Disco

Finally went to yoga after a quite long break. Life is a tad better now! Now that my body is happy, I’m playing with my christmas present. Read: watching clubby movies on netflix. In retrospect, I wish I had written a memoir. Mostly because I hardly remember anything, but I know I’ve had some fabulous times. So maybe I’ll start now! One memory at a time 🙂
Happy Christmas to all!

Whine!

This has been SUCH a crappy week! Since last Friday (count em, 6 days) I have been super emotional. Abnormal for me. Like, tearing up. All the time. Gross. Then there was a tragedy I still can’t really think about. Then, more mild stuff.
Some girl kept telling me how “sweet” it was that I married my husband. If she wasn’t so shallow, she would know the marriage was SO not a charitable act! Then I had a day-long bitch fest-sob story meeting. Then I got stood up by most of my clients. Then I blew out a tire and had to handle it like a grown-up.
Solution? Wine night with the parentals! Grown ups make me feel so much cooler 🙂
And now-tv, more wine, and bedtime!

Xmas v. Christmas

WELL, here come the holidays. And there goes my diet/workout. On the bright side, everyone wants to be social around now, so that’s fun. Through BBBS, I now have a little sister to hang out with also. Hubs and I are on track to do some budgeting work in the new year. We will also be playing around with the Real Food Challenges, unbeknownst to my other half 🙂

Work is going well, Spanish class is going well, and I’m staying fairly busy. Planning to go to Nashville for New Year’s; hopefully silly job schedules will cooperate! It will be good to be back with the group for the holiday. 

It doesn’t feel a bit like holiday season. I flat missed Hannukah, and I haven’t listened to the first Christmas song (on purpose). Even my church kids aren’t talking about the holidays they way they usually do. I guess there’s still time for that to change. We shall see. 

Side note- I try to be a nice person and do good where I can. I don’t talk about it much. It’s my business. However, it bothers me quite a bit when people do stuff that is “giving back” as a way to get attention and show how Christian they are. I will donate and volunteer and attend events until I can’t do anymore, but only for causes I believe in and only because it makes me happy. I will NOT contribute to a cross country bike ride to raise money. That is an activity you want to do. Donations are to pay for your vacation, not to support a charity. Unless you are famous, you will raise very little money/awareness outside of your friends and family. Social media does not make you a saint. So there.

Ka-ching!

Pretty sure I have my Christmas shopping done! Not that impressive, considering I’m only buying for my immediate family, but still!
I also got a call from Big Brothers Big Sisters today-found me a little. Good-bye, free time that I’ve been using to watch crappy tv! Super excited about having an excuse to do fun kid stuff.
I think the hubs and I are gonna do a scuba class. In a heated indoor pool. It could be fun, or he could get on my nerves…we shall see…
Got a busy schedule for the next 2 weeks (who doesn’t, right?), so my fantastic eating and exercising may be challenged. Of course, cooking, cleaning, and dancing count as exercise, so that works in my favor.
Reading Dave Ramsey’s “Total Money Makeover” makes me feel guilty about every purchase. Husband does not have said guilt. Hopefully the DVDs can brainwash him. Let us test that theory!  (Cue evil laugh…)
Side note- Carolina Chocolate Drops put on a damn good show!

Mmm, coffee!

Now that I have explored a variety of diets, workouts, and other self-help paraphenalia, it’s time to actually implement some change. So far my “kinda vegan/kinda real” food regimen has been spotty at best. Why? Because I buy crappy frozen food and then have an excuse not to cook something real. Or I overschedule and hubs and I can’t coordinate for dinner. Well, now it’s the holidays and we’re about to be trying to buy a house. Time to buckle down!
More info forthcoming. At this time, I’m off to plan food for this week, clip coupons, and run to the store. And then go run 🙂