domestic apprentice? or something...

here's a familiar face.

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it was such an opposite (but great) christmas.  we had it two weeks early.  so mikah could have christmas with us before she went to CANADA.  and mikah got all the clothes and i got all the cooking stuff!  it was so great.  i got a beautiful pie pan, and stackable cooling racks, and glass tupperware!!!

when i was driving back to texas, i stopped halfway and stayed the night in new mexico with some friends i used to babysit for.  john was also my boss when i first starting doing trails, and angela worked with my mama.  actually, i guess for a couple summers we all worked together at the same place.

anyways.  i stopped and stayed with them and angela made chicken pot pie (and taught me new amazing cooking tricks).  it was so amazing.  she gave me the recipe so i could make it with my new beautiful pie pan.

so here is the first thing ever cooked in my pie pan!!:

i made the crust too small so it couldn't fit over the wavy part...

and then i used all my new tupperwares to keep the pieces in.  so i could take them to school for lunch!
but no photos of that, unfortunately...

according to oni

when we got home, i sang this song to oni, but i changed the words to "the long drive is over."  she wasn't impressed.
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oni was not impressed by our trip.  ok, maybe that's a slight lie.  she was impressed with poking her claws ever so slightly into mikah's neck on the way there, and give mikah the creepy crawlies.  she was impressed with putting her paws over the back of mikah's seat so mikah couldn't sit back.  on the way back to texas, she was impressed with her clawing-the-seats skills.
other than that, not impressed.

the trip according to oni:

"ihateyouihateyouihateyou!"  this filled up about half the trip

finally sleeping

catching some rays while crying

attack!

hiding in the depths somewhere

another good chunk of the trip was filled with scheming

"kill you" eyes

a little bit of head bobbing

and a little bit of checking for tailers

new adventure, revamped.

another great find!  thanks, real simple!

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no class today!!!!!  which means that i have an extra day to be a weekender.  aka study and clean.  i have another math test tomorrow because everyone, yes every single person in our class failed the last one, which was on the first day back from break.  a birthday exam, how sweet.  the catch was that if you didn't score a 100%, you failed....go figure, health science center....

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remember the time i talked about my new adventure?  well, that workout didn't work, because my neighbors are jerks.  or maybe i am because i bounce around in my second floor apartment.
anyways.  i decided to not do weight goals for now, because muscle and fat have battles, and while i am starting, i don't want to be discouraged if i don't lose 17 pounds by tomorrow (and i will be).
and when i say "i am starting", yes, it means i am starting over, because i got discouraged when i didn't lose 17 pounds in one day (did you see how i broke one of the cardinal rules of english writing? hint:  look at the numbers.  i'm such a rebel....).

so my newest goals are:

• work up to 3 miles of running 
• do bikram yoga 3 days a week (a little pricey, but if i don't go out to eat, should be FINE!!!)
•  use my gear at least once or twice a week (gear = suspension training strappies!)
• walk/hike on days i don't run
• swim or bike occasionally for some cardio that doesn't kill my joints
• take a rest day every week so muscles can CALM DOWN!
• weigh yourself in one month (ish)

i think this one is going to work better, since it's less "physical results" oriented.

wish me luck!

antique-y trip

how do you even pick a favorite with them?

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also:  success!  i worked out every day this week, plus two days last week!

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so about my trip to wyoming.
on the way there, it was fun because my sissy drove with me.  there are no pictures from that drive because 10 of the hours were in the dark, and the next 8 hours i was too hyped up on caffeine (which i normally don't drink) to do anything other than push the gas pedal and steer.  i think mikah was sleeping because she didn't do caffeine.

the way back was not so fun.  i was by myself.  well, oni was there, so obviously it was a disaster.  she was bored and cried for 3 straight hours.  and then she was bored so she clawed all my seats, and me.  and then i was bored so i took pictures of her sleeping.  (total cat lady thing to do....good thing you're not a "lady" until you're old.  i'm maybe just a cat girl.  who only likes one cat.  and usually doesn't even like that cat.)  ((ok i like her, but she's a jerk.))

anyways.  my trip in photos.  antique-y photos:

fin.

i forgot

new year, new girls to love!

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with all the world ending and being sick and having two christmases and twelve birthday parties (ok, just three, but still!), i forgot to make my new year's resolutions!

here are some:

do my homework
get as much out of my school work as possible (aka don't procrastinate so much)
don't eat fast food (as it's bad for you)
don't eat in the cafeteria (as have no money)
work out
    do bikram yoga (don't waste your classes!)
    use new suspension gear
    run (january's goal:  20 miles)
    go to the gym (for a change)
    use sauna (in case of need to warm up in this 40 degree FREEZING weather!  or stress)
call my family REGULARLY (like every normal person does (sunday 
       perhaps? wednesdays?  how do you pick a day??????)
do my dishes
clean my house (at Least once a week)
cook for the week (so don't have to eat in cafeteria)
use all new christmas and birthday presents (cooking and workout 
       stuff, plus a little gorgeous jewelry!!)
make 100 blogs this year (or more!!!)

anyways.  i like to have a few so i can feel successful even if i only do one.  so far, i have worked out for the last 4 days, i have done one yoga class, i have cooked for the week (using my new cooking stuff), and i have gone to class every day (5 days.  also, i always go to class.)

good start to the new year, i'd say!