Week one

May 17th, 2012

It has been one week since I started hitting the gym. I have walked roughly 5 hours total and taken 6 hour long classes at the gym. Things have been rough, I have never been and I am still not, a runner.

I started out last Wed with a yoga class, then took a class called Boot Camp on Thurs. Mon I took a class called Body Pump followed by a yoga class. Tues I decided to try Cardio Kickboxing, it kicked my ass.

Last night (Wed) I did Body Pump, it’s more of a muscle toning type workout but I think that’s good. Once the cardio gets the fat burnt off I should have some good tone underneath.

Boot Camp is a good class but it requires running. Running wears me out so bad that I can’t even do the exercises I would have been able to do. So, for now anyways I will not be taking Boot Camp instead I will be taking the Cardio Kickboxing class. I can still feel it and it’s been 2 days. I have it again tonight and I’m excited. It’s the first class I’ve taken that hurts but I still get excited to go to.

I weighed myself last week on Tues and then this week on Tues, I’m down 3 pounds. I will try to keep everything updated as I go. Here’s hoping that eventually I can say I’ve lost 50 pounds and can go out in public in yoga pants. : )

 

Exercise Sucks!

May 11th, 2012

It has been 6 months since we decided to try to have a baby. I said from the beginning that I was only giving it 6 months. I feel like a lot of times trying for a baby becomes too important and the marriage falls to the wayside. I didn’t/don’t want that to happen, so I am giving up on it. I love my husband and marriage too much to let hurt feelings and inability to get pregnant get in the way. So I have now embarked on a different journey.

Getting fit. I have never liked exercise! I was big in high school then when I got out in the real world I lost a lot of weight, then I gained it back and then some. I have developed a pattern of gaining then working it off then quitting and gaining again. I have to stop this cycle. I have never been as big as I am today and I have never felt so old and out of shape.

I weighed myself a few days ago and I was at 231 pds. This is not okay with me! I joined the YMCA, started taking classes and started walking with a friend at work. I will get this extra weight off! I hope. I just know that I can’t do this anymore. Soon I will blink and it will be 5 years from now and I don’t want to be in the shape I am now. So, here’s hoping!

My Top 10 Favorite albums of all time

February 3rd, 2012

I was having a slow and boring morning at work and decided to pull up youtube and listen to Nirvana Unplugged to help the time go by faster…it worked by the way. It is one of the few albums that I will listen to all the songs on…so here are the few albums that over the years have been played nonstop by me, in no particular order. (you will totally be able to tell when I grew up) You will also be able to tell I listen to different kinds of music and that I do not subscribe to the mindset that there is only one kind of good music.

My Love

February 1st, 2012

Valentines Day is coming up, although my husband and I don’t usually celebrate, I thought I would write about us.

I married my husband just 14 months after meeting him. I will admit that it was fast and if any of my friends got engaged after knowing a guy for less than a year I would probably question their sanity. But I just knew that I would want him in my life for the rest of mine. It was crazy and fun and it still is. Is he perfect, no but neither am I. And we love each other anyways. We spend time together but we also spend time apart…which is usually him in his man cave or the garage and me upstairs.

I say this because I went out of town last weekend and it killed me. It’s so stupid I was only going 45 minutes away and was gone for only half the day. But driving away from the house sucked, knowing that it would be HOURS before I could see him again almost made me sick.

I wonder sometimes how I went from being an independent woman to feeling like I can’t breathe when I am away from him. I never wanted to depend on anyone but I do. I depend on him to just be there. I have no idea what I would do without him and I never want to find out.

I love you, love of my life!

Life, Love and Happiness

January 4th, 2012

Does true happiness really exist? Is it attainable?

I found out today that although I’m getting a raise due to other things, my pay check will be less than it was all last year. Not something I’m happy to hear. We struggle to pay our bills and eat; losing money is not going to help the situation. I am contemplating getting a second full time job. I don’t want to work my life away but I also don’t want to lose everything.

I love my husband so much. As much as he annoys and pisses me off at the end of the day I don’t want to remember what my life was like without him in it. I don’t care how many people say all you need is love, it isn’t true. Love is just not enough. They also say that money can’t buy happiness… but it can make your life less stressful which will open the door to happiness. So, I say, money can buy happiness.

A couple I know has been together for roughly 20 years and they have good jobs making good money. They can afford to pick up and go on vacations 2-3 times a year. But they aren’t completely happy. They are going to counseling to try to save what they have.

I guess what I’m saying is that everyone has problems of some sort…isn’t anyone truly fully happy? Is it even possible to be truly happy? If it is how do I get there?

I don’t understand the point of life, I never did really, but the older I get the more I wonder…why? Are we all put here to suffer? Because I don’t know of anyone that doesn’t suffer in some way shape or form. I’m not religious and I don’t know if I believe but if there is a superior being, what kind of sadistic ass must he be to intentionally allow every single person on the planet to suffer. Suffering, whether it is physically, mentally or emotionally it isn’t fun. It isn’t something you want to deal with nor is it something you want someone you care about to deal with…so what is the point?

Fate

December 13th, 2011

Is there such a things as fate? Destiny, is your life already planned out? Are your choices not really YOUR choices? Can you make choices trying to make a change but nothing will happen because you are meant to be exactly where you are? Are some people fated to be great despite their lack of intelligence and creativity? Are some people meant to struggle, push through and do great things, live great lives and excel? Are some people meant to struggle their whole lives even though they are smart, talented and want so bad to succeed?

You Get What You Pay For

December 1st, 2011

I have decided that I’m going to employ the “you get what you pay for” philosophy to my “career”.

I am a creative, intelligent college graduate getting paid $10/hr to pull staples out of 20 yr old paperwork. I’m not going to go above and beyond anymore. I will not be doing anything that my manager should be doing anymore. I’m done. I am going to work as a hard as a person that deserves to make minimum wage pulling staples.

Beautiful Bad Boys

November 30th, 2011

I decided I would post some pics of my favorite bad boys as well as some others that I think are hot but might not be considered typical Hollywood attractive. Oh, and I think Jax (Sons of Anarchy) is yummy enough to deserve two pictures.

 

Tucker Max, Assholes Finish First

November 14th, 2011

I stumbled across the title of the first Tucker Max book when I was going through my android book app looking for free books. No, his wasn’t listed as free but the title “I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell” did get my attention. I decided to check it out from the city library cuz lets face it, I’m not made of money and I’m not gonna buy a book I may not like. Anyways I laughed so hard I cried through almost the entire book. I read parts of it to my husband who laughed his ass off. And I shared it with a friend that isn’t an avid reader like I am. She couldn’t put it down and usually reading makes her tired.

I checked out the second book “Asshole Finish First” before I had turned the first one back in. I laugh/cried my way through that book too. Tucker Max is hilarious. Let me rephrase Tucker Max is FUCKING HILARIOUS and his friends are extremely entertaining too. My husband and I now use a saying that came out of the first book “tone the dog” we use it as often as possible because it is FUNNY! If you don’t know what “tone the dog” means…go get the first book, you won’t regret it, I promise. And if you do regret it, then I’m sorry you don’t have a sense of humor that allows you to laugh at the moronic adventures of others.

Tucker Max roams the country sleeping with the damaged female population. I say that because really, who else would open themselves up to being an unflattering story in some random guys blog/book. Seriously, Tucker even acknowledges that the girls have issues. I believe he says “daddy issues” among others. I have issues, I’m not going to lie, I’ve been through some shit but I still wouldn’t open myself up, literally and figurativly, to the likes of Tucker Max.

I would love to go on a rant about how he uses, degrades and generally is horrible to women but I can’t. The majority and I mean like 99+% of these women knew what they were getting themselves into. Most of them sought him out for the sole purpose of sleeping with him. Some actually asked for demeaning things to happen. Like the girl that asked him to piss on her…she ASKED him to. You know, I don’t usually judge, I figure that whatever makes someone happy they should do, as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. But really, getting peed on is not on any list I have. Maybe on the no fucking way list.

He is who he is and he makes no excuses or apologies for it so I can’t fault him. But I can read his stories and have some laughs. So, if you want something to read and have a good sense of humor…check out Tucker Max. (there’s a third book on the way)

Baby Fever

November 10th, 2011

Well, I am 35 and have said for 35 years that I don’t not want kids. I have changed my mind. I want a kid and I want it now! Before we got married we talked about kids and made sure that we were both on the same page that we did not want kids and that it would not change. Oops. Who knew my clock wouldn’t start to tick until it was almost too late. Who knows, it could already be too late. I guess we’ll find out.

I talked with my husband about it a couple times and he said he thought it was weird but he wasn’t against it. So, we are going to try to have a baby. I’m going to the doctor today to find out what I should/shouldn’t be doing/eating etc. I want to make sure I do whatever is neccessary to have a healthy pregnancy and ultimately a healthy baby.

I don’t need my Dr to tell me to quit smoking, so I have done that. I’m also going to start taking walks at work when I would usually go out to smoke. I’m so anxious/nervous/excited/scared…I can’t wait!