Bloggity 2009-03-30

Thank God its my Friday.

I thought I would share an awesome video of one of my most favorite bands ever to grace the earth.

Bloggity 2009-03-27

Been a little exausted lately.

Shaun and I were called into work on Tuesday for a supposed 1 hour meeting that turned into 2. We had just enough time to go home, make some chorizo and egg tacos, stuff them down our throats and head out to the gym.

So I did leave a little note about how I ended up doing 315 reps of ab exercises. Surprisingly I was very spry the next morning and nothing hurt at all. Little did I know that throughout the next few days I would be experiencing mind numbing pain and soreness throughout my body. I didn’t even know that the exercises we did worked out some of the muscles that hurt.

Thus morning was Friday morning and I still was hurting. I basically hobbled around all day and it scared me to think that I was going in for more pain and torture with Rebecca that night. I am determined and I WILL BE SKINNY AGAIN. I thought I wanted to be like 120-125 but she told me it would be healthier to hang out at 130, especially since I want to keep most of the curves I gained.

So after work we rushed home, I popped in a Kashi pizza (health food pizza – actually VERY YUMMY, but NOT pizza), ate a few slices and headed to the gym. Today was CIRCUIT TRAINING! Or a whole crapload of exercises back to back with no breaks.

*Warm-up 10 minutes on the elliptical
*15 reps – squats with throwing a medicine ball in the air and catching it
*60 reps – evil ab exercises
*30 Seconds jumprope
*15 Tricep dips – putting your hands behind you on a bench and dipping down
*15 Cobras – where you are on your stomach and you stretch out your back legs and pull up your chest
*15 reps obliques
*15 reps/leg stepping up 1 1/2 feet with a 20lb kettlebell
*15 reps scissors
*15 reps crossovers
*15 reps pushups

And we got through that and I was dying… sweating… and she said, “Break over, lets do it again!”

I

thought

I

was

going

to

die

.

The squats started out with shaky knees. We even had to stop once because I started getting lightheaded. I knew the rest would be hell… and no, it did not get any better. I finished though. I will survive! Rebecca is working up a nutrition plan for me this next week and I’m stoked. It will help me stay on track. I was actually stoked because she said I wasn’t in-taking enough calories so I get to up the ante a bit.

As we were heading to go downstairs so I could stretch and leave, I took my first step down and nearly tumbled all the way down. My legs were jello. I had to take once step at a time… taking mini breaks in between.

So I’m here at home… really wondering what work will be like tomorrow. I think I will take a preemptive ibuprofen to help out with the inflammation… because I KNOW it will be bad. So I’m heading to bed. My arms feel like they weigh a million pounds.

Sorry no pictures to report!

Bloggity 2009-03-24

I went to my personal trainer for the first time today. I have a total of 12 sessions with her and then we’ll see if I want to continue from there.  Her name is Rebecca and she is incredibly upbeat and nice – and NOT perky (thank GOD).

I weighed in at 150 pounds and it appears as though I have plateaued there. I have dropped soda completely and eat less than 1600 calories a day – I still don’t move.

So I’m writing a food log so she knows what I like to eat and we can make the appropriate adjustments from there. So 315 ab reps later I am at home and already feeling the burn. Good lord. Ouch. OMG. Tomorrow is going to suck. So 3 days a week with these reps and 3 days of cardio (just going to be very long sessions at the gym) and she believes I can be to 130 within 2-3 months. Just in time for me to get that itty bitty bikini I want. I will still be pasty! But I will have that bathing suit!

Got called into work today for an emergency meeting – of course on my day off and after taking care of the kids all day. Also have a meeting tomorrow – also on my weekend. We’ve decided to go ahead and work tomorrow since we are already going to be out. Which leaves me Thursday – all to myself – however we need to work on the yard.

I planted grass seeds today so we’ll see how it goes. If I see cute little sprouts I’ll post a picture lol.

Bloggity 2009-03-23

I have a million things to do this weekend! GAH!

Going to babysit tomorrow and this time around its only the baby in the morning, not the 8 year old hellion asking to play shooting games every few seconds. So I think I should be able to make it through the day. When Shaun wakes up I think I’m going to head out to one of my favorite places – Home Depot – to buy some very needed items for the yard. Mainly a leaf blower (last time I had to rake it was 9 bags of leaves and it was only the front yard), a new sprinkler, and grass seeds for the giant patch in the backyard. *YAY Barrel for trying to get the acorn the squirrel buried*

Then on Wednesday I get to go to work at 7:30 am. We have a company meeting for a few hours (paid) so I figure that would be a good day to work out my overtime hours.

Thursday I’m going swimming at Barton Springs. I have been dying for some sun and this week is supposed to be pretty nice. We will have the ENTIRE day off… OMG… something that doesn’t happen to us often so I plan on chilling out as best as possible before I head into another week of hell.

I meet my personal trainer on Tuesday. We’ll see how I feel Wednesday morning.

Bloggity 2009-03-20

I am absolutely stoked.

Thursday, March 19th, at 12pm PST, Shepard Fairey released his new print “Israel/Palestine” and I was there pressing reload website a MILLION TIMES. And yes… I GOT IT. This print 18 x 24 inches, and is one of 450 released – signed and numbered. And I OWN ONE! WOOOOO!

I’ve already gone through 10 million different ideas of how I’m going to frame it. I mean, I plan on owning more so it needs to be somewhat uniform.

Anyway, here it is. And it is beautiful.

Bloggity 2009-03-16

SXSW week! I AM SO EXCITED. Even though I seem like an old woman sometimes going to bed early, being responsible and all that jazz, this is the one week where I stretch myself beyond my limits and GOGOOGOGOGOGOOGOGOGO!

This week is turning out good so far:

Tonight: I have the decision between heading to Beauty Bar for Flosstradamus, or heading out with a friend to “The Decider Party” at The Mohawk.  We’ll have to see. I actually don’t think I will be leaving the house until after 10 so we’ll see.

Tomorrow:

High of 85. Time to go swimming. Packing up the kiddies and heading over to Barton Springs for a bit (the 2 year old is extremely pasty so I’m not sure how long we will actually be out) and then that night going out for St. Patrick’s with my “friend family” out…. I dunno, Sara hasn’t told me yet.

Wednesday: TBD!

Still, I’m excited. I have no wristband and am a bit short on cash, but I won’t let that stop me from having a good week. HAPPY SXSW!

Bloggity 2009-03-15

Getting back into the rhythm of things is a lot more difficult than I remember. Going back to work has made me unbearably tired every night. Good thing we went grocery shopping and I have a nice home cooked meal to look forward to at night.

Shaun and I went ahead and signed up for Gold’s Gym. I need to get off my ass and lose those last few pounds. They have me on a schedule to lose the weight in approximately 4-5 months since apparently it sucks a nut to be a woman and losing more then 1-2 pounds a week is almost impossible and very unhealthy. I got my BMI done and it wasn’t as bad as I thought – however I did learn that my high school weight was the most athletic/lean I could possible get (but I would never want to be there because I like having hips and boobs). Shaun on the other hand is on a track to gain 10-15 pounds… his time frame – 2 months. WTF. And he gets to eat more. Seriously, sometimes I think life is a cruel cruel joke.

I am honestly truly blessed to have my job right now. Even though it is not where I saw myself when I was younger but the stability is mind boggling and I think we are one of the only companies in the world to make a profit last year. I can wear what I want to work, pays for the doctor, puts food on the table and a roof over my head and honestly, I cannot ask for more of a blessing in today’s economy. This has definitely forced us to mature a bit and we are buckling down to get rid of our credit card debt. We are going to try and buy a loft/condo over the next few years and we need to start saving.

As much as I am a bit mad that the weather followed us home, I am so happy it has been raining here in Austin. The flowers and trees look so much more happy (and I get to laugh at Shaun because the grass starts to grow and he has to mow it). It really is purifying and gets you pumped for the oncoming seasonal changes. I have to get back to work. Here is an awesome pic I found. <3

Bloggity 2009-03-12

Sorry about the lack of update about the pictures – my dad’s bday was yesterday and it was a bit more important.

For anyone curious who hasn’t seen my Facebook yet, click here.

This one does have a few more pics than what I posted on Facebook if you really care lol.

Bloggity 2009-03-10

We’re back at home!

It only took us 20 hours to get home from the time we got up and the time we entered our house! -_-*

I am so happy to be home. Barrel flipped out when we arrived home and did not leave Shaun’s side for the remainder of the night. He even spent the ENTIRE night on the bed with us which is really weird since he normally hops down after a few hours. He still hasn’t eaten like he should be but we’ll work on that. We also adjusted back to Austin time within the same day we arrived because when I woke up at 6:30 am to take care of the kids, believe me, it felt like 6:30 (which is 11:30 London time).

It is really bizarre to hop back into my life so fast. Woke up, took care of Audrey, put her down to nap, paid bills, sitting here thinking about what to do with the rest of my day… I know at some point over the next few days I have to find time to go and get another gym membership. Shaun promised me he would actually accompany me this time – especially since he is still considering being a firefighter and need to bulk up his skinny ass anyways. I still have 20 pounds to go before I hit where I want to be.

Good news! Before heading to London we decided that any money we didn’t spend there would be going towards paying off our debt. One credit card down! It only took me 4 years to pay off my laptop! -_-* Several more to go! But we should have everything (besides the ugly college bill and the car) under control by the end of the year so we can start saving up for a loft. We totally want to be that traveling couple that are fit living it up in a really cool loft – and by golly, we are making it happen.

So that is all I really have to report. I will be uploading some more pictures tomorrow to my flickr account and I’ll link everything once I’m done (Eddie and Blair are playing WoW and uploading eats the bandwidth).

EDIT: I am EXTREMELY pissed off that the weather followed us home. I was looking forward to going swimming and the weather is going to be cold and RAINY.

Bloggity 2009-03-08

I am freaking cold. I can’t even start to explain how terribly cold I am. I am looking forward to going home tomorrow so I can bask and enjoy the warmth of my home.

Today Shaun and I went to Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral and Bath. Overall it was a good trip but after two weeks of forty degree weather, its time (feels like 30 outside right now). So this morning, on 5 hours of sleep, we headed out to Victoria Station to meet up with our tour group. If I hadn’t already said it previously, our Stonehenge trip was cancelled again but at least this time we got upgraded. What we didn’t know it that we weren’t seeing Windsor castle, but the cathedral instead. Whatev, come what may.

So we had 30 minutes to kill before we could start lining up to leave. There was this little restaurant across the way and I was starving – we hadn’t eaten yet. I hadn’t eaten an English Breakfast of any kind so we hopped on that. It took them like 20 minutes to get us our food so we had to stuff it down (which, even though the place was kinda shady, it was some of the best damn eggs I have ever had) and we went to stand outside in the chilly weather. After looking at our group I realized that we had 14 people total and they stuck us into a “short” tour bus – or the equivalent of a Club Wagon – but Mercedes.

I fell asleep immediately. We were supposed to go to the cathedral first, however apparently the weather forecast looked bad and it was currently sunny and while I was asleep they took a vote to head to Stonehenge first. I woke up when we arrived and honestly it wasn’t anything like I expected. There was a highway next to it and the car noise is audible and there were so many people – which, I guess is not to weird for Stonehenge on a Sunday. The stones are on a hill in the English countryside, and the wind carried. I felt like I was on an Antarctic expedition it was so cold and windy. I wish I was a little more prepared with my clothes. I wanted to enjoy it more but I was more concerned about getting the hell out of the wind so we made a quick lap, took the pictures and headed back to the van.

Next stop on our list – Salisbury Cathedral, an inside affair.

It took us a little while to get out there and the wind was still a wee bit crazy. The whole group huddled as we went into the cathedral and Sunday’s services were in between the sessions so we had free reign to walk around. We were allowed to take pictures, but just not of the service. I love architecture and this was so amazing inside and out. This was the Cathedral that drove Mary to become Bloody Mary and several Protestants burned at the stake for it. The houses surrounding the cathedral were old and amazing looking and apparently one just recently sold for 3 million pounds. We had lunch at a local pub (which we met two other couples on the tour, one from CA and one from Tazmania) and it started to rain on us. We all ran to the van and set off to Bath.

Bath was the city in which the Romans took over and used to have their public baths. The museum there was really cool and gave basic history and took you too the baths. They suggested not to touch the water and byt he sound of it, you would grow another arm if you did. It was really awesome because the water was steaming in contrast to the cold weather outside. I could have taken a bajillion pictures, and unfortunately I already have a million for this blog. It was a really good day – just off and on raining. It even started to hail as we left Bath for London… a 2 1/2 hour trip.

Normally I do fine on roadtrips but due to the crazy driving nature of our driver and how damn bumpy the car ride is, I got car sick really freaking fast. It was a very long ride back to London – and even still, half of London is under construction for the damn Olympics and the tube that would have taken us FIVE DAMN MINUTES to get to our station turned into a half hour ordeal. So, I decided. More Ned’s Noodles in the hotel room and watching Batman (the first one) on BBC. Its all good now. So I’m going to start packing, take a shower and go to bed. We have to leave the hotel by 7am tomorrow morning.