Good morning everyone!
Do you still remember me? I am still alive. I get so bad when I get on vacation. I haven’t been any type of routine. So I have been very busy and haven’t had a chance to post. I haven’t even snuck in to read how all are doing. Well this morning I have set aside the time to catch up.
New Years was good. We did go to our friend’s house and cook them that dinner. It was a big hit. I even bought fancy paper plates and such so that clean up would be a breeze. Since we hadn’t seen each since May we had a lot of catching up to do. It was a really nice.
Also during this period I celebrated my birthday – twice. Dh did a very sweet and stupid thing. I had mentioned about 2 months ago how I would like to go see a certain one-man show that was playing downtown. Well dh remembered and ordered me really greats seats (front row!) for my birthday. So on Wednesday, I started to plan out our day for Friday (my b-day). I checked the tickets and the show started at 8:00. Great we would have lots of time for dinner. Then I looked closer – the tickets were for the wrong day! He accidentally bought tickets for Thursday! So we decided to make the most of it and pretend that my b-day was on the 3rd. I had a great day. I got up at 5:30 – worked out with weights and then went for a short 2-mile run. When I got back, I dragged dh out bed and we were on our way downtown by 8:00. We started off with a nice breakfast and then went to the museum. There was a Great Asian Dinosaur exhibit that came over from Russia that I had wanted to see. So we went to that and toured 2 other floors of the museum and decided the one last level – we had seen it before and our feet were getting tired. So from there we went for lunch. Does anyone out there watch Food TV? I have to admit that I am a Food TV junkie and while I was on holidays I watched an episode of “The Best Of” and they were doing features on juice bars. Well they did a segment on a Vegetarian Juice Bar here in Toronto (Juice for Life) so I dragged poor dh there for lunch. The food was amazing – even dh had to admit that. Then off to look in a few shops and then we took in an afternoon movie – Gosford (?) Park (The new Robert Altman flick). Then it was off to a small dinner and off to the play. It was a long day.
Then on my actual birthday I got some bad news. My friends father had died on the 2nd after being sick for 2 weeks. I will be going the funeral today.
The I was getting ready to go to the gym and dh said there was some I had better read first and he showed me the paper. The gym I was headed to had the first murder of 2002 take place there, the day before! The assistant manager was given a tour of the facilities to a prospective member at around 4:00 PM. Then some guy came along and shot him point-blank in the head! The murder turned himself in later that day. YIKES!
Jojo: Hope you are enjoying you 4 day weekend. It is also back to work for me on Monday. That is if I can get my butt out of bed! That Amaretto cake sounds soooo good. I’ll come make you dinner if you provide dessert! Yum. I just read about your poor poochie’s New Years experience. Poor guy.
Jen: Hey that great that you have all those running routes mapped out for yourself. Running the same way all the time can get very boring. I think today I am going to treat myself to a map. I want to start measuring out some accurate distance routes – especially for long runs. I am planning to do 8-miles tomorrow and don’t want to go the same route that I did last time. It is good that bf is learning to cook. You have to train them while they are still young. Glad to hear that you were able to kick that nasty head ache. I used to get wicked ones like that anytime the pressure changed. However, I am much better now and only get them maybe twice a year. Starbucks …..mmmmm….. I love their coffee. Yes I tend to like very dark strong coffee. Even their decafe is great. The place to yourself for 2 weeks. What ever will you do? I’m sure bf will be happy to keep you company if you get lonely.
Marlana: Thank you for the b-day greetings. It was very nice. Sorry to hear of the passing of your little guppy. I bet the silence in your house was golden. You remind me of mom – she also has started shopping for the next Christmas. I just can’t do it. If I buy something too early, I don’t want to save it. I just want to give it right away. I just read that you will be back to getting up at 3:00. Yikes! What time do you go to bed? So to hear that you are still having trouble with your bp. I just read yesterday’s post. It was like a whole fish soap opera! Who needs kids around when you have all that! I didn’t see that Ophra but it was interesting what those people said. In the book I had read, all the people who lost the weight and kept it off said something similar. They said it was almost like there was an audible CLICK and that was their switch turning over to this new life. I know when I finally made the decision that it was for life. I had yoyo’ed before but I knew this time was different. Has any of the snow storms affected your area? We still don’t have a flake.
Skeeter: Hope you and hubby are doing better. Sorry to hear that you missed the ball dropping by 15 minutes. Sounds like something I would do. Only I normally make until about 5 minutes before. Do you know how many shows I have missed the 5 minutes because I have fallen asleep! I’m with you. I haven’t made any actually resolutions in years. I’m all for just making changes – regardless of what time of the year it is. Good for you!
Boss: Sounds like you are starting 2002 with a fantastic attitude and plan – as always! Sorry to hear that you have also been under the weather. I hope your dh does get something done for his back. That sounds terrible. Glad to hear that he has been able to work pretty steadily. I am sure that has been a relief. I hope things continue to get better for both in 2002. I think there is nothing wrong with wanting to keep your tree up. Ours, however, is normally down by the 2nd. That is only because I like to have everything down for b-day. Silly but I think it is something that my mom started when I was a kid and now it is just a tradition for me.
Sally: You poor thing. I just want to go over there and punch your ex right in the kisser! POW. And I am not a violent person. But the guy needs some sense knocked into him. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your weigh in next week. I’m sure you will do great – as always. Thanks for the b-day wish. I almost forgot that ours were so close. Do you have any special plans for yours?
Okay – I think I’m all caught up now. Whew! Guess that’s what I deserve for staying away so long.
Well enjoy the weekend!
Tobey