Data has decided to honor me by sleeping with me the last 4 or 5 nights.
What this really means is that I wake up a few times in the middle of the night because I want to roll over, but I don’t, because he is sleeping so peacefully between my legs/next to me/on my feet. And I would never dream of interrupting his slumber (in the middle of the night)! I mean, he wouldn’t do that to me!
Oh, wait. He does. Every time I try to sleep in past 5:30 a.m.
Data sleeping between my legs. It’s kind of hard to tell, but I am under the covers! Like my cat blanket? HA!
The things we do for our pets. Does anyone else have this half-conscious, “I shouldn’t interrupt the sleeping pet” mentality in the middle of the night?
Ha. On a somewhat related note, Steven and I watched The Cat from Outer Space Monday night on DVD. If you like cats and cheesy old movies (released in 1978*), you have to watch this. I was laughing out loud for much of it, just because it was so ridiculous. It’s definitely going on my holiday wishlist.
*For some reason, I expect movies that were released after Star Wars (1977) to have similar quality graphics (The Cat from Outer Space, The Last Starfighter, Robocop)… they don’t. And why would they? I guess that just shows how ahead of his time (crazy) Lucas was.
Yesterday while I was cutting up our vegetables and fruit (and cleaning the fridge and running to the grocery store),
Veggies and some fruit for the week.
Steven made a vegan chocolate cake! The same one my grandma made me for my birthday in July.
Nom nom nom nom nom.
My mom got me a mixer for my birthday (can you believe I have been mixing everything by hand until now?!), so we’ve been using that for all of our baking lately.
The batter.
Does anyone else ALWAYS think of My Big Fat Greek Wedding whenever they see a bundt cake now?
I want to eat it now!
The frosting… we had a bit extra…
So we had to be creative on how to use it! (There are still two cups in the fridge!)
The finished product!
This cake is so decadent, dense, moist, rich and PERFECT. When my grandma made it for me for my birthday, I think I ate a fourth of it in one day. I couldn’t get enough. I have never had chocolate cake this good (I don’t even really LIKE chocolate cake that much!!!). Try it if you get the craving for something AWESOME and CHOCOLATE. You can find the recipe here.
Drooooooool…
Happy Labor Day Everyone! We stayed in town this weekend and have been taking it easy. It’s been nice!
(What would this post be without a pic of Data? He was very chill while we were working in the kitchen. He has been enjoying many long walks this weekend, followed by long naps.)
When we got to the beach today we saw that someone had set up a huge slide at the top of the sand hill, with a pump to run water down it.
There was a huge ramp at the end of it.
My brother Nick got some major air going down it.
I went down a few times.
It was a lot of fun.
Until I landed on my wrist. I can’t move it too much right now.
As long as I can run I don’t care. I may have to see a doctor though.
It’s really hard to type with my left hand only.
Editor’s Note: Check out the awesome splint & sling that Steven and my Grandma made me! And here’s a video of my sister’s boyfriend going down the slide.
I skipped blogging for a whole week, because every thought entering my head that I deemed “blog-worthy” could also have been labeled “negative,” “whiny,” or “bitter.”
Ugh. I’ve just been feeling so on edge, like I have all this built up tension… over what? I don’t know what.
I really looked forward to the three-day weekend, and the mini-vacation with my family. And I had a great time, but don’t feel relaxed like I thought I would. I still feel jumpy. And anxious. And even… hostile?
This is really something I want to get away from. I just don’t know how.
What gift were you most excited to give someone this holiday season? How did they react when they opened it?
It’s kind of silly for me to ask this, because personally, the only person I have given gifts to so far is Steven. We haven’t seen his family or mine yet.
But, I really love giving gifts, so I wanted to hear all of your stories before it got too late into January and you forgot!
Steven has been talking about a universal remote they sell at his office for months now. He anxiously awaited its December in-store release so he could play with it.
As soon as it came in the store, he gave me rave reviews of how much he liked it, how cool the interface was, blah blah blah. Unfortunately, the thing is a few hundred dollars, and I couldn’t afford to buy it for him.
I told him he wouldn’t be getting it and he didn’t seem too disappointed. He knows I am not rolling in the riches!
But then his brother and parents decided to go in on it with me for his birthday. So I bought it in secret (which was hard since I bought it where he works!).
We were planning on giving it to him together last Saturday – on his birthday. But our flight never left, and we went back home. On Sunday, his parents told me to go ahead and give it to him. He was so surprised and happy to get it! He spend the whole day programming it. He even brought it to bed with him. Ha ha.
I am happy too – now we don’t have to use 4 separate remotes to watch a movie!
Hi! I'm Kim, a 34-year-old living in Chicagoland with my husband, Steven, and our cats, Khali, Apollo, and Starbuck. I work in the design industry (architecture), follow a vegan lifestyle, am addicted to running, and am an ACE certified personal trainer (working at Essential Fitness, LLC ("Efit"))! I write about a variety of topics, and consider this a "life" blog - a place I can share anything that's on my mind. Please visit the "About" page to get a better idea of who I am! :-)
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But, I really love giving gifts, so I wanted to hear all of your stories before it got too late into January and you forgot!
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