Smile!

Finally had my dental appointment this morning (#24)... no cavities!  In fact, the dentist said everything looked great and that I should keep on doing whatever I'm doing.  Wahoo!!  And not even a word about needing to floss.  See, this is another one of those times when the anticipation of something is about a thousand times worse than the actual thing itself.  But now I'm wondering... how badly do I really need to floss (#57)???

Fizzy up the Girl

In case you don't get the title reference, I was just listening to the Goo Goo Dolls.  And I drank a Coke today!  For the first time in a month (#46).  Wow, was that sweet!  (in the syrupy sugar-high kind of way)  And so refreshing!  It also left kind of a gross film in my mouth that made me feel like I needed to brush my teeth.  Interesting.  I actually didn't really notice any difference in how the sugar or caffeine made me feel afterward, but I can't say that I wanted to rush right out and drink another one.  So I think was a good task, because it did definitely break my cycle of drinking waaaay too much pop.  Hopefully I can keep it to a minimum for a while.  But if not... well, I have to do this two more times!

I got the last of all my CDs onto my computer last week (#40).  It turned out to be a good project for my day off, because I needed to keep my knee up and give it a rest.  I actually really loved going through all my CDs, because I kept seeing things I had forgotten about, and now I am very excited about getting some of the "oldies but goodies" back into my listening rotation.  It also made me realize that I need to make a more concerted effort to find my stereo and my cassette tapes, because I have a lot of really good music in there somewhere!!  I was kind of late jumping on the CD bandwagon, so all the music from my college days and for quite a while after that are on tape.  I need my music!  I have also downloaded a few more CDs from Amazon (#45) from artists I haven't normally listened to before.  In fact, I've spent the last hour or so previewing some new albums!

So that's it.  Not too much else going on other than trying to make it through work and gearing up for my best friend's 40th birthday celebration in Vegas.  (counting the days, hours, and minutes!)

Eyes and Ears

After several trips to the eye doctor to get the prescription just right, my contact lenses are ready to be picked up (#28)!  So what next?  Get rid of the huge and horrible dark circles that my glasses had been masking.  Sephora was having one of their give aways with purchase of a box of deluxe samples, so this seemed like a perfect time to go by and get a make-up lesson (#88).  I was amazed at how well Sara was able to blend in the dark puffy areas.  I already loved Benefit's eye products, and now I have two more to love... Boi-ing and Lemon Aid!  The eye shadows were fun and geared toward more of a party look.  She used Urban Decay's Deluxe Shadow Box and a Laura Mercier liner pencil.  She was also able to recommend another Urban Decay product to help counteract the redness on the rest of my face, so it was a pretty productive trip!

Dark and sparkly eye shadows.  And wow do my lashes look great!



Not sure that I would actually do this again, but it gives me ideas to play around with.  And look... no dark circles!


Something else I've been focusing on lately has been music.  I really have been wanting to find new things to listen to (#45), I suppose partially because I have felt a little bored with what's on the radio all the time.  So my first plan has been to just be more conscious of what I'm hearing.  Things like movies and TV shows (thank you So You Think You Can Dance for including the artist and title for all the songs used on the show!) really help, so I've been making sure to write down when I find things I like.  Also, I discovered that Amazon.com has free daily song downloads and loads of $5 album downloads, so I've been keeping an eye on those and am slowly expanding my collection!  Which leads into getting all that music organized (#40).  I finally got all my CDs unpacked and organized, so now I'm working on getting them all downloaded to my computer.  Once that's all done the next order or business will be making sure to back it up on a jump drive or something else, so I don't accidentally lose it all!  I want to make some playlists... things I can take to work or put on my phone for travel.  I'm about half-way through all the CDs, so good progress there. 

But that does lead into the update on my phone.  I really do like my cell phone (it's an HTC Touch Pro 2), and I have been looking forward to figuring out all the ins and outs and really using it to its full potential (#70).  I've only had it for two years, after all.  (ha-ha!)  But starting at the beginning of July, it's been giving me fits, and I'm actually on my second replacement phone (the screen went out on the original, and the sound kept going out on the second one.  hopefully, third time's the charm).  But from everything the Sprint people keep telling me, these phones were only designed to last about two years, and I'm likely going to end up getting an entirely new phone sometime in the not too distant future.  So, unfortunately, this item will not exactly fulfill its original intent, but I promise to apply it to whatever phone I end up with.  I'm hoping to find one that uses a mini SD card, since that's what I bought to use with my current phone to hold all the music that I'm organizing!

One more week 'til I can drink pop!  Next time I do this, I am definitely not doing it during the summertime!!

Quick catch-up

I finished reading Anne of Green Gables, which was one of my designated books to read, a few days ago (#66).  I found it a little tedious in the beginning because of all the fanciful language she uses, but once I got into it, I really enjoyed the stories.  I always thought of this as a children's book, but with all of the big words, it's really not.  The main character reminds me a lot of Pollyanna with her perpetually cheery attitude and implausible adventures.  I expect that I'll probably pick up the sequels at the library at some point.

I've been doing well without drinking pop (#46).  One of the hardest times was over the weekend when I was out running errands.  I have realized that I often go out without regard for what time it is, so I usually end up running through a drive-through and picking up a snack and a drink.  Bad on two counts.  Plus, it has been sooo hot here that a Coke sounded like the most refreshing thing possible!  But I resisted.  Unfortunately, I did get some sort of stomach bug on Sunday, and I gave in and got a Pepsi on Monday when I was at work, because my stomach felt so bad and drinking water was actually making it worse.  Thankfully, that did the trick, and I'm back on the wagon.  I'm not going to count the one Pepsi as a failure, though, since I consider that an extenuating circumstance. 

If you read my comment on the last post, you know that I failed miserably on the "no fast food" front (#9).  I laugh every time I think about it!  So that will be saved for some other time.  *sigh*  hee-hee!

That's about it for now.  Otherwise, I'm just trying to keep cool in the ridiculous heat and getting ready for my friend's 40th birthday celebration in Las Vegas next month!  Can't wait!!