Sunday, February 03, 2008

A month's worth

So much has been going on that I've not been posting lately! As I mentioned in my last post, I now have four roommates and it's been awesome! They cook, they clean, they're fun, and they brought an original Nintendo into the house, so we're having Dr. Mario battles.

The dogs are doing well. Marla got spayed last week and she's up and at 'em at full energy now. She's still the best dog in her class, but we ran up on her most difficult area in the last training class: coming when called. She failed in the class, but has been better about it at home this week. She's a pro at "stay" and "leave it," at least for her age.

Work has been very busy. I'm losing two minions and gaining two more, so it's the biggest one-time shift in my team since I started leading a team. It's exciting, but it will also be challenging because my team is currently behind. And I'm sick. Did I mention I'm sick? I should start keeping an Excel spreadsheet of how often I'm sick. And I'm thinking of making daily fruit smoothies. My sister makes smoothies every day and hasn't been sick since fall, and that's with three little boys snotting all over her house. I know smoothies are super high in sugar, but they're the only way I can get fruit into my system, and I figure I need fruit more than I need to be skinny.

We went up to Washington to see Steph's new place last week and it was a blast. The dogs loved being able to run around on the acreage, and I loved the freedom to let them out. And the house is beautiful.

Someone made a video of the Taxpayers playing "Everybody does a Little" from a bunch of footage compiled over the past few months. I take it everyone has had a chance to notice it at the top of the page here. Other than that, not much is going on. Just surviving here.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just because something has a lot of sugar doesn't mean it's bad for you. Depending on how you make them, smoothies have fruit sugar, which is way better than the crappy sweeteners that get added to most commercial products.
Besides, a calorie is a calorie no matter where it comes from. As long as you eat a balanced diet you'll be fine. :)

Christina said...

Well, you know me and balanced diets. Plus, I had to add yogurt and a couple of spoonfuls of sugar to my first smoothie, so today I added frozen yogurt instead. Put simply, my diet needs work. I'm not concerned about the fructose, I'm concerned about everything else in addition to it.

Jorge said...

You need some sunshine to go along with those smoothies!!!!