covet |ˈkəvət|
verb ( coveted , coveting ) [ trans. ]
yearn to possess or have (something) : the president-elect covets time for exercise and fishing | [as adj. ] ( coveted) he won the coveted Booker Prize for fiction.
– Apple Dictionary.
Is it bad that I want these abs?
Any guesses as to whose abs they are? I’ll give you a hint… I used to have a girl-crush on her. 
To get those abs (I’m a lady of action, after all!) I am:
- Doing daily crunches (maybe I’ll do a video of my 5-minute routine this week)
- (trying to do) 30 minutes of actual working out each day (via ExerciseTV and Netflix – click for my recs). I love walking but it’s not great for getting cut.
- (trying to) eat cleanly. I eat cleanly most of the time, but last week and the week before I was going a little nuts on the sugar. My skin let me know. It freaks out when I have an abundance of sweets so it’s very obvious when it’s time to cut back.
I also covet this bedroom. Oh my, how I wish I had this bedroom!
Source: picasaweb.google.com via Maggie on Pinterest
(Psst – have you joined Pinterest yet?)
And I also covet seaweed. Luckily I can and do have it all the time.
Hijiki Salad (an attempt at Delica’s recipe). This salad includes edamame, hijiki, lotus root, konnyaku, carrot, mixed greens, and more…
I do not covet my neighbor’s wife. Or my neighbor’s anything, for that matter! I don’t really know my neighbors even though I live in such close proximity to them.
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Hmmm, what I am coveting… Ah yes, I covet those abs too. I mean, come ON, who wouldn’t?!
What else am I coveting? Hmmm, a steady-paying job where I am my own boss/manager and I can spend my entire first paycheck at Whole Paychecks and Trader Joe’s! Looking forward to that day
And also coveting oat bran at the moment… or just craving it lol.
@Sylvia: I want that job too!
i’m coveting my warm weather! i’ve got the travel bug again & i yearn for a plane ticket to somewhere warm! it’s may – why is it cold and dreary? i’m also covetinng your seaweed salad. i ran out of seaweed & i need to get some more!
These days, I covet many many participants for my study … enough so I can sleep again.
Oh, and I loved that you started this post with linguistics! I know how much you love that.
(Me too, btw, I always want to know where a word or something else comes from.)
@Kath: I actually have a (rarely updated) linguistics blog! I’m hoping to start writing in it again soon but.. I’ve been saying that for a while and haven’t found the time
http://www.aloveofwords.com/
I’ve already your linguistic blog a while ago! I’m looking forward to updates!
I covet those abs, too but I fear that after having kids my belly is forever stretched!!!
@krista: that is one thing I fear about having kids! just kidding… i’m sure that having kids is worth giving up six pack abs for anytime. and having kids can give you great arms if you carry them around
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