{"id":170,"date":"2018-12-18T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/18\/random-thoughts-from-my-life-lately\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T22:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:58:48","slug":"random-thoughts-from-my-life-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/18\/random-thoughts-from-my-life-lately\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts From My Life Lately"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I sat down to write a book review but I am tired and that is just not going to happen tonight so instead, you get all the random thoughts that have been running through my head as I sit with my fingers poised over the keyboard. Really, it is just a list of things to tell you, none of which in any way are particularly interesting or merit a blog post but I am telling you anyway.<\/p>\n

I started running. Again. But this time it seems to be sticking. I just finished week six of a couch-to-5k program and I can now run for 22 minutes straight. I have always quit at the beginning of week\u00a0four before so this is major progress. I am slower than a herd of turtles but I am running.<\/p>\n

I gave up sugar. Today. Yes, it is miserable. Yes, my family probably hates me right now. Yes, I hate me right now. But what is the point of running if I am still eating terribly? I don’t have high hopes of this sticking but I’m giving it a try.<\/p>\n

My sister and her family gave us a belated anniversary present and since part of it is book-themed I am showing you. It is the picture at the top of the post. I love it and now think I might need to redecorate my whole bedroom around it.<\/p>\n

My husband asked me the other day if I thought I had enough books. He has been married to me for 28 years. Shouldn’t he know better than that? I, obviously, promptly bought two more books. Well, Barnes & Noble had a 75 percent off section. What would you have done? These are the two books I bought.<\/p>\n

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I decided the other day that I needed an insulated teapot. It is cold now and my pot of tea gets cold before I am done drinking it. I looked them up on Amazon and they are about $60 which is more than I want to spend on a teapot. Do tea cozies actually work or are they just a retro thing that looks charming? Hot tea for more than 20 minutes is my dream.<\/p>\n

I had to buy ink for my fountain pen. It came with a cartridge but I decided I wanted to fill it from an ink bottle because if I am going old-school then I might as well go the whole way. The bottle is pretty and the whole thing pleases me but I think I should probably paper my kitchen in newspaper before I try to fill it because I am a bit clumsy and this is likely not going to end well.<\/p>\n

I have decided that what I currently want out of life is a little cabin in a clearing in the woods with a stream nearby. There must be a fireplace, a cozy couch with lots of blankets, and windows to gaze out of. I want an endless supply of books, tea, and blank notebooks to write in. I want silence. Of course, since this is all a fantasy, I am not at all nervous about being in a cabin in the woods by myself.<\/p>\n

Now that I am thinking about it, an apartment in a city where no one knows me and there are lots of coffee shops and bookstores would be nice too. Maybe a week in the city and then I retreat to the cabin.<\/p>\n

But, wherever I am, I want it to magically stay clean and food to appear whenever I need it. Healthy, sugarless food, I suppose. I tried to fit running into the cabin fantasy but I found that I immediately fell while leaping across the stream, sprained my ankle, and lay there all night until I finally managed to drag myself back to the cabin where I came down with pneumonia from exposure. Obviously, the running will have to stop.<\/p>\n

So, which would you pick? Cabin or city?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I sat down to write a book review but I am tired and that is just not going to happen tonight so instead, you get all the random thoughts that have been running through my head as I sit with my fingers poised over the keyboard. Really, it is just a list of things to tell you, none of which in any way are particularly interesting or merit a blog post but I am telling you anyway. I started running. Again. But this time it seems to be sticking. I just finished week six of a couch-to-5k program and I can now run for 22 minutes straight. I have always quit at the beginning of week\u00a0four before so this is major progress. I am slower than a herd of turtles but I am running. I gave up sugar. Today. Yes, it is miserable. Yes, my family probably hates me right now. Yes, I hate me right now. But what is the point of running if I am still eating terribly? I don’t have high hopes of this sticking but I’m giving it a try. My sister and her family gave us a belated anniversary present and since part of it is book-themed I am showing you. It is the picture at the top of the post. I love it and now think I might need to redecorate my whole bedroom around it. My husband asked me the other day if I thought I had enough books. He has been married to me for 28 years. Shouldn’t he know better than that? I, obviously, promptly bought two more books. Well, Barnes & Noble had a 75 percent off section. What would you have done? These are the two books I bought. I decided the other day that I needed an insulated teapot. It is cold now and my pot of tea gets cold before I am done drinking it. I looked them up on Amazon and they are about $60 which is more than I want to spend on a teapot. Do tea cozies actually work or are they just a retro thing that looks charming? Hot tea for more than 20 minutes is my dream. I had to buy ink for my fountain pen. It came with a cartridge but I decided I wanted to fill it from an ink bottle because if I am going old-school then I might as well go the whole way. The bottle is pretty and the whole thing pleases me but I think I should probably paper my kitchen in newspaper before I try to fill it because I am a bit clumsy and this is likely not going to end well. I have decided that what I currently want out of life is a little cabin in a clearing in the woods with a stream nearby. There must be a fireplace, a cozy couch with lots of blankets, and windows to gaze out of. I want an endless supply of books, tea, and blank notebooks to write in. I want silence. Of course, since this is all a fantasy, I am not at all nervous about being in a cabin in the woods by myself. Now that I am thinking about it, an apartment in a city where no one knows me and there are lots of coffee shops and bookstores would be nice too. Maybe a week in the city and then I retreat to the cabin. But, wherever I am, I want it to magically stay clean and food to appear whenever I need it. Healthy, sugarless food, I suppose. I tried to fit running into the cabin fantasy but I found that I immediately fell while leaping across the stream, sprained my ankle, and lay there all night until I finally managed to drag myself back to the cabin where I came down with pneumonia from exposure. Obviously, the running will have to stop. So, which would you pick? 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