I'm moving . . .

follow my new adventues in food, fashion, and weight loss at nannersandhoney.blogspot.com!

Let me be totally honest . . .

I'm back at work at BBCC (which I guess deserves a name change to Unbankrupt Car Company, UBCC), and am sorry that I have been so absent lately - it was hard for me to find time/to want to sit down and type while I wasn't tied to a desk. Also, I worked about 30 hours a week ontop of my regular job at the private school.

Remember the diet goals I had? Fail. I didn't watch what I ate at all in Texas, and have basically fallen off the wagon. I'm starting again today. And I need your help to keep me accountable. If I don't update, NAG. Sometimes we all need that.

So I'm going to be really, really honest. And tell you what I weigh. And share with you when I mess up. But shh . . .my weight's a secret. I am a lady.*

I have a bootcamp class at the IU gym tonight, so wish me luck (I have been exercising pretty regularly, so at least that's a plus).

Thanks for your support!

sAc

*196.5

Happy 4th!

I'm back in Indiana, and promise to have a full vacay recap later. Have a good holiday - it's pouring rain here, so we're stuck inside.

San Antonio

is really pretty, but super hot! We saw the Alamo today, and have had such a good time!! I promise a recap with pics when I get home. Hope you all are having a good week - hopefully I'll get to the Lilly store before we leave!

Yeehaw!

Hi all! We've been driving for about 13 hours, and are in Texas! I'm taking tons of pictures, and will have a good recap post for ya'll later!

Anyone have exciting 4th of July plans coming up? We'll need ideas!

Hello!

I have been a very bad blogger, and I hope you all can forgive me! I've been off from BBCC for the past two weeks, and have been working at the private school in the afternoons, and trying to pack for my upcoming research presentation in Texas - we leave tomorrow for San Antonio! Any advice on where to eat/shop down there, I'd appreciate it. I have some big news that I'll share in a later post - I'm subbing all day today in the 3 year old classroom, and it's nap time now. Hope all is well with you!

sAc

Monday Plans

I woke up early to continue to get to get through the mountain of laundry that we've accumulated. I made a strawberry smoothie this morning, and am going to try to make myself go run after I get some more things around the house taken care of. I have a final for one of my summer classes tonight, so at some point I need to study.

Here's my goal for my month of vacay: I'd like to loose the 10ish pounds that I've gained since the wedding. I'll try to use Mondays as update days, so wish me luck! I have serious envy for women who are runners, who can go and enjoy that every day. I HATE exercise with a passion - it's just never been my thing. I grew up dancing, which kept my weight down' but that's not super practical right now. Maybe I can make myself become a runner? We'll see.

What's your favorite kind of exercise?

sAc

Summer Fun

After a day spent on the boat yesterday, we're sunburned and sleepy at chez indiana today. Mister and I got up late, and I did laundry and made a Greek pizza (homemade crust, tomatos, feta, and olives), and we then went to the grocery to gear up for the week. I'm drinking sweet tea and watching America's Next Top Model, the Chantal/Heather/Saleshia season, and Mister's sleeping on the couch. We're heading to my parents for dinner and getting some additional perennials for my garden today, so I'll let you know (and see) my garden results. Happy flag day!

Vacation Starts today!

The first day of my four weeks off from BBCC starts now! I'm so excited to have some time free! Tomorrow my bestie and I and our husbands are going to the lake, and then off I go to Bloomingfoods for a groceries.

As far as tonight goes, I have a pot of green beans on the stove and a beef tenderloin in the oven for dinner. I have some homework to work on, and Mister is playing a video game. I've had a headache on and off all day, so I may just go to bed early.

What are your evening plans?

Lilly!

Thanks to MRM I found about a super Lilly sale at Smart Bargains. Unfortunately, everything above a size 12 is plain white (and I'm known for spilling my morning juice on myself.) Good luck on finding things in your sizes - some things are more than 50% off!

I want a baby!

A baby puppy that is (Sorry, Mother-in-law. You know how I feel about the other kind - meh.) I have fallen in love with Morkies! They are half Yorkie-half Maltese, and are teeny tiny bundles of joy! I haven't quite convinced Mister that we need another dog, but I'm working on it. I thought some puppy pictures would brighten your day! Anyone have/know any Morkies? What are they like?

Boy Number 4

Mister Looks-Good-on-Paper, because everything about him seems so perfect when you write it down: human resources manager who left a successful job in Nashville to go to school to became a teacher because he felt called to work with children; youth-group leader; avid reader; church camp co-chair. All I heard before we met was what a good christian man he is. He had suffered from Crohn's Disease, and had to have a colostomy (the bag), but in doctor-approved "full health" when we met. He was polite and athletic, if not having the best fashion sense, and a huge sports fan. I had moved back home about a month before we met, and had begun going to church with my oldest sister. When we started dating, I got emails from other ladies church saying how envious they were (he was 30 when I was 20, and many of the women thought it was unfair for to steal a man "their age" away. I should have run then). I think I liked more because of what everyone else told me than what in him myself, and I was still pretty fragile after Boy 2 shook me to my core.

But what looks good on paper isn't always good in real life. He was stringent in his beliefs - no "passionate" behaviors until marriage, and berated me when I told him about my (sometimes wild) past. He was the most verbally abusive person I have ever encountered, and we went through things that still give me nightmares. I don't think that how God wants us to submit to our husbands. His family hated me, literally. It was a relationship mess. I dumped him early one morning, in an email after about seven months (don't hate. I know its awful). I had to change churches because of the rumor-spreading aftermath.

My advice is this: TRUST YOURSELF when it comes to relationships, because not everyone sees a person at their truest level.

Share with me . . .

your "miracle cure" for any blemishes you may get! I have a doozy of one coming up on my cheek, and my normal cure of sleeping with toothpaste on the offending spot didn't dry it up. What do you use?

Good Morning!

Today is going to be seriously busy - work at BBCC with about a million things to do, work at the private school, then meeting with my co-presenter to gear up for our end of the month trip to Texas to present our research. Mister is off work the rest of this week, so at least he'll be home when I get there! I promise there'll be a good long post coming up soon, but you'll have to bear with me for some short bites of posts today! Have a happy Thursday, all!


~ sAc

Dream Shoe of the Day

MB

New drink choice

I'm going to try to cut out coffee from my daily routine, so when I went to Starbucks this morning I thought I'd try something different. I have gotten and enjoyed tea lattes in the past, usually with Grey tea. This morning I order the Chai. Bad idea - is it just me, or does it taste the way a certain not-legal herbal subtance smells? Gross! Does anyone actually enjoy it?

What is your choice for a non-coffee morning drink?

Boy Number 3

In the little town where I began my undergraduate education, there was only one place open after 10:00 at night - the Denny's. I used to go there to study, especially in the summer when the rest of campus was pretty much empty. About a month after B and I broke up, I met a boy we'll call C. He was local, a graphic designer student and bartender, and had tattoos of Salvador Dali paintings and Shel Silverstein illustrations. He had a goatee, a lip ring, and could sing every Tom Petty song. I was very smitten very quickly - I had a history of falling for the sensitive, artsy types, and he fit the bill. It was this summer that I had decided to move back home after classes ended and transfer to IU, to get away from some of the drama that small-town-religious schools can have, among a myriad of other reasons. C and I spent every day together for about a month, making camp fires by the local lake, seeing movies, sitting in the Evansille Barnes and Nobles for hours, reading Orson Wells (me) and Leaving Las Vegas (him). And then time for me to go. I had done long distance, and he was now gay. Didn't want to do that again. Having never officially been a couple to begin with, there was no breaking up to do. Just a good bye, and a keep in touch, which we do. His new lady is having a little girl this fall, and I couldn't be happier for them.

So if the game from earlier is cornhole . . .

WTF IS BEANER? Mister's frat buddies from Wisconsin and Minnesota rave about it, and are planning to bring their set down for the IU/Purdue game (we plan our tailgates early - Oaken Bucket Game is serious business). Is it the same? Anyone know? Google doesn't seem to know, either!

In your neck of the woods, what do you call this game?

I know what it is here - what is it where you are?

Dream Shoe of the Day

Kate Spade