I felt funny yesterday morning, but still went into work. After my usual cup of tea, I felt even worse and ran to the restroom. Honestly, there is nothing worse than having to throw up in a communal bathroom. It gags making me think of it. I felt like crap and preferred throwing up in the privacy of my own house, so I grabbed my bag and left work.
I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some gluten-free pretzels (which are actually quite yummy), Ginger Ale and a pregnancy test. We're not actively trying, but who knows. Good news was I didn't get the pregnant line, so we're in the clear. I must of had a 24 hour flu bug. I slept the rest of the day and did wake up long enough to finish the 3rd book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. God I love vampire books!
Nothing crazy going on today. Trying to organize a boat-load of vendors to prepare for our new office move! I picked this kick-ass teal color for my accent wall, I love it. I also ordered 3 prints from English photographer Rosie Hardy. Love her work, and I'm going to have them matted and paint some old frames.
Happy Tuesday!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Need A Laugh?
Check out www.awkwardfamilyphotos.com Guaranteed to laugh your ass off, mostly because you know in the dark recesses of your closet there is one of your family!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Double-Take
While walking in SoHo last week, my group stumbled upon the following Calvin Klein billboard and we were shocked. I'm a pretty open-minded person, but I was really surprised how sexy the ad was and so was everyone else. We literally stopped in the middle of the road and gawked at the billboard because it was so racy. See for yourself:
While reading Yahoo news today I found an article about how local NYC residents were up in arms about the racy ad. It was basically calling the 50 foot billboard "soft porn" and it was too racy even for NYC standards. The billboard is located in a trendy, well populated and shopped area, so it's seen by many people throughout the day.
I find it inappropriate since it basically shows an orgy about to happen. I'm down for an eye-catching and edgy billboard, but I feel that this one takes it a bit too far. Thoughts?
Monday, June 15, 2009
Weekend Wrap-Up
Friday after noon at 3:30pm, I was notified that a poem I wrote on a whim was picked to win tickets to see Yanni at 8pm that evening! I was perusing Craigslist for cheap Yanni tickets when I came across an entry asking that you write a poem and the best one would win 2 tickets to the show. I entered the following poem Thursday afternoon:
Oh Yanni Chryssomallis, how do I love thee
Let me count the ways.
You were born in Kalamata, Greece,
and oh do I love their olives.
Though you are 27 years older than I,
it doesn’t stop my heart from pounding wildly
as I listen to your piano chreshendos.
Oh I Dare to Dream of seeing you in concert, but alas,
I’m unable to afford the ticket prices at the moment.
You learned to play the piano without reading notes,
and I would learn to read and speak Greek just to see
you in concert.
Although this poem doesn’t rhyme, Yanni,
I hope to be seeing you in no time!
I kept my fingers crossed it wasn't a scam and dragged Hubby with me that evening. It was 7:45pm, 7:50, 7:52 and we still hadn't seen or heard from the guy offering the tickets. Utterly dejected, Hubby offered to take me to a nice restaurant, to which I replied, "I don't want to go to a restaurant, I want to see Yanni!" As we were standing there, a woman came up asking if we wanted 2 free tickets, to which we snatched the tickets from her and did a little dance! The poem guy ended up calling us about 8:10 and apologizing since he had ran late and was really sorry. No problem though, our seats ended up being better and it turned out the woman who gave us the tickets had a son who was a lighting director of the show! She tried to get us backstage to meet Yanni, but it was too tight on time. Still, the fact that I could have met him was awesome! The show was incredible, he travels with a 40 piece string band, which was fantastic. Hubby fell in love with the head violinist, and she was def. hot, plus it made him enjoy the show more!
Saturday afternoon we headed to our cousin's house for his annual volleyball party. He built a regulation size sand volleyball court in his backyard. He was grilling out all day and the drinks and music were free flowing. I was a spectator this time and we kept laughing at all the great saves made throughout the games. Hubby ended up staying overnight and they played until 4am. No thanks, I wanted to take a shower and sleep in my own bed.
Sunday we had some friends over for an impromptu pool party. We grilled out chicken and burgers and yummy veggies. By 7pm we were all feeling the effects of the sun and pool and called it a day. We want to make these pool parties a Sunday tradition, it feels so good to lay around and be lazy in the sun!
Oh Yanni Chryssomallis, how do I love thee
Let me count the ways.
You were born in Kalamata, Greece,
and oh do I love their olives.
Though you are 27 years older than I,
it doesn’t stop my heart from pounding wildly
as I listen to your piano chreshendos.
Oh I Dare to Dream of seeing you in concert, but alas,
I’m unable to afford the ticket prices at the moment.
You learned to play the piano without reading notes,
and I would learn to read and speak Greek just to see
you in concert.
Although this poem doesn’t rhyme, Yanni,
I hope to be seeing you in no time!
I kept my fingers crossed it wasn't a scam and dragged Hubby with me that evening. It was 7:45pm, 7:50, 7:52 and we still hadn't seen or heard from the guy offering the tickets. Utterly dejected, Hubby offered to take me to a nice restaurant, to which I replied, "I don't want to go to a restaurant, I want to see Yanni!" As we were standing there, a woman came up asking if we wanted 2 free tickets, to which we snatched the tickets from her and did a little dance! The poem guy ended up calling us about 8:10 and apologizing since he had ran late and was really sorry. No problem though, our seats ended up being better and it turned out the woman who gave us the tickets had a son who was a lighting director of the show! She tried to get us backstage to meet Yanni, but it was too tight on time. Still, the fact that I could have met him was awesome! The show was incredible, he travels with a 40 piece string band, which was fantastic. Hubby fell in love with the head violinist, and she was def. hot, plus it made him enjoy the show more!
Saturday afternoon we headed to our cousin's house for his annual volleyball party. He built a regulation size sand volleyball court in his backyard. He was grilling out all day and the drinks and music were free flowing. I was a spectator this time and we kept laughing at all the great saves made throughout the games. Hubby ended up staying overnight and they played until 4am. No thanks, I wanted to take a shower and sleep in my own bed.
Sunday we had some friends over for an impromptu pool party. We grilled out chicken and burgers and yummy veggies. By 7pm we were all feeling the effects of the sun and pool and called it a day. We want to make these pool parties a Sunday tradition, it feels so good to lay around and be lazy in the sun!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Retail Therapy
FYI... If you have a AAA card, you get 15% off your purchase at New York & Company. Sometimes they have specials where you get 25% off! Be sure to show it with every purchase! Happy Shopping!
Eliminated
As of today, I've started an elimination diet in order to figure out why I'm still having stomach and various digestive issues. After all the tests I endured last year the best the doctors could do was tell me I had IBS, or Irritable Bowel Disease. Awesome, so what the hell does that mean? I'm supposed to accept this diagnosis and just to to live with it? Essentially, that's what I've been trying to do. But lately I've been thinking there has to be an underlying cause to the IBS.
I could fork out quite a bit of money for a food allergy test, but I'm not feeling getting pricked with more needles. After doing some research, I learned the most fool-proof food allergy identifier is an elimination diet. Essentially, you remove the 4 major food allergens from your diet completely. That means no Dairy, Soy, Wheat or Nuts. You remove all traces of these allergens from your diet for 2 weeks, then you introduce them back for one day only, one allergen at a time. For four days, you track how you feel after eating that specific allergen. Then you introduce a second allergen, track it for four days, and so forth until you've reintroduced all the allergens and tracked your symptoms.
Sadly, the list of high allergen foods is much longer than the low allergen foods, so it took me over an hour to find suitable meals and food at the grocery store last night. Even though this will be tough, I'm going to stick it out. If I know for sure wheat is my problem, it will allow me to tailor my diet and hopefully lessen my digestion issues and almost constant discomfort. Curious as to what an elimination diet would be? Let me give you my diet for the next two weeks:
Breakfast: 1 serving Cream of Rice, 1 banana
Lunch: Lettuce, carrots, oil and vinegar dressing, Chicken breast, sweet potato
Dinner: Rice pasta with homemade sauce and turkey meatballs
Snacks: Organic rice crackers, any non-citrus fruits
This pretty much means avoiding most processed foods, since they have hidden traces of milk, soy, wheat and nuts. Alas, this means no chocolate treats. Chocolate is actually a big allergen. But that's not to say I didn't go out with a bang last night. I had a Snickers bar and a Reece's!
I could fork out quite a bit of money for a food allergy test, but I'm not feeling getting pricked with more needles. After doing some research, I learned the most fool-proof food allergy identifier is an elimination diet. Essentially, you remove the 4 major food allergens from your diet completely. That means no Dairy, Soy, Wheat or Nuts. You remove all traces of these allergens from your diet for 2 weeks, then you introduce them back for one day only, one allergen at a time. For four days, you track how you feel after eating that specific allergen. Then you introduce a second allergen, track it for four days, and so forth until you've reintroduced all the allergens and tracked your symptoms.
Sadly, the list of high allergen foods is much longer than the low allergen foods, so it took me over an hour to find suitable meals and food at the grocery store last night. Even though this will be tough, I'm going to stick it out. If I know for sure wheat is my problem, it will allow me to tailor my diet and hopefully lessen my digestion issues and almost constant discomfort. Curious as to what an elimination diet would be? Let me give you my diet for the next two weeks:
Breakfast: 1 serving Cream of Rice, 1 banana
Lunch: Lettuce, carrots, oil and vinegar dressing, Chicken breast, sweet potato
Dinner: Rice pasta with homemade sauce and turkey meatballs
Snacks: Organic rice crackers, any non-citrus fruits
This pretty much means avoiding most processed foods, since they have hidden traces of milk, soy, wheat and nuts. Alas, this means no chocolate treats. Chocolate is actually a big allergen. But that's not to say I didn't go out with a bang last night. I had a Snickers bar and a Reece's!
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