First off. Sorry for being a no-show blogger yesterday. I was in a super foul mood due to an awful day. So to save your eyes from a ridiculous angry rant, I just decided to take a day off.
I did, however, run five miles again. :) And this time I did it in ~48 minutes. Oh yeah, baby. I asked via twitter for some motivation to be sent my way. Well I guess it worked, because I didn't even want to go to the gym at all. Haha. Yet, I got there, and committed to running 5 miles, and bam. I made those five miles my be-yotch. Oh yeah. Doing a little happy dance. :)
This morning was my last command pt function in Djibouti, ever! And all we had to do was run 2.25 miles! Um, score?! It was kind of rough, because, well, Africa is hot, even at 5:15 in the morning. But otherwise it was amazing. Plus, knowing I'm done, and am spending the rest of the day doing check out stuff? I'm pretty much on cloud nine right now.
Since I don't have any photos to share, I figure I'd ask you guys if you want me to take some while I'm running around checking out today? And since I'm not sticking around for the answer... I'm just gonna do it. :) You'll get to see me all uniformed up. Haha. But since we're all BFF, I'll trust you not to make fun. :)
Have a great day, y'all. I'm off to see the wizard... Oh wait, wrong movie. Anyways, I'm off.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
8 - Three Tangent Tuesday!
Hey loves! It's my favorite day, I love, love, love TTT! I originally stole this idea from my girl Janae, having no clue how much I would look forward to it each week. Just one more way for me to share how ridiculously lame I am, and how I take total pride in every moment of lame-ness! :)
So, here goes!
Three Tangent Tuesday!
+ I am scared of spin. Yup. I have never taken a spin class, and I am so intimitated by it! It looks and sounds so hard! My girl (and future neighbor!) Jenn is always raving about spin and how she is going to drag me to the classes. I guess I'll have to put on my big girl panties and just accept that I will get my butt handed to me. Haha.
+ I don't like Mexican food. I know. Everyone just let it out, I'm weird, a freak, un-American (this one always made me laugh... how are you un-American for not liking Mexican food?!), etc. I've heard it all before, and since I seem to be the only one on the planet who doesn't like Mexican food, I get dragged to a lot of Mexican restaurants. So, instead of ordering lots of food I won't like, I choose to go with a simple quesadilla and drink my calories in 2 (or 12) margaritas. Because I may not like Mexican food, but I sure do like smoothies with Mexican tequila!
+ I've known my friend Amber since birth. We call each other cousins (though there is no blood relation), and love her dearly. Basically every childhood memory I have is with Amber, we might as well have been sisters. My mother was married to her uncle, but they were divorced before either one of us was born. My mother remained very close with his family, especially his mother (whom she still considers her surrogate mother) therefor, a wonderful friendship was born.
So, here goes!
Three Tangent Tuesday!
+ I am scared of spin. Yup. I have never taken a spin class, and I am so intimitated by it! It looks and sounds so hard! My girl (and future neighbor!) Jenn is always raving about spin and how she is going to drag me to the classes. I guess I'll have to put on my big girl panties and just accept that I will get my butt handed to me. Haha.
+ I don't like Mexican food. I know. Everyone just let it out, I'm weird, a freak, un-American (this one always made me laugh... how are you un-American for not liking Mexican food?!), etc. I've heard it all before, and since I seem to be the only one on the planet who doesn't like Mexican food, I get dragged to a lot of Mexican restaurants. So, instead of ordering lots of food I won't like, I choose to go with a simple quesadilla and drink my calories in 2 (or 12) margaritas. Because I may not like Mexican food, but I sure do like smoothies with Mexican tequila!
60 oz baby!
I'm the blonde in these...
Don't you LOVE early 90's apparel?
Me, Amber, her sister Cassie. I love them so much.
Well, there you go. This week's edition of TTT! I know it's a little late, but I'm back on night shift, so I spent all day getting some ZZZzzz's. Have a great day... or night! :)
Monday, March 7, 2011
9 - Piggy
Yeah, so tonight I have been exactly like this little guy...
I really need to get a handle on my snacking, like seriously. I went through candy and a bag of BBQ chips (a small one, but still.) before I realized what I was doing. So I tried a trick I read about, (I can't remember where, so I'm sorry if I'm not giving you proper recognition!) that a spoonful of peanut butter curbs cravings. Well I had two, but it WORKED! So, I'm pretty happy, because one, I quit snacking, and two, hopefully it works in the future! Haha. :)
Working tonight and tomorrow, and it's my last two nights on watch before I start checking out! I'm so excited I could scream! I can't wait to get back to America and start cooking! :)
I took a break from the gym tonight, however my co-workers and I have been playing a dice game (it's super fun and addicting) and the two losers of each round have to do some sort of exercise. So far we've done front planks, lunges, squats, side planks, crunches, push-ups, and V-ups. I've only had to do (both) planks, squats, crunches, and push-ups though. :)
Kind of a fun way to get exercise in on a rest day. My glutes are sooooo sore. My
five miles yesterday, added with my leg workout the day before made standing up and sitting down painful. We won't even mention the stairs! I'm trekkin around like a grandma! :)
Anyways, I don't have much else to say, but I hope everyone has a great day!! :)
I really need to get a handle on my snacking, like seriously. I went through candy and a bag of BBQ chips (a small one, but still.) before I realized what I was doing. So I tried a trick I read about, (I can't remember where, so I'm sorry if I'm not giving you proper recognition!) that a spoonful of peanut butter curbs cravings. Well I had two, but it WORKED! So, I'm pretty happy, because one, I quit snacking, and two, hopefully it works in the future! Haha. :)
Working tonight and tomorrow, and it's my last two nights on watch before I start checking out! I'm so excited I could scream! I can't wait to get back to America and start cooking! :)
I took a break from the gym tonight, however my co-workers and I have been playing a dice game (it's super fun and addicting) and the two losers of each round have to do some sort of exercise. So far we've done front planks, lunges, squats, side planks, crunches, push-ups, and V-ups. I've only had to do (both) planks, squats, crunches, and push-ups though. :)
Kind of a fun way to get exercise in on a rest day. My glutes are sooooo sore. My
five miles yesterday, added with my leg workout the day before made standing up and sitting down painful. We won't even mention the stairs! I'm trekkin around like a grandma! :)
Anyways, I don't have much else to say, but I hope everyone has a great day!! :)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
10 - Gelato is Good For the Soul.
FIVE. Miles, that is. Yup. That's right. I ran FIVE miles tonight! I'm so stinkin' proud of myself I could screeeeeam. The first 3.5 miles were alternating between 6.0 mph 0% incline for 4 minutes, and 4.0 mph 4% incline for one minute (roughly), but when I hit 3.5 miles I felt my endorphins kick in and kept running. Plus, I was watching Glee!, and I played the 'Sing for the World' song on repeat until mile 5. Oh yeah. That's a KICK-BUTT motivating song. It inspired me! Haha.
So, March's 5 mile goal is done! March's 'finish Scrubs' goal is also done. I've been a busy bee. Packing my room.... not done. But definitely started!!! Woohoo! :) Go Katy! It's only taken me two weeks to pack half a container! :) I think I deserve an award...
You should have seen my hair post-run tonight. I braided it (like I always do), and it went from being nice and smooth to 'dreadlock braid'. Seriously, I think I used half a bottle of conditioner trying to get the massive rats nest that was my hair. IT WAS BRAIDED! How in the world does a braid turn into a rats nest in five miles?! Lemme know if any of you have any answers to that, because I do not want to convert to Rastafarianism. Jus' sayin'.
Ah! So yesterday I did something fun! I went shopping out in town with my co-workers. Trying to pick up some last minute souvenirs, and what not. Here in Africa you have to haggle everything and let me tell you, I am such a sucker. I should have a sign that says 'White American girl pay way too much for stuff' and just save them the time. Haha. But not today! Today I got some really good deals, and I really got into it, and had a lot of fun! Here are some of my finds. (And by that I mean, all of my finds..)
Pretty nifty, huh? We had a good time, but it was hot, and since we are working nights right now, it was the equivalent to being out all night for us, and I'm a grandma and needed to come home and go to bed. We did get some other fun pictures though. :)
That gelato is divine. One thing I really like about it is the portion size. That is a two scoop, and it's the size of an American "kid's cup". Obesity wins again, America. Obesity wins, again. Not. Anyways, this girl is exhausted and still has to clean my nasty room. My roommate comes back from Germany today, and I'd like to not scare her away.. Haha. Have a great day y'all!
So, March's 5 mile goal is done! March's 'finish Scrubs' goal is also done. I've been a busy bee. Packing my room.... not done. But definitely started!!! Woohoo! :) Go Katy! It's only taken me two weeks to pack half a container! :) I think I deserve an award...
You should have seen my hair post-run tonight. I braided it (like I always do), and it went from being nice and smooth to 'dreadlock braid'. Seriously, I think I used half a bottle of conditioner trying to get the massive rats nest that was my hair. IT WAS BRAIDED! How in the world does a braid turn into a rats nest in five miles?! Lemme know if any of you have any answers to that, because I do not want to convert to Rastafarianism. Jus' sayin'.
Ah! So yesterday I did something fun! I went shopping out in town with my co-workers. Trying to pick up some last minute souvenirs, and what not. Here in Africa you have to haggle everything and let me tell you, I am such a sucker. I should have a sign that says 'White American girl pay way too much for stuff' and just save them the time. Haha. But not today! Today I got some really good deals, and I really got into it, and had a lot of fun! Here are some of my finds. (And by that I mean, all of my finds..)
Pretty nifty, huh? We had a good time, but it was hot, and since we are working nights right now, it was the equivalent to being out all night for us, and I'm a grandma and needed to come home and go to bed. We did get some other fun pictures though. :)
That gelato is divine. One thing I really like about it is the portion size. That is a two scoop, and it's the size of an American "kid's cup". Obesity wins again, America. Obesity wins, again. Not. Anyways, this girl is exhausted and still has to clean my nasty room. My roommate comes back from Germany today, and I'd like to not scare her away.. Haha. Have a great day y'all!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
12 - Travel Bug!
Ok. So when the vitamin bottles say 'Take with food', you should listen. Me, being my stubborn self, did not listen, and now I feel super nauseated. AWESOME.
Anyways. Skipped workouts yesterday, skyping with the best friend on her birthday will win over going to the gym every time. So tonight, I will be there ready to punish my legs and abs. I'm pretty excited, actually. I'm totally feeling DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) in my arms from my workout day before yesterday. I switched up my old weights routine from 3 sets of 15 reps at 15 lbs to 4 sets of 20 reps at 10 lbs. So even though I was doing less weight, it hurt way more. I didn't even do as many different exercises. I will be sticking to this arm routine for a while, I think. :)
(Starting to feel better after eating a Special K Protein meal bar....) Oooooh! I changes my goals page up top (it was a little lackluster to me...) to a To-Do List! You should check it out, it's all the things I want to accomplish in the next 5 years. Some are super easy and small (kissing Shane) to HUGE lifetime miletones (marrying Shane. No, not all of them involve Shane, but most do, since everything I do is more enjoyable when he's with me. Sappy moment of the day...) It's not nearly finished, so if you have any ideas for me, throw 'em at me, and I'll consider them!
I noticed traveling was on there quite a bit, and it got me thinking. First off, Shane and I were planning on trying for a baby right after the wedding. (I've got mad baby fever right now, especially whenever I'm around mygoddaughter - I've just gone ahead and claimed her as mine - so this was a tough decision to wait on.) But, then we found out that Shane will be redeploying within a year of coming home. Yes, back to Afghanistan. Sometimes I really, really, really hate the Marine Corps. (I do understand, and I accept it. But I do not have to like the person my life revolves around risking his life.) So, this put an instant halt on baby plans, since I will not be going through this whole baby-making/having/caring for process solo. Nope.
So I figured, since we are putting the brakes on kids for now... Why not use this time to travel, right? I mean, he gets paid leave, I won't be working (unless I have to.... to help pay for these vacations!) and we should use this time to travel while we can before having to make sure all family vacations are child-proof. Well, that's the plan.
Where would you travel? The place I want to go most is Greece! Shane also really wants to go there, so that's a plus! In America, it would be NYC, probably!
Anyways. Skipped workouts yesterday, skyping with the best friend on her birthday will win over going to the gym every time. So tonight, I will be there ready to punish my legs and abs. I'm pretty excited, actually. I'm totally feeling DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) in my arms from my workout day before yesterday. I switched up my old weights routine from 3 sets of 15 reps at 15 lbs to 4 sets of 20 reps at 10 lbs. So even though I was doing less weight, it hurt way more. I didn't even do as many different exercises. I will be sticking to this arm routine for a while, I think. :)
(Starting to feel better after eating a Special K Protein meal bar....) Oooooh! I changes my goals page up top (it was a little lackluster to me...) to a To-Do List! You should check it out, it's all the things I want to accomplish in the next 5 years. Some are super easy and small (kissing Shane) to HUGE lifetime miletones (marrying Shane. No, not all of them involve Shane, but most do, since everything I do is more enjoyable when he's with me. Sappy moment of the day...) It's not nearly finished, so if you have any ideas for me, throw 'em at me, and I'll consider them!
I noticed traveling was on there quite a bit, and it got me thinking. First off, Shane and I were planning on trying for a baby right after the wedding. (I've got mad baby fever right now, especially whenever I'm around my
So I figured, since we are putting the brakes on kids for now... Why not use this time to travel, right? I mean, he gets paid leave, I won't be working (unless I have to.... to help pay for these vacations!) and we should use this time to travel while we can before having to make sure all family vacations are child-proof. Well, that's the plan.
Where would you travel? The place I want to go most is Greece! Shane also really wants to go there, so that's a plus! In America, it would be NYC, probably!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Happy Birthday LE!
Today is my best friend, Ellie's birthday. Ellie is quite possibly the most interesting person you'll ever meet. She's a super talented artist, video-game playing, Grandpa sweater-wearing, gorgeous girl whom I love very, very much. She's my other soulmate (Shane obviously being my soulamte as well!) and I would go crazy without her.
She needs to start her own blog, though I'm afraid if she does everyone will stop reading mine, since she's so neat and fun, it would make me look like a boring old lady. :) I'm lucky she puts up with me, and would do anything in the world for her. We call each other BUFF because it's BFF sounded out. We've done it for years.....
P.S. We were not wasted. Just wanted to clarify. We were on our way home from my brother's 3rd birthday party! Haha.
She needs to start her own blog, though I'm afraid if she does everyone will stop reading mine, since she's so neat and fun, it would make me look like a boring old lady. :) I'm lucky she puts up with me, and would do anything in the world for her. We call each other BUFF because it's BFF sounded out. We've done it for years.....
Yeah. We're shaving out legs in the kitchen sink. Probably not very sanitary... But we cleaned!
Plus, she gave me this little angel as a goddaughter. So I have to pretend to like her forever, so she doesn't tell me I can't steal her whenever I want. :)
Happy Birthday, LE. I miss you so much, and can't wait to come home and go on adventures. <3
And, as promised, here is quite possibly the most embarrassing video of me and Ellie ever created. (And yes. There are alot.) I really shouldn't show this to people until they have gotten to know me at least enough not to be scared off. Please don't stop reading my blog! :)
P.S. I hope the video works... If not, you can go to this link... here.
P.S. I hope the video works... If not, you can go to this link... here.
P.S. We were not wasted. Just wanted to clarify. We were on our way home from my brother's 3rd birthday party! Haha.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
14 - Much Ado About Nothing... Seriously.
I have been sitting here trying to think of something to write... And I've got nothing. Haha.
I did however start a Facebook page for RTtA! So, if you haven't yet, click like up in the right hand corner!! Please! I mean, right now it's kind of lackluster, since I'm just figuring out the whole "page" thing. But it'll get better, I promise!! :)
Tomorrow is the BFF's birthday, so I will be uploading lots of photos of us being silly, to include a horrendously embarrassing video of us singing. We're almost as talented as that guy who sang "She Bangs" on American Idol. Anyone else remember William Hung?! Haha. She's going to kill me.
So I was sitting at work tonight and found the most amazing tea ever. I love tea so much. So finding new yummy teas is always exciting for me! I can't take a picture of it here, so I had to look it up to find a picture.
Source
This stuff just makes the room smell good. It tastes awesome, too. Gives me all sorts of good vibes! Ok, confession. I didn't make it to the gym yesterday. I was exhausted, and sleep just sounded better. I flaked on planks as well, but I did do my lunges and squats. So it wasn't a complete waste!! Plus, I danced around my shop for a little while, so that has to count as some sort of cardio!
I am rediscovering my love for my iPod. I never use it outside of the gym, lately. But for some reason, I just want to listen to it all the time. I really do underestimate the power of music, sometimes. It's amazing.
I ate a date for the first time tonight. It was meh. (I've had them in stuff before, like Larabars, but never alone.) It was like a super sweet raisin..I'll be using them in baking and stuff, but not alone. I'm just not a dried fruit fan... I can go for raisins (alone, only. I hate them in anything. Cookie, granola, anything) rarely, but I just don't care for dried fruit. For some reason it seems too sweet. I know. That sounds like insanity coming from my sugar addicted self. But, it's true, no matter how backwards it is. Haha.
Is anyone else disturbed by Lady Gaga's new video? Maybe I'm just becoming an old lady, but her video for 'Born This Way' and 'Alejandro' were both disturbing and made me uncomfortable. I love the songs, but the videos were just too much IMO. She is in amazing shape, though. Holy cow! I also heard Kim Kardashian's new song. And hated it. I didn't even finish it.
Well. Like I said. I don't have much to say right now. Sorry it's so spastic... Haha. Have a great day y'all!!
I did however start a Facebook page for RTtA! So, if you haven't yet, click like up in the right hand corner!! Please! I mean, right now it's kind of lackluster, since I'm just figuring out the whole "page" thing. But it'll get better, I promise!! :)
Tomorrow is the BFF's birthday, so I will be uploading lots of photos of us being silly, to include a horrendously embarrassing video of us singing. We're almost as talented as that guy who sang "She Bangs" on American Idol. Anyone else remember William Hung?! Haha. She's going to kill me.
So I was sitting at work tonight and found the most amazing tea ever. I love tea so much. So finding new yummy teas is always exciting for me! I can't take a picture of it here, so I had to look it up to find a picture.
This stuff just makes the room smell good. It tastes awesome, too. Gives me all sorts of good vibes! Ok, confession. I didn't make it to the gym yesterday. I was exhausted, and sleep just sounded better. I flaked on planks as well, but I did do my lunges and squats. So it wasn't a complete waste!! Plus, I danced around my shop for a little while, so that has to count as some sort of cardio!
I am rediscovering my love for my iPod. I never use it outside of the gym, lately. But for some reason, I just want to listen to it all the time. I really do underestimate the power of music, sometimes. It's amazing.
I ate a date for the first time tonight. It was meh. (I've had them in stuff before, like Larabars, but never alone.) It was like a super sweet raisin..I'll be using them in baking and stuff, but not alone. I'm just not a dried fruit fan... I can go for raisins (alone, only. I hate them in anything. Cookie, granola, anything) rarely, but I just don't care for dried fruit. For some reason it seems too sweet. I know. That sounds like insanity coming from my sugar addicted self. But, it's true, no matter how backwards it is. Haha.
Is anyone else disturbed by Lady Gaga's new video? Maybe I'm just becoming an old lady, but her video for 'Born This Way' and 'Alejandro' were both disturbing and made me uncomfortable. I love the songs, but the videos were just too much IMO. She is in amazing shape, though. Holy cow! I also heard Kim Kardashian's new song. And hated it. I didn't even finish it.
Well. Like I said. I don't have much to say right now. Sorry it's so spastic... Haha. Have a great day y'all!!
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