Fat Pants

I have bought my last pair of fat girl pants. OK. So I didn't lose the 10 pounds I had planned for before my sisters wedding. And I'm still fat. But I did lose 5, (and who cares if it's appeared that I've gained 2 of those back. I am having that monthly girl visit plus I have forgotten to take my water pills the past 4 days. So I'm going to go ahead and assume it's just water weight.) I also started working out to a video every morning for 20 minutes, whereas I had previously been doing sit ups only by myself for 10 minutes each morning. So maybe that is a contributing factor as well.

I found two pairs of my favorite fat girl brand of pants on super clearance for $9.99 each. So my regularly $60 jeans were a super steal! But I decided I'm not buying anymore fat girl cloths. (Granted, there is more room then in my last purchases.) I can't continue to grow my wardrobe with these fat bitch styles.

So consider this my notice.

Have You Been Wondering About My Colon?

I know at least one of you are! ha!

Well, I completed the whole colon cleanse bottle without any "incidents" (AKA running to the potty in a mad dash). It actually does make you feel better. I've got a little more pep in my step. Even though, don't count today, because I'm totally exhausted from my weekend.

Bad Service or High Expectations?

Yesterday I went to buy more Bare Minerals makeup at this Salon that I always buy from.  Usually, I just barely get in the door, and there is some eager girl there waiting to serve me.  No wait and I'm in and out in minutes.

Today, I went in and was actually relieved that no one was immediately there.  I could now checkout some of their new products without getting hounded.  But then I was done looking and still no one to help me.  Hmm.  Wait some more.  No one.  I had to go to the salon counter and ask for help.  I was not impressed and considered going somewhere else to buy my makeup.

So my question is this.  If a place spoils their customers in the first place, then falls short and gives you half assed service you get everywhere else, is it really bad service they are giving or are my expectations set high because of my previous experience?

Is It Cold In Here?

Today, I am wearing.
1. My normal lightly padded bra
2. A fitted white undershirt
3. White Silk Blouse

I just went to the bathroom and while washing my hands, noticed I have one rogue nipple. It's just hollering "What Up?!" to all my co-workers.

How imbarrassing is that? I don't normally have nips that do that. They like to stay hidden and to themselves. I'm going to go ahead and blame this one on the child birthing experience.

How's Your Colon?

I've decided to start updating this regularly again.
Today's topic is your colon. How is it doing? Do you realize how much healthier you'd be if you cleaned it out frequently?

I started my first colon clease of the year. I'm hoping that it will help me kick start some weight loss. Right now I'm just using Swanson Ultra Colon Tone and will likely start up on some Acai sparkling waters.

I'm a little worried about when to take my colon tone. I don't want to wind up crapping myself on the 45 minute drive home.

Thirty Minutes

What a difference thirty minutes makes in a busy moms day!

For about the past couple months, I've been, well, I don't think it's an exaggeration to say; completely exhausted. When I get home from work, all I want to do is rest, but as you know, I have a 1 year old where I'm the only tending parent in the evenings. We recently started walking three times out of the week, and the other two nights are bath nights. This hasn't really been helping with the exhaustion issue, but I'm also too over weight to not be doing something about it.

Of course, I've tried speaking to my "loving husband", who works long hours at ye-ole farm. (Using a management technique I just learned from a training seminar. It works! I'll have to post about that sometime soon and share my knowledge.) We wound up cutting a deal where he'll be be home at least 2 nights a week during the off season, but work toward three since three would be ideal for me to allow me to go work out. Well, that hasn't exactly been happening consistently, and actually, I probably should have a reminder discussion with him, but at least that's something.

But anyway. The only person that can make you happy is yourself. So I decided to try leaving work a thirty minutes early to either nap, or do whatever I want to do with myself before picking up the little one. I've done this three times now, and so far it seems to be helpful. All three days I've opted to nap. Then I get up, go get the kiddo, and we have done activities where I haven't been fantasizing about doing nothing. I think MG is happier too, because she loves to be outside. On days that I'm too tired, I make her stay inside because she's easier to corral.

Yesterday we weeded my garden, (which has been more of a swamp after the six inches of rain we just got.) played on the slide, and ran around in the area behind the house and picked clover flowers and dandelions. Oh, and chased birds.

Today I'm totally exhausted, but that might be because I stayed up late editing July 4 photos. Those should go up on my family blog soon.

Boston Baby!

I'm in New England. Yep. It didn't really hit me until I turned on the news and the news guy said something about the New England area. Oh yeah... They do call Boston part of New England.

It took a while to get here from ye ole podunkville, but I'm here, and I'm ready to get to business and to get around and explore the city! One problem. What is there to see in Boston? Where should I go? What sites are there to see? If you've got something, let me know. I suppose I'll be looking up some to dos online, but if you've got something good, let me know!

Thanks!

And, Without Further Adieu

I give thee, PICTURES FROM THE BRET MICHAELS CONCERT! (And the crowd goes wild)

Bret Michaels

I'm about to write a post that my friend Brenda is going to get very hot blooded about. Mostly out of jealousy, because she would have loved this last concert that I went to. So sorry Brenda, if you're already upset today, maybe you should read this later. he he he.

For everyone else, Guess what I did on Friday night!?!?!?!? I went to see Bret Michaels, Rock of Love Concert! Yeah baby! He was playing at the local casino, which the guys at my office likened to one step below State Fair. ha! Yeah, I have to agree. It sort of is. But anyway. My cousin, sister-in-laws and two of their friends all went out and had a great time. It was a much better time then I was expecting actually.

Highlights.

1. Bret is much better looking in person. I'm not one of those people who thinks he's mega hot or anything. (He's a little too botoxed for my liking these days. Checkout the picture above.) But I did think he was MUCH better looking in person, and looked taller and thinner then he does on Rock of Love.

2. He sang a lot of the old Poison songs. We all rocked out and had a blast.

3. We discovered that no one was kicking people out of the front, so we headed up to the front of the stage where we got our rock on some more, and bonded with other drunk bitches.

4. Everyone, men and women had a great time singing along and being "old-school".

5. He announced that he was coming back next year with Warrant and Def Leopard. (Oh yeah, I'm totally there.)

6. It was like I was back in middle school. All over again, when Brenda was going to Warrant and the Nelson Brothers concerts and getting her pants signed while I was stuck at home.

Low lights.

1. The beer line was messed up. People stood in line for most of the concert. When we got to the front of the line, we bought three six packs. Tee hee. People behind us were pissed, but whatever. Don't worry, that was only 3 beers a piece. We weren't a bunch of lushes.

2. That had to be one of the worst openings I've ever seen! Yep. I said it. Here's how it went down. His body guard comes up and pumps us up. He then says the magic words, "Are you ready to rock! Here's Bret Micheals!!! AAAAHHHHHHH! The crowd goes wild, the music starts, the lights dim, the stage lights up. AAAAHHHH!!! Guns and Roses starts playing. Welcome to the Jungle. Umm.... no Bret. The song played in its entirety before the band made it to the stage. Welcome to the Jungle is a pretty long song. We were all sitting down and standing there like "WTF?" So when he finally did come out, our cheers were somewhat lackluster. Ummm.. Yeah. Worst opening ever.

3. Did I mention the beer situation?

4. There was only one old man selling the shirts at the end of the show, so it took FOREVER for us to get a shirt. Even though I got to watch some stupid bitch pay $500 for his sweaty tank top, and another $500 for the hat he wore during the concert. I bet she regretted that the next day.

We had so much fun though. We were sad when the concert was over. But that didn't stop us from moving to the bar and having way too many frosty beverages.

I've decided. When the Warrant, Def Leopard, Poison tour starts, I'm finding one somewhere where Brenda and I can meet half way and go get our 80's on. I would have been a lot more fun with her there. I remember on her bachelorette party night, she lost her voice because it just so happened that the club we went to was playing 80's rock all night long and she was singing along all night long. Her future hubby was pissed when she had no voice to recite her vows with. tee hee hee.

Here are some pics. They are from my camera phone, so they pretty much suck. My cousin got some great ones. I can't wait for her to forward them to me to post.

Anger

Ever wake up and your just pissed off? That's me today. Well, I didn't wake up pissed off, but I quickly got there. I was fine. Got out of the shower, and heard the baby. She wasn't going back to sleep so I went in and got her out of her crib and brought her into the bathroom with me while I got ready. (I sometimes do this and then put her back to bed and she goes back to sleep.) This time, she followed me into the bedroom and woke up daddy. He seems to think he has to be Mr. Excitement, so he wakes up, pulls her onto the bed and starts being rambunctious. (Instead of being mellow so she will go back to bed.) I wound up leaveing her with her father in the bedroom. I suppose I'll be blamed for causing him to lose sleep or something stupid tomorrow when I see them next. That thought is what pissed me off.

On my drive in, I started thinking about all the shit I have to do today, just so I can frickin' go to a Bret Michael's concert tonight. Pack the baby up, pack overnight cloths for both of us, find the pack-n-play, white trash myself out, meet my friends, get wasted, sleep somewhere, wake up, meet my aunt at my grandmas to gather photos for my grandmas 80th birthday. Grrr. Oh, and don't forget, plan our trip to the cities for his cousin's wedding.

Here is what DJ is doing for the same time period. Waiting for a custom seeder to show up to finish off his planting season, sleeping, sleep in, wake up, (probably) watch tv, nap.

See why I'm irritated?

Oh, and then I get to work, and I've decided my team is the only capable team in my department. You should see some of the emails I'm getting. Seriously. When did everyone turn into idiots?!

Farts

When you're in the bathroom, and you hear someone in the other stall fart, how do you feel? I want to get out of there as fast as I can! Run! Run! Run!

Home Depot Ad

Fargo Water

My friend told me not to drink the water today. I am really thirsty so I am sipping away when she sends me this. I think I may puke.

Water is safe… but I have issues with the decaying vegetation in it.

City officials also dispelled rumors that drinking water in Fargo and Moorhead is unsafe to consume because of an earthy taste and odor.

Fargo water treatment plant operator Mark Peterson said the smell and taste is caused by geosmin, a byproduct of decaying vegetation that’s detectable in parts per trillion. The cities deal with it every spring, but it’s worse this year. Still, all other tests are normal and the water is safe to drink, he said.

“It’s just such a strong taste and odor, it’s going to be tough to get rid of, I think, until the rivers go back to normal,” he said.

Internet Explorer 8: Videos

Check this out.  I'm testing a new IE8 functionality.

Internet Explorer 8: Videos

I'm Going To Dallas Bitches!

Woo hoo! Getting the hell out of dodge! And it couldn't have come at a better time. The husband is sick, and acting like my second baby. The only thing that's stopping be from having a raging bitch fest at him for thinking he can't do anything "because he's siiiiick" is the fact that I am outta here in two weeks, and that will shirley be payback enough.

I did have to remind him that I've been walking around here with pneumonia for the past 45 days, so he could suck it up and do some dishes or change a diaper.

So if any of you peeps are in the Dallas area, maybe we should plan to hang out? So far, my plan is: Sip n strips with my friend Kai and his boyfriend, a Britney Spears party where I have to dress up like someone in her life, and eating at as many good restaurants as possible. Oh, and shopping!

Appreciate Your Fragrance Free Sugar

You know how when you add about a cup of sugar to your coffee everyday? Or to your cereal? Well, I'm posting today to point out how much you should appreciate that it doesn't smell like ass. Because that's what sugar smells like when they start to refine it. Yep. Ass. Big nasty stinky ASS.

I live 5 miles away from a Sugar Beet Plant. For those of you who don't know, sugar beets are what sugar is made out. (If you don't use sugar cane sugar anyway.) These beets are about the size of a teenagers head... But I guess that's another story. Anyway. All winter long there are truckers delivering sugar beets to this plant. And this plant cooks it or whatever they do with it. And some days, when the wind is just right, I get to smell that nasty-nast. BLUCK! DJ says he likes the smell. But I kid you not. The first time I smelled it was this summer when I had the windows open in my sun room. I searched that room for a good portion of the day thinking some dog had shat a big ole steaming pile on my rug and then ran off. I never found the pile of shit, but when I went outside to checkout the flower beds, I realized there was no shit in my house.

So next time you pile on a nice big spoonful of sugar, BE SURE YOU APPRECIATE it's fragrance free scent.

I Love Horse Radish

Can't get enough of it.  I could eat that stuff straight out of the jar.  OK.  Maybe not, but some days I really feel like I want to try.  The only reason I eat at Arby's is so I can slather on the horsey sauce and dip my fries into it.  Mmmmm....

 

Anyone else have a strange food fetish like that?

Stinky Brown Bag

From: Qdoba Mexican Grill [mailto:Qdoba_Mexican_Grill@qdoba.fishbowl.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:53 AM
Subject: Stinky Brown Bag

Subject: Stinky Brown Bag Attention All Employees, There is a brown paper bag lunch in the break room refrigerator without a name. It’s behind the ranch dressing and it smells like bologna. If this odorous brown bag happens to be yours, PLEASE DISPOSE OF IT IMMEDIATELY. Then go to Qdoba Mexican Grill for lunch. They’re now offering any chicken entree on their menu with handmade chips, a choice of salsas and a regular fountain drink for only $6.99 (click here for the offer). It’s a great value and you can choose from any of their 18 different chicken dishes. So, whoever you are, you no longer have to be the SAD PACKER. Thank you, -Management "Propelling work to the next level" For more information click here

 

Zicam Overdose?

It's been two weeks since I've been sick. Actually 3 if you count the pooping/puking virus I had. Yesterday I decided to go life alone (without my beloved Zicam). By lunchtime I was miserable and had a headache from all the stuffiness I was feeling, and all the nose blowing I was doing.

I headed off to Target at lunch to buy me some new drugs. I grabbed the only nasal thing on the shelf and quickly purchased and snarfed. 2 pumps in each nose. Then I went to JoAnn and was pretty pissed when the stuff didn't work. When I got back to my car, I looked at the package. I had bought Zicam Cold Remedy. Apparently, I just overdosed on something that is supposed to help you get better faster. Oh well... Maybe it will help.

So then I had to go search out the good stuff. My Zicam Extreme Nasal Congestion. I go to Walgreens. They don't have it. But they have Intense Nasal Relief. Whatever. I buy it. It's got "cooling menthol" in it. Who the FRICK thinks it's genius to put menthol in something you snarf? That sucked. But it worked. So I was a pretty happy Overdosing on Zicam fool yesterday afternoon. Now I'm just wondering if I should snarf some more of the cold remedy to see if I can get better. I'm really sick of feeling like ass. I've been taking extra immunoglobulins, and they don't seem to be doing their job. Maybe I'm dieing?

Gotta Get Me Some

F-Devil - As he's so nicknamed in HW

Have you been keeping up with your Christian Bale news? Have you heard his latest freak out? It's so awesome. Actually, the freak-out is stupid, he's stupid. But the remix I embedded below the original freak-out clips is. I have been laughing all morning.

Freak Out:


Remix:

Super Awesome!

Step 1 - Join a Gym

I'm reprising my weight ticker. I'm a fat cow and am sick of it. My babies will just have to deal with the fact that I am going to the gym 3 nights a week. Last night on my way home, I called the hubby and told him I was joining the gym and he could come with me as I signed up, or he could stay home. He came with and we are now members of the local gym.

Poop

You may have read my "polite" post on my family blog about how I've been sick. Want to know the real kb truth? I've been shitting my brains out for the past 3 days. It started with cold chills and and progressed into, "If i even thought about food, I'd have to run to the bathroom." It was so bad, I stayed home from work for 3 days to hang out near my toilet. It was also so bad, I sat in DJs lap and cried the first night. It got to the point that I was so hungry, I had stomach pains from that, but if I ate anything, I'd also have stomach pains. So I didn't eat for most of 3 days. I had orange juice a couple times (sent me to the bathroom), and on day 2 was able to eat a little thing of yogurt and not have serious punishment for it. There was something else that I ate... ooh yeah. All three nights I had a bowl of popcorn and had no issues. I can't tall you how sick I am/was about wiping my ass. I also can't tell you how happy I was when my poop started to be solid again. ha! Want to know something else that a woman shouldn't talk about? When it did come back as solid, it was ALBINO. Yep. :o I've never seen that before. That must be what happens to it when you have no food in your system whatsoever to speak of.....

Yesterday I returned to work, and had Wendy's for lunch. I had no issues. So I was happy. Last night, I made the family tacos, and took it easy. I ate one, and ate a side salad with not so much dressing. Boring... yes. but at least I didn't crap it out.

One nice thing... I lost 9 pounds. I'm going to try not to eat much salt and keep all that water weight off.

Instant Messaging

Anyone use IM anymore? I used to all the time, but then got blocked at the office so I haven't been on in a while. I was just wondering if anyone still did that in this age bracket? You know... Too old to even know about all the new acronyms kids are using these days on my text msgs.

I'm So Cool

Oh yeah. I'm declaring my coolness. I finally got a bluetooth headset for my cell! Woo hoo! Unfortunately, I was going to play with it on my way home last night,but I left my cell at the office. :o( Boooooooo. But now I just want to call everyone! So be prepared. You may get a call from me today!

Yummy

Now that I have a baby, I'm branching out into trying to make new foods.  Last night I grilled Salmon (something I used to hate until I had some of my Dads a few years back at Papadeux), and made Cheesy Broccoli Soup.  I was so impressed with myself.  This was the second time I've ever made salmon, but the first time it was baked.  It turned out really good.  I told DJ to be prepared because I was going to be experimenting once a week with foods I don't normally make. 

 

Next week, I'm going to make some sort of sea food concoction that I saw online.  It calls for Saffron.  Do you know how much saffron is?!!!  WTF is it anyway?  I went to the store and the spice container had a little tiny envelop in it (I can only assume there are about 2 sprigs of whatever it is in there), and it cost $15.00!!!!  I will be making this food concoction without it.

TV

Anyone looking forward to any good TV anytime soon?

 

I've been hearing commercial for new shows, but really don't care about any of them.  I'm just waiting for Lost to start back up.  That's pretty much all I care about anymore.  Grey's has jumped the shark, and I'm still hanging on to ER, but that's only because I've watched it for so long, I can't stop watching now that they are in their final season!

 

Oh, and I hear Nip Tuck is finally back on this Tuesday.  I'm going to try to tune into that.  If I remember.

43 Things.com

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm a Romantic Organized Extrovert

It also told me 0% out of 26000 people were like me. So I guess I really am 1 of a kind! :o)