Taken just a few minutes ago… I can’t believe it’s nearly bedtime on Sunday already. Man, the weekends sure do fly by! Last weekend was crammed full of things to do… this weekend was mostly lazy, and yet they both sped by just as quickly. My Monday morning alarm will go off less than 8 hours from now. *groan* That being said, I need to think about getting my butt ready for bed.

Happy Father’s Day!

I spent the day with my dad up on Lake Michigan. Thankfully, unlike my last trip up to the boat, I did NOT spend the entire trip face down on the cushion, or with my head hanging over the back of boat. I did stop and get some Dramamine on the way up, so maybe that helped. Maybe I’d have been okay anyways. Who knows, but I wasn’t planning on taking that chance!

It was a lovely day… stifling hot, but once we got the boat out of the slip and down the river, there was a good breeze. Who needs Outer Banks rentals? Lake Michigan was looking pretty good to me today. I got a few more pictures out on the lake today, but I’ll have to share them later. You wouldn’t think lounging around on a sailboat soaking up the sun would be tiring, but I’m exhausted! I’m about ready to go dry my hair, and then drop my self in bed.

Me, shortly after my shower… because I’m a slacker who didn’t bother getting clean until after 8pm!

Well, I can’t be too much of a slacker because I did get the dishes washed, two loads of laundry clean, squeezed in a workout and still managed to sit outside with a book for an hour. Yes, I said workout. Last week, I walked probably 4 days. Last night, I did one of the DVDs in my Firm set. I really enjoy the walking outside, but I did the Firm program last night for two reasons: I really do need the strength training, and soon it will be far too hot to comfortably exercise outside in the hours available to me to do so. Strange to say that when it was only 50 degrees when I left for work this morning, but true!

Do you know what the best fat burner is though? A hundred trips up and down the stairs at my apartment… to start the laundry, change the laundry, go back upstairs because I forgot the laundry basket, a trip to the car, downstairs to read, back to the car to get something I forgot, get the last load of laundry, take out the trash… etc, etc, etc. Phew. Makes me tired just talking about all those trips up and down!

Hehehe! Took this picture of myself wearing my nephew’s frog towel. He was NOT happy about it either! He’s getting to that age where he’s just not all about sharing. He might not want it, but he doesn’t want you to have it either!!

Had a pretty lazy weekend. Spent most of it lazing around, in front of the computer, or over at my mom’s hanging out with the rotten kid. I think the most productive thing I did all weekend was going to the grocery store this afternoon to get breakfast and lunch for tomorrow. And showering. Gotta love lazy weekends like that! Now, it’s time for bed… unfortunately, Monday comes around far too early tomorrow!

Is it seriously the last day of May already? Where the heck is this year going?

Right now I’m watching Bride Wars between trips up and down stairs to the washing machine. I had hoped to get more accomplished this weekend, but at the very least I’ll have clean work uniforms and clean sheets on the bed! Yesterday I didn’t get much accomplished because I was fighting a wicked headache all day. To the point that I took a nearly three hour nap. Granted, the nap would have been a lot shorter if I hadn’t had a neighbor who couldn’t figure out their car alarm. Today it’s been my lower back that’s been seizing up at random and inopportune moments. So my apartment is cleaner, but not as clean as I’d hoped.

I have been going through things to try and find more items for the garage sale Mom and I are supposed to have sometime soon. I’m finding a few more things. If I had a PS3, I can guarantee you, it would be in a box with my extra sheets I no longer use, the few books I convinced myself to trim off my bookshelf, and probably some clothes I haven’t worn since I moved here three years ago but somehow made the cut last year.

Well I need to go check on the dryer and get these movies back to the Redbox before I have to pay for another night, so I’ll leave you with the two SPS pictures I should have posted the last couple weeks.

Happy Mother’s Day! I had everyone over to my place… 5 adults, a toddler, and about 50 matchbox cars in my one bedroom apartment. I made stuffed shells, my favorite salad, and chocolate cherry cheesecake. Yum!

I can’t believe it’s May! Where the heck is this year going? Man… I took this picture earlier today, shortly before I caved in and took a nap. I really need to stop taking naps on Sundays because then I don’t want to go to bed on Sunday nights… which makes for rough Monday mornings… etc, etc.

I had a pretty good weekend though. Friday I did some shopping, Saturday I did a little more shopping and a bit of cleaning before Sarah came over to help me hold down my couches. Today I did a little bit of cooking. I was going to do some baking, but discovered I was missing an ingredient for what I wanted to make. It’s probably for the best though because I managed to make a big enough mess with the one cooking project I did tackle today!

About the time I was laying down to take a nap, I got a phone call from my mom to let me know there was going to be an impromptu family get together this evening to fry up some mushrooms. So I made some pasta salad to take over, and we all gathered at my uncle’s for dinner about 5:30 or so. I was there until a little after 8, and now here we are! It was a good day, but I can tell you the one thing I *didn’t* do this weekend. Run on an elliptical (all the trips up and down from shopping and laundry was enough for me!) Okay, two things. I didn’t pack a single thing either. It’s a good thing I’m only going down one flight of stairs.

Not much to say today… I was tempted to skip SPS today but I took this picture earlier when I was taking a break from making lunch, so it just seemed silly to skip it. Right now, I’m watching Cops and trying to get the motivation to go blow dry my hair so I can go to bed. I’ve been on my feet a lot today though, they hurt, and I’m just putting off standing on them long enough to dry my hair. Besides, why be in a hurry to go to bed when you can watch uniformed hotties run around on your TV? (Though it would be a lot less annoying if the camera man would take the keys, change, or whatever is jingling out of his pocket.)

I just love that you can see how raw my nose and upper lip are in this picture. I started feeling like something was coming on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morning, I woke up and discovered I was right! Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday I had a wicked sore throat. I’ve been stuffy and blowing my nose for days now. I feel like it’s slightly better now than it was, but I’ve also been using the Neti Pot every couple of hours for the last couple days. It will be interesting to see how I am tomorrow when I’m at work and can’t do that. Other than NyQuil so I can sleep, I’ve been trying to stay unmedicated… going the route of trying to get everything up and out rather than suppressing all my symptoms.

In addition to constant noseblowing, I spent a whole lot of time laying around, “resting.” Not a real exciting weekend around these parts. Unless you count killing the battery in my car. I discovered that when I went to take my Old Navy return to the post office. I’m glad I did too– I wouldn’t have liked to find that when I was trying to leave for work at 6:30 tomorrow morning.

Oh Friday night was slightly more exciting. Sarah and I went to the casino. But don’t get too excited, I won’t be booking my Vegas hotels any time soon. Both of us ended up “donating” all the money that we walked in with. That’s my weekend in a nutshell! Losing all my money, and then losing my mind.

Happy Easter! I hope you guys all had a wonderful day with your families! I spent most of the day being stuffed to the gills after two separate family dinners, but it was a pretty good day. We played a couple of card games, and are even talking about planning an evening to play cards sometime coming up soon. I’m hoping that actually pans out because I’m really looking forward to that.

Well, this is going to be shorter than my usually wordy SPS posts, but even though I already feel like I need to check out a slimming pills review, I am going to try and find something else to eat before I go to bed. And bed needs to be happening soon because I am just beat! I didn’t sleep well last night because I was SO sore… more on that in another entry!