Just got back from the restroom where I watched a woman who works in my building quickly run her hands under the water sans soap after using the facilities. She is well~known for her lack of hygiene (we often hear her from the stalls wash her hands much too quickly to properly clean them) but I hadn't ever actually seen her failure to use soap with my own eyes. This grosses me out to no end, especially considering that I get to touch the same door handle with my CLEAN hands that she just touched with her DIRTY ones. I almost said something ~ "Whoops! I think you forgot the soap there!" but stopped myself, unsure of how my comment would be taken.
What do you think? Should I have commented on her "hand~washing" technique?
~Heather
***UPDATE***
I ran into Miss I~Don't~Need~To~Use~Soap again in the bathroom this afternoon, and she actually used soap when she quickly cleaned her hands! Perhaps she noticed my look of disgust at her failure to use soap this morning? Let's hope this wasn't a one~time thing and she realizes how much better clean hands feel than dirty ones!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friend Makin' Mondays ~ Celebrity Crushes
This week, Andrea at My Chihuahua Bites is hosting Friend Makin' Mondays for Kasey at All That Is Good. This week's topic is amazingly fun ~ we're sharing our top 5 celebrity crushes. Here (in no particular order) are mine!
Mark Walhberg. Okay, so I lied about the whole "in no particular order" thing. Marky Mark is my number one celebrity crush, and has been since the mid-90's. I love him in all of his movies, no matter how ridiculous they are. One of my faves is The Big Hit ~ if you're a Mark fan and haven't seen this one, get yourself to Target or Wal~Mart and buy yourself a copy. It's incredibly silly, but he's absolutely adorable in it!
Hugh Jackman. I've had a big~time crush on Hugh since the first X-Men movie came out. I love his brooding demeanor, Wolverine~perfect hair, and amazing six~pack!
Joel McHale. What girl doesn't love a guy who can make her laugh? Joel always pulls through for me in this department. I don't catch every episode of The Soup, but I love love love the ones that I do watch. In my humble opinion, Joel's style of comedy is in a class of its own.
Will Smith. He's an amazing actor, has a fabulous body, and is fun to look at. Plus he makes me cry every time I watch Seven Pounds. Enough said.
Val Kilmer. It's hard to say which movie I like Val in more ~ The Saint or Tombstone... He seems to have disappeared from Hollywood as of late, and he is sorely missed. Val, come back to us!
Visit Andrea to view more celebrity crushes or to join in the fun.
As always, have a wonderful Monday!
~Heather
Mark Walhberg. Okay, so I lied about the whole "in no particular order" thing. Marky Mark is my number one celebrity crush, and has been since the mid-90's. I love him in all of his movies, no matter how ridiculous they are. One of my faves is The Big Hit ~ if you're a Mark fan and haven't seen this one, get yourself to Target or Wal~Mart and buy yourself a copy. It's incredibly silly, but he's absolutely adorable in it!
Hugh Jackman. I've had a big~time crush on Hugh since the first X-Men movie came out. I love his brooding demeanor, Wolverine~perfect hair, and amazing six~pack!
Joel McHale. What girl doesn't love a guy who can make her laugh? Joel always pulls through for me in this department. I don't catch every episode of The Soup, but I love love love the ones that I do watch. In my humble opinion, Joel's style of comedy is in a class of its own.
Will Smith. He's an amazing actor, has a fabulous body, and is fun to look at. Plus he makes me cry every time I watch Seven Pounds. Enough said.
Val Kilmer. It's hard to say which movie I like Val in more ~ The Saint or Tombstone... He seems to have disappeared from Hollywood as of late, and he is sorely missed. Val, come back to us!
Visit Andrea to view more celebrity crushes or to join in the fun.
As always, have a wonderful Monday!
~Heather
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Get Fit While Blogging!
So I know I’m supposed to be taking a bloggy break, but I miss blogging! I miss all of the blogs I follow on a daily basis, I miss having an outlet to share my thoughts and feelings, and I miss getting fun little comments. And yes, I realize that this is sad and pathetic considering I’ve only been on my little break since Saturday. Oh well. I’m back!
I found this little article on Shine this morning ~ Ten Ways to Get Fit While You’re Glued to the Computer ~ and just had to share it. Now we can get in shape WHILE WE BLOG! How fabulous is this?!? I wonder how long before I’ll start to see results from the Twitter Tummy Tone…
2. RSS Raises – As you're sitting at your desk, straighten your knees and lift your legs out in front of you. Do this as you catch up on your favorite blogs on your RSS reader.
3. 10 Minute Move it! Break #1 – Alternate jogging in place with jumping jacks – do a minute of each and repeat 5 times.
4. Twitter Tummy Tone - Tighten your abs for 30 seconds and then release. Do this as you tweet.
5. Social Squeezes – Tighten your glutes for 30 seconds and then release. (Good thing no one can see you at this social, right?) Repeat as you Stumble, Digg, or Friend on Facebook.
6. 10 Minute Move it! Break #2 – Grab a step stool and climb up and down – get creative if you like and alternate knee lifts at the top of the step.
7. Inbox Incline - While you're sitting with your feet on the floor, raise your heels so you are on the balls of your feet and lower them. Make sure you can feel it in your calves. Do this as you read and reply to your emails.
8. 10 Minute Move it! Break #3 – Do walking lunges around the house or office. Want to make it more challenging? Add some weights and do bicep curls at the same time.
9. Blogger Breather - Grab a quick minute to just close your eyes and focus on your breath. Count to 10 as you slowly inhale through your nose, thinking positive thoughts. Exhale through your mouth, again counting to 10. This time release all the tension and stress out of your body. Repeat if you have a few more seconds.
10. Sign Off Stretches. Your neck and shoulders can get pretty tense when you sit at a computer too long. So loosen them up throughout the day with:
a) Shoulder shrugs - with your head at your chest, shrug your shoulders up and down.
b) Neck Rolls - relax your shoulders and let your head roll forward. Slowly rotate your head in a circle. Repeat five times.
Ladies, do you see yourself doing any of these moves? Which ones sound the best? Or the most ridiculous? Worth a shot though ~ as Vivienne noted in her comment, all the little things do add up!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
~Heather
I found this little article on Shine this morning ~ Ten Ways to Get Fit While You’re Glued to the Computer ~ and just had to share it. Now we can get in shape WHILE WE BLOG! How fabulous is this?!? I wonder how long before I’ll start to see results from the Twitter Tummy Tone…
Here are the ten moves outlined in the article:
1. Cyber Squats - Who says you have to sit when you're online? Set your chair aside for a few minutes and instead do squats as you cruise around the Web.2. RSS Raises – As you're sitting at your desk, straighten your knees and lift your legs out in front of you. Do this as you catch up on your favorite blogs on your RSS reader.
3. 10 Minute Move it! Break #1 – Alternate jogging in place with jumping jacks – do a minute of each and repeat 5 times.
4. Twitter Tummy Tone - Tighten your abs for 30 seconds and then release. Do this as you tweet.
5. Social Squeezes – Tighten your glutes for 30 seconds and then release. (Good thing no one can see you at this social, right?) Repeat as you Stumble, Digg, or Friend on Facebook.
6. 10 Minute Move it! Break #2 – Grab a step stool and climb up and down – get creative if you like and alternate knee lifts at the top of the step.
7. Inbox Incline - While you're sitting with your feet on the floor, raise your heels so you are on the balls of your feet and lower them. Make sure you can feel it in your calves. Do this as you read and reply to your emails.
8. 10 Minute Move it! Break #3 – Do walking lunges around the house or office. Want to make it more challenging? Add some weights and do bicep curls at the same time.
9. Blogger Breather - Grab a quick minute to just close your eyes and focus on your breath. Count to 10 as you slowly inhale through your nose, thinking positive thoughts. Exhale through your mouth, again counting to 10. This time release all the tension and stress out of your body. Repeat if you have a few more seconds.
10. Sign Off Stretches. Your neck and shoulders can get pretty tense when you sit at a computer too long. So loosen them up throughout the day with:
a) Shoulder shrugs - with your head at your chest, shrug your shoulders up and down.
b) Neck Rolls - relax your shoulders and let your head roll forward. Slowly rotate your head in a circle. Repeat five times.
Ladies, do you see yourself doing any of these moves? Which ones sound the best? Or the most ridiculous? Worth a shot though ~ as Vivienne noted in her comment, all the little things do add up!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
~Heather
Saturday, April 11, 2009
~ 8 Things ~
So I know I said I was going to take a bloggy break, but Rhonda at Down Memory Lane tagged all of us with this fun little questionnaire and I just have to do it! I really should be packing, but taking 15 minutes to do this shouldn't set me back too much. :o)
8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:
1. Going to Vegas next week.
2. Moving into our adorable new house.
3. Getting my new puppy! I talked to the breeder this week and she's expecting the mama to deliver very soon. I can't wait to bring my Daisy home!
4. Getting the Zumba DVDs I just bought on ebay in the mail. I love doing aerobics at home and am looking forward to trying something new.
5. Taking dance classes again with my sweetie. We need to get him all caught up with me so we can start going out dancing more. (I used to compete in ballroom and salsa dancing and really miss it ~ it'll be so good to get back into it.)
6. Expanding my business to include more wedding accessories and hair clips.
7. Paying off my student loans.
8. Getting married and becoming a mama (of course, this probably won't happen for years, but I'm still looking forward to it!).
8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Went out to dinner at my favorite restaurant ~ Skipper's! ~ with my family.
2. Had a completely free food day. I snacked on my favorite cereal ~ Special K Chocolately Delight ~ all morning, had peanut m&m's this afternoon, ate greasy fish for dinner followed up with a dipped cone at Dairy Queen, and then finished off the day with buttery popcorn and Mike & Ike's. Back to eating healthy today. :o)
3. Worked on updating my website ~ http://www.sugarplumgarters.com/
4. Snuggled with my sweetie while we watched Seven Pounds on the couch.
5. Caught up on almost everything I had to do at work.
6. Rejoiced when I heard that Baby Stellan was moved out of the PICU and has had very few bouts of SVT over the past few days.
7. Mourned when I heard of the Spohr family's loss.
8. Emptied the dishwasher for one of the last times ~ our new house doesn't have one!
8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1. Lose the ten pounds I've been trying to lose for the past year.
2. Quit my day job and put all my focus on my garter business.
3. Go ballroom/salsa/country dancing 3+ nights a week ~ when I was right out of college, I danced that often and was in the best shape of my life ~ I never even had to go to the gym!
4. Fall asleep the second my head hits the pillow instead of laying awake for hours worrying about how tired I'm going to be in the morning.
5. Adopt a kitty or two in addition to my puppy.
6. Hire a maid so I can have the clean house I want without having to do the work. (I am incredibly lazy when it comes to house work!)
7. Find a church that my boyfriend and I can both call our church home.
8. Spend a few months traveling. Our must~see spots include Italy, Greece, and Australia.
8 Shows I Watch:
1. Big Love
2. Heroes
3. House
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Rock of Love (I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I watch this ~ we watch it every Sunday with Little Brother and his girlfriend. I probably wouldn't watch it otherwise, although there is something remarkably addicting about trashy reality television.)
6. Castle
7. Brothers & Sisters
8. Ugly Betty
I would like to tag anyone who would like to join in the fun!
Have a fabulous weekend!
~Heather
8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:
1. Going to Vegas next week.
2. Moving into our adorable new house.
3. Getting my new puppy! I talked to the breeder this week and she's expecting the mama to deliver very soon. I can't wait to bring my Daisy home!
4. Getting the Zumba DVDs I just bought on ebay in the mail. I love doing aerobics at home and am looking forward to trying something new.
5. Taking dance classes again with my sweetie. We need to get him all caught up with me so we can start going out dancing more. (I used to compete in ballroom and salsa dancing and really miss it ~ it'll be so good to get back into it.)
6. Expanding my business to include more wedding accessories and hair clips.
7. Paying off my student loans.
8. Getting married and becoming a mama (of course, this probably won't happen for years, but I'm still looking forward to it!).
8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Went out to dinner at my favorite restaurant ~ Skipper's! ~ with my family.
2. Had a completely free food day. I snacked on my favorite cereal ~ Special K Chocolately Delight ~ all morning, had peanut m&m's this afternoon, ate greasy fish for dinner followed up with a dipped cone at Dairy Queen, and then finished off the day with buttery popcorn and Mike & Ike's. Back to eating healthy today. :o)
3. Worked on updating my website ~ http://www.sugarplumgarters.com/
4. Snuggled with my sweetie while we watched Seven Pounds on the couch.
5. Caught up on almost everything I had to do at work.
6. Rejoiced when I heard that Baby Stellan was moved out of the PICU and has had very few bouts of SVT over the past few days.
7. Mourned when I heard of the Spohr family's loss.
8. Emptied the dishwasher for one of the last times ~ our new house doesn't have one!
8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1. Lose the ten pounds I've been trying to lose for the past year.
2. Quit my day job and put all my focus on my garter business.
3. Go ballroom/salsa/country dancing 3+ nights a week ~ when I was right out of college, I danced that often and was in the best shape of my life ~ I never even had to go to the gym!
4. Fall asleep the second my head hits the pillow instead of laying awake for hours worrying about how tired I'm going to be in the morning.
5. Adopt a kitty or two in addition to my puppy.
6. Hire a maid so I can have the clean house I want without having to do the work. (I am incredibly lazy when it comes to house work!)
7. Find a church that my boyfriend and I can both call our church home.
8. Spend a few months traveling. Our must~see spots include Italy, Greece, and Australia.
8 Shows I Watch:
1. Big Love
2. Heroes
3. House
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Rock of Love (I'm slightly ashamed to admit that I watch this ~ we watch it every Sunday with Little Brother and his girlfriend. I probably wouldn't watch it otherwise, although there is something remarkably addicting about trashy reality television.)
6. Castle
7. Brothers & Sisters
8. Ugly Betty
I would like to tag anyone who would like to join in the fun!
Have a fabulous weekend!
~Heather
Friday, April 10, 2009
A Bloggy Break
With everything that's going on right now, I've decided to take a little bloggy break. Work is crazy, we're spending four days in Vegas next week, and we start moving a week from Monday (and I have only done a minimal amount of packing so far). Needless to say, I have much to do that takes a slight priority over blogging! (Although I really wish it didn't ~ I love to blog!)
Just wanted to explain my absence in advance!
Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Just wanted to explain my absence in advance!
Have a wonderful Easter weekend!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wordless Wednesday ~ Easter
We're midway through the week once again and it's time for Wordless Wednesday! This week's topic is Easter.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
~Heather
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Favorite Thing of the Week ~ Pincushions!
I have fallen in love with pincushions, and they are officially my favorite thing of the week! I did a little searching on Google and Flickr and here’s what I found!
I think it may be time for me to start making/collecting these adorable and functional little sewing tools. The red strawberry is my favorite ~ which one do you like best?
~Heather
I think it may be time for me to start making/collecting these adorable and functional little sewing tools. The red strawberry is my favorite ~ which one do you like best?
Happy Tuesday!
~Heather
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