Life has been busy. really busy. Which has been good....until i started feeling the crazy set in from too much busyness. They say pictures are worth a thousand words so, in lieu of writing a whole bunch of crap that would take a while to read through, I'm posting pictures of recent happenings.
enjoy.
best. halloween. costume. ever.
This costume is actually a friend's 7th grade dance costume.
Yep, i actually squeezed my 31 year-old ass into 7th grade spandex.
T-bone's still got it.
I started my Thanksgiving day off with The Boulevard Bolt, a 5 mile race in Nashville.
This is an action shot, of course.
(i am NOT the one wearing the turkey hat...in case you were wondering...)
My friend, Heather (who IS the one wearing the turkey hat in the above picture) and I wanted to have a low-key Thanksgiving. I had no interest in slaving away for an entire day making a meal for two people. I had recently acquired a collection of crock-pots (don't ask...) and thought it would be an interesting experiment to crock-pot our entire thanksgiving dinner. And crock-pot we did. It was amazing! After an hour of prep time the night before, I plugged in all four crock-pots before heading to the race on Thanksgiving morning...and voila! Dinner was ready by 3pm. genius. At this point, I am planing on crock-potting Thanksgiving dinner from here on out. I honestly can't think of a reason not to.
Thanksgiving Menu:
Organic Turkey with wild rice stuffing
Sweet Potatoes
Roasted Tomatoes
Roasted Asparagus
Fresh Cranberry Sauce (which, in full disclosure, was the only thing I cooked fresh on the stove top)
Chocolate Brownie Cake
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I also bought a new mattress (my very first brand-spankin'-new mattress) in hopes of improving my insomnia. I didn't bother to include a picture of the mattress because that would be BORING. And if there's one thing this blog is not, its boring. The jury is still out on if the mattress is helping with my insomnia...(sigh)...
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Here's a shot of Justin Bieber and me. It was the weirdest thing--I went to see a movie and there he was, right there in the middle of the concession stand area! He was really nice and posed for a picture with me. After this photo was taken, my friends started calling me a cougar...but that just makes me feel weird. I much prefer "totally-relevant-cool-enough-to-hang-with-j-beebs-kouns".
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I have also recently started drinking gin...which feels a *little* bit like I'm cheating on my first love, tequila. I don't really know what to say other than, change isn't always a bad thing. don't i know it.
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In the spirit of advent, I hope you are living your days in anticipation of a season of great joy.
All will be well,
and all will be well,
and all manner of things will be well.
tlk
