"If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it."
~Immanuel Hermann Fichte

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Wednesday

Slept in.
Walked to the gym.
Ran 2.5 miles in 28 minutes.
Made some yummy cornbread muffins.
Helped Vernie with his math homework.
Helped Elijah with his reading homework.
Cuddled with my babe.
Went for a walk with my monkeys.
Killed it during my ab session.
Watched Hell's Kitchen.
Headed to shower. 

Exciting, I know.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Photo-free Friday

Yeah, sorry - I have no pictures to blog with. All I have is a tired, sweaty & sore me. Sounds like a good night for a meme or something, huh. :p

A fun shopping trip should involve these three stores:
um, Target for random stuff, Victoria's Secret for girlie stuff and Buckle with Kirsten. 
Bet you didn't know I ____ .
uh, hmmmm... surf online in bed if I can't sleep.
Can't live without...
gym time, pudding & kisses :)
Describe your current outfit:
comfy! Just black shorts & a gray t-shirt.
Every day I...
brush my teeth. steal monkey cuddles. breathe.
Favorite flowers:
calla lilies & tulips
Get me to the ____ on time!
raid!
Have never been ____ but would like to.
skydiving! on a cruise! anywhere tropical. :p
I love ____.
pudding!
Just don't ask me to ______.
stay calm when dealing with spiders, mice or snakes. ...but mostly spiders. o.O
Kisses or hugs?
both, but lots of kisses :)
Let's go _____!
swimming?! dancing?! to the beach!!! :)
Magazines I enjoy:
Runner's World, Popular Photography, Self & Cosmo.
Name at birth:
April Joy Crouch
Old friends will tell you I've always been ______.
quiet
Please don't make me...
cry :(
Quote to live by:
Any of the ones on my blog are good, but the obvious favorite is "If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it." ~Immanuel Hermann Fichte
Reasons for smiling today:
monkey hugs, morning conversations, feeling pretty, being the good kind of sore :)
Sunrise or sunset?
Sunset. (They're both pretty, but I'm not a morning person by nature. :p) 
Take me to...
the gym!
Useless info about me:
I like crisp bean burritos, hickory sauce & chipotle-flavored anything. :)
I am Very _____:
um, quiet? shy. affectionate!
Waist size:
gotta check ...almost 29 inches o.O
eXtra _____. Hold the______.
oooh, um extra hot sauce. hold the ketchup.
You've gotta love my _____.
monkeys! :)
my perfect slice of pizZa has...
lots of veggies! oh, and don't skimp on the cheese. :p

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

some funk, some cuteness, some yumminess & a song

Sorry I haven't posted in a whole week. Been in kind of a funk, just going through the day-to-day stuff, you know?. :p
I came on this afternoon mostly to share some pics of my totally cute monkeys, just like I promised.

 I also thought I'd show you all the yummy banana bread I made yesterday. It came out perfect & is being devoured way too fast. It's just so good. :p
I should also share this song with you all. I saw that Laurie checked in on our private little skinny jeans blog & posted this vid - it was just what I needed to hear today. "In a funk" might kind of loosely translate to being a little stressed & hard on myself, so it was a nice one to hear today. I figure someone else out there might benefit from some lovin' too. :)

Now I really need to get me to the gym. Last night's run was only okay. It had been a few days & I was tired and way slower than I'd like to be at this point, so off I go to try and do better today. Well, after I start dinner for my kiddos. And maybe have another slice of banana bread. Mmmm...

smile! :)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

get out of the fire

With WoW down this morning I was looking at priest stuff on wow.com and stumbled across this on the sidebar:

It made me laugh. :)
Of course, I have all kinds of ideas for different videos just like it. The voiceover would be saying stuff like "get off the boss & hit the slime. yeah, the slime. hit the slime!" and  "get behind the iceblock!" My guild is the absolute bestest, but you will stumble across players that are a little slow to get things. :p

(aw...) The Dress

The other day when we were cleaning out the garage & I found the old childhood pics I also found this:
This was the dress I had picked out back when I was living in Toronto.
It still makes me smile all these years later. I wish I could find the shot of it without the poufy slip underneath, it looks more flowy & just pretty without the pouf added to the skirt. There was a store not far from where I lived that had this dress. It was beautiful in person, sparkly crystals along the neckline and so soft & flowy. Very simple - very me. Just don't ask about what I did end up wearing on the day I got married. :p We ended up renting a dress that was the exact opposite of what I'd wanted but yeah, it's what we did. Let's not go there. It just made me smile to find this old magazine page stashed in my stuff & I wanted to share since it makes me smile almost as much today as it did back then. :)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12

Today is my little brother's birthday.

I haven't seen him in more than 14 years, and I didn't find any remotely recent pics of him (like, say from the last 20+ years... lol) but I do want to wish him a happy birthday. :)
I love you Aaron.
I'm not sure you even know that this blog exists but it is one way for me to let all of you people who matter to me and are so far away know that I think about you & love you. If by some remote chance you happen by this little entry, I hope it finds you smiling and having the most awesome sort of day. :)

Thursday, September 09, 2010

remote blogging

I came home from the gym tonight to a very sad baby, so I'm up here cuddling with my lil princess and sneaking in a blog post. I've got Kirsten with me too, and Bob Ross is on Create, so yeah - it's a rockin' Thursday night. lol  :)

I did have a great workout! I needed that - been tired this week & not running so much. I was able to knock out 3.7 miles in 40 minutes and it felt damn good.  ( I do desperately need a shower once Maiah's more settled, but yeah. :p)


lol I just glanced over & K's asleep. Guess we're not all that rockin'. :)

Ooooh, now some Italian guy is cookin on tv. Yum.

Yeah, sorry tonight's play by play is completely non-exciting. I just need me some pudding and I could lose the computer, sleeping girlies & Italian cook. Mmmm, pudding. And a hot tub. And something cold to drink. Now there's a fabulous picture. :)

Speaking of pictures I did grab a few of my littlest monkeys that I need to upload. So next time I get to actually sit at my own computer I'll give this little blog a cuteness fix. Promise! :)

Have a great night!

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

hola

If you find yourself in need of a laugh, watching clips from Fresh Prince of Bel Aire should be helpful. Kirsten & I had a blast watching stuff like this...

Aw, it won't let me embed the code for "momma no" lol it's a favorite clip of ours. Let's see if a link will work. momma no There are some seriously funny clips from that show on youtube. Anything involving Carlton & Will overacting or dancing is bound to be hilarious. :) I heart Will Smith!

We still haven't found my authenticator. I'm totally bummed. May have to un-do it from my account. I just can't imagine where Maiah could have put it that we haven't found it yet. I wanna play. :(

Well, I have got to make a sleepy girl some breakfast & get ready for my day. Have a good one!

Saturday, September 04, 2010

Friday Night

So yeah, it's Friday night and all in all I'd say it was a good day. My authenticator has been missing since this morning (the one bad thing) but I distracted myself with other stuff.  Hopefully we'll find it before the night's over. :)
Oh, and sorry you're all stuck with more April-face. I wanted a pic for my Friday entry on here, and without any brand-new shots more me is all I have. My apologies. I'll grab my camera this weekend & get us some kiddo shots. I made this little "what made my Friday a good one" word/photo thingee out of boredom and I'm sharing it, so there. :p

Happy Friday!

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Happy September!

I'm starting my month out tired, but smiling.

Hope you readers are smiling too. :)