Day 5

Day 5

Six things you wish you could change or you wish you’d never done

I will only focus on things I wish I could change now, because I don't think it does any good to regret the things you've done. Occasionally, I find myself doing just that, especially when it comes to my decision to take five years off of college after my first year. I can't help but think I might have a secure job by now. I would have been in college at the same time as all my friends. But I would not have had the crazy experiences I did, or made the friends I did while working in daycare, or gone to 4 different colleges, only to find the one in my hometown that fit me perfectly, and gave me almost everything I need to be the teacher I am right now. I definitely would not have had the opportunity to teach in Ecuador. I would NOT be who I am right now.
So there, regret. Suck it.

So.....6 things I wish I could change....

1. I wish I could change my singing voice. So that I actually have one.
2. I wish I could wink with both eyes. That's right.
3. I wish I could whistle.
4. I wish I could make good pancakes like Joel does.
5. I wish I wasn't so afraid of water, whether deep end of a pool, or a natural body.
6. I wish my kitchen was no longer pear-green. Joooeeelll.......

I know it also doesn't do much good to wish I could change such silly things, but I'm not dishing out any more deep stuff today!

Day 4

Day 4

Seven things that cross your mind a lot

1. I'm hungry.

2. I'm tired.

3. I should go for a run today.

4. I can't believe I STILL didn't go for a run this week/month. (Do you notice a theme here?)

5. I love my job. But I can't wait to have a full-time classroom position. And insurance.

6. What would it be like to move somewhere else for a while? Since the teaching job market is not great here, the thought of moving somewhere else is exciting, yet almost too scary to consider! Hopefully things shape up here, and it won't come up again this year!

7. What should I be for our movie themed Halloween party this year? If anyone has any ideas, I NEED them! What was I thinking, with a theme this year?!

Day Three

Day Three
Eight things I couldn't live without (in no particular order)

1. All the people I love
2. Pizza
3. Teaching
4. My favorite TV shows
5. Sarcasm
6. A heartbeat
7. Can't breathe, snorting, crying, almost pee-my-pants laughter
8. Pie. On that note, follow our new Pie League blog here. It's coming along.

Day Two

Day Two

Nine things about yourself

1. I recently fell in love with cilantro.
2. I have just started another blog with my friend Beth, about our adventures in Pie League. Call this a shameless plug.
3. I have always wanted to look like Sandra Bullock.
4. I want to adopt at least one child, from an Asian country.
5. I had to have surgery 2 years ago, to reconnect the nerves in my hand, after falling while holding a glass bottle. I will never have all of the feeling back in my right index finger.
6. My biggest pet peeve is people who chew loudly. I seriously cannot handle it.
7. I'm intrigued by Buddhism.
8. I cry when I fall down. Like a small child. And when I get stung by bees.
9. I wish I liked red wine.

10 Day Challenge: Day 1

I am stealing this idea from several other blogs I have read recently, in an attempt to get myself in the habit of writing again. A Ten Day Blogging Challenge! Pretty ambitious for me, but we'll see if I can stick to it! I'm hoping this will be a fun challenge, and not a drag, since I've seen a few other bloggers quit midway through the challenge. And that sounds more like me. Especially since I did not write that essay I posted about a few weeks ago. Back to school time is not a good time to start writing an essay due in several weeks, especially when the contest opened up in June. In my defense, I didn't know about it until September. I do really want to try a similar writing contest, so if you come across one, shoot it my way!
Anyway....
Here are the rules....Feel free to play along if you have a blog, or leave a comment with your own thoughts on each day's topics!

Day One: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day Two: Nine things about yourself.
Day Three: Eight things you couldn't live without.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you could change or you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to you.
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two words that describe your life right now.
Day Ten: One confession.

Day 1

Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.

Beware: This is a random mix of funny and very serious things to say. Very random.

1. Fall TV Producer People:
Thank you for bringing all my favorite TV shows into my life: The Office, Chuck, How I Met Your Mother, 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny, and more shows that are quickly filling up my DVR.

2. Short Jen:
You are tremendously talented and your gallery opening is going to be amazing.

3. Winter: Stay away. I only like fall. Just stay away.

4. Joel:
You are awesome. I never say that. But you are awesome.

5. Jim and Pam Halpert:
You are not as funny since you got married.

6. Today Show people, especially Matt Lauer:
Thank you for being my only source of news and the thing that makes me almost cry every morning as I'm putting on my makeup.

7. Bedbugs:
Stay away from our little part of the country please. You gross me out.

8. My Clarke College instructors, especially Joyce:
I am so thankful for the experience I had at Clarke, and I would not have made it through it all without you. I will never forget it.

9. My dad: I miss you.

10. My friends: Thank you for making me laugh and cry all at the same time. I'm so glad this crazy group of weirdos somehow found each other! You're the best and I love you!

Lazy Girl Returns

While I have not been running (except a 5K on Labor Day) and not biking (since RAGBRAI!!) I haven't been completely lazy!
I will start with that 5K. My best friend, who NEVER thought she could run, ran her FIRST 5K!!! She did the Couch to 5K program, which I (and I'm guessing she) would recommend to everyone. I ran the whole thing with her, and I'm glad I did because we provided each other with some comedic relief as we quietly cursed the girl run/walking in a backpack, a little like Dora. I only ran twice in the months before. I saved all my training miles for the race. Why waste the miles training, right? Just use them all during the race, right? Wrong. I had joint issues in my leg for weeks afterward. But Beth KILLED the race and I was so happy for her!

And I haven't run since.
And we have another 5K next weekend.
And I need to run. Or exercise. Post-RAGBRAI Andrea sucks!
I need motivation. Someone send me some motivation, please.

Non-Lazy Adventures.....

Back to school.....
Isn't my dump truck cute? Since my 3 "roommates" are mostly all teaching reading, I made this construction display, with Joel's toolboxes, hardhats, and my "reading tools!" Our room has been deemed the "party room," since we are having so much fun working together. Off to a great start for this school year!

Geocaching.....
So much fun, if it's not super-hot, you're not being eaten alive by mosquitoes, you're not super-crabby, and your Iphone has a decent geocaching app that doesn't send you all over the place! I do want to do this again, because it was very exciting when we finally did find a cache. I just need more preferable geocaching conditions. Nerds. I know.

I had given up and walked away, when Joel finally found it after a half-hour of searching.
Look how happy!

Pie League.....
My friend Beth and I have started Thursday night Pie League, while the men are in their bowling league. It has been a fun, frustrating (for me, the worst baker ever), exciting adventure. We are in the process of starting a blog to document our trials and errors (ohhh the errors!).

Cooking....
I have been getting very adventurous in my cooking endeavors lately. I am not usually a great cook either. The kitchen is not my friend. Once, I made such horrible pancakes (yes, instant pancakes) that our dog wouldn't even eat them. And she eats everything! However, I have discovered a fantastic website with recipes using lots of fresh produce. We have never eaten so many local vegetables! And it turns out.....I CAN COOK!!! Who knew? I will be posting the pictures of all the amazing meals we have made this month, just because they're so darn pretty!

Looking For Advice

I came across this writing contest on my Facebook page, since I am a fan of Real Simple magazine. Now, I realize I have NO chance of winning this thing, but thought it might be a fun, bucket-list type thing to try! Plus, I have been told by a few people that I should expand my blog into something more substantial. (The suggestion has actually been to write a book, but I definitely don't have enough interesting material for that!)

So, if my good friends out there would check out the contest on the link above and let me know what YOU think would be worthy material, I would be grateful. The theme is "I never thought I'd....." Real Simple is looking for something more original than the experience of having a baby or getting married. I'm in luck there!

What do you think? Running? RAGBRAI? A specific race/time that I have written about? I think the more specific and focused, the better!

Why am I asking YOU for input? I don't know what other people want to read. I'm still a little surprised people are still enjoying Lazy Girl. This is true Lazy Girl acting here....asking someone else to do the brainstorming!

Please comment on my blog page. To do so, become a follower by clicking on "Follow," and follow the directions. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give! Or if you think NOTHING I have written is interesting enough to write an essay, than feel free to comment on that. I'm not that sensitive.