Dodgeball!

We had a dodgeball tournament tonight at church; the turnout was AWESOME! The best part was that most of the students who came weren't from our church; which was AWESOME! They all had a great time, it seemed like.

I keep finding uses for my amazing lotion bars...i found i can use them on my face to deal with the fact that winter seems determined to suck ALL the moisture from my skin. and it hasn't made be breakout which is even better.

It's been COLD here, and i turned the heat down in hopes that our gas bill would be lower this month. the bill hasn't come yet so i don't know how that's going. but it's always BLANKET time in my house lol.

Lotion

I made lotion bars yesterday, and i'm using them they make my skin so happy! I'm super excited about them; once i added peppermint oil they smell super yummy.

I got new books yesterday too so i'm busy making my way through those. I don't spend a TON of time reading but I do enjoy it.

I'm hoping my new phone comes today; i've only been waiting a week longer than i should have had to, due to the fact that they sent it to my parent's house, which didn't help me at all...

I have a job interview next week! I'm really excited about it because sitting at home all day is BORING. I have got to do something...

Goodbye Christmas

Taking down my tree today; once Dan gets home it'll come down all the way, which is exciting to me. I don't mind the christmas stuff but i want my living room back the way it's supposed to be. Plus it'll give me better access to my gerbils. :)

I took a break on knitting my tom baker scarf so i could make dishclothes because i really have a serious need for them; i'm tired of buying sponges that i mutilate in a week. And making them gives me something to do and a sense of completion because they get done so much faster, lol.

On a totally unrelated note: I've decided to give up (mostly) processed foods. I want to start cooking more and making healthier food for Dan and I. Not that we eat out a lot, or even eat a lot of processed food to begin with (it's expensive. Seriously, that box of toaster strudels? it's not worth the money. Eat cardboard. it has the same nutritional value. ok i feel better.) But i'm going to start incorporating more fruits and veggies into our diet, and less bread products. I'm hoping cutting back on wheat will help us both in the long run; neither of us has a wheat allergy but still...Potatoes and rice are just as tasty. and better for us.

I also totally avoid 'sugar substitutes' like aspertame, etc. Even splenda. Mostly because i think splenda is nasty tasting. But the others i avoid because they make me feel really yucky. ALL THE TIME. So i don't eat them anymore.

2011

First day of 2011: How did you spend new year's eve? Dan and I watched our favorite Doctor Who episodes and attempted to watch the ball drop but apparently you have to do that here at eleven instead of midnight, which is dumb.

Dan also took me to whole foods yesterday; i got shampoo! Which is most exciting for me because I like beauty products lol and all natural, or at least SLS free shampoos make me happy.

So for Christmas I got a Zumba game for the wii; i have SO much fun playing it! Amazing, they finally invented an exercise (besides swimming) that I like! Which is great as I can fulfill my 'lose weight and get in shape' resolution. Even though it's so cold outside i might freeze to the road if I go walking.

craftiness

I've been doing a lot of internet reading lately; mostly other people's blogs, because they're interesting. I've found all kinds of cool stuff too....how to make sugar scrub, a recipe for homemade LOTION bars that i'm really excited about...

Also i've been doing a lot of research on recipes and trying to eat healthier because this holiday season has been murder on my system with all the sugar and whatnot...so i'm going to try and reduce our sugar intake. Among other things. Also need to work on limiting Dan's Caffeine intake as he is drinking (in my opinion) WAY too much coffee...

How was your Christmas?

Christmas Eve

Yep, it's that time of year again. We are spending it alone here this year, which i'm actually kinda excited about.

Once i figure out how to make turkey. Lol.

What are You doing for christmas?

Escapist

Woke up this morning and Dan was talking; i assumed to himself. I come out into the living room and the furniture is all rearranged; i'm like "what are you doing?"

He tells me that Druitt is out of the cage and running around; at the time he was wedged behind the fridge. Now, I've been keeping my two boys in a rubbermaid container with REALLY high sides for two weeks; we still have no idea how he got out of the stupid thing.

So it takes up twenty minutes to get the fridge out far enough that i can get behind it and herd Druitt out to where Dan can get him.

Dan is still mad. Which is funny since Druitt couldn't care less.

So I got the new tank i wanted for the boys. I don't think i'm gonna be able to integrate Morpheus in with the other two because i put them together (with a divider in the middle of the tank; and Druitt started picking on Pascal. Which is a bad thing. So...Hopefully, around my birthday next month Dan will let me buy a 4th, to keep with Morpheus.

:D

clean cup clean cup move down move down

Tea is my current obsession. and not the tea you buy from the store, in tea bags, but the loose leaf kind you stick in a fancy teapot. Trust me when i tell you, it really does taste better that way.

I have a shop here in town where i can get a lot of different looseleaf teas, and a website supplies the others i love. I drink quite a bit of it during the day (since i'm not a huge coffee fan) and I've found i can tolerate the caffeine in tea better than the caffeine in coffee (not that i'm ready to try mate, mind you).

Who has fun Christmas plans?

I spent today christmas shopping with dan and cleaning my house; it's nice and clean. I can see the floor in the living room, which is awesome, and the dishes are all done, which is also VERY awesome because the dishes are rarely done the night they get used...

We have the house all decorated for christmas, too; we bought a tree and it's all decorated, and we hung up stockings, which i think is the extent of our decorating, at least for this year.

I bought a new gerbil; his name is Morpheus and he's black, like Tesla was. I'm excited for the middle of the month to come so he can come out of quarantine and bond with my other boys.

I've discovered i'm in love with scented candles; they make my house smell yummy which is nice and i seem to have finally gotten over my allergic reactions to scented...everything. I'm excited about it.

christmas

I finished christmas shopping for dan today...now to do everyone else!

And, the best news is i don't have to sell my car! Missouri let me register it so i don't have to worry about that which is wonderful bc that was not something i needed to be dealing with!