Flashback Friday

angelina ballerina

just a wittle mouse.

Sunday Night Confessional

i'm in the middle of an 11 day cleanse (currently on day 8) and it's actually not bad... well, 65% of the time.

for the majority of the time, you can eat normal (healthy) food - you just have to substitute one to two meals a day with this organic, gluten free protein shake drink. the other 35% of the time is spend on the hardcore back-to-back cleanse days. i have to drink this cleanse powder/water mixture 4 times a day and am only allowed to eat celery and an organic apple. eek. i already did part 1 of the foodless cleanse.. tomorrow and tuesday are the last time i'll have to do it. thank god for that.

i finallyyyy finished love the one you're with.

i really need to make more time for reading. now moving on to chelsea handler's are you there vodka? it's me, chelsea. next in the queue: persuasion by jane austin.

i was super sick this weekend and literally did not go out once.

took of work friday, stayed in the burbs and hung with my seester friday night, was a lazy bum saturday, went back to the burbs today with lisa and her family for some bears vs. packers (ehh) and greek food. one one hand, i kind of feel like i wasted my weekend, not having gone out or really done anything at all. on the other hand, i feel a million times healthier than i did on friday. and i'm not allowed to drink on this cleanse anyway. :)

can't wait for denner at el jardin this week!!

miss my betches.

backtracking to chelsea - did you know they're turning her book into a tv show??

i'll watch it.

Book Club for One

you may remember my book club post from a while back.

well i just thought it was about time to update that little guy.

books i've read this summer/fall:

love the one you're with

blink

bright lights, big ass

the help

the lovely bones

the art of racing in the rain

the catcher in the rye

(again. i couldn't remember it from high school.)

books on my "to read" list:

heart of the matter

anybody out there?

are you there vodka? it's me, chelsea

1984

can you keep a secret?

note: before i fall was on the list. i read the first chapter and just couldn't deal with the teenage angst oozing from the pages. i know that's a disgusting description, but i feel like it accurately captures how awfully unenjoyable chapter one was.

have you guys read anything great lately?

i'm taking suggestions!

Flashback Friday

the very hungry caterpillar

Book Club for One

i've been on a reading kick over the past couple of months thanks to my commute to and from work each day.

i'm sure you know how much i love music, but despite the almost 3000 songs harbored in my itunes, i need something more engaging to pass the hours - so i joined the oak brook public library at the beginning of this summer to keep myself from going stir-crazy on the train. & what a gem it has been.

i love reading, but a commitment-phobe through and through, i have trouble sticking with a book til the end unless (a) it's really good or (b) i'm on a reading schedule.

but a schedule i certainly have - i've totally gotten used to my morning/evening reads. i haven't had a book with me for almost two weeks & i'm going nuts, so i stopped into the lib today.

so far this summer, i've read:

love the one you're with

blink

bright lights, big ass

next up:

the help

before i fall

by the way, if you aren't already subscribed to goodreads, i highly recommend you jump on that! i downloaded the iphone app & it has been the absolute best way to search for and/or discover new books. i currently have 30 something on my que.

check it, nerds. & love it.

xx

Flashback Friday

the babysitters club