Lions tigers & ....

I must be the most accident prone person I know. For someone who wants to work as a hand therapist, I sure do have hideous looking hands .....

Not in Kansas anymore...

Crazy weather we've been having here this week ... 2 tornado watches in 2 days and tomorrows calling for 50% rain. I kinda love it -- except all the kiddos are super low arousal and the fact that this photo is the most sunshine Sandy Springs saw all day really gets to them! --- Which means me!

3 days down ~3 to go

If I know the pathology behind bruising I'd guess this sucker has about 3 good days left in it before it mellows out and people at the gym quit staring..

hail me, barbarian athlete

Yesterday marked #2 of my adventure/mud run series in my lifetime. The Barbarian Challenge was not as muddy as the Merrel Down & Dirty in LA earlier this year, but holy moly was I hurting during the run. If  you know me, you know I despise running -- not just the act of running, but the physical biomechanical requirements of putting one foot in front of the other. My body and I just do not like it! So of course I loathe the running aspects of these challenges -- esp when the ENTIRE 3.5 miles is on sand, come on, really I was not ready for that -- , but it's worth it to get to do some pretty neat obstacles (like climbing up 6 stacked hay bales, jump over logs on fire, and bear roll through a mud pit with friends).

{{{... AND of course blogger wont open the upload photos section, so this post will remain photoless until I get back from visiting my nephew in Woodstock :) ...}}}

Seriously though, this was not real mud. It was like cement tar mud -- if that makes any sense. Well, it made perfect sense to my loofa and my STILL stained toes and hands ...  This photo is post rinse of, post towling off, and post changing clothes ... All this grossness got to dry into my skin the 3 hr drive home! UGH!

And of course, what would an adventure race be without a few good cuts, bruises, and aches/pains! (Sparing you the fist size purple and black impalement wound on my thigh.. it feels fantastic though --sike!)

Next up, WARRIOR DASH 2011!

In a new light...

Literally,  in a new light --- a new bathroom light!! I am officially free from florescent lights (except for my guest bathroom that currently belongs to my roommates)

Today marks the end of the bathroom refinishing. I was so desparate for a peaceful space, but couldn't scrap together any significant funds to update the master bedroom yet -- soon ... not soon enough -- so I settled for the smallest room in the Eckelkamp Condo. The master bathroom. It was no easy feat, but $176 and a borrowed power sander later ... My bathroom became this: --->


Seriously impressesd by what a power sander, a new coat of paint, some stain, a new light fixture and some new outlet covers and knobs will do for a living space .. and my sanity!

its that time

It's that time of the year .. or month .. or really for me, the day of the week. I have the itch to start rearranging furniture and redecorating my condo. AGAIN. I swear, it must be some sort of disease. Or maybe my way of coping with the lack of space sharing/nesting/dinner parties that I will probably never throw until I'm 80 -- unless you count  one friend, cheap food and a bottle of whiskey as a dinner party (which yes, I do).

Really though, I am still surrounded by a few boxes from the move, furniture that ALL needs some love and attention (aka time & money) thrown at them, and extra house decorum that old tenants left behind -- like I really need a marshmellow gun. (Can anyone say nephews next 1/2 birthday present!) I just want to walk into my room one day and have it look like the crazy scerene place I see it potentially being.

things I need to accomplish said goals: A PAYCHECK. 

9 weeks and 1 day to go .... 

Pictures to be posted as I slowly find things that fit my style .. which isnt easy!

Boriiing

My first mobile blog -- mainly because I'm bored to tears today and work and secondly as a reminder to myself and the online world that I seriously need to spice up my lunch. Veggie soup, no salt green beans and filtered water is soo boring. I miss having reasons to cook real person food. Perhaps it is time to begin again.. stat!

compliments & intrigue

 Photo snagged from this guy

Ya know those compliments that you get that don't really mean to come out as compliments but yet end up sticking with you and being something that inspire you to continue to be yourself ... ?? Well, I had another encounter with a moment like that last night while drinking copious amounts of beer at Neighbors in the Highlands to celebrate my sisters birthday. Sitting around the table with friends and one of the women who has known me since before I think I knew myself and after playing catch-up and basically 20 questions she turrns to me and says 'I can't quite figure you out.' My immediate response drew a blank stare and take a swig of my beer. Then she says 'I am so intrigued to see where your life goes'. Now this might now seem like the world's greatest moment in time, but the way she said it and the way she meant it were so sincere and so genuine that it made me really excited to be me and to be the one running this assummed awesome life. 

Other great moment's that have stuck with me in my life include the phrases: "Take a deep breath and relax because you are refresing" and ever girls favorite the always origninal and sincere 'hi pretty girl' text message.

happy bday sissy

Happy 28th Birthday to the best big sister ever.