April 22, 2008

I got my inspiration for this photobloject from a blogger whose work I've been reading for the last 1.5 years or so. I stumbled across the blog "A year in pictures of working" while googling something one day (I can't remember what). I became intrigued with the idea of each post centering on a photo, with a short thought or anecdote along with it.

The "A year of pictures..." blog series are all written by a guy named Arnie who lives in Chicago. The first installment was "A year in pictures following the breakup". The sequel was "A year in pictures of working". His current blog is "A year in pictures of comedy". Arnie is a really good writer, and I admire his ability to creatively document events that other people may consider mundane and therefore do not notice. I highly recommend all of his blogs if your interested.

So there you have it. That's my inspiration. The only problem is I keep forgetting my camera at home, which makes taking pictures difficult.

April 21, 2008

WTF Winter?!? This morning I couldn't get into my car because of all the freezing rain we had overnight, and now more snow. Piss off.

April 20, 2008

This is what I made for supper tonight. It's called 'Corn Dog Casserole'. Ian is away on a business trip until Wednesday. I always miss him terribly when he's gone. Even though our house isn't very large, it always seems huge when it's just me and the cats. On the upside, there are a few things that are OK about having the house to myself:

1) I control the remote.
2) I can lay down on the couch and not worry that Ian doesn't have a place to sit.
3) I can hog the bed.
4) I can try new recipes (see above) and not worry if they don't turn out because I'm the only one around to care.

The casserole turned out OK, but not great.

April 19, 2008

Seriously, Winter. Stop it.

April 16, 2008

Tonight was my first Cardio Kick class. It is being taught by my yoga instructor, and it was interesting to see her teach a high-energy cardio class instead of being very "zen". I should also note that I didn't take this picture, it's a random pic thanks to google. Also, there is much less smiling and much more sweating and painful facial expressions in the class I'm in.

Like most people, I've put on a few pounds as I've aged. I've slowly gained ~10-15 lbs over the last 4 years. This isn't a huge amount, especially considering that my Body Mass Index 4 years ago hovered just above "Underweight". I'm still well within a healthy weight range for my height, but I definitely now have some wiggly bits that weren't so wiggly a few years ago.

If I'm totally honest with myself, it's not the weight gain that bothers me so much as the loss of physical conditioning. When I was in undergrad and grad school, I normally went to the gym 5-6 times per week, 1-2 hours at a time. As life progresses I find myself with less and less time for the gym. I'm still fairly active and I'm lucky enough to have a nice fitness facility where I work, but with my wedding looming on the horizon now seems like a good time to work on my wiggly bits.

April 15, 2008

This is where Ian proposed to me.... Edinburgh, Scotland, near the top of Authur's seat. You have to admit, the guy has class.

I have a hard time believing that we've already been engaged for seven months. So far, we have a date and a reception venue and that's about it. Before anyone panics, we're not getting married until June 2009, so we've got some time before panic mode sets in.

Just so we're clear, being an apathetic bride does not mean that I don't want to get married. In fact, it's quite the opposite. The moment Ian proposed to me was the easily the most wonderful moment of my life (so far). The thing I'm not so thrilled about is planning the wedding. I'm not really a "girly girl" or a girl who has dreamt of her wedding day since childhood. I've only just started, and I have a feeling I haven't seen anything yet.

This could get interesting.