On California. And Clothes with an Opinion.

I spent the last 5 days in not-so-sunny-but-still-gorgeous California.

Mama G and I always have a hilarious time talking about, well, honestly, nothing. We can chat for days on end about nothing, everything, and anything. Over the next few posts, you will be privy to a smattering of our very important conversations - some with just each other, and some with strangers in, but not limited to, Old Navy, Best Buy, and The Monterey Bay Aquarium.

I have, as some of you may know, been struggling with a bit of moving-to-Fargo-starting-a-new-job-having-the-same-hours-as-hub-and-therefore-less-time-home-alone-to-cook-and-clean stress and the associated weight gain. I informed ma before coming out that I'm happy and healthy, just struggling a bit with the whole stupid weight thing. She happened to mention to me that I look great (of course). I explained that I felt great - and, in fact, the only reason I felt bad about my weight at all was because "my clothes kept calling me fat," which I'm sure has happened to us all at one point or another.

Ma, of course, found this statement to be most amusing. Only later to be trumped by another weight-related gem that popped out of my mouth. Ma and SIL (who is 8 months pregnant) were lamenteing their childhoods as they were both told they had "big bones." At this remark I looked at the two thin women and rolled my eyes. I leaned over to my SIL and told her, "My bones are a normal size, it's the rest of me that's big." She LOL'd. Literally.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go drink some Diet Mountain Dew and eat a BIG ol' cookie. I'll show my clothes who's boss.

P.S. Please note the amusement with which these statements were posted. Please refrain from comments like "you are not big." It's okay to have a sense of humor about some weight gain here and there. Seriously, the above statements are hilarious. :)

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Busy, Busy, Busy.

Welp, I know it's been practically AGES since I last blogged. I guess I've had a little of the writers block. I've just been lacking motivation, I suppose.

The last few weeks have been craziness for Geoff and I. Here's a brief catch-up for you:

1) A brand new program is ready for testing at work. I'm assigned to oversee/do the testing. Yowza. :)

2) Geoff and I met with a loan officer and have been house-hunting with a real estate agent (fun!).

3) May 7-9, Geoff and I went to the Twin Cities for a weekend of outlet shopping and togetherness.

4) May 9th I flew to Kalamazoo, MI for an install training for a new client. Kalamazoo was great. Busy, but great.

5) I got home on May 15th - Geoff and I spent the rest of the weekend biking, mostly.

6) At work we have had an in-house training all week (starting on the 17th). Intermixed with teaching, I've been trying to test as much as possible for the new program mentioned in 1.

7) Katsumi, one of my favorite peeps from back in Utah, is here for the training and it has been soooooo great to see her.

8) I leave for CA tomorrow night to spend 5 days with Mama G. I can't wait! But it all seems a little frantic after two weeks solid of training and running around a bit like a chicken with no head.

All in all, life is good. The weather has been A-MAZ-ING.

I'll try to be a better blogger.

P.S. Anyone got some cash burning a hole in their pocket? lol - we are now accepting donations for the "down payment fund." Hahahaha.

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Bed, Bath, and WAY Beyond

Geoff and I took a leisurely Saturday stroll through Bed, Bath and Beyond this weekend. All around the store they are displaying those awful, yet must-have "As Seen on TV" items like the Hercules Hook, Sham-Wow, Vidalia Chop Wizard (or something like that), Snuggie, Beach-Towel Snuggie, etc...

As we rounded the final corner of the store, we reached the pinnacle of such items:

I can't think of an item I'm less in need of...although I do know someone out there...and perhaps another someone...who might want to consider investing in a little behind 'Beyond.'

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North of What?

So, Geoff and I are looking at google maps the other day on his phone (I'd tell you why, but we are doing this so often, that they all just blur into one big google search).

It kinda weirds me out when we pull it up and a blue dot starts blinking right where I'm standing. I mean, seriously, if I walk across my living room, the dot moves. Google knows everything. But, I digress.

Geoff zooms out to get a better view of where we are in relation to where we are going. He accidentally zoomed out too far and this is what I saw:

Huh. So THAT's where North Dakota is.

Haha. Happy Friday!

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Morph and Mandy

I used one of those face morphers to determine what kind of beautiful baby Geoff and I will make. Obviously this is SCIENCE people. Here s/he/they are. Enjoy Mama G.

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Spring is coming in Fargo

Well, Geoff and I are officially into week 15 in North Dakota.

It's crazy to think how quickly time flies. Winter wasn't so bad. There were some days that I can't even believe how cold it was, but today we were supposed to get into the high 60s, maybe even 70s. So, we've come a long way!

The grass is starting to really green up. It's lovely. The trees are also starting to bud just a little bit. So they should start looking spring-y before too long.

Geoff and I have been taking every opportunity we've got to go bike riding in the sunshine. Fargo is F-L-A-T, which, if the wind isn't blowing 100 miles per hour, makes for fantastic bike riding.

We like to try new restaraunts. Our current fav lil' place is called Jalapenos. Geoff can't get enough of their chili relleno.

Fargo has lots of little thrift shops and we love to go hunt for good deals on the unexpected.

Geoff is over the 11-year old scouts, and I'm over Achievement Days (the 10-11 year old girls in the ward), so our Wednesday nights are spent at the church.

On our 'to-do' list: tennis (but the wind has to chill out), kite flying, roller blading, going back to the Cities for shopping and baseball, going to the Red River Zoo, finding a frozen yogurt shop, painting the apartment, figuring out what to do with the spare bedroom, finding a small side-table for the living room "nook," and lots more!

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Hatchbacks RULE

This post may be a little delayed, but on account of the fact that my entire body blew up, I had other things on my mind.

In an effort to slim down and tone up, I've taken on a new fervor for exercise. I tend to go in some cyclical patterns when it comes to working out (i.e. I worked out for an hour 6 days a week from April 2008-Jan 2009 and worked out about 10 minutes 1 day a week from Jan 2010 to now). Well, I know I feel much better when I'm working out regularly. And since the whole owning my treadmill failed in two ways:

1. No one wants to work out when they are at home with every possible distraction and reason not to work out in the whole world.
2. We live on the third floor, a fact we neglected to consider when we brought the monster home. Our neighbors below were not appreciative.

we decided to return the treadmill so I (we) could get a gym membership.

When we bought the treadmill, we had the Passat. No more.

But guess what? That little Mercedes is a trooper. I dare say it fit BETTER in the Merc than the Passat.
Nicely done, little guy.

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