Tuesday, January 17, 2012

New Workout

Well, as are many people I am on the seemingly never ending quest to get in shape. Over this weekend I wasn't home much, I was watching my brothers puppies and staying at his house... this however encouraged some cheating on my eating. So, this week I have some catch up to do and I figured what better time to start a new workout.
So, I began a Pilates workout program designed by Jillian Michaels and the first phase is called "couch potato" and well... lets be honest I couldn't finish it. I am less than a couch potato... I think this means I have some serious work to do!!!! It's supposed to be 8 weeks, but it seems it might take me a little longer. But I swear on all that I WILL finish this workout and be able to do it all. No matter how long it takes I will be able to do this!
I figure doing most of a workout is better than doing nothing and I will slowly but surely work my way up to doing it all!
"Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says: 'I will try again tomorrow'"
So, everyone keep working on what your doing!!!!!

Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday the 13th

Wow, it is Friday January 13th. I've never been superstitious about this day, I've had some amazing Friday the 13th's... though I do somewhat hope I didn't just jinx myself.
Well, I haven't blogged in about 2 months now, which is a really long time for that, I decided I would blog more in 2012, which I still hope to do... but to be honest it has been rather boring so far!
Life has settled down from the holidays, getting back to what I suppose is "normal" for TysoIn and I. He goes to work, I clean and then go to work. We don't go anywere because we don't want to spend money going somewhere and it's too cold to be outside... which oddly enough is where I want to be.
I've never really been much of an outdoorsy girl but now as I'm growing older there are so many things I'd like to do. I want to go out and try Tyson's Christmas gift... he got a slackline and I'm excited to try to get good at it. I For some reason also would really like to go on a bike ride. This summer I'm also hoping to do a few hikes and perhaps even go camping... yes camping would be awesome right now. Ah yes, how it's the weird things about people that change. I got a tablet for Christmas, which is a part of the reason I haven't blogged in a while. I'm still trying to figure this thing out. For some things I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It is fabulous for playing games, and it makes some things much faster. Also it plays Netflix which for some reason my laptop can't handle. So, for a lot of reasons it is wonderful. But anything that requires typing is still a bit iffy. Typing on the tablet itself is slow, I do have a keyboard but it takes a while to hookup so unless I plan on typing a lot it isn't worth it. I have it hooked up now, but it is still a tiny bit odd! Sometimes things like my enter won't work, and keys like to stick. If I shift often times four letters after I Shift are capitols or the letter "r" especially likes to stick and I will type one and get twelve. So, the tablet and I are still learning. It is a very love hate relationship between me and it right now. Most of the time I love it but when it does make me mad it is very annoying! I tend to have that type of relationship with most electronics. When they work they are wonderful wonderful things, but when they aren't working (which for me seems to be a lot) then they are extremely annoying! I've been working on my new years goals, yes the infamous new years goals... but I think I'm really going to do well this year. One of those goals is to not drink any soda, and so far I'm on track with that. I was drinking way too much of it last year so I figure it would be best just to cut it out for a while. Plus it is number 48 on my list of things to do before I die. It is also helping out with one of my other goals for the year. The most cliche thing I could put on, to lose weight. This seems to be so many people's goals a lot, but I'm very serious about it this time. I really need to be healthier to help ensure that I prevent any preventable heath problems. I may not be able to control all things that may occur, and one day I might get very sick anyway but so many illnesses these days are brought on by things we do to ourselves. So, a healthier diet with less suger and more veggies are in place and a workout routine is coming in to play as well. Last night for dinner was a low-calorie pizza with a tortilla for a crust, and it was totally veggies. It was really filling, and honestly tasted better than I had expected. Another one of my favorite meals this year has been Spaghetti Squash Lasagna, where you pretty much make lasagna but instead of noodles, you use spaghetti squash and oh my it is very good! Well, I have to get ready for work now, so I suppose that is all for today but I am planning on blogging more this year so if you're interested keep your eye out and if you find my life a bit boring then that is okay too!! Haha, much loves!!!






















































































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Saturday, November 12, 2011

National Writing Month

Well, it is November, which is indeed National writing month. So, since I've always wanted to be a writer and so I figured this month was a good day to try to write a bit more than I have been the past little bit. So, of course so far this month random things like locking myself out of the house or being called into work at different times have really interfered with my writing... but today that will all change!
Today I writing day, and I can do anything as long as it involves writing! So, I can blog, journal, write fiction, or write non-fiction and I intend on doing all of thee above. I'm pretty excited! Who knows maybe if it goes well I will start having a writing day once a month!
So, everyone wish me luck and I do encourage you to do a little writing of your own this month! It doesn't matter what you write, just do it!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Impatient

I have never been known to be good at waiting for things. This has never been one of my better qualities but I will indeed admit it. One of the hardest things for me to wait for has always been books. You spend hours reading them and grow to love the characters so much that once you finish a book with a cliffhanger (which they pretty much all seem to have), the wait until the next book comes out is terrible. I went through it with Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and many many other books I love and it is once again happening to me. I just finished a great book called Divergent by Veronica Roth and I am extremely stoked to read the next book... the down side is that it doesn't come out till MAY. I have to wait till may. That is like sixish months (which I suppose is a lot less time than waiting for Harry Potter 7, Hunger Games, or anything written by Christopher Paolini... but still six months seems like forever to me at the moment. Mind you I have PLENTY to read seeing as I bought a TON of books as the bookstore was going out of business so I won't be book less but I would really love to continue following my characters. Wish me luck as I try to learn this thing that I never really learned to be and wait for May to arrive.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Flying

I titled this blog flying because that is what time is doing! We are already in mid-October and that is crazy to me! This month has gone by so incredibly fast!!
I have kept myself busy working on my 60 in 16. I kind of love it because having a goal list like that means that you are never bored! There is ALWAYS something I can be doing! Keeping yourself busy should always be good!
I haven't finished any of the goals 100% but I am making good progress on many of them and within the next month I will start marking them off.
Tonight Tyson and I did a Halloween project. We built a haunted house out of foam, it came from a kit that I got at my favorite craft store. It turned out so cute, it just makes me happy every time I look at it. It came with little sticky foam decorations to put on it like cobwebs and little ghosts. It makes me smile. I do love doing little craft projects.
Soon I hope to start working on my hair accessories. I've already started getting some of the supplies that I need but I have a few left to get and I am very much so looking forward to that.
I just felt like a little update because I haven't given any in a while... so if anyone actually reads this then thank you for your time and I will write again sooner than I did this time!

Thursday, September 8, 2011

WaldenBooks

Saturday is the last day WaldenBooks in the Pine Ridge mall will be open. It is closing along with all 400 Borders Bookstores. I have worked for this bookstore chain for three years, and now it is gone. Tomorrow will be my last day of work at said bookstore. It's going to be a very odd and bittersweet moment. It will be sad to see the store that way, it is already depressing! So empty with people picking through it like a bargain basement warehouse. But at the same time it will be nice to have it over, to not be in liquidation... to be able to dedicate myself to my new job and to my house and things like that. Also, in a way it kind of feels like a new start to me... I've done this for three years so now it's a new path leading to different things. My job at Borders took me so many different places and my life is 100% different from when I started. So, who knows maybe now as this chapter closes a new one will enter that will take me through even more experiences.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

60 16

So, I'm going to do something that I mostly stole from my cousin. Mine is a little different, but I got the idea from her. I am going to do 60 things over the course of the next 16 months... so starting today and going through the end of next year. Here is what I will hopefully be doing:

1. Buy a Christmas gift for a child in need

2. Send someone a kind letter each month

3. Secretly deliver cookies to someone

4. Do the 12 days of Christmas for someone

5. Go to the Playmill

6. See the Christmas lights on temple square

7. Go to Oregon

8. Go to the Blackfoot Fair

9. Go to Fightmares

10. Take Tyson to The Pie Pizzeria

11. Go Camping

12. Hike to three different places

13. Get weight under 110 lbs

14. Run a 10 minute mile

15. Stick to my meal plan for a month

16. Don’t cut hair

17. Visit the dentist

18. Learn to do eye makeup better

19. Learn to skateboard

20. Put hair in Liberty Spikes

21. Get a manicure

22. Learn to swing dance

23. Read all of D&C as well as the Book of Mormon

24. Have FHE every week for two months

25. Read scriptures with Tyson 5 times a week for a month

26. Finish project list

27. Plant a garden

28. Send out Christmas cards

29. Organize Computer Documents

30. Type journals

31. Get all pictures onto the computer

32. Stick to chore plan for a month

33. Make a pre-engagement picture book

34. Make a year two picture book

35. Make stars

36. Finish first draft of current story

37. Make a recipe book

38. Make myself a hair accessory

39. Make a woven bead bracelet

40. Try to fly a homemade kite

41. Update 101 things story

42. Learn Origami

43. Make a tree skirt

44. Finally take “Christmas pictures”

45. Beat Tyson at chess

46. Learn to make jam

47. Learn to Juggle

48. Pay off ISU

49. Start food storage

50. Read Wheel of Time

51. Work on Genealogy

52. Learn to play Magic with Tyson

53. Make Taffy

54. Get a 0 on wii disc golf

55. Make Pickles

56. Let go of 99 red balloons

57. Learn to write with the cool pens

58. Read a non-fiction book

59. Re-learn a song on the ukulele

60. Journal at least 4 times a week for 6 months