Hello, it’s Monday!
I slept for many, many hours last night and it felt blissful. Today my to-do list is going to be crankin’. Sidenote: every day I write out a to-do list, either on google calendar or on scratch paper on my desk. It keeps me organized….what about you?
Breakfast was a large bowl of Optimum Power cereal with almond milk, banana and one strawberry.
Sipping on some organic earl gray and going to hit the gym here in a few minutes (okay, more like an hour). Another sidenote: that dress that I wore in my weekend photos is from Target. Obviously. I don’t think they still have it though because I got it about four months ago.
I can’t stop dancing! I can’t stop the beat!
Actually, my dancing just involves a lot of hopping up and down and shaking my almost non-existant booty. And speaking of booties, I had a pretty good one goin’ there for awhile—a springy product of too many wine tastings and foie gras last winter. It’s shrunk back to its normal almost non-existant size nowadays but who’s to say when it will make its reappearance.
On another note, I can’t believe today is June 21st already. Where is this summer going??!
jen
June 21, 2010 at 7:57 amwhy won’t you let us see a picture of the boyfriend???
😀
Camille
June 21, 2010 at 8:09 amI agree with ^^Jen^^! I have been reading your blog forever and I didn’t even know he existed until a few months ago!
Crunchy Granola Gal
June 21, 2010 at 8:20 amain’t nothin’ wrong with a little junk in the trunk. makes for more effective dancing, i do believe. keep on keepin’ on.
VeggieGirl
June 21, 2010 at 8:22 amSummer is FLYYYYING!!!
Keep on shakin’ it 🙂
Jessica @ How Sweet
June 21, 2010 at 8:23 amTime is going so fast! It is actually scary how fast it is flying.
Carly @ Happy Healthy Foodie
June 21, 2010 at 8:24 amI am a HUGE fan of lists! Without them I wouldn’t get nearly as much done.
Claire
June 21, 2010 at 8:25 amI can’t believe it is summer either..and yes, to do lists are mandatory each day for me too!
Bethany @ More Fruit Please
June 21, 2010 at 8:25 amI’m a to-do list person too. It helps me out though because sometimes I forget about little tasks that I wanted to get accomplished. At least I know that if I write it down, it will be remembered some place!
Marilou @ Mostly Healthy
June 21, 2010 at 8:26 amSummer!!!!!!!! 🙂 You can’t stop the beat .. This is it! I’ll have Hairspray songs in my head all day 🙁 hhehe
Sabrina
June 21, 2010 at 8:28 amI love the way you write.
I love that you keep your posts short but fun.
The bigger my booty is the more guys hit on me.
Weird.
Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman
June 21, 2010 at 8:30 amI’m the Queen of to-do lists. I love the act of crossing something off, even if it’s Make To-Do List.
Beth @ DiningAndDishing
June 21, 2010 at 8:34 amI make a to-do list every day too! In my planner I write everything I need to do and a little check box next to it. So when it’s done, I can make a little “x”. It gives me a sense of accomplishment 🙂
Sarah
June 21, 2010 at 8:37 amI (almost) always write a list, too. I don’t always finish it, but it does help me prioritize and organize life a little better than I would otherwise.
Rebecca
June 21, 2010 at 8:40 amI love making lists and setting deadlines for my myself. I always feel so organized and accomplished!
I love Target so much!
Freya @ Brit Chick Runs
June 21, 2010 at 8:43 amGah, I wish I had a bit of booty, for dancing, filling jeans, general booty-ness….it’s annoying having a flat ass!
A Teenage Gourmet (Sami)
June 21, 2010 at 8:53 amI’m with you on the, “Where is summer going!?” . . . This one seems faster than ever. I’ve noticed that time just goes by faster in general once you get older.
Jen (Running With Cake)
June 21, 2010 at 8:54 amI write so MANY “to do” lists that I can’t keep track of them. I need a better system. If anyone has suggestions, let me know! By the way, we should never stop dancing!
Kerry
June 21, 2010 at 9:13 amLists are always super helpful. I need productive once things are crossed off.
I love how you’re treating your boyfriend like the neighbor, Mr. Wilson, from that old show Home Improvement. Can never see his full face… hahaha. Anyone?
jen
June 21, 2010 at 10:40 amgood reference!!!
see my comment..it’s the first one 😉
Ally @ Sweet & Savory
June 21, 2010 at 9:19 amTarget has some cute clothes, in fact, I’ve been eyeing a dress there for awhile now…who knows, it’s probably now gone!
Clare
June 21, 2010 at 9:20 amThis is such a fun blog and you have such a sweet, intelligent voice. It makes me really sad that you promote foie gras though. It requires such abusive treatment of an animal. It would probably upset your readers if you were keeping a goose in a closet and habitually shoving a pipe down it’s throat 3 times a day to force feed it so that you could eat it’s liver later. Sounds so dramatic, but that’s what happens. If anyone is interested watch it on youtube. You seem like such a smart, nice person, I hope you will think about it.
Mary @ What's Cookin' with Mary
June 21, 2010 at 9:27 amI have the everlasting to do list! I make one at the begining of the week and work off that… I love crossing stuff off… It appeals to my OCD HAHA
Nichole
June 21, 2010 at 9:28 amYou can never have too much booty in the pants. Target + dresses = a lot of summer wardrobe. Happy first day of summer!
Carly
June 21, 2010 at 9:37 amThank you Clare.
Ameena
June 21, 2010 at 9:43 amI am totally with you Clare! Thank you for telling the rest of us more about foie gras…I think a lot of us really didn’t know where it comes from.
Kristin @ Iowa Girl Eats
June 21, 2010 at 9:44 amEw I know – I just blogged about that today. HOW is it almost July already! That means the summer is almost 1/3 ovah!!!
Julie @SavvyEats
June 21, 2010 at 10:03 amI make a new to-do list every day too!
Anna
June 21, 2010 at 10:06 amI have been dancing all this weekend, too!!! Isn’t it sad to see such fun weekends come to an end? Only 5 more days till the next one, though 🙂 but who’s counting already?
Kelly
June 21, 2010 at 10:07 amI am all about to do lists…sometimes I write things on them I have already done, or will take me five seconds just so I can cross things off hehe
Heather (Heather's Dish)
June 21, 2010 at 10:16 amyou are so cute…i’ve been quite the dancer all weekend too, you just can’t stop once ya start!
Jenn @ LiveWellFitNow
June 21, 2010 at 10:16 amMe + todo lists are close friends. Can’t really do anything without them! 🙂
Kaz
June 21, 2010 at 10:25 amI keep a to-do list on a dry-erase board on my fridge. It makes me feel accomplished to check things off one-by-one. 😀
Paige (Running Around Normal)
June 21, 2010 at 10:47 amI’m the queen of to-do lists. Got one every single day! Probably to a fault, hehe.
That’s what I hate when I lose a few pounds – it’s always the boobs and the booty to go first 🙁 I’d like to keep some junk back there, please!
Suzanne de Cornelia
June 21, 2010 at 10:58 amHa–‘Shake-Up Of the Plush Booty’. Sounds like the name of a SOMA San Francisco Club or a racy Wall Street financial crime novel. As in Bernie Maddof still reportedly has $9 billion of his ill-gotten gains hidden. Off-shore unnumbered Cayman Islands shell bank account? Now that’s plush booty. hehe
I have a 5×7 beautiful hardcover ‘To-Do’ booklet to keep on desk by laptop/cellphone…small cup of pens, highlighter, scissors, etc. Have tried keeping electronic to-do lists in various forms–and just prefer writing down long term, short term–makes me think about, distill, organize, edit things more. I don’t buy/do anything that doesn’t cohere with my over-all style/goals.
M.
June 21, 2010 at 10:59 amI think you want to be a good natured tease about the boyfriend…otherwise you wouldn’t show him at all,but you are showing just enough to tease any curious readers 😉 Well done girl!
just kidding,you have every right to show or not show whoever!!
What is the latest on your book? Did you mention when it is out for sale or do you still have to edit more? Hope it will be in stores in Canada !!
jenna
June 21, 2010 at 10:59 am“a springy product ” – hahahaha good one!
summer always flies by for me 🙁 it’s my favorite time of year! this southern humidity is not so much fun but i soak it up anyhoo…
Becky
June 21, 2010 at 11:03 amYes- what’s the book update?! Are you in the midst of editing? We are eagerly awaiting its release!
jenna
June 21, 2010 at 12:05 pmIt won’t be out until 2012! Working on the second draft now.
Michelle @ NewLeafEats
June 21, 2010 at 11:06 amI love Target’s clothes!
I also love making lists, but I’m terrible at actually sticking to them. I rarely complete everything on my list, but I figure making the list actually makes me do SOME of the things on my list, which probably wouldn’t have gotten done at all without the list.
Jess @ MTL Veggie
June 21, 2010 at 11:07 amSuch a cute dress, can’t remember how many times I’ve said to myself “Why can’t we have Target in Canada?!”.
Summer may be flying for by for you down in Cali but its just getting started for us up north, hope you’re enjoying it though!
Amber K @ sparkpeople
June 21, 2010 at 11:09 amI have a nonexistant booty. No extra eating gives me one! For some reason my stomach would rather dominate.
It is a really cute dress!
rgknr
June 21, 2010 at 2:46 pmditto.
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg
June 21, 2010 at 11:24 amMan, I have NO ass. I hate it…I so wish that I had a booty!
Cynthia (It All Changes)
June 21, 2010 at 11:24 amMy list gets me thought the day. Even if I don’t get it all done I at least know what I need to do so when the rare moment my brain freezes I can look at the list and keep plugging along.
Sarah
June 21, 2010 at 11:32 amYou do look like you’ve lost quite a bit of weight. I bet your anthro dress is fitting you just right now. Are you just doing summer shape up and hittin’ the gym?
jenna
June 21, 2010 at 12:05 pmI actually have only lost MAYBE three pounds, if that. I think I just toned up and replaced extra fat with muscle. I’ve been hitting the gym about 5 times a week, doing Gina’s Summer Shape Up plan and also doing a lot of high intensity interval training on the treadmill.
Lara
June 21, 2010 at 4:57 pmso does the “birthday” dress fit?
Laura @ youngDCliving
June 21, 2010 at 11:33 amTell me about it! This summer is going by insanely fast. I also write a list out everyday usually, especially if I am super busy. I love when I can cross things off and it keeps me remembering what is important!
Jessica @ Jessica Balances
June 21, 2010 at 11:41 amI haaaate to-do lists. They just overwhelm me even more! And I never manage to finish all of my tasks. Haha glad it works for you and others, though!
kelsey@snackingsquirrel.com
June 21, 2010 at 11:45 amdance away beautiful free spirit <3
xoxo
Jasmine @ Eat Move Write
June 21, 2010 at 11:51 amI’m a list maker too. I like to write it by hand. I wish I forced myself to stick to it just a little harder. Cute dress. Pale purple is very “you.”
Helen
June 21, 2010 at 12:57 pmI am so loving the to-do lists. I have about 3 on the go at once, one in my diary, one on my phone and at work!
Rachel @ Suburban Yogini
June 21, 2010 at 1:44 pmTotally love to-do lists. Couldn’t live without them.
Chelsea @ One Healthy Muchkin
June 21, 2010 at 2:56 pmI need to-do lists otherwise I don’t do anything! 😛
Callie @ Callieflower Kitchen
June 22, 2010 at 5:51 amI have the same dress from Target, but the pink version 🙂 I’m so glad I got it when I was visiting Florida in February – my mom said it looks like an apron but I think it’s super cute! The purple really suits you.