getting better - met a boy, it was fun if nothing else

Saturday day was not super exciting, but to jump start the weight issue I went to the gym for a 400 calorie burn.  Came home and got ready to go out for the night with friends.  It was ladies night out and Michelle and I decided that 4:15 pm was a great time to start.  Really we were all meeting around 5, but when Michelle got out of work early I was there like a good friend to meet for some drinks.  We ate, we drank and we met some new people.  Some guys came in around the 4:30 mark and we unfortunately became a reason they weren't getting served very often.  Michelle and I were feeding off each other and giving our cute server a hard time.  Turns out that would get him all flustered and he'd take off without checking on the table behind us.  Well around 6 pm the other 4 girls joined us, so they had a little catching up to do.  While they got some drinks and food - we had already ate - Michell and I decided the bag game was in order.  We had terrible aim and when I finally got one in the hole we pretty much called it a night on the game.

Well announcing the the world I won - or table of three guys and demanding the Duke basketball game be put on a TV I could see got their attention and over they came.  I mean who can resist 6 chicks drinking, laughing and having a ball?  Well I met Eric, in his 30s, has 6 siblings, parents still married, lived here most his life, but has seen other places and lived there.  The attraction was there, the girls could tell.  I wasn't entirely convinced, but when we left for the Coyote Ugly type bar, the boys said they would not be coming.  Turns out an hour later they showed up at the bar for a good hour of more fun and dancing.  O and Eric can dance :)  That's about all I have because really it was just fun.  Made me feel good that after a horrible day I could still attract a decent guy and have a great night.  The 4 margaritas and 3 shots helped along, but what a blast of a Saturday.

He has my number after we asked him to also join our softball team.  So if he calls or texts great - if not we will contact him next season for softball.  All in all it was a great weekend and much needed girls night out  :o).

Now back to the grind and worked 9.5 hours today.  Probably to be followed by another 8.5 to 9 tomorrow.  If I can get my butt out of bed in time to get to work early to start on all the month end reporting.  Here is hoping everything balances - if I hear anyone say "o oops this went to OREO this month".  I might chuck something at their head - just saying.  Let's hope for some easy balancing and some great data manipulation in the first day :O)  Then I have to get all the invoice reports together for the other boss man by afternoon.  Well until we meet again - happy last day of February!  How did it get to be March 2011 already?

today oi

Today I woke up at a weight I have never wanted to be. So on a mission to change this - I do lots of things that would lead to me lose weight, but instead I gain it.  It's really rather ridiculous when I consider the situation, but I know my gene pool and as much as I cant fight a lot of it I have needed a new goal for a while.  This is it - no more.  There has to be a way to do this even if I have to spend an hour a day during the week in the gym and 2 hours a day on the weekends.  I have lots of other things I could be doing, but I think this has to be the most important right now so I don't hate the way I look anymore.  Game on.  The scale is going in the closet and coming out once a week.  I'll just be on the biggest loser weigh in schedule and see if I can figure out a way to beat this weight gain and actually lose some :)  until later!

Shopping Adventures

I try to avoid shopping because well its addicting and I just want to keep spending money, but I have to say I needed new tops for work.  I mean you can only wear the same 7 for so long before they look horrible, so I have added some new.  Here are three, I love all 6 I got, I just took pics of 3.

This dress was only $13.95 on the 70% off rack - originally $60.00 :o)  The belt is annoying, so probably why a lot of people didn't buy it.  No problem - take off belt!

Fun blue - fits grate and has a tie in the back to get the perfect fit.  $6.00 not $36 :O)

It's purple and has sequins - no explanation needed haha!

I bought a gray wrap, a black and white top and a slate and silver top.  Kohl's rocked my world!

Before this trip I wandered into the Coach store at Fashion Square with Gregers and well turns out they had just had a new line of their design come in and Gregers even said that it had to be mine!  I mean it was just meant to be:

Its just big enough to hold a debit card and on the other side you can slide in your ID in the clear pocket.  LOVE IT!  Who knew coach would get so colorful?!?!?!?

This is what happens when there is no softball on a long weekend.  I got my eyes tested and turns out the same prescription was given - which is awesome!  Then went on my Kohl's trek, some grocery shopping and now just enjoying a quiet Sunday night.  No work tomorrow in honor of every President ever, so if Ethan is feeling better then Michelle and I are going to take her kids, Trinity and Ethan to the horse show in Scottsdale.  Trinity loves animals so much and Ethan might just enjoy the sport of it - with the kids being free, adults are only $10 so we aren't out much if we don't stay long.

Well back to my quiet Sunday night - along with a chicken pesto sandwich.  Homemade!

Laters! *waving*

2011 filled with injuries

So far this year I have had some ridiculous injuries.  I have a bone bruise on my left ankle from softball and had a minor bruise on my left shoulder from catching the ball with it instead of my glove.  I pulled a butt muscle after softball one day - apparently 3 hours of softball means butt cramps.  Last week I half flipped over the handle bars of my bike, bike then fell on me and the concrete caught me.  So that means a serious knee burn on the left side from the spandex and concrete.  Black and blue left leg and black and blue right knee.  Minor hand bruise that seemed to go away after a few days.  This also was all in tandem with some elbow issues that have come on since biking around Phoenix and Scottsdale.  Then today I catch the ball with my left knee, which of course is only after a week of the concrete catching me.  So that pain ripped through my body and 20 minutes later my back went into spasms and I am now at home on the couch.

I have to say I haven't had this many injuries so close together, ever.  It really does seem to be a talent of sorts that I never knew I had.  Well the Grammy's will be fun while laying on ice! :)  Hope tomorrow the back is much much better!

Love 2011 - what great stories I already have!  Now for the Grammy's 2011!

Bikram and Vegan...just a little change.

Okay so when I started riding my bike again I rode 30 miles one week and gained 3 lbs.  I was not okay with this.  I mean how many times can you hear, "muscle weighs more than fat" before you hear "it's okay fatty, we know you are just that way".  So I hate diets because no one wants to do that, but I can do adjustments.  I saw Oprah last week and her whole staff, well 387 - ish went Vegan for a week.  I mean if they can go a whole week, again most stuck with it, I think I will try for Vegan Mondays.  Seems to be a good way to start off the work weeks.  So I looked some stuff up and I still need to go find the meatless meat and some of their "cheese" but I think I will make a whole foods trip in a bit.  So nothing animal or from animal, so it will be one day a week without cheese!  Or like I said at least without what I think of as cheese.

I also went to Bikram Yoga, as known as Hot Yoga.  You do a 90 minute class of yoga in a room that is 105 degrees with 40% humidity.  I basically got my butt kicked by it and dehydrated to a not so safe level.  However, I am going to go ahead and fix that with some consistent electrolytes.  At least 8 ounces of G2 a day, and on days for the hot yoga i might try the Prime and Recover Gatorade's.  I have the electrolyte pills and think that will keep me going.  I mean if I play softball in 110 degree weather, surely I can get a little use to the 105 degree room.  Of course if not, I will go one more time and then I will have already saved $4 with the $30 for 30 days instead of $17 every time.

I have been bike riding the last 3 weeks, so that's not a huge change - again kinda the whole kicking this off situation.  But its been awesome and I am really enjoying it.  Tomorrow I will bike to the gym, use the weights, then get on my bike and ride for about 5 miles or so.  Should be a good follow up to the dehydrating in a room full of smelly people :o).

So if I gain another 10 lbs, you might hear me yelling off the top of a mountain I have hiked in the hopes of losing 1 pound :o)  Just sayin.

But seriously I am hoping this makes me feel even better, even though I feel good anyways.  If these little adjustments add even more greatness to my life that would be awesome!

I'll let you know how the next class goes and the first Vegan day.  Happy Super Bowl weekend and GO PACKERS!  No like Steelers. Ever.