February 13, 2007

• To Sleep, perchance to dream...

  Aye, dream in a big, big bed. A king-sized, medium firm Sealy concoction that is like sleeping on a cloud. A firm, warm, comfy cloud.

  That's what we did this weekend. Bought a bed, I mean. Well, we slept too - but not that much. There was too much furniture assembly and breaking in of the bed....

  The bedframe with matching bedside tables we bought at IKEA. Sadly, they don't have a picture of the frame but they do have one of the tables. I love IKEA. Nice, safe furniture that's relatively unobtrusive and isn't insanely overpriced.

  The Sealy Posturepedic mattress was a bit of a splurge but...
  how often am I really ever going to get a NEW mattress? Every 20 years or so? Yeah, so good mattress = Kelly's happy back. And it's a firm mattress. No saggy baggy squishy mattress for me!

  And since we got a new mattress and bedframe, we then had a major, major house rearranging party (after the crazy fun furniture assembly party).

  My beautiful green office is now our beautiful and slightly smaller bedroom. A king fits in there just perfectly with the bedside tables and leaves just enough room to be comfy without being too much space.

  The master bedroom is now a combination office/guest room/craft room. My computer desk, the queen size bed, a dresser, three shelving units full of crafting supplies and a loveseat all fit in there quite comfortably. And, as a positive, whosoever stays with us in our guest bedroom will have their own bathroom in the room so they won't have to wander in my halls in their skivvies!

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  My friend Hooker was here and got to be the first person to stay in the guest bedroom last night. We also went out and about in Old Town Scottsdale which is just part of the downtown Scottsdale experience that includes about 4 miles of shops (all cute little touristy places and the like) as well as restaurants, art galleries and statues. I've been several places to eat down there: Stingray for my first sushi experience the weekend before last, Patsy Grimaldi's for coal-brick oven fired pizza to DIE for, Frank and Lupe's Mexican Restaurant and the Sugarbowl - the ice cream shoppe made famous in the "Family Circus" comic by Bill Keane. Today I bought two very cute and comfy tops (extremely soft and lightweight cotton tanks) from one of the little hippie/bohemian/more than slightly overpriced shop.

  Yesterday we were a bit more adventurous and after the usual dog park visit we went for an off-road adventure - with our feet of course! We went to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and looked at the bajillion different cacti species that were there. Well, probably only about 300 or so but it was a lot nonetheless. It was certainly an impressive walk - some of it through a fairly rugged trail with some incredible views which included Ayer Lake. Not an extremely strenuous hike but well worth getting out and doing!

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  Now, for the rest of this week and the following, we're going to be going through a whirl of gaiety for a staid couple like us. Tonight we have Kodo tickets (a Japanese drum group - looks very driving if that makes any sense). Sunday of this week we have Pilobolus down at the University of Arizona in Tucson. We haven't been to Tucson yet, so that will be fun and new. Luckily, J. will be off on Monday (I think we may try Yoga together!). And finally, the following Saturday, we are going to the Phoenix Symphony to see Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. I am very excited about this. I love classical music and I've never actually been to a symphony - nor do I know as much about it as I'd like to. Yay for brain edjumacashun!

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  Diet continues. Stalling due to busyness. Must not let fall by the wayside! (eats a dark chocolate M&M) I'm just frustrated to realize that in terms of weight loss, exercise doesn't really matter all that much. It is good in terms of health and making you not die because your heart is clogged like a toilet after a paper happy three year old goes to town - but in terms of actual weight LOSS - bah. It is like nothing. It's all about the food.

  Which sucks.

  Because going to the gym is easy. EASY.

  (relative to dieting I mean)

  Really, if all I had to do was exercise everyday for an hour (which is what I'm already doing) and my diet wouldn't matter, I'd be THRILLED.

  Bah.

  But it doesn't work like that. Stupid human body that clings to food. I can't help that through evolutionary history we hairless apes we always starving and had to cling tenaciously to every bit of fat as much as possible. Stupid evolution!

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  At least the weather is awesome - 70 and sunny still.
  Ha to all those in the midwest who are very very snowy. Glad I'm here. :0)

  I've got a spare bedroom now.
  And you get your own bathroom.
  And I'll even let you shut the door so the fat kitty doesn't put her poopy butt on your head.

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