Monday Madness

So work was productive. I'm going to be trained on more functions of the warehouse (the actual orderfill aspect of things) so that when I have new hires I can coach and help them along more efficiently and help those that are struggling in general.

What I accomplished this evening:

1. Made chicken salad from the leftover chicken from dinner for lunch tomorrow.
2. Made banana nut muffins FROM SCRATCH with a streusel topping sprinkled on top of them.
3. Cut Grandma's hair
4. Gave grandma a manicure
5. Helped entertain Grandma's company
6. Cleaned the kitchen and scrubbed the counters
7. Cleaned out the spice cabinet (grandma had spices that were circa 1960...plenty more that were older than me...I threw the bitches away without her even noticing :) he he he. She'll notice eventually and yell at me, but for real...I can't risk her actually using them when she cooks and killing me....oh no no no..
8. Caught up on my blogging...(had a lot to get out)

I need to go to bed now though considering I overslept this morning and was an hour late for work :(...

Happy Monday...shew...glad it's over

I've gotta get back into work out mode...I fell off the exercise kick a week ago...I'm over a week of no hip hop abs and I feel gross yet again...gotta get motivated. I always feel better when I do....i need to go back to watching what I eat too...blah....

I'd like to buy a tape worm. Seriously...anyone know where I can score this trusty parasite...? I wanna be able to eat and eat and eat and never gain weight. lol. And tapeworms are probably cheaper than crack.

Self discoveries and fabulosities

So over the last few days I've been kind of reflecting...attempt to figure things out in general and to stay motivated to do the things that I need and want to get done. One of my classes requires a portion of the work to be done by Wednesday at 11 pm which leaves me little room for procrastination to say the least--not to mention its a business simulation and I am part of a team and we work together to make the biz successful starting with Research and Development and I find myself why the hell I opted for business in the first place to be my major when I have no real interest in it AT ALL...but alas, it's generic and I can do a lot with it so it will work out fine. I do have to figure out the software used for this course to make this "business" successful...I don't know what the hell is going on really.

Everyone knows I'm a junkfood junkie...normally I crave things like chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate, sometimes with a splash of caramel or anything of the sort...but for the past week I've been craving things like fruit juices and smoothies...like cold/fruity combos if you will. I went to the grocery store yesterday to buy some V8 Splash because I love it (and the Diet version isn't ridiculously loaded with sugar...), I picked up some Honey Bunches of Oats with Peaches because I just really dig it and it's been hitting the spot (and is easy to eat with milk on the way to work while driving, lol), and found myself on the ice cream aisle. I had found the skinny cow icecream that had been suggested to me before (would insert names of those who said I should try those here to link to their blogs, but I haven't figured out how...but would love to know if anyone wants to share: blogger for dummies, lol) But for what I was craving I just wasn't feeling those....I instead had had sherbet stuck in my head for a while. I just really wanted some which is odd because I've never really cared for Sherbet....but I bought a tub of Pineapple and Raspberry in keeping with my fruity sweet cravings.

Let me tell you that Pineapple sherbet is like THE BEST THING EVER!!! Oh my god, I seriously took one bite of it's smooth, light, fabulousness and seriously creamed my pants (sure tmi...but I'm not even kidding) It made me happy in places that ya'll don't even want to know about...IT WAS THAT GOOD. It may be my new favorite guilty pleasure and if you haven't tried Pineapple sherbet I highly recommend it.

Yesterday I graduated to a new DVD with the Hip Hop Abs collection. I'm glad too because I was tired of doing the same two and alternating them. Yesterday was Total Body Burn and dear god let me tell you I'm feeling it today. Could hardly walk...total body burn is no joke for real. Today I'm supposed to do an older one (fat burning cardio) plus hips, buns, and thighs which I haven't done yet so this should be interesting. I've stopped allowing myself to feel guilty if I miss a day or two because my demons take over and would prefer I sit in the dark with my pjs on...I'm allowed a break every now and then, so long as I stick with it in the long run. This weight isn't going to fall off by itself you know.

Finally, I love thrift stores. LOVE THEM. You can't let yourself get disappointed because there are somedays you'll find something awesome and others you'll feel like you wasted a trip out... I have my favorite thrift stores that I go to on the regular, but switched it up this past weekend while out with my sister. (baby clothes are fun to buy at thrift stores because they are inexpensive and most of the time practically brand new, because they are worn for such a short period of time--she's the pregnant one, but I'm the soon to be aunt who really digs buying baby clothes--though my sister has many rules...for instance, she will not allow clothing with characters on it (i.e. Elmo, Pooh, etc), no animal print riff raff, nothing with fake fur, nothing that looks hoochie-fied and way to old for a baby, etc the list goes on) but I digress. Well thrift stores are also great because its one of two ways that I'm green. The second is peeing in the shower to save on water...I mean lets be real, it makes sense to pee in the shower when you first wake up in the morning and not have to flush the toilet...it's not like I'd do it while sitting in a bath...eww. But anyway....Sunday's find was:

I'm wearing them today in the warehouse and I noticed they were getting dirty and I needed to get a pic of them before they got WHOA dirty...I washed them on Sunday and today was the first day they were dry and on my feet they went. A men's 6 (equal to a woman's 8) and my new to me, patent leather shiny SUPER GAY, Adidas sneakers. I'm in love...

Now If I could just find a pair of Sperry Topsiders in mint condition at the thrift store I'd be good to go...Or some Birkenstocks...Fun FUn Fun.... These shoes really have made my day because I look down and see my feet and think clown on crack...hhahahaha....

Good times. Good times.

For the love of all things holy

So I'm really proud of myself. I have worked out every night this week so far (granted that's only three nights to this point, with plans of doing it again tonight but dear god) I have pains in muscles I didn't even know existed.

I've been using Hip Hop Abs in the comfort of my own living room as the second step in my grand plan to weight loss. The first was giving up soda and well I'm almost at the month mark on that one. I'm going to work out with Hip Hop Abs six nights a week for a month straight and then see if I notice a difference. I hope that by then I'll be addicted to it and craving more work outs.

I've always dreamed of running. Of course when I start running in real life I make it about three feet before the urge to pass out and die comes...not to mention shin splints being an issue. I need to get past these excuses and just do it. I want to feel a runner's high and I want to at some point before I die, run a complete marathon....

I'll work on that eventually...I mean there has to be a secret to it right? I dunno...I'm sure it will be easier when I start losing some weight...

It's kind of funny, I go through phases where I want to dress really girly (normally in the winter time)...I find myself wanting the boot cut jeans with the killer square toe boots with heels, a button up shirt, etc.... well I'm a big girl so those heels really kill my feet because of all the weight misappropriately proportioned and such...

Summer time attire consists of cargo shorts and tshirts or polos and flip flops...hell when i'm at work the only difference is I wear tennis shoes instead of flip flops because I have to have on real shoes for the warehouse. But I digress...

The moral of the story is that i'm taking baby steps to be where I want/need to be. I want to be able to see cute clothes and buy them, not have to search for big girl clothes that are cute and not grandma-esque you know.

I will be graduating in October...cap and gowns only look right on super skinny folks...I'm not going to be super skinny by then, but I can at least be on my way....

I pulled my hamstring...I didn't sign up for this...the dvd is not called Hip hop fucking hamstrings you know.

Exciting!!!

So I have finally found something that has me stoked and that I think I can stick with (besides Jen of course) and that is HIP HOP ABS. Lol.

I'm cheap so I refused to buy it off the infomercial which would have cost me three easy payments of 19.95 plus 12.95 shipping and handling (about 72 bucks give or take) so I went on ebay and found the whole kit'n'caboodle for 53 with free shipping. Therefore I don't lose out on any of the dvd's cuz I'm getting them all and well whatever.

Now I just gotta wait for the fuckers to get here, in the mean time rearrange the living room so I have room to bust a move and not break a toe on a couch or table and then go buck wild. Lol.

I think the thing that is really attracting me to it is the fact that it looks so fucking retarded but makes great sense. Plus, I like dancing like an idiot (like breaking out the sprinkler and stuff) I'm excited. YAY!!

I'll let ya'll know how it goes once I get the DVDs. I'm also going to start walking Pepper in the evenings which will benefit both of us. Oh and I gave up soda today...havent had one since yesterday (this is a big damn deal for me.)