What do you call a blogger rut? A blogut? I feel like while I may have found my groove, I am lacking the creativity of earlier times. Maybe my blog mojo is gone. I need to find that. I just feel grateful you all have stuck with me.
As I search, let’s take two.
Two habits I hate:
- Waking up in the middle of the night thinking, I wonder what time it is and either being a. pleased, b. pissed, or c. in shock at how slow/fast time has gone.
- Comparisons. They taunt me, even though I try hard to force them out.
Two things that bug the living heck out of me:
- People denying themselves the food they really want aka the all or nothing mentality. I swear to you, a piece of candy will not kill you.
- People blabbing about how ‘bad’ they are by eating certain foods, not exercising or thinking they overate. The world will not end, sugar will not kill, time goes on.
Two new food finds I am digging:
- Pumpkin Pie mini meringues from World Market. Drool.
- The Real Deal veggie chips. A crunch made in heaven.
Two running pet peeves on the streets of DC:
- If I am running and being very careful about only taking up one side of the sidewalk, don’t keep freaking walking STRAIGHT INTO ME after seeing me clearly go to one side to let you walk. And don’t just stare at me and chat with your friends as you take up the whole side walk. I will run you down. Period.
- Drivers that refuse to look up and see you are there so you are in that awkward spot of deciding whether to risk you life and cross or wait till they decide they should look up from their phone. HELLO people you are driving, if you run me down I will get your money.
Two last internet searches:
- Races in DC. Yes, I have no money but I keep eyeing races like one day I will be able to afford them. I want to race! So bad!
- How to spell ‘meringues’. My life.
Two (or possibly more..) hilarious search terms for my blog:
- watermelon love – man I haven’t had watermelon in ages, now this makes me want it
- urinated on tree – man I am making such a name for myself!
- are you sad? well here is a picture of a shaved llama – really people? am I this crazy?
Two things you will never find in my apartment:
- A mirror besides the bathroom face mirror. I don’t believe in mirrors, eyes slash minds can be deceiving.
- Scales. Food or body scales. A number is a number. Not a life determinant
Two wishes I want to happen:
- An impromptu weekend trip home, that was free of course
- Winning money or a year of free rent, gosh life would be good
Two phrases I say too often:
- Holy moses.
- Woof.
Two things I am grateful for this Wednesday:
- Legs that can run and get out all the stress of the day.
- Coffee. And more coffee. And then some.
Two things that put a smile on my face today:
- A text from a friend saying ‘naughty’ should not be referred through by food but only in the bedroom. #truestatement
- THIS POST, I mean seriously everything on this I want to scream from the mountains. These are what I live by. Can I be Amanda’s best friend? I feel like we would get along.
Another long work day. Woof indeed.
Questions: What are your take twos today?
Ugh, I feel your pain on people who take up the sidewalk. Seriously? You can’t just move over or hey stop staring at me like I’m the crazy one using the sidewalk too. You don’t own it! I really should just start running people down. I usually mutter under my breath which of course is not really under my breath since I have headphones in and speak louder because of it. So they hear everything I say…rude – yes. People in my county feel privileged or something and so either walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk or take up the whole darn thing. But if I go run at my BF’s, his town is small town america and they wave and move out of your way and smile. It’s almost like Mayberry….weird, but perfect for running.
I seriously want to scream at some people, I hold it in but when I am on a roll the last thing I want to do is have to slow down to wait behind you. makes me growl!
PVTC 5k/10k races are fast, flat, and $8. http://www.pvtc.org/
whoa sick, checking this out!
A-FREAKING-MEN. omg when people obsess about eating clean or eating “the right foods” it makes me so mad. It’s funny, the people I work with are some of the best athletes in the world, the fittest, leanest people you’ve ever seen in your life….and they eat (what other people would call) “like shit”. Our office is full of brownies, pretzels, mayonnaise, white pasta, regular soda, donuts….I wish those finicky people in the blog world could see it. It’s all fuel for the fire. I’ve had some of my best workouts ever after eating chocolate cake for a coworker’s birthday, ya know? anyway. I also love that you don’t have mirrors. I look different in every mirror – the one at home, the ones at the office, in stores – it’s all about the cut of glass, so why bother? Also, you should totally do a race! the DC Hot Chocolate 15k (9-some miles) is a really fantastic one, I’d totally be doing it if I could!
wow can I be at your work? I seriously wish people realized how unreal the blog world can be sometimes. no one eats like that, i read the wiaws and want to scream. i would be eating my arm if I ate like that. whoa that race sounds awesome I am looking into it now! You made me smile with this comment, i needed it. comparisons can be rough sometimes.
From personal experience, uhm yes! Poptarts for dessert make for epic 14 mile runs. Just my two cents…
Any kind of dessert makes for some great fuel! I knew you would agree with me on this….
pumpkin pie mini meringues sound right up my alley!!
Girl, they were bomb. I need me some more.
Your two things that bug the heck out of you are totally on my list!
I definitely don’t think your blogging mojo is gone…this is a good one
My two things: 1) so grateful to be doing yoga again and 2) so happy to make warm foods for the winter.
Oh gosh warm foods for the winter are so wonderful this time of year, even using the oven feels good.
Two things I love: 1) you, 2) this post. You seriously had me nodding in agreement pretty much the whole way through. I can’t stand it when people try to satisfy a cookie craving with some “healthy” alternative made with pretty much nothing but flour, water, and applesauce. Like what in the eff. And then god forbid they actually do eat that evil cookie… watch out, they’re going straight to hell! Ugh. Stuff like that just makes my left eye twitch…
And yes, we most certainly would get along
xox
Glad you enjoyed it, i read your post after i wrote this and just kept nodding in agreement. no amount of ‘fruit’ will ever satisfy my need for candy. sorry i’m not sorry.
Pretty sure one of the best runs of my life occurred the morning after I ate a shit ton of chocolate cake. Kind of want to tell that to people who think that eating a Reese’s will equal death.
And I’m almost always pissed when I wake up in the middle of the night, regardless of the time. Just annoys me.
Agreed, waking up at any random hour never feels good. I know, sugar is the best fuel. This runner has learned that.
Dude I say Holy Moses ALL THE TIME TOO! I get the weirdest looks sometimes, but I find it completely normal. I have never found someone who says this too. YES we long lost “inappropriate expression sisters”
AWESOME, I have never met anyone else that uses that phrase. People think it is super weird. i love it though! better than using a swear right?
I really enjoyed this post! Haha! A year of free rent and a free trip home sound perfect for you!
LOve the quote “people will stare so make it worth their while”!
I mean it is true, i want them to really get their money for show! haha
You are not in a blogging rut!!! You are super clever! This is funny and creative
Aw thanks Susanna, means a lot.
Best post ever. I don’t mean just the food rules thing (which was awesome, btw). But, seriously, people who take up the whole sidewalk ANNOY THE HELL OUT OF ME. My family does it and I want to kill them all. I am from a large Italian family so when there is a collective get together at a resturant I dread the family gathering outside. When we were in Italy there were six of us, and Italian pavements are smaller than regular pavements and people were cursing at us. I wanted to die. Or kill someone else. Sorry for the rant but pretty much pet hate RIGHT THERE. Haha, ok, now that I’ve got that off my chest, I love the rest of the post – I used to have food rules too but I’ve gotten better at letting most go.
Food rules were something I actively made myself break over the last year, couldn’t be more freeing. I made a list of them and one by one broke each of them. it was necessary. I am such an aggressive walker and can’t stand people who do that!
urinating on a tree. BAHAHAHAH!! Dying from this search! At least it didn’t have anything to do with going #2. Girl you need to safe up all your racing money for March!!
I know that is what I keep telling myself, save us race money while I can. Seriously that search term made me giggle.
Ha Ha I can imagine it made you giggle.. it had me rollin!!
i HATE it when people just take up space on the sidewalk. if i’m trying to move over for you, do me a favor and do the same. i have also slapped many a car hood because it’s my right of way. lol “i get your money” is what i ALWAYS think when cars come close to hitting me.
Glad I am not the only one, seriously I sometimes just want to laugh at them saying I will sue your ass. Whooops. I am an aggressive walker to say the least.
Your mojo is DEFINITELY not gone. And holy heck is totally appropriate. I’m all about the lord-like heckness. Embrace it.
What shouldn’t be embraced is my WIAW this week. Seriously. I finished it last night and looked at it and honestly nearly cried. I’ve been “drinking the kool-aid” (no offense…) and it’s TERRIBLE. WTF. AS IF I’m thinking that those are victories. No. Frig. I love chocolate — I had it once and didn’t even mention it. I want cupcakes and candy. THEY should be regulars. I’m living a half life. I’m nearly there. I’m so close. But, ugh. I’m going to keep working on it. I was pretty upset.
My take-twos: Two things I’d rather be thinking about at meal time …
1. Dessert
2. The how, where, why, when, and how surrounding the meal.
I love you!! Don’t ever change. You keep me sane and grounded.
Aw girl that is what I mean. to be honest, I read some wiaw’s and have to question how people eat so little? I seriously eat almost triple most of that. I hope you realize you can enjoy the food you like everyday, your name says it the best way – BALANCE
Love this post!
2 things i did before work today:
1) PT session at the gym
2) Blow dry at the hair salon
Productive morning right there!
This is a fabulous post and I absolutely love it! Thank you for all of these things. If your mojo is gone and you can write this post then you can write all of my posts…bahahahaha. Thanks;)
Sometimes there is almost too much to say but you are just not sure how to say it, i hope I find some sort of blog mojo.
I’m drinking coffee as I’m reading your post! Love me some caffeine.
I also hate waking up in the middle of the night. I awoke at 1:38a this morning, checked my phone, and couldn’t believe it was almost 2a; it felt like I had slept for *hours.* And then I couldn’t fall back asleep. Mehhh. Have a great Wednesday!
That is what i do! I seriously hate those late night wakes, totally throws me off. Caffeine is much needed each morning, i am with you on that one
“People denying themselves the food they really want aka the all or nothing mentality. I swear to you, a piece of candy will not kill you.” <– THIS QUOTE. It saddens me that some people refuse to ever, ever have a treat, or what they call a 'cheat.' Like really?! Just eat it and move on.
ugh another bang my head moment a treat is not a cheat. i wish cheat would be taken out of people’s vocabulary.
Yes, yes! (double for ya)
Love it!
Comparisons… oh my, don’t even get me started! Been there, done that
often times I’m “slamming my head against the wall” because of it 
+ Your Two things that bug the living heck out of me… I can soooooooooooo relate! I have nothing else to say, other than I hear you! 
XO
I couldn’t agree more with you, comparisons are a bang my head against the wall moment too. so frustrating sometimes how much effort it takes to look beyond them.
This post totally made me smile!!
I love your approach on the scale thing…..it’s mine too. 
How freakin adorable is that dog??? Comparisons are evil and coffee is the best invention in the world!
Have a great day!
I am glad this started off your day with a smile! i thought you would appreciate the coffee… i mean I live on that stuff in the am. comparisons are a tough one that are all around us sadly!
I am with you on the mirrors. I have non except the bathroom and never intend on buying a full length again in my lifetime!
I am the same way, i refuse to have one in my living space. no need for it, it is how I feel that should determine how I going to strut my stuff. haha
love this little survey. I seriously hate when people are in my way when I’m running! I think runners should always have the right of way, I mean, hello! We can’t stop running!
But I’m also with you on trying to stop making comparisons. I read a quote that said “comparison is the thief of joy” and it is so true!
Amazing post my love. And I agree. The all or nothing mentality is stupid and annoying as hell. Like really? You can ONLY eat veggies, whole grains and fruit? You never want to eat cheesecake again? Or have a donut? Really people!!
Thank you, aka why I love your blog. you just have this balance that is so refreshing.
I hate people complaining about the “one cookie” the ate too. I don’t like it when people push their insecurities onto others. Like I should feel back because I ate more than you did!
That is such a great way to put it, it is clearly their insecurities that are making others feel bad! I get sucked in that trap and hate feeling guilty for what I ate
I freakin’ love this post, Alex! You are so funny. I dig your humor big time.
my take two’s – two things that bug me: when people assume I can eat whatever I want because I teach zumba. ok, fair, but I CANNOT eat just whatever, and as with everything, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. I guess I drink a lot of wine, though, so that is doing whatever I want, ha. my second thing that bugs me, and I want to write about it on my blog, but I have way too many zumba students who read it, is that I HATE WHEN PEOPLE TALK DURING A ZUMBA SONG AS I AM TEACHING. I can hear you talking! it totally distracts me and DRIVES ME BANANAS. Sing the song, sure, but don’t TALK!
Alex you rock. That’s all.
You make me laugh, I seriously adore this comment. they talk? come on, I understand singing along but talking, that is frustrating. i wish you lived closer, I would take one of your classes in a heartbeat. I love your moderation comment, how freaking true, why don’t people understand that?
But DO you have a picture of a shaved llama? Because now this is something I want to see/have a feeling would brighten my day ;D Ahh, I hate “all or nothing” as well! You can still enjoy life, treats, whatever you want, just do it intelligently/within reason!
All or nothing is a mentality I have forced myself to break from, so terrible when it haunts you. I do, somewhere, not sure what post but I did have a shaved llama.
haha love the search terms…
Oh and pumpkin meringues, I am so going to World Market to find this. So up my alley!!
Get your hands on those puppies, they are addicting and oh so delicious.
I must have been one of those people who bug you LOL sorry about that– I swear it was like handfuls of chocolate not just a normal size lol
haha oh girl you are so hard on yourself! no need to beat yourself up for it! We all have those thoughts, it is society that really puts us down. Am I right?
haha it really is… they definitely put a lot of stress on women and people in general
Amen.
I hate the people who see you but pretend they didn’t, I just want to be like really, it is more important for u to get wherever u need to get then avoid the lawsuit u r about to get from hitting me!
EXACTLY, my thoughts indeed. I would make bank off of those crazy drivers. Or the ones that honk when I clearly have the walk signol….
this was such a fun post to read!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love that you don’t have scales around anywhere,seriously. I’d love to throw out my {bodyweight} scale as well,but unfortunately,I should a) keep it to make sure I reach a healthy weight in the end since I still need to gain,b) my parents wouldn’t exactly like me to do so as they use it themselves… Concerning the kitchen scale,I couldn’t do that so easily. I need it for cooking and baking a lot,you know? So this would be more difficult. I’m definitely getting better at NOT measuring every bite I put into my mouth though.
living with no scals is somethimg i grew up with, I thank my parents for that. i just think there is no need to all of a sudden start to obsess, it is freeing!
haha this is great, I agree with so many of these. The one that stands out to me is holding the door when you’re 20 ft away. It’s like THANKS, but now I have to run to the door because I don’t want to make you awkwardly wait there forever. I also agree people need to be a little more chill about the foods they eat and such!
Chill indeed. The door holding is so awkward, I totally do that waddle to the door!
Hehe your phrases you say too much are so funny!
I can’t get enough of my phrases, I tend to overuse them but it just comes out naturally!
I love the word Woof LOL.
My 2 pet peeves:
1. When ppl are coughing all over the place in a restaurant or coffee shop. I just KNOW they are going to infect me haha
2. When little kids cut the bathroom line. It’s ok if they’re alone but if their parents are with them??? Seriously? Teach them a lesson. And I’ve been waiting
I am a bathroom snob, when I have to go I have to go so I probably would have yelled at that little kid. No shame. I hate when people make any sort of bodily sick noise in public, I want to say GO HOME we don’t all want to get sick.
The worst is when people let their dogs run in front of you – I almost stepped on a small poodle the other day! It’s like, yes people, I do love dogs, but nooooo I do not want them under my feet. I also do not like scales or mirrors really.. Like who cares? As long as my hair looks great and my clothes match (which is why I use mirrors), I’m good.
Oh my yes, small animals have almost been harmed daily. Terrible. I feel the same way about mirrors, if I feel like I am looking good then why let anything else determine that
I love reading people’s blog search terms! They are always crazy and make me laugh
I seriously always wonder how the heck people even think to search for things like that! Crazy
Bahaha Google has turned me into a lazy fool. I swear, I don’t bother trying to figure out how to spell any word I’m unsure of, the answer to any basic math problem I don’t know off the top of my head — I just Google it. Google’s making me dumb :p
I also always secretly pronounce “meringues” as mair-in-gwees to myself to so I remember how to spell it haha
That is the hardest word to spell, even after spelling it so many times because it is one of my favorite desserts.
I want to comment on every frigging one of these. But I’ll limit myself to three (because I like prime #s).
1. I ALWAYS wake up in the night either annoyed or disappointed with the time.
2. Urinated on a tree has to be the best search term ever.
3. Mirrors are totally unnecessary. I often walk out of the house realizing I forgot to look in the mirror… you know, to make sure I don’t have random food on my face (which I usually do).
I am a prime number junkie too so I love that. I hate waking up but I do it a lot as well. frustration nation. I should be worried about that search term, instead I laughed. I agree with the mirror thing, aka why I just don’t have them.
“Forcing you into an awkward jog of gratitude” LOL
And I love your rant about running….completely and totally agree with all of them. Running at rush hour downtown….risking my life every other block at least. Especially with terrible Rhode Island drivers, blah.
it is so true, I call it the awkward jog/walk. terrible terrible
So I accidentally deleted your comment on my last post but I’m thinking we could could totally start a trend with the Sharkies as snacks thing. I also loved Amanda’s post, the three of use would get along quite nicely.
haha no worries. I love sharkies, I would eat them like snacks more than anything else. Our own little gang!
Umm what the heck is with that search term?! Haha I never understand those
I overuse so many words though- certainly, awesome, totes, definitely, oi vey I need some new vocab words in my life!
I enjoy the word roof
I love having my own little language, makes me feel legit. I know the search terms are out of this world
Hahaha I love this. I say woof like it’s my job..wayyy tooo much. I freaking hate when people take up the whole damn sidewalk.!! I don’t stop..I will seriously shoulder check bitches.
I do the same thing, i am aggressive to say the least!
HAHA the search for your blog …. funny! loved this post!
I know, I was shocked when I saw some of them!
I haven’t stopped by your blog in a few days (sorry!). This post ROCKED. I love the randomness – you always keep me smiling, lady friend
My two phrases:
1) SHUT. UP.
2) Holy balls!
… both are entirely unprofessional and are said 80 times a day. Ahhh well.
I love those! Holy balls is one of my favorite, I am all about random phrases like that. I can imagine you saying these…
Haha these are so fun! I totally get peeved when someone doesn’t move out of my way when I run. And a phrase I say waaay too much: “no way”. I also swear too much but that’s a whole other topic
Oh goodness, I use weird language to avoid the swearing. Helps a bit…
Ha some of those made me laugh. I agree with basically everything you said. Especially the thing about numbers. Isn’t it crazy that a stupid number can control our mood or even life? It’s sad actually.
I so agree, I hate that about it.
Haha I like your twos and seriously agree with more than half of them too
P.S. I always feel like I’m that person who has to move over to the other side of the sidewalk or else I’ll get run over, it’s like HELLOOO I AM HERE TOO! Maybe I should follow in your footsteps and just run them over
Sometimes I am stubborn and won’t move, other times I will move to the side. Gets me so mad though!