Happy 1st Day of Spring!

Song of the Day: K'NAAN - Better

Okay, I've already seen a ton of these posts on facebook, but I just want to remind everyone once again (ya know, just in case you haven't been outside yet), that it's the 1st day of spring, and the high temp is 21, and it's only 11 with a real feel of -4 right now. LAME.  I want warm weather now!  I'm getting my hair done on Monday and plan on going lighter (but still in the brown family) just so I can feel like warmer weather is here! 

My spring break is next week!  Right now, I have two assignments to finish, and my field site on Friday, then I am mentally checked out for the next 9 days!  Can't wait :)  I have all these plans (much like my winter break plans) of working out every day, and getting a ton of stuff done, but I know that's probably not going to happen, haha :)  

Good news is I'm down 1.6 lbs this week!  I've finally gotten lower than my low at the end of February!  Haha, three weeks later and I'm finally back on track :)  I actually checked twice because I wasn't expecting to really lose anything this week.  And last night I had a ton of spinach ravioli (ah-maze-za-zing) so I thought for sure I wasn't going to see much progress, but there it was!  That makes me have a little more push and drive to actually want to work out and fully get back into it!  Also, our vacation is in 15 weeks!!!!!  I am so excited!!!  I also really want to wear a swimsuit without being super self conscious - lets be real, we're going to be in Aruba, so I'm going to wear a swimsuit no matter what, but it'd be nice to feel a little more positive about the way I look in it, lol.  Thankfully my mom found my (expired) passport at their house, so I'm getting it renewed next week!  I needed to do the name change for it anyway, but it's nice that she found it and I don't have to also say my old one was lost!  

I was really hoping that I could only take classes on Mondays and Wednesdays next semester, but it turns out that it would be (grad school) beneficial for me to take a class that is offered Tuesday/Thursday.  And at that point, if I'm already at 9 credits, I mine as well take another class and just be full time.  So now I'm trying to find something that will be interesting, and also look good on a grad school application.  I also really want to try to get more experience in schools, so I'll be looking for another internship... I guess it's better than being bored because I don't have enough to do!

DST can suck it.

Song of the Day: That Gotye Song  ....hahaha, I love this.

Haha, okay .8 down.  Hardly anything to get excited for, but at least it's in the right direction!  

This weekend I ate a ton at the baby shower.  Bacon wrapped little wienies were amazing!  And there were these little corn muffins with cheesy hot dogs in them, so so good!  I did eat a ton of veggies, but I also had some of the amazing veggie dip with them... oh well :)  This may be a recurring theme in March because almost every weekend is filled with something!  But as long as I keep myself in check during the week I should be fine.

Caroline had a pretty bad cold Sunday-Tuesday, but thankfully seems better today.  Kyle got her downstairs and she kept handing him her shoes and saying "go go."  Then when she was dressed she started handing him Elliot's clothes, lol.  I think she was ready to get out of the house and back to playing :)  I'm just glad that I didn't catch whatever she had, but it was nice to cuddle with her for a few days!

Spring break is so close!  I'm not doing anything exciting, but I'm just ready for a break!  Really, all I want to do right now is sleep!  Daylight Saving Time has completely kicked my butt this year.  Seriously, lets just get rid of it.  I'm not sure exactly what that would do to where daylight falls during the year, but I"m not sure I care.  No matter what, there will be less light in winter and more in summer, and I don't care where it falls if it means I don't have to "adjust" twice a year.  It makes me cranky (obviously, lol).  I have been super late all week because I have been snoozing my 5:00 and 5:06 alarms without even waking up enough to realize it, and thinking that my 5:21 alarm is the first one!  Then, like this morning, I wake up at 6:19 and have to completely rush to just be not as late!  Ahhh!  And Kyle consciously snoozes his alarms, so he's not help, lol.  I don't have the luxury of being late the next two mornings, so I have to be sure to get extra sleep tonight!  I'm not exactly sure how that's going to happen since I have a ton of stuff to do for my Interviewing mid-term.... but I'll try.

Still in Recovery Mode

Song of the Day:  Macklemore - Ten Thousand Hours

Okay, I read Malcolm Gladwell's 'Outliers' and just got depressed.  Well, let me rephrase.  I read about half of it, twice, and then got depressed.  Ten thousand hours is a really long time when you're still looking at logging hour 90.  ....for those who may not know, Malcolm Gladwell found that 10,000 hours of work/practice is the difference between mediocre and great/genius.  Macklemore, who obviously put in the time, was inspired to write an amazing song about it.  Not that I have one thing in mind that I want to be amazing at, but that almost makes it worse!  Hahaha, oh well, maybe I'll pick up the book again, and just keep plugging away at everything until I find that one thing I want to focus on.

So, this week included a gain.  I'm not shocked.  I think I'm still in recovery from this past weekend!  When I got home I was up 6 lbs, and this morning I was up 2 lbs.  Probably more accurate as I'm working on catching up on sleep and getting back to eating normally.  Either way, worth it, lol.  This also puts me at my pre-pregnancy weight, so I'm not upset about it!  Just because I'm working on a lifestyle change of eating better and taking care of my body, doesn't mean that I'll never have a weekend with friends ever again.  And really, I'm pretty proud of myself for the food choices I made this weekend!  When it came to dessert of Friday night I tried one bite of the two we got to share.  I also didn't eat as much of the chips and queso as I really really wanted to (but I still had plenty, haha)!  It was amazing, and I've been thinking about it ever since, lol.  I could say I was really healthy and ate a ton of grapes instead of cupcakes, but the grapes were soaked in burbon, so that may not count as being healthy lol :)  The real problem will be if I gain again next week!

Wow, I apparently am listening to my music really loudly.  I just took a break from writing to grab coffee and a yogurt and took my earbuds out (because I think it's rude to interact with people while still wearing them) and realized that the library is really quiet.  

This week is kind of slow for school, and I know that means I should be getting ahead in my reading, but instead I'm reading tripadvisor.com, specifically looking at Aruba!  I feel like we're finally a little closer to knowing what we're doing for our vacation!  YAY!!  

Alright, time to read about how culture influences our perceptions :) 

   

Quick update!

Song of the Day: Spice Girls - Wannabe

I had an awesome weekend!  I went to Chicago to surprise a friend for her birthday, and the weekend was everything I could have hoped!  We tried a ton of new stuff and places, and I met a lot of new people.  Even though I got less sleep than normal (or maybe the same amount, but going to bed way later than I normally do), and did more than I normally would in a weekend (and drank a lot more), I still feel so relaxed and re-energized!  I really needed a weekend away!  Besides the actual birthday party, my favorite part was going to Arts N Spirits and painting "funky trees" while drinking mimosas.  That's something I wouldn't normally do, and it ended up being a lot of fun!  Kyle was surprised at how well they turned out lol.

This next weekend we're heading to our friend's baby shower!  I can't wait!  All of the pregnant women I know are finally close to having their babies!  This week I'm just focusing on getting stuff done for school, and planning our vacation!

Today's the Day!!

Video Clip of the Day: Finding Nemo - Today's the Day!

Today's the day, the sun is shinning, the tanks is clean! - well, that part of the video doesn't really make sense, but today IS the day!

And I am happy to report that today is Caroline's 1st birthday and I have lost all of the baby weight - and even then some!  I'm down 3.4 lbs from last week!

This week has been full of awesomeness!  Caroline is completely off bottles, and no longer protesting the sippy cup, I got an A on my school violence and crisis management essay exam, both kids have been in pretty good moods, and I passed my goal!  And Kyle is on a short trip this week, so he's coming home tonight! 

Last night, after putting the kids to bed, I knew that I should work out.  Nothing big, but I had to at least do something.  So I popped in Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, and let her kick my butt for about 30 minutes.  And I'm proud to say I didn't quit or stop short of an exercise once!  Boomface!  

I dropped the kids off this morning, I'm going to run after I'm done typing, then I'm on a mission to find a locksmith who can break open our safe, and a cute new celebratory outfit :)    

Finding patterns.

Song of the Day:  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thriftshop ft. Wanz

I'm just now realizing that our scale only measures to even tenths of a pound.  Not once have I weighed xxx.7 lbs, it's always 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.... it's only taken me, what, 3 years to see that pattern?  Lol.

And another trend is I'm down 1.4 lbs this week!  If I keep this going I'll be rid of the baby weight on my next weigh-in, which happens to be Caroline's birthday! 

I found out that my field site supervisor isn't going to be in the building on Friday, and that added with the potential nasty weather, she said I should just skip this week.  I'm not upset about this, and that makes me upset.  I mean the school seems awesome, but I just don't know what I'm going to really do there.  So far I've sat in on a few things, but it's just such a slower paced building than the school I was at last semester.  I don't know, if nothing else it's good experience to at least be in the school for my grad school applications.

On the plus side, this means (weather permitting) I can go shopping for Caroline's birthday!  I am planning on making her cake, and I really want some new ideas!  Of course I've been scoping out Pinterest :)

I think I may also do some shopping for myself.  My pants don't really fit well anymore.  Part of that is weight loss, part of that may be how long I've had the pants for.  Either way, it's time for some new clothing, but not too much because I'm hoping it won't fit for that long!

We got our duct's cleaned today, and the guy said that we have a really good heating system, and that he got a ton of stuff out.  Not the worst he's ever seen, but it definitely needed it!  He said he found some green army men - which are presents left probably from the grandchildren of the lady who owned the house before us, haha.  I now have the urge to clean everything else since the inner workings of our home are now clean!  Maybe Friday.... maybe...

Finally some movement in the right direction

Song of the Day:  The Soulphonics - Heartlite ft. Ruby Velle

Finally some progress!  4.2 lbs lost this week!  And that means I'm 3 lbs away from pre-pregnancy weight!  And Caroline's birthday is 2 weeks away, making losing all the weight by her first birthday, a totally obtainable goal!  YAY!  I really needed this!

I've lost 8 lbs since the beginning of the year, but 21.2 lbs since the end of July when I started focusing a little more on losing the baby weight!  A quick difference between men and women.  Kyle has just tried to make a few better choices when he eats, and he's lost 15 lbs.  How is that fair?  I feel like my life is one of those slimquick commercials.  

Last night I actually went to the store because we were out of salad.  We've both been trying to eat more salad, and start dinner with one, but I only buy 2 bags at a time because I don't want it to go bad.  I thought it was a pretty good sign that we had already gone through them in 2 days!  I also found this really good dressing.  It's Ginger Sesame from Marzetti and it tastes so good!  It's found by the vegetables.  We also tried their Champagne flavor, and that was really good too.  I'm thinking of getting the light blue cheese the next time I go :)

Well, school is going well this week.  Nothing really to report.  I am feeling much better and am finally able to breath through my nose!  I've been drinking water like crazy and I think that's really helped.  I'm feeling happy with my progress so far :)