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Fun Fact Friday – Now with 20% more fun!
August 27th, 2010
* I ran out of fancy flavored coffee creamer this week and had to resort to using Gerald’s sugar free hazelnut creamer. This has lead me to the realization that I’m only drinking coffee as a vehicle for the creamer. And caffeine. But mostly creamer. This sugar free business? LAME.
* I’ve started doing a Daily Craft with Maddie. On Tuesday, we made scary masks out of paper plates and twine. (We pretended to be bad guys from Scooby Doo.) Wednesday, we made a maraca out of a toilet paper tube and rice. Yesterday, we finger painted. I’m not sure what today’s craft will be. Suggestions?
* Preschool starts on 9/13. I’ve got a list of supplies to get and I’m SO! EXCITED! School supply shopping is my very favorite type of shopping. I have the fondest memories of looking for the absolute perfect Trapper Keeper when I was a kid. Oh, and don’t get me started on shopping for lunchboxes! Anyhow, we’re not purchasing a Trapper Keeper or a lunchbox, but I’m still excited.
* Speaking of shopping, my Not Shopping for a Year is going well. I’ve slipped a couple of times and purchased small items that aren’t necessary while grocery shopping, but no grievous transgressions. This exercise in willpower has been great for me. Once I broke the cycle of shopping as a hobby, it got super easy. I realized that I pretty much have just about everything I need which made me realize that everything else is just a want and therefore superfluous.
* One of my brick-and-mortar friends has gotten herself “involved” with some sort of MLM scheme. Normally, I’d let her have at it and keep my mouth shut, but now she only contacts me in regard to this MLM thing. I get fb messages, texts, tweets and emails about how I could make SO! MUCH! MONEY! if only I’d do this thing, too! They’re spam messages and not even addressed to me specifically. This saddens me because I feel awkward around her now. We’re supposed to get together tomorrow and I’ve got to tactfully broach the subject of “please stop sending me this crap because I’m so unbelievably not interested, ok?” And we all know that tact is not my strong suit.
* As soon as the weather turns cooler (i.e., not hot as hell), I’m going to start walking/jogging. I’ve got 15 or 20lbs that I’d like to lose. I seem to have found my happy place as far as maintaining my weight and eating what I want to. However, I’m still heavier than I want to be. I figure adding exercise will enable me to keep eating what I want to and maybe get rid of some of this weight.
* I’ve changed my template. I’m not sure why I spend hours futzing with templates when almost everyone uses Reader and doesn’t see it anyway. I guess it makes me happy to have a pretty place of my own. You know, one without toys all over the floor and sticky fingerprints on the glass.
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I love the new template! Yay purple!
Speaking of Gerald and sugar-free creamer, how is he doing post-bypass? I feel like an update is in order!
Pretty template!!
Good luck with the exercising, too. I can’t wait to hear how it goes. I’m going to attempt the Couch to 5K thing when it cools off here, too, which you know will be like November or December if I’m lucky.
Bub’s preschool ROBBED me of school supply shopping. All they want is a giant check. I was so excited to go buy things, but all I get to send is a spare set of clothes and an earthquake kit.
Love the new template!!!
I like the new look! I’m one of the few who doesn’t read with a reader. I’m old school like that.
Speaking of old school, I want a Trapper Keeper with the kitty with a flower on the front. I can still see it plain as day.
Can’t wait to hear how your tactful conversation went.
Ah yes, back to school shopping- both for supplies and clothes/shoes- is one of the best parts of the year. Addy is starting preschool this year and all she actually needed was a lunchbag, since they have you send afternoon snacks each day. All other supplies they provide. But! We got to pick a new lunchbag! And I was SO BUMMED when she chose a pink princess one instead of the freaking adorable Hello Kitty bag I was not so subtly vying for. I suppose this doesn’t bode well for back to school clothes shopping come Real School. I’ll have to learn to offer no opinion whatsoever so she doesn’t automatically shoot things down just because I like them!