A Not-So-Sweet August Challenge

So apparently I can't tell the difference between my two blogs.  They both have food names.  I spent a little longer than I should have trying to figure out which blog to post this on.  (And hopefully by the end of August I'll have a third going... so that'll make things even more interesting).

Anyways.

July went well.  I stopped walking in my hiking boots after I went camping and found them to be fairly well broken in.  That might be cheating, but... oh well.

I also haven't actually written anything in my happy journal in about a week (work is busy and I'm wiped out by the time I go to bed each night) but I feel like the process of the journal did really help improve my mood.  So I may try to keep it up.

For August, I'm going kind of on a whim.  I keep thinking I want to do something food-related, and I also keep thinking that I consume too much sugar.  That in mind, in August I'm going to be trying to cut sugar.  I'm not saying "no sugar" because... I'm not that committed.  But at least no sugar in my Cheerios in the morning.  And at least trying to find something else to eat when I'm in that mode of needing a snack.  So I guess no cinnamon toast for the month either.

We'll see how this goes...

More Happy Things

Well one thing that is definitely happy: this is post 100 on this blog.  Which probably counts the couple of drafts that are sitting and won't ever be posted, but still... that's something.

Anyways, it's been a long and somewhat rough week, what with starting a new job and Tyler moving away.  But that's not what this is about.

I do love my new job still, and I'm getting good at it.  Plus, it has the awesome perk of going to some really cool events around town.  This past weekend I went to SolarFest, which is a festival focused on solar power and other green things.  Which apparently includes alpacas, llamas, and Ciscoe Morris.  Came face-to-face with all of these, and saw some cool technology as well.

Happy Things, week 3

I haven't managed to keep my journal this week, because I was camping for the start of it, brought but didn't write in it at all, then took a couple days to unpack, and have just been too tired at the end of the day to do anything but crash.

On the other hand, this is a very good thing.

So good things for the week:

1. Camping, of course.  Went out to Lake Quinalt and had a relaxing couple days.
2. Started my job.  It's fantastic.  Exhausting and rather challenging but really quite fantastic.
3. Started a new knitting project.  It's a big green gorgeous blanket.  Nice to finally have something to work on again.  Maybe I'll finish it by winter.

Someone else's finished result of the same pattern.
Source: Stockinette Knits

Happy things, Week 2

This has been a pretty good week.  A few hitches, as always happens, but a lot to be happy about.

1. I got a job!  A part time job promoting Puget Sound Energy's Green Power program, which is a program where Puget Sound Energy customers can sign up to pay more and know their energy is coming from renewable sources (PSE is audited by a third party to ensure that they actually are buying as much renewable energy as their clients pay for.)  While it's only part time, it is doing exactly what I want to be doing: educating the public about the importance of sustainability and helping them achieve it.
2. A free electric toothbrush from the dentist, my reward for telling him repeatedly that I'd use one as soon as he gave me one (don't try this at home?  I've been going to the same dentist for 20 years, and my parents for even longer)
3. Plenty of fun physical activity: a high ropes course, paddleboarding, walking an adorable dog, hiking on trails near my house that I didn't know existed.
4. Plenty of spending time with good friends who I don't see often enough (breakfast dates are the best).
5. Finally: last night was the MEOW Cat Shelter Auction.  It's always a really fun event, John Curley is a hilarious auctioneer, and a lot of money went to an organization that I really strongly care for.  Plus... it's always fun when celebrities talk to you (even if it's just John Curley, and it's just "thanks for coming" as you walk by him).

I've even kept up with breaking in my hiking boots mostly.  I'm going camping next week so hopefully they're good and broken in by now, or else hiking won't be as much fun.

Happy things, week 1

I meant to post this yesterday, but I got a migraine, so all bets are off.  (Still fighting this one, it's a doozy... grr).

Anyways, it's been a slow week, but probably the best part was Tuesday night, when I decided, for whatever crazy reason, that I wanted to jump in the lake after sunset.  So my boyfriend and I sat at the park, eating our "dessert" (which was a pizza...) until the sun went down, when we packed up and jumped in the lake.

It was cold.

But it still felt really good.  Refreshing or something like that.  Plus, it was a nice dose of impulsive.

Now I need to get back on walking, because them hiking boots aren't gonna break themselves in...