I'm very busy and don't get to spend a lot of time at home, so I'm very grateful to the person who invented DVR! It's the only way I get to watch any of my shows because I refuse to be a slave to my shows' schedules.
I like to get lost in someone else's drama for an hour or two a few nights a week, no matter how corny or bizarre it may be. That being said, I do not appreciate it when my husband walks into the room, watches for a few minutes, and can't help but comment on how "dumb" the show is. I know it's dumb. I know it has few redeeming factors. but that doesn't stop me from losing myself in it week after week! In fact, the more episodes I watch of a show, the less I care how dumb it is. I have to stick with it! I have to see what happens to each of the characters.
I'd much rather be watching a fictitious character's drama than be involved in real-life personal drama! So let me be. :)
The best part of it is that C can't NOT finish a show/movie that he starts watching. So because it's always more fun to watch tv with another person (I'm not the only one who likes to make comments and ask questions throughout a show, right?!), I try to turn the tv on while he's still in the room... Then I start telling him what's going on with each character, fill him in on whatever he's missed since the last time I forced him into watching, and by the time I'm done, ba-da-bing, he's hooked! HA! May be a little sneaky... but we've been married almost 3 years, he's not dumb, he knows what's going on and could leave (if I were to shut up long enough for him to leave! ha!).
Even better is that there are a few shows (ahem, Grey's) that he watches with me weekly now. Despite the fact that he still says it's "so ridiculous", he's disappointed if I watch the dvr'd show without him! haha I LOVE it! My evil plan has worked. I get cheesy tv AND husband-time. Can life get any better?!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Running? Really?
I don't enjoy running.
I'd almost go so far as to say I hate running.
What normal person actually enjoys slamming their knee joints together and having their lungs burn so much that you try to cough them up? I don't understand people who run mile after mile multiple times a week.
BUT I'm going to do it; I'm going to try running.
I don't like the pain, but I LOVE to feel the burn. The burn that tells you that you actually did something with yourself. The burn that says, "Good job! You may have a chance of getting rid of those love handles!"... That's a good burn; That's a burn I can understand!
I can speed walk for hours. for miles. every day. no problem. But running? that's going to take some work. I'm so sick of this extra "jiggle" - or my "big bones" as my husband jokes in order to try to make me feel better (which of course does NOT work but I'd be hurt if he didn't at least try!! ha!). So my sister-in-law suggested we do a 5k. At first, I immediately thought "NO WAY" in my head. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would be a faster resolution to my flub-issues than just walking! And I need to lose this extra weight BEFORE I gain baby weight and NEVER have the body I've always wanted! So my SIL, E, and my other friend, J, and I are going to do it! The good part is that we'll be keeping each other accountable by showing up at each other's houses and pushing ourselves out the door together! Add the fact that we will be able to hang out and chat multiple times a week, BONUS!
We have 12 weeks - through July 17th to train. It's only 3.2 miles - which doesn't sound like much, but IT IS to someone who doesn't run! I think we can do it (I think I can, I think I can...). I researched a plan on how to work up to the 3 miles and I think we'll be golden. The only thing standing in our way is the RAIN! We're so ready for it to be nice outside!
Bring on May Flowers! I'm done with April Showers!
I'd almost go so far as to say I hate running.
What normal person actually enjoys slamming their knee joints together and having their lungs burn so much that you try to cough them up? I don't understand people who run mile after mile multiple times a week.
BUT I'm going to do it; I'm going to try running.
I don't like the pain, but I LOVE to feel the burn. The burn that tells you that you actually did something with yourself. The burn that says, "Good job! You may have a chance of getting rid of those love handles!"... That's a good burn; That's a burn I can understand!
I can speed walk for hours. for miles. every day. no problem. But running? that's going to take some work. I'm so sick of this extra "jiggle" - or my "big bones" as my husband jokes in order to try to make me feel better (which of course does NOT work but I'd be hurt if he didn't at least try!! ha!). So my sister-in-law suggested we do a 5k. At first, I immediately thought "NO WAY" in my head. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it would be a faster resolution to my flub-issues than just walking! And I need to lose this extra weight BEFORE I gain baby weight and NEVER have the body I've always wanted! So my SIL, E, and my other friend, J, and I are going to do it! The good part is that we'll be keeping each other accountable by showing up at each other's houses and pushing ourselves out the door together! Add the fact that we will be able to hang out and chat multiple times a week, BONUS!
We have 12 weeks - through July 17th to train. It's only 3.2 miles - which doesn't sound like much, but IT IS to someone who doesn't run! I think we can do it (I think I can, I think I can...). I researched a plan on how to work up to the 3 miles and I think we'll be golden. The only thing standing in our way is the RAIN! We're so ready for it to be nice outside!
Bring on May Flowers! I'm done with April Showers!
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