My first meme.... :)
A. Attached or single? Attached
B. Best friend? Jason
C. Cake or pie? Hmm...how bout ice cream cake :)
D. Day of choice? I like Fridays! TGIF!
E. Essential item? Gotta have my shoes...and my Burt's Bees
F. Favorite color? blue
G. Gummy bears or worms? I'm gonna go with worms
H. Hometown? Uh....the Happy Rock...for those of you who know me you know what this means ;)
I. Indulgence? Chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
J. January or July? July, I love to swim :)
K. Kids? Workin on it
L. Life isn’t complete without? Someone to come home to
M. Marriage date? October 6, 2007
N. Number of brothers & sisters? just the 1 sister
O. Oranges or apples? Hmm I like both
P. Phobias? I have a fear of drowning and falling from high places
Q. Quotes? "People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." ~Theodore Roosevelt
R. Reasons to smile? My dog, or my nephew :)
S. Season of choice? Spring
T. Tag seven peeps! Uh well...
U. Unknown fact about me? I don't like it when people use bad grammar and bad spelling.
V. Vegetable? corn
W. Worst habits? hm well I'm a bad procrastinator
X. X-ray or ultrasound? I've had both
Y. Your favorite food? too many to list...spaghetti, fried chicken, cheesecake, mac n cheese...the list goes on...and now I'm hungry
Z. Zodiac sign? Virgo
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Something for my Health
Earlier this week I did something that I've been meaning to do for the past 3 months....I got a gym membership. I am now a card-carrying member of our local community center that has only been open for 7 or 8 months. Brand new! I've never been excited to work out, but I'm excited about this. The first time I went in and toured the place it just felt comfortable. I mean, there's a bunch of overweight suburbanites just like me, whew! No size 0 skinny girls on the treadmills, no bulging bicep mr universe type guys lifting weights. Just regular people. It was nice.
So I've gone the last 3 days and am very proud of myself thus far. My aim was to get in the pool and swim some laps. Okay...so when I'm on the tour of the facility the guy tells me that without the local school district (the one I went through all my life) there would be no pool. Therefore, they have priority in the competitive pool and the lap lanes. Their high school swim teams practice from 3p-8p every day Monday thru Friday. The next day I went back to start swimming and had to face my fears. I had to 1) wear a bathing suit without a cover-up (per community center policy), 2) walk through the natatorium (where the pools are) past a bunch of pimply teenage boys in their speedos (ugh), and 3) take off my towel and get in the pool in front of those teenagers. Yeah, when it comes to body image and self esteem....I am very insecure. I can't even remember the last time I went swimming without a cover-up over my suit. So for me to overcome insecurities so I can get a nice workout in the pool is a HUGE thing for me...so yay me!!
Now I'm trying to decide when the best days to go would be. The swim meets are held on Wednesdays I found out, so that day is no good. I mean, pimply teenagers AND their parents and friends watching? No, not yet. Anyway, I feel like I really need to go at least 3 days a week, maybe more if I don't get too busy. So if you feel like it, please pray that I'll keep this up and it will help me get into shape and get healthy and shed a few pounds along the way.
In other news, I have somewhat of a milestone birthday coming up. Still unsure how I feel about it. What I do know is that I had a hell of a lot of fun this last decade. Learned more about myself in the last 5 years than ever before, made a few good friends, found the one I'm spending the rest of my life with, became an aunt, watched a lot of my friends get married and have babies. My only hope for the next decade is that I can start teaching the next generation how to live life and be a good person and eat their vegetables. :) Yep, things change, people grow up, and new life sprouts. It's the circle of life. :)
And if you know anything about Tim McGraw's music, you know he has a song about 'my next thirty years' which first tells you how old I'll be, but also tells you what direction I want my life to go. ;)
So I've gone the last 3 days and am very proud of myself thus far. My aim was to get in the pool and swim some laps. Okay...so when I'm on the tour of the facility the guy tells me that without the local school district (the one I went through all my life) there would be no pool. Therefore, they have priority in the competitive pool and the lap lanes. Their high school swim teams practice from 3p-8p every day Monday thru Friday. The next day I went back to start swimming and had to face my fears. I had to 1) wear a bathing suit without a cover-up (per community center policy), 2) walk through the natatorium (where the pools are) past a bunch of pimply teenage boys in their speedos (ugh), and 3) take off my towel and get in the pool in front of those teenagers. Yeah, when it comes to body image and self esteem....I am very insecure. I can't even remember the last time I went swimming without a cover-up over my suit. So for me to overcome insecurities so I can get a nice workout in the pool is a HUGE thing for me...so yay me!!
Now I'm trying to decide when the best days to go would be. The swim meets are held on Wednesdays I found out, so that day is no good. I mean, pimply teenagers AND their parents and friends watching? No, not yet. Anyway, I feel like I really need to go at least 3 days a week, maybe more if I don't get too busy. So if you feel like it, please pray that I'll keep this up and it will help me get into shape and get healthy and shed a few pounds along the way.
In other news, I have somewhat of a milestone birthday coming up. Still unsure how I feel about it. What I do know is that I had a hell of a lot of fun this last decade. Learned more about myself in the last 5 years than ever before, made a few good friends, found the one I'm spending the rest of my life with, became an aunt, watched a lot of my friends get married and have babies. My only hope for the next decade is that I can start teaching the next generation how to live life and be a good person and eat their vegetables. :) Yep, things change, people grow up, and new life sprouts. It's the circle of life. :)
And if you know anything about Tim McGraw's music, you know he has a song about 'my next thirty years' which first tells you how old I'll be, but also tells you what direction I want my life to go. ;)
Saturday, August 16, 2008
What's Goin On
So I decided to change things up a bit and get a new background (duh)! I think it portrays more of who I am than the standard greens and blues I had before. :)
What else....Oh...yeah....so follow me on this one--my mom's best friend's son's girlfriend (in short, a friend's girlfriend) told the best friend that she just 'knows' that I'm pregnant. Interesting. I don't know that it could really be possible at this point, like today, but still interesting. It kinda makes me feel good to know that people are thinking about me, even though I hate being center of attention. Like, my wedding day was the only day I was really looking forward to everyone looking at ME. But after that I'm back to wanting to be in the background. Although my birthday is coming up soon and it's a big one so...
Anyway, speaking of birthdays, my uncle turned 40 last week so tonight his wife is throwing him a little party down at the place where she works and we've been singing karaoke for the past few months. That, to me, equals FUN! Oh I'm dead serious. Anytime there's a gathering of family, a chance to sing karaoke, and to poke fun of someone for being over the hill makes for a great time. :) We've had many a fun birthday in my family celebrating people becoming over-the-hill. Wonder if that'll happen to me...
Umm what else. Oh they changed the dress code at my job so we can wear jeans every day now. That's always good. Heh.
I finally got off my butt and finished another test in my computer literacy course of my online schooling. Got a 93. :)
Also finally ordered a mouthpiece for DH so maybe, just maybe he can stop snoring. Here's hoping!!
Well gotta run...time to go buy said uncle some embarrassing gag gifts for turning 40. :) Ah but I love him, it's all good. ;)
What else....Oh...yeah....so follow me on this one--my mom's best friend's son's girlfriend (in short, a friend's girlfriend) told the best friend that she just 'knows' that I'm pregnant. Interesting. I don't know that it could really be possible at this point, like today, but still interesting. It kinda makes me feel good to know that people are thinking about me, even though I hate being center of attention. Like, my wedding day was the only day I was really looking forward to everyone looking at ME. But after that I'm back to wanting to be in the background. Although my birthday is coming up soon and it's a big one so...
Anyway, speaking of birthdays, my uncle turned 40 last week so tonight his wife is throwing him a little party down at the place where she works and we've been singing karaoke for the past few months. That, to me, equals FUN! Oh I'm dead serious. Anytime there's a gathering of family, a chance to sing karaoke, and to poke fun of someone for being over the hill makes for a great time. :) We've had many a fun birthday in my family celebrating people becoming over-the-hill. Wonder if that'll happen to me...
Umm what else. Oh they changed the dress code at my job so we can wear jeans every day now. That's always good. Heh.
I finally got off my butt and finished another test in my computer literacy course of my online schooling. Got a 93. :)
Also finally ordered a mouthpiece for DH so maybe, just maybe he can stop snoring. Here's hoping!!
Well gotta run...time to go buy said uncle some embarrassing gag gifts for turning 40. :) Ah but I love him, it's all good. ;)
Monday, August 4, 2008
Things I've Come to Realize About Myself
....I'm not a white-collar worker. I belong with the blue-collars, the ones in the filing room with whom I got to spend my afternoon. I was much more comfortable.
....I'm a really bad procrastinator. Like, really bad.
....I'd do most anything to help out family and be there for them, but am very obstinate about helping myself. I need to help myself more.
....One of the reasons I can't seem to lose weight very well (besides the obvious-not exercising enough) is because I don't sleep very well. At least, I haven't in the last 4 years...
....Some days I like to snuggle with my dog more than my DH, because the dog likes me all the time and never gets mad at me. And always greets me very excitedly when I come home from anywhere, even if I've just been gone for 10 minutes.
....When I'm not around them all day at work, I get kinda lax at keeping up with my friendships. And I'm very sorry about that. :(
....I want to have a baby, like yesterday, and am conflicted about when it should happen. One one hand, I need to lose some weight and let my cycles regulate on their own. On the other hand, it crushes me that I'm almost 30 and I don't have children. It's my life's calling to be a mother.
....I'm a really bad procrastinator. Like, really bad.
....I'd do most anything to help out family and be there for them, but am very obstinate about helping myself. I need to help myself more.
....One of the reasons I can't seem to lose weight very well (besides the obvious-not exercising enough) is because I don't sleep very well. At least, I haven't in the last 4 years...
....Some days I like to snuggle with my dog more than my DH, because the dog likes me all the time and never gets mad at me. And always greets me very excitedly when I come home from anywhere, even if I've just been gone for 10 minutes.
....When I'm not around them all day at work, I get kinda lax at keeping up with my friendships. And I'm very sorry about that. :(
....I want to have a baby, like yesterday, and am conflicted about when it should happen. One one hand, I need to lose some weight and let my cycles regulate on their own. On the other hand, it crushes me that I'm almost 30 and I don't have children. It's my life's calling to be a mother.
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