Computers are great

When they work, that is. Right now blogger doesn't seem to want me to have pictures with my posts, so you'll have to do without my "exploding-computer" image lol.

Just a small rant today. The computer systems were down at work today until 2pm; great, the tellers couldn't post anything, and I couldn't even print documents or pull a credit check. I'm glad they came back up before the end of the day though, I was able to catch up without staying too late :).

Second BEEF: Why do I ever spend more than $30 on a pair of shoes? It seems like every time I do - and this applies mainly to my nice leather work shoes- I trip on the cement within a couple weeks of getting them and they're scratched or scuffed. This upsets me! Not that anyone ever notices it, but I notice and I hate the fact that I'm so friggin' clumsy and can't keep a pair of shoes in good shape for more than a week.

Mini-Rant over....

Weigh In Results

I lost 1 pound this week, which simply evens out the 1 pound gain I had last week; I'm essentially even for the purpose of my weight loss challenge at work. One of the girls is down 3 pounds and the other is down 5.

The Problem: I have to eat right AND exercise. I can count points and calories til I'm blue in the face, but that alone won't give me real, permanent weight loss. Simply eating right will help me to lose a few pounds of water weight and make me feel good about myself one day at a time, but it ain't gonna change my life lol.

So, I got on the exercise bike tonight - I only lasted 20 minutes due to sore ass syndrome - but 20 minutes is better than no minutes. I also did about 30 push ups and 3 or 4 30 second wall sits. It's a start.

We go to the lawyer tomorrow morning to sign our lives away....


Exciting...but nerve racking...

Ohm....Ohm...

Our massages were wonderbar, very relaxing, I feel loads better now. My posture feels great and I feel like I've lost 10 pounds lol. The great thing is that Calvin and I have health and wellness accounts through our employers that will cover a one hour massage once a month.

I'm really looking forward to having a spa day with some of my girls before the wedding, I think it'll be tons of fun. I'm going to go drink some more water; the therapist told us to drink lots, and I would imagine it's because all of our internal organs and tissues have just been relocated lol.

You Like?

I felt it was time to shake up the colour scheme on my blog, whaddya think? I like earthy tones, so I think it'll grow on me.

I've had a semi-productive day off thus far, I called the lawyer: we will be signing our lives away on Wednesday morning! Hard to believe that we move in 3 weeks and will be married in just a few months...nuts.

For my Weight Watcher friends, this is my new breakfast obsession:

1/2 cup FF yogurt (1)
1 TB Honey (1)
1 TB granola (1/2 - 1)
1 TB Strawberry Rhubarb Twice the Fruit PC jam (0)

yumm!


I also called and booked us in for massages tonight, Calvin is having some crazy back pain - possibly a slipped disk - and I just decided to tag along for a massage lol. We'll find out more about his back on Wednesday when his x-rays are back...


I was going to make soup this morning for lunch, but he have no onions, so I think I'm having couscous, grapefruit, and toast :).

Boring Blogger

I'll be filling up my glass today in an effort to show some good results at tomorrow's work weigh in. I haven't been bad, but I definitely haven't been as disciplined as I could have been; where's my motivation? We went out for supper on Saturday night (and ice cream at Marble Slab - yummy, but baaaaaaad) however, we did go for an hour long walk after dinner!

I've calmed down quite a bit since my last post regarding the work drama...what can I do, I guess I just have to sit back and see how things play out. I really don't have a lot to say, maybe I'll think of something else later.

Piss

Oh Dr. ZenZen, thank you for coming to my rescue!

I had a good day at work, minus one medium sized shit bomb that was dropped on me, said shit bomb will remain unexplained.

I went through the McDonald's drive-thru after work to get a grilled chicken sandwich without mayo and a fruit & yogurt parfait. It took me 40 minutes to get through the line, only to find that they were out of parfaits - not to mention the fact that my sandwich had mayo on it - so I decided to strap on a set and ask for my money back; I got it!

So, then I went to the liquor store and bought a bottle of Dr. ZenZen wine...and tootled home with my incorrect sandwhich....When I tried to get into my wine, the corkscrew broke off in the cork...grr. A couple hours later my Mom called and told me to push the cork IN to the bottle...where was she 2 hours earlier?

Oh well, now I have my wine and feel significantly better, given the circumstances.

GRR..

Random Musings...

I bought a 2-serving container of vanilla dibs the other night, and boy are they ever good! If you're looking for a fun ice cream treat, you need Dibs. They are about 200 calories for 13 of them - or 5 Weight Watchers Points- so they're a little high, but a cool treat.

I bought a new shirt at Wal Mart tonight, it's really cool, looks like a Roxy knock off lol. The kicker is, it's a small! The last shirt I bought at Wal-Mart was an Extra Large, woohoo! I'm having a competition with a couple of my co-workers, to see who can lose the biggest percentage of their body weight by September 1st; I'm happy to say that I'm already down a few pounds and almost in the 140's...Who'd a thunk I'd ever be happy to be 140 anything?

Anyway, there are three of us in the competition, so the two losers have to cough up $75 EACH for the winner to go shopping. I'm motivated now; Not only do I want to go shopping, but I want to be swimming in my wedding dress when I go for the fitting...

Best diet plan ever

Its called a heat wave. It has been between 30 and 35 degrees for the last week! Man, I can't wait for it to cool down and rain. I haven't even wanted to eat because of the heat; my supper tonight consisted of miniwheats and grapefruit.

Rocky has been doing much better these last couple of days, other than being incredibly hot, he is glad to be living life sans cone. His paws don't seem to be bugging him too much, he's back to his young playful self :).

Not much else to report, just HOT.