good news!

Good News!!!

We finally have a Christmas Tree* in our apartment. Yuppers, folks. I came home last night and there was a little Christmas Tree in the window by the dog bed... it even had lights and some ornaments random stuff hung on it! Yay :-) Good job, Joe!

Bad News...

1. Upon closer inspection, this *Christmas Tree (besides being TINY) is actually not a tree at all, but rather just a large Rosemary Bush from Whole Foods. Not complaining... just sayin.... Coincidence that Joe likes to cook with rosemary? I think not.
   
2. I'm pretty sure Joe only gave in and got this Christmas Tree bush because he was in.the.doghouse. and not because he hadn't gotten a tree yet. But that's another story...
3. I actually beat Joe to it because I.just.wanted.a.damn.tree. so I came home with an 8" tall (Seriously!) lil' guy from QFC. I splurged on it - $5.99 - but I figured, heck! It came with 3 ornaments ;-)
   

Moving on, I'm gonna go head and call this lil rosemary. bush. slash. christmas. tree a WIN anyway... in the spirit of the Holidays!!!! meh... and my mini Christmas tree is now chilling on my desk at work:

Don't judge me. I'm messy.

In Other News...
Good: Happy Friday!!!
Bad: I spilled coffee all over my jeans this morning :-(
Good: Said coffee spill matches my apparently coffee-colored Uggs-of-the-Day.

Yes, I took this pic while driving. So what? :-)

Lastly... I Am Soooo Flipping SORE!!!

I mean, kudos to me for actually going to Crossfit Wednesday AND Thursday... I guess. But Wednesday was a brutal leg workout with crazy lunges and squats and "wall balls" (google video Crossfit Wall Ball!) and then yesterday was a "benchmark" Angie:

   100 pullups

   100 pushups

   100 situps

   100 squats

And today I can't sit. Or stand. Or lift my arms above my head. Or turn my body. Seriously... it's awkward! The bad kind. I mean, really... I should have a handicapped parking sticker for days like this because it's so painful even to get in/out of my car, let alone walk!!!

Please just picture this.. it literally takes me about 30 seconds to get in or out of my car. No kidding.  I think I'm dying.


It can't be that bad, you say? Ummm... It's so bad that last night - just an hour or so after the workout, read: before soreness even really set in - my 89 year old grandpa (who I'm pretty sure is almost blind) asked me if I was limping!!!!

So yeah. That's all I got. A rosemary bush for a Christmas Tree and a body apparently saturated with lactic acid. Good times. But TGIF, or whatever ;-)

TGIF ramblings

Joe's off to Boise this weekend on a "boys trip" to go see the Idaho Vandals take on the Boise State Broncos... umm, go Vandals? :-) Unfortunately for Joe, his bud who scored the tickets insisted on driving to Boise. That's, like.. a 9 hour drive from Seattle! Anyway, he texted me after a couple hours to tell me they were in Yakima. Thanks for the update! hehe

Supportive girlfriend (that's me) response - Only to yakima?? Shit u got like 8hrs left haha. Are you being a good DJ? Sorry I forgot to give u my 'whatcha say' CD to play on repeat..

Joe - :) its all for the best

Me - of course it is..

I just thought that was funny. Maybe I'm easily amused!!

Background - I've been subjecting Joe to Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say" on repeat whenever we're in the car. (I know this is not healthy. I must get over this obsession and plan to do so by listening to it non-stop until I no longer like the song). Joe tried to change the song last night, I think the third time around, so I quickly interjected with a conversation about the 'meaning' of the song ... for reals, though, it's about a girl trying to decide whether to stay with her guy who has cheated on her. Good distraction technique, I thought.

Anyway, so I'm sitting in my apartment with Bondi right now, debating going out or going to have a "slumber party" at my parent's house... my mom likes "slumber parties" :-) I just uploaded a butt load of photos on Facebook dating back to the Cold War August, and found a few recent ones I thought I'd share.

Here's me with my sister McKenzie before the Seahawks game a month or so back... if I remember correctly, it was the game Arizona stomped all over us... Final score 3-27. Funny story about that morning, but it's not mine to share... Kenz? :-)

Speaking of the SeaChickensHawks, apparently if we win this Sunday against the Cardinals (not likely - see above), we will be only one game back from the division title in the NFC West.. with a losing record! Apparently our division blows nutz.

Here's a pic from last weekend when I first committed the great cardinal sin of combining navy blue and black. I deliberated over this for quite some time, but really it was just too damn cold out not to wear leggings, so - against my better judgment - I walked out of the apartment wearing this:

 

I figured it was okay because the shoes totally rock : - ) They did not, however, rock at 1:00 AM when I was walking home. After a night out with the girls, I decided it was time.to.find.Joe. Made this decision rather abruptly and did not wait for a cab.. instead walked the twelve miles blocks from south of downtown to Belltown. It was time to go home and I did NOT want to wear my damn heels anymore. Joe insisted that I leave them on. Argument ensued... apparently long enough (2 more blocks to the apartment!) for us to make it home. So I concede, Joe won.

And.... Last night Joe & I went to meet a our friends Zach and Ashley at Vons in Seattle. They have an awesome Wheel-of-Fortune style wheel that you get to spin every half hour to determine the Happy Hour special. When we showed up it was $5 Jameson shots (pass!), but Ashley got lucky and landed on $2 Sessions (yes please!). So I'm no fashionista... but I've been a bit weary of this new plaid trend.. finally caved and bought this shirt on sale. Thoughts?

Anywayy as it turns out I AM going out tonight. Like right meow. So ta-ta.. and TGIF!!!