Current Likes

Some current likes:

Pumas
I'd been eyeing Pumas in this style since college:


I could never convince myself to spend the $80 to get a pair though. When we stopped at an outlet mall in California on the way back from Disneyland, Greg and Mako convinced me to get a pair (blue and tan suede - pink's not really my thing). Luckily, I fit into kids sizes, so they were half as much as adult sizes (yay). Last week when I was traveling, these were the only casual shoes I brought, aside from flip-flops, and that was a hard decision because I usually bring flats with me too. I thought that perhaps five pairs of shoes (2 pairs of heels, Pumas, flats, and flip-flops) for four days of travel might have been overkill. Heh.

Baker's twine
In all different colors from Divine Twine:


Do I have a specific purpose for baker's twine in all different colors, other than crafting? No. But all different colors make me happy. Kind of like when I went through my closet a couple years ago and organized my clothes by color.

Mint ice cream/gelato/frozen yogurt


Mmmm. Mint chocolate chip. While in the airport in Charlotte (we were there the whole day doing work), I passed by a gelato place and checked to see if they had mint (no mint = dealbreaker). They had no mint, but they had two (TWO) things of pistachio. Is that really that great a flavor to warrant TWO of those and NO mint? Gelato place whose name I can't remember in CLT, you're dead to me.

Pottery Barn shelf
Every time I see this cubby organizer


in the Pottery Barn catalog, it tempts me. But I have nowhere to put it and it's kind of pricey, as are most things from Pottery Barn. Still looks sweet though.

Workout clothes
I'm a fan of workout clothes. Which totally doesn't mesh with my sloth-like lifestyle, but I just think they look good. I've been looking more at workout clothes since (a) I'm supposed to be training for this whole triathlon bike ride thing and (b) we are trying to lead a more active lifestyle. I especially like racerback tanks such as this, this, and this:




Only bad thing is that workout clothes can be expensive. $40 for a shirt/tank? No, thank you. I'll stick with all the free T-shirts I got in college.

Bike Ride Training

Bike ride a couple Saturdays ago on South Mountain:


Bike ride this morning:


Hopefully an eight mile ride on the mountain will get me through a 13 mile ride on city streets.

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Busy week this past week. Four cities in four days for work.

Tuesday: PHX --> PIT
Wednesday: PIT --> CLT
Thursday: CLT --> PHL
Friday: PHL --> PHX

I haven't traveled for client work in so long that it was kind of exciting, but it can start to be a drain after a lot of it in a short amount of time.

In My Purse

Thought this purse dump was a cool idea from Stacy Julian's blog.

No diptych with a picture of myself, because it's actually kind of hard to take a self-portrait with a hulking SLR (or maybe I just haven't figured out how to do it), but I may take one if/when I get around to scrapbooking what's in my purse.


- badges
- Chipotle gift card (courtesy of Greg)
- business cards
- national park annual pass (borrowed from my dad)
- pack of gum
- ASU student ID
- library card
- punch cards
- frequent shopper cards
- ad + coupons from The Limited (which ultimately sit in my purse until after they expire)
- email from a student at UofA asking questions for a class assignment
- torn-off top of a box of green tea (from my mom, so that I can get some from Lee Lee's)
- mirror
- camera
- wallet
- lotion
- Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine (my most favorite lip stuff, perhaps ever)
- Blistex chapstick (not my favorite, but there for backup, because it's worse having dry lips)
- key to Greg's car
- my keys
- calculator (Greg made fun of me for having it in my purse, but that was coming from the same guy who was ogling a fancy wireless ten key for his laptop - you be the judge of who is the nerdier accountant)
- phone
- Post-It flags
- various pens/highlighters
- flash drive

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Caught up on this week's episode of Glee. Love it. Reminds me of how much I enjoy musicals. Except Phantom of the Opera. That was boring.

21K Bike Ride

As of today, I'm committed to doing the bike portion of this sprint triathlon! And by "committed," I mean "in the hole $60 if I don't go through with it." Well, I guess I'll still be out $60 even if I do go through with it, but at least I'll come out of it with a sense of accomplishment. $60 worth, to be exact.

Early on, when we first got the email from a co-worker that she was doing the triathlon (and that others should join her), I'd entertained the idea of doing both the bike and run. I even started running! Of my own free will! For exercise! But that lasted all of a week. Fortunately, one girl (Amy) is willing to do the swimming and another girl (Kati) is willing to do the running, so then we got ourselves a relay team together!

With four weeks left until the triathlon, I have to get more serious about training. Greg and I are planning on going on a bike ride tomorrow morning. No bailing out like a wuss (a.k.a. last weekend). For realz.

Visiting Gracie

We went last weekend to visit baby Gracie. She was quite the cutie. Congratulations to Stephanie and Julio!