Thursday, December 11, 2008

i need a haircut so bad


snowman impersonations in the pm.

i think there's a newish supernatural on tonight that i didn't see in october, so i'm pretty excited about that. i just need something to fill that 8-9 void!

it's freaking me out how much my diet has slowed down in the past month. i guess the less you weigh the harder it is to take off the remaining pounds. i'm skirting 150 right now, and ideally i'd like to be in the 140's (i'll take 149, why not) by the time we leave for the cruise next friday. psychologically to be in the 140's will merit a BIG WIN. if i can get 145 by the time i leave for china in january then that's that, i'll be absolutely thrilled with myself and try to stay somewhere between 140 - 145. i'm coming to terms with the fact that i am unfortunately sort of pear shaped and if i have curvy thighs my whole life i can live with it. the point is my body fat percentage is okay, i'm right smack dab in the middle of a healthy Body Mass Index, and my waist and hip measurements are also healthy. i cannot even remember the last time that i was anywhere near this, so that's a good feeling. (also i had chocolate mousse tonight and am trying to make myself feel better.)

only 5 more days of work to go! this weekend is like a christmas bonanza, tomorrow night my mom and i are seeing 'a celtic christmas' concert put on by the barra macneils, then saturday is old-fashioned christmas downtown thornbury followed by big family dinner at an inn near there. sunday we're seeing handel's messiah and having a little xmas dinner with my brother and my sister-in-law. i thought christmas without my dad would be a lot harder and a lot weirder, and maybe it is but i just haven't let myself grasp that yet? i'm not sure, but it's okay, i'm enjoying the season, the cheesy movies, the bing crosby cds, etc. we'll see.

Friday, December 5, 2008

come thou fount of every blessing

today i am happy and energized because it's friday, and it's so cold outside that my nose is still red. i love winter, the snow, the chill, and the resulting comfort and coziness of wrapping yourself up inside a warm house (or office). i think a lot of it is nostalgia of christmas when i was a kid. i've been working on a poster for work today, and at lunch i went out and did some christmas shopping (shop local!) and rewarded my spending of benjamins with a big hot earl grey tea from this coffee place down the street.

since i quit drinking coffee about a month ago (cold turkey, the only way i ever do it) i have taken up excessive consumption of tea instead. i feel way better about a bit of caffiene from tea than i do from coffee, plus the flavours are amazing. i'm so hooked on earl grey but my number 1 is this sri lankan christmas blend from holland's fine tea in fergus. amazing!! i could drink this stuff til the cows come home.

i really, really love:
- avon catalogues
- handmade christmas cards
- bing crosby's holiday classics
- mandarin flashcards
- x-weighted
- when my cat sleeps peacefully with me and doesn't stick his paws in my face and start kneading