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as of late:

* my new vice in life is chocolate ice cream with gummy bears on top. granted – i’ve only had this combination three times in the last two months, but still – oh my gosh. num num num. i need to watch it or else my hips will explode more than they have been. i’ve actually been cutting my portions, watching what i’m eating, and have been trying to be more active to lose weight and have not seen a result. it’s time to take it up a notch.

* buying good knee high rubber boots for work that are comfortable is now an important goal. just walked a good chunk of the day in my uncomfy ones and am paying for it. i think my feet are going to fall off. also think there is something wrong with my feet… my heels hurt all the time and i wake up in the morning with my heels feeling like there is something stabbing them. not good.

* holiday vacations are the only thing keeping me going these days. months of working two jobs has finally caught up with me and i’m feeling emotional and physical fatigue like never before. a five day weekend around thanksgiving and a week and a half off around christmas will (hopefully) rejuvenate me.

* i am the most fortunate girl in the world to be married to jeromy. man, he’s such a super husband. i could brag on him for days. he is my world and i’d be a pitiful ball of pajamas rocking back and forth in a corner without his support and patient thoughts. we have vowed that we need to start making time in both of our schedules for fun things again. he had to work last weekend and will work next weekend, too. most of my weekends are crazy busy and i think i have one open weekend for the rest of 2008. but even on a daily basis, i’m reminded that things don’t always have to be serious… jeromy has been and continues to be a ray of light. ever since the day i met him, even my worst days aren’t all that bad.

* god rocks. even though i’ve been a total slacker and don’t always do what i need to do, i still get “post it notes” from god that remind me that i’m cared for on a personal level. i feel his great unconditional love and have been motivated to get back on the horse so that i’m focusing on the proper priorities in life. jeromy and i are going through the new testament and i’ve been reminded of some important truths.

* the shield only has two more episodes to go. both jeromy and i are a bit bummed to see our favorite tv show go off air. but it’s getting good and i know that for the next two weeks, we’ll be on the edge of our seats to see how it all goes down.

* i’m getting slightly (okay, majorly…) stoked that it’s a matter of weeks before christmas music is on the radio. totally one of my favorite things in the world is the approaching season and a lot of it has to do with the tunes i get to hear. i think “o holy night” is probably my fav.

* the fact that my basset hounds snore like humans cracks me up.

* i think i could live on turkey sandwiches. i never get sick of them. but funny enough… i really don’t like turkey on thanksgiving all that much. strange?