February 2011
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Highlight of our Weekend de Plague?
Sprawled on the couch after a fit of coughing, Sham draped my hair over his head and exclaimed: “I’m Mairead—I’m off to the LIBRARY. Wait, where are the cats? I can’t find the cats. SHUT THE DOOR WHERE ARE THE CATS!!!!!”
January 2011
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“Egyptians are sick and tired of being corrupted and when you live on 300 pounds...”
– Egyptians’ Fury Has Smoldered Beneath the Surface for Decades
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jan 25th-january 30th
was too sick for one-sentence journal entries and/or happiness projects.
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Furry kids and home
One of the best things about returning home from a trip? Sleeping in our own bed with BOTH cats. Went to bed around 11p and woke up at 4:30a with V between us and Lyra purring right by my head—they didn’t move all night!
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when will i learn not to start work projects at 4:30pm?!
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i am a packing machine—let this be known.
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recharged perfection
library, groceries, chipotle veggie burrito bowl, read inkheart for two hours, asleep by 9:30pm.
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Whirlyball!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bruiser cruiser!!!!!!
May or may not have tboned other cars non-stop. Also scored an epic matrix-arching bullet shot whole my cart spun the other way.
Whirlyball, I think I love you. Thanks for a great time, friends!
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led a reachy 5.10a tonight! bruised, but proud.
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finally put away christmas and new years tonight. just waiting for sham to put the tree out for recycling now.
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To my wife →
cathay:
Adorable tumblr from John Jannuzzi that’s a collection of notes to his future wife. Why he does it here. You’ll swoon and laugh and sigh when you read them.
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the truth
noodles and climbing movies and late night fights about the definition of literally with a side of sticking stinky feet in faces.
god damn, i love you, hisham.
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note to self: DO NOT FORGET
today i remembered why i love rock climbing.
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non-stop day! grateful for people.
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friday
meetings from 10a-3p then needed to get a full day of work done! really enjoyed feeling such a sense of purpose, though, even though i was working til 6:30 on a friday. felt efficient and productive and proud. now the weekend!
p.s. further evidence why you should read my sister’s blog:
I won the lottery this week. That $350 megamillion jackpot was just too tempting. My first time playing,...
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“Part of what mindfulness does is get to you to recognize that these critical...”
– Conquering Self-Doubt, from WSJ.com
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2010 in review
biggest accomplishment:
life-work-love-family-cats balance
biggest failures:
BOO flossing.
forgot i’m still eating cake sometimes.
and i went to sleep with the sink dirty most nights.
biggest good change:
finally learned how to deal with the fact that plans almost always will change and that it usually turns out ok when they do.
biggest bad change:
we have to wake up at 4:30am on...
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it's tumblr tuesday
but i’m going to tell you to start following a non-tumblr blog, and you’re going to be So Glad i did.
if you love food—reading about it, looking at it, talking about it—then check out my sister’s blog, hannalamode.
Let’s focus on my success for now: Laurie [Colwin]’s applesauce recipe annoyed me at first. In her own words, applesauce is “so simple to make that it...
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worked at the wall with sham, did a yoga video, caught up with jeather, and made fajitas for dinner together!
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started the new year off right by sleeping in, just making it in time to flattop bfast, cleaning behind the wall, and watching a gazillion one piece episodes.
reminder/goals/andmore to come by mid-week!
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“Made any New Year’s resolutions yet? Here’s an idea: Focus on the...”
– Making 2011 the Year of Great Relationships