tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21174332014759822042024-02-21T00:53:27.639-08:00Mental GarbageThe Random Ramblings of someone who is Definitely not normal because Normal is Boring.Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-25931940294547163622015-02-27T15:36:00.002-08:002015-02-27T15:40:03.566-08:00Randoms – Time is FLYING.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-The Wifening
is still going... Just not as often. I made Chicken Tikka Masala and basmati rice
with lentils last week... So there’s that... I plan on picking this back up more frequently again...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-We've already done 3 archery tournaments this year...USA Archery California State
indoor, NFAA California State indoor, and The Vegas tournament again. I've been
shooting well below my normal performance, but I still was able to take 4th
place in my flight in Vegas... Won a whole $90! Big time! I got 6th in the USAA tournament... No idea what the results of the NFAA one are yet... Next we are going to
have Outdoor tournaments. I’m pretty nervous about that because I haven't done
any outdoor yet. I don't know why I let myself get nervous... It's like I keep
saying - "It's not like this is my job...I don’t NEED to win." It’s really just
for fun. And bragging rights...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-At the first tournament, I discovered something that was horrifying at the restaurant we went to for dinner one night... You know those dolls that people make out of pantyhose? No? That's fine. All you need to know is that they had a life-size one. And I am still afraid that it is following me... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I really kind of thought she was going to grab me when I walked by... And when we were walking back to the hotel, I kept asking J if she was following us. He said that she was already waiting for us in our room. Love how he thinks he's soooo funny. And how he thinks I wouldn't TOTALLY use him as a human shield if that was the case...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-My bestie had
the cutest little baby girl in December. I still can't get over how cute and
perfect she is... But then, I don't have to listen to the crying at all hours... Or change the
poopy diapers. Still - she's adorable and she recently started smiling... ON
PURPOSE. And it melts my heart...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-I am a REALLY bad sympathetic yawner. I can't watch someone yawn without yawning too. It's so bad that I can't even hear the word without yawning. (Or type/read it apparently based on how many times I've yawned while typing this...) So pretty much every day since she was born, I have gotten a texted picture of the baby yawning... And it gets me EVERY TIME.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-I chopped my hair off again... For charity. It was getting out-of-control long and even though it's annoying to have to actually "do" my hair in the morning, it feels pretty nice... and someone will get my hair that needs it more than I do...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-J and I fell
down the rabbit hole of the "Blue and Black" or "White and Gold" dress! I
questioned everything I knew about everything when I asked J what color the dress was - fully expecting
him to agree with me - and he came back with "White and gold" when it is
CLEARLY blue and black. He did start seeing it as blue and black later and then
accused me of being in on a big hoax and messing with him... I realize that this
is the stupidest thing to get obsessed with, but it has taken over my mind WAY
too much! It was even the topic of much discussion at work... I understand
the scientific explanations of why people see the dress differently, but that doesn't mean I can wrap my brain around how people can be SO sure that it's a
completely different color than it actually is! WHY DON'T EYES MAKE SENSE?!?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">-One of my
favorite local Italian restaurants closed. With no warning. We went there LAST
WEEK for dinner... We tried to go again last night and pulled up to an empty
building. And I almost cried. I was SO looking forward to their sizzling spicy
sausage and pepper plate (which I refer to as "fajitas that taste of Italy")
and giardiniera (aka everything I usually hate, but apparently when it's all
chopped up and mixed together, it's delicious)! And I was left with a sad drive
back home with NOTHING. They have another location, but it's not nearly close
enough to be even remotely convenient and they don't have everything on their menu that this one
had...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-The fact
that those two things were the biggest troubles in my life lately tells me that
things are pretty sweet right now :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-I've become "re-infatuated" with red velvet. I love me some red food coloring, and I think that's why I
keep trying to really like red velvet. This time in the form of special edition
Hostess Cupcakes and Oreos...The cupcakes just take like Hostess cupcakes... Not
really different. But the Oreos have a cream cheese filling that is
surprisingly tasty. I don't think I would ever buy either again... Because of the
whole "used to be overweight" thing and never wanting to go back to that... But
they are yummy enough to want to keep all to myself...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-We were
equally horrified and intrigued by the new Buttery Jack from Jack in the Box.
It's a burger... With herbed butter melted on it. On a fancy bun. J tried the
bacon one, I had the classic one. And while they were not disgusting - I will
never order another one ever again. One was MORE than enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-We had a
little "health issue" with our remaining cat, Emily. Apparently she got a
bladder infection and in the time that it took for me to get her to the vet and
the antibiotics to do their job, I became convinced that my entire house smelled
like pee because she kept looking like she was trying to go and not being able
to. Everywhere she went. While I felt bad for her, it led to several sleepless
nights of quickly moving her off the bed when I saw her squat. I just knew that
the one time she was finally able to actually pee was going to be ON THE BED.
And that would suck. Luckily, she never peed on the bed and she is fine now,
but I had to scrub every floor in my house to make the smell go away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This also led
to me assuming she was dying all day leading up to her vet appointment and then
telling J that when she is gone, I'm pretty sure I don't ever want pets again
because it's just too hard! He said that we don't have to get more pets right
away, but that he thinks I'll get over it and want dogs. And he's probably
right... But watching them get old SUCKS. I don't know if I can do it over and
over again...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-On a lighter
note! I got obsessed with (also horrified by) this GIF of a snail eating. Did
you know they have mouths?!?!?! I mean, I guess I never really thought about how they must have mouths because how else would they eat? But seriously... THEY HAVE MOUTHS!!!! It really
freaked me out. Now I like snails even less. "Hello, little slimy stuff-of-nightmares..." <<shudder>><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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17-year-old girl that we shoot with at archery all the time out to shoot guns
with us. Because her parents trusted us as "RESPONSIBLE ADULTS." When did that
happen??<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Not much else
too fascinating has been going on... Other than binge-watching Supernatural... How
am I so late to the Supernatural party? Such an entertaining show and SO many
seasons to watch! Plus! It's still on the air, so there will be even MORE to
watch! Yay!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-24971403685206243942014-10-14T15:57:00.001-07:002022-01-21T15:02:18.546-08:00The Wifening Part Three – The RETURN of the Wifening<div class="MsoNormal">
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fully aware that I suck at being all "house-wife-y" for any consistent period
of time. But lately? Lately I've been ROCKING it... I've been super domestic-like
lately. In fact, I am now securely into double digits for times I've made
dinner in my 9 1/2 year marriage. I’m pretty impressive... </span><a href="http://www.mentalgarbage.com/2013/09/the-wifening.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Wifening</a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> is BACK ON!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This all
started with the decision to refi the house... Only took 9 1/2 years for the hubs
to decide maybe my name should be on the house too... I guess he’s finally sure that I’m
sticking around... Honestly, he had never done it simply because it doesn't really
save us any money. And even with the 15-year mortgage we are doing, that’s one
year MORE than we had left on the original 30-year loan because we pay extra to
principal every month. But because of other factors, we decided to go ahead and
get this all done and add me to the title and the loan. So I’m gonna be a for-REAL-REAL homeowner! Weird.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So we have been
running ourselves ragged the past couple of weeks getting the house pretty for
the appraisal. Things like finally painting the bathrooms (something I've been
wanting to do forever, but I am, like, REALLY lazy...), hanging up pictures
that have been sitting on the floor against the wall they are going to go on, and
cleaning (because again... Lazy.). My body hates me after all the painting and
scrubbing and cleaning and go go go going… My couch misses my butt and my butt
misses the couch right back. Our DVR is getting dangerously full of shows we
haven’t had time to watch... BUT tomorrow is the appraisal and then we can relax
again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And in the
middle of all of this, I finished planning and put on my bestie's co-ed baby
shower, which I think went quite well. And she got a great haul of cute and/or
useful stuff for the little munchkin, so that’s awesome. I can’t wait to see my
new little niece (because besties are just extra sisters that you choose) in
all her adorable outfits. She’s just going to be a squishy little marshmallow
in some of the stuff and I’m gonna eat her up!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">During this
process we were looking more closely at how much money we actually make and
then wondering where it all goes every month... I can tell you right now - Stupid
stuff that we don’t really need. And dinners out. So we decided to start being
more aware of what we are spending money on... Like when I’m wandering Target - I
now ask myself "Do I really need 5 pairs of cute socks with foxes and owls and raccoons on them?" Probably not. And diet cokes... I refuse to give up my love of
diet coke for real, but no more single-serve bottles... Why am I paying SO much
for less soda when I really should just go back to buying cans or 2-liters and
keeping them in the fridge? Answer? I’m not anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dinner proved
to be more of an issue... This girl? She’d be ok with eating frozen stuff or a
can of soup or something every night. J? Not so much. The problem is - he is
the cook in this relationship. Another problem - he gets home at least 90
minutes up to sometimes 3 hours after I do, so it REALLY doesn't make sense for
him to still have to spend time cooking when he gets home. So we would end up
running across the street for kebabs or Italian food or running to Del Taco.
Such a money drain... So, the only solution came down to... Kelly has to learn to
cook. Eeep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The first
week of our attempt to reign in the stupid spending, I made dinner TWICE. One
night was Buitoni chicken and prosciutto ravioli and Buitoni pesto sauce. (Soooo
not a sponsored post. I just LOVE the taste of the fresher pasta and they have
the yummiest fillings and sauces...)The second time was chili and cornbread
muffins. Ok, so the chili was from a can, but I spiced it up by mincing a
serrano to put in it... Let’s not get crazy with the expectations of my cooking
abilities...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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already made shredded beef tacos using the crock pot. I had to handle <a href="http://www.mentalgarbage.com/2013/09/the-wifening-part-second.html">RAW MEATagain</a> and chop up a bunch of peppers and onions. And then the crock pot took
care of the rest. But still - HOMEMADE. Booyah. And they were delicious, if I
do say so myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tonight is
going to be a return to the pre-made pasta with Buitoni Spicy Beef and Sausage
ravioli (which is AMAZING - seriously, Buitoni, feel free to send me some stuff...)
and marinara sauce. And that’s not all... Thursday (Wednesday is a day off
because of archery and I won't be home) is going to be a second use of the
shredded beef to make beef enchiladas. Even though we haven't had them yet, I
feel fairly certain that they will be delicious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This time on The
Wifening, I actually sat down and made a list of meals that I feel secure in my
ability to make without supervision (entitled: Meals So Easy Even a Kelly Can
Make Them) and shared it with J to see which things he was happy with and which
things he was less-than-thrilled about. I have gotten a FAR better reaction to
my efforts this time... It's making him happy for dinner, me happy because he's
not making stupid comments about how it's "just okay," our wallets happy
because we aren't wasting $20+ a day for dinner out, and possibly our
waist-lines happy because of healthier options.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I honestly
don't know how long this will hold out... I'm hoping I can keep it going. It's
just... As I said before... I'm LAZY. In a weird way, though... Because I will
totally go for a hike, I spend hours at archery, I like going for walks... But
after getting to work at 7 am (gross) and spending the day being busy - the last
thing I want to do is make dinner. That's the main reason I have stuck with
SUPER easy stuff so far. Maybe as I get further into it and start trusting
myself more, I will start getting more adventurous and creative. For now - there's a dinner ready to eat (most nights) prepared by yours truly and that's
good enough. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Plus, it
entertains me to watch J have to do the dishes since I cooked... He hates doing
dishes...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-23115664683336213852014-09-23T15:47:00.000-07:002014-09-23T15:47:39.944-07:00Every Life is a Pile of Good Things and Bad Things...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So this year
has gone really quickly… It’s been crazy and I don’t understand how it’s September already! I feel like it was JUST March – obviously, since that was when
I last had a chance to post here… This year has been a mix of highs and lows –
thankfully far more highs than lows.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Getting a
new job at work – this is the biggest reason that I have not written. I’m so
busy that by the end of most days I am totally fried and just need to curl up
on the couch and decompress. But it really is one of the highs – even with
that. It’s definitely better to be busy than bored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Getting to
see a lot of my family at our reunion this past summer – not all of my enormous
family… But a lot. And I always love getting to see my grandparents…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Going on an
awesome, long horse-back ride at the reunion – it was just me, J, and the
guide. We went off-trail, we cantered, we jumped a log while going up a hill… Our
horses wouldn’t stop bucking and rearing and biting each other because both
wanted to be in front of the other… But it was a beautiful ride and we got to
see a TON of the property that we’d never seen before<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">- My bestie
is having a baby!! I love the crap out of her and am dying to meet my new niece!
And I may or may not have a problem of buying cute things for her when I see
them… I can’t help it……..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When I
started this post a few weeks ago, I had a list of trivial silly “lows” here…
Because, honestly, things are pretty dang good. Sure, there are frustrations
and “woe, is me” pity party days, but when it comes down to it, the hardest
part of most of my days is deciding what I want for dinner, so that tells me
life is pretty wonderful. At that time, this post probably would have gone the
way of about 20 other posts that I started and never finished in the past
months that I’ve been absent here… But then the only “low” that really matters
hit…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One of my
coworkers passed away last week. It was VERY sudden and horribly shocking. It’s
been so hard for all of us to wrap our brains around. And it breaks our hearts
that he was alone when it happened. He was such a good guy… It’s hard to admit
that he’ll never be here again. Last week was really bad around here… A lot of
starting to feel ok and then having to remove his name from an e-mail template
and having it hit all over again…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He worked for
the company for 30 years and he touched COUNTLESS lives. In the days after we
found out, the list that we were all trying to compile of “people that need to
be notified” just kept GROWING. We wouldn’t be able to go more than a couple of
minutes without thinking of someone else that needed to be on the list... And I
am SURE we have missed people and it hurts my heart to know that they will find
out far later than they should have or in a far kinder way than they should
have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The mark he
has left on this company, this state, this planet… is HUGE. Everyone that we
talk to says the same thing – “I really liked him.” It’s rare to find someone
so universally liked. And so respected… If you were at the Staples Center last
night, you would have been involved in a moment of silence in his honor before
the national anthem at the King’s pre-season game. Simply because of his
relationship with everyone there through work and sponsorships over the years… I believe there
is going to be a moment of silence for him at the Angel’s game tonight… So many
different companies, brands, groups, organizations, and people have all let us
know the ways they plan to honor his memory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He had a huge
heart – we are still finding out things that we had never even known he did
because he didn’t care about getting recognition – he just wanted to make
someone smile. Even though he was never married and never had children - children
LOVED him and he loved them. Whenever someone brought their kid in, they would
inevitably end up down at his office. He volunteered his time at children’s
hospitals… He was just such a good guy… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He was responsible
for me getting to do some of the coolest things… Like going to see the Endeavour
get towed by the Tundra, touching the Stanley Cup, and driving on the track in the parade lap for NASCAR
races… Simply because he knew I would have fun being there.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I don’t have
the time it would take or the right words to honor him properly. All I know is
that this has made me slow down a little, hold J a little tighter, be a little
more thankful for everyone and everything I have, be a little more forgiving...
The stupid stuff is a little less annoying. The happy stuff is a little more
precious. And I really hope that I am able to hold onto that… To not let it
slide to the back of my mind and go back to getting so irritated by the little
things that really don’t matter… It’s something I think we all need to be
reminded of sometimes. I just wish it didn’t take something like this to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"Every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but, vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant."</span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-16501133060968845732014-03-25T11:24:00.002-07:002014-03-25T11:24:47.879-07:00It's Official!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's currently hanging from my quiver... Hopefully it will get some friends added to it in the future! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indoor competition season is over, unfortunately... So now I have to decide if I want to compete in outdoor as well. It would require getting different arrows and re-tuning my bow, but it's either that - or no competitions for quite some time. Although, that's not really a bad thing for me at the moment because I'm still working on my new technique and still struggling a bit. My scores are definitely not what they were... I think I'm going to focus on that before I worry about competition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am really looking forward to the next set of competition now that we know more... Next year, we will definitely be competing more. We are even thinking of either going to the competition in Vancouver or the one in Nimes. Nimes is higher on my WANT TO list, simply because neither of us have ever been to Europe. When we told our cousin-in-law from Paris that the tournament was in Nimes - all he said was, "GO." Plus, our 10-year anniversary is next year, so it's a good excuse to take an awesome trip. If we do go, we will take a couple weeks and spend a couple days in England, Paris, and Italy around the tournament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I'd be happy with Vancouver too... When we took the Alaska cruise for our honeymoon, we left out of Vancouver and it seemed like a really cool place. We've been wanting to go back there again anyway... We'll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FOR SURE we will be doing California State Indoor and Vegas again next year. And we are adding in Regional in Northern California and possibly Nationals (which I think is in Kentucky or Ohio or somewhere like that.......). And if we decide to do outdoor - there are TONS of different tournaments to add in all summer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For now, I'm still enjoying the fact that I actually placed in my first tournament ever! Even though it really means absolutely nothing in the real world..... It's pretty cool in mine. :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Back when
registration first opened up for the Vegas Shoot, J and I both decided that we
were crazy enough to have our first archery tournament be… oh, I don’t know…
Just the BIGGEST archery tournament in the WORLD. Because – go big, or go home,
right? So we signed up with no idea what we were getting ourselves into.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As the
tournament got closer, I got more nervous and excited and kept trying to
research what to expect. I looked at how my scores leading up to it would rank
me compared to last year’s scores… We got the California State Indoor
Championship under our belts a couple weeks before we left for Vegas, but I
still keep saying that that one doesn't count as our first tournament because
it felt like just another day shooting at our normal archery range. Plus – they
still haven’t released the rankings, so it’s not going to seem real until I see
where I placed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have family out that way, so we didn't have to deal with what we later found
out were the most MISERABLE elevator lines imaginable. Just picture it – every two
hours during the day there are around 200 archers trying to get downstairs to
get ready for their shoot time or get back upstairs after they are done. I feel
sorry for anyone staying at the hotel that had nothing to do with the
tournament. Sure, it would have been nice to have a room to disappear to in the
breaks between the two of us shooting to put our stuff away or to lay down for
a minute, but it wasn’t too bad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thursday to the South Point to check in to the tournament and get our bearings. J had the 7 am butt-crack-of-dawn
shoot on Friday, so we wanted to make sure we knew where to zombie-shuffle to
the next morning. We found where we would each be shooting on Friday and
Saturday and then wandered the trade show for a bit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morning we got there EXTRA early because J wanted to try to get on the practice
lanes to warm up – I did the same that day before my 1pm shoot time, but after
seeing how long you have to wait in line and how you really only get about 3-4
ends in the span of 45 minutes (there are constantly people leaving and coming
in, so every end there are people taking down or putting up targets and it
takes FOREVER), we didn't bother trying to warm up (other than stretching - GOTTA stretch!) after the first day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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decided beforehand that we wanted to get to our shooting areas early each day
so that we could have first pick of target position – we felt that starting
with your target in the high position would be better because then when you
move it to the lower position half-way through and your arm is tired, you don’t
have to raise the bow up as high… We over-think things. A lot. But we each got
our targets where we wanted them each day. And neither of us shot the wrong
target after we moved them like we saw a few others do…. (BIG oops – shooting the
wrong target = miss = loss of the points you could have gotten if you had shot
the correct target) So that was good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We had a “cheering”
section on Saturday when my family that is local came to watch. I warned them
that it’s not a super action-packed sport to watch, but they braved it anyway.
There were also people from our local range that were there either to shoot or
just to watch that stopped in each day. We were all constantly popping in and
out of the halls to watch each other shoot and constantly checking the on-line
rankings to see each of our people’s current standings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We found out
around 11pm Saturday night what our shooting times were going to be in the
morning which SUCKED because I scored that horrible 7am shooting time. I told J
on the way to the hotel in the morning that it was kind of a good thing because
I was just too tired to care about being nervous. I shot my best round that
day, so I was happy with it – it was closer to what my usual scores are.
(I was having an off week… I don’t know if it was jitters or what, but
I was pretty grumpy about how I was shooting all week) I shot a 285 (out of 300 possible points each day)
Friday, 286 Saturday, and a 290 on Sunday which put me 19th out of 38 in my
flight. No money, but I wasn't expecting to win anyway. I was actually pretty
pleased with it because I moved up from pretty much LAST in my flight when they
aligned them to the middle. And I was better than about 400 other people in my
division, so not too shabby…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> You can't see how tired I am right now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">J got a 271 Friday,
256 Saturday, and 254 Sunday. He ended up 20th out of 35 in his flight. He had
been having a hard time shooting lately, so he was happy for the experience and
to not finish last.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now I am
working on basically completely relearning how to shoot because I picked up a couple
new releases for my bow that are more traditional target releases. I learned with
a wrist release and I was the only person I saw in my division still using one.
But I knew that it would take a good chunk of time to learn a completely new
technique and I knew I didn't have that kind of time before Vegas. And I really
wanted to wait until I could go to the trade show and actually hold them in my
hand to see which ones fit me best. I ended up going with a <a href="http://www.ishootastan.com/">Stanislawsky</a>
release because it felt good in my hand and they had a blank bale set up where
you could bring your bow and actually try out the release. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It hasn't come in yet because it was back-ordered, but I just got the e-mail yesterday
that it shipped!! Plus, I had bought a different style one from another company
that is meant to be used purely as a training aide and I have been using that
since I got back. I was SHOCKED by how sore my arms and back are after using it
– it’s a different set of muscles than I was using before. And I’m also a
little embarrassed at how terribly I am shooting. I've gotten a LOT better already – the first day was ridiculous. I kept flinching because I had
no idea when it was going to go off (which is actually a good thing…). J and I
were cracking up after one particularly embarrassing shot where I not only
flinched away – I also scrunched my eyes closed and cringed away from the bow…
Not an ideal shooting technique…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Basically… We
both shot with really cool people each day and had a really good time. It was
an AWESOME experience. We came home with a much better understanding of what to
expect at tournament, some new equipment, and very sore muscles… Now we are
looking into several other tournaments around the country coming up, but we
might be a little too late to get in them this year… We are also definitely
thinking about going to a tournament in Vancouver next year! No matter what, we
will DEFINITELY be going back to Vegas!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Maybe we'll even be shooting in here with the championship division sometime.... :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ever since I
got my new bow – I have been shooting better than ever before. I have begun
breaking horrible habits that I had never even come close to figuring out how
to break in the past <b>year </b>of shooting…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Things like
grabbing my bow – I am NOTORIOUSLY bad about this. No matter how many times I
internally yell at my hand to stop grabbing the bow after a shot, I still
would. EVERY TIME. Last Saturday I finally figured out what it felt like to let
the bow fall. Not that it can fall on the ground – I have a finger sling that
stops that from possibly happening, but you don’t want to do anything to the
bow that could mess with the natural motion of the shot… And I just couldn’t
get my brain to be ok with that. Until now… I still catch myself doing it
occasionally, but I’m getting better…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Or “punching
the trigger” on my release… You want a smooth, steady amount of pressure in
order to have a smooth, steady shot… And I had a lot of trouble getting my
brain to connect with my right hand (I blame it on being a lefty… me and my
right hand don’t usually have to coordinate on many things...) in order to get
that smooth motion. But now I am finally getting more smooth shots than not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And it has
increased my scores to levels of AWESOME that I thought I would never see... I
keep waiting for the wheels to fall off, but they haven't! I’ve gotten more
perfect triple bulls-eyes in the past two weeks than I did in the past year!
I’ve been working on my mental game to break down the bad habits – I know my
body knows how to make a good shot… I just have to trust it! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So I’ve been
analyzing the breakdown of what is going on during a “good” shot and what is
going on during a “bad” shot…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**Side note:
I have those in quotes because I’m trying to break the habit of seeing it as
“good” or “bad” and instead just seeing it as what it is – a shot. An
opportunity to get a bulls-eye or not. Does it matter if I get a bulls-eye?
Nope. Not really. I’m here for fun. Yes, I want to improve and that’s why I
keep practicing and trying to do better, but it doesn’t REALLY matter. It’s not
going to change anyone’s opinion about me as a person, so why should I let it
change my opinion about me? If that even makes sense… Anyway…**<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It’s kinda hard
to really explain, but a “bad” shot is generally full of mental arguing,
self-doubt, and name-calling. We are always our worst bullies… I would never
tell someone they are an idiot for doing something simple wrong during a shot,
but I’ve told myself that a million times. There’s a lot of fighting myself
when I know that the shot just does not feel right and I should really just let
down and start over, but my brain just keeps saying “Nah, I got this. Fight
through it.” But those shots never turn out well… They just feel awkward and you
end up frustrated and discouraged… Plus, there’s a much bigger chance that you
are going to hit yourself with the string because your form is off. Which HURTS
– btw.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Now a “good”
shot? I love those. Those are the ones where you are calm and detached. Your
body goes through the motions smoothly – nothing is forced. I told J the other
day that a good shot feels incredibly graceful to me. He disagrees – his best
shots feel the least graceful to him. There’s really no right answer (seriously
– it doesn’t matter that he’s been struggling lately and isn’t shooting as
well), everyone has to find their own, unique groove for it. But for me it
feels beautiful. The positioning, the draw, the breathing… Smooth, controlled… Peaceful.
And there is no mental arguing – no bullying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In fact, I
tell people all the time that they wouldn’t believe the stupid crap going
through my mind when I’m shooting well. Yeah, I go through my mental checklist
of what needs to be happening, but that’s secondary to my insane random chatter.
Like the other day – for reasons I can’t even begin to explain – I kept
thinking, “If Anne Hath-a-will, Anne Hathaway” and then giggling hysterically
in my head. If I need to distract myself, I’ll start spelling state names… Or
humming songs in my head with the wrong lyrics that make me laugh…It’s all
about getting your brain out of the way and just letting your body do what it
knows how to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">With these
break-throughs lately, I feel so much more prepared for the tournaments that I
have coming up. My first one is tomorrow – it’s the California State Indoor
Championships. Throughout January each archery range in California has had available
times to shoot and then all the scores will be compiled to determine who the
winners are. I’ve decided that I’m just going to look at it as just another
Saturday at my usual archery range. I’m not going to get too fixated on the
score or else my brain will start trying to take over. But between me and you?
I have a REAL chance of getting a medal. Like, for real real. And I still think
it would be awesome if I could get a new State Record – the one now for my division
was set back in 1996. It’s about time someone beat it! But that’s a BIG-TIME
stretch… I would have to have an almost perfect round, which I have not yet
done… But who knows? It could happen…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And then we
go to Vegas next month… I was looking at last year’s scores and if I can get
myself into the right group – there’s a chance I could actually win some money!
That is CRAZY-PANTS!! I just have to keep my mind in the right place and go
through it one shot at a time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And with her –
I FEEL like a pro…</span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-83423512173618041692014-01-09T11:45:00.002-08:002014-01-09T11:46:34.410-08:00Do I Look Happy? I Feel Like I Look Happy....<span style="font-family: inherit;">MY NEW BOW IS HERE!!! AND I HAVE BEEN RIDICULOUSLY ALL-CAPS EXCITED SINCE I FIRST HELD IT!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Look how pretty it is!!! LOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">MY PRECIOUS!!!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sidenote: No idea who that kind lady in the background is, so she is now a smiley... MARVEL AT MY AMAZING PHOTO EDITING SKILLS!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We didn't think that there was a chance of it getting here in time for the tournament coming up in February, but HERE IT IS!!! I am SO excited!! I feel so professional now! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm going to be spending a lot of time at the archery range so that I can be sure to get her broken in and get to know her.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Someone asked me how I know it's a her.... Simple - she's way too pretty to be a dude.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I think her name may be Scarlett.... </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For the curious: It's a 2014 Hoyt Pro Comp Elite in Red Fusion. It's also love at first sight. Sigh...... :-)</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- The
Wifening continues.... Kinda. I did make dinner again the second week This time
it was Spicy Sausage Pasta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I found the
recipe for it <a href="http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dinner/spicy-sausage-pasta.html">here</a>.
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I used Aidell’s
Cajun Andouille sausage for mine. I thought it was yummy. I even ate leftovers
of it the next night! GASP! (Seriously – GASP! I don’t eat leftovers.... Except
Chinese food, pizza, and the chicken parm from the Italian place that we go to)
J thought it was “Okay.” Whatever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And then life
got busy. And I haven’t made dinner since... Unless you count ordering pizza
online from the new place across the street – which I totally do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Remember
when I was <a href="http://www.mentalgarbage.com/2013/06/geeking-out.html">ridiculously excited about something</a>? Well, I’m still not entirely
sure how much I’m really allowed to say about it, so just quick... I got to go
to Philly to be in a Nutrisystem photo shoot!! Here’s one of my cell phone pictures
of the main outfit they used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Except the
shoes – they changed those... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It was super
awesome and I got to make a bunch of new friends that are also big “losers”
there to have their “After” shots taken. I have no idea when or where the
pictures will start to show up. People from my group have already shown up in
commercials and in magazine ads. Can’t wait to see myself in the ads!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- My dear old
laptop bit the dust. It was a hard little worker, but it was already way past
its prime. I was already kind of looking out for good deals, but I just couldn’t
justify it as long as the old one was still kickin’. So I had to go get a new
one... And since the HUGE one was on sale for $50 less than the smaller one....
Obviously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">She starts in
the corner and progressively gets closer over time... DON’T BLINK.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">-
Unfortunately this put a dent in my “new bow fund” for archery... So I’m stuck
with my little bow for a while longer. Don’t get me wrong – my little Craze has
been a great bow. And I’m pretty good with it, if I do say so myself. And I do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Three out of
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- My office
went to an Angel’s game the other day... As much as I hate baseball, it’s
better than sitting in the office!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I finally
ordered myself an Adipose stress doll. If you aren’t a Doctor Who watcher, this
means nothing to you... If you are like me and LOVE Doctor Who, this definitely
means more. The Adipose are little creatures made up of fat and I think they
are just too cute. And when I saw that they made a stress doll version of them,
I just knew that it would be most like what I imagine they would feel like. I
was soooo right. It’s exactly what I picture when I see them on the show... And
it’s so ridiculously adorable. I honestly want to take it with me everywhere,
but I don’t want anyone else to touch it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It needs me
to protect it! It’s just a baby!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I don’t even
have to squeeze it to get the stress relief from it... I just have to snuggle
it. And I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- And I will
definitely enjoy snuggling it in my NEW BLANKET!! (Sorry... People from my
office went to a filming of Price is Right and Bob Barker’s voice keeps playing
in my head... Even though he hasn’t been on the show in YEARS...) My friend’s
mum makes these super awesome blankets and I’ve always had a major
green-eyed-monster desire for one. And now I have one!! Totally by surprise!! And
it’s so perfectly ME. The reds and blacks.... The soft fuzziness of the back...
I just love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ALL MINE!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- We were
playing cards at our friends’ house last weekend and I think their dog MAY have
been taking a nap around here somewhere.......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Has anyone
seen Cowboy anywhere?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Even though
I haven’t been cooking, I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately. I’ve been
making my favorite cookies of all time – recipe <a href="http://picky-palate.com/2013/04/03/how-to-make-perfect-m-and-m-cookies/">here</a>. I like to play with the
base recipe to make other flavors... Like I’ve use Heath toffee bits instead and
that’s delicious. I revisited the rolo-stuffed cookie that was a total disaster
at Christmas time using this dough (minus the m’s) and was actually successful
this time around! I still want to try more variations...</span></div>
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To be honest,
I actually use slightly less chocolate chips and mini m’s than it calls for...
I know it sounds INSANE, but the first time I made them there was just a little
bit too much STUFF in them....<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I made
<a href="http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dessert/mascarpone-oreo-snowflake-cookies.html">these mascarpone cookies</a>, but no one was really impressed with my attempt at
making them taste like tiramisu, so I’ll just stick with the original from now
on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We’ve made
scones... And plan on making them again soon – I’m thinking chocolate raspberry.
Or maybe caramel... Oooh! Or chocolate toffee.... SOO many options......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> These were
blueberry. They went FAST.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I made
cupcakes for archery league. In fact, most of my baked goods end up at the
archery range. It’s my way of being able to bake without having the goods in my
house tempting me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One lonely little cupcake left... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">They all had my favorite marshmallow buttercream on them. There were chocolate ones too, but those went FAST. With very good reason - they were PHENOMENAL. I will be using <a href="http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2010/06/10/dark-chocolate-cupcakes-with-peanut-butter-frosting/">this chocolate cupcake recipe</a> for a LONG time. Drooling just thinking about it......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I’ve been
trying to figure out what I want to be for Halloween, but I really have NO
idea... At least not anything that would be quick and easy. And I just don’t
know how to top last year... </span></div>
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Being all of
the Avengers at once was pretty awesome....<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’ll have to
keep thinking... Someone in my department thinks we should all go as different
color crayons... Could work...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So, there we
are... Should be pretty much caught up. For now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reporting in
on The Wifening... I made dinner. Just like a real grown up. And I handled raw
chicken and everything... And no one got salmonella! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I call that a success!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I decided to make
a twist between a recipe that we already love (that’s not really a recipe at
all) and a recipe that I found on-line (I think it was on food.com). For the part we already love: simply
take however many boneless skinless chicken breasts you need to feed who you
are feeding, put it in a Ziploc bag with a crap-ton (real measurement) of
sweet-hot mustard (or whatever mustard you happen to enjoy), and let it soak in
that overnight. J would normally just cook this up in a pan the next day and it
is ridiculously simple and delicious. Something about that sweet and spicy mustard coating
the chicken is just magical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But I had to
make it different. Because I wanted to make it mine. SO... For the twist: Take it out of the
mustard and coat it in a mixture of panko bread crumbs and fresh shredded parmesan
cheese (slightly more panko than cheese). Then put it on a rack on a foil-covered tray (I improvised this and used the roasting tray out of our turkey pan on a cookie sheet) that
has been sprayed with olive oil (or other oil...) and bake it at 450 degrees
for about 20-ish minutes. Maybe more, maybe less depending on the size of your
chickens. There were two random chicken strips in our pack of chicken, so I made those too. I just put them in the oven about 7 minutes or so into cooking the rest of the chicken so that they wouldn't be overdone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For a side –
because I had to make sure there was a veggie too... I made carrots with garlic
and shallots. This is something that we have regularly because it’s simple and yummy.
Basically peel and chop your carrots, par boil them for about a minute, dump
out the water and set them to the side. Chop up about 2 cloves of garlic and
2-3 shallots (TOTALLY depends on how much you like...), throw them in a pan
with some olive oil and let that cook up until the shallots start to get pale.
Toss in the carrots and make sure it’s all mixed together. I also added some
spicy Japanese seasoning that we love at this point... Then shove the pan in
the oven for about 10 minutes. Normally J would have it at 350, but since the chicken was already in there at 450, it went in at that... It's pretty forgiving. Just keep an eye on it – you want
the shallots to get crispy, but not burnt. I sorta failed on the crispiness
because I was overly concerned with the non-burntness... But they still tasted good... I just really love when the shallots are super crispy...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So there you
go... My easy dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It’s not
super pretty (well, the chicken actually is quite nice looking – the carrots
aren’t lookers, but they sure are yummy), but it’s still dinner. And fairly
healthy. And I thought it was delicious. J said he didn’t love the parmesan
with the mustard, so if I make it again I will probably leave it out. I
actually liked the flavors together, but I’m not gonna lose sleep over taking
it out...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It wasn’t
nearly as difficult as I had built it up to be in my mind and I’m slightly less
worried about cooking chicken now. I thought it was going to be super dry, but
it was delicious and moist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My big
problem is that I love baking, but I don’t like cooking. And the biggest
irritation for me with cooking is that there aren’t really any exacts. Not with
measurements or times or anything! There are too many variables... And I never
liked that. Baking is so specific and orderly.... Cooking feels like just slappin’
some stuff together, cooking it “until it’s done,” and hoping it’s good. J
loves that kind of thing – he can walk into the kitchen with no idea what he
wants to make and come out with something incredible like pomegranate duck or salmon
with a plum-chile glaze. I have to have a game plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But I’m going
to keep doing this – I already picked out what I’m making this week. For the
time being, I’m going to go into each week with my meal picked out so that I at
least know WHAT I’m making. I’ll work up to the grabbing of random things and
making a dinner out of them eventually... And I’ll keep enjoying watching J
have to do the dishes for a change on the nights I cook... haha</span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-17139760488978216402013-09-04T16:18:00.001-07:002013-09-04T16:18:49.737-07:00The Wifening<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What? It can
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Welcome to my little experiment. I realized one night after making dinner for J
(stuffed peppers – YUM!) and being overly proud of myself that it was the first
time I had ever made a real dinner for the poor guy! In just over 8 years of marriage... Ooops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I mean, I had
made things that I wanted before and just happened to make enough for him...
The problem is that I tend to want to eat like a 5 year old a lot and that’s not his cuppa
tea. Like when I made him tamale casserole – a dish that I grew up on and love
to this day. He took about two bites and then made himself something else if I remember correctly - I know he did NOT like it. Or when I
made him crescent dogs! What a delicious night that was!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**To my
credit, I had tried to make him my mom’s lasagna once, but he kept taking over,
so I abandoned the kitchen and played games on my Nintendo DS on the couch while he made
dinner. And I have since made lasagna without him home, so he COULDN’T take
over. AND I do all the laundry... So there’s that...**</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I don’t know
what it is... I just don’t have the “wife” gene. It must have skipped me
somehow. I hate cooking. I REALLY hate cleaning... I think part of me feels
like – “I’m at work all day, then I go to the gym after work, and the last
thing I want to do when I get home is cook dinner! If we want a housewife in
this house, I’m gonna have to start doin’ a whole lot less of this ‘goin’ to
work’ nonsense.” Which is unfair of me. I know this... He works too – farther from
home and longer hours to be quite honest, but still... He actually LIKES to cook.
And is really good at it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He makes
BEAUTIFUL dinners! Out of things that seem completely random to me. He just knows
what will taste good together just BECAUSE. He does kitchen sorcery like “cracking
an egg open with one hand” or “flipping things in a pan instead of stirring”....
Things that would leave me with a handful of crushed egg or a wall covered in
food... And he always has everything finished cooking at the same time – and everything
is perfectly timed and wonderful. I try to think of doing that and snort-laugh.
A lot.</span></div>
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in the fridge and go, “Hey, there’s a pork tenderloin. I’m gonna make.......”
Because that’s literally where my brain shuts off. Seriously... I couldn’t even
make up an example to use here! My brain had a panic attack and ran away to
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Because that’s
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the week. I have recipes that I know by heart because they are my standards. A
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heart and I certainly don’t have anything that would just pop into my head to
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than a tuna sandwich... So I’m determined to change some things around my house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I will arm
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make and I will start trying to cook dinner. And I will try to be better about
straightening up... And maybe vacuuming more than biannually (seriously not
that much of an exaggeration). I’m not putting any kind of “numbers” or “times”
on this – not for real real. I’ll just say.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I am going to
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something that seems easy enough to make and I WILL make it! I will pick it
before our weekly shopping trip so that I can buy whatever I need to make it
and can’t make excuses about not having the ingredients! I will not curl up in
the corner at the thought of touching raw chicken! The meal will be
well-rounded and include protein, veggies, and a carb of some sort!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And if it
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’ll let ya
know how it goes... J may decide that he doesn't REALLY wish I could cook like he thinks he does and will resume all cooking duties... We'll see. Maybe I'm gonna be a naturally awesome chef - I just haven't made an honest enough attempt at recognizing my full potential yet.... </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yeah.. See? There's that snort-laugh again......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So true, Mr. Pegg. So true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Letting your
geek flag fly is getting accepted more and more these days. It’s no longer
taboo to love something intensely and unashamedly. I will fully admit to being
a geek/nerd-girl or whatever you want to call it. If I love something, I’m
gonna love the CRAP out of it. I’m trying to distract myself from bouncing off the walls at the moment, so I have
compiled this quick short-list of things I love to geek out over... There are soooo many more things that could be added to this (geeky t-shirts, office supplies, the costume I want to make, Steampunk, etc.), but it's a decent start.... Enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Doctor Who
– I love this show. A lot. A lot a lot. This show has found its way into my
daily life... J now gets greeted with “Hello, Sweetie” when he gets home from
work, “EXTERMINATE” is the most shouted thing in our house, many things are
explained away simply as “wibbly wobbly timey wimey” or “humaney wumaney”... David
Tennant and Matt Smith are in a BIG tie for my favorite Doctor. I love them
both in different ways. And I am SO very sad that Matt Smith’s time is up. But
as J keeps reminding me – I was pissed when Tennant left and ended up loving
Smith, so I just need to chill out. And I’m trying. But I foresee an ugly cry
when he regenerates into whoever is taking his place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Harry
Potter – Books, movies, games... Doesn’t matter, I love it. I’ve read the books and
seen the movies about eleventy-billion times. I may seriously get something in
both my eyes when Hermione tells Harry she’ll go with him to the forest at the
end of the last movie. EVERY TIME I WATCH IT! Rumor has it that they are
opening a Wizarding World of Harry Potter out here. I WILL BE GOING. And I will
get a wand!! And I don’t care how many times J calls me a giant nerd!!</span></div>
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is (slightly surprisingly) a TOTAL geek sport. Our Wednesday night league has
been referred to as “A bunch of nerds, hanging out, and shooting” and it is oh,
so true. But I don’t care – I love it. And we’ve met a lot of really great
people because of it</span></div>
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Theory – Oddly enough, I resisted this show. Maybe because the first episode
shown to me didn’t immediately grab my interest enough, but now I have seen every episode
so many times I can recite them. While I love all the characters, my favorite
will always be Sheldon.... Oh, Sheldon. How I adore you, you crazy crazy man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Game of
Thrones – Or as I like to call it <b>“Everyone Dies.”</b> These books and the show can
be an emotional roller coaster if you allow yourself to get attached to ANYONE.
But sometimes with the deaths there are ones that you are wishing for and
wishing for and the payoff (albeit occasionally anticlimactic and not nearly
violent enough) can be oh, so sweet. And it’s just fun to lose yourself in that
other world... Just for a little while.</span></div>
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A Time – My sister recommended this show and I proceeded to watch EVERY EPISODE
while I was off for Christmas this past December so that I was ready for the
new season that ended recently. It is a wonderful show – I just love all the
fairytale stuff. J doesn’t get it, but that’s fine. This one can be just for
me to be all girly over...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Converse –
Yes, I am aware that they have no support and are probably HORRIBLE for my feet.
But I LOVE them! I’ve been wearing Converse since I turned 11 and I just can’t
stop. I try other shoes occasionally, but I also go running back. I love
walking up to a WALL ‘O CONVERSE in a shoe store.... Sooooo much loveliness...</span></div>
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under control. I still adore these bags in a slightly insane way, but I no
longer MUST BUY EVERY BAG!!! Except for the canvas totes they keep coming out
with! Originally there was just one a year – for summer. So I had to have the
new one each year. Now they come out with a new one ever few months!! And I
have to have them ALL!!! I’m still heartbroken that I missed the one with Lola printed
on it.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Super
vague awesomeness that I’m not allowed to talk about just yet – yep. That. And
try as I might to distract myself with some of the other things I am geeking out
about, this is all that keeps popping back into my head. Wish I could give
details, but I am not at liberty to discuss it. Just know that something
awesome is starting. The first part is at the end of this month. With a
possibility of more in the future. And it’s awesome. And WAY outside of my comfort range. And I have not stopped
bouncing off the walls since I first found out about it LAST NIGHT. It has
taught me that you never get anything without trying... And that it’s not dumb to want and try and do
if it ends up making you feel super awesome and special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I pretty much fail lately at doing
anything related to my poor little blog here... I have had the best of
intentions! But after being busy busy busy at work all day, going to the gym, figuring out what to eat for dinner, showering, and spending a whopping
30-ish minutes with my husband before he has to take a nap before working all
night AGAIN... Sitting down and writing a post is generally one of the last
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">What about weekends, you may ask...
Nope. Busy doing things that don’t involve sitting in front of a computer.
Things like being pretty much totally awesome at archery...</span></div>
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a bow WAY before Hunger Games ever existed. Although I do find it really
awesome that there is a huge rise in the number of young girls that want to
learn because of Hunger Games and Brave.... I love seeing all the littles at
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Except for when I have an epic fail
moment because I wasn’t paying attention to my arm position after I had them increase the weight <span style="font-size: x-small;">of th<span style="font-size: x-small;">e draw on my bow</span></span>... It’s aversion
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So I realized that last Friday was
exactly one year from my first meal on <a href="http://www.nutrisystem.com/">Nutrisystem</a>. I still remember my first experience with that scary dehydrated
hamburger that caused much whimpering and fear... That I actually ended up liking! One year ago I was miserable
with how I looked and felt and had decided to FINALLY stop whining to myself
and actually DO something about it. I never thought I would have made it to my
goal and be where I am so quickly. I thought <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">maybe</i> I’d be getting closer to where I wanted to be a year later...
But, nope. I made it. Not just made it... I ROCKED it.</span></div>
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size 6 pants over the changing room door and asking for smaller ones. It was
cause for much proud smiling at myself in the mirror and much dancing while waiting
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Everyone kept yelling at me to
actually kiss it, but there was NO WAY I was going to actually touch that thing
with my face.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It really is a weird thing to look so
different. I still forget sometimes – like it is just a dream. But then I look
in the mirror and remember, “Oh yeah! This is real!” I still see myself the
same in my head. I read once that our brains are approximately one year behind
the truth of what we actually look like – I’m really hoping mine catches up
soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">There are some random thoughts that I
have been having lately regarding weight loss:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- NOTHING fits from before. I just had
to buy a new helmet for offroading because my old one is too big now... My rings
were too big, my necklaces hang longer now... I even had to tighten my
shoelaces!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I am SO COLD! How do skinny people
live like this?! I have to keep slippers by the bed and I have blankets
everywhere! I don’t leave the house without a jacket and a scarf and I live in
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- How do I gain fat just in my arms? I
get that having more muscle than fat in them means that there isn’t padding
there anymore, but I really HATE that my veins stand up on top of the muscle. I
don’t want to have gross veiny Madonna arms!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- A couple weeks ago I had a sinus
infection. That was the first time I was actually sick with more than just a
cold in a YEAR. I guess a by-product of getting healthier weight-wise was
getting a stronger immune system! Plus, I only got a sinus infection – J got
bronchitis... Normally that would have been me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I really enjoy shocking people with my
weight loss – like some of the newer people in my office or the guy at the
store when I bought my helmet. Someone will say something about my weight loss
or I’ll make a joke about how stupid it is that I have to buy a helmet because
I lost weight and that inevitably leads to the question of how much weight I
lost. I think they are expecting something like 15 – 20... maybe 25 pounds. I
don’t think they ever expect to hear “almost 90 pounds.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Speaking of which – I REALLY need to
go the DMV to get a new picture taken. As fun as it is to get the
quadruple-takes from people, I’m sick of seeing my old face on there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Still on the same train of thought –
I have had people walk right past me without a hint of recognition on their
face... A lot of times it takes having J next to me for it to trigger who I
must be... It’s just bizarre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">All this process has taught me is that
whining and wishing will never get you what you want. You have to stand up and
fight for it. Nutrisystem made it so that I could do this with as little
thought or stress as possible. It took the thought and the work out of it. All
of the tools are there for you including a great support system on their site.
I still go on there all the time to provide support and encouragement for the
people that are where I was a year ago and to see the progress of the people that
I grew attached to during the past year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I still order food there because it
really just makes life easier – I’m really down to just getting the Nutrisystem
food for lunch and a few other things that I really like that make for quick,
easy meals when I need them. I am using what I learned while on the program to
keep everything balanced and so far I have stayed in my little 4 – 6 pound “happy
range” even with the holidays and all the delicious food!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I am learning that it is ok to have
the things I love like ice cream and burgers and all the delicious things I missed
while dieting, I just have to make sure to adjust my day so that they fit into
it. For example: if I don’t go to the gym, I watch what I eat more closely. BUT - if I eat a lighter
breakfast and lunch, I can have chocolate... haha It’s all about finding the
balance and not getting crazy. I refuse to spend the rest of my life without cupcakes
because cupcakes are awesome. But I adjust everything else to make them fit
occasionally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I still track everything I eat so that
I can keep it on my mind. I know if I just stop paying attention, I will start
slipping. It’s a lot easier to stay on top of 5 pounds than 50! I don’t start
stressing about fluctuating back and forth in my happy range or even if I weigh
higher than it for one week – if I start seeing it stay high for longer than that, then
I really crack down and tighten up the menu. It’s gotten kind of second nature – I know what proper portions are and I know how to make the things I want work
occasionally...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And if I can do this, anyone can.
Cause I’m SUPER lazy. Just sayin’. </span></div>
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<![endif]-->Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-59165558293125703842012-10-31T20:39:00.000-07:002012-10-31T20:40:11.202-07:00Happy Halloween!!I decided - if you can't pick one character to go as.... Go as them all.<br />
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The Avengers</div>
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I may have laughed extremely hard for a very long time when I thought of this idea..........</div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-81576161389959173952012-10-22T22:27:00.002-07:002012-10-23T07:46:40.913-07:00Yeah, It'll Tow Your Boat...Back on the 12th we got to get out of the house for a much-needed distraction. We got to go up to LA to watch the Toyota Tundra tow the Endeavour shuttle. From the moment that I had heard that this was happening, I knew that I ABSOLUTELY wanted to be there to see it.<br />
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Originally the Tundra was going to tow it the last 1/4 mile to the California Science Center, but they ended up moving it up a day to have it tow it across the 405 freeway on Manchester because the usual transporters were too heavy and too big for the bridge.<br />
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We got there around 6:30 pm and it was already parked there so that they could switch it from the transporters to the towing rig. We saw it when we drove under the overpass and were severely geeking out about getting to see it up close! I believe I said the words "This is SO cool!" about eleventy-billion times while we were there...<br />
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We got to watch them move the transporters out from underneath - it was so cool how it's all remote controlled. In one of the videos I was talking all about how I wanted a giant remote control space shuttle (transporter).<br />
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Those big blue things are the transporters... There was a guy with a big remote control that had to move them all out from underneath it so that it would be on the rig for the Tundra...</div>
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It was a whole lot of hurry up and wait, but we were able to get some awesome pictures! We even got to go inside the barriers and walk around it so that we could see the back and get pictures back there.<br />
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We had just walked directly beneath that wing... It was so cool to be so close to the shuttle!!</div>
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It was really surreal... It was so huge! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(that's what she said... ha!)</span></div>
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Finally at 11:30 pm they shut down the freeway in both directions (just in case something went horribly wrong and also to stop people from crashing into each other while watching a shuttle drive across the overpass) and it was showtime.<br />
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This is my video that I took just using my cell phone... It's not great, but you can see how the truck had absolutely no problem tugging the shuttle. It was seriously like it was nothing! There was no high revving of the engine... No slipping tires... It looked like he took his foot off the brake and just started going. It was amazing! The video's not great - like I said it was on my cell phone... and J stepped down in front of me so that he could keep recording with the video camera.<br />
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You can see one of the professional videos <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lpCJ-H0iUzI">here</a>.<br />
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It was a long night, but so very worth it... Even if it did mean that we only got about 4 hours of sleep before we had to get up for our early eye doctor appointment Saturday morning... I think one of the cops on site for security detail summed it all up
when J made a comment while they were taking pictures of the shuttle
about how it must be a pretty good night to be working - he said, "I've
drawn shorter straws..." haha<br />
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Now the shuttle is up at the Science Center. We plan on going up once the display is open and the craziness has died down. It was a seriously awesome night and one of the coolest things I have ever gotten to see.<br />
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We pretty much had the worst night ever last night.<br />
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It started with Fred having what we thought was another seizure. He seemed to recover from it faster than the last one at first, but then he started getting worse. It got to where we knew we had to take him in to an emergency vet - he just was not ok.<br />
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The emergency vet told us that she assumed it was a blood clot which meant that he had a heart condition. I don't understand how his usual vet could have possibly missed that when he was there SO many times lately.<br />
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His heart stopped while we were discussing our options. And ours have been breaking ever since.<br />
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My big man. He was the one we called the puppy-cat because he was always there to greet us when we got home and came when he was called. He loved getting all the affection we could give him - we could have kissed the fur off of his little face and he would have been happy. He loved to sleep on my pillow, tangled in my hair - something I always called Freddy-hat. He loved sitting in any cardboard box we brought into the house - even if it was too small for him. He was always happy and loved when we would carry him around the house with us. He would tell us when the food or water bowls were low. His favorite things to beg for were wheat thins, ice cream, and cereal milk - and he would make sure you didn't forget that he was waiting for some. He was sweet and funny and SOOO so loved by everyone that met him.<br />
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There is a big hole in my heart. He will be missed more than I could ever possibly put into words.Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-11218180257256160002012-09-05T16:08:00.000-07:002012-09-05T16:13:01.034-07:00My Random Thoughts - Gym, New Clothes, FOOD, Rings...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">During my little “weight-loss journey”
I’ve had going on over here, I pretty much just worked out at home. I have my mountain
bike hooked up to a trainer that turns it into a stationary bike and I would
ride that when I got home from work. I started at 20 minutes and by the end had
worked up to 45. As I have gotten closer and closer to maintenance, I realized
more and more that that was not going to be a good long-term thing to do – I get
REALLY bored, REALLY quickly. I have a nice set of wireless headphones so that
I could watch tv while riding, but still... It made my butt numb and I was
BORED. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So as I said before – I re-joined the
gym. My company gives a discount to 24-Hour Fitness, so that is where I went...
In my past few weeks of gym-ing it up, I have noticed several common
occurrences and have made a list of....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Things that make me crazy at the gym:<br />
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1. People that drive around for 20 minutes to get a closer parking spot! STOP
IT! You are at the gym to work out anyway - start it off by walking an extra 20
feet!!!<br />
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2. People that take the elevator to the second floor of the gym! The only two
people that I have seen at my gym that should be allowed to use the elevator
are a man with cerebral palsy and a man in a walking cast because he tore a
tendon or something... No one else should be using it! And when you get off the
elevator and head straight for a cardio machine, it makes me want to knock you
down!!!<br />
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3. Men that GRUNT like possessed demons and look like they are going to get a
hernia while lifting weights that are obviously too heavy for them. No one is
impressed...<br />
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4. People that apparently aren't there to sweat... I've been dripping with
sweat, pushing myself as hard as I can on the elliptical while a guy on one
side of me has it at incline and resistance of 1 (OUT OF 20!!!) and the guy on
the other side is barely moving while talking loudly on his cell phone... I
really had to stop myself from reaching over to #1 guy's elliptical and bumping
up the incline and resistance. He looked fit enough to be able to handle it....
But I didn't.<br />
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5. Men that feel the need to stare at your crotch while you are using the thigh
machines.... Dude, I'm fully clothed. There's nothing to see here. What do you
think is gonna happen? <br />
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6. People using weight machines as chairs. I'm here to actually get in shape
and you sitting there talking on your cell phone is seriously getting in my
way. If you are between sets, that's one thing, but no lounging!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7. People that don’t wipe down their
machines! Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, EW!!!! Gross. Now, if you’re one of the people I
mentioned above that is apparently allergic to sweat, then I guess it’s unnecessary...
But if you are sweating?! Clean it up!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8. The “bro’s” that are all about getting
RIPPED. But apparently only their upper body... They have skinny little chicken
legs and arms so big I assume they are not able to wipe their own butts
properly. Why do they do that?<br />
<br />
That’s all I can really think of.... There are other annoyances that don’t
really happen a lot – like the woman that was saving the machine next to her
for her friend even though it was the only one of that type left and there are
a few machines that have had “Out of Service” signs on them the whole time I’ve
been going there – but those are just minor...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’ve been having a lot of fun shopping
lately. I finally realized that I don’t really need to be a smaller size than I
am now, so I am slowly going to start adding foods to my day in order to stay
where I am instead of continuing to lose weight. I haven’t yet.... But I’m
going to. (Remember the whole “<a href="http://www.mentalgarbage.com/2012/08/the-thing-that-keeps-me-up-at-night.html">scared to stop dieting</a>” thing? Yeah... Still
with that...) I’ve been adding in a meal here or a meal there that is a “flex”
meal on my own... Like this past weekend I made myself a super yummy breakfast
sandwich one day... and then had my first turkey sandwich in MONTHS the next
day for lunch. It was wonderful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That is what I have been working for...
To learn how to eat what I want – just in a healthier way. I even ate both fast
food and a burger from Ruby’s. The fast food was only 2 regular tacos from Del Taco
and the burger was the low-carb burger, so my calories were still right in line
both those days... The burger was by choice – SO delicious. The fast food was a
necessity – we had been out and about all morning, it was well past lunch time,
and I was STARVING. And it was actually a good thing because it showed me that
the food I’ve been craving actually doesn’t taste as good as I have built it up
to taste in my head...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’ll have to post some pictures of my
new clothes... I have been getting so many compliments at work. I just need a
few more pieces (really just a couple pairs of work pants and some more work
tops) and I will have a pretty solid wardrobe. It’s weird to pull out all of my
old clothes to throw them in my “donate” pile and see how much bigger they are
than my new stuff...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I took my rings to our jeweler the
other day to get them sized. I was starting to get really nervous about potentially
losing them. While they are there, she is going to make my second wedding band,
retouch all of the engraving and beading on my engagement and wedding ring, and
size an emerald/diamond ring I had bought for myself a couple years ago. J is
also getting some cuff links made and picking up a couple other pairs of cuff
links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fits – just on the wrong hand!! Have to
have it sized up for my right hand...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It was REALLY bittersweet... I’m
excited to have my rings back (and complete – FINALLY!), but it hurts my heart
to not have them on my hand. J could tell that I was getting more and more
bummed about my naked hand, so he got me an inexpensive ring to wear while the
work is being done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> It’s pretty.... But it’s WRONG.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I don’t know exactly how long it’s all
going to take – she couldn’t even order the castings for my other band and J’s
cuff-links until yesterday because of the holiday on Monday... I just know that
I will be jumping every time the phone rings for the next month – hoping it’s
Pamela telling me my rings are done...</span></div>
Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-710288617967018442012-08-09T14:59:00.000-07:002012-08-09T14:59:37.240-07:00The Thing That Keeps Me Up At Night<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**This post is some serious mental
garbage – just trying to clear the crap out to relieve the stress... So it’s
probably gonna be kinda jumpy and rambling... Hang on and just go for the
ride... ha!**</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stressy McStresserson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That’s me lately. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And for the stupidest reason... I’m
getting close to my weight-loss goal and I’m afraid to stop my diet! It
seriously gives me major anxiety to know that soon I am going to be responsible
for actually paying attention to food and keeping my weight where I want it.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It’s so dumb. Tons and tons of people
watch what they eat and maintain a normal weight everyday... It shouldn’t be so
daunting. But when you’ve spent too many years overweight and unhappy, you
start thinking that you will ALWAYS be overweight.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Then you finally make a decision to actually
DO something about it and HOLY CRAP it freaking works! But now what???</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">One voice in my head is super excited
about getting to eat normal food again... But then the other voice in my head
that makes me doubt my ability to maintain properly starts screaming FATTY
FATTY FAT FAT!!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I know I can do this! I have to. I am
just so scared of being one of those people that ends up back on the
Nutrisystem Boards a year later talking about how they gained it all back and
then some....</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have a plan in place in my head to
stay on top of things... Once I get to the weight where I decide to stop, I
have a very strict “If I gain 5 pounds, it’s time to buckle down” plan in my
head. I figure that 5 pounds would be significant enough that it’s not just
some sort of daily fluctuation / bloating and actually something that needs to
be dealt with. No more willful blindness and unwillingness to admit that there
is a problem. Get on it and put a stop to it before 5 pounds becomes 10 becomes
20......</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I also am stopping at a lower
weight than I originally planned because I don’t want that 5 pounds to bump me
back into “Overweight” BMI range. I am just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">barely</i></b> into the normal
range and technically I could stop here... But I don’t ever want to be
overweight again. I’ve wasted enough time being someone I’m not. People have
started telling me that I should stop – that I don’t need to lose any more
weight. And while that may be true-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ish</b>
(I technically am in the healthy weight range for my height/age), I don’t think
another 5 – 10 (or maybe 13...) pounds are going to hurt and they will
definitely make me breathe easier when I’m trying to figure out maintenance.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I seriously think that I must carry
weight well – I don’t think people would guess what my highest weight was – or even
the weight I was when I started doing Nutrisystem... And I am beyond happy that
I seem to lose it fairly proportionately. I know that I look completely
different now – even if my brain doesn’t always want to admit it... I have
always hated my legs – my thighs and calves are just too big. I am never
comfortable in shorts. And even though I know they are smaller than they were –
I can’t help but hope that the remaining weight I lose all comes from there! I
am happy with my face, my lack of extra chins is pretty great, and I have a
pretty cute shape... “The girls” may have gotten a little small for my liking,
but that’s ok, I guess... I would have looked pretty silly if they had stayed
as big as they were...</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The thing I am most excited about is
getting new clothes.... I am SO sick of feeling like a hobo. Almost everything
I own is too big. Especially my work clothes... I hate having to belt my pants
down to keep them from falling off! Yeah, that’s awesome, but it sure looks
dumb. And it makes me feel like I look bigger than I am... The only things I
have that really fit are one pair of jeans (that are starting to get a bit too
loose once they stretch out after being washed), a handful of t-shirts that I’ve
bought myself because I don’t mind if t-shirts end up a tiny bit baggy after
the last bit of weight loss, a hoodie/jacket I got because my other one was
HUGE, a couple sweatshirts, my workout clothes, and my yoga pants that I wear
as jammies... And that’s about it. Everything else ranges from “slightly baggy”
to “ridiculous.” I’m literally going to have to start fresh. I’m talking from
underwear on out... And I CANNOT WAIT. Three words that make me incredibly
happy: ALL NEW CARDIGANS!!!! I love cardigans – they just work with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">everything</i>!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I am planning on making a day of it at
an outlet mall and building me a whole new wardrobe to go with the whole new
me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> See? Shiny
new me – new bangs and everything!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I recently got a gym membership
again because I was getting really bored with riding my bike at home and knew
that that wasn’t going to be a good long-term routine for maintenance. I need
more variety... And I really want to do some weights to be more toned. I want
me some “Michele Obama” arms! I’ve gone to the gym right after work every day
this week and it’s been great. A lot of wonderful “people watching” to distract
me while I’m running my butt off on one of the elliptical machines or pushing
myself on the weights... I’m hoping to just build a routine of being healthy to
keep this all going...</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">**Funny side story – my first time
back at the gym the girl at the front desk had to check me in and set me up for
the self-check-in system... When I handed her my driver’s license, she did a
pretty good quadruple-take and shouted “HOLY CRAP!” Yeah... I guess I need to
go get a new picture taken... It was a pretty good laugh and a fantastic ego
boost...**</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So... I really need to just figure out
when I want to start phasing out the Nutrisystem foods... Do I wait until I am
actually AT my goal or do I start now while I am finishing up?? I could always
start right now by trading one meal a day with something on my own and
stretching out how long the box of food that I just got lasts... Or I could
stay purely on-plan until my next shipment and THEN start switching over while
keeping the Nutrisystem as my security blanket in the pantry... Or I could do
this box purely on-plan and not get another shipment – just cut it off and use
the extra lunches and dinners that I have accumulated as my security blanket...</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Or I could just go bury my head under
my pillow and pretend I don’t have any decisions to make...</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ugh. And now I’m stressed again.</span></div>Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-84458026660443650122012-06-14T15:08:00.002-07:002012-06-14T15:08:56.467-07:00Randoms.... (Again)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Finally got my hair cut last weekend.
I always go for about a year after donating my hair before I am willing to
allow scissors near it again... What?! It is SCARRING to cut off that much hair
at one time! Even if it is for a good cause!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Shorter
bangs. Now if I could just stop touching them and making them look greasy
half-way through the day........</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I got some super sparkly Sally
Hansen nail polish strippy things because I like sparkly things... I’m kind of
like a magpie that way...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> So very
festive – it’s like a party on my nails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- We’ve been watching a lot of Doctor
Who lately. I kept hearing about it, so I decided that I wanted to see what it
was all about. Now I’m hooked. And I cannot stop laughing whenever the Daleks
are on the screen. Seriously – they have plungers and paint rollers (without
the brush on it) for weapons and have you seen them fly??? So awkward. We’re
about two and a half-ish seasons into it and I am loving it. I just have to say
– if the entire crowd doesn’t disappear during the opening ceremonies of the
London Olympics, I’m going to be very disappointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> See? The most
awkward killing machine of all time ever. Photo from <a href="http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/NewDalek1.htm">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I have a Dalek shouting "EXTERMINATE" as my text message notification right now and it makes me jump every time! I want to get one shouting "DO NOT BLASPHEME" instead, but haven't found it yet... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I am super excited that Hell’s
Kitchen and Masterchef are back. I can’t help myself – I love watching Gordon
Ramsey yell at people. Although I was very frustrated with him the other night when he yelled at the guy for pairing duck and bananas. He need to take a trip to our favorite restaurant in Dana Point, CA to Gemmell's Restaurant and talk to Chef Byron. Duck and bananas go beautifully together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- The diet continues. Slowly but
surely..... Down – hold on... Gotta do some math in my head here... Not exactly
my strong suit anymore... – 47.5 pounds. I still have another 20+ pounds or so
to go. Maybe more, maybe less... I have a number in my head, but I may aim for
lower or I may be happy with higher... We’ll see. All I know is that I am never
going back there again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- The water heater and windows WERE
NOT my birthday present! Yay!! J got me a GPS for my quad. I also got the milk
bottle measuring cups from Anthropologie that I’d been wanting, a book of
Japanese cat fashion, a pen shaped like a cat, fun nail polishes, a cute tote
bag, and a butterfly in a jar – among other things. The butterfly is not real –
but it flits around in the jar when you touch it and scares the bejeezus out of
people in my office when they look at it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> SO cute!
Photo from <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/product/home-kitchen/20101796.jsp">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Went to see Hunger Games on my
birthday. It was pretty good. I was expecting.... I don’t know... Just <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i>, I guess. I don’t know how to
describe it. I wasn’t <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">un</b>happy with
it... I guess that’s good enough. We also went to see The Avengers that
weekend. It was AWESOME. I was cracking up through most of the movie. If you go
see it, stay until after the credits – it may not be a long clip, but it was
worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I got myself gummy vitamins. Because
apparently I’m a 5-year-old... I kept wanting them and then remembered that I
am an adult that can buy what she wants, so I got them. They are delicious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I’m getting kind of bored with riding
my bike each night... I kinda sorta maybe want to start running, but I don’t
want to wake up early and it’s too hot in the evening when I get home from work
and I wish I could run on the track at the high school by my house because it’s
nice and level and there are creepy bushes on the bike path by my house that I
swear a homicidal maniac is gonna pop out of and.... About eleventy billion
other excuses. J says he wants to start running too... I keep telling him we
can go together... Hasn’t happened yet. We’ll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I got both seasons of The Monkees on
DVD. I am so extremely nerdtastically excited about this. I really don’t know
what took me so long to buy them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So.... yeah. That’s about it. I could
use a nap (3 – 5 hours of sleep would be a “nap”, right?) and I wish I had more
time to read, but otherwise things are good.</span></div>Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-27610859285740517932012-05-23T14:58:00.003-07:002012-05-23T15:00:36.330-07:00Randoms<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I took a week off to clean my house
a few weeks ago. I felt like I had been hit by a truck by the end, but it is
soooooo worth it. I haven’t seen my house this clean in a long time. We took an
entire truck-bed full of stuff to Goodwill. It felt good to de-clutter. The
whole time I was cleaning I kept repeating “I will not be a hoarder” over and
over and over... And we have kept to the “clean it every other week” that I made him promise to so far!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> What? You
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Don't look in the kitchen... I hadn't cleaned there yet!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I love Method brand cleaners.... And
not just because they are at Target. :-) They smell SO good! I really despise
the scent of most cleaning products, but these are YUMMY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- My boy cat had yet another vet
appointment this past Saturday to re-re-check his thyroid levels. They are
trying to get the dosage right on his medicine... This is starting to get
expensive. I heard back from the vet and he is STILL too low... First he was
WAY high, now he’s too low... I’ve talked with the vet and they said that all
three panels on the first test came back really high. Right now, I think we’re going
to try one more dosage of the medicine and if his results come back too low AGAIN
– then I’m going to take him off it and see what he comes back at without it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I’m obsessed with rose gold right
now... There’s a Michael Kors watch that I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">really
</i>want... I just can’t justify the cost. Maybe I’ll request it for Christmas
this year... For now, my cheap-o fake rose gold watch from Kohl’s is doing just
fine. And gets me lots of compliments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Image from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Kors-Watches-Ladies-Chronograph/dp/B004OIOI16/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&coliid=I33FM6WPZNST72&colid=2XKZZLGZ10II0">HERE</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This is the Michael Kors one. Not my cheap-o... So very pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- The diet is going VERY well. I have
lost 40.5 pounds since I started!! This has gone better than I ever thought it
would. I thought it would take me a year to get to where I am now. Don’t get me
wrong – I am DEFINITELY not complaining. It’s awesome. I’m happy that it seems
like I finally made it off the plateau I was stuck on! It’s annoying to not see
the numbers keep changing. At least they weren’t going back up... It’s just
frustrating and my brain starts screaming “EAT ALL THE CUPCAKES!!!!!” when I go
too long without seeing the numbers drop....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> This right
here? This is why I don’t give in when my brain is screaming..... What a
difference a year makes... </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">First pic was from right after I donated
my hair last year (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">well </b>before I
started on Nutrisystem) and the second pic was from a couple days ago.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> I’ve lost 162
butter trees.... I have no idea why my grocery store still had these well into
March...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I CANNOT WAIT to buy a new wardrobe.
I feel like a hobo in most of my clothes. I was determined to not buy new stuff
all the way down because it would be ridiculous. I had to break down and buy
some new work pants... I just couldn’t go out in public in the old ones
anymore... It was embarrassing. Most of my tops are ok – baggy, but ok... The
pants weren’t ok anymore... They were making me look ridiculous. And bigger
than I actually am... And I have found that I actually like trying on clothes
now. Before it was a necessary evil... Now I want to try on EVERYTHING. In
fact, I’m going to go hunting for a cute pair of capris tonight...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- There is this “ice cream” that I use
for one of my snacks every once in a while – it’s called Arctic Zero. This
stuff is awesome. Only 150(ish) calories in an entire PINT. It’s more like a
frozen protein shake than “real” ice cream, but 1/2 a cup definitely hits the
spot when I want ice cream. And no guilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I worked out in a hotel gym while
away at a work function. In snug work-out capri leggings. And I wasn’t
embarrassed to be seen by people – and not just strangers... People from my
office! BOOYAH.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I’m thinking that I might dye my
hair red again when I am done... It would be a whole new me. But then I
remember how much maintenance red hair requires... And I cringe. A lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- J got me to watch The Adventures of
Tin Tin the other day. He loved it as a kid and was SUPER excited when it was
coming out. I had barely heard of it... It was very funny and entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- We watched the series finale of
House last night. I am seriously sad about this show being over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- J’s truck came in while I was doing
my cleaning week. We got him a Tundra – it was a slippery slope of “First-world
Problems.” We got the new camper so that we could have two quads, the Tacoma
wasn’t strong enough to pull the camper once we got the second quad. Now we
have the bigger truck and J is looking for a bigger camper. The one we got was
the biggest one that the Tacoma could tow, but now that we have the
Tundra...... Why not have a little more space and comfort?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Oh... And... The truck is super
pretty. And a giant hulking behemoth – that I have named “Gigantor.” I’ll be
driving it to work most days because I work a lot closer to home. It’s weird to
be in such a big truck. I miss my car... J gets to enjoy all my little
comforts! And he doesn’t even LIKE leather seats.... And barely ever uses the
seat heaters or coolers! <pout></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I found these super cute shoes at TJ
Maxx the other day when I was trying to find something for a work dinner... I couldn’t
resist them. I mean.... Purple suede wedges? ADORABLE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> It was love
at first sight...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- There was an eclipse the other day
and I completely forgot.... Until I saw everyone posting pictures and it was
already over. Oops.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- My birthday is on FRIDAY! The best
thing about being born at the end of May is that I almost always get a long
weekend for my birthday! I have no idea what I want... And J hasn’t asked. This
either means that he already has something in mind or he hasn’t thought about
it at all.... I guess I’ll find out on Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I absolutely love the new Scion
FR-S. I got to drive one the other day and I think it is definitely swaying it
towards being my next car... And the one I drove was exactly the one I would
get – it was a manual transmission and it was RED. LOVE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- J surprised me the other night with
a new tankless water heater! I have been bugging him for YEARS to replace our
ancient (totally crappy) water heater and he finally did! He was going to wait
for me to figure it out, but he just couldn’t handle it... He HAD to tell me.
:-) It is the best thing ever. No more worrying about running out of hot
water!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- His second surprise was that we are also
FINALLY getting new windows! We have the company coming out to do the office
window measurements on Saturday and then it will be about a month before they
are ready to be installed. I CANNOT wait. I think I must have scored some
SERIOUS wifey points by scrubbing the entire house down!</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Wait.... Those two things had better not
be my birthday present................... He wouldn’t...... No. No... Definitely
not....</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I still haven’t gone to see Hunger
Games! I’m thinking of demanding this one day this weekend. I want to see it
before it’s gone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I had to give up my fuzzy sheets for
the summer a couple weeks ago... They are so comfortable, but it was getting
WAY too warm for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- My office recently got Outlook for
the e-mail system – this has caused so much whining... I personally do not
understand what the big deal is. It’s just e-mail. And it’s a really easy
system to use after you click around in it for a while...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- I have decided that my celebratory
meal for when I hit my goal weight will be a carne asada torta from Jalapenos.
I seriously dream about that bread. It will be glorious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And then I will
probably feel like crap because I haven’t eaten anything like that for a long
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ok – first off I just have to take a
little side bar here and be extremely confused as to why Word just tried to
grammar correct my title to “Why Don’t You Just Break My Heart While You Is At
It?” Umm... Seriously?</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So, I guess I must have pissed karma
off or something because it seems like I can’t get back on top of anything.
(Soooo not what she said.) My desk at work constantly looks like a bomb went
off on it – there are days where I have to get through piles of documents just
to be able to uncover my mouse and keyboard so that I can answer an e-mail...
And my work To-Do List? Out. Of. Control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And as if that wasn’t enough to make
me pretty much completely disappear from here and not have time/energy to read
and catch up on blogs I love (to where I had over 300 unread posts in my Google
Reader queue at one point...), karma had to go after the furry little creatures
that I love...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sunday night my boy-cat, Fred, had a
seizure. It was pretty much the most terrifying thing I have ever seen. He was
perfectly fine - hanging out on the couch - and then it was like someone hit his
off-switch. He was completely limp - like a stuffed animal... No response to
anything and we couldn’t tell if he was even breathing. From the time that he
collapsed to when he started to come back around was the longest minute of my
life. He proceeded to stumble around for a while - basically pacing from one
room to the next and laying down each time he reached one of his usual
hangouts. And his breathing sounded terrible - I always call him a grunty-boy
because he kind of grunts when he’s not purring and he snores - but this was
totally different. I was out of my mind - no idea what to do or what was
happening. Luckily he started to seem more and more like himself, so we decided
to just keep him close for the rest of the night and I would take him to the
vet in the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Vet visit was horrible as they always are. The
cat that normally loves everyone turns into a hissing, growling jerk when he’s
being manhandled by strangers in a strange place with too many noises and weird
smells... We had a full blood panel and urine test done and went back home to
relax and so I could keep an eye on him. The next day I got the results and found
out that my little old man has hyperthyroidism and will now need twice-daily
pills for the rest of his life. Nothing pointed to what caused the seizure, but
she said it could just be one of those freak things that happens once and never
happens again...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Now, I know that it could have been
much worse – he could have had cancer or some other horribly expensive disease,
but he doesn’t. And he <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i></b> 10 years old, which is the age when
this type of stuff starts happening. But it sucks. Like “super-mega-ultra-I-want-to-punch-someone”
kind of sucks. I hate having to admit that my pets are just tiny tragedies
waiting to happen...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So he has to go back in after three
weeks of meds to do a thyroid panel again to make sure they got the dosage
right. I’m going to take his sister, Emily, in at the same time to get a full
workup done on her since they are the same age... And that way they will both
smell like the vet at the same time and I won’t have to deal with her hissing
and growling at him for two days again... (Seriously – she sounded like she was
out for blood any time he came near her...) Hopefully hers comes back normal...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And now I am even more stressed
because there are so many things that I have to deal with from here on out – he
has to have his medication every day... That means if we go out of town, I have
to try to find a friend willing to go to my house twice a day (if it’s not
someone he knows, he will most likely hide, so pet-sitters are not really a
great option) to give him his pills. I’m not willing to board him – partly because
of the expense and partly because of the whole “becoming a hissing, growling jerk”
thing (see above). It’s just too much stress for him. So this leaves me unsure
as to what to do when we want to take weekend camping trips... And completely
at a loss of what to do to make it so we can go to my family reunion this
summer... Missing a few doses for a day here or there probably won’t cause a
problem, but an entire week?? I just don’t know what to do about that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We don’t really have anyone that lives
near enough to be able to be there in the morning and at night to take care of
him. Ok – scratch that. We don’t have anyone that I would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">trust to get it done </i>that lives near enough. I would trust my BFF,
but she doesn’t live super close (about 30 mile round trip) and that’s not
exactly realistic or fair to ask of someone. I definitely would NOT trust my
MIL – he’d probably growl at her the first day and scare her and she would
refuse to go back... What if I picked someone else and they gave the medication
to the wrong cat because they don’t know my cats and my cats don’t know them?
Ugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My brain is super over-loaded right
now. I haven’t really slept – Sunday night I got NO sleep. Monday night I was dealing
with Emmy hissing at him any time he tried to come to bed. Tuesday I got to bed
late. Last night I kept getting woken up because Fred has decided that he
absolutely has to do what I call “Freddy Hat” every time he comes to bed – he crawls
onto my pillow, tangles himself in my hair, and lays with his head on mine,
purring until he gets annoyed by the fact that I won’t hold</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
completely</i></b> still<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. SUPER gag-me
adorable, but not really conducive to a good night’s sleep. I’m basically
roller-coastering back and forth between sobbing wreck, zombie, and good. More
so between zombie and good at this point as I’m calming myself down and
realizing that it’s better to know than to not know...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Today was his first dose and as long
as he keeps not finding the pill, I think he’s going to think that this whole “getting
fed cheese twice a day” thing is the most awesome thing since the invention of
catnip....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My little old
man – he’s staring up at J, who is his favorite person in the whole world.</span></div>
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And I have been doing A LOT of happy dancing lately.... :-)Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-77058805269140888902012-02-22T11:20:00.001-08:002012-02-22T11:20:42.701-08:00I Crack Myself UpJust wanted to make sure no one at work got a nasty surprise when reaching for chocolate....<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I decided to participate in <a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/">Mama Kat’s</a>
Writer’s Workshop today... It’s been a long time, but I really liked this
prompt. It was: <a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com/2012/01/writing-prompts-99/">2.) Are you on Pinterest? Share the last five items you pinned,choose one and let it inspire a blog post.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So here are the last 5 items I pinned:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">These are
just too cute for words... Right? Am I right?? They are on my “So cute, I’m
gonna vomit” board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From my “I
wish I knew how to do my hair like grown-ups do...” board. I think I could
actually achieve this one...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That’s true
friendship... (From “Crack Me Up, Please”)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Who <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">doesn’t</i> sing “Soft Kitty” to ease
sickness?! (Also from “Crack Me Up, Please”) I love Big Bang Theory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Again from “I
wish I knew how to do my hair like grown-ups do...”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So the one I’m sticking with is the
last one there... I honestly DO NOT know how to do my hair! I can leave it down
with it parted on the side or the middle, pull it half up, or put it in a
ponytail. When it is longer I can braid it, though I rarely take the time to
french braid... I have had success ONCE with a cute “braid my hair across my
forehead” thing, but only once. I have not been able to repeat it even though I
have tried sooooooo many times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That’s it. Really. That is the extent
of my hair styling “prowess”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I wish that I could do more... But
my hair doesn’t like to curl, I can’t really have bangs because of my annoying
cowlick, and I just flat out have no idea where to start. I simply comb my hair
out after a shower, let it dry, and then brush it in the morning – all the while
wishing that I had the skill to do something new...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But since I don’t – I will just keep staring
at these pictures... Thinking how pretty they are...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And really
missing when my hair was red...</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
(</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">But
not wanting to make the effort to have it be red again...)</span></div>Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117433201475982204.post-60033556891085006852012-02-01T12:24:00.000-08:002012-02-01T12:29:13.914-08:00"Just Keep Swimming"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ok, I know I said that I wasn’t going
to making this all about Nutrisystem and losing weight, but that’s really what’s
going on in my life right now... So here’s an update since I’m a week in as of
tonight...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I got my first shipment of food last
Wednesday – it was a huge box and totally took over the pantry. I was really
excited to start trying it, so I went to the grocery store and got the fruits
and veggies and other stuff that I am supposed to supplement it with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> And that's just the breakfasts and lunches... The dinners and desserts are in another cube... And the giant pixie stick? In the trash..... haha But my Orbit Sweet Mint Gum? A pack of that is with me at all times... It tastes like those pink, green, and yellow butter mints... Mmmm...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The first night for dinner I had the
one thing that I was the most skeptical and scared of seeing as how none of the
food needs to be refrigerated or frozen... The hamburger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I bought sandwich thins instead of buns
to have all the sandwich-y things on because they fit into the plan and was
mentally psyching myself up for what I would find when I opened the packet...
The horror. I didn’t remember to take a picture – I think I was too freaked
out... I may or may not have had a hint of hysteria in my voice when I said “THEY
EXPECT ME TO PUT THIS IN MY MOUTH?? </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s what she said....</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">” It looked like those organic pet
treats that are just dehydrated chicken or beef – because <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that is what it was.</i></b> I stood
there staring at it with a very frightened expression on my face until I
finally put on my big girl panties and just got to work. To “reconstitute” the
burger, you pour boiling water into its little try and let it sit for 2
minutes. I did just that and I have to confess... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It was good. Like, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">shockingly</b> good... Go figure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So far I have been pleasantly
surprised with the taste of the food. I was worried that it would be like
eating cardboard, but most of it has been really good! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I start off the day with a protein
shake (of which Strawberry is TOTALLY the best flavor) and a Nutrisystem
Breakfast. Morning snack is a “Power Fuel” – usually either yogurt or cottage cheese.
Lunch is a Nutrisystem Lunch, another “Power Fuel” (I usually go with string
cheese, almonds, or my personal favorite – edamame. Because, let me tell you – half
a cup of edamame out of the shell is a CRAP TON.), salad, and another veggie.
Then afternoon snack rolls around and I have a “Smart Carb” – usually fruit
like peaches, pears, or applesauce... Then get home from work have dinner – Nutrisystem
Dinner, “Smart Carb”, more salad, and more veggies. After that is a Nutrisystem
Dessert. (And a ton of water mixed in there... Along with my beloved Diet Coke.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You guys? I am eating all stinking
day...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Don’t get me wrong with that though – it has
not been easy... I have had good and bad days. I have had psychotic thoughts
like slapping the container of chocolate toffee covered macadamia nuts (LOVE)
out of J’s hand and laughing like a crazy person at the look on his face as
they all roll around the floor... But then I have good thoughts about how happy
I am that the scale is moving in the right direction...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have been really sad when I have
moments where I am hungry and just want to eat something horrible for me, but
then that turns around into moments where I am really proud of myself for fighting
through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have moments where I love the veggies I am
eating and moments where I crack my friend at work up by glaring at the sugar snap
pea that I am about to eat and telling it that I hate it with the fire of a
thousand suns... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Add in my body detoxing from all the
crap I’ve been putting in it for years and the massive headaches that has caused
and it has not been a dream.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But the scale is totally moving – Down
4 pounds in the first week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That is what makes it worth it. And
the headaches are fewer and farther between... As are the cravings... I figure
it will get easier as I go along... It definitely helps that I had awesome support from my bff over the weekend and from J (even if he <i><b>does</b></i> eat candy in front of me...) - they make it not suck so bad on the bad days... (and I may or may not have just had something in both of my eyes for a second there... hate when that happens... haha)<b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I try to keep Dori’s words from Finding Nemo
rolling in my brain when I am struggling – “Just keep swimming.” *<span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't know why videos don't want to embed anymore, but here's the link in case you don't know what I'm talking about.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmyUkm2qlhA</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Because I can totally do this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And I am gonna look <i>ridiculously </i>hot. Just so you know... </span></div>Kelly@MentalGarbagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04734544352496572550noreply@blogger.com2