So dance dance like it's the last last night of your life life, gonna get you right

As I mentioned yesterday, I am in love with my new gym, Snap Fitness. It's clean, not crowded, spacious, smells nice (hard to come by in a gym) and it has everything I need to work on my fitness. Plus it's open 24 hours a day.... Um, not that I'd work out at 3am, but it's so nice to have that option.

Since I love it there so much, I've pretty much been visiting every day. And natch, my workout mix on my iPod is already getting stale. With the exception of two songs that is:

1. Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin In Love. Oh man, as soon as this song starts I am movin' and groovin' like no one's business. I look awesome doing it too.

2. Dream On, The Glee Version - I loves me some NPH (Neil Patrick Harris, for all you non-Glee and HIMYM lovers). I don't know, something about the way these pretty boys sing this classic Aerosmith song helps me get through the last mile of my workout.

How freaking random am I??? I digress.

So anywhooooo.... I'm looking for some new songs to join my top 2, and I am in desperate need for suggestions. Anything, good or bad, lay it on me. I mean, I get jazzed by Doogie Howser... clearly I'm not picky.

It's spring in Ohio people...

 

Don't. Be. Jealous.

What I'm loving today

Thank you Tresemme for keeping my bangs out of my face

I just discovered this DELICIOUS hot beverage - I'm in love!!!

Potential bridesmaid's dress for L&M's wedding?? It's a convertible wrap dress, so it can be worn 5 different ways. Huzzah!

How freaking cute are they?? It's nice to have someone who understands you when no one else can ;-)

And lastly, my new gym Snap Fitness, which is so conveniently located .10 miles from my house and has made working out fun again! See, look how happy these people are!

In the mood for a change

I just sent Jon this text message:

Me: "I'm painting our dining room and staining the table and chairs. No work for you. Deal?"

Jon: "No problem. Do you know how to do those things???"

Hahahahahaha. Okay, so I might be a little bit of a train wreck when it comes to home renovation, but I'm learning.

For those of you who don't know, a few years ago we purchased a 100-year old "fixer-upper" at a great price in a nice neighborhood. Being married to an architect helped me see the "potential" in said home. Slowly but surely (read: verrrrry slowly), we've been making little updates here and there. And by we, I mean Jon. The poor guy has knocked down walls, hung drywall, and completely gutted our living room to make our home more livable. We still have ALOT of work to do, but we're not moving anytime soon, so we've got time.

Anywhoo, we have this great, huge dining room, and it is ugly as sin. No seriously. It's bad. We're not into the knock-down walls phase in that room yet (hey, home renovation ain't cheap), so I tried to paint over wallpaper a year ago, and the results were disastrous. Luckily, my moms stepped in and cleaned up my tornado, but the results of my first attempt at cosmetic updates were less than stellar.

While perusing the internet today at lunch, I came across some gorgeous photos that gave me inspiration for my DIY dining room makeover.

SWOON. I love everything about the dining room (especially the chairs)

I'm really feeling gray paint for the walls

Horribly ugly table, but cute wall color and I like the white trim

I think it's safe to safe gray paint is a front runner

Yep. Definitely staining the table dark. And I <3 that light fixture.

Even in my dreams, I'm a bad driver

I had a dream last night that I backed into someone's mailbox. An insurance agent came by and assessed the damage. $3,000. For a mailbox?!?! That would be my luck.

Do you ever go through periods of time where your dreams are just wacky?? For the last few weeks, my dreams have been so strange and random. My friend Tully is awesome at interpreting dreams, but since she's on Spring Break and unable to assist me, I went to www.dreammoods.com to see if I could figure out what my mailbox dream "represented."

Mailbox
To see a mailbox in your dream, represents important information that you are about to receive. Pay particular attention to your dream and what message it is trying to convey to you from your unconscious. If the mailbox is full, then it indicates that you have not digested or accepted these messages. 

So according to this interpretation, I need to pay attention to the message it's trying to convey..... Okay, that's easy - I need to be a more careful driver! Done and done.

Car Crash
To dream that you are in a car crash, indicates that your beliefs, lifestyle, or goals are clashing with another's. It may also represent a shocking situation or painful experience. Alternatively, car crashes may forewarn of your dangerous or careless driving habits.

Hmmm, are my goals clashing with another's? Let's see, my only goal for right now is to run the half marathon, and sure it might be clashing with my free time and my desire for un-sore legs, but I wouldn't call that clashing per se. So, I'm gonna take this as yet another sign that I need to be a more careful driver.

Dreams are weird.