NaBloPoMo - Fail #2

Well, I did much better at NaBloPoMo than I did the last time. I am thinking that posting every day is just not my style. I forget to post one day, and then keep putting it on the back burner.. all the while coming up with awesome blog topics. Lame.

The reason I missed a day to begin with was I was celebrating our anniversary with my hunny. :) We didn't do much - I got him a new flannel jacket and he got me 4 long stem roses (one for each year), which was very cute for him! He is not the flower-buying type, which sucks since I am definitely the flower-receiving type. We also treated ourselves to take-out from Outback Steakhouse (yum!) and caught up on some Heroes episodes. It was perfect considering I was still fighting the sniffles.

Besides the anniversary, I've been really kicking it up a notch with the wedding planning - but more on that tomorrow. It's bed time so I can get up early and continue my Wii exercise streak (3 days and counting!).

New Year, New Try

So last month's try at NaBloPoMo..

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We won't even go there. It's a new year, new month - so time for a new try at NaBloPoMo. First new year's resolution: not to blog how much I suck at blogging. I'm just going to go with it.

NaBloPoMo even has a great theme this month: best. I've decided to go with the boring "Best Moments of the Day" lists because 1) they're easy, and 2) I have some awesome moments in my day that I hope to look back on later and smile.

Tomorrow will be a longer blog, I promise. Unfortunately grocery lists don't write themselves.

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♥ Best Moments of the Day ♥

- Staying in my pajamas all day with J and Miss Monkey. Technically Miss Monkey didn't stay in her pajamas since she got a bath this morning, but we put her in sweats so she could lounge around all day with us. We didn't go anywhere or do anything too strenuous - the perfect way to ring in the new year.

- Getting woken up from my nap by Miss Monkey. Why is this a best moment, you ask? Well, we had stayed up late the night before and I was dragging today, so I decided to lay down when we put Miss Monkey down for her nap. I guess she didn't go down to sleep and was playing with J for a while when she wandered down the hall and decided to try out her new skill of opening doors. The bedroom door swung open and for a minute, I thought J had opened the door to let her wake me up. She paraded in with a proud look on her face and I realized that not only did she have the idea to get into our bedroom, but she was actually able to do it! J soon came rushing down the hallway when he heard the door open and we burst into laughter when we realized what she had done.

- Making plans to go to BabiesRUs tomorrow to get some child-proof door locks. :)

- Playing Wii with J when she finally went down for an actual nap. We just got a Wii this last week but hadn't really had a chance to mess around with it. I laughed so much watching him play some of the Wii Fit Plus games on the balance board, and he actually beat me at Trivial Pursuit. Maybe he'll play more now that he won once.. ;)

Day 1: NaBloPoMo WIN; Diet FAIL

At least something happened right today - I am blogging my very first post for NaBloPoMo. Yay me!

Unfortunately, I am also blogging my first diet fail post. Boo me.

I knew today was going to be hectic: first day back at work after the holidays, an involved medical test appointment for my grandpa, and several errands - all to be completed before picking Miss Monkey up from daycare. Oh, and my goal was to stay OP (on points) all day. Maybe I set myself up to fail with too much to do?

The day started out great as I grabbed a couple diet shakes to bring with me since I knew it would be hectic. I have a hard time eating breakfast so I figure the diet shakes are better than not eating anything at all.

I breezed through work and picked up my grandpa on time for his appointment. It was supposed to be an easy test and I figured I'd have plenty of time to do my errands. When we got to his appointment, however, we realized it was way more involved than we anticipated. Foolishly, I should have expected it after all the prep we had to do before the appointment.

To make up for the unforseen uncomfortable appointment, I made another foolish mistake: offering to take my grandpa out to lunch. Bad move on my part.

My grandpa loves low-key family restaurants and diners. Always good food, but tons of fat and calories.

I tried to be good and ordered the cob salad without the bacon bits with a low-fat vinegarette on the side. Forgot about the yummy delicious blue cheese that came with it. Also didn't realize what a HUGE salad it was.

Diet? What diet?

Tomorrow is another day. But at least I blogged today. :)

(I am neglecting to discuss dinner - balsamic chicken with mashed potatoes and crispy onions from BJ's Brewhouse.. must get back on track tomorrow.. must get back on track tomorrow...)

Hello World!

I am a huge blog addict. Besides wasting my couple minutes of spare time on Facebook, I also try to follow several of my friends’ blogs, as well as blogs I’ve discovered along the way. I’ve always been fascinated with the amount of time that people have to write these blogs – especially the mom bloggers. Where do they find the time in their day to write these blogs?

So I’ve decided that if they can find time, then I will lose sleep find time too.

I recently read an article about how mom bloggers do not have any credibility anymore because of all the free crap that companies give them so that they will promote them on their blog. Thank you, CNN.com. I am one of those who hates it when people promote stuff on their web page. I can just feel the money behind the post and I am actually less inclined to try the product.

Don’t get me wrong – I love free stuff. But if people are going to promote the products that they love, I feel they should also post reviews of products that they don’t love.

Getting off my soap box now. Enjoy my blog. :)