July 2012
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5 Ways to Kill Your Home Practice →
Oh you shiny, distracting things…
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A letter to myself
Dear Self,
Remember how your brother gave you his Cuisanart ice cream maker when you moved? Remember how you put the ice cream maker on the top of the cabinets and haven’t touched it in ten months?
I think we should change that.
I think you should make ice cream this weekend. Nothing fancy, just vanilla. Something you can use to make Nutella milkshakes. Perhaps something you could pour a...
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I have very lofty ambitions
I: Apparently the Prince of Monaco was at a party at my neighbor's house last night.
Me: Uh... and you weren't invited?
I: Unfortunately not. I would have liked to be introduced to princes and millionaires.
Me: I want to go to Monaco so bad... Mostly I want an excuse to buy a gorgeous gown to wear to the casinos. And be a Bond Girl.
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Downward dog modifications
Social media has made it so much easier to keep up with my yoga in this yoga-less desert.
Saw a link for “Downward facing dog: A guide for plus size yogis & beginners” on Body Positive Yoga’s Facebook page. (I’d just woken up from a nap; obviously something on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or Tumblr must have changed in two hours, and it was vital that I find it...
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Need a solution
Haven’t been hungry in three days. I’ve mostly just been making myself eat because I haven’t had anything. Today’s meals have consisted of coffee (breakfast) and two chocolate chip cookies (lunch). Can’t sleep—have been exhausted when my alarm goes off, but even three nights of four hours sleep before work hasn’t made me fall asleep before two. I’ve...
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Me: Oh, I have watermelon!
BFF: Oooh! I like this pin!
Me: I knew that couldn't be about the watermelon. I don't know how you can not like watermelon.
BFF: I like watermelon--
Me: But not like I like watermelon.
BFF: No, NOT like you at all. And then I think I shouldn't eat watermelon and that I should just give it to you because you'll enjoy it so much more.
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museofagypsysoul:
itisallmydoing replied to your post: Just wanted to thank you for all the coffee-related posts. It makes me remember my hometown coffee shops with fondness. (Can you believe it, my job took me to a place with NO coffee shops.)
well what in the HECK are you doing in a place with no coffee?! better question: how to people get through real jobs WITHOUT coffee? i’m so very...
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“Why is it that there is this misconception that dark equals good. That only...”
– Rhys Bowen (author)
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I finally know the difference!
Me: Forgot I’m crockpotting today—brb
I: What are you cooking?
Me: Chicken with cream cheese, black beans, corn, and Rotel
I: Yumm
Me: Yeah—how could this go wrong?
I: Cream cheese makes everything delicious.
Me: I started using the Neufchatel (spelling?) stuff.
I: Also delicious. And I think you spelled it correctly.
Me: I just Googled it.
I: Except it has an accent
Me: And found a...
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5 Simple Ways to Make Your Morning Stress Free ... →
I don’t know why “don’t go to bed four hours before you have to wake up” and “don’t get distracted by Pinterest” aren’t on there…
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I was the crazy lady in the grocery store today carrying three watermelons in her hands because her basket was full. Someone may have gotten distracted from her original intention by deciding what to have for lunch. The verdict: bruschetta. And watermelon.
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It's like we're still in the dorms
Me: I have to go shower
Celeste: No.
Me: I really don't have to. But I want to.
Celeste: You are weird.
Me: I like to shower. So sue me.
Celeste: Though I've come to not entirely hate bathing. Just mostly. MAYBE I'LL SHOWER TOO.
Me: I'm glad I could rub off on you after all these years.
Celeste: Is that weird?
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I made coffee for the first time in three weeks
I just want to sit here and smell it…
Mayo Clinic Diet called on account of illness. Mostly because I ran out of food last night and I had the ingredients for waffles. And Nutella to put on them. I don’t even feel a little bad because I’ll need the strength to write my own eulogy.
(This dramatic post brought to you by someone who is sick and alone with a really messy apartment...
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Greatest idea ever
Detox bath with eucalyptus oil. I can breathe again.
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Summer colds should not be allowed. It’s much too hot to drink tea and eat soup. Though this chicken and dumpling soup is delicious.
Partying like it's 2005
Drinking tea, lying on the couch, and watching “The OC”. I love my evening even if I am sick.
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TMI?
A few months ago I read a review of The Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health by Linda Sparrowe and Patricia Walden and decided to give it a read.
Now that I do a home practice, I have no excuse for not listening to my body, and I thought maybe it was time to reevaluate how I practice yoga when I’m on my period. My old method was “screw it, I’ll do yoga any way I want...
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She always tells me to "drive safe", too
Me: I'm home.
Mom: Good. Take a nap.
I have returned home from Sin City. I am exhausted, my foot is screwed up because my principal thought walking the Strip for two hours before dinner was a good idea and I thought only bringing shoes I could wear to the conference was a good idea, and I’m still hearing the phantom sounds of slot machines. I must be getting old because everyone in Vegas looked much too young to be there.
I...
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In other news, we all knew eating watermelon in a white shirt was going to end in tears and stain remover.
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I'm a failure
No matter how hard I try, I cannot not get my counters dirty. Getting out a knife? Spots on the counter. Actually cooking something? It looks like the food fight from Hook.
I think I have to turn in my Adult card.
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There are days when I just need to accept that I’m not going to get anything done. And if I fall asleep for 30 minutes out of every hour, it probably means I need sleep.
But still. These days do nothing for my to-do list.
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Home decor
I have this blank wall behind my computer. I’ve decided I need one of those huge posters of the Ashtanga primary series. I’ll get it matted and framed, and it will look so pretty, and I will have no excuse to not do yoga.
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Yesterday was a big fail. I blame the farmers market. I think I properly punished myself with exercises I severely dislike (treadmill and backbends). Back on the horse today.
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I hate to admit it
I think I need to do some backbends. My back has felt compressed for a day now. It’s a very odd feeling and incredibly inconvenient.
What? YogaGlo posted a Continuous Backbend Flow? Hello, next 30 minutes.
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