My 2011 goal to take a kickboxing class is not going to happen, I looked into it and I found out that kickboxing is not for me. I am taking a taekwondo class though, I am on my 3rd class and so far I have learned many different kicks, the crescent kick, front kick and the round house kick. Next week I will be learning different punches. My new goal is to make it past green belt because my dad didn’t make it past green belt. I will keep you updated on my progress.
On a totally different topic. My roommate has a cat named Simon. I am not sure if I have talked about Simon before but he’s a cute orange cat. I enjoy Simon in my life, he is a good friend we take naps together. That being said Simon tends to scratch at my door in the morning if my roommate is not home because he wants to be fed. I tried many different techniques at first, I tried putting boxes along the side of my door but he would just move them. I tried spraying Febreze but it would just give me a head ach smelling it under the door. I then read online about building a mote in front of the door because cats do not like water. That night I set out four different bowls in front of my door and filled them with water. I woke up at 6:30am and there was no scratching. I went back to bed for 15 min and I woke up to scratch scratch scratch. I walk outside to see one bowl moved away from the door and no water on the ground. Simon had spent all night drinking the water out of the bowl and then was able to move it with ease. I couldn’t even be mad, he out played me.
Now Simon sleeps on the end of my bed with me when my roommate is away or if I don’t want him in my room I was able to purchase a spray from PetSmart which is a smell cats don’t like and it works like a charm.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011 - A New Year
I am not trying to say that 2010 was bad, but I have high hopes for 2011. I typically think of myself as a lucky person and I felt like in 2010 I was not very lucky. I see things turning around soon. There are many different reasons why. Let’s see the Packers made it into the playoffs and won their first game and I am looking into kick boxing classes at a gym near my house to get buff. I realized in 2011 I need to do some things different, so today I started doing a few things differently. Here are three examples.
1. When I was looking for food in the fridge I looked for the expiration date on an item. Let’s be honest if it doesn’t have mold on it I don’t typically care what date it says…which is probably bad. I realize that most people typically do look at expiration dates. Maybe I should start now? This can be part of the new me.
2. I went for a run in the dark. I may have just lasted a few blocks but I saw that my friend Katy is training for a 10k and it made me realize I am out of shape. I feel like if I do end up taking kick boxing classes I don’t want to be the dud in the class. I realized I should start preparing for my potential future class.
3. I cracked an egg which I thought was hard boiled on the table and well it wasn’t. I have never done that before. This may not help me in the future but it was funny and I did laugh out loud.
It looks like 2011 is going to be a great year.
1. When I was looking for food in the fridge I looked for the expiration date on an item. Let’s be honest if it doesn’t have mold on it I don’t typically care what date it says…which is probably bad. I realize that most people typically do look at expiration dates. Maybe I should start now? This can be part of the new me.
2. I went for a run in the dark. I may have just lasted a few blocks but I saw that my friend Katy is training for a 10k and it made me realize I am out of shape. I feel like if I do end up taking kick boxing classes I don’t want to be the dud in the class. I realized I should start preparing for my potential future class.
3. I cracked an egg which I thought was hard boiled on the table and well it wasn’t. I have never done that before. This may not help me in the future but it was funny and I did laugh out loud.
It looks like 2011 is going to be a great year.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Bucatin
I have realized I have not written in awhile, I would like to say it’s because I haven’t had a lot of time but I don’t really think that’s it. I have been busy but I should/can always make time to write. So for those 2+ people who read this I am sorry haha. I had been traveling for work a lot lately and then had company visit.
I will try to catch everyone up on my life. At this moment I am sitting on my air mattress writing this blog. It is kind of weird because almost exactly 2 years ago I moved to California and now I am moving again. I found a place in East Sacramento which is closer to work. It’s going to be a good move for me but it’s going to be hard leaving this house. I have had a lot of good memories here and my two roommates have become more then friends to me they have become my family. I always figured that if something happened to me at least one of them would notice. I will miss them. So....my room is empty, all I have left is my bed, my computer and my pillow. Other than that I am heading to San Diego for Thanksgiving and I will be home for 2 weeks over Christmas!
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So my friends from Wisconsin came to visit me a few weekends ago, we went to Napa and Sonoma then also did the San Francisco thing. There are many funny stories from the trip but here is one:
I hope that I can make it sound as funny as it was. That being said when the situation happened I was tipsy so maybe if you could get tipsy that will also help my story out. Thanks.
It was Saturday night and we were all getting ready to go out for a nice dinner and get drinks afterwards in San Francisco. We found a place in the Marina District and called and made reservations for that night. (The day before we went to Napa and had purchased 2 huge bottles of wine, so we all had a few glasses of wine while getting ready.) In San Francisco it can be hard to find a cab that will take 5 people, that being said I have become really good at convincing cab drivers that while driving I would duck so he/she wouldn’t get fined. I finally get a cab to take us and we all head out.
Cab Driver = Thick Eastern European accent
The Grils = Hungry and have been drinking wine
Cab Driver: Where are you going?
Me (Half ducking): Marina District
Anna: (provides address)
Emily: (To the cab driver) Wow that smells really good?
Lizzie: Yeah that does smell really good
Brittany: It smells like greek food or something? Did you get that at a place around here?
Cab Driver: Yes I did, yes it’s really good.
Brittany: Where did you go?
Cab Driver: “Bucatin”
Me: (In my head) I start feeling a little sick, it smells like greasy fast food to me but I am not sure if the problem is the smell of the food or me ducking. I am at this point trying to figure out why my friends are so impressed with what he is eating but I just stay quiet.
Lizzie: Do you go to that place a lot?
Cab Driver: Yes
Brittany: Is it a nice restaurant?
Cab Driver: Yes it’s around here.
5 min pass – Friends are still talking about how good the food smells.
We start to get closer to the place and I gather that my friends are finally starting to understand that this cab driver is eating fast food. At this point the cab driver has said “bucatin” so many time I realize he is really saying Burger King. Time passes and I figure my friends have now also heard “Burger King” but they are still going on and on.
Emily: Is Bucatin a fast food restaurant?
Me: (As we are getting out of the cab) Emily are you kidding me, you have heard of Burger King.
Everyone: (As we get out of the cab) Oh he is talking about Burger King.
Brittany: You should have said something.
Me: What did you want me to say I thought you guys knew, should I have said “no guys he is eating a cheeseburger from burger king and that what you guys are thinking is so great”.
Lets just say we all had a good laugh afterwards.
I will try to catch everyone up on my life. At this moment I am sitting on my air mattress writing this blog. It is kind of weird because almost exactly 2 years ago I moved to California and now I am moving again. I found a place in East Sacramento which is closer to work. It’s going to be a good move for me but it’s going to be hard leaving this house. I have had a lot of good memories here and my two roommates have become more then friends to me they have become my family. I always figured that if something happened to me at least one of them would notice. I will miss them. So....my room is empty, all I have left is my bed, my computer and my pillow. Other than that I am heading to San Diego for Thanksgiving and I will be home for 2 weeks over Christmas!
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So my friends from Wisconsin came to visit me a few weekends ago, we went to Napa and Sonoma then also did the San Francisco thing. There are many funny stories from the trip but here is one:
I hope that I can make it sound as funny as it was. That being said when the situation happened I was tipsy so maybe if you could get tipsy that will also help my story out. Thanks.
It was Saturday night and we were all getting ready to go out for a nice dinner and get drinks afterwards in San Francisco. We found a place in the Marina District and called and made reservations for that night. (The day before we went to Napa and had purchased 2 huge bottles of wine, so we all had a few glasses of wine while getting ready.) In San Francisco it can be hard to find a cab that will take 5 people, that being said I have become really good at convincing cab drivers that while driving I would duck so he/she wouldn’t get fined. I finally get a cab to take us and we all head out.
Cab Driver = Thick Eastern European accent
The Grils = Hungry and have been drinking wine
Cab Driver: Where are you going?
Me (Half ducking): Marina District
Anna: (provides address)
Emily: (To the cab driver) Wow that smells really good?
Lizzie: Yeah that does smell really good
Brittany: It smells like greek food or something? Did you get that at a place around here?
Cab Driver: Yes I did, yes it’s really good.
Brittany: Where did you go?
Cab Driver: “Bucatin”
Me: (In my head) I start feeling a little sick, it smells like greasy fast food to me but I am not sure if the problem is the smell of the food or me ducking. I am at this point trying to figure out why my friends are so impressed with what he is eating but I just stay quiet.
Lizzie: Do you go to that place a lot?
Cab Driver: Yes
Brittany: Is it a nice restaurant?
Cab Driver: Yes it’s around here.
5 min pass – Friends are still talking about how good the food smells.
We start to get closer to the place and I gather that my friends are finally starting to understand that this cab driver is eating fast food. At this point the cab driver has said “bucatin” so many time I realize he is really saying Burger King. Time passes and I figure my friends have now also heard “Burger King” but they are still going on and on.
Emily: Is Bucatin a fast food restaurant?
Me: (As we are getting out of the cab) Emily are you kidding me, you have heard of Burger King.
Everyone: (As we get out of the cab) Oh he is talking about Burger King.
Brittany: You should have said something.
Me: What did you want me to say I thought you guys knew, should I have said “no guys he is eating a cheeseburger from burger king and that what you guys are thinking is so great”.
Lets just say we all had a good laugh afterwards.
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