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Wednesday Randoms

I have to be truthful here- I nearly forgot about the weekly WR post tonight! Could it be that I've visited 18 bars in the last 6 days, and I was more preoccupied with finishing that project? Maybe. No excuses. Perhaps this topic has jumped the shark; you know, gotten a little stale. I'm still full of rants, raves, opinions and everything else, I swear! The time to actually sit down and write it has become the challenge. I never "pre-write" the blog days beforehand. What you get in the weekly post is fresh-from-my-head-to-your-screen" I think that's why I enjoy Twitter (yet another Twitter plug on this blog!) It's instant, real-time thoughts with only the 140 character limit holding me back. I'd love to do a blog with a huge following. Just need a catchy idea, or something that's highly searched on Google. Oh, wait, I def don't want to go there! I'm going to think this one out. Having some sort of web design skills would be helpful... But I'll worry about that after I come up with the genius plan. Stay tuned! And I welcome suggestions, loyal readers ( yes, I'm talking about all you in Russia. Someone over there is blowing up my hit counts. Until next time : )

Wednesday Randoms

Hey. Random time

• I've been watching a good share of TV in between working, and working out. Some real good movies, and more than enough Kardashian trash. First off, Scott Disick can do waaaay better than the incredibly ssslllooow taaaalllkkkiinnngg Kourtney. She is just so irritating to listen to! Sounds like every word out of her mouth is trying to be translated to a voice text. Let me speak slloooower.
• Gave the birds some hang out time together tonight in Green's cage.
• Phase 1 of waging war against my smoking neighbors has begun. And I won't stop until the problem is solved!
• So sad my last shipment of Birchbox is this month. I think I might have to continue it for another 6.
• Despite what I've said in the past, I've changed my mind. My next phone is absolutely going to be an iPhone. I'm so sick of the Android and its million options and millions possibilities to screw up.
• So yeeeaaa, that race is coming up in about 6 weeks. Ahhh. If it's as hot then as it has been the past week, I'm gonna pull some turtle times on the clock. Ack
• Looking forward to my next vacation in October. It's pretty much work from now up until then. Not very fun.

Wednesday Randoms - Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July!

• Saw some cool fireworks tonight at Abington HS
• Realizing I have entered the threshold of hell as far as work is concerned from now until the first week of September. Guess that means it's time to start planning another vacation!
• It's been too hot to full commit to my training for the 1/2 marathon at the end of August. #oops I am, however, trying to change up the routine and try some different things to get myself used to the heat. By the beginning of August, if I haven't already, it's definitely time to get down to business!
• I had to buy tomato cages for my Growums Garden! Yay! That means I should have some flowers soon, and flowers turn into... tomatoes! I have basil that's big enough to harvest. Hopefully in another month I'll have some crops to harvest.
• South Park is still so funny after all these years. Those guys have brilliantly pushed the envelope as far as they possibly could.
• Pretty excited for the Olympics
• Whole Foods near me has a really cool setup for the month of July. They call it "Pie in July", where all pies are $9.99. There's a cute wooden pie stand and someone standing there selling them and giving out samples. One of the managers at the bakery/coffee shop I worked out had a saying for it: "Pile 'em high and watch 'em fly". It's true; people are more likely to buy a pie off a display that's attractive and filled. No one wants to buy the last one on the shelf. You get the feeling it's old and are probably less likely to buy it.
• I have stuck to the same preparation method for my weekly serving of salmon- the mango teriyaki.  The peach mango habenero marinade on the salmon I bought from Whole Foods last weekend really motivated me to try a different method of preparation. I shall explore my options and report back!
• Brought my first item off Ebay today. No bidding involved, just a 'buy now' and free shipping, a click to pay with PayPal, and I was done. Super easy.
• Read an article this week on Glamping, which is a form of camping more glamorous than the usual tent and sleeping bag version. This was in Galway Ireland. Seemed like a really cool idea. After staying in the cabin in South Dakota, I'm reluctant to stay in a hotel unless I absolutely have to.. for at least part of the trip.
• 2 more days until the weekend. Haven't worked a full week in 3 weeks. That will soon end... oh well. At least the days go by really fast.

Wednesday Randoms

Back from vaca! South Dakota is pretty awesome. So glad we chose to go there instead of taking the easy road to the Jersey shore. I'll do a separate entry on that, but everyone should take the time, just once in their life, and visit some remote place, just to see how other people live. Not everything is shopping malls and cell phones. Great place, beautiful landscape. I would definitely go back (but I still like Ireland better :) ) Off to bed. I'll make up for the mediocre posts the past week.

Wednesday Randoms

Vacation day! Leaving in a little for some time out in some National Parks. Goin west! See ya for a recap when I get back A few randoms -Packing for trips is the same no matter where you go. Local or International, it's the same stress. -Looking forward to cowboy country :)

Wednesday Randoms

Hello sunny Wednesday. Glad you decided to show your face again after making us suffer through that cloudy, rainy, miserably humid day yesterday. At least everyone’s lawn will be green. · I’ve heard of all kinds of government conspiracies like cloud seeding, and while Ihave no idea if these rumors have any merit. Wouldn’t be awesome if it only rained at night? And maybe occasionally during the day? Think about it. No activities or parties ruined and everything still gets the rain it needs. · Why can’t people follow directions? These are educated, well versed, well-traveled,and sometimes multi lingual people. What is so hard about providing everything listed on a simple checklist? While working every day I concurrently conduct social experiments to see exactly what I have to do to get the masses to follow directions and get me what I need. In short, I’ve found bold font and directions written like they’re for an 8yr old work well. · You know my Sephora obsession. Of course you do. Now what I really love is my monthly Birchbox deliveries! Bonus points for youngest sister for getting me 6 months’worth of deliveries! Check them out if you haven’t. There’s nothing more exciting than coming home from work on a Monday to find a box of goodies inyour mailbox containing samples of makeup, perfume, etc. #loveit · Ileave for vacation in one week! Holla · I haven’t had ceviche in a while. I was on a mad kick making that last summer. I think that’s how I finally got over my aversion to purple onions. I still hate sweet onions, caramelized ones, and those big circular white ones Wendy’s puts on their burgers, but the white ones with the purple shell, finely diced, are so perfect in that dish. Going to a Mexican place tonight AND Friday, so my cravings should be exhausted after that. · I’m on a mediocre start with the training for the ½ in August. The rest of this week will be nice and ideal running weather, and this is how it’s playing out:tonight- double happy hour, tomorrow- promo job, Friday- Mexican night w/friends. All this fun really leaves little time for running. I guess you haveto be unemployed, insanely addicted, born with Olympic talent, or carry a half empty social calendar to really commit seriously to this. - Bonus tonight as I engaged in not 1, but TWO happy hours. Really fun. Caught up with some people I haven't seen in years (and by that I meant 15yrs for one and 4yrs for the other!) Now.... bed!