Wii Fit...the New Obsession

I never understood people’s obsession with the Wii. Yes, I like to play guitar hero, tennis and even bowling, but to be obsessed with it was another thing. I just didn’t get it until now. Andy got me the Wii Fit for my birthday and let me tell you it is an AWESOME thing and I absolutely love it. I am definitely obsessed with it. I think about doing it at work. It’s crazy. Now I understand people’s obsession with Wii, I guess I just didn’t have the right game to be obsessed with. On the Wii Fit you have Yoga, strength training, aerobics and balancing activities. I love hula-hooping, yoga poses, the soccer…ok, I just love the whole game. On the Wii Fit you have your own Mii which is a representation of your height, weight, BMI and your Wii age. You measure this everyday and see your progress as you go. I find myself engrossed in it after work and I just can’t stop myself. I know right now it’s a difficult game to purchase, but you can either bid on it on ebay or you can be a stalker and start stalking all the stores that carry it. I have been told the best times to get this product are Saturday nights or first thing on Sunday mornings when the stores open. I know Andy is not the stalker type so he bid on it on ebay and got it that way for my birthday. Isn’t he great??? Anyway, I love my Wii Fit and I look forward to 5pm today so I can go home and unlock the next Yoga, aerobics, strength training or balancing activity.

Bad things DO happen in three's

When bad things happen they happen in threes and I am a believer in that old saying because it always seems to happen that way. This time it didn’t happen to me, but instead happened to my friend while she was just here on vacation visiting me. Poor girl…she was attacked by the “Bad things happen in 3’s” myth. First, she arrived in Phoenix on Wednesday, July 23rd and she wasn’t feeling well. On the next day she had a fever and Andy took her to Urgent Care during the day because he was working from home. The doctor said she had strep throat. Yikes! Not fun while you are on vacation. So, she basically slept all day Thursday, Friday and into Saturday. When she did crawl her sick butt out of bed on Friday she found herself faced with strike two of bad luck. She decided to eat and she chipped her crown. Ouch! Talk about a fun vacation. It was a good thing that she did feel better for the Xmas in July party, but since she was on antibiotics she made the smart decision not to drink. She encountered the third strike on vacation last night when she was trying to leave Phoenix to head back to Madison. Her flight was scheduled at 6:25pm, so Andy dropped her off at the airport at 4:30pm and she called him soon after because she found out her flight was delayed until 10pm. As the night went on we were confused as to what time she was actually flying out because the website was saying 10am and the automated machine was saying midnight, so my friend decided to call Midwest to speak to someone to find out for sure before we drove back to the airport. She was on hold for 50 minutes and never spoke to anyone. Now that is what I call customer service. She decided to go to the airport anyway and we both assumed her flight would be at midnight. I dropped her off at 10pm and told her to call if it wasn’t at 10pm. I never heard from her so I am assuming her flight took off at midnight. Talk about bad things happening in three’s…first strep throat, then her chipped crown and finally her flight home.

Xmas in July has come and gone

Birthday week was a great time; however, Xmas in July was AWESOME. We had such a good time. It took a lot of work to put on a themed birthday party, but it did pay off as everyone seemed to have a good time. We had a Charlie Brown Xmas tree with large presents around it. Andy hung Xmas lights in the back and we hung paper lanterns in the shape of Xmas candies. I put holiday beach balls in the pool and we had Xmas food. The best part is that Andy’s mom, Laura, made Xmas cookies and sent them to us in a cooler from Wisconsin. That was awesome. People loved the cookies she sent us; however, I did have to admit to the guests that we did not make them and I don’t think people would have believed me anyways if I did claim to be a superstar cookie maker. Andy and I spent most of the day on Friday and all of Saturday morning decorating and cooking for the party. It was a good time and Andy was such a trooper since theme parties are just not his thing. Friends started arriving around 1:30 and stayed until 9:30pm, but we did have a couple stragglers who stuck around until midnight…I think that was to sober up. I thought clean up was going to be difficult the next day, but it definitely was not. I will admit I could not get out of bed so Andy cleaned up the backyard and the kitchen all by the time I did get my butt out of bed. He is such a great guy! Here is a link to Snapfish of the pictures I took. If you don't have a snapfish account you will have to create one to view the pictures. Enjoy!

http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=553281217272292463/l=410127126/g=36312535/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Day Four of Birthday Week

Well, it’s day four of birthday week and let’s just say I am definitely old. You know you are old when you can’t handle drinking on a weeknight and getting up for work the next day. For day three of birthday week I was out with my boss, coordinator and another partner of the firm. We went out for sushi, drinks and then to the Cubs game last night. It was a lot of drinking and it took all that I had to roll my body out of bed this morning to get to work. Just getting dressed this morning was a daunting task. I remember the days when it was no big deal and I could go out all night and go to work the next day without it being an issue. Those days seem so long ago and now they are just memories and no where near to my life today. I never go out on the weeknights anymore because I just cannot handle it…let’s face it folks, I am getting old! To finish off day four of birthday week my awesome girlfriend, Jen, is arriving in town tonight. Andy and I will pick her up at the airport and then we are going straight to the Cubs game. Another night out; however, I will not be drinking as I don't want to use all my strength again tomorrow morning just to get my butt out of bed. I will be the driver and I am happy to do that...see I am getting old!

Day One of Birthday Week

Today is the official start of birthday week which I started years ago to celebrate my birthday and to make it a weeklong event. I feel everyone should have more than one special day in a calendar year to call it their own, so therefore birthday week was born. Andy goes along with birthday week; however, I feel it’s only because he loves me and not because he believes I should get a whole seven days to celebrate the birth of Jaimi. Andy did say “Happy Birthday Week” to me today, so I was happy to hear that. I spent day one relaxing and floating in our pool. I also enjoyed a good book called Left to Tell and then for dinner we went to our friend Tom and Karen’s house with Andy's dad, who is in town by the way. I would have to say it’s been a great Day One of birthday week. I know we have a busy week ahead of us as there are two Cubs games to attend to, then my awesome girlfriend, Jenn, gets to town and we finalize birthday week with a fabulous birthday party. I am pretty excited about the birthday party. It took some convincing with Andy, but I am getting my party and I am thrilled. Besides spending a week celebrating my birthday I also usually spend the week slightly depressed at getting another year older. This year is not much different; however, I think the planning of the party is masking the horror of turning 29 this year. Andy is aware of this and therefore he has realized having the party was a great idea because it is keeping me occupied and therefore he does not have to listen to me whine about turning another year older. I think he was fearful of this as I was starting to complain about the number 29 months ago. Many might say turning 29 is not a big deal and I shouldn’t be whining, but it is a big deal to me. It’s my last year in my 20’s and I vow to make it a fabulous year so I can exit my 20’s with a bang…or something like that. Anyway, I will keep you posted as to how birthday week goes.

Baking Xmas Cookies in July

It might sound odd to be baking Christmas cookies in July, but since that is the theme of my birthday party next weekend I figured we should have holiday shaped sugar cookies. Originally we thought, or I thought, this would be fun, but it turned out to be more of a nuisance than anything. We first went to the store to get all our supplies. Once we started to use our cookie cutters we realized our cheap plastic cookie cutters are just worthless and we need to get the super solid metal cookie cutters. The plastic ones were small and we were having a hard time cutting them from the dough. Since we didn't want to go back to the store (and figured the store probably does not sell Xmas cookie cutters in July) we decided the plastic ones would have to do this time. Needless to say we got all the cookies cut out with the plastic cutters, baked and decorated. Andy said this is a one time a year event, so I should not plan on baking cookies in December, or at least with his help. I am ok with that since I did not enjoy baking cookies last night. I am just not a baker. I also think that this baking event didn’t go well after work yesterday where I spent the afternoon at the bar with my boss and my coordinator. Coming home with a buzz and then starting to bake where all I wanted to do was sleep didn’t help the situation either. Anyway, the cookies are baked and there is only one week left until Xmas in July! Whoo-hoo!

So, who is Gladys Kravitz?

I have been informed that on my earlier post that not everyone knows who Gladys Kravitz is from the television show Bewitched. Well, I was quite shocked to find that out, but to help you people out (especially those from Yuma) here is a link to a clip on YouTube of Gladys being her nosey neighbor self. Maybe this video clip will help those out that can't remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVLJVydy8b8

If that still doesn't help, then here is a link to Wikipedia to help explain this nosey character on the famous television show Bewitched. These links might make sense to my previous post (unless you are from Yuma...and you know who you are). :) If they still don't...well, at least I tried.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Kravitz