me and we planned to meet.  We met at Stanford Dish Trail. Man that 3 mile loop was hilly. I was out of breath from walking. We did keep a 17 minute pace though. I hadn't realized we were going so fast. I had my Garmin in my purse so I wasn't checking it as we went.  Then we went out to dinner.

I didn't realize until it was too late but the pizza place had the sauce on top of the cheese. I could barely handle all the cheese.  We talked for awhile. The pizza took forever.  I brought home a piece for Dave. I took a picture of that. He liked it.  We watched some TV together.

3.24

I asked Dave if I was too bright and he said I could never be too bright.
Shirt & Cardigan: Express, Jeans; 21, Necklace: Charlotte Russe, Boots: Famous Footwear, Earrings: Target, Purse: Target

Poly loves the cable box heat. I refer to it as her cable box. I only turn it on maybe once a month so it is like we're paying for it for Poly. Perhaps we should cancel it. We use the one in the bedroom even less often than this one.

Dave and I went to some shopping center near Stanford. We got there around 3 and still had a half hour wait at California Pizza Kitchen.  I got my food and was half done before they brought Dave's. There was no apology for it or any explanation either. I did enjoy not having to rush but I felt bad that Dave didn't have food so I shared a little of mine. I was still hungry at the end.   Then we went to Sprinkles. Sachi recommended it. I got a yellow one with chocolate icing. It wasn't that good. I also got a peanut butter one but it had chocolate icing too. I gave the peanut butter one to Dave. It was too chocolately. Too bad I didn't go to eat that one until we were home or maybe I would have bought another.

So Dave got an extra cupcake. He sure lucked out.  I had a hot dog and a broccoli and rice thing for a late dinner. We watched some TV.

4.21

Orange: Loft, Shorts: AE, Shoes: Famous Footwear Necklace: Sears?, Purse: handmade
I wore orange because I told Dave to pick a color and he picked orange.

I woke up at 11. Then I spent over an hour emailing from bed. Dave probably thought I was still sleeping.   Then I used my desktop for a bit.

We went to Target around 2:30. We spent over an hour at Target. We were trying to buy a shower curtain. It's funny that between Dave and I we couldn't figure out what color our rugs were. I thought they were blue (was thinking navy) but they are a green/jade type color. I thought our towels were white and tan but that's the other bathroom. They were tan and that green color.  We did figure out the walls were a tan and the ceramic was tan. We thought the cabinets were medium wood but they are white. I thought the sink and counter were white but the sink was white and the counter was the same pattern as our kitchen counter.  We were so close yet so far away. It's funny.  We ended up just buying a white shower curtain. We couldn't handle choosing a pattern.  They had one with a subway map on it but it wasn't that cool so we didn't get it.

Through most of Target, I swear Dave was in slow motion. I had to wait for him in each aisle.  Since we drove, we had so many things on the list that I wouldn't buy when I was walking.  We had 92 lbs of groceries + however much the big Tide laundry detergent weights. We left that in the car.

We went to BJ's for dinner.

We watched Argo and then I read in bed.  The light was keeping Dave awake so I played Popping Donuts on my iPad instead.

Stampin' Up Cards Class (4.11.13)

I thought I'd share the cards we made at class. The ones that involved embossing took forever.

actually used different ribbon

embossed

embossed

Which is your favorite? I really like the big butterfly one or the father's day card. I can't really decide.

3.30

Shirt: NY&Co, Pants: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Flip Flops: Lady Footlocker (I think. In 2003), Necklace: Limited, Earrings: Target

I slept in.  Dave made me get dressed to go to Trader Joe's to buy some food.  While shopping, I got weak and lightheaded.  We bought ingredients for Falafel pitas or something. Dave made it for me. He claimed if I saw him making it that I wouldn't eat it.

I had to rest and watch TV.   Dave and I watched Suits.

We went to Justin's to play games.  We had dinner at 7 PM then played Bang. We ended up staying until about 11:30 PM. That's pretty late especially for Dave.  Dave spent so much time not wanting to go and then he ended up having fun.

Dave had to wind down after getting home so we were both up watching TV until 12:30 or so. Then I watched TV myself until about 4.

3.29

jeans: JCP, Sandals: Kohl's, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Jacket: JCP, Shirt: Express, Necklace: Charlotte Russe, Bracelets: Gift from Sachi from India, Purse: Target

pics from before and after feeding cats

I watched a few episodes of Hack.
I had PB&J for lunch.
I walked to Target. It was the worst experience ever. There was so much traffic. It was so hot. I got so sweaty. I wanted to die. While crossing El Camino I did get whistled at twice.

I changed into my swim suit after I got back since I was so sweaty. I decided to check my email first. Well next thing I knew I was going to nap for 15 minutes. Then when that timer went off, I reset it for another 15. Repeat until it was 2 hours later. I got out of bed and changed into my running clothes then got back in bed.

At 5, Hilary and I went running.

I got home and messed with my Garmin. I showered then was out the door.

Dave came home and then we went to feed two of his coworker's cats.

Then we went to dinner. We went to a place that had fried zucchini. It looked more like mozzarella sticks.

We got home at 9:30 and Dave went right to sleep.  I messed with my Garmin more and couldn't get the data to upload at all. I manually typed in all 41 splits from the run. It'll probably eventually upload but I was afraid I'd do a hard reset and loose everything. I did a hard reset but then none of the buttons worked again so I couldn't tell what was what.

Running 10 miles sure makes me exhausted.  But I'm pretty sure I felt like the walk to Target was tougher on me than the 10 mile run.

3.19

Shoes: Zappos, Skirt: F21, Shirt: Express, Necklace: Target 

My alarms started going off at 8:30. At 10:30, I woke up. Not only did I have 4 alarms set and hit snooze on a few but I was afraid I actually turned them all off so I kept setting my timer on my phone for 10 minutes or 20 minutes and each time that went off, I reset it.

I ran an awful 6 mile run.  I sat in front of a fan. I showered.

I went to Google to take Dave his belt and eat lunch. I get there and realize I forgot his belt. He had to walk holding his pants up.  I had salad and french fries at Google. I wanted a hot dog but they didn't have any.  The salad was good but I put too much dressing. If we weren't outside, I would have gone back to the salad bar and gotten more lettuce to mix in.

After I got home, I took my daily picture and Poly sneaked out the door. Then she started following some fuzz that was blowing. She got 5 ft from the door even with my yelling at her. Sigh. Poly never walked outside when we lived in Valencia.

I did some crafting. Or perhaps you should say I made a huge mess of our office with craft supplies everywhere.

I had leftover Spaghetti and salad for dinner.  We watched some TV.

Teen Dramas

I've watched a lot of teen dramas since I graduated college.  Some on Netflix and some as they aired.  Not all are really teen dramas but they involve teens so I counted them.

Veronica Mars might be my first teen drama show obsession. Back in Fall of 2005, I started watching Veronica Mars. 24 hours later, I had watched all 23 episodes we had.  I even went to class in there and slept for 1 hour. Dave had watched Veronica Mars over the summer and I complained that he'd watch it versus IM with me on his lunch break. Well then I understood why. I loved that show. I would dream about it too.  I can't even believe the show only lasted 3 seasons.  I would watch it again if it was on Netflix streaming.  It has an IMDB rating of 8.2. At least Netflix is smart enough to guess I would rate it at a 4.4 when the average rating is 4.2.  I'm very much excited about the movie. I watched the second season twice because I borrowed the DVD before Season 3 started. I liked the special features on the DVD and thought that might entice me to buy seasons on DVD but I never actually did.

One Tree Hill was a show I started watching after 5 seasons had aired. Therefore I got to watch many episodes in a row. I stayed up until 4 AM two work days in a row to watch so much. I think it took me 3 weeks to catch up. Then I would record it and watch it. I discovered I would much rather have 5 episodes in a row than to wait a week and only watch one at a time. So I would save up. I pretty much did that until the last season.  The IMDB rating is 7.4/10 and the Netflix rating is a 4/5.  I watched Seasons 1-8 twice. I only didn't watch Season 9 a second time because it wasn't on Netflix at the time. I watched the series for the second time the last week of June this year.  I liked the show a lot better when they were still in high school. I did like how they had 2 seasons = 1 year in high school so they could remain in high school longer. I thought more shows should have tried that. So many shows are awesome in high school and then they go off to college and they fall apart.  I was a bit intrigued with this show having a jump instead of following them at college. That was a little weird but I thought better than having them go separate ways or having them mysteriously all go to the same college. All of the main characters got a little bit too successful but I still loved the show because of the earlier seasons.

The O.C. was a show I started watching shortly after we moved into our house. I never watched any of it when it was on TV.  Dave would come downstairs and watch me watching it but then he started to stick around. Then I had to watch it with him. It was the only one besides Veronica Mars that I can remember him watching. IMDB gives it a 7.2/10.  Netflix guesses I'd rate it at a 4.7 while the average score is 3.7. (On a side note, it annoys me that Netflix will guess  a rating for me to the decimal place but I can only rate shows to the whole number.)  I wish The O.C was available to stream on Netflix because I'd like to watch it again.  There is so much I forget.

Gossip Girl was on the CW so I felt like I needed to watch it. I really liked it but if I only had 1 episode to watch, it wasn't nearly as good. I would save up and get 4-8 episodes and then watch it then. I'd much rather take 2 months off than watch one then wait a week. I really like the opportunity to know what happens next. I watched it for a couple years before Dave happened to walk downstairs and hear the voice over from Gossip Girl and he knew right away it was "Veronica Mars" (Kristen Bell). I had been watching it all that time and thought the voice was familiar but never thought about from where. From then on, every time I watched it and heard her voice it made me miss the actual show Veronica Mars. I think the first couple seasons were better. Once they went to college, it wasn't as good. I even talked to some guys at a work conference and they agreed that this was a good show. I can't even believe guys were watching it. It only got a 7 on IMDB and a 3.8 on Netflix which is surprising since guys were watching it too.

Hellcats is a show I started watching just because it was on the CW. Because of Veronica Mars and then One Tree Hill, I kept trying to watch all shows on the CW. I really did like it. It only has a 6.2 on IMDB. It probably wasn't the best but I could have seen it being awesome.  I watched this as it was on versus on Netflix later.

Life Unexpected is a show I started watching because it was on the CW. I really liked it. It ended after 2 seasons. It ended somewhat abruptly and I felt like they just changed 5 minutes of the last show to try to tie up some loose ends. They didn't end enough things for me though.  I watched the entire series again in September but it's easy to watch it again since it was just 2 seasons. Netflix gives it a 4.1/5 and IMDB gives it a 7.2/10.  I thought the show could have gone on longer. I was excited it started when the main character, Lux, was 15 because that meant she had quite a few years to still be in high school.

Friday Night Lights was a show I started watching with Dave. He thought it'd be more about football and stopped watching. That is the only show that every single episode would have me in tears. I'm really sad it got cancelled. I felt like there were too many loose ends.  I found it interesting how they handled it with the writers strike. They didn't get to write about so many things so then they just pretended they had happened when the next season started.  The only thing I remember off the top of my head is the one guy getting injured.

90210 was another show on the CW so I had to watch it. Plus back in the 90s, I watched Beverly Hills, 90210.  I really liked that they had Kelly and Brenda on but then of course all the young people didn't care about those old characters so they just wrote them out.  It's been far too long since I watched Beverly Hills, 90210 but I swear the Peach Pitt was a big part of the show and I don't even remember it in this one.  The ratings are bad on IMDB (5.6) and Netflix (3.7). I'm a little shocked how low they are. Granted I have about 5 episodes recorded and not watched yet so maybe it isn't that good.  This is another one of those shows that was better when they were in high school versus when they are in college.

Pretty Little Liars was a show I started watching based on Dave's recommendation. He searched Netflix for The OC and it recommended this show. This might have been when I first started using Netflix so I didn't search things on my own yet.  I started watching it on Netflix but then started recording it in the fall of 2012.  It has a 4.3/10 on Netflix and their guess is I would rate it at a 4.7.  It got a 7.9/10 from IMDB.  I just want to know all the details about A and all the details about Alison's murder. It seems to be dragging on for far too long. I was thoroughly addicted at first but then when I didn't have a million episodes on hand, it just wasn't as good.

Dawson's Creek was recommended by a friend. I watched all 6 seasons in a week in September. I got very little sleep. I was never rooting for Dawson during any of it. It's so weird watching people make plans by using a real phone or by picking a designated spot in advance. Once they went off to college, they had cell phones. I still found it odd that Joey ran with a cell phone in her running shorts and that was in the opening credits so I saw it every episode.

The Lying Game is a show I started watching on Netflix then continued to watch weekly.  I tape many shows each week and I would watch this show every time it was on. The IMDB rating is 6.9/10. There is no way it should be that low. I love this show. I gave it a 5/5 on Netflix. The average on Netflix is 4.3.  So far there have been 2 seasons or maybe it's 1.5. I can't really tell how their  seasons work. I really hope there are more. I started watching the Lying Game after having watched a few other series on ABC Family.  The Lying Game involves adopted twins that were separated at birth. There are so many twists to the story. Some might be a bit over the top but not too much. I still love it.

Make It or Break It was one of the first few series I watched on Netflix. I started it because it was on ABC Family. I am surprised how much I liked it especially considering the girls weren't actually gymnasts and doubles did all that work. As the years went on the main characters got a bit heavier and clearly weren't built like Olympic gymnasts anymore.

Greek was another ABC Family show. I can't remember if I watched it before or after Make it or Break it. I really liked it. I enjoyed it more that after the season was over, I went online and they had an extra 2 minute clip that kind of showed what happened to the main characters after the season ended. It was about a few years later. I enjoyed this college series a lot.

Switched at Birth was started on Netflix because I watched quite a few ABC Family shows and liked them all. I record it as episodes air now. I'm not sure where the story line can go. It's not so much focused on the switching at birth anymore so we will see how that goes.  I often watch this as it aired instead of collecting a 5 or so to watch. IMDB gives it a 7.6/10 and Netflix gives it a 4.2/5.  It's harder to do other stuff and watch this show because you have to be constantly watching the screen with all the sign language going on.

Dance Academy (Australia) has 2 seasons on Netflix but the show is still going on.  It was a half hour show so I felt they didn't waste time with a lot of little stuff in episodes.  I really did like it.  The average rating on Netflix was 4/5 and their suggestion for me was 4.1. I gave it a 5. IMDB has it at a 7.8/10.  The show focuses more on class and dancing than normal teen dramas that focus on sex. I started another Australian teen drama, Blue Water High, after this but then stopped after the 2nd episode. Maybe I'll jump back to it later.

Glee has been on for ages. I'm not sure how much of a teen drama it is but it is about teens so I included it. I used to love the show but lately I'm not even that motivated to finish and episode I start watching. Dave even quit watching it after last season.

The Secret Life of an American Teenager is a show I started and got 3 minutes in and stopped but then a few weeks later I started it over again. I record it weekly now too. I might only be 2 episodes behind. I'm not sure but I think I hate the show but then I keep watching it so I guess I don't. I know I don't like Amy and I like Ricky. I'm not sure if that's how they want it to be or not. I think I might keep watching because I want something awful to happen to her.

Jane by Design was pretty cool but it only had 1 season. I really wanted more.

Freaks and Geeks only lasted 1 season. I started watching it because I would look up good teen dramas and it was on so many lists of the top 15 teen dramas. I almost stopped watching it about 6 episodes in but then I kept at it. I liked the second half of the season better but then it was cancelled anyway. I probably kept with the show as long as I did because so many of the actors are in other shows I watch.  I gave it a 4 on Netflix but the average was 4.4.  IMDB gives it a 9.0/10. I can't even believe how it has such good ratings. Maybe it was awesome for 1999 or something.  Sometimes the older shows are harder for me to watch now. It's so weird that everyone doesn't have cell phones.

18 to Life was another half hour show. The main characters were 18 when they got married so I counted it in teen dramas but it wasn't so much of a teen drama as an annoying show with teens. It was set in Canada but it took me until about halfway through the first season to even realize it wasn't in the US. It lasted 2 seasons. I was actually surprised it lasted that long but then at the same time I really wanted to know what happened next. IMDB gives it a 6.5/10.  I watched it a few months ago and would probably give it a 2 or 3 (out of 5) based on what I remember about it.  Netflix guesses that I would give it 3.9 and the average rating is 3.7 stars.

What teen dramas do you like? Which ones do you hate? Did you watch any that I haven't included here?  I wonder if I watched some that I forgot to include.

Overall  I think Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill (earlier seasons), Dance Academy, The Lying Game, and Green were my favorites.

3.28

I woke up and got my laptop and then just kept falling back to sleep dreaming about Chicago Fire.  I noticed a hole in my hoodie. I must have a sharp elbow because that's the second hoodie that's gotten a hole in the left elbow.

I got up to do some things on my to-do list. Too bad I didn't get out of bed until 10. I was using my computer all day. At one point I turned around and didn't even notice Poly until I got u. She was sleeping on Dave's chair.   At 11, I almost had lunch.  Poly even ended up back on the chair after leaving the chair for a bit. Then at 2 PM, I realized I hadn't eaten lunch.

I made a Stampin' Up card, I made collages from some pictures, I updated my word file for my Stampin' Up party, and dug in the closet to find the Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper.  I must have done more because it sure took a lot of time.

I ate macaroni and cheese for lunch. I love the TV dinner Trader Joe's macaroni and cheese.  I watched Monk while eating. It was the episode I started about 4 days earlier and fell asleep while watching.

At 4:15, I decided to watch some TV and decided to watch Psych. Then I watched Glee. Dave was home minutes after Glee ended.  We had McD's for dinner. We watched one episode of Suits. I wanted to watch more. Then we watched Rachel Maddow. Then American Idol.

We didn't to see who got voted off. Playing the recording kept pausing and it was too annoying. So we stopped and played on our computers.

After Dave went to sleep, I started a new TV series, Hack.