What's up with me this week...

So what's been up with Lyndy? Busy, busy! Last weekend was GORGEOUS, do you hear me?! On Saturday I washed the car and ran 3.1 miles. Ya see, me and Bridgett, we're probably gonna run us a 5k. Yep, wipe that cockeyed, puzzled, one eyebrow raised look off yer face. Lyndy's gonna run a race. What, what? I'm not too old for that am I?! Anyway, on Sunday (again, remember last weekend was BEE-U-tiful folks) I ran 4 miles. Surprised? I surprised myself. I was proud...and pooped! I had never run that far with no walking break in between segments, see.

Work has been busy, but I won't bore you with that. I'm jealous of a coworker and my sweet buddy Riley... ereebody but me seems to be at Disney World this week. Can somebody please innerduce SPRING BREAK to the work force?! ASAP...

My photography class is going great, by the way. Haven't mentioned that in a while. I've learned SO much. This week's assignment was creativity and that's a challenge for me. But I think I've gotten outside the box a bit and hope my instructor is pleased with the work I'll turn in on Saturday. I don't even want to think about how many hours this week I've spent thinking about the assignment, setting up the shots and actually shooting them.

Wednesday my yoga instructor at the gym said she noticed I've "trimmed down." I beamed. Glowed brighter than a firefly in the hot summer. Of course she was slow to notice (or say somethin') but that's all right. I'll take a compliment any way I can get it.

As warmer weather approaches, I'm coming to the realization I need some new spring gear. Since I was "fluffier" last year during the warm months, I'm struggling to find stuff to wear. So I see a shoppin' trip in my future people. It's a hard job, but I think I'm up for it.

House full o' boys

So I'm a week late. Oh well.
This is what our house looked like last Saturday night...

Believe it or not, Anthony requested I take this pic. WOW! After years of complaining about pics... maybe there's a glimmer of hope.



Monopoly takes too long to play. Case closed.

A cat's toy ball is also suitable for boys...

Is it just me or does almost every boy spend countless hours playing video games?

And thanks to technology (and the world wide web) there are games online as well. Lucky us.

Happiness comes when the rowdy sweet nephews go home (kidding)...

we really wouldn't mind if they came over every weekend.

A talent show...

Anthony and I helped judge the high school talent show one night this week and a certain cutie pie sat in my lap most of the show...

When I complimented his little guitar tshirt and said he should let me borrow it he replied, "It's too small." Smart kid. And of course he had to borrow my mechanical pencil - well, when I was pushing the lead in with my finger he said, "Don't hurt yourself." What a sweetie!

Then there was the candy... ah, the candy... so they always give us a cutesy container of candy and a drink to either enjoy during the show or to take home as a little thank you... there were Lindor chocolate truffles, mini Reese's peanut butter cups and tootsie pops. He started with the cherry tootsie pop, but quickly discarded it. On to the Reese's. After he ate a few (I lost count I will admit), he apparently decided the Reese's cups would make for some good stacking. I was trying desperately to appreciate his cuteness while still paying attention to the performers so I could score them. Seriously, I don't know how many Reese's cups were consumed and/or played with but the stack of trash on our table was starting to look a mess. Then there was the sticky ooey gooey chocolatey 2 year old's hands. Yikes! But I was so proud of myself - I had a spare (clean) napkin in my purse and they had given us a bottled water so bada bing bada boom, homemade baby wipe (sorta). We got all cleaned up, but not before my AE jeans took a hit of the chocolate variety and a good splash o' water on the right thigh. I pushed the trash and "toy" Reese's to the end of the table out of reach of Mr. I Wanna Play with my Candy Instead of Eat It. Disaster (kinda) averted.

The talent show was entertaining, but even better was gettin' to hang with Riley for a couple hours. Love that kid! If I thought I could steal him I would, but I think I'd have a fight on my hands cuz he's popular with all his mom's students ...

Lunch with the Oak Ridge Boys...kinda

So today we had lunch at The Palm downtown. . . we noticed they were putting up a new caricature on the wall (a super cool thang they do at The Palm) and in a few minutes in strolled the Oak Ridge Boys. We respected their privacy (and didn't want to get thrown outta The Palm before dessert) so we didn't try to get pics WITH 'em, but thank heavens for cell phones, eh?

They were commemorating the release of Elvira, released in 1981, a cool 30 years ago (back when I was merely a child). I saw a shiny record floating around in a frame but again, we were being polite...so....

A day in the life of Lyndy

Not that anyone cares or reads this blog, but here's what my day looked like today. Call this documenting the ordinary & mundane if you're so inclined. As I sit here with a push up in my mouth and type, I really don't care. :-P
6a-7a  Rise & shine, shower, makeup, dress, pack lunch
7a-8a  Drive to work (listen to worship music & of course sing along), check email, get ready for the day
8a-9a  Oatmeal ASAP (hungry this morning!), write thank you note to sweet little 6 year old boy at church who gave me a Valentine card & chocolates awww discover I lost something, try to find that something, make a phone call, leave a message, a coworker calls me "snazzy" (pretty sure it was a compliment...) and another calls my hair fabulous (she's a little over the top but shucks, I'll take the compliment)

9a-10a  Try to get organized & make a list to keep track of some of my work, book flights for boss
10a-11a  Walk 1 mile with friend around campus (everyone needs a break!), review a new case file, sample some of these bad boys -

11a-12  Meeting w/boss, impromptu hall meeting with auditor
12-1p  Butts & guts at the gym (a.k.a. tearing muscle torture), Smart Ones lunch: Chicken Carbonara YUM!
1p-2p  Lotsa emailing & work stuff I won't bore ya with
2p-3p  Scheduling meetings, review another new case file, analyze & summarize
3p-4p  Near meltdown (too much work & not enough time!), more work stuff, agenda for a meeting tomorrow with vendor, recycle some paper (go green!), interview a manager about one of my cases
4p-5p Winding down... end of the day work can't be too intense (kinda like first thing in the morning work)
5p-6p  Drive home (more singing along), phone call with friend about trying to get a job where I work, phone call with Mom just to chat, once home take a couple shots with camera for this week's homework (for my photography class), drive to church for a workout with my honey
6p-7p  Run 1 mile & walk & chat with honey bunny, return home, cook dinner
7p-8p  Eat dinner, watch an Office rerun with my sweetie boosky, read a few pages of Entertainment Weekly
8p-9p  Watch Biggest Loser (no commercials thanks to DVR :-), 50 push ups (5 sets of 10 just 'cause these folks inspire me to move more)
9p-10p  Read a few chapters in the Bible, eat a push up (the orange kind) and blog...

And that concludes my summary of an ordinary day in the somewhat boring life of me.
Nighty night y'all.

3 day weekend it was...

We took off Friday just because... there was shopping, shopping, more shopping, and a movie (Just Go With It - very funny & cute). A whole entire day spent with my honey. LOVE IT!!!

Saturday I had my photography class, as usual, and we had our first test. OF COURSE I aced it. A+ That means I got every question right. Oh yeah.
Anthony went with a friend to a Sportsfest thing and that night they went to a college basketball game. What's that mean for Lyndy? BOREDOM! Hate being by myself! HATE IT! Wasn't in the mood to scrapbook. Did a bit of housework and went to Dawson's basketball game (took some pics on fully manual setting, no flash-watch out!). I also watched a cute girly movie, Princess Diaries. Yeah, it's old (from '01) but it was good!

A Valentine's recap ...

Me and my squeeze ain't ever made a big "to do" or "hoo-rah" about Vday folks. As my boss's boss said earlier this week, it's not a real holiday and Saint Valentine isn't even a saint. But I digress...

On Sunday, we had to watch a certain cutie pie so his mommy & daddy could go and celebrate Vday. We were glad to oblige.

          LOTSA FUN

Anthony and I exchanged sweet, lovey-dovey Vday cards expressing our love to one another. Aww But on Valentine's we both had to work (work gets in the way of the fun stuff, doesn't it?) and that night was his pee wee basketball practice for the team he helps with (the team that his nephew Dawson is on) so there was no squeezin' any celebratin' in on Vday. So Tuesday, I forgot to lay anything out to thaw for dinner (what a tragedy) so we decided to go to Carrabba's that night to sorta kinda celebrate Valentine's. It was tasty AND we had a gift card (thanks Mom!).

Valentine Ladies Breakfast

What a lovely group of ladies...

 What cute table decorations (great job Karen and Delois!)...

We exchanged Valentines...or notes of encouragement...

just tellin' a sister hey, love ya!

What pretty brownie bites (they were tasty and then there was the icing... and a nice surprise came when you bit into a yummy, gooey heart-shaped chocolate on top...I love Valentine's Day!)...

No, people, I'm not a jack o' lantern.

It's VALENTINE'S. I tried some orange. (Me no like) 

Me and two of my bestest friendses Lisa and Annette...

 Me and my 'lil sis' Bridgett. Ain't she a doll? Oh to be young again...
We went for a run after the yummy calorie consumption.

And last but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST me and my cute lil momma...

Fun times...

Hamburger helper hazard

There was a little mishap in the kitchen tonight...

It was really because the skillet (which was a wedding gift ~11 years ago) was on its last leg handle. Should've thrown it out, but I really liked the doggone thing...til tonight that is... bye, bye skillet. It was nice knowin' ya.

I told Anthony it could've been worse... I could've gotten hurt. It could've been a bigger mess than it was. And at least I was flexible enough (and the right size) to climb back behind the silly stove and clean up the mess.

After all that, I could still smile and ask my beloved to take a pic of me. ha!

*Footnote: I have never been a fan of Hamburger helper. Anthony loved it for the longest and then he got tired of it (thank goodness). Well, we recently tried one kind and we actually liked it, so we were trying another flavor tonight. It's just ironic that that is what I spilled. And even more ironic - after all of this, I recooked it (I had more meat) and it was not very yummy. To quote Cher, if I could turn back time...

Sassy scrappers

Here we go!

I work with Angela and Brandi, for the last six and a half years, and they're fun(ny) gals and great friends! And scrapbookin' with 'em is mighty fun!

 We scrapped for about 5 hours!

Hard at work!

 

Each of us have our own unique style of scrappin' and that's cool. Brandi scraps a lot of her (adorable) little girl who's 2. Ang scraps her and her boyfriend...and her sweet momma. I scrap a lot of me and Anthony, and the family stuff on both sides. My scrapbook is kinda like our "book of life" since we've been married. I'm a little OCD so it's in chronological order.

If you wanna see my scrapbook, you'll just have to pay me a visit.

I can't spoil it for ya and put 'em all on this here blog.