Life and other happenings

Not much is going on here in my little world. I am working right now as much as I can, for some reason I am being possessed by the NEED to pay off bills. As of right now 3 credit cards will be paid off by the end of this year, and to that I feel proud. I am hoping that Penguin and I can buy a house next year, if not, I will just keep chugging away and maybe by 2011 at the latest we will become homeowners. Since I started with the pledge of starting October by getting in Shape thanks to the 30day Shred and Enell, I am starting to eat healthier too. Yes, Penguin and I did start to decrease our carbs, but just yesterday, I chose Smart Ones deserts over "real ice cream" as Penguin calls it. The desserts I chose have WW points, so while I can't afford to do WW right now, I can continue to try to watch my points. This Saturday is Kim and Phil's one year anniversary housewarming party and I am looking forward for the opportunity to see their new crib. (OMG did I just say that?) Anyway, before that I decided to join them for Step Out. It is a 5K run/walk, which of course I am walking this time around. Let's see how I do, and maybe I will try to find a 5K monthly and maybe by next spring I will be able to run them. (Wish me luck with that day dream). Anyway, not much else to report. Unfortunately, I will not be heading to Pittsburgh on Sunday, with the finances right now I chose to work over going out there. I am saddened, but I also need to do what is best for Penguin and I. Hope everyone has a good week.

New Do

Well, yesterday I got a new haircut. Here it is. Hope you like it! And no, I don't know how to turn the picture. Sorry.

New Plan..

So, I know I have said this before, many many times, but I have finally decided on a way to make myself happier amongst all of this stress. So, payday is this week and I am going to go to the enell website. J lives by them, and if they are good enough for her, they are good enough for me. Besides, I need a sportsbra for soccer, so it better get moving on getting one. But wait, there is more. I get out of work at about 7-715, and I am not always completely tired by that time. So, my plan...when I get out of work I am going to do the 30 day shred video that J gave me. I promised her I would do it, and I want too...no I need too, I just came up with other ways of putting off getting moving. Penguin and I have started to eat better...at least I don't always snack all the time, so now, I have an even better way of making sure I watch what I eat. I still try to eat the WW stuff, I might not be able to do ww right now, but I know how about how many points a day I was able to have. I also know I need to start running in order to get in shape for soccer, but who am I kidding. Sometimes going up the steps winds me. If I can get in shape starting with the 30 day shred, that will give me more motivation to keep it going. At the garage sale over the weekend I met a lady who lost 50 pounds in 5 months doing the Wii active game. While spending that kind of money is not a priority right now, it is something in the back of my mind that I have wanted now, probably since it came out. I also still get recipes and stuff from hungry-girl and I fell in love with one of her cookbooks. It is like 200 recipes under 200 calories. There is an entire chapter on cupcakes! So...that is what I am going to do. This weekend I am going to order my first enell sportsbra. And start the 30 day shred. Then, for my birthday, or well probably sooner I will order a second one. With playing soccer, I should probably have more than 1 sports bra. Anyway, that is my plan. I can work out and work off some of the stress all at the same time. Yeah, that does sound like a plan. Well, I better get back to work. Have a great day!

Tuesday

Things in the igloo are going. That is all I can say. Penguin has filled out a boat load of applications and we are kinda in a holding pattern. I try so hard not to show my frustration, and the harder I try not to show it, the more it comes out. I don't know what is wrong with me, and I feel terrible that Penguin always seems to bear the brunt of it. I wish I could find a magic genie lamp somewhere and poof make things better, but I can't and it frustrates me that I have no control over this. I just pray to God that things get better before I make them worse. It's going to be kinda crazy for me for a while until he finds a job. I feel the need to work to make sure that all the bills can continue to be paid and we will still have extra to grocery shop. If you talk to me on the phone or in person and I seem kinda short with you, I am apologizing now. I don't mean to be, and yes, I will be OK. I am just stressed. Sorry that I try so hard to keep things to myself and yet it comes out of me like I have diarrhea of the mouth. Hope all is well wherever you are.

Finally

I finally was able to upload some pictures from my digital camera, and Penguin found the cord for the other camera, so I know there will be more pictures shortly. If you follow me on facebook, you will see all of the honeymoon pictures that we took in Vegas on the one camera. Here, are some other pictures that I truly enjoyed. I cannot take the credit for all of them, but they were on my camera so I will put them here. The first is of my goddaughter and her mom from her soccer game in Philadelphia....

Here is one of my mom and the Philadelphia skyline...












And finally, one of my favorite pics that I have to upload right now from Vegas...









For those that don't know it, this is Joe's tribute to Nana H, and the Slovak Mafia.

Up and comings

So, this weekend is the neighborhood garage sale where my folks live. Penguin and I are heading there tomorrow to go through some of the stuff we left behind and to help them get organized for it. Then, my cousin the princess is coming over to her Vacation home to have a hangout and movie night. I am looking forward to that. I work Saturday night, so it will be a pretty low key weekend. Today, after I spoke with my sister J, I made it official. I applied for a job here in the hospital network that if I get it will increase my pay by $8/hr. It's not a lot, but it is something. If I don't get it, I will be a little disappointed, but I will just keep on doing what it is that I love. I am also in the process of finishing up my application to grad school. I have decided that I am not going to put it off anymore. I am looking at Drexel University's Acute Care/Critical Care Nurse Practitioner program. Tomorrow, I am mailing out my references and am going to work on finishing up my admission essay. Really, not much else is going on. Our lives haven't changed since we got married, just seems a lot less stressed at times. Hope everyone had a good week. See you all soon!

Tuesday was day 1 of our less carbs

Today was the first day of Penguin and my attempt at restructuring the way we eat. We have decided, that instead of making carbs the main piece of our meals, we are going to try to make it more of an accent piece. So, today, (well actually he started it last night), Penguin put a pork shoulder in our crock pot with some bbq pork spice packet that he got at the store, and we had pulled pork for dinner. Our dinner accents, Caesar salad and corn on the cob. For Penguin's first attempt at pulled pork it was yummy! For tomorrow, he already started it, again in the crock pot, and it is some chicken dinner thinger. Maybe we will start using the crock pot more often on days I work. So, here is what I am asking. If you have any crock pot/slow cooker recipes, send them our way! We would love to give them a whirl.