i'm trying to be good.
but there are all these sales, "post-holiday."
i have purchased a pair of jeans [free shipping, on sale, plus an extra $10 off].
a pair of fleece pants for cold outdoor excursions [50% off].

plus there is probably a new car in my near future.
yes, you have heard that before.
and yes, i have thought that before.
in the meantime i have saved a lot of money and have been approved for a loan.
so, silver 2008 or 2009 corolla, i am coming to get you this month.
...probably.

this weather makes me want to cry.

i was sorely tempted to wear a hat, mittens and down vest on my walk to work today.
the only thing that stopped me was the thought of lugging all that stuff home by this afternoon.
when it had warmed up to a respectable august temperature.
summer on the north shore, folks.

i had the best dinner ever last night.

a generous co-worker gave me fresh green beans from her garden.
boil about an inch of water in a pot.
drop in green beans with the little curly ends cut off.
boil uncovered to desired tenderness [i left mine pretty crunchy].
drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice and salt and pepper.

seriously, i could eat it every day for the rest of my life.

right now i am knitting like a crazy person in hopes that i will finish my sweater in time to wear it this fall.
oh wait, who am i kidding...it will be comfortably wearable for at least the next ten months.
and, actually, would have been comfortably wearable every day this summer except for a few days last week.

the experience of knitting it has been fun, and i have discovered a few things about myself:
i get motion sickness if i try to knit and watch a movie at the same time.
i understand why people pay $70 for a premade sweater [although it is, of course, about the experience, not the ultimate cost].
if i was selling this thing when i was done it would be perfectly fair to charge at least $400.

soon i will have a new, grey, hooded, cable sweater.
hooray!

i think this whole new habit thing might actually be cultivating an addiction.
although, what's the difference, really?

i am trying to start a habit.
i read that it takes 21 days to establish a habit.
as in, if a person does something for at least 15 minutes for 21 days straight, by the end of the 21 days it will seem strange to our complicated little minds to not do it.

so i am trying to make myself start running consistently again if my ankles and knees will have it.
since moving from mpls i haven't been keeping up with running very well [oh, how i miss the trails along the mississippi river].
it really helps to be moved into town where i have choices beyond:
1. run on the highway
2. run on croftville

i am on day three.
we will see how this goes.

it also necessitated buying new running shows b-c i am long overdue for a new pair.
they should come next week, and hopefully they don't suck like the asics gel 3000s did.
[the new, improved version of the gel empires you say? rubbish.]