Life

Last night after my day job I had to go to the Merchandise Mart for our quarterly employee meeting.  I didn’t get home until a bit after ten and I just didn’t feel like downloading my pictures to do a regular post – turns out I decided watching the Voice on the DVR was a much better idea!  I was happy that a guy named...

I found one lone Chobani that was on it’s expiration date (although really, if it were expired by a week, I’d still eat it!) so I decided on a parfait for breakfast.  Chobani (2), my one point fruit sauce (1) and a tablespoon of granola for 1 more point.  Delish! I found out my work has a Weight Watchers at work!  Although I don’t qualify...

I had over 17,000 steps the day before yesterday and as I was going to bed and took my fitbit off, the low battery icon started flashing at me.  I have the Fitbit Zip, so it takes a 3v battery, not a normal battery that you have lying around your house.  Well, at least not around my house.   Luckily I walk right past a CVS...

So you know how I don’t like to be late for anything.  Well, having to meet a designated time to catch my train only makes me get to the train station a good 15 minutes before the train is even scheduled to arrive – better safe than sorry!  And if I have the extra time, I just walk around the train station to get some...

I am slowly getting used to my routine, even though my new job was only three days last week.  My schedule has been so irregular for the longest time, I got used to either being able to stay up late, or having to get up early.  Now I have to go to bed early and get up early! The train conductor warned regular commuters that...

Since I didn’t go to bed until WELL after my bedtime the night before last because of the Cubs game, let’s just say I slept in until the last possible second before having to catch the train.  I had my lunch packed, but only an apple for my breakfast and decided I would wing it once I got downtown.  Now I have to keep reminding...

I am sure I’ve written about this before, but when Tony and I got together back in 2000, he hated Oak Park.  Like hated it.  It was too crowded, noisy, etc.  If you grew up with it, I guess you just didn’t know any better, so when we moved on after we got married to find a place of our own, we kept driving farther,...

While I am not officially leaving The Chopping Block for good through this holiday season, whenever I start a new job, it feels like a new chapter.  Obviously I have mixed emotions about what’s in store for me.  I’ve absolutely loved the irregularity of my jobs since I quit – from the farmers market getting up at 3:45 in the morning, to not having to...

That was how I started my email to my manager at The Chopping Block telling him that I couldn’t financially work full time there anymore.  Guys, I’ve run the numbers every which way until Sunday, and it just wouldn’t be prudent to keep burning up my savings to do a job that I love, because there will come a time when there is no more...

I am off today, and the first thing on my list of things to do is to go grocery shopping.  I am seriously deficient in the veggie department lately, and plan to fix that stat.  I spent this morning trying to clean some photos off of my desktop in the hopes to try to get it to work better.  I may have gotten sucked into...