Project Life 2016: Week 11 & 12

I can't believe that it is already Spring. I know people say it all the time, but where is 2016 going? I just don't know! But anyway,  I'm a fan of the yellow, pink, and light blues I'm utilizing in this layout!

This side is mostly about my commitment to working out lately. I have my ugly post-barre sweaty face, my running shoes, and my new fave place in Madison, Juice Bar.  And I stamped "week 11" using a stamp set from Kelly Purkey.

This side explores our trip to the Unclaimed Baggage Center. While at the center, I purchased 2 post cards. Using some washi tape, I created a flip card. I wrote about our day there. 

I created this layout from "scratch." I just mean I didn't use any pre-packaged or coordinating kit. I just went through my stash and pulled together some things I liked. Mostly in the green and blue color wheel.

This side has an adorale picture of Linky, a work place selfie, and a picture of me with my coffee + coffee jams.I used the work, play, and rest card to document what those domains of my life look like right now. 

This side mostly focuses on my recent half-marathon (plus the picture of Link/Luna and a screen capture of Zootopia). I did the "run" heading by using a digital alpha set. I also created the card in the bottom left corner, using card stock and a stamp (duh). And the number is my actual race bib, trimmed down. 

Supplies Used:

Studio Calico Homespun Skit

Studio Calico Various Kits

Work Out Stamp Set 

WilliamsBurg Alphabet Stamp

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Notes from the Week + Sunday Social

I have already discussed most of the things that happened this week (i.e-MRI test, Failed Water Park Visit, and TB scare). But some other highlights include getting to sleep in a little bit on MRI day, and then having breakfast with Adam at Cracker Barrel! Where I got a Stewart's Orange'n Cream drink! One of my all time favorite beverges! I finished the book He's Gone by Deb Caletti in a few short days. That book had me riveted from page one, and when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about how much I wished I was reading it!

This weekend has been pretty uneventful, since I put myself on bed rest to get over this sciatica! But the problem is the medicines I am on are masking my pain, which makes me want to get out of the house and take on the world. But nooooooooo, I can't. Thank goodness for Big Brother Live Feeds! I have also watched Wreck it Ralph with Adam, and we played a little Mario Party to kill the time. And I want to give a shout out to Adam for waiting on me all day without complaint and listening to all my complaining and whining about being bored. Oh, and I registered for the Neon Vibe 5k in October, just because I'm willing my sciatica to be gone by then, so I can get back to walking and jogging! I've felt a little like a bump on the log for weeks now. This race involves neon colors and black lights. How can I not do it?

1. What do you miss most about being a kid?

I think the simplicity of being kid due to the lack of grown up worries. Children don't have to worry about bills, getting dinner on the table, budgets, and working a 9-5. 

2. Did you have a nickname growing up?  

I didn't really have nicknames growing up. My mother called me care bear or bear for short. I didn't get my main nicknames until I went to college. 

 

3. What was your favorite thing to do at recess?

I went to a small catholic school for a time in elementary school. Our recess was spent in a parking lot. If the parking lot was empty, we would play soccer. If there was a funeral that day or a mass, we would mostly just play hide and seek with the cars.

4. What did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was really young, I really wanted to work with  animals. But I decided at age 14, that I wanted to be a therapist. I am really proud of myself for accomplishing that dream!

5. Did you participate in any school activities?

My main activity was Army ROTC. I picked ROTC as an elective so I couldn't get out of PE. But funny enough, I ended up having to work out so much harder in ROTC than I would have if I had stayed in gym. But I loved ROTC! I was color guard commander for a time, and we did activities that involved climbing rock walls and riding in helicopters! I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.  Even if I did have to wear my "pickle suit" every Wednesday.

6. What is the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still remind you about?

One time when I was at church with my family, somebody was making announcements over the loud speaker. When I heard this, I turned around, shushed everyone, and declared, "God is Speaking."

Notes from the Week + Sunday Social

This week was super hectic, it was the last week of summer day treatment, so we had graduation and water day (think water gun and balloon fights). And all the kids wanted to soak the staff, meaning me. But I got to get them too, spraying them with the water hose, announcing stuff like, "This is for whining about football every single day....". I celebrated being done with summer day treatment by spending another Friday afternoon in the lazy river. I feel like I just can't get enough of that lazy river. It is my happy place.

On a not so happy note, I am so behind on my paperwork at work, like on the verge of a panic attack, behind. But I'm hopeful I will get it all done. I will get it all done before I leave for the beach Thrusday right? Right? Bueller? Bueller?  Anyone? Anyone?

Late Saturday night, I went to the airport to pick up the hubs from his business trip. I was so happy to have him with me again, and he is uber happy to be home. And this morning, we slept in together and then went to IHOP for breakfast. Our service was awful! Somehow they forgot to take our ticket to the kitchen, and we waited forever. At least it gave us plenty of time to catch up with each other! 

1. When you were little what did you want to be when you grew up? 

I once told my dad that I wanted to grow up a be a vegetarian! But what I really meant was that I wanted to be a veterinarian or a zookeeper!

2. What was your favorite way to kill time as a kid?

I used to love to roller skate, play with my friend Amanda, watch TV, and read. I always loved reading, even back then.

 

3. When did you get your first cell phone?

I think I was about 15. I do remember that I was one of the first people in my group of friends to have one, so I thought I was hot to trot. I also ran up huge phone bills, and I was constantly getting myself in trouble because of that phone.

4. What is your favorite magazine to read?

I love magazines, but I don't sit down to read them a whole heck of a lot. But I do on occasionally read Psychology Today and the Psychotherapy Networker. Gosh, I'm such a Psych Nerd. 

5. What is the one random object people would be surprised to find in your purse? 

I really don't think I have anything odd in my purse. My purse is mostly where pens and receipts go to die. 

Notes from The Week + Sunday Social

How was your week guys? I feel like mine flew by in one big blur. Monday, I did trivia night with Adam as Team BlueShell (we ended up 1 point from 3rd place!), and Thursday I played with my mother as Team Two Generations of Awesome (we sucked terribly).  This week in summer day treatment, I survived taking my kiddos to Chuck E. Cheese, did about a million and one pieces of paperwork, and survived some majorly bad attitudes from my classroom helpers. 

On Friday, I spent hours in the wave pool and lazy river at Point Mallard. I even managed to get a little bit of a sunburn and a case of serious lazy river burn on my knees. I guess that is the medical hazard of ultimate relaxation A.K.A nirvana achieved.  Saturday, Adam and I went to my favorite Huntsville restaurant Cheddars for some Southern Fried Catfish, red beans and rice, and broccoli & cheese casserole. I spent the evening painting KLIMT's The Kiss at Spirited Art (yes, painting is my new obsession, it may never stop).

This morning I woke up at 4 a.m. to send Adam on a business trip to California. He wants me to tell everyone that because he thinks it makes him sound uber important. I'm going to miss him terribly, but I think I might be too busy to notice, being that it is the last week of our work summer  treatment program, and I need to have all my work complete this week, so that I can head off to the beach the next week!! The beach is calling my name! Can't you hear it?

Now it's on to this week's Sunday Social:

1. What are 3 items you can’t live without on a daily basis (water, food, shelter, and clothes don’t count)? I can't live without my kindle for emergency reading situations, my scentsy scents because good smells relax me and make me happy,  and Pandora radio so I can listen to music while I'm working or doing anything else.

2. What is your all time favorite book? This is a hard question to answer because there is so many books I love, but I would have to say A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Don Miller. It is such an inspiring book, and sometimes I just reread my favorite quotes to get uplifted when I'm feeling down. 

3. What is something you’d like to accomplish before the end of 2013? 1. Save up half of the money needed for our down payment to buy a house next year, 2. Attend a Green Bay Packer's Game with my Husband, and 3. Add a pet to our family

4. If you could go back and relive any year of your life which year would it be? I think 2008 was one of my favorite and best years. I graduated from college, I got engaged to Adam, I moved in with Adam in California, and I got to go on a trip of a lifetime to Israel! I think that would be a fun year to do over.

5. What do you wish people knew about you without you having to tell them? That I am very shy and feel very socially awkward most days, although I hide it well. And that I need a lot of positive feedback and reinforcement just to know that I'm doing OK, and that one negative word sticks with me forever. I'm working on all these issues, it is a non-stop learning process.

Sunday Social Vol. 1

I don't usually do that many link-ups and surveys! But I thought Sunday Social looked like a fun one, so I thought I would give it a whirl! So here goes nothing!

1. What was your favorite TV show as a kid? 

I had so many favorite shows as a kid! I loved Home Improvement, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Power Rangers! But I was also a little unusual in that I watched Nick at Nite every night before bed, and it fostered a love of classic TV shows in me! So I loved (and still love) I Love Lucy, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, and Laverne and Shirley!

2. What is your current favorite show?

If I had to pick just one, I would definitely say Big Brother because it is summer. And I've always been about Big Brother in the summer (I've seen all the seasons)! It is also nostalgic for me because I used to watch this show with my brother and sister in law when I was a lot younger. 

3. Which reality show would you NEVER do?

I would have to say something really off the wall crazy like The Bad Girl's Club. I am too nice, those girls would swallow me whole! 

4. Which reality show would you LOVE to do?

I always wanted to do The Real World or Big Brother, when I was younger. But now I would love to do something like House Hunters or possibly even The Worst Chef in America. Not that I am the worst chef by far, but I would love to learn to cook from the masters!

5. What is the TV personality/character that you feel is most like you?

I've always thought I was just a little bit like Melissa McCarthy's character on The Gilmore Girls, Sookie. She is a little quirky, a little scatterbrained, a lot of fun, and really caring. I would hope I'm somewhat like her.

 

6. Which TV character would you want to date?

Raylon Givens, as played by Timonthy Olyphant, on Justfied! He is just so sexy (hat on or hot off) and funny. He could hang that hat on my hat rack anytime (sorry, Adam).