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...