perfect

i've undertaken a couple of projects together with my mom these few weeks while i am home... one of them being planning and making invitations for the rehearsal dinner for my brother's wedding in october.  i get a little obsessive on these types of projects-- then end up procrastinating because i want it to be absolutely perfect.  well, close to perfection was good enough for today as i sat down and printed off invites, made precise cuts with the paper cutter (one of my favorites...), hole punched, and threaded ribbon to make the cutest clean-cut, preppy-styled little invites, all ready to send out tomorrow... sure they're not EXACTLY the same as one another... but will anyone even know?!
*i SHOULD be a good blogger and post a picture of the cute invites, but i currently lack a working camera.  working on it......

the other project is helping to prepare dinners for my parents so we can all eat together and relax when they get home (they are way OVERWORKED during the week... i don't know how they do it!), and to try some new recipes and switch things up a bit.  SO today i made double chocolate cherry almond cookies.  let's just say that so far, i haven't found a "new recipe" yet that i'd like to repeat

three days ago..... i ended my 7 year streak of not having a car accident.  the good news: NO ONE was injured, thank GOD.  and luckily, the other vehicle was already pretty beat-up, so the driver brushed it off and said he wouldn't pursue any damages or charges. *phew!*  the bad news: it was completely my fault, resulted in about $2,000 of damage to my car (which is only two years old...), leading me to be an emotional wreck the last few days.  you know how something bad happens, and you just replay it over and over in your head trying to figure out what happened?  and you know how helpful it is to do that? not at all.  i think my spirit and pride were more damaged than the car itself...
anyway, also thank GOD i have decent auto coverage, so it's all getting taken care of with a fairly manageable deductible... really makes me appreciate all those hefty insurance payments i've made over my driving life... insurance is there for a reason.

there's a lesson to be learned from just about everything i suppose!  nobody's perfect... not even me.

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 today's workout: 6 minute run to neighbor's house i'm "house sitting" for to bring in their mail and let their cat in and out, 6 minute run home + jillian michael's ripped in 30-level 1