purse addiction?

so a coworker just called me to tell me about a website that her cousin told her about.  i, personally, do not have a purse addiction but i DO love to shop, and i thought this was a super cool idea and wanted to share.  check out this website: http://www.michebag.com/

new and exciting vegetables

so my recent encounters with the South Beach diet did not leave my waistline much smaller (although admittedly i wasnt hard core on the diet, which is probably why), but it did give me a new set of cooking and eating practices which i believe to be more healthy and something i can stick with to feed my family.

behold my spaghetti squash:

once you manage to find a store in town that carries it (i searched 4 or 5 stores before i found it at the one right around the corner from my house...), cut it in half and bake it for 1 hr at 350*. then let it cool and take a fork and scrape out the inside and Wa La - Spaghetti Squash! i got half of a gallon bag full and have no idea what to do with it now. but it's a start! :)

i am not as much "down with the sickness" as i was, drugs help. still a bit flemmy but mostly ok. just tired.

upcoming work event: next Thursday i'm doing a "Free Family Movie Night". should be rediculously easy and will earn me about 3 hrs "comp time" to leave early on Friday, which is handy because....

upcoming personal life event: we are going to the MP Ball!!! it's next Friday and i'm going with my friend Valerie on Saturday to buy a dress. (moo) i tried on my junior prom dress and it fits, suprisingly, but i dont think it's appropriate as there are slits up the sides that come waaaay too high on my thigh. did i seriously wear that to Mass? good lord.... so i'm hoping to find something classy on clearance... we'll see.

in the more immediate future, Charles is having his Lasik surgery done THIS Friday the 18th really early in the morning. We're driving out to Ft. Riley Thursday evening and staying in a hotel because we have to be to the hospital there at 6:45. should be good. he's been too busy with work to get nervous so far, but i'm sure thursday night will be touchy. also, his dad is NOT coming to visit this coming weekend and has postponed it until next weekend. .........

what's happening in my world

i feel like poop. i have a brick-o-snot in my nose. but hey! i'm not at work! (also not getting paid... but whatever) i'm happy that it's friday, even if my workweek only consisted of a day and a half, i'm still happy it's friday because saturday and sunday are the two days when i dont have to feel guilty for not accomplishing anything. sometimes i kill time on the internet at work and although i usually dont have anything else to do at work, i still feel guilty for doing so on company time. also, my employer makes no secret of the fact that somehow they have the capability of spying on people's computers. they can see every site i've gone to and when and for how long. it creeps me out big time.
i have not yet eaten breakfast, i think today will be oatmeal with chocolate chips. while chocolate chips are admittedly not the healthiest choice, i do think i eat well the rest of the time. i even bought real oatmeal instead of "quick oats" thinking that it will be higher in fiber. and i've been drinking skim milk for quite some time - something i swore i would never do. (big suprise... i should swear i'll never be a skinny millionare and see what happens!) i have also been buying sugar free things and they're not bad at all. lots of veggies too. yet somehow i am not losing weight at all. either i'm eating twice as much food as i should be, or exercise really is the key. probably both.... but for now i do not in any way feel inclined to do either.
i'm loving life in this new house. it's still kind of surreal to come home to it after work. it is with supreme happiness that i wake up extra early every morning to make the 15-20 minute drive to get to work as opposed to my 5 minute drive on post. we have a ton of stuff, and i dont really care about our stuff because it's just stuff. stuff stuff stuff. too much stuff. but the person (just one person) that i share that stuff with is what makes it nice. my husband and i have a home. that is the thought that makes me smile every day and makes me wake up every morning and live my day in a thankful way. i will never take that for granted again.

my adventures in photobucket

ok, so much to my suprise, the photobucket album posting worked but i dont know how to label pictures. so some of them are from the deconstruction of the old house and then the rest from the new house. enjoy!
also, there is a small nugget of a picture of my new car in there somewhere. i will do a more detailed photo documentation once it's clean.
:)