BodyAttack

>> Tuesday, January 12, 2010

One of my goals this year was to work on some endurance through some Gold's Gym classes. I can blast through a half hour or more on the elliptical, but not necessarily through other types of cardio. I decided to try out the BodyAttack class they offered. I was afraid it would be too much punching and kicking, but it wasn't like that at all. It had some moves from their BodyStep class (I took it a couple years ago) plus some kicking. There was also a little running, high knees and even some push-ups. After a tough legs workout on Monday, the squatting in BodyAttack nearly killed me. But the music was good and the instructor was fun! I was pretty tired afterward (and looked a bit like a lobster) so I didn't lift weights as I had planned. However, I think I'll keep trying this out. I definitely felt very out of sync with the rest of the class. I tend to pick up dance moves slowly. Plus, I have to admit that being a head taller than the ENTIRE class can make you feel like you look dorky. Sometimes, gyms should cover up their mirrors. This was one of those times! That aside, I'm still going to try it again. But not until next week when my legs have fully recovered! Til then, I'll be stretching! :)

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Guilty Pleasure

>> Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Eating a brownie while watching the season premier of The Biggest Loser.

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New Year's Eve Celebration

>> Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Jason & I were invited to a "Classy New Year's Eve" party at a friend's house. Now if you know some of my friends, then you know that classy could either be:

1. Classy
or
2. Klassy

On New Year's eve, Jason & I both weren't feeling well. The mountain cedar pollen had made itself known in San Antonio and my sinuses were (and still are) well aware. They couldn't stop crying and I was tired of mopping up their tears. Jason just had a headache, but I think it was out of sympathy. Somehow we unstuck ourselves from the chairs and turned off the tv long enough to get dressed. At this point, it's cold and I'm not about to put on a dress and freeze my arse off all night. Plus, I already explained the dilemma above.

So we donned our best jeans, trying to make ourselves look somewhat dressed up and presentable. We arrived at the party a typical hour late because we're cool like that and no one ever expects the M family to be on time. Much to my surprise, it was indeed a CLASSY New Year's party and my lovely husband and I were far outclassed. We became the klassy folks of the party. Well, someone had to take that role. We made klassy look good!

Soon after arriving, Jason downed a few beers. He was a man with a mission and that mission was to kiss the toilet seat later. I am happy to report that his lips stayed toilet seat free, but we did have a good scare. In case you were wondering, no I did not drink with such fortitude. Instead, I had two small 29 degree beers early on and some champagne at midnight. This picture was taken after Jason had about 3 beers:




I have no idea what in the heck he was doing. Because he has a pumpkin head, the New Year's hat didn't fit him at all. He found a great way to supplement it. Poor Mendy just didn't even know what happened here.

 

Here's a picture of our host, Haby. See, I told you it was CLASSY. He brought out the tux for the occasion. I'm pretty sure he remembers nothing of this moment.



 Here's a few more party goers: Deseere, Mendy & Paul.



Somehow through my husband's rip-roaring debacle we managed to take a decent picture together.



Here's Mendy (again with the hat! Ha!), Jason, myself and Kristi:



The real story was of the second Jason. We shall call him Buzz for several reasons, none of which shall be listed here. At midnight, he busted open his bottle of champagne and proceeded to drink from it the klassy way. (If you'll notice, he wore jeans, too. I told you some of us were klassy people.)



Shortly after this, he decided that the champagne was only good for picture-taking and would be way more fun to spray on the lawn!



But the story's not over yet. So that a perfectly good bottle wouldn't be wasted, he filled that bottle up with margaritas! The King of Klassiness!



A little later in the night, this picture was taken. If you look closely, you'll see the Ginger trying to hide like a ninja. This is me, Paul, Nik, the ninja Jenn & another Stephanie. People, there were three freaking Stephanies at the party. Seriously, WTH?



The ninja felt the need to prove her worth so she challenged her fellow Ginger to a headbutting contest!



The night went on until I worried that Jason might keel over at any moment spurring someone to yell "Timber!" in the distance. I may exaggerate how much he drank, but I kid you not about the tree part. At 6'8", you do not want to see him fall. I would've had to have left him there because there's no dragging any man around of that size. We took the backroads home and finally got in bed for the night.

The next morning, after sleeping very late, I made my dear husband make me pancakes. I figured that was a good enough payment for driving him home. However, my dreams of morning mimosas were turned down. I kept telling Jason, "hair of the dog! Hair of the dog!" but it didn't work. Oh well. I guess I can save that champagne bottle for this weekend a special occasion. Hope everyone else's celebration was just as fun!

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New Look!

>> Monday, January 4, 2010

After almost a year and half of the same format, I finally got brave and decided to try a new look. As you might have read in this post, I screwed that up royally. Blogger help forum still hasn't come to my rescue, so it's a good thing that I'm really, really desperate smart. While I couldn't edit in Firefox, I found out that I could in Explorer. So I reloaded the template, edited my heart away and voila! No more Lorem Ipsums on my page! Hooray!

And while I'm at it, all of this blog business let me discover the Updated Blogger post stuff. I always wondered how people scheduled their posts. Awesome! And while I'm at it, I signed up with Feedburner and found out that I had 19 readers on there! Who knew? 19 may be chump change for some of you, but for me that's awesome! You readers should come on out and comment more. It makes my heart all full of puppies and rainbows and kittens and stuff. Really...it's bursting at the seams. :)

If anyone still sees any boo-boos on my page, please let me know. Otherwise, tell me what you think about the new look! In the meantime, I'll be working on my New Year's celebration post. Thanks for reading!

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My blog is screwed up

>> Sunday, January 3, 2010

That's what I get for trying to install a new template. It made me delete a lot of widgets and I couldn't edit anything. Then, I put it back to the old template and I still can't edit anything. I'm currently waiting on the Blogger people to answer my question. :(

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New Year's Resolutions

>> Saturday, January 2, 2010

I used to always make resolutions, but then I'd forget about them or drop them quickly. Or, I'd make them too hard to achieve. There was always some big goal in mind but I never put in place small goals to reach them. With that in mind, I decided to create some goals for 2010 that I think - and would like - to accomplish.

These goals are simply for my own health and quality of life.

For my health:

  • Continue to work on my strength training. My personal goal is to do shoulder presses using 20lb dumbbells!
  • Work on my endurance through gym classes, cardio and running. Bonus: run a 5K.
  • Make a conscious effort to reduce my sugar intake through sweets and processed foods. (Thank goodness the Christmas cookies are gone!)
  • Plant an organic summer vegetable garden again.
  • Get a physical so I know my exact health statistics!
The financial health goals are absolutely necessary and essential. These are more "musts" than goals.

For my financial health:
  • Jason & I must both get jobs
  • Once we are both employed, live off of Jason's salary. Put all of my earnings into our savings account to rebuild and start to pay down my student loans and mortgage. I'm paving the way to get those monkeys off my back!
  • Continue to prioritize the things that we deem important enough to spend our hard-earned money on. No blowing money unless we deem that purchase important.
Getting to the home health & fun goals will completely depend of the financial goals. Provided they are met, we can continue down the line to those below.

For my home health:
  • The Massive Living Room Project will include: a ton of paint, the wood flooring we have already bought but needs installing, building a hearth for our fireplace, replacing the ugly tile with slate tile on our fireplace and hang up some darn pictures! Bonus = Buying more furniture.
  • The Kitchen: paint, deep clean the tile. Bonus = painting the cabinets
  • The Master Bedroom: paint and hang photographs
  • Bonus: Formulating a plan for the Master Bath
  • Extra Bonus: Attempting some landscaping
For fun:
  • Plan - and go on - another ski trip!
  • Go to a live concert that Jason & I really want to see (not including Texas artists since we've seen them a million times)
  • Visit our friends more often!

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2009 - A Year in Pictures

>> Friday, January 1, 2010

2009 started off well....except that I was sick. We partied at a friend's house. you can see Jason on the far right partaking in a tequila shot:

January also marked my 30th birthday:

February brought my first-ever ski trip! I can't wait to go back again!

March was Jason's birthday and our group wine tasting trip:

April brought Easter (here's Jason with our niece, Hannah):

May was a busy month! First we had Cornyval where everyone involved ate/drank too much!

Then I did my first race, Muddy Buddy:

And then we went to a toga party:

May was also the month we said goodbye to my brother, Houston, as he left for his first tour in Afghanistan.

June was slow for us. It brought our first harvest from our garden. Little did we know that this would be the ONLY harvest this year.

July brought our first wedding anniversary and our trip to Maryland. Can be viewed here, here & here)

August was my friend Sylvia's 30th birthday, complete with a customized T-shirt.

September was another slow month because I can't find any pictures for it!

October was another fun month! First, was my 3rd fishing trip....and I broke the curse!

Then I made my debut as a Scream Girl!

November brought one awesome bachelorette party!

Two weddings.....Jenn's

and Becca's

And most importantly, my brother's 2-week leave.

And finally, December wrapped up the year with my filling my stomach with more cookies than any human should ever consume.

Whew! Are you still with me? Anyone? Anyone?

2009 is officially over! Here's hoping that 2010 brings much happiness, love and prosperity to each of you!

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