10 Things I Want to Do By the End of My Summer:
(D-Day is August 26th, when school starts again :))
- Read the stack of books by my bed. A handful of the titles include the following:
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz – book-club book
- Feel, Matthew Elliot – new devo book, great so far
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Shaffer & Barrows – comes highly recommended
- The rest of The City of Ember series – just taught the first book for summer school. I found the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th one at Half-Price Books for just a few dollars. :) Yes, they’re middle school level but sooo charming.
- Handmade Nation, Levine and Heimerl – a book by authors of one of my favorite blogs to follow. Oh-so-dorky, I know. I have crafting in my blood. You should see the things my mom has and can make.
- Complete Troy’s OSU-inspired crocheted blanket…that I started in December. Ha. And make a custom painting for his oh-so-bare apartment. :)
- Lose 5lbs…or more. Not against that concept either.
- Get on a regular sleep schedule. Must be getting at least 7 hours of sleep (in a row) before school starts again.
- Give up Diet Coke. For a year, I think. The addiction is out of control!
- See the following movies:
- Away We Go
- 500 Days of Summer
- Time Traveler’s Wife (I LOVED THIS BOOK)
- Funny People
- Away We Go
- Run Dublin’s Irish Festival 4-miler with this lovely.
- Vacation with the family in the mountains of New York and finally see my wonderful sister. We’ll be staying on Lake George, meaning gorgeousness.
- Prepare for the school year. Taking over yearbook class this year. Yikes.
- Get to a Reds’ game. I can’t believe we haven’t seen one yet! Only went to Indians’ game thus far. Man, sadness.
Have a splendid week!
so. i can’t wait for you to be here. you will love lake george and the adirondacks in general. b-e-a-utiful. i like your list of two do’s.
second…i saw your previous post. snow patrol tickets?! how much and win? you and troy going? wanna make it a double date? :)
ok, i love you. see you in t-minus 9 days!
Losing weight is easy! Just eat less and exercise more. It sounds basic because… it is!
I lost 40 lbs in a year! [/TV testimonial voice]
Seriously though, I can give you some amazing pointers, but it’s mostly common sense.
http://www.menshealth.com/bellyoff/
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/
Yeah, Men’sHealth.com, but it’s all universal stuff. That’s almost everything I went by, and I’m down to 155 from 195.
Anyway, totally random comment, right?