It's Official!!!!

So it is official....

http://kevinries.edinarealty.com/Listing/ListingDetail.aspx?listing=40615016&Popup=1

The don't have all the photos up yet because it just went on the market today but the old house is FOR SALE!! Definitely 30 years of great memories from there:) I hope a very loving family buys it.

love, tuesday

OK so just a mere day late but hey, i'm working on it:)

• love my cell phone. I know most of you already know this because this photo below is how you can often find me, texting away on my phone. I love it though.
  
• love craft club!! So a while ago my friends Kristen, Tina, and I decided that we wanted to start a craft club. The idea behind it being, we get together to work on different projects like knitting, sewing, or any sort of crafty thing you want to do. We just started it up again last night and its so great. So fun to get together with people and eat some snackies, work on projects, and chat.
• love my mom! It was just Mother's day so I have to give a special LOVE to my mom. She is my favorite person in the world. Love her so much and do not know what I would do with out her. I was glad to have a day to celebrate her and do nice things for her even though I try to do that everyday. Here's an old school photo of my family, sorry its so small...I'm the baby
• love a clean bathroom! I had to clean my bathroom last night because of having craft club at my house and now its so clean and sparkly! I love it.
• love my little desk fan. It has been very humid lately which makes my little cubicle very stuffy. My new little desk fan keeps me cool and not falling asleep at my desk!!
• love season finales of tv shows. Its kind of a love hate thing, I love them because they are so climactic and exciting, biggest loser was last night, america's next top model tonight, grey's tomorrow, etc. However sometimes they leave you hanging. That is not the best, because then I have to wait until fall to find out what happens. Oh well it is also a sign that summer time is here:)

Have a lovely day everyone!

love tuesday

Hip hip hooray!!! Its really Tuesday and I am writing my blog, yeah for being on time:)

I have been kind of crappy so far this work week but a few things have made my tuesday better than my monday

• love my new pens from my friend and coworker Megan. I stopped at her building the other day to bring her some fries, more on that later, and she was using the coolest pens. I am kind of a pen freak so I asked her where she got them and she said I could HAVE them, I know! how lucky am I?! So I have been using them since then and there was even an orange one that I was using today in honor of Cinco de Mayo (love Cinco de Mayo)
• love that there is now a Five Guys down the street from my work!! When I lived out in DC they had this chain everywhere and their Burgers and Fries are simply amazing. I heard a rumor that one was going to be opening in MN and little did I know it would be so close to me! YAY!!
• love scrapbooking with Kristin on Saturday. It was so great to spend a ton of time working on some unfinished projects, thus fulfilling one of my new year's resolutions.
• love my parents' new condo! Moving day was yesterday and even though half their furniture is still at the old place for "staging" purposes it was great to have them get into their new home. love helping them unpack as well, nice to give back for the numerous, numerous times they have helped me do the same.
• love massages! I have been having some bad headaches again recently (seriously you turn 30 and everything falls apart, just kidding I have had this for a while) and nothing helps me like an amazing massage.
• love the TV show gossip girl, sorry people but I do and right now I can't get enough. Its like I wish that I hadn't seen every episode so I could go back and watch them again for the first time, I know its weird and twisted.
• and while we're on the topic of TV, love The Biggest Loser! Heck yeah, nothing I would rather do on a Tuesday night than sit down with a big bowl of ice cream and watch the Biggest Loser. I don't think that's exactly what they have in mind for "inspiring" people but I eat Edy's Slow Churned now, so does that count? I highly recommend the S'mores kind:)

Have a lovely Tuesday everyone!

Alcohol Free April

There is this show on the FX channel called "30 Days" where Morgan Spurlock, yes the guy from Supersize Me, either goes and does something for 30 days outside of his comfort zone or sends other people to do something outside of their comfort zone. Well, as a minor take off on this show, which I highly recommend, I decided to undertake my own 30 day experiment. Like many of us, there are definitely areas of my life where I need some work, and these little 30 day, or monthly experiments are a stepping stone for improvements in my life. My first attempt was Alcohol Free April. I attempted to not drink alcohol for the whole month of April. I was wondering how it would effect my health and my wallet, and also if I could do it. I am quite a lover of a good happy hour and really on a gorgeous spring afternoon there is nothing I enjoy more than sitting out on a patio somewhere with friends having a few beers. I gave myself a bit of a handicap and picked a rainy month to attempt this feat and it definitely helped. So my report card on Alcohol Free April is:

A-

I gave myself an A-, not a perfect A because I did have a mimosa at a celebration(Anna's dedication) and a beer at a co worker's birthday happy hour. However I would like to point out, I had been at the happy hour for 3 hours before I actually partook in a beer so I was quite proud. And that was all the alcohol I drank in the month of April.

As for the difference it made in my health and wallet those were not as much as I had hoped. My health, I did not lose any major weight from cutting out drinking from what I can tell (I don't weight myself) but did feel a bit more energized on the weekends to get projects done. I was not quite as tired as I am after a crazy night of drinking but that was too be expected. My wallet, I think this did help my wallet a little bit. I didn't notice myself going through cash like I do sometimes when I decide I need another beer and so does everyone else I am with:)

All in all it was a good experiment and lesson in not giving up even if you have a little slip up and to be proud of your accomplishments. I have discussed with some people other possibilities for my monthly experiment and May is going to be "Make more meals May". I am going to only bring my lunch to work, and not go out for lunch. I am usually pretty good at this but need it to be enforced and get in the habit of always packing my lunch on those rushed mornings. Wish me luck on this one! I'll let you know how it goes in a month.