Elusive Ink

I have too many. I can't organize them all to write right now.

Maybe tomorrow.

So, I haven't the time to blog right now because I am hosting my "Grand Opening" Pampered Chef show next week, tutoring foreign students in ESL, preparing for Thanksgiving, trying to stay motivated and in shape, trying to book holiday photography, and now Tiffany has convinced me to particpate in NaNoWriMo.


I'll try to blog some over the weekend.

-Lindsey

Currently Listening
Seven Day Mile
The Frames



My life tends to be a leisurely chaos. Sure, I have stuff to do...but somehow there's always time for spontaneous dance parties, and nice long talks with people I care about. This is something I am very thankful for.

I had a really nice week, although it has left me with an abundance of little things to get done. I am ashamed to admit that I haven't been to the gym, or been running in almost a week. And now it's November. (20 days to 5k) I've gotta find a way to re-motivate myself, but it's just not there right now.

November is usually one of my favorite months of the year, however, this year it has been raining for weeks and I'm really having trouble getting in the mood of things. The leaves are gorgeous, but everything outside is soggy and bleak. For Christmas, I know how to get myself in the mood (Wandering Tyson's Corner with a Starbucks Peppermint Mocha and exploring my favorite holiday inspiration: Williams Sonoma.) For Thanksgiving, it's just not that easy. Especially since last Thanksgiving my sweetheart was here visiting from California, and this year he won't be able to. Despite this fact, I am holding out for things to pick up and already planning for my Thanksgiving feast. Every year I proclaim sometime around September/October just as the warm weather is dwindling out that "maybe I won't make it this year, I don't feel like cooking." I always change my mind.

I'm looking particularly forward to my two holiday feasts this year, because I have designed a really nice spreadsheet that allows us to have the family favorites, without duplicating them or having anything too terribly unhealthy in either meal.

But for now, I'm focused on the next two weeks.

So, I was really disappointed and discouraged the past week or so, because I didn't feel like I was seeing any physical change as a result of my working out. This weekend was very crazy with a photo shoot, and enjoying some time with friends, and then hanging out with Molly and Tay so that Mom and Dad could have a mini-vacation and I haven't had a chance to work out. Despite that fact, I finally got up the courage to step on the scale yesterday. (Scales make me really nervous...because if I hadn't lost any weight, I didn't want to feel more discourage because I know even if there is no change, I'm still working towards a healthier lifestyle.) To my surprise, in the past 2-3 weeks I've lost 6 lbs! It was just the motivational push I needed, annd, today I'm going to go out running because the weather is the nicest it's been in days. *grins*

Despite the awful weather, Ron and Amanda's photoshoot went fantastically. I've known Ron for a long time, and have always enjoyed his conversation/company, but I felt like I really "clicked" with Amanda and we have a ton in common. Nathan and I are planning a trip up to PA to spend some time with them in March, I'm already very excited. It will be nice to have another couple to spend time with. Saturday was pretty great, after the photo shoot we drove down to Woodbridge and played laser tag, and grabbed some dinner. Very relaxing day.


Yesterday was pretty quiet, spent most of the day just watching/playing with Molly, then enjoyed a bit of Rock Band with Taylor and some great conversation with Nathan afterwards. I had trouble getting to sleep though, because miss Molly snores like you would not believe. I knew I had to keep the baby monitor up loud enough that I would wake when I heard her this morning...so I was also listening to her snore, and then the heater in her bedroom would come on and start making really loud white noise through the monitor. Haha. I 've got plenty of coffee this morning, though - so I should be good. Maybe I'll take a nap this afternoon. If my crazy week doesn't inhibit that.

This week is certainly looking to be insane. I have a ton of little things I've been procrastinating that really need to be done: go to the bank, send out some forms, send out a few boxes, build forms for KitchenKids, get ready for the consignment fair this weekend and finish everything I need for my KitchenKids/ElusivePhotoDesign booth (and pray my new business cards for EPD get here in time.), study for and finish my second assignment for HTML class, and...who knows what else?

Now I'm off to conquer my day.
-Lindsey

Today I went to the gym, and took a 25 minute core training class, ran 1.5 miles on the treadmill, biked for 20 minutes, and did a bit of strength training. The weather has been nasty, and I'm ready for it to clear up.