Things I Dig Right Now
Things have been so negative lately. I have been surrounded with negativity, reading negativity, watching negativity, and wallowing in my own negativity. So, I'm going to try to focus on the positive . . . for a few minutes.
Things I love right now:
1. Air conditioning. I really couldn’t live without it! I have had jobs in un-air-conditioned buildings and worked outside in the summer, so I need to remind myself of that when I’m freezing in my office and getting bumped around by penguins and polar bears.
2. Wedges. I love wedge sandals, and I hope they never go out of style because I can’t seem to stop buying them! I feel more stable in wedges than in heels, especially high heels. Sometimes I’m surprised by how tall I am when I wear them.
3. Project Runway. I am so addicted to this show. I have plowed through all seven seasons, and I just started season eight, which is the last. I was very excited to learn that a brand-new season is starting this week! For those not familiar with the show, the contestants are fashion designers who are given challenges to create clothes with limited time, money, and materials. On occasion, the designers have had to create outfits with materials from a party store, a hardware store, and a grocery store, to name a few. The results are always interesting!
4. Dark chocolate. Where has it been all my life? As a child, I was a milk chocolate eater, but I have become a total snob since I’ve been turned on to dark chocolate.
5. Spending all day on the couch reading a really great book. Bonus points if it’s actually a rainy day, then I don’t feel guilty.
6. Fresh laundry. I love when my laundry is done because I hate doing it, but I love the smell of fresh laundry, and I love crisp jeans.
7. Manicures. I prefer going to get my nails done, even though I’m perfectly capable of doing them myself, and I’m actually very good at it. It’s just fun to sit back and relax, and I always have to get a little flower design on one of the nails of each hand.
8. Early outs. Naturally, I’m not in school anymore and I don’t get any early dismissals, but because I work 8.5 hours each day, I get to leave at 2:30, instead of 5:00 every Friday.
9. Hungry Girl. I know I’ve already written a post about her, but I am really enjoying her low-calorie recipes. So far, I have sampled two cocktail recipes, two chicken recipes, and a dessert recipe for Mississippi Mug Pie, which is a chocolate cake baked with chocolate chips, whipped cream, and pudding in a coffee cup in the microwave. Yum! So far, she’s batting five for five.
10. Nasty Girls by Inaya Day is my new theme song. My favorite lyrics: “I’m lookin’ for a man to love me like I’ve never been loved before. I’m lookin’ for a man that’ll do it anywhere, even on a limousine floor.” It doesn’t get better than that.
11. Minions. I loved the movie Despicable Me, and I’ve been given two inflatable minions that sit on my desk at work. Nevermind that they do sort of remind me that I am a minion.
12. My “new” Mac. Mike bought himself a new Mac and let me have his old computer. I haven’t used a Mac since my teaching days, so I’m still getting used to it, but I love how much faster it is than my old one!
13. Punkin’s cat tunnel. I bought Punkin a cat tunnel at Pet Smart, and it may be the best $20 I’ve ever spent. Shawshank Kitty never seems to tire of the tunnel, even though she has the attention span of a toddler in general.
14. Sleeping in. So many mornings, I get up to go to exercise class or go walking/running. And even more mornings, I intend to get up early to exercise but don’t. I love being able to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays with no guilt. I can get extra sleep and still get a work out done at some point in the day.
15. Fridays when the work day is over. I can't wait until 2:31 p.m. tomorrow!
Things I love right now:
1. Air conditioning. I really couldn’t live without it! I have had jobs in un-air-conditioned buildings and worked outside in the summer, so I need to remind myself of that when I’m freezing in my office and getting bumped around by penguins and polar bears.
2. Wedges. I love wedge sandals, and I hope they never go out of style because I can’t seem to stop buying them! I feel more stable in wedges than in heels, especially high heels. Sometimes I’m surprised by how tall I am when I wear them.
3. Project Runway. I am so addicted to this show. I have plowed through all seven seasons, and I just started season eight, which is the last. I was very excited to learn that a brand-new season is starting this week! For those not familiar with the show, the contestants are fashion designers who are given challenges to create clothes with limited time, money, and materials. On occasion, the designers have had to create outfits with materials from a party store, a hardware store, and a grocery store, to name a few. The results are always interesting!
4. Dark chocolate. Where has it been all my life? As a child, I was a milk chocolate eater, but I have become a total snob since I’ve been turned on to dark chocolate.
5. Spending all day on the couch reading a really great book. Bonus points if it’s actually a rainy day, then I don’t feel guilty.
6. Fresh laundry. I love when my laundry is done because I hate doing it, but I love the smell of fresh laundry, and I love crisp jeans.
7. Manicures. I prefer going to get my nails done, even though I’m perfectly capable of doing them myself, and I’m actually very good at it. It’s just fun to sit back and relax, and I always have to get a little flower design on one of the nails of each hand.
8. Early outs. Naturally, I’m not in school anymore and I don’t get any early dismissals, but because I work 8.5 hours each day, I get to leave at 2:30, instead of 5:00 every Friday.
9. Hungry Girl. I know I’ve already written a post about her, but I am really enjoying her low-calorie recipes. So far, I have sampled two cocktail recipes, two chicken recipes, and a dessert recipe for Mississippi Mug Pie, which is a chocolate cake baked with chocolate chips, whipped cream, and pudding in a coffee cup in the microwave. Yum! So far, she’s batting five for five.
10. Nasty Girls by Inaya Day is my new theme song. My favorite lyrics: “I’m lookin’ for a man to love me like I’ve never been loved before. I’m lookin’ for a man that’ll do it anywhere, even on a limousine floor.” It doesn’t get better than that.
11. Minions. I loved the movie Despicable Me, and I’ve been given two inflatable minions that sit on my desk at work. Nevermind that they do sort of remind me that I am a minion.
12. My “new” Mac. Mike bought himself a new Mac and let me have his old computer. I haven’t used a Mac since my teaching days, so I’m still getting used to it, but I love how much faster it is than my old one!
13. Punkin’s cat tunnel. I bought Punkin a cat tunnel at Pet Smart, and it may be the best $20 I’ve ever spent. Shawshank Kitty never seems to tire of the tunnel, even though she has the attention span of a toddler in general.
14. Sleeping in. So many mornings, I get up to go to exercise class or go walking/running. And even more mornings, I intend to get up early to exercise but don’t. I love being able to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays with no guilt. I can get extra sleep and still get a work out done at some point in the day.
15. Fridays when the work day is over. I can't wait until 2:31 p.m. tomorrow!