I'm over it. I just had an entire entry typed in here and click on "submit" and EP does the famous disappearing act. No entry. no cyber-apology. So, that just cyber-pisses me off.
So, let's try it again....
Hello fellow EP'ers! Hope you guys are having a fun-filled day!!
Here's my loaded antioxidant smoothie and you can get 5 servings of fruits:
Combine all in a blender:
1 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened cherries
1 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened strawberries
1/2 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened blueberries
1 cup Tropicana Light 'n Healthy Orange drink/juice
1 tablespoon Splenda, if desired.
blend away!!
I like using frozen fruit (except for the strawberries) because I do not need to add ice. Using the Orange juice instead of milk gives it a 'perkier' flavor to me. Try it and let me know what you think. I do mix and match fruit for different flavors.
Workouts are going great and eating is good. I haven't been to weigh-in yet so I don't know what the results are. But if I have to post bond because I punched the scale gestapo in the face, I will be sure to let you guys know.
One of my favorite times of the years is FINALLY HERE!!
Yes, do not fret...I will share....
The Champion Sports Bra Sale is here. (click on the link and it will take you right to it) It only comes around few and far between per year. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR SPORTS BRA'S IS A MERE.....$19.99. AND I absolutely love it. My favorite bra is $40 and I buy, buy, buy, buy these little suckers...
AND....if you want to go and enjoy this sale with FREE SHIPPING...here is the code....XC2837
I hope everyone is doing well. I have been working like a mad woman.
I did turn in my notice and will be starting somewhere else. Not what I am use to...but sometimes we have to take a step back and re-evaluate our priorities. I will not be taking a cut in pay (thank goodness) but the environment I will be in is different. BUT, it is only 12 minutes away and I will eb home everyday at a respectable hour and will be here for my daughter's extracurricular activities. The great news is...right now I am buying gas 3 times a week and at the new position only ONCE per week!!
Workouts have been excellent and eating has been well. I did have a Diet Dr. Pepper float from Sonic a couple of days ago- but I had the points left for it. I just usually try not to use any points for anything like that. I just didn't know how else I was going to get 12 points in for the evening. At least it used 9 of them.
Well, here I am. Trying to be Sneaky-Pete. I was trying to take pictures of my neighbors gargantuan windchimes for all of you. Really I was. I got so many emails about them - all in good fun - so I was going to oblige the "whale's-ass-sized" wind chimes. They have to be special-order. I don't think you can buy these anywhere. Shipping and handling must have cost a fortune.
BUT - of course there is a 'but' in there - I got the odd feeling I looked like a stalker. And to my damned nutty neighbor - that could just quite possibly be love So, I decided "Stalking does not = love." Iwas getting quite creative with my picture-taking, though. Remember, it's a 7 foot fence between homes....
Okay, I truly need to catch up with everyone. But, it's not that bad. I will!!
I have been working 7 days a week, 11 hours a day. Which I was okay with because as a new business, that is to be expected. Then my boss/owner tells me today that my schedule is going to be 6 days per week, 11 hours per day. UH....."Mine isn't. Someone else's may be, but mine certainly isn't. You hired me under different terms." yada, yada, yada.
What happened to people's integrity? Moral character? What the HELL??
I know, I know....I SHOULD HAVE GOT A WRITTEN CONTRACT. But, honestly, this is not a corporation and that would have not happened, either. So, lesson learned. I should just go open my own shop like everyone keeps telling me.
So, in my last post I was writing and talking about motivation and mojo...well, I definitely have mine back. After all that crap, it came back in full swing. Yea!!
So, anywho, my neighbor has these stupid wind chimes the size of a whale's ass. Why anyone would want wind chimes this stinking big is beyond me. They are as long and big as going into a big church with a huge organ and pipes. NOISY. Plain and simple. And, of course, it is windy outside and I have to listen to these noise-makers all.night.long. No joke. I will try to take a picture and post it maybe tomorrow. Ding, dong, ding, ding, dong, dong....they are so stinking LOUD.
So, my eating has been ok. Not great, but ok. Today was fabulous and I am planning my meals for the next couple of days. Let me just stick to my guns and it should all work out.
Take care everyone and I will be 'catching up' with all of you.
Most anyone that reads this goes to a hairstylist. Whether you are male getting a "fade" or a female getting some highlights and a cut, ANYTHING!! Can we say "COMMUNICATION?"This is a key element to any single thing you get from your hairstylist. Trust me, he, or she, truly wants to do what you want and we can only do so much with the information we are given.
The other side to this coin~the stylist should also be asking all the questions necessary to complete the task at hand.
AND, if we have not done what you ask, TELL US!! We want to do it right. We want you to get up from our chair feeling "kick ass" and we can only do this if we know what you may want us to change with what we have done.
Here is something you may not know about hairstylists:We would like to be given the opportunity to make it right. I would rather you come back to me rather someone else to fix what may be wrong with your hair. PLEASE DO NOT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. Hairstylists take pride in their work and want you to be their walking advertisement. (This is true 99% of the time - there are a few 'odd one's' out there)
Okay, I'm thinking I am done with my hairstylist rant today. I don't think I have ever done that on here. Yikes!!
I fixed 6, yes SIX, haircuts today from clients that had got their hair cut somewhere else. Only one of these was a legitimate mess-up of some sort. The others were completely fine intechnique~just needed to be shorter or texturized or something minimal. The others were due to lack of communication between stylist and clients.
Thought this one may bring a few memories back. I remember roller skating to this one. Yes, I just said "roller skating."
Hope all is well with everyone. I just completed Cathe Friedrich's gym style arms. If you guys haven't tried any of her videos, you should give it a whirl. That woman will put the hurt on you!!
Basically, I have felt for the last several days, even couple of weeks, that I have lost my MOJO. What the heck? How can I get it back? So, I thought I would put in a video and try something. I honestly feel like I have no motivation whatsoever.
What do you guys do to get motivated again? I thought if I would just do my workout anyway it will help. And, honestly, I do feel better since I worked out I just want to get all of my motivation again.
I suppose I will just get up again tomorrow and workout and hope that I just get going again. I've been looking through magazines and seeing all of the fit, healthy girls do inspire me so maybe I should just keep at that.
Hello everyone! Hope everyone is having a splendid week so far and that it ends even better.
I have been crazy busy this week and have not even gone to the gym!! accccckkkkk!! I have done my Turbo Jam DVD's, which I love, so hopefully that will count for something. I take my tennis shoes to work and walk for about a mile every day. I have to get something in!!
I have been leaving my house at about 8 a.m. and getting home after 9 pm everyday since last week. It is crazy!!
I just wanted to let all my EP buddines know that I have not forgotten them and I am hopeing you guys are all doing well!!
BTW~ I TiVo'd Biggest Loser a couple of nights ago and I think I did not get the last part recorded. Did they vote anyone off??
And the ex-pink team girl looked F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S!! She has lost more than the other one's and she has been gone!! that is so cool. Can you believe it has only been 10 weeks since they have been dieting? How can they have lost more than 100 pounds in 2 1/2 months??? NUTS!!
How is everyone? I hope you guys are all well and staying on plan/goal.
I am sitting here 'googling' and bidding on auctions on eBay.Yes, I am an online auction junkie. That's why the broke baby/pinky finger really sucks for someone like me. I am a google-ologist!!
I have been sitting here researching Cathe Friedrich. I don't really know much about her or her workouts so I have been watching video clips. Some look like H-E-L-L. She could very well be the anti-Christ.
If any of you guys do any of her videos or go to any of her classes, let me know your feedback on them. I love to hear it.
Thought some of you might like this one. Just a little 'ditty' from the 80's ... makes me want to dance a little jig!!
Went to the gym this afternoon and got my workout in. It was nice and quiet today!! I love Saturdays at the gym!!
.....oooohhhhhh the auction is going to close in about 15 mins. Hopefully the other bidders are out on this Saturday night and not sitting at home (like myself) waiting for these auctions to close.
How is everyone? Hope you are all doing well and staying out of trouble!! I know how you guys can get!!
Not much going on. I have finally 'shook' that stinking sinus infection or whatever it was. It was horrible. BUT - only to get a hairline fracture in my baby/pinky finger. Good LAWD, you just don't realize how much you use that little thing til you no longer have it. Typing has even become a chore. And there isn't anything they can really do for it except splint it. Thank goodness it happened on my left hand. I don't know how I would wipe my booty. TMI - I know. But sure is funny.
I did make it back to the gym this week. I didn't make it to weigh-in tonight, but I will go sometime tomorrow. I know whatever it is, it's not going to be a true weigh-in because of the illness and everything else. So, I will chalk it up as 'life.'
This month's goals:
Lose at least 6 pounds (1.5 lbs per week average)
Make it to the gym at least 17 times
I think these are pretty realistic and gives me room for life's mishaps and misgivings. I need to give myself some type of reward if I hit both of those. Hmmmmm...something to think about. Maybe a personal training session.
Tomorrow at my gym they are having a "preview class" for the kickboxing class and some type of Latin class. I think I am going to go. I love kickboxing but hey, I don't know if they do it the way my Billy Blanks does so I am going to go check it out.
The Latin class - maybe it will be some HOT Latin guy teaching me how to salsa dance, and have his hands on my waist, and shake his bon-bon...oh. Where the heck did I just go?
Please do not tell me he's gay or bisexual or anything...I JUST DON'T CARE!! He is so stinking H.O.T.
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Shipping and handling must have cost a fortune.
