Quick packing break!!!  We've done A LOT today!!!  I think after today we'll have both bedrooms mostly done!!!  

The inlaws came today but only stayed a couple hours... they looked around the house and said we need to get packing... lol!!!  But we took them to an Irish pub that has an Irish brunch on Sundays... we thought it was a buffet... which I was a little worried about... but I guess they stopped doing the buffet a couple months ago... so I had 1 1/2 pancakes and 2 strips of bacon... and milk... not too bad!!!  

Unfortunately for lunch I had Long John Silvers.... oops!!  We've been working so hard I didn't have the time or energy to make anything...

KT - I think my version of clean eating if I joined you would just be trying to get in more fresh fruits and veggies.... I know I wouldn't be able to go without prepackaged things... lol!!!  But I'm with ya if I can just do my version!!!

Well I better get back to work!!!!!

o0o gosh i hate packing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy monday my sexiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii friends!!!
Derrick is back to work today thank goodness, some of the stress will lift this week and i will be almost normal!!

I have not yet colored my hair, not till this weekend, i am still going back and forth with the color.......I am now thinking an almost black with red tint???  I have went red before and it turned orange and im scared of that again!!  

Scale shows a 2 pound gain after the holiday weekend, ill live, but i need to get back on track and stick with it, i gotta lose this weight!!!

I have so much laundry and cleaning today not sure it will ever be complete, with everyone home the house looks so bad that i actually locked myself in my room saturday, just so i didnt have to look at the  mess!   I was on strike, it did not help, hubby said i rinsed the dishes to help u out ( this was last night) i said oh gee thx what would i ever do without ur help?

Ok i will check in throughout the day!

~much luv

Hey guys!!  Welcome back from the long weekend!!!

Chris, what a relief for you today must be.  Get to cleaning and check in often woman!!  Don't be leaving us hanging, waiting for our Chris-fix!

Sheila...good luck on the house!!  Pft...you should've handed the inlaws a box and said start helpin'!!  Lol 

Kt, I think I'm along the same lines as you as far as clean eating.  Hum, that means no soups for me this week!!  That's what I was going to fall back on for today's lunch.  It's all good, I'll grab a sandwich instead.

LR/DR colors:  we picked a darker beige for the dining room and a similar shade of green for the kitchen.  The kitchen doesn't have any full walls to paint since the lower part (chest high and down) is tiled.  The ceiling for both rooms will be creamy white. 

The 5k went well.  It took me a half hour to ride to the race and 20 minute to ride back.  According to my HRM I did the race in 41 minutes exactly.  I don't see they have the official times on their website though so I'm going by my HRM.  I only had to slow to a walk 3 times during the whole race.  That is a huge accomplishment for me!!!  Very exciting.

After the race I went home and wiped down everything on the first floor.  It was either wiped with soap and water or with furniture polish.  It looked like someone had balloons with baby powder in them and then popped them in my LR/DR/Kitchen.  LOTS OF WORK!!!  When I finished I started preparing the food for the BBQ.  So, basically I woke up at 5:30am and went non-stop until 1am when my friend finally went home.  I was exhausted.  I still enjoyed my margaritas though!!! 

total relief, i am so glad my house will be normal again will prolly take me the rest of the day today and tomorrow to finish but then i can relax!!!!

Gonna go for a run walk tonight, if im not to tired, i will have to muster up enuff energy to at least go for 20 min, i need to!!!!

Thos colors sound pretty Val!!!  U will have to show us pics when all done!!!
Glad ur 5 k went well!!!   WTG!!!!!

UGhghghgh!!!  Well the house fell through.... the guy didn't check with his wife before saying they could be out when we wanted.... she's 8 months preggers and said they can't be out before Sept. 1st!!  Which is way to late of course.... sigh... so much for crossing that off the list!!!!

Oh that sucks Sheila!  Back to the drawing board.  Let's hope good prospects come up faster than before for you.

Kt...enjoy that massage!!!  It sounds very relaxing. 

Ok, I gotta get more food in me.  It's already late and I'm at around 1000 cals.  Looks like a spoon of pb for a quick boost of cals. 

For dinner I had leftover grilled veggies from the 4th.  I have to make that more often.  I threw in some chunks of pineapple and it came out tasting pretty darn good!!  I mixed those leftovers with a grilled pork chop and YUM!!!  I def have to make that again.

awwww i'm sorry sheila! what a jerk! why wouldn't you ask your pregnant wife before telling someone a move in date? well i hope you can find smething soon.

well it sounds like the place my fiance lookeda t today looked pretty good. it's a 2 story, 2 bed/1.5 bath townhouse. It has a fireplace, a tiny patio area so i could have my bbq!!! The kitchen is apparently pretty small and ther'es no dishwasher but i think we can deal. o and it has central heat and air! big plus! i'll go look at it soon and hopefully we can move in a month!

my massage was sooo nice. i got a 90 min this time and it was def worth it. i needed the relaxation time. and i was 2 pounds less after my massage than i was this morning beforei left the house! then i had a quesadilla and some wine, so i hope that loss still holds. we'll see tomorrow!

chris..is your house spic and span? did you go run tonight?

val...soundsl ike you did awesome on your run! wtg! do you have another one planned yet? i'm glad you enjoyed hte margaritas. i hope you don't have too much damage control to do!

yay! the 180 stuck! i should be able to get to 179 by the end of the week!!!!!

NOOOOOO i didnt make my run last night i was beat, and yes my house is pretty spic and span and all the laundry done, all i have left is dusting 3 rooms my LR DR and FR   today and of course i have to vcuum like i do everyday, however i did do 20 min on my gazelle!

awwwwwwwwwwwww Sheila that sucks!!!  I cannot believe he did not check with his prego wife, what a freaking ass, i bet she is pissed at him as well!!!

I am glad ur massage was awesome KT u deserved it,  and with just the 2 of u, no dishwasher wont be to bad.  Gosh we didnt buy one for our old house for a long timeeeeee!!  which i was like OMGGGG this sucks at first but then when i got one, i rarely ever used it, was faster me just washing them and drying them and putting them away.    Let us know if the 2 pounds stayed off or not!!!

Ok well today after i do my lighter side of cleaning i wanna get back and figure out my weights and get to pumping today!!  I think i will do a run/walk to the pool and play with the kids, that time of the day there will be sooooooooo many people im not sure i wil get in any laps, but i will try.

ok ill check in later

hugzzzzzzzzz beautiful people~

wooooooooooooooooohooooooooooooooo KT   wtg!!!!

So I was very excited about my 5k results.  I called the organizer to see if I can check my time online.  It's in the CARA site.  Anyway, my official time was 40:47.  That's 1:14 less than my last race.  I was excited about that until I saw where I ranked overall in the race...8th to last; 2nd to last in my age group.  I know it shouldn't matter but after doing so many of them now and working so hard to pick up my speed it was pretty damn disappointing.  I guess I still have lots of work to do.  Back to the drawing board.

That is GREAT Kt that your loss stuck!!  Wahoo!!!  It's time for you to see 179.  Good luck on the townhouse.  It sounds perfect for you two.  It has a fireplace too?  How romantic.  A patio can definitely be fun too...time for some outdoor parties at Kt's place!!! 

Chris...it's about time that place is spic and span!  Have fun at the pool with the kids!!  What exercises do you do with your weights?

Sheila...come back!!!  I'm sure that guy got his.  Chris is probably very right about him getting an earful from his preggo wife.  Besides her being hormonal she's also dealing with the heat lately and then a dum dum dude.  I almost feel sorry for the guy...almost.  Just think it wasn't meant to be and the right place is waiting for you.

o0o gosh Val that is awesome 1:14 is alot of shaved time!!!!   You will get faster and faster, and soon other people will be looking at u saying wow, i wish i could do that....o0o wait i already am, u have achieved soooooooo much in the last year and a half!!!!   You will get to where u need to be, or want to be!!  I know u will!!!  I need ur strength to keep myself going!! 

I use my bowflex, for my weights, and i use lil 5 pound bars for my arms too.....however i have not touched either in awhile, i got to get back on track and stay there, why is it so hard for me????????? 

val..you have taken so much time off your 5k ins ucha  short period of time! you've gotta be proud of yourself! I always come in near the end but I don't care. all i care about is how muhc my time improved. do you have another race planned yet? how is clean eating going for you? you always do way better at eating than i do.

chris...how did the rest of your day go? did you get to play in the pool? it's over 100 here and I would LOVE to be in a pool. ugh i'm glad i work in a nicely air conditioned place all day. did you pump up today too?

well the townhouse was nice. it's not as big as i had hoped, but it will work. the kitchen isn't that bad, so we are going to take it. with the weather like this, that central air sounds sooooo nice! and the fireplace is huge...it's in the corner so it has brick in a semi circle in teh corner. it's sooo cool. it will be nice to have lots of extra space. So we can move in there early august so long as he gives us the okay. i'm already itchin to get things packed adn cleaned. i think we'll start boxing things up soon so we can start trimming down our belongings. i can't wait!!!

my eating has been okay. i do well during hte day, eating yogurt, kashi cereal, tuna sandwiches, carrots. then when I get home, i don't watn to cook. so tonight i ended up eatign chips and salsa, then a quesadilla. hopefully it wasn't a horendous amount of calories, but I was only at 800 cals when i left work so I don't think i ate 1000 cals. But if i did, that's ok. i really really do not want the scale to ever go up above 180 again. I would love to even see 179 tomorrow, but i don't quite think i'm there. i'm not sure if i'll get any exercise in tomorrow, it's just so damn hot. i should make it to spin, so i'll go wash my shorts so i can go after work tomorrow!

no i didnt go to the pool,  we waited for the thunderstorms, was like blackish out all afternoon......and we got nothing awwwwwwww austin weather!!!!  I did get in some of my weights, not alot, i really gotta push it today!!!

Awesome about the townhouse KT!!!   Sounds really nice!  How was the weight this morning?

Kt, my eating went well during the day...like you said and for most of the night I did good.  I stuck with fruit as my snacks...and then I ate way too much fruit.  Then Dh comes by with a freshly opened bag of pretzels and I stayed away, stayed away, stayed away and then BAM! I grabbed a handful and it was not pretty.  LOL!!!  Eh, we'll try to do better today, right?  Lol

That is so cool about the house.  I have a townhouse.  They can be small but perfect for 2-3 people.  You'll have to take pictures before all your stuff goes in.  I wanna see the fireplace!!  When will you find out about a hard move in date?

Chris, that's too bad about no swimming.  It was all dark and gloomy here too.  So you use your bowflex for your weights?  Any particular exercises?  How do you keep from being bored with weights?  I haven't been on my bowflex nearly enough.  Routine is the key and I haven't been able to find my key!!!  We should do that next week.  Promise each other to get in 3-half hour weight sessions.  Too much?  Pft...or we can start this week and try to get in two by Sunday? 

Sheila????  Where are you?!?!?!?!?!?  

Hey!  Where is everyone today.  Ho hum...I'm bored. 

oooo pretzels...no good!!! soundsl ike you're doing pretty well otherwise. i need to go buy more fruits and veggies to snack on but soundsl ike you've got tons!

i did decent today w/ my eating, minus the snickers! I think i figured out why i went up a pound today. In addition to the chips i had last night, my body was kidna debating whether it really wanted to have TOM. so i think i was probably retaining some water also. luckily no TOM, so i'm hoping htat pound goes bye bye. for dinner, i was good and had chicken, rice, and corn. i probably ate too much rice, but i think i'll be okay. i didn't work out tonight though, so that's bad. i will do it tomorrow! i think i'll hit the gym and do spin, then run a little. they cancelled our team workout tomorrow b/c of the air quality and heat. it sucks here right now!!!!

o i forgot my other piece of news....the girl in my department that was hired the same day as me got another job. i'm sad. we are the same age and realy got to be friends. it was so nice having someone to eat with everyday, talk to all the time, and keep my sanity with wehn i was stressed or bored. she got a really good opportunity to make a good amount more money and as a single mom, she can't pass that up. so taht's going ot mean a lot more work for me until they hire someone else. that is just going to be so hard considering i already have so much more to do right now. i guess i'll see how things go but i'm expectign to be fairly stressed for a while now :(