Sucks To Be You

I know, I know, I am going to go straight to hell. I should not even poke fun, because that kind of shit could (and probably will) happen to me. Could you imagine it though? You see the finish line up ahead after running 26+ miles, you realize you will be the first to cross, you lift your arms up in triumph and smile and then.....THUMP, you are on the ground like Charlie Brown. The pour guy was treated for a damn brain hemmorage! I hope he slipped on a pharmaceutical add and he sues the company....

Ideas Anyone?

We're going to a Halloween Party next weekend and we have to come up with costume ideas. I, of course, suggested that hubby go as Bill Gates (he was not thrilled with that idea). Someone said I should go as Anna Nicole Smith, but I don't have the boobs for it. I could probably pull off the erratic drunk-like behavior though. Hubby just emailed me and said we should go as Dilbert and Alice from the Dilbert cartoons. I might could put something together for that. I would have to get a piece of foam and cut in in a triangle shape.
Can anyone else think of anything? We want to do something original and inexpensive. I also need to come up with something to bring to eat. Whatever I decide I need to quick, I only have tomorrow off. Help!!!!

Not Much...

To report.

I was off on Sunday and Monday and hubby and I went to Charleston to meet some friends for lunch and a bar hop on Sunday. Just as I was getting a nice buzz on, hubby said we had to go because he had to work the next day. I was holding steadfast on staying until he coaxed me to go by offering to stop at my favorite ice cream parlor on the way home. Mmmmm, I was burping beer and ice cream all the way home.

Yesterday I spent cleaning and doing errands while the site supervisor from our builder finished up on our 30 day punch list we gave them. I must say, God Bless that poor man. Hubby is extremely anal retentive and our punch list was at least 7 pages long. Some of the stuff was kind of big (our back door needed new weather stripping, our hearth in front of our mantle was loose), but most of the stuff was stuff I didn't even notice, even AFTER hubby pointed it out to me. The builders and all of the sub-contractors have been wonderful though. We have not had any issues like some of the "nightmares" we have heard from other people dealing with other builders. I baked the man some cookies yesterday and we gave him some cash for all of his hard work. He said that if we needed anything to call him, that he wasn't going to avoid us now that the list was done. I told him I wouldn't blame him if he did.

Speaking of baking, I attempted to make some lowfat cheesecake brownies. They tasted like ass. I think I will stick to the fatty brownies from now on.

Its kind of nice living in a neighborhood with a lot of young couple like us. I am working with our friends down the street to coordinate a block party in November. That will be a great way to meet all the neighbors. Tonight, when we get home from work, we were going to go walking and knock on some doors to introduce ourselves to the neighbors we haven't met yet and pass out some flyers for the block party. There are about 15 houses on our street, about half of which people have moved into. There are about 15 more houses on the next street (our houses are back to back with an alley in the middle), with about 10 - 12 houses lived in now.

Biggest Loser

Am I a loser for being addicted to this show? Granted, its not as good as the last 2 seasons and I am not a fan of the new blond chick that replaced Jillian, but I still get into the damn show.

This season's Red Team sucks. The girls on that team are treating this like "Survivor". What about a sense of team? I like how the Blue Team handles elimination. They support each other and vote off the person they think can succeed on their own.

Hubby hates the show and makes fun of me for watching it. I just can't get over how much these people lose in a weeks time! Holy shit! I guess if all I had to do was workout for 6 hours a day, I could lose 22 lbs in one week too!

The House

I realized I have not posted any new pictures of the house since its been finished and we moved in. So here are a couple of the front of the house. I will post some more of the inside of the house soon...

My First 5K

Not only did I finish, but I made pretty good time! I finished in 27:03. I even beat my friends that I came with, they came in a few minutes later and this was their 3rd 5K. Out of over 600 runners, I was the 66th woman in. Not to shabby. I have discovered that I really like road races. I run faster because I occupy myself with "filling in the gaps".

Here I am less than a minute after I finished the race:


I know, I look pretty scary, but cut me some slack people, I just ran over 3 miles!

Here we are waiting to here the results of the race:

From L to R: Me, Bill, Sarah, Jen and Rihanna (a girl we met just before the race)

We plan to do more races and eventually a 10K in February. It was a lot of fun. I think I have found my new hobby.

Wish Me Luck

I'm running my first 5K tomorrow evening in Savannah. As say 1st as if I may do more, but I think I will see how this goes. I'm not looking to win or anything, just finish with a descent time. I think I will do okay. I have been running regularly outside and I am up to 4.25 miles outside. I occasionally run on the treadmill at work and I still do 10 miles on that. So I think I'm ready.
If you would have asked me a year ago if I would be addicted to running, I would have said you were crazy. But I think I am. I really like how I feel afterwards. It also helps me clear my head if I am feeling stressed, get energized if I am feeling sluggish and picks me up if I am cranky. I know, I HAVE gone crazy.

I got into running to help with my weight loss and it really has helped. I am now down to 137 lbs. and would like to lose 7 more to make me an even 130. Some of my coworkers think I have lost enough, but according to my height and my frame, 130 is just within my ideal weight frame (which is supposed to be 119 - 130). I want to get rid of the last of this spare tire around my waste and the fat in my ass. If that goes away before I reach 130, then I will stay at that weight, but until that is gone, I'm going to keep working at it. I would love to do more weight training, but I don't belong to a gym right now.

The funny thing about how I eat now is that I eat MORE than I ever have, just different, BETTER stuff. My boss jokes when she comes in my office and says, "Okay, what are you eating NOW!" I'm no longer following the Six Week Body Makeover (although I stick to the basics behind the program). I keep track of everything I eat, make sure I get all the right amounts of fat, protien, carbs and fiber, iron etc. etc. I've gotten some nutrition books as well to continue to learn about food and what different foods can do for the body. I find it all really interesting. Every time I have dieted in the past, I have always felt hungry or deprived (like I was on a diet) and then I would eventually "fall off the wagon" and give up. Now I eat what I want. If I want to eat cake - like I just did a half hour ago at a dessert tasting with our chef, I did. I just have to work in some cardio or eat a lighter dinner. Everything in moderation. I've found that now that I have started to make healthier eating choices, I don't crave the bad stuff as often because when I do eat it, I feel gross afterward. I haven't had fast food in months nor do I want it. When hubby and I went on our road trip to Memphis, I packed food to eat rather than eat something from Krystal or Burger King. Yuck, no thank you!

Okay, I've rambled enough. Can you tell I'm at work and killing time?