bow ties, etc.

how does one become a bow tie wearer? i was just in the elevator with a guy who couldn't be much older than me in a bow tie. definitely under 35, and i hesitate to use that as an upper limit because he looks under 30, wearing tasseled loafers, gray suit pants, white shirt ... and a pink bow tie with a gray/black pattern. hmm. for the 50+ age group, it still looks a little odd in daily business, but it's a little bit more understandable - it's just so confusing on a person who's more or less my age. primarily because i'm just not sure how or when that develops - do you graduate from college, buy your first real business suit, and say, "you know what? bow tie," or what?

in other news, saturn is being shut down for good, and i feel oddly triumphant. i feel very unpatriotic saying that, but it's true. i do feel bad for the people who worked at saturn ... but as a brand, oh well.

i finished reading wasted this afternoon - wow, what an intense book. it's hard to believe the author was only 23 at the time she wrote it. at that point, she was 4 years into recovery, and by age 19 had struggled with full-blown anorexia and bulimia, substance abuse, extreme promiscuity, had been hospitalized and institutionalized multiple times, and weighed as little as 52 pounds. sheesh. like i said, intense. she apparently also wrote another memoir about her bipolar disorder, as she was diagnosed with that once the eating disorder stuff subsided. i have it on hold at the library; i feel so voyeuristic. (in the commonly used sense, not in the traditional sexual sense - ick.)

also, i remember today why i do not typically wear dress pants. well, okay, a) because i don't have to. but b) because the ones i own come up way too high on me and dig into my stomach. not a comfy feeling. could be remedied by purchasing low-mid rise dress pants ... or by wearing my comfy jeans to work and yoga/pajama pants at home. stacy and clinton on what not to wear always say that they hate hearing people use the word "comfort" in relation to deciding what to wear, and i get that, really i do, but it's kind of a major player in my wardrobe choices. i try to look decent in my comfort, though - no flannel pants with cartoon characters here.

monday monday

my office closed at 1:15 today in honor of yom kippur - apparently we were supposed to have the whole day off, but the word didn't get out in time. ah well, still a fabulous half-day off! on the drive home, i had grand plans of going for a run, vaccuming, and doing some laundry ... but by the time i got home, that downgraded to reading in bed and making dinner before scott got home. haha. it was quite pleasant.

i'm reading a book called wasted , which is a memoir of the author's life with both bulimia and anorexia. it's fascinating, but super intense. i started reading it over the weekend in winter park, but quickly decided that for a quiet and relaxing weekend in the mountains, an annual re-reading of anne of green gables was more in order.

tonight was the first meeting of the year for whiz kids - tutors only this week, but we start back wtih the kids next monday. i'm looking forward to it, but i really want to be more proactive in deciding what i do with my kid this year. (i'm good with the reading, so-so with the math stuff, and usually just cop out and let him play the allowance game with his buddies during game time.) the pioneer woman has a homeschooling section that suggests some great games and activities to do with kids, so i think i'll take a look.

my weekend in the mountains

wow, so winter park was fun. jordan's parents bought a partial share of a huge house up there with a bunch of the dad's old frat brothers, and let me say it is the nicest timeshare i've ever seen. granite counters, 1.5 stove/oven, two dishwashers, five bedrooms totaling sleeping space for 19 (i think), six bathrooms, two living rooms, four big flat panel tvs, hot tub and gas fireplace on the bottom level deck, and dining area and sitting area on the upper deck ... wow. oh, plus, the house backs up to a wetland area or something so it won't be developed, and beyond that you have an unobstructed view over the ski runs. it was beautiful.

beyond the amazing house, though, we had a lot of fun hanging out with our friends. we went up to trail ridge road in rocky mountain national park and oh my goodness, what a view! from the little snow storm we had last week, a lot of the mountains have a light dusting of snow right now, and it makes them super pretty. also very chilly. goo had to get back to denver to babysit, so we split up and mike and jordan took her back to the house to get her car, along with mak so that she could get a nap, while scott drove the rest of the girls up trail ridge road. other than that, we played some games, i got a stomachache from too much diet mt. dew, and we sat on the patio and chatted. (the girls also did a short hike to a waterfall in grand lake while waiting for the guys to meet up with us - they took a wrong turn on the way from the house and ended up in kremmling!) oh, and kinley offered to let me chew on the ratty corner of her blankie that she always chews on, which was very sweet. haha. all in all, very relaxing. i'm working on getting the pics uploaded on facebook as we speak.

i'm not ready for this summer to be over! being up in the mountains, with all of the aspens turned bright yellow and the snow on the peaks, it's becoming painfully obvious that summer is done, fall is here, and winter is right around the corner. i know i like fall and winter, too, but summer's just so fun - particularly this last summer with all of our fabulous little vacations. fall makes me melancholy.

(and just to clarify from my last post, i'm not pregnant. i think we've established that i enjoy looking at baby-related stuff, and have several good friends who are pregnant, thus i extra enjoy looking at baby-related stuff. so the comment about the maternity yoga pants was merely a mental note, not a veiled hint.)

winter park in the fall

hoorah! we're off for a weekend of fun in winter park. a friend's parents have a timeshare up there that our friends were able to get, so 7 of us are headed up to hang out and relax and hike and have fun. i'm very much looking forward to it. i'm packing jeans because there's a good chance it's chilly up there, and we'll likely leave the house at some point - but other than that, yoga pants, baby. yoga. pants. which i do not use for yoga. (i sadly realized the other day that my favorite old navy yoga pants do not come in a short size in maternity. actually,

two things that make me extra excited: 1) goo is able to go. she wasn't planning on it originally because it can be awkward hanging out with married couples when you're not, but she decided last minute that she'll give us a whirl for a day. 2) the macs are able to go. they'd been planning on it all along, but last weekend, kinley mysteriously started crying, and didn't stop for like four days. they went to the doctor on day 2 to no avail. she's apparently very tired but recovering now, which means her parents are recovering, which means they're coming up.

now i just need to finish packing.

omega

i found this article on omega-3s vs omega-6s, today, and i thought it was super interesting. basically, the premise is that omega-3s are fats that animals tend to consume in the spring that lead to high energy, whereas omega-6s are fats that animals consume in the fall that aid in hibernation. the modern diet is far richer in omega-6s than it is in omega-3s, thus our bodies are storing more fat and slowing down which is causing our obesity epidemic. he even links the food that animals are fed to the problem - cows used to graze on grass, which is high in omega-3s, thus they produced milk, cheese, and meat that's high in omega-3; now they're fed grains, which are higher in omega-6s, so our consumables are high in omega-6. fascinating, no?