according to anna

Gloomy

Ever feel like rain follows you?
I’ve been getting that distinct impression lately.

The weather around me is a direct representation of how I feel. It’s been raining for days.
I’ve been working 12 hour days. I’m tired and stressed, disappointed and frusterated.

This week

Just got back from the gym, and I’m determined to be healthy this week.
I will eat four meals a day.
I will snack healthy
I will make it to the gym three times
I will do cardio

End of Week Update:
Now that it is the end of the week, here is how I did:
I did eat more than three meals a day. I also ate much healthier than usual.
I only made it to the gym two times (with cardio), but I also did some yard work, which I think should also count as a workout, don’t you?

Geeky Spouse

Check out this article about having a geek spouse.

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/top-10-endearing-habits/

The list is all too familiar. Matt is a dead-ringer for at least 6/10.

love is in the air

I’ve been getting lots of Save-the-Dates and wedding invitations lately. Love is in the air!

As of this month, Matt and I have been married for four years! Time flies when you are having fun.

If I had one piece of advice about planning a wedding…go to with a photographer who will take digital pictures. Looking back, I love how our wedding pics turned out, but I really regret going with a photographer that is not all digital. We live in such a digital world where almost none of our media is physical. My favorite wedding pics are in an album, in a box, in a closet.

Anyway, I’ve been looking through lots of old pics (all digital).
Here are a few.

Hanging out in the computer lab…how romantic!

Fishing at the farm

Chicago Trip

The wedding party

On our honeymoon in Cancun.

Hanging out at the American Royale.

Vacationing in Avon

Hanging out at the farm

Vacationing in Vail

Happy Anniversary to us!

Pizza I don’t feel guilty about eating!

I made the whole wheat crust from scratch, using this receipe. If you’ve never done it before, it is a lot easier than you think it is.

On top the crust, we added canned pizza sauce, turkey bacon (much healthier than normal bacon), green peppers, red peppers, and onion.

This was our first time using our new pizza stone. It was pretty tricky to get the uncooked pizza onto the stone in the oven, but it was worth it. The stone cooked the crust better than when we used a cookie sheet. It was nice and crispy.

Here is the pizza pre-cooked (and the huge mess it created!):

And the finished result:

It was fabulous!