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30 Days of Thanks – Day #1

While some people doing the 30 Days of Thanks are kicking off the month with things like family and dry land, I’m getting right down to business.

I’m thankful for my laptop, which I oh-so-affectionately refer to as Laptop.


not actual Laptop

Laptop is a friendly staple throughout my day. It keeps me company at work. It’s there at night when I write. It connects me to the World Wide Interwebz and houses everything from ebooks and movies to music and my Rob!porn collection.


Rob!porn

I couldn’t imagine a life without being able to compute anywhere in the house. Or *gasp* on vacation! How would I blog? How would I edit and upload the massive amounts of photos of fish and food? It would be a travesty.

So Laptop, here’s to you. May your battery always be charged and your hard drive always virus free!

A list of those participating 30 Days of Thanks bloggers can be viewed below. Want in? Leave a comment and I’ll link you.

Ashley
BRK
Jill (me!)
KB
Mary
Sarah
Susie

Coming Soon: 30 Days of Thanks

So I have this really great idea (at least I think it is) about blogging 30 Days of Thanks next month. Because, well, November is the month of Thanksgiving, after all, and there are 30 days. But then I thought, how could I make this less lame? Why don’t I get everybody I know to blog with me??!?

Well, I’m a procrastinator. So here it is, October 25, and I’m frantically trying to find people to blog thanks with me.

I asked Mary today, and like the motivated go-getter she is, she immediately made a blog post about it.

So Jill came to me today and said:

“i’m going to post a blog every day about something i’m thankful for. it’s going to be funny and ridiculous (hopefully) and i’m trying to get people to do it with me”

And I was all… “Um… Okay!”
And because Thanksgiving is in November, we’re blogging thanks for 30 days and it’s going to be heartfelt, hilarious, ridiculous, and probably full of WTF and SRSLY type of items, people, places, whatever.
Thankful for cute kittens who make you smile? Awesome.
Thankful for the most comfortable pillow on your bed so that you can fall asleep while drunk? Best.
Thankful for parents who don’t kick you out? Sweet.
Thankful for male models who have no shame in strutting around shirtless? Lickworthy.
Anything goes — as long as you’re REALLY thankful for it!
And for those who are uncertain — Remember: scheduled posts are your friends.
COME JOIN US!

View the post here.

And then I thought, gee, I should probably put something on my own blog so my three faithful followers can join us!

You know who else is joining in? BRK! That’s right. The elusive blogger will be making a daily appearance over on RAS. And if she doesn’t, I’m going to eat enough sugar, carbs, and cheez to make up for the past 41 days.

A list of those participating can be viewed below. If you want in, let me know. Sarah? Ash? Nick? Bueller? Bueller?

Throwdowns, cooking classes, and whole life challenges, oh my!

Lots of crazy things have been happening over the past week. Let me start by talking about the 2nd Annual Cloudy Town Throwdown, a mini version of the CrossFit games hosted by BRK’s CrossFit Fast Factory. Let me tell you right now, this shit is crazy. These people are the epitome of fitness.

Of course Curtis was there recording the event, complete with green STAFF shirt. He made these video montages:

It was a long day. About halfway through I started experiencing the telltale signs of sickness—scratchy sore throat, headache, fatigue—but I persevered. Well, minus one nap in the baby Mazda.

BRK competed like a champ, placing 14th in the women’s division. She’s pretty much like a god to me now because I can’t even close a pocket knife. Here’s a gif of her slacking off in the back of the pack:

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That was on Saturday. On Sunday BRK dragged me to and I went to a “Keep it Paleo” Cooking Seminar by Paleo Nick. It was actually quite informative, and we made meals to bring home. I have never made a 60 serving meal before, nor will I probably ever again. It was fun working with mass quantities, and I met a lot of nice people. But as the day dragged on (an 8+ hour course the day after a 10+ hour day of spectating, jeebus), I started fading fast. A migraine struck, and then a brief car ride delivered the final blow.

I spent the majority of the evening writhing around on BRK’s couch. The promise of Cherry Berry had me on my feet, but my throbbing head and queasy car-ride stomach wouldn’t allow me to eat very much. BRK’s a good care taker, though. She hooked me up with drugs and peppermint oil and cold packs, and around 9pm I felt good enough to make the 60 mile drive home with a cooler full of food in tow.

Which brings me to the next subject: Whole Life Challenge. For the next eight weeks, I have a strict, almost paleo diet. Meat, fruit, vegetables, and nuts are allowed. No bread, wheat, oats, rice, pasta, potatoes, sugar, artificial sweeteners, corn, soy, dairy, dairy!, alcohol, soda, juice, or artificial or processed ingredients. Butter, peanuts, beans, and sweet potatoes are the only exceptions.

So far it hasn’t been bad. I haven’t had any cravings for cheez or bread or Coke or cream and sugar in my coffee, but I attribute that to having been sick for the past five days. And after today I’ll be 1/8 of the way done.

The challenge also incorporates other healthy life aspects such as working out, mobilization (stretching), and taking fish oil, but those are a drop in the bucket compared to NOT EATING CHEEZ FOR 58 DAYS! I turned down pizza today, jsyk.

Let’s see, I think that about sums it up for now. I’m going to make an attempt to blog about my struggles and triumph over the remaining seven weeks.

MN State Fair – 8/30/12

Nick and I attended the MN State Fair again last night. It was a pretty laid back evening. We roamed around and got some food, like About a Foot Longs and corn dogs, and did the mandatory stop at the fish pond. Apparently Nick overheard a dude referencing the catfish as a plecostomus. For the first time ever at the fair, I really took a look at the algae filled pond with the fake moose. There are ducks there! For real! Just hanging out, swimming through the nasty green slime. Who knew? #notthisgirl

After the pond, we stopped at the Tiny Tim stand to say hello to Nuts and Jody before going off to find more food. We watched the evening’s amateur talent show semi-finals for an hour or so. I decided I couldn’t possibly go any longer without corn on the cob. To my surprise, I lucked out and got a two for one deal on a couple broken pieces. I was going to be nice and give one to Nick, but he declined, so I had the pleasure of double fisting the corn instead. It was awesome.

The FAIR-well to Summer Dance Party was in full effect by the time we made it back to the donut stand. It was entertaining to watch, but the best part was the stuffed bobcat surfing through the crowd. It was hard to get a good photo because it was dark outside and the strobe lights were going and the music was terrible. Wait, can music quality affect picture quality? Methinks yes.

Check out more pics below.

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