I have, believe it or not, started this post at least five times in the last week.  This last week has been incredibly difficult, on an employment front, and I often waffle here about what’s okay to write and what’s covered by the Rule of Dooce.

Bottom line is, I don’t think I’m in the right place.  And I don’t think I have the mettle to keep it up for much longer.

Regardless, HERE’S SOME OTHER HAPPIER STUFF!

I bought some mugs from Target because half of the set was broken, so the individual mugs were on sale for, like, $.94 a piece.  For less than a dollar? 

I totally bought four.  AND I LOVE THEM.  They are the first mugs we’ve EVER owned that are not themed for children.  And the porcelain finish is SO clean and pretty that I’m debating buying this entire set before too long.  Our current set belonged to my grandmother and while I adore it because of the heritage, it makes really spooky groaning noises when we microwave it.  That just reeks of foreboding.

Let’s see.  What else?

Oooh, the weather has gotten chilly around these parts.  Which means I get to dress up Tony like a Gap child and send him out to take pictures of him.  LOVE!

And also, the day before our anniversary, I was driving to work and saw a little itty bitty puppy shivering on the side of a major thoroughfare.  AGAINST MY BETTER JUDGEMENT, I pulled over, and he quickly scampered up to me and stole my heart.  His name is Beau, and he’s everything we said we DID NOT WANT in a new dog, but we love him so hard already.

Last Saturday, Ronda and I went and ran in the Liz Hurley Ribbon Run to benefit our local Women’s and Children’s Center in their fight against breast cancer.  Well, I should rephrase.  We ran.. a little.  The temp through the run was, like, 45 or some other ridiculously cold temperature and THEN IT RAINED.  It sucked so hard.  But my favorite part was that, at the end of it, Ronda and I decided to stand at the finish line and cheer in the rest of the race.  I so adore people who do that when I’m running, and I was happy we could give back.

But it DID motivate me to get off my (expanding) ass and get back into the swing of exercising.  Even if I can’t control my 9-5, I can control my life outside of it and I need to get better about it.  I’ve gotten back into SparkPeople (if you are trying to lose weight and haven’t tried SparkPeople, CHECK IT OUT! It’s free and AWESOME!), and I’m doing SOMETHING active every day.

Lastly, I have such a BIG project looming in the wings, but we’re not quite ready to announce it yet.  Every Sunday, Ronda and I spend a few hours in a production meeting, getting the final details ready, and I am SO psyched because THIS?  THIS is the right place for me.  I can’t wait for y’all to join in the frivolity.  And oh yes, you SO will.