… in the Mega Millions lottery that is. I am totally going to win it all- I can feel it. I need to think about what I am going to do with all that money. Maybe I will post about that tomorrow morning??? =-)
First, I’m super excited because I recently found out that a good friend is pregnant!! So excited! Its funny- when I found out I burst into tears.
In public.
What. A. Dork.
Whatever… they were happy tears! I am soooo excited; they are going to be awesome Moms!
Moving right along…
Jillian is yelling in my ears right now through my MP3 player… and guess what she is talking about?
Motivation.
Perfect timing Jillian, thank you! Chocolate will be the death of me! I am soooooo fiending chocolate right now. How do I move past this!? I know I have to keep my eye on the goal but sometimes it’s just hard. So when I finish writing this I am going to go to the gym. I have to- I don’t want to be fat anymore.
Speaking of being fat- my job is contributing to my weight/food issues. Every 2 months we have a new menu for the account that I manage and part of the cycle change is tasting the food.
Key word- TASTING.
I must have forgotten that key word because clearly I did more than “taste”. It wasn’t anything really bad or fattening, I just didn’t need it. There was grilled chicken breast with blueberry jus, Cod with carrots and aritcoke, and Stuffed Gnocchi with mushrooms, spinach and a veloute (basically butter and a little stock) sauce. Sounds good doesn’t it?? Yep, apparently my gut thought so too! That’s okay- tomorrow is a new day and I will work out hardcore tonight. I will move pass this and reach my goal weight... you just wait and see!
I AM NOT GOING TO BE FAT ANYMORE!
Whew. Glad I got that off my cheast! Off to the gym…
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
I am pooped!
I was reading a really cool blog the other day- Natural Weight Loss Blog: The Token Fat Girl and she mentioned Jillian Michaels’ (from the Biggest Loser) podcasts and how awesome they were. I love Jillian anyways… but the podcasts are the kick in the ass I needed! I listened to a couple of them the last two days at the gym. I thought it would be weird working out with without music, but it was actually really good. It made me want to work out harder. And I did. Today, my butt and legs are literally aching! Hopefully I can keep that going. I am going to weigh myself again Friday Morning- my fingers are crossed!
I had some luck on EBay- I sold another bridesmaid’s dress. That is a total $74.98 that I have made so far from selling stuff that sits in the back of my closest. Pretty awesome!
I am so exhausted-Good night Blogosphere!
I had some luck on EBay- I sold another bridesmaid’s dress. That is a total $74.98 that I have made so far from selling stuff that sits in the back of my closest. Pretty awesome!
I am so exhausted-Good night Blogosphere!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Should I be mad?
My girlfriend hasn’t read my blog yet. I told her about it when I started writing it a couple of weeks ago, but she never looked at it.
Okay, to be fair, I should give you a little bit of a background on her. First, she didn’t really know what a blog was or why the hell someone would want to spill their guts out to a bunch of strangers. Second, she hardly ever gets online… she pays bills, and looks for watches and sneakers on eBay… that’s about it.
Okay, so I’m the kind of person who is always curious about what other people are thinking. Call it nosey if you want, but I just think people are interesting. She is the exact opposite, she isn’t nosey, and she doesn’t gossip or eavesdrop… she is fine with not knowing.
I guess I am annoyed because if she was writing a blog, I would be reading every single thing she wrote. We have been together for a long time -going on 5 years, so she knows everything that I write about before I write about it, but that’s not the point.
Why isn’t she reading it!? She’s not even interested- she forgot the web address. WTF!
Now it turns into, “I don’t want you to read it anymore, because you are only reading it because I am mad that you’re not reading it-so read it if you want but I don’t care anymore!”
Hahaha… ok, is it just me or do I sound a little crazy?
Whatever.
I am mad. She is supposed to want to read it- that’s what significant others do right?
Yes it is, but you haven’t met my girlfriend.
Ms. I’m so laidback- not opinionated-not judgmental-everybody loves me- perfect athlete-not confrontational-and cute while I’m doing it.
Now I just sound bitter. I hope she doesn’t read this. ;-)
Okay, to be fair, I should give you a little bit of a background on her. First, she didn’t really know what a blog was or why the hell someone would want to spill their guts out to a bunch of strangers. Second, she hardly ever gets online… she pays bills, and looks for watches and sneakers on eBay… that’s about it.
Okay, so I’m the kind of person who is always curious about what other people are thinking. Call it nosey if you want, but I just think people are interesting. She is the exact opposite, she isn’t nosey, and she doesn’t gossip or eavesdrop… she is fine with not knowing.
I guess I am annoyed because if she was writing a blog, I would be reading every single thing she wrote. We have been together for a long time -going on 5 years, so she knows everything that I write about before I write about it, but that’s not the point.
Why isn’t she reading it!? She’s not even interested- she forgot the web address. WTF!
Now it turns into, “I don’t want you to read it anymore, because you are only reading it because I am mad that you’re not reading it-so read it if you want but I don’t care anymore!”
Hahaha… ok, is it just me or do I sound a little crazy?
Whatever.
I am mad. She is supposed to want to read it- that’s what significant others do right?
Yes it is, but you haven’t met my girlfriend.
Ms. I’m so laidback- not opinionated-not judgmental-everybody loves me- perfect athlete-not confrontational-and cute while I’m doing it.
Now I just sound bitter. I hope she doesn’t read this. ;-)
I just need a quick nap, really, just a refresher cat nap.
Okay it wasn’t a cat nap. I slept for 5 hours. I came home from work today (yes I work on Saturdays- I work Tuesday through Saturday) completely exhausted. All week I had been going to bed too late and working later than usual and I guess it finally caught up with me. Especially with the manual labor bullshit the last couple of days. (Sweating a work is not cute… ever.)
I unusually leave work early on Saturdays, but today it was just one thing after another. I had an employee accident… this bonehead got hit in the eye with a metal carrier. So I had to fill out 80 freaking pieces of paper, send him to the clinic, and call in to into our accident hotline and report the situation to some b*tch who hated her job (you know what I am talking about- the I hate my job so much that I’m going to be rude to you lady.) All this happened after I worked up a sweat from moving pallets around (AGAIN!), so I was already annoyed. I finally got home around 5:30pm. I said hello to my girlfriend, told her I was cranky and went upstairs to take a nap.
That’s the last thing that I remember.
I woke up confused feeling like I was supposed to be some where. I looked at the clock and it was 10:30pm! What the hell! It’s Saturday night and I go to sleep before 6pm. Oh well! It’s funny too because I am totally about to go back to sleep!
Since I was up, I thought I would write while I watch Food TV. (Yes, I am a Food TV junkie… and HGTV. What?!) You guys have a wonderful night… I hope your Saturday was more productive than mine! =-)
I unusually leave work early on Saturdays, but today it was just one thing after another. I had an employee accident… this bonehead got hit in the eye with a metal carrier. So I had to fill out 80 freaking pieces of paper, send him to the clinic, and call in to into our accident hotline and report the situation to some b*tch who hated her job (you know what I am talking about- the I hate my job so much that I’m going to be rude to you lady.) All this happened after I worked up a sweat from moving pallets around (AGAIN!), so I was already annoyed. I finally got home around 5:30pm. I said hello to my girlfriend, told her I was cranky and went upstairs to take a nap.
That’s the last thing that I remember.
I woke up confused feeling like I was supposed to be some where. I looked at the clock and it was 10:30pm! What the hell! It’s Saturday night and I go to sleep before 6pm. Oh well! It’s funny too because I am totally about to go back to sleep!
Since I was up, I thought I would write while I watch Food TV. (Yes, I am a Food TV junkie… and HGTV. What?!) You guys have a wonderful night… I hope your Saturday was more productive than mine! =-)
Friday, April 24, 2009
I have an announcement to make…
…I lost 1 lb!!
I am down to 204 lbs. I’m getting closer to being under the 200lb mark…hallelujah! I have never really been thin (smallest was like a 10/12 in high school and college) but I just recently tipped the scale over 200 lbs… well recently meaning the last 2 years or so, but anyways, I really need to get back under 200… there is something scary about being over 200lbs.
With that said, some friends and I are getting together tonight for dinner and a movie. My roommates (My girlfriend and my Bff) and I have a $100 gift card to a local restaurant… so I have the financial diet part ok… now I just have to be conscious of the weight loss diet. The movies is going to be tuff… can you enjoy a movie without popcorn and milk duds?? Okay, I’m just kidding, I know I can enjoy the movie… truth is I don’t want to waste the $20 I’ll wind up spending for all that junk food, so it actually works out pretty well.
The more stingy I am with my money the less crap I eat… hhmm, there’s a new theory!
I also have to mention that I am so excited that more people are reading my blog! Writing is so therapeutic; I never thought I would get so into it. And to know that people are reading my random thoughts and can somehow relate… very cool! So thanks for reading!
I am down to 204 lbs. I’m getting closer to being under the 200lb mark…hallelujah! I have never really been thin (smallest was like a 10/12 in high school and college) but I just recently tipped the scale over 200 lbs… well recently meaning the last 2 years or so, but anyways, I really need to get back under 200… there is something scary about being over 200lbs.
With that said, some friends and I are getting together tonight for dinner and a movie. My roommates (My girlfriend and my Bff) and I have a $100 gift card to a local restaurant… so I have the financial diet part ok… now I just have to be conscious of the weight loss diet. The movies is going to be tuff… can you enjoy a movie without popcorn and milk duds?? Okay, I’m just kidding, I know I can enjoy the movie… truth is I don’t want to waste the $20 I’ll wind up spending for all that junk food, so it actually works out pretty well.
The more stingy I am with my money the less crap I eat… hhmm, there’s a new theory!
I also have to mention that I am so excited that more people are reading my blog! Writing is so therapeutic; I never thought I would get so into it. And to know that people are reading my random thoughts and can somehow relate… very cool! So thanks for reading!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Random Babbling part II
Busy at work again today. It’s amazing; I go weeks BSing the days away and now that I have really gotten into this blogging thing I’m busy all day long and don’t get a chance to write. I shouldn’t be complaining…. Be happy you have a job!!
Soooooo….. today is PAYDAY!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!
I took the advice from Ms. flirty *almost* 30 and paid on my highest interest rate credit card instead of the order that I initially had planned. Guess how much I paid to that stupid 19% credit card (credit card #3)??
FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! $5,100…. Crazy!
I mean I have made big payments before, but not quit this big. TAKE THAT MASTERCARD! =-) Very liberating. I did a quick estimate on how long it will take me to pay off all my credit card debt and I am now down to Feb. 2011. Everything (not including my student loan) was schedule to be paid off by December 2011….. so that means I shaved off 11 months!! I am feeling pretty damn good!! Plus I still paid $650 on credit card #1 (my expense refund plus my regular payment) and I will pay the balance off with my next paycheck. Looks like this get out of debt thing might work after all!
About my other diet, you know… the weight loss diet…. I didn’t work out today BUT I ate really well today, and I wound up doing some manual labor at work today. Not just pushing papers around, I mean like using a pallet jack kind of manual labor. Let’s just say I broke a sweat. I wasn’t aiming for a workout at work today, but I guess that is what happens when companies downsize… we downsized a little too much!
One more thing before I go to sleep, my BFF sent me this article today "Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal Sues Florida Hospital for Mistreatment of Deceased Lesbian’s Family"… it’s really upsetting. I know I talked about they gay thing yesterday… and I wanted to keep it light today, but I really need to bring this up. I can not imagine what this family was going through. These 2 women had been together for 18 years and had 3 children, they even had healthcare powers of attorney but according to the hospital and the state of Florida, that didn’t matter. Because they were a lesbian couple this woman had no visitation rights, they wouldn’t even accept medical information from her because they were not “legally related”. WTF! Her partner died alone because she was banned to the waiting room with their three kids. I’m sorry, I don’t care who you are or where you are from…you can not tell me that this kind of shit is okay?! This kind of thing may not happen often and it may not be broadcasted in the daily news, but the fact that it has happened even once should be reason enough for same-sex marriage/civil unions to be legal in every single state in this so-called “free country”. How can you justify this? It’s scary; it’s real life scary shit. Nobody, I mean Nobody should ever, ever be told their relationship of 18 years, that their three kids, that their family isn’t right or worthy just because they happen to be of the same sex. Didn’t we do this already with the race thing???
Ok, that’s it… I said my piece, I’m gonna get off my soap box now.
Soooooo….. today is PAYDAY!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!
I took the advice from Ms. flirty *almost* 30 and paid on my highest interest rate credit card instead of the order that I initially had planned. Guess how much I paid to that stupid 19% credit card (credit card #3)??
FIFTY-ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! $5,100…. Crazy!
I mean I have made big payments before, but not quit this big. TAKE THAT MASTERCARD! =-) Very liberating. I did a quick estimate on how long it will take me to pay off all my credit card debt and I am now down to Feb. 2011. Everything (not including my student loan) was schedule to be paid off by December 2011….. so that means I shaved off 11 months!! I am feeling pretty damn good!! Plus I still paid $650 on credit card #1 (my expense refund plus my regular payment) and I will pay the balance off with my next paycheck. Looks like this get out of debt thing might work after all!
About my other diet, you know… the weight loss diet…. I didn’t work out today BUT I ate really well today, and I wound up doing some manual labor at work today. Not just pushing papers around, I mean like using a pallet jack kind of manual labor. Let’s just say I broke a sweat. I wasn’t aiming for a workout at work today, but I guess that is what happens when companies downsize… we downsized a little too much!
One more thing before I go to sleep, my BFF sent me this article today "Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal Sues Florida Hospital for Mistreatment of Deceased Lesbian’s Family"… it’s really upsetting. I know I talked about they gay thing yesterday… and I wanted to keep it light today, but I really need to bring this up. I can not imagine what this family was going through. These 2 women had been together for 18 years and had 3 children, they even had healthcare powers of attorney but according to the hospital and the state of Florida, that didn’t matter. Because they were a lesbian couple this woman had no visitation rights, they wouldn’t even accept medical information from her because they were not “legally related”. WTF! Her partner died alone because she was banned to the waiting room with their three kids. I’m sorry, I don’t care who you are or where you are from…you can not tell me that this kind of shit is okay?! This kind of thing may not happen often and it may not be broadcasted in the daily news, but the fact that it has happened even once should be reason enough for same-sex marriage/civil unions to be legal in every single state in this so-called “free country”. How can you justify this? It’s scary; it’s real life scary shit. Nobody, I mean Nobody should ever, ever be told their relationship of 18 years, that their three kids, that their family isn’t right or worthy just because they happen to be of the same sex. Didn’t we do this already with the race thing???
Ok, that’s it… I said my piece, I’m gonna get off my soap box now.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Random Babbling
I am pooped! I was super busy at work today, and then I dragged my ass to cardio kickboxing for an insane workout! I’m glad that I went; I really need to drop this weight. I just added a weight tracker at the bottom of my page, so maybe that will be motivation for me.
Anyways… on to my EBay sales recap.
Out of the 6 items I posted, I only sold one. But at least I sold one… that is better than nothing! I re-listed 2 of the items (which are listed in the sidebar to the left) since yesterday was super-cheap listing day at EBay. I figured I would give it another shot. I reduced the price a little, so maybe that will persuade someone to buy my dress and shoes. If that doesn’t work then maybe I will try to sell it to a second hand shop? We shall see.
While we are talking about making money… tomorrow is payday! Remember… my bonus!? (Read yesterday's post if you don’t have a clue what I am talking about) I’m super excited about paying off some bills!! I will update my debt tally tomorrow… hopefully I won’t be too busy at work. I can’t wait to see the numbers magically shrink!
On to some current events…
Have you guys heard about Ms. California in the Ms. USA pageant??? I’m not really sure how I feel about it. I do respect her for standing by what she believes; everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I’m sorry, her opinion is stupid, prejudice, and completely ignorant …. And that just my opinion! Yes, she was polite when she said she believed marriage is between a man and a woman, and I understand that not everyone will agree with my lifestyle, or Perez Hilton’s for that matter, but I wonder why. Why don’t you agree with it Ms. California? Is it because of what your religion has led you to believe? Or what your parents told you was written in the bible? Ms. California, you really should see the movie "For The Bible Tells Me So" , I think it would clear some things up for you. In the meantime, I will keep you in my prayers.
It’s been a long day… good night world. Oh, and Happy Earth Day!
Anyways… on to my EBay sales recap.
Out of the 6 items I posted, I only sold one. But at least I sold one… that is better than nothing! I re-listed 2 of the items (which are listed in the sidebar to the left) since yesterday was super-cheap listing day at EBay. I figured I would give it another shot. I reduced the price a little, so maybe that will persuade someone to buy my dress and shoes. If that doesn’t work then maybe I will try to sell it to a second hand shop? We shall see.
While we are talking about making money… tomorrow is payday! Remember… my bonus!? (Read yesterday's post if you don’t have a clue what I am talking about) I’m super excited about paying off some bills!! I will update my debt tally tomorrow… hopefully I won’t be too busy at work. I can’t wait to see the numbers magically shrink!
On to some current events…
Have you guys heard about Ms. California in the Ms. USA pageant??? I’m not really sure how I feel about it. I do respect her for standing by what she believes; everyone is entitled to their opinion. But I’m sorry, her opinion is stupid, prejudice, and completely ignorant …. And that just my opinion! Yes, she was polite when she said she believed marriage is between a man and a woman, and I understand that not everyone will agree with my lifestyle, or Perez Hilton’s for that matter, but I wonder why. Why don’t you agree with it Ms. California? Is it because of what your religion has led you to believe? Or what your parents told you was written in the bible? Ms. California, you really should see the movie "For The Bible Tells Me So" , I think it would clear some things up for you. In the meantime, I will keep you in my prayers.
It’s been a long day… good night world. Oh, and Happy Earth Day!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The tax-man ate my paycheck.
I should be more excited right now. I mean, I am happy… super happy, but WTF! Is it really necessary to take that much money out in taxes??
I need to elaborate.
I just found out that we are finally getting our bonuses at work for 2008. Woooooo hooooo!! I haven’t mentioned it at all because I didn’t want to jinx it. There had been talk around the office for the last few weeks, so right after our last pay period ended, I went into our payroll system and changed my exemptions from 1 to 5, thinking this should help soften the blow from the tax-man. Our finance chick sent me a text message last night saying that my bonus was 17% of my annual salary! I suck at math, but my calculator says it should be about $8200 give or take! Awesome! I’ll be able to pay off at least 2 of my credit-cards!
Wrong.
When I got into work this morning, the finance chick printed out my prelim pay-stub for this week, my gross pay is listed as $10,110.38 (SCORE!)… I scan the printout trying to find what will actually be deposited into my account…
I almost fainted; $6886.44.
Okay, I don’t want to sound ungrateful but this amount not only includes my regular bi-weekly pay, it also includes my expense return from my Dallas trip. This means, that out of my $8200 bonus, I get $4602.91. COME ON! That is ridiculous! That’s effin’ 45% paid in taxes!!!
Don’t get me wrong, I am still very excited, because it is money that I didn’t have. But just the thought, if I would have changed my withholdings to exempt instead of freaking 5 I could have paid off TWO credit cards plus some!! (Okay, I might have been pissed come tax-return time next year... but I still would have made out better!)
No point in dwelling on what ifs.
Now that I have gotten that off my chest, I can focus on the positive.
I do have $4600 to work with, so I will pay off Credit Card #1 ($418.15 from my expense return, so I’ll have to take $735.39 from my bonus.) That leaves me with $3865, so I will put that towards Credit Card #2 bringing my balance down to $3822. Not too shabby! I’ll have to plug in the numbers, but this also means that I will have my credit card debt paid off earlier than I anticipated!! This is really good news!
Okay, I’m happy again! =-)
I need to elaborate.
I just found out that we are finally getting our bonuses at work for 2008. Woooooo hooooo!! I haven’t mentioned it at all because I didn’t want to jinx it. There had been talk around the office for the last few weeks, so right after our last pay period ended, I went into our payroll system and changed my exemptions from 1 to 5, thinking this should help soften the blow from the tax-man. Our finance chick sent me a text message last night saying that my bonus was 17% of my annual salary! I suck at math, but my calculator says it should be about $8200 give or take! Awesome! I’ll be able to pay off at least 2 of my credit-cards!
Wrong.
When I got into work this morning, the finance chick printed out my prelim pay-stub for this week, my gross pay is listed as $10,110.38 (SCORE!)… I scan the printout trying to find what will actually be deposited into my account…
I almost fainted; $6886.44.
Okay, I don’t want to sound ungrateful but this amount not only includes my regular bi-weekly pay, it also includes my expense return from my Dallas trip. This means, that out of my $8200 bonus, I get $4602.91. COME ON! That is ridiculous! That’s effin’ 45% paid in taxes!!!
Don’t get me wrong, I am still very excited, because it is money that I didn’t have. But just the thought, if I would have changed my withholdings to exempt instead of freaking 5 I could have paid off TWO credit cards plus some!! (Okay, I might have been pissed come tax-return time next year... but I still would have made out better!)
No point in dwelling on what ifs.
Now that I have gotten that off my chest, I can focus on the positive.
I do have $4600 to work with, so I will pay off Credit Card #1 ($418.15 from my expense return, so I’ll have to take $735.39 from my bonus.) That leaves me with $3865, so I will put that towards Credit Card #2 bringing my balance down to $3822. Not too shabby! I’ll have to plug in the numbers, but this also means that I will have my credit card debt paid off earlier than I anticipated!! This is really good news!
Okay, I’m happy again! =-)
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