If it’s Popchips, then head on over to Jaime’s blog to enter her Popchip giveway!
I just tasted a couple of the flavors this past week…I hope I win so I can try some of the others that I can’t seem to find here!!!
February 10, 2010
Want to learn how to manage your cash??
Head on over to Vanessa’s blog and enter her giveaway.
It’s really easy to forget how young Vanessa is when she blogs about items such as Quicken Cash Manager and how she makes her budget work.
I could DEFINITELY learn a lot from Vanessa!!
If I win, I am going to use the software to help me plan for my weight loss goodies!!
Go enter now! I won’t hate you if you win!
February 9, 2010
RELAX!!! (If only it were so easy!)
So – sorry to leave you with my “I am” post the other day – I was feeling very contemplative that day. Nothing was wrong, I was just sitting there with my thoughts and decided to post them!
I commented on a post the other day (actually, I think it more like a week or two ago – the days are melting together) on Kyla’s blog about “normal being boring” – I think I have a slightly misguided view on what is “normal”. Kyla responded to my comment about “normal” (for her) is having the chance to relax with a cup of tea and to channel her creativity (sorry, I am not quoting it exactly, I am going based on memory because I can’t access the email from work!).
So anyway, that got me thinking…I don’t “relax” well…those who know me, know that I am pretty high strung, VERY hyper and I like to worry about things…sometimes I make a big deal out of nothing just to have a chance to worry about it…that’s weird right??
I feel like normal, for me, means boring. It means doing absolutely nothing, because I don’t think I have ever felt “normal”. There is ALWAYS some crisis or drama in my family (WAY too much) and there is just always something that needs to be discussed or planned…or maybe there isn’t, maybe I just feel there is!
Just this morning I was emailing my BF complaining that I felt spread thin already this week…um, it’s TUESDAY ANNNND I have a long weekend coming up…
And REALLY – as far as my “To Do” list goes I have to: work on some homework, get an assignment or 2 done, work out at least 4 times within the next week, and clean my house.
Considering I have a WEEK to do this…I am FAIRLY certain that I can make it all work out…actually…I know this FOR SURE.
So this week (is it counterproductive to make goals to relax??? whatever) I plan on taking some “me” time…I am not sure if this will be to read a book, take more baths, make a card for someone special or work on my knitting…either way, it’s going to be something that I want to do and something that makes ME feel good doing it!
Oh yeah, I learned how to knit this weekend and am working on making a scarf/neck warmer because I loved Kyla’s neck warmers so much and figured, why buy one would you could win one *fingers crossed* or make one yourself! Yeah…the only problem is that knitting stresses me out a little too…I am still BRAND new at it and I have dropped a couple of stitches by accident and just had a couple of flaws and whatnot…those make me really sad and stress me out because it isn’t perfect…then my husband laughs at me because I have been knitting for what, 3 days now and I am complaining?? I think he is right…
So what do you do to relax??? Give me some suggestions of what work for you and maybe I will try them myself!!
February 4, 2010
I am…
- a strong woman
- sensitive and empathetic
- a part-time student
- flawed, yet perfectly accepting
- happily in love
- confused about where I want my life to go
- happy about where my life is
- upset about current situations
- willing to fix them and make them work
- a loving wife, daughter, sister, aunt and friend (and fur mommy)
- a good role model to my adorable niece
- proud of my accomplishments so far
- reaching for the stars
- uncertain of what’s going to happen next
- excited about the uncertainties
- stubborn to no end
- unable to decide
- a walking contradiction
- me…whoever that is, that’s who I am
January 27, 2010
Staying Accountable
Wow – okay, so I have faltered a LITTLE bit on a few of my blog resolutions. But worry not, I am still working on them!
I had quite a few things to integrate, so that takes a little getting used to!
The two things that I HAVE improved on have been: posting more (I haven’t been posting DAILY, but I have been posting a LOT more than I have this past year) and keeping up with my nails (honestly, I have been, just haven’t posted them all because of that blasted pink nail polish – even when I TOOK the picture it was starting to chip, but not so bad I had to remove it!).
Anyway, so those aren’t really the BEST resolutions…I still need to work on Vlogs, more interesting stuff :/, and giveaways!! OH YEAH, and being accountable!!!
Man!
So anyway, I joined the X Weighted National Challenge - and honestly. I am not loving it…I joined the first week after I lost 8.2 lbs (yeah, that’s pretty awesome). The week after that I worked out 4 times and I lost 1 lb, kind of sucked at first but I accepted it. When I got around to logging my weight loss on the site it said “OOPS – Looks like you have strayed off track!” – okay…whatever, still, I accept my losses even if it happens one pound at a time!
So this past week, I was only able to work out 3 times due to a course I was in (time consuming/mental energy drain) and went out for dinner the night before weigh in – I ate good, but you know, sodium and my body do NOT get along.
So I stepped on the scale on Saturday morning and saw a loss of 2.2 lbs!! YAY!! So happy to see that seeing as I had eaten some salty food the night before!! So once again I plugged it into the X-Weighted site and it tells me “OOPS – Looks like you have strayed off track”
WTF????!!!!!!
Apparently my goal for this challenge (ACCORDING to the challenge) is to lose 76 lbs in 26 weeks (which is 2.9 lbs per week for those without a calculator handy)…that’s high, and I knew it was when I started but I went in saying “I will lose as much as I can and keep going” – but do they really think they are helping me by telling me I strayed off the track??? I am eating well, exercising and choosing fitness over laziness…I don’t think I need to be told that I am straying when really I am doing my damnest!!
AND, if I had put my “start weight” (before my big loss) – instead I would have an 11.4 lb loss total over 3 weeks and that, my friends, is 3.8 lbs lost per week (averaged out).
So…I am kind of ignoring that part of the XWeighted page and just inputting my weight and quickly minimizing the screen…
I don’t need a glaring red “OOPS” in my face when it should REALLY be saying “Jen, you effing RULED this week”
