Jillian Michaels is Trying to Kill Me!

So anyone who knows me can tell you that I'm not a workout diva... in fact I really don't like working out, everyone always tells me, at first you won't like it, but after a while you'll start to love it... BOO! Doesn't happen for me, I HATE working out, but I LOVE how I feel after I work out, and I need to be healthy, so that's why I do it, but believe me, I do a bare minimum or working out so that I can stay healthy. For a long time my routine has been 30 minutes on the elliptical, then 30 minutes of stretching, sit-ups and push-ups. But of course I hit the point where that wasn't actually doing anything for me anymore. I mentioned this to a friend, and told her that I didn't want to join a gym, and I didn't want to work out for over an hour every day... but I didn't know what to do to challenge myself and get in better shape. I'm completely unwilling to do p90x because I don't want to do a hardcore workout for an hour 6 days a week.

I needed something that fit into my lifestyle which consists of spending a lot of time doting on and playing with two darling little boys. So my friend suggested I try Jillian Michaels 30-day shred. WOW, that's all I can say, the DVD is 8 or 9 dollars and all you need is some hand weights. It has three different workout programs, level 1,2 and 3. You progress from one workout to the next when you are ready. Each workout uses a combination of strength, cardio and abs and they only last about 20 minutes, it's more like 23 because of the warm up and cool down. But it's easy to commit to because it's only 20 minutes. You think, I can commit to a 20 minute daily workout... that's no big deal! Which is awesome, and it seriously kicked my butt the first time I did it. Which was GREAT... I really needed that, I did level one for about 6 weeks, and then it started to become easy for me, so I knew it was time to move on up to level 2. I've been doing the level 2 workout for about two weeks and I'm pretty sure that level 2 is going to kill me... I'm sweating and breathing SO stinkin hard by the time I'm done with this workout, that I just lay on the floor, trying to catch my breath for at least 10 minutes after I'm done. (Maybe this isn't a reflection on how great the workout is as much as it is on how out of shape I am... but either way, I'm happy.) So I'm pretty sure Jillian Michaels is trying to kill me with these work outs... but I'm kinda glad :) I highly recommend these to anyone, especially people like me who want to be able to do a good hard 20 minute workout and just be done for the day!!!

Thank goodness for sisters

So my day started out crappy and I was enjoying a nice pity party... but my wonderful husband with his positive attitude tried to pick me up. He called once again and got at least a partial payment, so now I don't feel like my world is going to end, which I mean, I knew it really wouldn't, but it sure felt like that for a little while. So then, my darling sister called and asked me if I wanted to go to lunch with her. So we went out to lunch and then to a furniture store to look around, and then to Nordstroms to get her some makeup since she was out... it was the BEST day, started out BLAH, but then ended up being a great day to talk and spend time with my sis. Thank goodness for sisters!!!

ARGGGGGGGGGH

Ugh, having a FRUSTRATING day. Sometimes having a husband who works for himself is really nice, even though he works for himself out of necessity, and not choice. We take the good with the bad and just feel lucky that he has any work. But with the crappy economy we have run into a problem we have never faced before... clients waiting a REALLY long time to pay us. That mixed with the RIDICULOUS taxes you pay when you are self-employed, (again, that seems dumb to me, we wouldn't be self-employed if we could help it) has left us strapped for $$$. I just want this stupid client to pay us, I hate feeling like this, so much stress. I'm trying to remain positive, but I'm having a hard time today. I'm ready to be caught up and maybe, I don't know, even a little ahead for a change!!! I'm sure my friends are getting tired of me complaining about this, but it's gotten to the point that it's been so long, I truly feel like we are on a sinking ship, and all hope is lost. I mean, really I know that isn't true, and I'm trying to look at all the positive things that we have, and think about how blessed I truly am, but my good attitude comes in waves, where sometimes I think, it's really not that big of a deal and it will work out eventually, and then other times I hit a point where I think, YES THIS IS A HUGE DEAL and I'm going to DIE from the stress of this!!! At this point I'm hoping for a large check to just drop out of the sky or something! Anyways, at least I feel better getting it out, even if I'm sure my hubby doesn't want me posting my financial woes for all to see, but I just had to vent my frustrations... cause I'm REALLY frustrated! ;)

Nylons

K, so my mom use to tell me, if you don't have time to shave, nylons work to disguise hairy legs. Truly, this is not the case, as you can clearly see if you look closely at your hairy legs UNDER your nylons, but in spite of this evidence, I still find myself wearing nylons sometimes to disguise my hairy legs! Why do we do this? I have no idea, but I ran out of time this morning and didn't make it to shaving, so I put my nylons on, and went to church anyway. The sad thing is that I can see myself perpetuating this crime with my daughter someday, when she runs into the same problem. Maybe I just need to start waxing.

Really? I mean REALLY?!!!

So A is a saver, and when we went to the store to go spend some more of her leftover Birthday money (from December mind you) we headed straight for the Barbie aisle... much to my horror I stood face to face with this:


Now, don't get me wrong, movie toys are fantastic, I mean, come on, I love Star Wars action figures and ships as much as the next gal, but this is just going too far!!! I don't really understand the obsession with Twilight. I didn't particularly love the books, I actually liked how she modernized the vampire lore, it was pretty creative, sort of the way that Rick Riordan helped the gods of mount olympus exist in our modern society. I admire her imagination in doing that... but the books were painful for me to read. The movies, because I don't have to hear her words in my head are less unbearable for me, because like I said, I like her storyline a little bit... but really, I mean REALLY? This is just too much for me to stomach!!!

Ever need to be reminded that you aren't 20 anymore?

Okay, then go to a concert. You'll be the only one wearing earplugs, because you're finally mature enough to realize that don't want to damage your hearing, no matter how much you like the music. You'll find that when you are jumping up and down to the music, you'll start to be careful and jump a little less exuberantly when you realize that your bladder, although not full, isn't completely empty and that can be a bad combination... also, towards the end, you'll start to get tired, and eventually move towards the back giving up your awesome spot close to the stage because you are hot and need fresh air. When the concert is over, you'll suddenly realize that your feet hurt and your back's a little sore. But the worst part is that the next morning, without consuming any alcohol, you'll have what you call a tired hangover, from so much activity and staying up later than you usually do. There is an upside though... for a brief period during your favorite songs, when you are pumped with adrenaline and moving in time with the crowd... you'll FEEL twenty again, and hopefully, when all is said and done, you'll realize that it doesn't really matter that you're getting older... because you can still rock it at your favorite concert, and hey, getting older is actually pretty cool, even if that realization has to slap you across the face every once in a while.