So, after a review of the first almost three weeks of 2013, Huz and I are failing miserably at staying in one place. By the time the month is over, we will have been to Vail, Breckenridge, Tampa, and Houston (twice). We suck.

Earlier this week, I was texting with a BFF from college who I have been meaning to visit for about a bajillion years. After about three texts, I went online and bought a ticket because I do what I want (and I temporarily forgot that we are trying not to travel so much – oops). Now I have a pre-birthday celebration scheduled in Seattle (I’ve never been!) the last weekend of Feb. Yay 31!

We got a new front door. It’s big and red and beautiful and I think it makes my house look so much better. As luck would have it, I picked one of the coldest days of the year to get the door installed. I had a giant hole in my house for about 3-4 hours when it was 20 degrees outside so I just turned off the heat because what’s the point. The guy who installed my door went to the same college as Huz and I did (I’m so proud?) and told me an interesting tale about how he sold drugs to pay for school. What a go-getter!

Lance Armstrong used performance enhancing drugs? I’m shocked! Wait, no I’m not. Lance is such a egomaniacal narcissist – even when he was coming clean he was still being a douche. The real victims here are all the people who looked up to him and the cancer patients/survivors he lied to. Let’s not forget the LiveStrong Foundation. Such an epic shame.  

On Friday, I bought a giant bottle of Pellegrino from Whole Foods. I’m pretty sure it’s a serving for like, multiple people – something to be poured at a dinner party, perhaps. I carried it around all afternoon from meeting to meeting and I quickly realized it was like carrying around a wine bottle. Next time I will get the smaller size. If you weren’t in the meeting room with me, it looked like I was sitting on a conference call with a bottle of chardonnay.  

Buckwild on MTV is awesome. Sorry I’m not sorry.

It has been so dry and cold here that my hands are like two sandpaper mitts and I’ve started rubbing Aquaphor on them every night like lotion. I’ve also started putting Aquaphor all over my face and eyes. Acne, I’ll see you soon.

My sister gifted Huz with a Garden and Gun subscription for Christmas. Huz doesn’t hunt and never will, but the magazine is great nonetheless. Great recipes and good stories – we can skip over the guns.

 

I think I might be the only person who’s 2013 “resolution” is to do less. Some people vow to take more time to travel and cook and make their own clothes/salad dressing/baby food/spices in 2013 – I want to lock myself in my house and watch 6598 episodes of Girls. I actually don’t even believe in resolutions but the “slow down” concept is a keeper. I’m 30 and I’m old and I have developed a nuclear hatred for Denver International Airport and that just aint right.

Speaking of making your own healthier foods, Huz and I met some friends over the weekend for dinner at True Food Kitchen. This is a new restaurant owned by Dr. Andrew Weil (an anti-inflammatory diet enthusiast) and everything on their menu is organic, locavore, and I think most items are gluten free. I don’t think the guys really understood what they were getting into. The entire dinner vaguely reminded me of the Sex and City episode where the girls eat at Raw and Samantha meets Smith Jerrod. The one difference is that our food was cooked and our waiter was 5 ft 4 and wearing yoga pants with matching Toms.

No one like this works at True Food

Huz, trying to get his hands on more than 400 calories, ordered the buffalo burger with sweet potato hash. Poor man was starving when dinner was over and confused as to what he just ate (the restaurant didn’t have condiments – the horror!). I ordered a seafood caldo “stew” and asked for a side of bread. The “bread” was some raw pita bread pieces (I think) that didn’t dissolve when soaked in broth. I will say that I felt pleasantly satisfied when we left – not too full, not starving. I think our wine was organic too and it didn’t dissapoint. We decided that True Food is a good place for dinner if you have had a large lunch full of sulfates, nitrates, carbs and toxins. Or, a recent boozy prolonged vacay in New Orleans.

Now its back to grind . . . and snacks.

I’m in love with my new iPad keyboard. In fact, I’m typing on it right now. It’s like I’m typing on a tiny, lightweight computer and I like it. No more having to type posts on a laptop.

Lots has happened since my last update. Christmas, New Years, 2013 started. Christmas wasn’t as bad as I thought it was, but I’m very glad its over. We were in New Orleans for NYE and it was fantastic. I am excited for 2013 and ready for new things. 2013 is going to be an awesome year. Now if only I could muster up the energy to take down all my Christmas decorations, unpack from our trips, and deliver a wedding present to our friends who got married in Sepetember.