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Good morning! How’s your Monday? I was the one taking Thor for his first walk today and for some reason, every time, Thor drags the leash to go eat clovers and then tries to throw up. He doesn’t do that with Jim, only me. He’s been doing that for months. I just want whatever it is that needs to come up to do so and we can go back to lovely morning walks again. These days I don’t enjoy it and I’m happy whenever J takes the first round. 
My coffee doesn’t taste awesome today either. I have cleaned the coffee maker, but I might have to buy actual coffee cleaner to rinse out whatever that’s stuck in places I can’t reach. Cause this doesn’t taste very good:( 

Ok, enough about this blah morning. A new week has begun. What do I have planned?

• I will hopefully skype with my parents today. They are going to America for two weeks and I would like to talk to them before. 
• Feed the neighbors cat a few nights and mornings.
• Photograph Thor in his costume. We didn’t get a good shot yesterday so I will do it when I’m alone with him, he’s always a perfect model for me:) We are currently entering him in an instagram contest that our vet is hosting. Most likes win, so if you want to help us win, head over to @bullsheadpethospital and like Thor’s pictures. 
• Go see the movie A Star is Born in the theaters.
• Clean the apartment! Yay, super fun.. I feel like I vacuum all the time but it’s so dusty in here (you would think that 2-3 times/week should be enough..). The bedroom curtain broke (again!) when my sister was here and with the new management and no website to request maintenance, I haven’t got to it yet. So the bedroom is in serious need of cleaning. It’s so dark in there now that you can’t see it, but if you drag a finger on the dresser, puh, it’s nasty. 
• Request that they fix the curtain.
• Laundry, pack our bags, pack Thor’s overnight bag and also decide on what to wear for the wedding we are going to on Saturday. 
• Make appointments with a rheumatologist, orthodontist (the thread behind my teeth is broke again) and dentist cleaning. 
• I am currently sort of kinda maybe writing a book, and this week I would like to write a few pages on that. I have no idea if this will turn into a book or not, but I have a lot that I would like to write down at least for a future book if this doesn’t turn into anything. 
• Work out, spend time in the dance studio, do yoga and meditate. I need to figure out ways to work up leg strength without annoy my knees too much, so that’s one mission this week. 
• Spend three days in Minnesota. 

Not the most exciting week of all time, but I still feel like I will be pretty busy. And then I’m looking forward to a weekend away with my man. 

Hubby and I went to the gym yesterday. It was raining all day, so working out was a good idea. I still felt that discomfort in my knees like I had the other day, especially the right one, so I really tried to do things that wouldn’t put too much pressure on them and not too much “wear and tear”. I felt a bit limited when it came to warming up my legs, but I did my best. Jim left after 45 minutes or so, but I stayed longer. Warm-up, pilates, the “lazy bike” as I like to call it (you sit more like in a chair and bike than right on top, feels better in my knees on that one) and finish with stretching. I’m sore today!

We went out for oysters for early dinner, went for a walk with Thor, fed the kitty and then spent some time by the fireplace downstairs in our building. Thor ran around and I walked after him, he’s like a little kid, you have to keep an eye on him at all times 😀

Jim took Thor out at 7 this morning. 30 minutes later, my alarm went off and I went over to the neighbors to feed the cat. We all went back to bed and we didn’t wake up until 10 am! Walked to Dunkin and J bought donuts for breakfast (so much for being healthy and lower my sugar intake). Around lunchtime it was time to do my Halloween makeup. I didn’t go all in this year, just hair and make to match Thor, but more about that on Tuesday. I cooked an early salmon dinner and then I filled up a nice bath. Our neighbor gave me bath salt to see if that might help my joints. I had actually been thinking about that I should start taking baths and see if it makes any difference. But, I don’t really like baths, so I’ve been dragging it out. Well, tonight I spent some time in salt water. It was nice with some alone time, but I have to give it a few more times before I can say I enjoy baths, hehe.

Ok, now it’s sleepy time. Little fluff monster is already sleeping here next to me in bed. Good night!

Hello lovelies! I am so tired today. When we went to bed last night, I said to Jim that I’m so happy now when we have thrown away the soft mattress topper (did that a few days ago) because I sleep like a little baby now. I love harder beds and I’m always so happy every time we stay at a hotel cause hotel beds are usually on the harder side. J loves softer ones and the last topper we had in our bed was memory foam and it drove me crazy. Anyway, I said last night that I’ve been sleeping so good all week. Of course, I woke up around 2am and couldn’t fall asleep until closer to 6:30am and then Thor started to make noises around 7 and J took him out. I’m helping our neighbor with feeding her cat now a few nights and mornings here and there (her mother is in the hospital and she has to stay over some nights, and I’m happy to help when I can), so I had to get up before 8 and go down there. I spend some time feeding and just keeping the kitty company and I thought about maybe going back to bed once I was back home, but nah…that’s not my thing. I love mornings and if that means I have to be tired today, then so be it. Coffee is so far my best friend:)

We don’t really have any real plans for this weekend. We have two weekends of travel coming up so to not do anything too crazy sounds good to me, but we’ll see:)

Mr George

Good Morning and happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! 

What did we do this weekend? Well, Saturday had a little warmer temperatures, so after breakfast and an hour in the dance studio, we decided to drive 20 minutes north to Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. The summer season is over and dogs are now allowed there. We couldn’t really tell if dogs were allowed on the beach or not but since we saw other dogs there we decided it would be fine. It was so nice. Kinda windy when the sun was behind clouds, but it was quiet and peaceful, at least in the park part where there were no people at all (hardly anyone one the beaches either). Not many trees has changed colors yet, but it’s getting there and it’s so pretty.
We went to bar for early dinner after our beach adventure and then spent the night at home. We are currently watching The Haunting of the Hill House. I’ve heard and read everywhere that people think this tv-show is so scary and one of the best shows they’ve ever watched. It got 9.1 on imdb and 100% on rotten tomatoes so we gave it a shot. We’ve seen 7 episodes and we are not impressed. Bad acting, kinda bad filming, very very predictable and not scary what so ever. We don’t get it. 

It’s so nice to be alone in the studio sometimes

Sunday was a cold day! Around lunchtime, we drove to Walmart and picked up some things we needed. Absolutely packed and kinda chaotic in there. We had lunch at Burger King (I haven’t had that in years,..it was ok).
At night, after a very nice dinner, we set up a little painting station on the kitchen counter/bar. Neither of us has painted with oil paint more than maybe back in school, so we bought a bunch of supplies to try at home. Yesterday we finally tried it. To paint with oil paint was fun I guess, but then the cleanup, oh my, we hadn’t really thought about that. Of course we know to not throw anything in regular garbage or down the drain, but we didn’t know that the city only has two drop off dates at the waste station. Apparently it was last week and the next one is in April. So now we have to keep the waste somewhere safe for 6 months. Urgh, things like that makes me tired (plus a little scared since I’m afraid of fires and my head always think the worst). 
Then we watched another episode of the stupid and boring tv-show. It’s only ten episodes, so we thought we can just watch them all…so far it’s been 7 hours of wasted time for the past week. Have you seen it, and if so, what did you think? 

Cauliflower fried in paprika and turmeric, halloumi, pork chop from the grill, salad.
So simple, but oh it was good! 

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Seriously, so cute! 
It’s getting colder here in Connecticut now. When I turn on the heating system it smells really burnt and disgusting (probably lots of dust in there from the summer) so instead, I burn candles when it gets too cold inside. Or I snuggle up in a blanket with Thor:)
How’s the weather where you live? What do you do for cozy time? Let me know in the comments, I’m actually curious.