Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!!!
Hi everyone!
Well, of course, the month of December just tends to fly by in the self-induced frenzy of the holidays. I managed to get all the Christmas shopping done, decorate our first REAL Christmas tree (7 feet tall!) in our new home, and host the Steigers' annual Christmas festivities (with an omnipresent sinus headache). Then I had a week off from work, during which I had hoped to get the kitchen painted but during which I mostly spent lying on the couch, watching TV. I will say that I've finally seen the inside of my gym lately, though, which is a step in the right direction. Then a joking suggestion to go to Medieval Times for our New Year's celebration turned into the Most Dorked Out New Year's Ever, but we had a wonderful time with my good friends, Laura and Padraig. Wacky fun with board games at like 3 in the morning, and then a nice brunch today during which my nutrition goals were...um...postponed. It was "Breakfast with Trent" this morning, as my friend Laura was kind enough to burn the NIN concert documentary "Closure" to DVD for me, so while I enjoyed scones and mini egg frittatas and Sam's blueberry baked French toast, I got to watch Trent Reznor grab his own ass in his tiny leather shorts and wreak backstage havoc in quasi-Spinal Tap moments. Good times!
All of this, of course, has prevented the updating of my website (what was that called again?), but I'm sure you'll all be THRILLED to know that writing more frequently is at the top of my list of resolutions this year. And we all know how set in stone those are. Still. Here's my list of things to get done in 2007:
1) Update my dusty old website and write the Great American Novel.
2) Become lean and mean in preparation for my trip to Prague and Vienna in March. (Because right now I am flabby and retaining water)
3) Work on my German and Italian, so that I can remember vocabulary like "asciugamano" and "Ueberraschung."
4) Get the fucking house in order...it's been like a formidable nemesis ever since last June.
5) Get my greyhound. Feed it and walk it and stuff.
6) Try not to ignore my poor chinchilla who is housed directly behind me in the computer room.
7) Be a better phone friend.
8) Maybe do a jigsaw puzzle or two...they're very calming.
9) Bake more often...although that kind of compromises Resolution #2.
10) See more artsy movies in the theater and write reviews of them.
11) Floss every night...before my dentist hands me my ass.
So there you have it. Normally I would add something like "Get more sleep," but seriously, I have been the worst insomniac lately. Apparently, all I needed to get more than an adequate amount of sleep per night was comfortable furniture. If I sit on our new couches for more than five minutes with the TV on, I'm out like a light for several hours. If I lie down on our new bed, I'm instantly asleep for the night. I guess I'm catching up on all the sleep I missed in my 20s. See, check it out...I'm not the only one! (And that's my silly news story of the day)
All righty, I have to get to the gym and do some swimming now.
--karen
Well, of course, the month of December just tends to fly by in the self-induced frenzy of the holidays. I managed to get all the Christmas shopping done, decorate our first REAL Christmas tree (7 feet tall!) in our new home, and host the Steigers' annual Christmas festivities (with an omnipresent sinus headache). Then I had a week off from work, during which I had hoped to get the kitchen painted but during which I mostly spent lying on the couch, watching TV. I will say that I've finally seen the inside of my gym lately, though, which is a step in the right direction. Then a joking suggestion to go to Medieval Times for our New Year's celebration turned into the Most Dorked Out New Year's Ever, but we had a wonderful time with my good friends, Laura and Padraig. Wacky fun with board games at like 3 in the morning, and then a nice brunch today during which my nutrition goals were...um...postponed. It was "Breakfast with Trent" this morning, as my friend Laura was kind enough to burn the NIN concert documentary "Closure" to DVD for me, so while I enjoyed scones and mini egg frittatas and Sam's blueberry baked French toast, I got to watch Trent Reznor grab his own ass in his tiny leather shorts and wreak backstage havoc in quasi-Spinal Tap moments. Good times!
All of this, of course, has prevented the updating of my website (what was that called again?), but I'm sure you'll all be THRILLED to know that writing more frequently is at the top of my list of resolutions this year. And we all know how set in stone those are. Still. Here's my list of things to get done in 2007:
1) Update my dusty old website and write the Great American Novel.
2) Become lean and mean in preparation for my trip to Prague and Vienna in March. (Because right now I am flabby and retaining water)
3) Work on my German and Italian, so that I can remember vocabulary like "asciugamano" and "Ueberraschung."
4) Get the fucking house in order...it's been like a formidable nemesis ever since last June.
5) Get my greyhound. Feed it and walk it and stuff.
6) Try not to ignore my poor chinchilla who is housed directly behind me in the computer room.
7) Be a better phone friend.
8) Maybe do a jigsaw puzzle or two...they're very calming.
9) Bake more often...although that kind of compromises Resolution #2.
10) See more artsy movies in the theater and write reviews of them.
11) Floss every night...before my dentist hands me my ass.
So there you have it. Normally I would add something like "Get more sleep," but seriously, I have been the worst insomniac lately. Apparently, all I needed to get more than an adequate amount of sleep per night was comfortable furniture. If I sit on our new couches for more than five minutes with the TV on, I'm out like a light for several hours. If I lie down on our new bed, I'm instantly asleep for the night. I guess I'm catching up on all the sleep I missed in my 20s. See, check it out...I'm not the only one! (And that's my silly news story of the day)
All righty, I have to get to the gym and do some swimming now.
--karen
# posted by karen gsteiger @ 7:57 PM 
