11.21: Food, Crochet

Outfit 1 = Google

Shoes: Macy's, Jeans: VS, Necklace: Lia Sophia, Shirt and Cardigan: Limited

Outfit 2 = Dinner

Shirt: NY&Co, Cardigan: Target, Jeans: F21, Boots: VS, Necklace: Gifted (Probably JCP)

Poly cuddled with me in bed in the morning. My shoulder gets sore after having it bent out for her to sleep in it but I still keep it that way.

I went to Google for lunch for turkey. I was disappointed that they didn't have mashed potatoes. The sweet potato fries were good. I didn't like the broccoli soup.

We went to BJ's for dinner.  We always get their 5 meat pizza. It's the only place that I order more than just pepperoni. Ham and Pepperoni are my favorite. The sausages and meatballs aren't that spectacular and I don't even notice the salami.

Since I left the house twice, I didn't have a lot of time to work on the afghan. Look how I have to crochet with Poly on me. At least I figured out how to do it.  Before she was on me, she sat on the end table and batted at the yarn the entire time.

3.13

Poly watched me take my daily picture.

I was so busy at work. Dave and I went to DiBella's for lunch but I took my packed lunch and ate it there. We bought cookies. I ate a bunch then took the rest to my group at work.

I was supposed to give training at 2.  Around 1 PM it got changed to 3 pm.  At 2:55, I finally finished looking at the slides.  It was the first time I gave the training in 3 years.  Most of the slides were new.

After work Dave wanted to go for a walk but I ended up having to get too much done so we didn't have time. We had an NA-YGN officers team building event at 6pm.  We had dinner and did team trivia. It was fun but boy did it go late.  I got home after 10:30 PM. I was so tired.

2.4

Shirt, Pants, and Boots are all from VS.

I did a lot of blogging. I didn't workout. I cuddled with Poly. I found an inhaler under my sink that expired in 2006. I've moved once since it expired and probably twice or 3 times since I got it.   My printer is putting black dots on the right side of the pages.

At 7pm I went to Brie's birthday celebration.  A lot of people showed up. More than she even expected.  I stayed there until past 10, which was longer than the invite said or longer than I expected. I took 2 pictures there but the lighting was so dim that my camera took too long and then both ended up looking awful. Dave was already asleep when I got home.

2.6 - Allergy shot

I wore an outfit I planned out on Sunday!  I was going to wear a skirt but my house was freezing so I wanted pants and socks up to my knees.

I got to work bright and early because I had to leave for an allergy shot at the end of the day and needed to get work in. Good thing too because I forgot I had a 7:30 AM meeting.  Bad thing is the guy didn't show up for it.  Note: Don't accidentally hit eject and sleep. Nothing good comes of it. You just want to hit eject.

I went and got my allergy shot and they were only 30 minutes late today. It's funny how 30 minutes wasn't long at all. They are ruining me. 30 minutes should NOT be acceptable to wait to get a shot.  The guy who gave me the shot did it in a unique way. He started a 8 inches away and said "alright you'll feel a pinch" and then he just moved his hand over to jab me with the needle. 8 inches was too far to move. His hand picked up too much speed. It hurt worse than any shot I ever got. I have trouble moving my arm now.  Also because I took 3 months to get an allergy shot instead of 4 weeks, my allergies seem way worse when I get the shot.  Well it could also be that the guy should have done the same dosage or backed down but he increased.

Since that only took 45 minutes instead of the 70 minutes I was prepared for, I had time to kill before picking Dave up.  I was going to go back into work, but realized it would take 20-30 minutes for my computer to start working and I only had about 20 minutes to kill. So I went to Famous Footwear and bought replacement shooties that I can wear with socks and just slip them on and off. Too bad these ones cost me $70 and my old ones cost me $5. I've been looking for replacements for 1.5 years so I figured I better pay $70.  They were on sale from $85. (For those of you that don't know what shooties are. I didn't know either. They are little boots but shoes. They are boots but don't go up your leg and stop at the ankle. I just made up the written definition but based on the pictures that's what they are.)

After I picked up Dave we headed to pick up his car. I complained saying we should have had dinner first. Traffic was awful.  So then we went to Monte Cello's, where I had more fried zuccchini left on the plate after I was done eating than you normally get at a restaurant. We also got an 8 cut pizza. We should have gotten a 4 cut. Now we have leftovers.  We got the car and headed home.

I felt like I was ready for bed but it wasn't even 8am so I decided to finally compare some running numbers. I looked at all the data that I put in one file from each time I ran with Jen.  Last time we ran was the best.  One other time we had 10:04 pace but for 4.5 miles and then we had 10:07 once.  All the rest were slower.  It is fun to see it all in one place.

I wanted to workout but with my arm pain I figure I shouldn't. I could use the exercise bike but I'm even afraid all the moving of biking will make my arm hurt even worse than it does now.  Looks like I'll have another rest day. 2 days out of 3. Ugh

I made my shadow box of 2011 races and medals. I tried to squeeze in as many pictures as I could. (The picture looks odd because it is in a white frame on a white desk.)

1.30

I never know what to wear with these pants.  I want to hem these pants 1 inch. I am lazy though. The current hem inside is 2 inches so that poses a problem.

Poly wanted in my daily picture.

I worked.
I went and ran .75 miles on the treadmill, did body pump, then ran 2 more miles.  Then it was back to work.

I came home to eat a Chick-fil-a salad while watching The Biggest Loser.  It was over and I was still eating so I watched 90210.  Then I continued to watch 90210 until 4am. Ooops. Those 8 episodes were good.  Just as the last episode was ending, Poly climbed up on my lap. She was so cute, I didn't want to get up.

12.28

I was going to skip the last 4 days in December because it's been so long but I needed to post the pictures of Dave so anywhere here's the post.

Shirt and Jeans: JCP
Shoes: online probably zappos.

Those were his new jeans he got for Christmas.  The shirt we bought in December when we were buying Christmas presents.

Sweater: F21
Pants and Boots: VS
Belt: Target
Scarf: NY&Co

Poly helped us sleep in.

We made macaroni and cheese.
We ate at some restaurant.
I also ironed but didn't take pictures of that.

Poly was so cute.

I went to the Italian Miners club with the family.  I learned only men can be members there.  Each member could bring in 2 guests and that's how we had to work it.  I kind of tried to sneak the pictures because I didn't want them on to me, but my camera has the laser thing that goes out first to try to focus that blew my cover.  Mike and Agnes were in from Brooklyn. Callie was visited from Colorado. I guess the club was where it was at.

1.11

I had to consult my calendar site to figure out what to wear. I was at a loss.  I wore this sweater and shirt before but with a different skirt.

Pants: VS
Shirt: Limited
Cardigan: Target
Belt: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia
Earrings: Target
Boots: VS

I was pretty proud of this outfit. I have no idea why. I think anyone else would have come up with it. But I was proud because it was different than I originally would have though and I was having difficult deciding what to wear.  Oh the little things in life.  Next to be proud about something at work.

 I woke up after an extremely nice sleep.  Who knew taking Vicodin would be so nice.

I went to work. I had far too many meetings.  Meetings ran late. Then I missed Body Pump because I was there too late.   Well since I almost missed Pump, I just kept working.

I took a picture of the training plans pinned to my wall to help me know how many miles I should be running. If only I updated the dates so they still weren't keeping track of a November 20 marathon.

I picked up pizza on the way home.  I watched TV while eating.  Then I went to watch more TV. (I couldn't sit in my normal chair because I had junk all over it so I had to sit on the other couch.) I fell asleep at 8:00 PM.  I woke up 30 minutes later to go upstairs. I was awake a little bit and fell asleep again.

Work + eat + sleep is not how I wanted my day to go.

12.11

Jacket: Armoni Exchange
Pants: VS (corduroy)
Shirt: F21
Necklace: NY&Co.
Boots: VS

These pants are a bit long but I'm afraid the corduroy will shrink.  Also the inseams go by 2 inch increments and I don't want 2 inches shorter.

I woke up at 9 with an alarm. I did not want to get out of bed. I was so tired.

Then I used my computer.  Finally at 11, I ate leftovers for lunch.  We watched a few episodes of West Wing. Then we went to the mall to return something and do some Christmas shopping. The mall was packed. It was hard to find a parking spot. The spots really far away were even taken.  It was a zoo in the mall. I hate shopping.

Then after the mall, we went and had pizza for dinner.  Then it was off to the gym.  I ran while Dave used the elliptical then we did weights.  I think he'll be sore tomorrow. {he was. I typed this on the 11th but never got to cropping the pictures}  I might even be.

While I ran I got the least tired I've gotten in awhile. I think it was because I was watching football on TV.  The game was kind of interesting. Green Bay had 43 points and Oakland had 7.  I enjoyed hearing all the stats about the game.   During that game Green Bay got more points this season than any other season. They have also scored 57 touchdowns which is a single season team record. The announcer had mentioned the last time Oakland allowed that many points in a game but I forget when but it was many years ago. Does anyone know what year that was?  My quick googling turned up empty but probably because I don't know the appropriate football terms to search for.  By the end of my run it was 46-7.  Who knew I'd care to watch any game that wasn't the Steelers.

I got home and started updating different excel files. Next thing I knew it was after midnight. While updating excel files I did watch a little youtube. Drunk Kitchen was pretty funny.

12.8

Pants: VS (new)
Shirt: NY&Co
Shoes: VS (actually boots)
Necklace: Target

I couldn't figure out for sure if these pants were gray or brown so I went with pink to match.  I thought they were brown but Dave thought gray. (Online they did refer to them as brown.)

I just got these pants in the mail.  They are 36" inseam and the same style as my red ones. I wish they were a little shorter.  My gray pants are also 36" inseam from VS but they aren't as long and they are a little better.  If these shrink slightly they will be perfect. I'm waiting until I wash and dry them before I would consider hemming them because my luck is if I hem them first, they will shrink and I"ll be stuck.

The back of the shirt is a little fancy or I would alter it like I did with 2 other shirts I have.  The shirt fits perfect around my butt but is very baggy at my waist and I don't like that.  The far left picture kind of shows that.

I went to work and felt like I was getting sick.  My throat hurt. After I got to work, I was sneezing more than normal. I started to think I was getting sick and I did not want to get sick. I have too much going on (we all do).   I cancelled my plans to run with someone since I was feeling sick. I didn't want to chance it and wanted to rest up.

I didn't run and I didn't workout. Instead I watched TV.

I did do a little bit of cleaning. I cleaned up the dining room. I timed myself. Later I emailed my mom and she thought it was funny that I timed myself in different areas. I spent 22 minutes cleaning up the Stmapin' Up supplies from the dining room.  Then I spent 23 minutes cleaning up stuff in the family room and kitchen and doing the dishes in the kitchen.  That may seem like a lot of time but the kitchen was still a mess.  I'd pause the timer when I went in to my laptop and would email my mom.   Dave wrapped presents while I was cleaning up and he tore off the packaging for the gift cards. I tried to tell him you give the gifts with them on it. He told me I was crazy. Then he saw the to and from and the online ordering info on the paper he took off so then he proceded to pretend to eat the paper he took off to hide the evidence.

Then we watched the Steeler Game.  (Poly even watched too.) I hate the night games. They keep me up too late and I'm too wound up after they are over that I don't go to sleep right away.

10.22

I started the day analyzing data and doing other stuff on my computer. Dave suggested going to this Lake near our house because the local produce store guy sent an email saying how he proposed to his wife there.  Dave never suggested anything so I hurried and got ready to go. 

Well we get there and see some gate blocked off for construction. So we walk up with our tripod and camera only to see the lake is drained.  So much for our good pictures. 

Because Dave was in a good mood he decided to try for pictures at another lake. I suggested North Park or Lake Arther. He said I always go to North Park so he picked Lake Arthur. The trees weren't as pretty as I hoped.

It was right in the middle of the day with all the sun so it was hard to get decent pictures.  It was especially hard to get them without having a camera remote to work with.

These are just a few examples of the pictures we took.  Out of about 30 none came out good. I will do some photo editing and see what happens. The ones above are just cropped. 

Later that night I ran at North Park and all the leaves were still pretty colors and on the trees there so I was sad we didn't go there. Also Dave didn't shave. I told him we need more pictures.

Here I am sporting my head lamp (and my 2 fraud shirts)
Fraud shirt #1 is the outer green one. It is a Pittsburgh marathon shirt and I did not run it (but registerred and got injured so I couldn't)
Fraud shirt #2 is from the gym at work for those running in the marathon.
2 shirts from 1 event that I didn't do.

Day 29 - March 9

Jeans: Indi

Shoes: VS

Sweater & Cardigan: Express

Necklace: Lia Sophia

Earrings Kohl's

I didn't get dressed until 4:55. I had to leave the house at 5.

I mixed black and brown but figured nobody would notice. I was only going to Smokey Bones. I was very much lacking outfits to wear with my jeans because my jeans required the VS shoes be worn. All other shoes in my 30 for 30 were too short to go with jeans (except maybe the red ones but those ones feel dressy to me). 

I'm not sure what worked or what didn't work. It's an OK outfit. Nothing that wrong. Nothing that awesome.

I was telecommuting. Poly was cute.  I had leftovers for lunch. I rinsed off a piece of tuna from it to share with Poly. She wanted more.

I went to an NA-YGN social event and headed home after.
I got home and knew Thursday would be a busy day so I wanted to post and then schedule a post. Well I kept hitting post before scheduling one so I had to keep going.  At least it helped me catch up on posts.

Day 25 - March 2

Wednesday = Telecommuting day which is usually = not get dressed and not leave the house. 

But I had to leave the house to go to the bank so we went out to dinner too. So I actually got dressed. (We went to Luchiano's. The same place we went to on Saturday and got pickup from on Monday.)

Boots: VS

Jeans: Indi

Cardigan: Target

Shirt: Express

Right after I took these pictures, I thought I looked too much like a hussy and buttoned 1 more button on both shirts.  When I wear these boots, my ankles feel weak. When I think about wearing these boots my ankles start to feel weak. 

What didn't work:

The sleeves of the button down shirt were too bulky and kept getting messed up.

My day started with Poly on me so cute that I stayed in bed extra.

My day continued with Poly sleeping beside me.

Poly discovered my hoodie strings. She does not leave them alone now.

Now I have worn a hoodie everyday around the house for the past 5 months but she only just discovered the hoodie strings.

After we got home, we watched TV and Poly found a spot. Her spot was on my gym bag near my purse and other bags. I don't even know how she was able to fall asleep on it. 

We watched American Idol but I fell asleep and missed the last 3 people singing. Then it was off to bed or figure out a few things on the computer and get a second wind so go to bed and read Twitter to fall asleep.

Because I fell asleep on the couch, I did not workout.

Day 22.5 - February 27

This is Day 22.5 because I accidentally already wore this outfit before.  The accessories were different.  I got mixed up because on my calendar site, this was my 2nd outfit for the day so you don't see it skimming the pictures for the month.

I played with Poly in the morning and she got tired out. But at least I let her win so she could rest.

I ran at the track.  I must have left the house for another reason because I was wearing real clothes.  When I left to run at the track, some guy was doing something with the traffic light wires. I was curious as to what was going on.

I did some blogging. You can see my blog notebook there.  On the right side of the pages are my ideas but on the left I started marking down the days and highlighting them when I blog them. I also put a slash through the date when I crop the photos and put a circle around it if I photoshop them.

I watched the Oscars while blogging. I also spent a good chunk of the morning updating my BodyMedia fit graphs. Once that was done, I realized I only want daily data for the current month. Weekly for the past 6 months, and Monthly for all. I still need to fix all that.

The physical activity is lower during the summer months because I didn't wear the armband while at work or anywhere in public if i wore short sleeves.