Saturday Snippets

Since I'm lazy and feel more like enjoying the last few hours of what looks to be an actualy sunny/warm day here in Italy, I'm just going to do a short list of what's going on instead of boring you (and me) with a long drawn out post of what I've been doing the past 16 days.

• Went to Dublin, Ireland for 3 days. Enjoyed the friendly people, delicious food and sights. I did not enjoy the downright chilly weather we encountered or getting up at 3:30 a.m. to make the flight home to Italy.
• Have been a total slacker in the workout department for the past week and a half. I'm to a new low with my weight and body image. No  matter what I do, I'm not losing weight or even toning up. I think a lot of it has to do with my eating, so come Monday, I'm revamping and going back to the eating plan that helped me lost 20 lbs in the first place.
• Had to visit the doctor twice. Once for a yearly womans' exam and when that exam showed abnormal cells, I had to go back in for a colposcopy. That just happens to be my second procedure in 5 years and quite frankly, it sucks. I hope not to repeat it again anytime soon.
• Canceled my trip to Paris to see a friend I haven't seen in 6 years, because the trip to Ireland was more expensive than we both thought and we had to replace a broken laptop. I could have dug out of our savings, but being responsible, I didn't feel like that was the best idea.
• Woke up with vertigo on Thursday morning. I pray if you haven't experienced vertigo, that you never will. It's awful. This is the second time it's happened to me in a year and I think I'll be going to the doctor soon to see what they can do for me so in the future I don't have to wait 3.5 hours to stop feeling like I want to puke my guts out.
• Still have not heard a peep about when we are leaving Italy. In the meantime I am planning possible locations for us to go if there is a long weekend in May. Prague, Lisbon and Athens are on that list.
• Our electricity went out today as we *gasp* had our indoor grill, dryer and PS3 all on at the same time. Now...due to that our water heater is not working and flashing some sort of code about a broken sensor. Our maintenance guy is coming by this afternoon. I'm praying he fixes it, as the thought of no hot water for the rest of the weekend is more than I can bear.

Scatterbrained Sunday

I'm a bit scatterbrained today and my mind is everywhere so I'm doing another sort of thoughts post.

1. I watched Time Traveler's Wife the other night. On a scale from 1-10 I'd give it a 5. Original type story, but didn't really hold my attention. I need to read the book I guess and compare the two.

2. It appears I'm going to Milan on Tuesday with a friend and her cousin who is visiting. I've only driven through Milan, so I'm excited to see it and it's beautiful Duomo.

3.I'm making this recipe off of Pioneer Woman Cooks/Tasty Kitchen. I LOVE Indian food and cannot wait to see how it turns out.

4. Call me unpatriotic, but the Winter Olympics bore me. I'd much rather watch the Summer Olympics. I'm hoping we can make it to London in 2012 to see the Olympics there.

5. I'm still plugging away on my college scrapbook. I made a list of pages I have left to make and I still have about 35 to go. This makes me reconsider doing future scrapbooks! I've thought about just doing photobooks on Snapfish, but there's just something about scrapbooks that I love so much!

Random Thoughts

- I have yet to see a decent picture of someone on a military ID. How is it possible I can look decent in all other ID's, but my military ID always makes me look like 10 lbs heavier?

- my hair needs to be cut and highlighted so badly. I'm almost ashamed to walk around post

- I really want to go to Naples over Labor Day, as Outdoor Rec is sponsoring a trip, BUT I need to find someone to watch Boomer and I feel guilty leaving him for two days

- work still sucks. Yesterday I was asked if my hours could be increased and if I could start working every other weekend. No and No. The weekend thing won't work because I refuse to give up the two days that Sean and I actually have to spend with one another. With deployment quickly approaching I'm not giving up any time. So sue me.

- I've been horrible about getting out and photographing things lately. I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day

- I'm in love with strawberry wine. At a recent party, one of the wives had some she purchased from a local winery. It was the nectar of the Gods, let me assure you

-I haven't ordered anything from Forever 21 in over a month. This fact shocks me