Busy, Busy, Busy
Decided to join Anytime Fitness right before Thanksgiving, was blessed to have met an amazing personal trainer, Gilbert. We set me up on a training schedule and he told me about a supplement program he is part of and the 24 day challenge they were holding. Of course I have tried EVERYTHING out there with no long term success so I jumped on board!
So here it is, I started my 24 day challenge with the supplement 15 days ago! Day 1 and Day 10 we took measurements and weighed in. I was SUPER proud of myself as in the first 10 days I lost 8 pounds and 5 inches! Really! I did that in the first 10 days!!!! So with all of this I decided to become a distributor for the same supplement company as my trainer. My sight is https://www.advocare.com/1112284/default.aspx
Now I can't say that the last 15 days have been super easy either. I have cut out all sugars, and almost all carbs. I eat stricked amounts of food five times daily along with drinking one-two gallons of water and exercise six days a week! Thank goodness I have Eric and Gilbert to push me three of those days! But I am excited to loose the weight the right way this time. It has been a challenge to not have some foods I love but on the flip side Paul and the kids are usually eating what I am so as a family we are all eating healthier!
So with all of that said - Just nine more days and I will post my beginning, ten day and 24 day measurements and weights.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
30th Birthday
Turning 30 wasn't so bad after all.
I really thought that 30 was going to be a BIG thing. I was worried I would be sad or depressed that I am no longer in my twenties and yadi yadi yada. So not true!
First I have to start by saying I did have plenty of weepy moments on my 30th Birthday but none of them were because of my new age. I was having a hard time because I was without my friends and family. I am totally in a new life, one I had never imaged; but I felt pretty alone. On the flip side last year I was surrounded with friends and family and was lonely because my husband was in Oregon... so this year it was all just flipped!
So far, two days in, 30 has been GREAT! I have been blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime this year. My wonderful husband has allowed me to not work with this move and make time to really focus 100% on me (well from 8-3 when the kids are gone at school, wink* wink*.) I have to say I am pretty damn proud of myself and what I have accomplished since we have moved here. I found a great college and am enrolled!!!! I have found an amazing gym with even more amazing and I might add pretty cute trainers! I have totally changed the way I eat and take care of myself!!!! I am eating right, sleeping right, going to the gym six days a week (3 weeks and counting)! Its great, I get to be a stay at home mom, a housewife, a student and well a 30 year old woman fighting to get healthy, lose unwanted weight and get in shape. What more could I ask for?
So on that note, I have to say 30 is pretty great!
I really thought that 30 was going to be a BIG thing. I was worried I would be sad or depressed that I am no longer in my twenties and yadi yadi yada. So not true!
First I have to start by saying I did have plenty of weepy moments on my 30th Birthday but none of them were because of my new age. I was having a hard time because I was without my friends and family. I am totally in a new life, one I had never imaged; but I felt pretty alone. On the flip side last year I was surrounded with friends and family and was lonely because my husband was in Oregon... so this year it was all just flipped!
So far, two days in, 30 has been GREAT! I have been blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime this year. My wonderful husband has allowed me to not work with this move and make time to really focus 100% on me (well from 8-3 when the kids are gone at school, wink* wink*.) I have to say I am pretty damn proud of myself and what I have accomplished since we have moved here. I found a great college and am enrolled!!!! I have found an amazing gym with even more amazing and I might add pretty cute trainers! I have totally changed the way I eat and take care of myself!!!! I am eating right, sleeping right, going to the gym six days a week (3 weeks and counting)! Its great, I get to be a stay at home mom, a housewife, a student and well a 30 year old woman fighting to get healthy, lose unwanted weight and get in shape. What more could I ask for?
So on that note, I have to say 30 is pretty great!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Vehicles in Arizona
I tell ya, it doesn't pay to drive in Arizona. The registration process was a fun nightmare! Had to get Arizona Driver's License, then insurance, go to some special emissions place an hour out of my way and then off to the DMV to get new plates. It was a long morning of errands. Found out my truck insurance is $145 more here.
Then on the way home received a phone call from our insurance agent who advised me that to insure our travel trailer here the costs is more than double!! GRRR! Not sure what to do with the trailer yet.
So according to our insurance agent he says that the insurance rates in Arizona are more due to the way that people drive in the metro area and the amount of accidents. According to our neighbors the truth behind it is that we are within an hour or two of the border and often times vehicles are stolen and taken across the border so insurance rates are high because of stolen vehicles.
Either way what ever the true story of the high insurance rates are it is DUMB! Being a good driver and earning my low insurance went out the door when we moved to Arizona. Finding how much more expensive it is to live here. Not sure how many people can afford to drive. Housing is CHEAP but apparently that is it!
For now - at least we got the truck that was due licensed and registered here. Insurance is taken care of for now. Seriously need to start thinking of options for the trailer. Hmmm.
Then on the way home received a phone call from our insurance agent who advised me that to insure our travel trailer here the costs is more than double!! GRRR! Not sure what to do with the trailer yet.
So according to our insurance agent he says that the insurance rates in Arizona are more due to the way that people drive in the metro area and the amount of accidents. According to our neighbors the truth behind it is that we are within an hour or two of the border and often times vehicles are stolen and taken across the border so insurance rates are high because of stolen vehicles.
Either way what ever the true story of the high insurance rates are it is DUMB! Being a good driver and earning my low insurance went out the door when we moved to Arizona. Finding how much more expensive it is to live here. Not sure how many people can afford to drive. Housing is CHEAP but apparently that is it!
For now - at least we got the truck that was due licensed and registered here. Insurance is taken care of for now. Seriously need to start thinking of options for the trailer. Hmmm.
Friday, October 21, 2011
2011 Holiday's
The holiday's sure are going to be weird this year. We were planning on taking a family trip to Oregon for Thanksgiving however after finding out it would cost us $1600+ to go we decided that we just aren't going to be able to make it.
My whole life I have lived in Utah and usually had a Thanksgiving and Christmas of snow and lots of craziness going from place to place to visit with family. Christmas was crazy with extremely large family parties but always fun. When we haven't been in Utah for the holidays we have spent them with the Brooks family in Oregon which also is a ton of crazy fun! Actually knowing we aren't going to be with either of our families this year is a little on the depressing side of things but at least the four of us will be together and that is what counts right? It is!
Good News is at least Flagstaff is only 3-4 hours away and there is snow there! Sounds like we are going to have to make a weekend trip there so that we can have a little bit of the Christmas season that we know. On the other hand. I don't know that I can complain too much about being able to wear shorts and flip flops all winter long. It sure is going to be a major change!
For Paul, the kids and myself we are so happy and so blessed to all be under the same roof this year. We struggled for 18 months trying to spend time together when we could and now at least we will be able to share the entire holiday season together. We are enjoying having our family time!
So the invitation is open to family and close friends - our house will remain open for the holiday's if anyone wants to visit!
My whole life I have lived in Utah and usually had a Thanksgiving and Christmas of snow and lots of craziness going from place to place to visit with family. Christmas was crazy with extremely large family parties but always fun. When we haven't been in Utah for the holidays we have spent them with the Brooks family in Oregon which also is a ton of crazy fun! Actually knowing we aren't going to be with either of our families this year is a little on the depressing side of things but at least the four of us will be together and that is what counts right? It is!
Good News is at least Flagstaff is only 3-4 hours away and there is snow there! Sounds like we are going to have to make a weekend trip there so that we can have a little bit of the Christmas season that we know. On the other hand. I don't know that I can complain too much about being able to wear shorts and flip flops all winter long. It sure is going to be a major change!
For Paul, the kids and myself we are so happy and so blessed to all be under the same roof this year. We struggled for 18 months trying to spend time together when we could and now at least we will be able to share the entire holiday season together. We are enjoying having our family time!
So the invitation is open to family and close friends - our house will remain open for the holiday's if anyone wants to visit!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Arizona State Fair
We hit the Arizona State Fair last weekend! Sunday's before noon you can get in for FREE! Which as nice bonus. I was amazed at how huge the fair is here. In Utah the fair is a much smaller scale and they only have half the rides, a quarter of the food options and games. It was amazing!
We checked out several of the exhibits there too. The coolest of all was the Human Body Exhibit. The kids were a little freaked out but it was so cool to see real human bones, tissues and organs. It was really fascinating! Too bad they didn't allow photography or I would have posted some neat pictures.
As for the rest of the fair, they had 68 rides; not little kiddy land rides but real rides. It reminded me of Lagoon. The only things they were really missing were the roller coasters. Guess those might be hard to move and set up for a 3 week event. We just might have to go back again to see what we may have missed!
The Arizona State Fair gets an A+ in my book!
We checked out several of the exhibits there too. The coolest of all was the Human Body Exhibit. The kids were a little freaked out but it was so cool to see real human bones, tissues and organs. It was really fascinating! Too bad they didn't allow photography or I would have posted some neat pictures.
As for the rest of the fair, they had 68 rides; not little kiddy land rides but real rides. It reminded me of Lagoon. The only things they were really missing were the roller coasters. Guess those might be hard to move and set up for a 3 week event. We just might have to go back again to see what we may have missed!
The Arizona State Fair gets an A+ in my book!
Friday, October 14, 2011
ASU on hold till January
Well after much discussion with my husband we have decided to divert my journey to go back to school until January. The timing of our decision was pretty spot on too!
This morning I received a call from the Psychology Program at ASU to let me know I was accepted! I was accepted at ASU a couple of weeks ago however had been waiting to hear about being accepted in the Psychology Program.
It is bitter sweet though cause I was excited to start school. However so much to do and classes start Monday and I just now have the ability to enroll in the courses I wanted to take. So I guess waiting just works out. I will have time to be prepared and possibly get a deal on my books. We will see.
I am so bless. 2012 is going to be a great year! I am excited to start it off right by starting classes on 1/4/2012!! Until then..... the holidays are right around the corner and we have much to do!
This morning I received a call from the Psychology Program at ASU to let me know I was accepted! I was accepted at ASU a couple of weeks ago however had been waiting to hear about being accepted in the Psychology Program.
It is bitter sweet though cause I was excited to start school. However so much to do and classes start Monday and I just now have the ability to enroll in the courses I wanted to take. So I guess waiting just works out. I will have time to be prepared and possibly get a deal on my books. We will see.
I am so bless. 2012 is going to be a great year! I am excited to start it off right by starting classes on 1/4/2012!! Until then..... the holidays are right around the corner and we have much to do!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
ASU
So I am supposed to be starting classes next week on the 17th online at ASU! Well that is if they finish picking apart my transcripts from SLCC. Since SLCC when to the four digit class numbers ASU is having a difficult time trying to figure out which classes they are allowing. I sent my email to Academic Advising to see if I can get an appointment yet but still waiting to hear back. :(
Its funny how you obtain information, pay all of your fees and are told, "You can start classes on the 17th." Then find out that they are still reviewing and not yet allowing you to register for your classes :( GRRRR
Its okay, one way or the other I will get it all figured out. I am excited to be back in school soon!
Its funny how you obtain information, pay all of your fees and are told, "You can start classes on the 17th." Then find out that they are still reviewing and not yet allowing you to register for your classes :( GRRRR
Its okay, one way or the other I will get it all figured out. I am excited to be back in school soon!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Kids
While going through pictures for my prior post I found the pictures of the kids on their first day of school and just had to share. Both of the kids are doing really well in their new school. They have enjoyed a two week Fall break and are ready to go back to school on Monday. I think I am ready for them to go back to school too! I am need of getting my schedule back and kids always through routines out the window but it sure has been fun having them home for two weeks. We were able to get many projects done.
Since they are both growing so quickly I will be sure to post more pictures here more often.
Rewarding Weekend of Work
Our family enjoyed a rewarding weekend of work. When we purchased our Arizona home the front of the house was interesting to say the least.We had weeping juniper all over the front yard which had pretty much died and was just a ton of sticks. Throughout the week the kids and I decided to start raking up the sticks and cleaning up the debris that was all over the place; this of course got my hubby all sorts of interested in helping beautify the front of our home!
Paul and I normally wake up pretty early, so we started by painting our front door and the trim.
Then we decided after cleaning up the yard that we should plant some flowers around the trees. Mind you I was super simple and purchased petunias. Funny thing was when I asked the neighbor where I could purchase flowers and what worked well around here she had never heard of petunias. I am so glad that our local Walmart had some. Those I know had to deal with! :)
Of course while I was at Walmart I couldn't settle on just buying flowers so I decided that I would purchase our families very first palm tree. Don't get me wrong we do have a palm in our back yard but it just came with the house and wasn't ours. So I had to get a baby palm to grow with our family in our new home.
It was multiple days of hard work but it is so rewarding each time I go out the front door to see all of the work we did as a family to make the outside of our home as beautiful as the inside of our home. Here is a picture of the front of the house.
So I have to share a funny note about the yard work. We don't have grass here. There really aren't a lot of homes that do have grass I am sure because water is expensive and the heat is horrible in the summer. But our yard is all zero-scaped; therefore entirely rocks of a variety of colors. So in Utah I would go out each week and mow our lawn; here I have to go out each week and use the leaf blower/vacuum combo to blow and vacuum all of the rocks. I thought this was the craziest idea ever and thought for sure those things would suck up all of the rocks. I was wrong! It is brilliant! We purchased The Works all in one combo unit. Nothing to change out just a flip of a switch and it goes from the blower to the vacuum and it mulches also so we were able to use a lot of the debris for mulch around the plants and trees!! Arizona is SOOO different that what I am used to.
Time to wrap this post up for now but I thought I would share the little bit of Halloween decor that I put up yesterday in the front window.
Paul and I normally wake up pretty early, so we started by painting our front door and the trim.
It was multiple days of hard work but it is so rewarding each time I go out the front door to see all of the work we did as a family to make the outside of our home as beautiful as the inside of our home. Here is a picture of the front of the house.
So I have to share a funny note about the yard work. We don't have grass here. There really aren't a lot of homes that do have grass I am sure because water is expensive and the heat is horrible in the summer. But our yard is all zero-scaped; therefore entirely rocks of a variety of colors. So in Utah I would go out each week and mow our lawn; here I have to go out each week and use the leaf blower/vacuum combo to blow and vacuum all of the rocks. I thought this was the craziest idea ever and thought for sure those things would suck up all of the rocks. I was wrong! It is brilliant! We purchased The Works all in one combo unit. Nothing to change out just a flip of a switch and it goes from the blower to the vacuum and it mulches also so we were able to use a lot of the debris for mulch around the plants and trees!! Arizona is SOOO different that what I am used to.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Arizona Life
I do have to say that I was skeptical of moving to Arizona. I enjoyed the comforts of my life in Utah; our home and my career just worked. However with that said I was struggling having my husband out of town so often.
Solution to the problem = Resign from my job, find a house and move with my husband to Arizona. I have to say this was the best decision I have made since I said "I do" in 2007. We mad dashed to find a home and found exactly what we needed in an area that we really wanted.
Now I have been working for 15 years with time off to birth each of my children, otherwise I have been a career woman. For the first time ever I am now learning to be a Family Manager or Domestic Goddess! Being a stay at home mother and wife has proven to be far more challenging that I had ever thought. There is so much to do and you find that you have to really utilize your time wisely. I have enjoyed creating a routine to keeping a clean and happy home.
With that said I have also been blessed with an amazing husband that has also allowed me the opportunity to take care of me too! Shortly after we moved here in late August I found an amazing YMCA and immediately joined! I have committed to going to the YMCA at least 3 days each week and have thoroughly enjoyed it. In addition I committed to doing at least 30 minutes of my Gold's Gym Shape Boxing on the Wii 4 days weekly. Its amazing how much exercise alone has changed my life and my attitude towards life. I am loving it! It has been a joy to get up at 4:30 each morning with my husband and see him off to work. Then I have time to get ready for the day, go online, read emails, pay bills, and some days just sit and have a cup of coffee with a great book prior to taking the kids to school.
Moving to Arizona so far has been absolutely life changing!
Solution to the problem = Resign from my job, find a house and move with my husband to Arizona. I have to say this was the best decision I have made since I said "I do" in 2007. We mad dashed to find a home and found exactly what we needed in an area that we really wanted.
Now I have been working for 15 years with time off to birth each of my children, otherwise I have been a career woman. For the first time ever I am now learning to be a Family Manager or Domestic Goddess! Being a stay at home mother and wife has proven to be far more challenging that I had ever thought. There is so much to do and you find that you have to really utilize your time wisely. I have enjoyed creating a routine to keeping a clean and happy home.
With that said I have also been blessed with an amazing husband that has also allowed me the opportunity to take care of me too! Shortly after we moved here in late August I found an amazing YMCA and immediately joined! I have committed to going to the YMCA at least 3 days each week and have thoroughly enjoyed it. In addition I committed to doing at least 30 minutes of my Gold's Gym Shape Boxing on the Wii 4 days weekly. Its amazing how much exercise alone has changed my life and my attitude towards life. I am loving it! It has been a joy to get up at 4:30 each morning with my husband and see him off to work. Then I have time to get ready for the day, go online, read emails, pay bills, and some days just sit and have a cup of coffee with a great book prior to taking the kids to school.
Moving to Arizona so far has been absolutely life changing!
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