Back to the grind

Working out went well last week. I have decided to give myself weekends off (mainly since Saturdays I am teaching and dancing all day) and one day a week off as long as on that weekday I do abs at home. Worked pretty well last week. Today is my abs day though...i stayed up way too late last night so i didnt sleep well and you know how it is trying to workout when you are already exhausted...

I had a good weekend tho! Saturdays rehearsals went very well - even got the steps posted! I love those kids - they work so hard for me. Sunday was an amazingly cozy day.. I look forward to those kinds of days. The ones where you wake up cozy and snuggled up in bed and then even after you get out of bed you still have that cozy feeling...doesnt happen very often. Z stayed in bed until 1pm so I had a fun morning with Peepers.

Z made some awesome turkey meatballs and sauce last night. Very very good. Best part is - there's leftovers :)

So Ive decided to become a LCPB...licensed certified public bookkeeper...then after that get my CPA. The LCPB is the same level a CPA is at for accounting...both make great money...CPA makes more just because you are doing taxes and stuff...LCPB's dont file taxes, they just get everything ready for the CPA. It will take about a year to get through all the LCPB classes to become  certified...then after I can prove I've had 1000 hours of doing bookkeeping then I can take the National License. Im excited :) I dont particularly like working for other people - cant wait to have my own business again.

I wish I were in Aspen, or Park City, in a cabin with a wall of windows facing the ski lifts..sitting in front of the fireplace with my blanket and my Pride and Predjudice with a cup of something...Sounds delightful...

Day two...still alive...

So today was day number two of working out at 6am.... I am still alive and feeling great!!! I think what makes this possible is that I am up and exercising before my brain wakes up so I dont even realize what I did until I get home. It was a little harder to get up this morning, but I think that was because Peepers had a nightmare at 3am so my sleep was interrupted for about a half hour...but I did it. I even reached a personal goal!! I have this bad habit of for instance, if I am going to run for 20 minutes, I'll stop at like 16 minutes because "its close enough". Today, (and yesterday) I went for the entire amount of time for each segment. Quite proud of myself, thank you.

The only problem about working out in the mornings is that I am pumped and ready to go conquer the world. I want to go rock climbing, hiking, camping, or in todays instance go to a jazz festival...but then I must come to work. I dont mind, I like what I do, but if I was a millionaire, I would be outside. Alot. And it isnt helping that today the sun FINALLY peeked its head out of the monsoon that we've been having and its not very cold. Oh well. One day :)

Oh ya, I have to tell you about a long lost item that I have just re-discovered....frozen go-gurts. I grew up on these, loved them, ate the crap out of them, then moved out, got poor and forgot about them. Then the other day at the store, I was trying to get some new things for Peepers to eat, because some days we have to convince him food is not going to kill him...I stumbled upon them!! So I took them home and froze them. Now, Peepers has his "ickeams" (ice cream) that is actually yogurt so Im fine if he eats as many as he wants...and I have a 70 calorie dessert!!! Normally I would be making double fudge brownies with buttercream frosting...now that I am working out and trying to get toned...I cant do that anymore..so frozen yogurt it is!!! I am so happy. I just have to buy a lot of them now because Zac has discovered the frozen goodness as well. And when he likes something....its gone before I even get any of it.

Gosh I feel good. What an awesome feeling. Wonder why it took me so long to get back in the saddle.

6am rocks!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok normally you would NEVER hear me say that...however....I just got my gym membership and like I said I'd do, I was up at 6, left at 6:15 and was on the elliptical by 6:30. I did a 45 min workout...i need to leave 15 minutes earlier so I can get the whole hour in. OH MY GOSH I FEEL SO GOOD!!!

I'm even standing up straighter (thank you weight machines..) I love getting up early now. I started keeping a fitness journal too, recapping what workout I did and then a food intake chart below. My goal is to look good naked. Losing weight makes you look good in clothes, getting toned makes you look good naked. I dont need to lose any weight, I just need to get my tone back. I hate feeling fluffy.

I feel awesome. I even got in a 15 minute yoga session before my shower...why did it take me so long to do this?

ok i lied...

I lied..apparently I do have full-fledged anxiety today.

Monday, Monday...

Hi again. Time has flown this morning. Got to work at 8:30 and somehow its now 11am... Guess that means ive been productive if I havent looked at the clock for 2.5 hours..

Ive got a hint of anxiety, but its not too bad. I think I will attribute it to being hungry.

We had a good weekend this week. Saturday I only worked from 10-12 in the morning and then the sun FINALLY came out about 1pm so we went and took a day trip over to North Plains, OR to the Bamboo Gardens to buy some bamboo for Zac's woodworking habit. Its was nice to get out of the house.

Sunday we were going to go to church for Sacrament meeting then head up to the hotsprings, but there was too much snow on Mt Hood so we decided to go to church for all 3 hours...but then Saturday night my visiting teacher and her husband (who is zacs home teaching partner) stopped by and asked to do the VT and HT on Sunday so we said ok...so much for the hot springs anywho...but then Sunday morning came and I realized that we had a disaster of a house to clean before we had them come over so we skipped church and cleaned house...only to find out that neither one of them were coming over due to cancellations of families for Home Teaching and a schedule mix-up for Visiting Teaching. So I made muffins and tea and surfed Pinterest for the day.

The weekend kindof flew by...Im not sure why. Tonight I get my gym membership!!! I am taking over Zac's pass since we have the weight bench and he is using that and not going swimming as often. I am so excited. For some reason I am automatically awake at 6am every day, even though i force myself to stay in bed until 7:45...so I figured that I may as well use the gym membership since im up so dang early anyways. I refuse to get a mom-butt. For some reason that is the only part of my body that responds only to cardio. Every other part does fine with calisthenics and weight lifting. My posterior is forcing me to run. Or rather, elliptical. I don't particularly care for running. Either way, I plan to remove the excess flatness of my rear one way or another.

Before I go get my membership though I am attending my co-workers jazz bootcamp. She is choreographing one number in the musical I am choreographing and she attends all my bootcamps, so I figured I'd go support her and have some fun as well!

I also am going this week to get stuff to open my Etsy store with. I WILL be a millionaire one day.

On that note, gotta get back to work :)

Slush.

3am is a sucky time to go to sleep. Especially when you have to wake up at 7:30. It snowed last night (YAY!) but its about 40 degrees to day (BOO.) And we have blinds on our bedroom window but I havent finished the curtains yet. There is a street light across the parking lot that I've gotten used to that lights up the room at night...but with the snow on the ground it was like a flood light in the room. Sleep was not easy to come by. Although when I did I had an awesome dream about having long hair.

I dont think we will get any more snow...its too warm. Seattle is getting pounded with snow. Our town declared it a snow day for the schools. I work across the street from my house so even if there was a foot of snow I dont think I'd every get a snow day since I just have to walk 100 yards. Here's to hoping for more snow...in the hopes that I would get a snow day!

The snow is still here, but the roads are slushy. Very slushy. I'd rather drive in snow than slush. I am so tired. 2nd cup of caffeine...getting better....g'night...

SNOW!

Ok so it was more like a teensy little skiff of snow...but it was snow none the less. I wish it would just dump on us. Its january for petes sake. I got spoiled living in the mountains last year with huge flakes and 5 feet of the white stuff. We had so much fun. Peepers would definetely have a better time now since he is a little older,  but we had fun then too.

This morning flew by...then I went home and Z made a great lunch...I ate myself into a food coma...and am finally getting out of it. Now the afternoon is dragging a bit. But that is ok. As always, I am very thankful I have a job.

Which on that note, I probably should get back to work since this is the end of my break. I didnt time this blog very well..

There is a lot going on...

Im sorry I cant tell you about it yet - but there are decisions to be made and dance numbers to choreograph and prayers to be said...Hopefully I will have something better for you tomorrow.

Its 8am...does your body know where your brain is??? (nope. not yet)

Yesterday started the long days again... 8 hours of work then onto 2 hours of rehearsal. Luckily for me we dont start until 6:30 so i have time to go home and hang out with my family for an hour and a half. But then that still made for a really tired me at the end of the day. Z usually likes me pale but he said I looked sick-pale last night.
I feel fine aside from really sleepy.

I got so much done yesterday!!! I was so happy - these 2011 books are almost ready to go to the accountant!

I am also 3 days ahead of myself. Woke up thinking it was thursday. Not a great start to the morning, but o well.

We have $200 in our Europe account! Its a start - my point in being excited about it is that I actually put money IN the account. Feels good.

Have to go get new car tags today. I re-registered online before Christmas and still havent gotten them. Turns out that they got sent to our old address. So I have to go get new ones, hopefully free of cost since I already paid for the stupid things. I dont see the point in having to register vehicles anyways. (i know the reasons, Im just being unreasonable.)

I have to set up a conference room - sorry for the randomness...brain is starting to figure out that my body is awake.

Sleepy day

I will start off by saying that I did not get near enough sleep last night. Peepers started kicking at his door about 6am but i let him stay in there until 9am when i was able to peel myself out of bed. He is kicked back in the recliner with his honey toast and I am at the kitchen table thoroughly enjoying this morning. The sun is out and shining in my kitchen, I have a lovely cup of caffeine right by me and I am finishing off the milk duds from last nights movie. Plus we cleaned the entire house last night (except our room which never gets clean it seems) so its nice and peaceful.  Perfect. I am having a wonderful morning. There will be, however, a nap for me as soon as Peepers goes down.

We had the worst movie night last night. Dont get me wrong here, I love love love the classic books. I am a big Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, etc. fans. Sooo we got the latest adaption of Jane Eyre. I like that book. Every movie I've seen of it has been a little dull, but not bad. THIS one however, made by a Cory Fukanaga...is in true japanese style. There is 10% dialogue and 90% watching Jane mull things over and looking at her face while she just stands there not answering questions from the other characters. I heard that this version really delved into the Gothic, psychological part of Janes mind. From this perspective we find out that she is retarded. Plus it was like the writers took the cliff notes and made a movie about it.

We watched the 4th Pirates as well...they are milking that story so much. Johnny depp didnt even seem in character for most of it and the scenes were just a hodge podge of ideas. Was weird. It got better towards the end, but I wouldnt reccomend it.

Ok im being summoned to go cuddle and help Peepers watch a movie so I have to go - i'll be back later.

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Sorry, I got busy at work yesterday...Well Im holding down the fort this mornin. I kinda wish it would stay this way. Its quiet. I think I may have to quit caffeine in the mornings. I think it may be contributing to my AM anxiety  and depression. Unless its normal to be slightly depressed in the morning? If I am at home I dont get it because I think I am kept too busy with Peepers to notice. But at work when its just me then I think I may have too little distraction and then I start to notice. Either that or I am just freakin tired. I need to go to bed earlier. I always say I would love a day to sleep in - but then that means I wake up at 9am. That is not really sleeping in to someone who used to spend until 4pm on  a saturday sleeping. (keep in mind that was elementary through middle school...and some highschool)

I wish Pandora would play the music I like. Some days they are spot on...other days like today they tend to get "creative" with crappy songs.

Well today is Thursday - 1st paycheck on the new payroll - Im official now. (hired, that is...) Didnt get much since it was only for a week - I started mid payroll cycle. Next check should be better :) My goal this year is that I wind up with a raise at my 6 month review.

Z and I are starting to put the plans together for a European excursion. We would like an entire month there, but I have a feeling we may have 2 weeks max. But if the latter is true then we will just have to take multiple trips. We have yet to figure out a starting point - we only came up with this 2 days ago.

Today is such a pajama day. I have no want to get dressed today - even though I did. Unfortunatly I have to look alive at work since I man the front desk.

This year I am getting our finances in order. I am re-starting up quickbooks and will be running our personal finances like a business again. Worked so well before. We had our own business years ago so I was already on QB and just decided to do ours. And then we moved, I got prego, and gave a valiant try at it again in 2009, but the events of that year really prevented me from caring. So I stopped. THIS year, however is going to be different. We are in a new place, a bigger place, I have room for organizing and I am going to be a millionaire in 30 years so I need to start keeping track of things and start actually using my budget. I am going to do this. Plus if were supposed to go to Europe I need to make sure we are actually saving something.

I am excited about this year. It is going to be a good one. I am also putting everything I get from the Theater in savings as well so that will be nice to actually have a savings account that has somehting in it.

I am so thankful that I have a job - so thankful that it is one I like too! The Lord really does provide - He's shown me that too many times to count and it makes me really happy that I am not alone in any of my ordeals or situations. I am so totally blessed. <3

Z was having a bad day the other day and went to go see a movie - I had a bad day and a horrible rehearsal so I was in a horrendous mood that night...I think it was Tuesday?? NOTHING had gone how I wanted it to, I was  waaaaaayy PMS-y and nothing got done. Anywho - I was fairly beside myself so I picked up my scriptures (1st time in months...i need to get better at it, I know..) and decided to read Proverbs 3, since it was the 2rd day of the month. (did you know there is a proverb for every day of the month?? proverbs only go to 31..)  I started reading and then hit verses 5-7:


5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes:


I have read this proverb many times in my life and only this past Tuesday did those 3 verses really hit home. I immediately felt better - still didnt change the fact that I had a horrible day, but it softened it to the point where I was ok with it and that I would start over again tomorrow. It is nice to have a manual for life. Sure does help.

Peepers is starting in on his new-found independence. We are starting to fight everything. Its his way or the highway. (the highway being time-out.) I know it is normal for this age, however I am loving the person who invented sending kids to their rooms for "quiet time". Love that kid to death but have no clue why he thinks that kicking walls and doors when he doesnt get his way accomplishes something.

Alright - on to work. Bye!

Its official...2012 is here.

I was thinking the other day about the past 2011....it seemed to go by so slow. I remember details about what I did...I remember things that went on in the news...and yet now that it is January...2011 flew by. My baby is almost 2 1/2.

Not to mention people are really getting  a jump on this year for some reason...I was at target picking up diapers yesterday afternoon and they have their entire summer bikini section out already. For Petes sake!! Its January! In Portland! ITS FRIGGIN COLD! Not to mention, who in their right mind wants to put a bikini on (or even think about it!!) after 2 weeks of gorging yourself on holiday food??? Seriously. Stupid merchandising.

So New Years was uneventful as planned. We were going to go to my best friends house to play games and eat, but they all woke up sick new years eve, and we did too so we stayed home and I made dinner and then we put Peepers to bed like normal, then Z played X-Box and I surfed Pinterest all night. That is the only way I made it until midnight. And then the fireworks started. I hate fireworks. They are so obnoxious. Unless you actually go see a show of them then they are just pointless noisemakers.

We trashed out tree last night, the house is slowly getting back to normal. Still a mess however. Started up rehearsals again at the theater so its definetely starting to feel back to normal around here.

I have to figure out where I left off at work now - sorry so short - Ive got end of the year stuff to get done. Happy New Year - its gonna be a good one!!