Recycle.

Great news: our apt complex is going to start having recycling containers! This is great because this means I no longer have to keep bags of recycling in the trunk of our car and drive 20 minutes to get rid of it. Looks like someone beat me in writing to the leasing agents. :)

100

I found a One hundred push up challenge via Pinterest, and strangely decided to take it on. It says that with this 'program' that you'll be able to do 100 push ups in 6 weeks. I'll believe it when I see it. But I figure it's something different and free, so why not? Today will be day 2 for me.

Anyone want to join me? Just click on it above and read up.

Torch Relay ( a.k.a. walk) for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Easiest thing I've ever done for a good cause. I think I should be a better citizen and do more things like this.

Birthday Boy

Yesterday was my dear husband's birthday- he too now is officially old now and 25.

We both took the day off from work (preplanned, it wasn't one of those "call in sick" things...) and enjoyed the day.

I bought him some shoes he was eying on my birthday

He loves them, I'm still learning to like them

and he was also spoiled from other gifts and kind cards from family members.

When I asked him in advance what he wanted to do for his birthday, he told me he wanted to see two movies. So, that's what we did. Thank goodness for our continual stash of free movie tickets.

We saw:

50/50


I can't remember the last time I cried so much in a movie, but I definitely recommend it.


and Real Steel

both were good movies, but I have to say that I liked 50/50 more. Here's the trailer for 50/50 and the trailer for Real Steel.

For Wolfgang's cake, he requested anything chocolately, so I made just a dark chocolate out-of-the-box cake, then decided to spice things up a little and made a raspberry filling, and then topped it with chocolate frosting. It turned out pretty tasty (and extremely unhealthy?) if I say so myself.

The day ended with dinner at The Macaroni Grill, and sharing cake with friends. I think it turned out quite well.

Smoothies

I've mentioned before that for the last couple of months, I'm really into smoothies; It's my way of eating {drinking} what I should be putting into my body.

Usually the ingredients consist of some sort of variation of some of the following:

-bananas {always}
-oatmeal {also always}
-strawberries
-blueberries
-pineapple
-mango
-kale or spinach {it's true, and you can't even taste it!}
-almond butter


But every once in a while, I don't feel like having a healthy smoothie.

I just had one that had a banana, almond butter, and too much Hersey's chocolate syrup.

And it was delicious.

Lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!

Life has been pretty exciting in the last 24 hours for residents in eastern Ohio. Read about it here.

My favorite part of the whole article:

Flashing signs on the highways in eastern Ohio warned motorists Wednesday: "Caution. Exotic animals."

loyal.

Tonight I found this on Pinterest

I had an "awww" moment as I remembered how my childhood dogs were like this; such loyal creatures.

Then I asked Wolfgang for the 20 billionth time if we can have a dog. Someday I'll break him.