Getting shorter...

I got my hair cut again yesterday. About 2 more inches off this time. If I keep up at this rate, I'll be looking like Zack pretty soon! ;)

A New You/Me

Even though I don't appreciate my mom's words :) I'm still going to take them to heart so that I can be healthier. As I mentioned in that post, you all are welcome to join me on this quest to a healthier lifestyle. I'm not going to do anything huge, no big health club or anything, but I have started a little side bar to track my progress, right now I'm calling it "A New You/Me", but I'm open to any suggestions! I might post something here sometimes, but not every day as that starts to get old, and who wants to hear about how far I ran? :)

So anyway, I think I did pretty good today. I don't remember eating any candy...I still have to get rid of all that candy I have though. My main downfall was that I had icecream for dessert. However, that was probably the most unhealthy thing I ate today! I called my mom on the way home from coaching SO today to see if she had bought any icecream, because I knew it is on sale for $2/half gallon at our local grocery store. And I figured if she hadn't, I'd stop and pick up some low-fat icecream. Well, she had. So I went home and ate supper. For dessert, she pulled out 2 kinds of icecream. Mine and my dad's, and hers. She bought one of my favorites, Moose Tracks, and for her Butter Pecan. But her's was half the fat and a third the calories of normal stuff! I asked why she didn't buy the light stuff for me too, and she said she thought I'd get mad if she did! Uh, hello? Aren't you contradicting yourself a bit? So I think I'll go tomorrow and get some light icecream. :)

I have done well with exercising these past couple days too. I've been using my dance game every day. Today for half an hour. Then because my mom cleared off the exercise equipment yesterday, I decided to run for awhile. So I spent 20 minutes on the treadmill (walk 5, run 10, walk 5). But because it's in the basement, it hurt my lungs too much, so I'm going to have to find a way to fix that. I have found that I really do like to run, it's just a matter of actually doing it. One thing that I've found helps me is to have some music,it's so much easier to run when there's a good beat, but sometimes I find myself trying to dance while running!!! Here's a sample of some of the (random) songs on my playlist....
Do You Want To Move With Me?
Chihuahua
Obsession
Dragostea Din Tei
Como Loco Por Ti
Love

Time for a name change?

Here's something fun I found from Mari's site. I thought I'd give it a try and see what kind of names I could come up with if I ever want to change my name! :)


1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Rudy Sunfire

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Cookie Dough Sugar

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
Mmay

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Blue Tiger

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, hospital where you were born)
Jane Lincoln

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
May Me

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Green Sokata

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Jesse Ray

9.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Frances Geraldine Franklin

10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Hastings Houston

11. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Summer Daisy

12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Pineapple Jeansie

13. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Toast Tulip

14. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Singing Sunshine Tour

I'm not going to tag anyone, but if you've got some time and want to have a few laughs, go ahead and try this one out...

I have deleted the list of "Linky Love" links that I had previously posted. I had not checked them out, and I was informed that some of the sites were inappropriate. I apologize for not checking first. I guess this serves as a good reminder to all of us to double check things before you post them!

Early morning adventure

With the way today started, I have decided that it can only get better!
Heather met me at my house this morning so we can carpool to school because we have classes at the same time. The road conditions were not favorable, but they weren't as bad as yesterday either. So we're driving along and all of a sudden, we hit a patch of ice as I was stopping for a red light. I immediately corrected the wheel so that we wouldn't hit anyone and I was able to keep the car going straight. Suddenly I couldn't steer the car anymore and all the lights on my dashboard came on. I was going to get in the turn lane so that I could pull off into a church parking lot, but when the steering wheel locked up, this was impossible. I managed to get back into the left hand lane without blocking the other lanes. The light turned green and I tried to go, but I couldn't! I tried to restart the car, but the key would not move from the running position. I didn't know what to do, so I did the only logical thing. I cried :( (Can you tell that I don't do well with these type of situations?)Heather, being of sound mind, immediately called my mom and told her that we were sitting at an intersection and we couldn't move anywhere. My mom said she'd call for a tow truck and she'd be there as fast as she could. By now it was freezing in the car because the heat stopped. Nothing worked except my lights and four way blinkers. I was very upset because the last thing I need is something else to go wrong with my car. 15 minutes later, my mom pulled up. Those were 15 very tense minutes we kept on thinking that cars were going to hit us because they got up so close behind us before switching lanes. So when mom arrived she kept on asking what we wanted to do. Well, what was there to do? My car won't move anywhere!!!! The car place didn't open until 7:30, so I had to wait and call them. While I was on the phone with them, mom called 911 so that the police could come and direct traffic, seeing as our position was somewhat dangerous! As I was talking to the car guy and telling him what was going on, our "angel" appeared. From out of nowhere she pulled up behind us in a SUV with police lights on it. I guess she talked to my mom and found out our problem. She came up to my door and informed me that we had to move the car, because we were blocking traffic and it was dangerous. So I put the car in neutral so we could try to push it, and I tried to turn the wheel. (I was still on the phone with the car guy but I'd given the phone to Heather to finish the conversation while I talked to this lady.) So I tried to turn the key and viola! my car started!!! This nice lady stopped traffic for us, so I could move the car to a side road. The car guy told Heather to have me drive it around the block, then turn it off and see if it would start again. I did, and it worked. Apparently what happened was: when I corrected the wheel on the patch of ice, it hit a patch of cement, which caused it to stall out. Then, because my tires were turned, they ignition would not let the key turn. (Note to everyone: apparently this is normal, so if you ever have this problem, just straighten your wheels and you should be all set!) So after calling the car guy back, and telling him that we were fine and the car worked, we continued on to school. We both ended up missing our first class because we would have had to walk in halfway thru and who wants to do that?

Snow day!!!!!!

7:21. My alarm goes off. I hit the snooze button. 7:30. It goes off again, this time I get it. Sounds kind of quiet around here. So I got ready and went downstairs for breakfast. My mom was still home, she should have been at work by then. I turned on the TV. Obviously, GRCC was not cancelled. They never cancel. I cut a slice of coffee cake, then my mom suggested that I check the online site to double check and see if school is cancelled. Go upstairs, log on, click on faculty absences, scroll down. Yay!!! My teacher's name was on the list! I only have one class on Tuesdays, so I didn't have to venture out in this yucky weather. Go back downstairs, eat a leisurely breakfast. Then I realized if I did my homework in the morning, I wouldn't have to do it after work. Brilliant. So I did my homework. Then I installed Dance Praise on my computer. I highly recommend this game. It's like Dance Dance Revolution, except that it's on your computer, but it is all Christian songs. So rather than dancing to "Hips Don't Lie", I can dance to songs by Hawk Nelson, Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, or David Crowder Band! Amazing! It's fun, and it's great exercise. Anyway, enough of my advertisment for the game. So I installed it, but the dance pad wouldn't work. Nice. I emailed the company to see if they had any suggestions. Watched Rachel Ray. Who'd have thunk....today, her show was about weight loss. :) They tried 3 products in their human lab. Only one of them worked, what I found interesting was that this one was a motivational picture, seeing yourself after you've lost the weight. Apparently that motivated the person to go out and lose the weight. But nothing else worked...just diet and exercise. :) Then I had to go to work. I got out an hour early, which was very nice! I checked my email and found out that when they made Vista, they forgot to include certain drivers that allow you to play certain games. So the company sent me a link where I could download the drivers, plus it gave me two new songs!! Sweet!!! Well, I got it all hooked up. Balanced my bank account, checked email, blah blah blah. Then I finally did some exercise! I had forgotten how much I love this game! I was out of breath after doing a few songs. My enthusiam was short-lived however, when in the middle of a song, I realized that I have a quiz tomorrow that I'm allowed to bring in a note sheet for, and I hadn't even thought about it until then!!! Ahhhhh!!!! Quick take a shower and de-sweat myself. Then, start on that stinkin' paper. I finished, in time, I thought, to watch American Idol, but no, it was only on for an hour tonight, so I missed it. Oh well, maybe I'll go to bed early. Anyway, I think I got a lot done today...homework-wise that is....ahhh, the life of a college student!!! :)

The breaking point

So today, I wore a black sweater with a long pink striped tank top underneath. My mom asked me if I thought it looked good. Yeah, I said, this is pretty much what's in style right now. So I go to the fridge and bend down to get some chocolate frosting to put on graham crackers. Suddenly... Are you getting love handles? NO!!! What? Hold up...wait a minute! I bend down to get something and you ask me if I getting fat around the hips? Woah!!! Thanks a lot! Of course my excuse was I belted my pants too tight (and my tank top was a little tighter than how I usually wear them, which of course shows off more...) So I take my two graham crackers and retreat to my room to drown myself in misery (kidding!) I take a look in the mirror. What is that? That extra weight wasn't there last I noticed! AHHHHHH!!

So I decided that

this has to go. Now let me explain. After Halloween, I ended up with some left over candy from church. Then after Christmas, I bought some of that assorted candy when it was 50% off. Plus there's some chocolate bars from Romania.... The pile has just grown. But the problem is, now, the shoebox of junk food is under my desk. Where I spend most of my waking hours on my computer. At my desk.

Well, I have realized lately that I have hit my point of weighing the most that I ever have. I know weight doesn't really matter, because muscle weighs more than fat, and I will say that I have very muscular legs. (And this is not a post about being fat, or overweight!) I have allowed myself to get out of shape since track season. Obviously, this wasn't a conscious thing. Hmmm...let's see how little exercise I can do, and how much weight I can gain... Not at all, things just happened. During the time period from late February to the end of May, I was running every day, lifting weights, and throwing discus and shotput. And, I loved every minute of it. However, I don't have the time. Which creates my dilemma of being out of shape and apparently having love handles!!! (Screaming in terror of the thought and sight!) Which means that I have to do something about it.<

So here is my proposal. I would dare say that the majority of my fellow bloggers have made it a "New Years Resolution" (who keeps those anyway?) to either lose some extra weight or just get into better shape. My best motivator is currently in Spain, meaning that I have lost my exercise buddy. So my first proposal is this: If you live in A-town and would like someone to work out with, please let me know. I know that a gym membership is expensive, but the roads are free. And they're open 24/7 to run on. I don't really have weights to use (though carrying a 50lb backpack is quite the workout!), but we can get creative. So if anyone is like me, and needs to have a partner in order to get (and stay) motivated, please let me know! Second: I find that if I am accountable to someone (or multiple someones) I have a better chance of success. So anyone who would care to join me in this endeavor is welcome to. I will try to post once a week or so about my progress, how I'm doing as far as healthy eating, and keeping up an exercise routine. I hope that others will join me, and maybe we can all motivate eachother. Hmmm...we should come up with a name for ourselves....

But okay, now that I've rambled on enough, I think I'm going to hit the sack. They say that the best thing you can do for your body is to get enough sleep. And I've been up since 5:45 this morning, then school, homework, church meeting, more homework, blogging, more homework, more blogging :), I think it's time for this chick to go to bed!

The Key to My Heart

I was watching American Idol earlier this week, and there was a feature about a boy that really struck my attention. I think AI's goal was more to poke fun at this guy, but I thought his intentions were pretty neat. I did some "research" online to find out more about the story, so here it is. His name's Bruce Dickson, and he's a 19 year old guy and he's never kissed a girl (hmmm maybe it stuck me, because I'm the same...except I'm a girl :) ) Anyway, when he was about 13 years old, his dad gave him a necklace. Bruce has the key and his dad has the heart, and the key fits perfectly into the heart. The point is that Bruce will save himself for that one special girl and when he gets married, his dad will give the heart to him, so he will hold the key to his wife's heart. It kind of makes me wonder if he's ever had a girlfriend and how she felt about his convictions...but that's just me and my random mind. I thought the whole story was really neat, and some of the stuff I found online says that Bruce was raised in a Christian home and has really great morals. Not really something you hear about every day on TV. Here's the clip I found online....



This whole thing also makes me wonder if any of you waited until your wedding day for your first kiss? Or did you wish you would have?
To me, that seems a bit extravagent, I don't know if I want to wait that long! Although, I have waited 19 years, so we'll see ;)

Feel the love!

Mary, from Mary's writing nook, is having a giveaway to celebrate her 200th post. Go check it out and get in the running!





Get in the mood for Valentine's day!!!















Melody, at Pennies in My Pocket, is also doing a really cool giveaway. You can pick out your favorite saying to be hung on your wall, and if you're lucky, she'll pick your name for a $50 gift certificate to http://www.quotethewalls.com/ And, if you don't win, you still get free shipping, and the prices are great! My favorite quote, so far, is "Don't dream your life...Live your dreams"

Amazing Song!

It's a good day...

...the sun is shining, what more could you want? Okay, maybe the sun doesn't make everything good, but it sure helps. Today was a great day though. School was good, met some new people, made some new connections, all in all productive I suppose. But....I got my car back today!!! Yay! It runs like a charm now! I'm so so so so so happy to have it back! The guy at the garage said it's a miracle it's been running for the past 9 months to 1 year! That was a bit scary to hear... he said that the computer was totally corroded and the wires connecting things could be removed just by touching them...not good! Which makes me wonder...I've had my car looked at and oil changes done in the past year, shouldn't someone have noticed something was wrong? Oh well, Someone was looking out for me, and my car survived and so did I! But I'm so thankful to have it back! Youth group was so fun tonight too! We played "honey if you love me will you please please smile?" Always a blast!!! We had a good discussion, though a bit distracted by the throwing of candy hearts :), then afterward Anna decided to throw a candy heart down my shirt, which led to a nice little chase around her car and such. Jennifer, I hope you got her back for me! :) Ahh yes, friends make every day good!