360 days of my life #194

did you know that is what those guy lines are ?  I'm working on those around the sides.

I have a long way to go but maybe by summer?  We'll see.

Arms too.

To the gals who are working out via the web with me...lets do this thing!!!

Monday Giveaway Biggest Loser Power Sculpt

Just leave a comment, tell some friends, make sure in the comment you say why you want, or better yet, need it, a way to get in touch with you...and a small promise that you too will be trying to get more fit by June1st. We will randomly select a winner on Wed. AM and have it sent out promptly.
Ok...good luck...and I think the winner will also get a little tin of some fabulous bottle cap magnets we made a few months ago. Just to flavor the pot a bit...

Good luck and I can't wait to see the comments

Spring Break is over...

I was able to complete, all buttons included the Slither knitting project. They came out nice.
I also began reading this book. Easy read so far... Hopefully I can get it done in the next week, even with school...I committed to a reading group with this book. We'll see.
I only got the few things done I needed to, but among these I managed to have an altercation with my family, get Olive through her Alligator swim class, which she didnt' actually pass, but we all ready paid for the next level, so it's either sink or swim, literally. She thinks she passed because they gave her a little report card with stars and "NW's". I mean she is 4, I don't need to start in on her with failure all ready do I? She will be fine in the shallow end for one more set of classes. And I got the house clean, pretty much. I need to still finish the little "natural dress", made of muslim, for Olive and shorts of linen for Ilin. I think I can get those done in 2-3 weeks.....mark my words, will ya.
The break gave my mind a much needed excape from school. I am not sleeping again, which always stresses me, yet there is not much I can do about it. I toss and turn, dwelling on my capabilities of making the grades I need...toss and turn, balancing my check book in my head, and toss and turn, trying to fit everything in. I picked up my workouts, hoping that it would help me sleep, but with out the liquor, it isn't really helping, it's helping my muscles, but not my sleep.
I have 60 days til my niece's wedding at the Beach. I still have to rent a car and am not sure if I should do it ahead of time or just wait. I'm guessing it will cost about 280$ for a week. We have booked the flights to Destin from Co. @ $806 for the 4 of us, $795 for the condo...so now I just have the car and the spending money.

Destin,where I grew up and where we are going to be vacationing

I have 60 days to save that, I have started to pick up a few shifts in different areas of work to make a bit of extra $$$. I think I'll be able to do it. I just hope the kids enjoy this vacation, which is actually a wedding, not a vacation, but I hope they are able to relax and see the beauty of the area while we are there. We had originally, a few years ago, planned on taking Olive to Disney for her 5 year birthday, as we did with the other kids, but it may have to wait until 6 years. What she doesn't know won't hurt her, right?

As I stated in the title...Spring Break is over. I better get to work. I have class today from 4-630...then the real week begins again. :) I haven't even started Easter yet. We usually ahve the "Liquor Egg Hunt" for the friends, but haven't even planned it yet.
we'll see. I hope every one's week gets off to a great start

Snow

It's snowing...we are to get 16" by this afternoon. I called home and said, "Ilin, please put on appropriate clothes for a blizzard."



See, he has to walk himself to school. Sometimes when I come home from work I see he hasn't even put on boots to walk the mile...he wears his crappy skater shoes.


"Do you want to freeze to death?"


maybe it's better than going to school...

~yeah, kiddo, I hear ya...I thought the same thing on the way to work...maybe I'll slide off the road and not have to go~

Well, I made it to work, which sucks butt because now I will probably be stuck here. Although I have plans to leave even if I have to sit next door. See the hospital never closes and when there is a blizzard they started doing weird stuff like asking you to spend the night so the next shift doesn't have to come in. NO...I came in...they can come in, it's Colorado....they better figure that shit out.

Last night Synda came over and we did the new Jillian Michaels 40 minute circuit training. It was hard!!!!! I actually thought I was going to die, but Synda kept saying, "look we are almost done" Today the sides of my ass feel like I was punched and my stomach muscles are saying hello. I wish it wasn't 40 minutes long...40 minutes is too much to wrap my brain around when I'm getting ready to work out. 20 minutes is doable....40 minutes torture.

Best part was when we were all done and we got to have veggie taco salad and a cookie (and a small beer, shhhhhhhh). We planned to go to Bikrim tonight...but with 85" of snow....probably not.

I guess I better get to work, because honestly, I am going to try to leave around 1 pm. I have a chapter to finish reading for micro. and a short essay to write for a scholarship I'm applying for...Plus I need to finish those damn "slither gauntlets". Synda mentioned something about knitting a bucket hat for the summer...of course all I could think of was:


I think I would look snappy in that hat.

Fatty Tuesday

Back...it's Tuesday, I thought it was Wednesday, but it is Tuesday and not just any Tuesday...
Fat Tuesday. Where us Catholics (practicing or NOT) feel the need to get it out of our system before that man comes crawling out from behind the rock to save our souls.
I woke up this morning thinking about not just Fat Tuesday, but the fat on my little ass. 5:15 am I looked at the clock and said, "get up, please M, just Try...you won't have **time (**you will be too drunk ) to work out this afternoon, so get up." I thought good and hard about Jillian Michaels and the Shred Video waiting for me and turned over and went back to sleep for 30 more minutes.

When I did get, up I did NOT do the video as I had intended but did grab my sneaks to run on lunch so that counts right? While I am on the subject of the Shred video....I like it. 3 levels 20 minutes and my legs hurt. Here's a question I pose to you. Is it possible that my ass has raised itself up a bit which in turn is making my pants a bit tight around my hips? I am on week 3 of doing this video about 5-6 times a week...I have not lost a single pound, but the tops of my thighs are like rocks (no joke) , stomach is pretty tight (minus the little layer of baby fat), and I swear to God that my ass is moving up. Usually I would not be fond of my ass moving because when you hear this you think of jiggle type movement, but I think my ass is moving north. Which is a good thing because when you are 5'1" you don't want anything to move South...

I have 13 weeks=91 days to get fit. I think that is ample time. I still haven't taken a picture, but I'm going to blame that on Synda, because SHE won't take a picture I don't want to either...but I think it may be the only way to tell if my Ass is moving North.

<~~this is....not me, but it could be,but it's not.
Back to Fatty Tuesday...

we will be going to the Lefthand Taphouse to enjoy beer and drag. Join us if you are in the area.
I'll be the one with the fabulously North Ass...if you are looking to say, Hi.

xox
write ya later
m