something awesome happened today.
i didn't know it was awesome til about mid-way through what proved to be pretty. freakin. awesome.
did i mention it was AWESOME?
my awesome day started as any other day. headed to work thinking i would be late, as i'm always in a foggy, frantic rush, trying to get myself and my work stuffs together. had to pack the cooler for my clean food for the day. had to try and figure out what the hell i would wear 3 minutes before walking out the front door. do my hair in the half-assed way that has become the norm. give kisses to everyone, as i resolve to do my make-up in the car. forget to eat breakfast. . . 
my  normal morning.
we chitted and chatted between customers at work, talking about our holiday weekend. i hopped up to help customers out front as they came in, as i always do.
then, it happened. the awesome i wouldn't be aware of until later. a charming british man walked in with a messy, curly ponytail, friendly blue eyes, and a witty accent. he was accompanied by a pretty face that seemed familiar to me, but i couldn't place her. she was soft spoken but smiled as she gave him opinions about different frames i showed the charming gentleman. he wanted the "buddy holly" look, which we have plenty of, and he wanted to know how quickly he could get them. 
at one point, he looked at the price tag, and as we're a high-end boutique, he scoffed at the price in a charmingly british way.
"do you offer senior citizens a discount?"
"no, unfortunately we don't, but you aren't a senior citizen, so it wouldn't matter anyway."
we ha ha'd and chuckled as he narrowed down his choices.
he chose a fabulous mikli with a blue, shell type finish to it, which i told him looked great with his blue eyes. the pretty woman with him agreed and said she liked them best, as they made him look "handsome."
"oh shut it, you've already got the job, darling," he joked with her.
i went to the back and showed my co-worker lisa what the "cutest, older guy, with the cool accent and curly ponytail just got. you should go check it out on him."
she went to look.
i followed behind her a few seconds later.
i wish i had a camera to capture her face. and her coloring. she was as red as an apple and had the giddiest grin on her face. i could feel the angst radiating off her. teenage angst. i could tell she was trying so hard not to jump up and down, she was so excited. then she handed him "the book."
the book o' autographs.
"hmmm." i thought to myself. "who is this?"
lisa escaped to the back to check on lenses for him, while i finished typing up his order. i had to run to the back to grab something figure out who the hell she just asked to sign "the book."
before i had a chance to ask her, she growled in a teenage-angst type whisper yell:















"it's robert plaaaaaaaaaaant!"
pretty. freakin. awesome, huh?
ok, but i still didn't know it. of course, i know the name "robert plant" i just couldn't quite remember what brain folder i filed it away in.
"ok, i think i know who robert plant is, but maybe i don't know who robert plant is."
"are you serious." it really wasn't a question, more of an accusation.
"yeah, i'm kinda serious. just tell me."
"uh, singer of led zeppelin you f-ing idiot."
oh yeah. "holy shit! that's f-ing awesome!"
"and is that patty griffin?!"
"yeah!"
"whoa, dude, tiffany's gonna be so pissed she isn't here today." tiffany's is HUGE fan of the patty griffin.
wanna see the pictures we snapped as we accosted him with a camera?




our grins from ear to ear completely cancels out that kinda pouty grimace on his face, so...
awesome. awesome. awesome.
patty griffin had left, so we didn't get a picture of her)=but i have some videos i found on youtube if you'd like to watch those and you can just imagine me sitting there next to her.



tiffany's favorite song.
mine.
robert plant and patty griffin performing together, while patty dances like tiffany.
awesome. freaking awesome

i posted this originally on another blog (wordtoyourmomblog.com) which i've since forgotten about. well, until today. i was reading through a few of the posts and there are some great stories about my cutie patutie cohen. have i mentioned that i freakin' adore him. he's really pretty fabulous.

i don't want this, or any other, story to be lost forever in bloggy land so i figured i might as well share them again. you'll love 'em. this particular one was posted, february 5th, 2010. he was 2 and a half.


around and around and around again.



see, it made you smile.

i like it, being nostalgic. let's post all of my old posts here. well, i'll do the posting, you can do the reading=)

i've been eating clean for the last week and can i just say, there is definitely a sense of pride when you load all of that produce and healthy stuff at the check out=)) irie and i went to central market last night and spent most of our time in the produce section checking out all the colors. and tasting the fruit. she especially liked that part. after we hunted and gathered as our ancestors did (but not at all like our ancestors did) we had dinner and listened to live music on the patio. at the grocery store. i LOVE austin.

for dinner, i had whole wheat spaghetti with grilled chicken, roasted garlic, toasted pine nuts, sun dried tomatoes, and asparagus tossed in garlic oil. pretty freakin' awesome. and then the not-so-clean sangria to go with it. scratch that, it was as clean as an adult beverage can get=))


irie enjoyed picking at her sandwich and eating her fruit. we're HUGE fruit eaters in these parts.

i've been trying to cook at home as much as possible, or at least prepare at home.

usually:

for breakfast, we have half an organic "sprouted" english muffin (found in the freezer section) topped with honey almond butter and half a banana. when chancellor makes it, double that. this is probably the reason i haven't lost more than 1 pound this week. he never really thinks of portion sizes. we're working on it though! oh, and my french pressed coffee with creamer - coffeemate natural bliss (only four natural ingredients. i already had it in my fridge before we started this whole thing. haven't looked into it too much to see if i should find a substitute yet.)

for my morning snack i eat 1/2 cup of low-fat cottage cheese mixed with 1/2 cup low-fat organic vanilla yogurt - yum. (today for lunch, i mixed in almonds and blueberries, and that made for even more yum!)

for lunch, i eat a salad with grilled chicken, veggies, and organic vinaigrette, or shrimp tacos on corn tortillas with cabbage.

for my afternoon snack, i'll have hummus with veggies or fruit with string cheese.

for dinner, we've tried grilled chicken with veggies and sloppy joes (yum), or subway if we're either in a hurry or don't feel like cooking.

i've noticed that although it feels like i'm hungry all day, when i really started paying attention my hunger was coming every 2-3 hours, which, luckily, is the point. (boy, was that a run-on) i get to eat when i'm feeling hungry without feeling guilty, or like a pig=)

like i said before, we weren't worried about the eating part of this change, more the preparation for making those healthy choices. a 9 pm run to the store, although less hectic, might not have been the best idea, as i then had to come home and grill 3 lbs. of chicken, cut up a bunch of veggies, make salads, and mix yogurt. it'll take practice, but it's something i've been wanting to do for a long, long time. although, cohen is four, this whole "cooking meals in the kitchen for my family of four" idea hasn't quite settled in with me just yet. maybe i should go buy an apron.

so, i lost that stupid pound i gained last week - looking forward to losing more, and gaining radiance and energy next week=))