August 17, 2013

I had a proper workout today and it kicked my butt. And it felt great. I am hoping that it will be a start of daily exercise. I feel better when I can exercise on a consistent basis but I have trouble keeping it up over time. Here's to another beginning. Until Monday probably when I won't want to get out of bed in time to exercise before work.

I also want to start switching out my chip consumption with vegetables. At the moment I'm thinking carrot sticks and celery, possibly with hummus when I can get my sister to make it.

I went to Staples today to check out what they have in terms of folder organization. Last year I ended up with a stack of folders and papers and every time I needed something it seemed to be in the middle of that stack. I am hoping this year to get that organized a little better. They had a few different options but I want to consider my choices a little more before making a decision. I did get a couple more small notebooks to carry in my pocket for random notes.

From there I went next door to Hobby Lobby to see about a frame for the Red Rocks poster I bought. It is 12"x36" and I assumed that would be a standard frame size considering they made a poster that size, but I wasn't sure. And I guess it isn't because they didn't have a frame that size but they had several that were close at 11.75"x36". I figured that was close enough and as luck would have it, wall frames were 50% off. So I got a nice looking one, especially by Hobby Lobby standards, for under twenty bucks. When I got home I saw that there really was no wiggle room with that quarter of an inch so I had to cut it off the bottom of my poster. But it looks good in the frame so it was worth it. Now I just need to hang it. The best place would be over where I hung my TV but I need to figure out the stud situation because the frame is pretty heavy.

Tonight at work I read my book, worked on my cross stitch, and started watching Generation Kill again. I can't remember if I read the book or watched the series first but I like both. I think the series does a good job of not glorifying war and showing what it was really like for Marines invading Iraq. Of course, I have no basis for this assumption, but it seems at least fairly realistic.