Impossible!

It's happened- I found bad wedding cake. Not only did I find it, I ate it. Just a small piece. It was too gross for seconds.

Can't say I'm surprised since it sat on a table for at least two days prior, and was obviously the result of a supermarket (I can be snooty about this, my mother in law is a pro). But don't cry for me, because the lack of cake made it possible to enjoy a huge sundae from the ice cream bar.

Though last weekend's wedding was lovely (Craig's cousin and her husband married in Erie, CO) it did not compare to ours. I figure every couple thinks this, though, so I'm not going to press the issue.

I have been taking walks lately - my goal is never go more than one day without exercising on purpose. So yesterday it was a jaunt with the dogs. Because Bodie pulls and goes fast and crosses and cuts off, I swore he'd never join again. But Marlene had a positive experience with the pooches at Riverfront, so we tried again this morning. There were several stops on our 45-minute jaunt, required to readjust Bodie's leash snaking up my arm to keep him right next to me. His old family came to visit tonight, and I shared that his speed at least makes me walk faster and thus burn more calories, making my bowl of ice cream possible.

Craig and I walked through downtown Boulder over the weekend. There is a whole park of trails but the difficulty of finding parking to access it made us choose another route. The UC campus is available for walking pleasure as well, but the bright farmer's market and rushing river next to the trails made us choose that path. Makes our few trails look damn pathetic, and the cost of living there almost justified.

I had a hot-stone massage today, a graduation gift from my aunts. It was stellar. I love being at the spa, relaxing to the sound of water, showering there, using all their hair products. It is there, naked on a table, feeling every neuron of my body, grounded in creation, that I thank God for creating me as a beautiful, strong woman. I've had a hard time doing that lately, what with the 10 pounds and with the increase in pants size I've experienced this month. But the truth of the universe is that we are all loved. Dress size be damned.

It was also at the spa that I began thinking of my likes and dislikes. I share them now for your better ability to please me <3 I'll add more as I think of them.

LIKES:
ice cream
popcorn
fresh-cut grass
sunsets
ABBA
porches, decks, balconies, patios
long distance phone calls
writing for the heck of it
good work out music
being in love
cuddling with the dogs
new books
strong coffee
being able to silence my cell phone
talking to old friends
out-of-the blue emails
the way I feel after a good sweat
action for social justice
old country
speaking other languages
the prairie
good convo with my brother
spontaneous choreography
stain glass
ambient lighting
dressing up
Love Actually
lipgloss
smelling good
knitting
notarizing
good classes
success

DISLIKES:
feeling ugly
hard-to-read textbooks
uncertainty
signature collecting
power outages
debt
chapped lips
dry skin
horror movies
late library books
heartbreak
doing dishes
losing my temper
not seeing the stars
xenophobes
Gretchen Wilson
folding clothes
allergies
taking out trash
ice (on the ground, not in drinks)
missing appts/being late
printer not working
loneliness
being cold
hair that wont dry
increasing cost of stamps
sore neck/back/shoulder/hips/headaches
puppy accidents
fake people