Ninja

This is a preview for the Ninja monkeys for Heidi and Brian's jungle themed baby room. I will take a pencil and draw this in a corner near the floor.... Your baby will be a secret Ninja.....

best served with:

can anyone recommend a wine for disappointment? how about a food to go with guilt (from not doing homework on a friday night none the less)?

oh my heck!

the words "We'll see how long that lasts" just came out of my brain.... i was talking about blogging with a friend of mine.... apparently i also completely set myself up for failure! how do i fix that too?

*sigh*

I know.... Motivation..... where do people find that? not just about the blogging.... I recently stumbled upon a friend's husband's weight loss blog and facebook page. How awesome! He is holding himself accountable to his friends.... I discovered that we have a lot of the same problems.... food is comfort... I've noticed a little weight gain this past semester but I excuse it because of school and work.... I'm good at excuses.... very believable they are.... So.... I'm holding myself accountable to you... So.... I don't want to pay for a gym membership right now because I expect to be moving in a couple months (hopefully after graduation.... FINALLY).... so I'm hoping to start by eating a little better.... I know there are a few websites out there that help with menu planning but my problem is I'm really picky! I ONLY like 2% or higher milk, I don't like pork (occaisionally some bacon), I don't eat that much beef and I feel like every menu on the planet involves pork or beef for every meal! I also am going to need something that offers a grocery list. Quick meals would be good too..... I'm almost to the point of having a diet of entirely raw vegetables lol.... I have a bit more free time this last semester.... apparently the last one was the toughest.... another reason to watch what I eat: I had TWO cavities at my check up with the dentist! TWO! My entire life's cavities more than doubled! :-).... I blame the soda and coffee that I lived on with those 0-2 hours of sleep nights.... Also when your on those websites where you put in what you ate that day and it calculates your calories/fat/protein/etc.... how do you put in something that you made that is a mixture of stuff? Like if I were to make my ratatouille recipe (amazing by the way) how would i go about putting that in? I dont really understand that... So let me know... I know most of you HAD to have done something like this at least once in your life. Which brings me to exercise.... I'm not about to bite off more than I can chew (I hope) so I'm going to start with the dieting.... I just want the exercise suggestions written down here somewhere.... I don't have a DVD player except my laptop so no DVD suggestions please.... I DO however have a VCR that I apparently think is portable as it gets transferred from bedroom to living room often. I also hate running with a passion. Moving on to personal issues of the mind.... I'm self conscious. Beyond a rational point. Everyone gets nervous going to the gym (holy cow look at that guys pipes or she wears a size zero pants which side note how can someone be a size zero?! thats like you dont exist but whatever) but i get panic attacks going to the grocery store.... and walmart.... and when i'm pumping gas... How do i get over THAT? i'm aware that its NUTS and irrational.... but i can't get beyond it. So... tips on that? last thing i think for the night.... If i don't see results NOW i lose interest.... so i guess it all comes back to motivation? so.... tips, tricks, and ideas.... thats your assignment.... :-D

playing catch up

soon always turns into later for me it seems. I went to my job interview and I think it turned out alright. Haven't heard a yes or no yet, but I called on tuesday and she had taken some extra time off for the 4th of july and wasn't done interviewing yet. She did say that it looked good for me! I went home monday night/tuesday morning (left just before midnight) and I started to wonder if I somehow managed to detour through a zoo. There was a fawn on the road about 3 minutes after I got off the interstate and I was PRAYING that the mother was in the ditch already. Managed to maneuver around and avoid the poor little baby. Then.... maybe ten miles north of Olivia, I manage to almost hit a BEAR! As in a giant black bear! At first I thought it was a dog, but then I looked closer and it walked funny.... not like a dog.... and it was HUGE.... and its face was funny.... not like a dog.... so I'm pretty sure it was a bear and not a dog..... really strange I know..... so then I get near the casino and almost hit a racoon.... and just past the casino I almost hit a..... PERSON! Mind you it is around 2 in the morning. Maybe they gambled a little too much. I don't know. Eventful drive home so this time I've decided to leave between 6 and 7 am instead. Hopefully I will run into less animals. I will post about Wednesday's activities and about my 4th of july later today or tomorrow. Gives you something to look forward to.... I hope....

Oh.... and Heidi.... NOW who doesn't post often? yeah... I'm winning..... so.... neener neener neeeeeeeeener!

Comments.....

hmm..... I got an email from Heidi about not being able to post comments.... So I get online and check it out.... I can post comments on my own.... maybe you need to follow me? scroll down a bit on the left side where it says followers.... try adding yourself to that..... let me know if that still doesn't work.... I'll change something again.....
Anyways.... in other news.... not much happening here.... I spent the past week at the cabin.... Swam, got sunburned (not too bad, hopefully it will turn to tan), hung out with my friend who I haven't seen in awhile, and gave the sims 3 a test run. Loved it!
I have a job interview on monday for a nursing home near me. Wish me luck! I'll post soon and let you know if I got it!

FISHIES!!!!!

I have added art and fish to my blog. Scroll ALL the way down to the absolute bottom! They follow your mouse! They also get fed when you click!

Sushi!

Ok.... so... back in MARCH.... March 22 to be exact, Heidi and I decided to get some sushi. I had just spent the week in Michigan for spring break and we were going to make it outselves, but we both got super lazy and just ordered it. Now, I usually like just a california roll (crab, cucumber, avacado in the rice and seaweed) and a salmon nigiri (raw salmon on a rice roll). Well I couldn't find a package that actually had those two in it so I decided to be adventurous and order something else! Well, the first picture is what I ended up with. Note the shrimp. heidi ate that. There were California rolls, the top two on the left were salmon nigiri, and the dark pink on the bottom left are tuna. The other stuff I have NO CLUE! Now, I asked myself, what are those red dots? Well.... by golly that was caviar! I was like.... umm..... I don't know if I want to eat this! scraping them off was an option..... However I decided I needed to be brave and experience something brand spankin new! So I take one and put it in my mouth, a little scared to eat it! So I took a picture of it on my tongue! The cool black and white with the red is courtesy of Picasa 3. So I eat that one little egg. And it didn't taste bad, but the "pop" felt weird. So I put a bunch in my mouth. Chew a little, lots of 'pops' felt, and sudden rush of salty nastiness filled my mouth! Revelation: I do not like caviar. Lesson learned. So all in all. It was pretty good sushi. I still have my two favorite types, and making your own is definitely cheaper, but its nice to order out sometimes, just so you don't have to make your own!

I'll try to post more again as I'm downloading pictures from March. I can't promise anything, but I'll sure try. Still redoing the blog background too. Be patient.

Blogs confuse me!

Still updating..... trying to be patient..... not working to well..... I give up for the day.......