Will Run For....

I love to run.

I also love beer.

Especially Magic Hat drafts during happy hour, with $5 cheesy, gooey pizza.

I love waking up Saturday mornings with a cup of coffee and a 10 mile run.

I also love re-living my college days with occasional Friday night beer pong games.

I will run for beer.  

I do run for beer.

My Other Gil

Lets face it, the biggest reason why I started my own blog in the first place is because of Ms. Annie Gilbert. And since we got that fact out in the open, we might as well bring up second one - she is the reason I'm resurfacing in the ever-so addicting blog world. So thank you Annie, for adding one more thing to my life that I feel like I should be doing while I'm indulging in reality TV. But, in all seriousness, I'm really excited to start this blog again, and since Annie is not only the force behind blogging at 866, but also the girl I share a closet-sized bathroom with, my first post of 2011 will be called:

Annie Gilbert: 10 Reasons Why She is Quite Possibly the Perfect Roommate.  

1. She pays half my rent. Enough said. 
2. She LOVES to clean. Anyone who gets excited about the thought of having 3 hours to do nothing but vacuum, dust and scrub – while wearing a bandana – is just about perfect in my book. 
3. Her family is fabulous. Not only do I get cards in the mail from her parents every holiday, but I occasionally get the opportunity to play with her 2 adorable nephews while having absolutely no responsibility for dirty diapers or cleaning up - not to even mention that I have secretly adopted her older sisters as my own because I've always wanted an older sister and they are just, plain and simple, awesome. 
4. She loves reality shows. Having a roommate who has no problem admitting to not only watching, but loving Teen Mom is always good to have - especially if you feel the same way, which I do….  oops, accidental confession.
5. Guilty Pleasures. Fruit Snacks, Fruit Snacks, Fruit Snacks... it makes my not-so-secret freezer chocolate stash seem normal. 
6. Alcohol. Going to the bar with someone who gets drunk from 2 Blue Moons, like myself, is just wonderful – as is having a roommate to drink wine and watch twilight movies with. 
7. Blogs. Do any of you read blogs and find yourself bringing up bloggers in everyday conversation, and talking of them like you know them? Well I do, and so does Annie... always creates lovely roommate conversations and jumpstarts apartment DIY projects.
8. G. The fact that her last name not only starts with a G, but also a G-I-L, makes our apartment decor a no-brainer, like this shelf above our couch:
 


9. Primates. This is a new fact that we recently found out about ourselves... but monkeys do not just scare the crap out of us, they fa-reak us out.... just thinking about their hairy, naked bodies walking on 2 feet just gi ves us the willies... hmmm, do people still use that word? oh well, I just did.  
10. Look in Annie's purse then look in mine: you will find a planner, on occasion a notebook, and colored writing utensils.... this really has nothing to do with living together, but it's just a fun fact that doesn't make me look insane, but makes us both look insane... two is always better than one, right?



So there you have it folks! Reasons why Annie Gilbert is my perfect roommate... and yes, I do realize that some of the above numbers really have no direct relevance to living in the same apartment, but we have so many stupid similarities and behaviors that makes it so much easier to understand and tolerate each other and why we don't look at the other dumbfounded when the other feels the need to proclaim that she's not making her desk calendar pretty..... it really can be an exhausting household, but it's my perfect environment, and I couldn't ask for anything more, well, except for a career, serious boyfriend and more money... but that's an ENTIRE different story

You can (and should!) read more about my roommate Annie at her blog: Accidentally on Purpose.

 

Goals? Sure, Why Not!

This post will be simple, to the point, and most likely a list of things that will NOT get done, but hey, I tried, right?!

• Goal of Day: Finish my bedroom.
• Goal of the Week: Write a blog post? write a different blog post. 
• Goal of the Year: Use my roommate's future blog-famous-status to become blog famous myself, and get a bunch of food coupons and free samples. 

Yeahhh, we'll see if ANY of these get completed.... :)

author's note: this post is in fact, NOT a website malfunction, and was purposely created to look just like the previous week. 

Goals? Sure, Why Not!

This post will be simple, to the point, and most likely a list of things that will NOT get done, but hey, I tried, right?!

• Goal of Day: Finish my bedroom.

• Goal of the Week: Write a blog post?

• Goal of the Year: Use my roommate's future blog-famous-status to become blog famous myself, and get a bunch of food coupons and free samples. 

Yeahhh, we'll see if ANY of these get completed.... :) 


Have an awesome labor day!

I Love Peanut Butter

have some today!

Change of Plans

Why does it always seem that when plans are changed they are changed for the worse?

I woke up this morning with a list of TO DO's to accomplish today:

• run 10ish miles
• shower
• ikea
• pack
• target
• drive to columbus
• unpack and move into my new apartment

Once neatly checked off, I had all intentions of enjoying a relaxing first evening in the new apartment filled with organizing, wine drinking and Stacey's Pita Chips (absolute favorite) munching with my new roommate, and other gil, Annie. Instead, I am currently sitting on my parent's couch in West Chester, watching Jersey Shore on DVR and eating a Reese Cup Wizard from the Cone. 

(Yes, I did say Wizard with a "W" which is the same concept as a Blizard from dairy queen, only about 80 200 times better. And yes, this probably has like 1,000 calories but it was good, and my day was awful - 2 perfectly good reasons for indulgences such as this choclately peanut buttery masterpiece) 

Rewind several hours back to my TO DO list. Things were going well. I got in 10 glorious miles, ate some glorious oatmeal for the first time in 2 weeks, enjoyed a glorious cup of coffee, showered and hopped off to Ikea. 
Ikea was even going glorious. Despite the annoying families amazed over 2 dollar dishes, I found several cheap kitchen items, a desk for my room and a tv stand for the living room. I checked out, pulled my car up to the loading dock, loaded up the goods, and hopped back in the car, still in a glorious mood until I put the key in the ignition and turne and nothing happened. Dead. Zip. Zilch. Nothing. 
Immediately I called my dad (well, after I texted Annie). He came. He saw. And things got ugly. 


It was determined by him and an Ikea worker (random, right?) that it was the starter and not only would it have to be towed, but I would be carless for a few days. I immediately broke down. Between living out of a suitcase for 2 weeks, sleeping on a floor and starting a new job, this just put me over the edge. 


SO, long story short, here I sit, still in West Chester, eating ice cream and watching trashy tv, when I could be drinking wine with my new roommate while organizing and decorating. Bad news is that I am delayed 1 day of unpacking and I spent the day crying. Good news is that it was just my battery and I got my car back earlier this evening.
Even better news, my car is packed and ready to leave at 8 in the morning for a day of unpacking and organizing, with pretty good odds of a glass of wine or two to cap off the day.


Whew! I'm exhausted. Mentally. Emotionally. Physically. 
I'm off to read then crash... see ya'll from Columbus!

Pet Peeves

I told myself this morning that I was going to sit down this evening and post on my blog. SO much has happened in my life this 2 past weeks that I knew it would be a piece of cake to sit down, start typing and press submit - all done without any 10 second holds on the delete button. Throughout the day and even into my car ride home I had millions of topics and thoughts that were just buzzing in my brain about what my post could be about….. 


So here I sit, in front of my bright, shiny, white new MackBook, and I tell you folks, I am blank. I have no idea on God's green Earth what to write about!!! The only idea that crossed my mind, and actually got my fingers moving was my day. Then, about half way through my rants and raves about how AWFUL my day was I realized that my post was basically going to be a really long facebook status on why my day was so bad, which is really just a way to get multiple comments on your wall about how great you are and that things will be okay. Right? Right. 


In attempt to avoid cries for attention, I pressed that awful button, for a long time. While doing so, I not only got really irritated about the fact that I was 10 seconds into my delete action and still going, but that I also really can't stand when people use facebook to publicly complain - whether it be about their boring job, lack of money, recently bad breakup, etc. After my 15 seconds of anger, finger pressure and random thoughts, my blog post idea came to me: pet peeves. 
Here, for your reading pleasure and heads up: is a current-subject to change depending on my mood list of what makes me ANNOYED! 

• when people use facebook to either 
• a) complain or 
• b) brag about their athletic accomplishments (really? you ran 5 miles at 5:00am, who cares.)
•  loud chewers
• people who need constant attention
• video games that don't involve race cars or donkey kong
• when people say that if we ran together they wouldn't be able to keep up
• laziness 
• lack of organization
• diets 
• how i can't say "haha" in T9 texting format 
• soccer (except when it involves happy hour and margarita's) 
• 55 calorie beer
• when 2 colors of something aren't stacked every-other-color (plates in cabinets for example)
• words crossed out on paper
• when pen smears on paper

I apologize if any of the above apply to you.

Have a great day!

p.s. once I finally establish a home, I plan on taking more pictures and adding "pizaz" to this blog. Words alone are pretty boring, especially coming from me :)