Thursday, February 24, 2011
Diets and Exercise Suck
So I've been at this Weight Watchers thing now for going on two months, and initially I was doing really good. Then we had a really stressful week with some family stuff and I completely jumped off the WW bandwagon in favor of some comfort foods. I've maintained my 6 pound weight loss, but I've stalled. I really want to lose about 19 pounds more before our Vegas trip in June. I think that is completely reasonable, because it averages out to about 1.35 lbs to lose per week. I'm starting up Jillian Michaels's 30 Day Shred again, but this time I will not be doing it everyday. I hurt myself trying to do that last time and it completely ruined my efforts. This time, it will be every other day and I will not feel bad if I need to rest for a few seconds while she continues to jump around like a crazy person. I'm sore today, but I think it is a good kind of sore. Overall, I still wish there were a magic pill that you could eat that would just suck the fat out of you naturally.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Mer & Ted's Excellent Adventure Part 3: Food and Wine and Fireworks, Oh My!
To begin on a side note I'm dropping the 'anonymous' letter thing cause let's face it you all know my husband's name, and more than likely you know my sister's name too. So I said screw it, and from now on I'll be using people's names.
Anyway...
So we left Disney Studios or whatever it is called and went back to the hotel to rest up for what I had been looking forward to the most: Epcot and the International Food and Wine Festival. 30+ booths of amazing foods, booze and other goodies. It was one of the main reasons why we settled on going to Disney. We skipped dinner and decided to get ready to stuff our faces.
We got to the park a little later than I wanted to, so I was rushing to get from the main entrance back to the World Pavilion where all the food booths were located. I was worried it was going to be very crowded, but since we were there on a Thursday it wasn't too bad. We received a great tip that I will now pass on to you: Don't use cash or a debit card when buying all your food and wine samples. You will lose control and spend way more than you had originally intended. You can buy very handy gift cards that come with a wrist strap that you can spend at the booths. Here's a picture:
We each got $75 to spend at the festival. I had to plan carefully, cause you could easily spend that without going to every booth. I also wanted a poster, so I had to budget for that too.
The first booth we encountered was New Zealand. They had this amazing lamb slider with a tomato chutney. I think it was my favorite food from the festival.
The next booth was Canada, where we got some Ice Wine (wonderful, except it is expensive so I didn't get a bottle like I wanted to) and a cheddar cheese beer soup. We stuffed our faces and declared that we liked Canada and decided to explore the Canada pavilion a bit more than we had originally intended.
We then headed over to the England pavilion, which had the Ireland booth. We got an amazing chocolate lava cake so good that Ted literally licked his plate clean.
I also had to take a moment to take a photo in the phone booth. I was still feeling jealous of all my colleagues who where in England for the UK tour so this was my way of feeling close to the tour at that moment I guess.
The next pavilion was France. The French booth was really fun - we got to try escargot!! It was really buttery and we both enjoyed it. I'd probably eat it again. The French booth also got the award for tastiest drink. I would have had more if I had an unlimited food budget.
It was starting to get dark and I was starting to get a little cranky from being tired, but we kept moving on. The Spain booth was a bit of a let down, but Ted liked the spicy nature of their food far better than I did. The Japan booth was ok, but the store that was in the Japan Pavilion was amazing! They had a whole section dedicated to Hello Kitty, so I was in heaven. They had some great items in the store. I wish I could have gotten a kimono, but it was a bit out of our price range.
By the time we left the store (I'm pretty sure we spent around 45 minutes looking around) it was completely dark. We stopped at a few more booths for food, but the only one that sticks out in my mind was the champagne and dessert booth. Really good stuff right there. We decided to find a spot to watch the fireworks and just sit for a bit. The Epcot fireworks show is always a good one, and it was romantic to experience it with my husband. Last time I saw that show I was 16 and surrounded by my high school friends, so it was a very different experience.
Overall, the World Showcase part of Epcot is one of my absolute favorite parts of Disney. I kinda wish we had spent more time there and less time at MGM, but I will make sure we do that next time.
Up next: A Magical Trip to the Kingdom
Anyway...
So we left Disney Studios or whatever it is called and went back to the hotel to rest up for what I had been looking forward to the most: Epcot and the International Food and Wine Festival. 30+ booths of amazing foods, booze and other goodies. It was one of the main reasons why we settled on going to Disney. We skipped dinner and decided to get ready to stuff our faces.
We got to the park a little later than I wanted to, so I was rushing to get from the main entrance back to the World Pavilion where all the food booths were located. I was worried it was going to be very crowded, but since we were there on a Thursday it wasn't too bad. We received a great tip that I will now pass on to you: Don't use cash or a debit card when buying all your food and wine samples. You will lose control and spend way more than you had originally intended. You can buy very handy gift cards that come with a wrist strap that you can spend at the booths. Here's a picture:
We each got $75 to spend at the festival. I had to plan carefully, cause you could easily spend that without going to every booth. I also wanted a poster, so I had to budget for that too.
The first booth we encountered was New Zealand. They had this amazing lamb slider with a tomato chutney. I think it was my favorite food from the festival.
The next booth was Canada, where we got some Ice Wine (wonderful, except it is expensive so I didn't get a bottle like I wanted to) and a cheddar cheese beer soup. We stuffed our faces and declared that we liked Canada and decided to explore the Canada pavilion a bit more than we had originally intended.
We then headed over to the England pavilion, which had the Ireland booth. We got an amazing chocolate lava cake so good that Ted literally licked his plate clean.
I also had to take a moment to take a photo in the phone booth. I was still feeling jealous of all my colleagues who where in England for the UK tour so this was my way of feeling close to the tour at that moment I guess.
The next pavilion was France. The French booth was really fun - we got to try escargot!! It was really buttery and we both enjoyed it. I'd probably eat it again. The French booth also got the award for tastiest drink. I would have had more if I had an unlimited food budget.
It was starting to get dark and I was starting to get a little cranky from being tired, but we kept moving on. The Spain booth was a bit of a let down, but Ted liked the spicy nature of their food far better than I did. The Japan booth was ok, but the store that was in the Japan Pavilion was amazing! They had a whole section dedicated to Hello Kitty, so I was in heaven. They had some great items in the store. I wish I could have gotten a kimono, but it was a bit out of our price range.
By the time we left the store (I'm pretty sure we spent around 45 minutes looking around) it was completely dark. We stopped at a few more booths for food, but the only one that sticks out in my mind was the champagne and dessert booth. Really good stuff right there. We decided to find a spot to watch the fireworks and just sit for a bit. The Epcot fireworks show is always a good one, and it was romantic to experience it with my husband. Last time I saw that show I was 16 and surrounded by my high school friends, so it was a very different experience.
Overall, the World Showcase part of Epcot is one of my absolute favorite parts of Disney. I kinda wish we had spent more time there and less time at MGM, but I will make sure we do that next time.
Up next: A Magical Trip to the Kingdom
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Confession and Obession All Rolled Into One
This weekend when I haven't been at work I've been watching this:
It has horrible dialogue, crappy acting, implausible plot lines and a cheesy saxophone heavy soundtrack. The show focuses on teenage sex, and I really don't remember talking about the deed nearly as much as these kids do. Is this really how this generation of teenagers acts? Oy, it makes me not want to bring a baby into this world ever. Hell, I'm scared for my dog after watching this show. The latest plot line involves Grace, seen here with her boyfriend Jack:
She was very much for waiting to have sex until marriage. But, Jack slept with a lot of girls when they broke up earlier in the school year, so Grace decided she had to have sex to keep Jack interested. Her Dad, who she tells everything to (very unrealistic...I'm married and still haven't told my Dad I have sex with my husband cause that's awkward...I'm kinda dreading ever getting pregnant cause then I'll literally have to tell my Dad hey, I'm having sex and here's a baby on the way to prove it!), begs her to wait. He then gets on a plane to go to Africa to help sick kids. Grace takes this opportunity to bang it out with Jack, and her Dad's plane crashes and he dies. She jumps to the obvious conclusion: God is punishing her for having sex by killing her father. And because it was good sex, it was a horrible death. Say what? Really?
Oy who am I kidding I am dying to get home and watch the next episode.
It has horrible dialogue, crappy acting, implausible plot lines and a cheesy saxophone heavy soundtrack. The show focuses on teenage sex, and I really don't remember talking about the deed nearly as much as these kids do. Is this really how this generation of teenagers acts? Oy, it makes me not want to bring a baby into this world ever. Hell, I'm scared for my dog after watching this show. The latest plot line involves Grace, seen here with her boyfriend Jack:
She was very much for waiting to have sex until marriage. But, Jack slept with a lot of girls when they broke up earlier in the school year, so Grace decided she had to have sex to keep Jack interested. Her Dad, who she tells everything to (very unrealistic...I'm married and still haven't told my Dad I have sex with my husband cause that's awkward...I'm kinda dreading ever getting pregnant cause then I'll literally have to tell my Dad hey, I'm having sex and here's a baby on the way to prove it!), begs her to wait. He then gets on a plane to go to Africa to help sick kids. Grace takes this opportunity to bang it out with Jack, and her Dad's plane crashes and he dies. She jumps to the obvious conclusion: God is punishing her for having sex by killing her father. And because it was good sex, it was a horrible death. Say what? Really?
Oy who am I kidding I am dying to get home and watch the next episode.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Confession Time
I'm going to try to get back on the weekly blog posts regarding my obsession of the week. I haven't decided what I'm obsessed with this week, but as a companion to the posts I'm going to do confessions of the week as well. I think they fit nicely together - Obsession and Confession - they even rhyme!!
Anyway, my confession this week is I'm really not a neat freak by any stretch of the imagination. When I lived alone, I had a schedule of when I cleaned things - I did laundry on Saturdays, I did dishes basically as I needed to use them, toilets were brushed when I had people over, and deep cleaning happened once every...couple...ish...months. (Fine. Only if I was disgusted with the dust)I guess if it doesn't smell or seem to be a biohazard then it doesn't bother me. I could care less that there is dust on my ceiling fan. I could care less that there is a pile of shoes by the front door. Clutter doesn't bug me one bit.
Well, that was all well and good when I lived alone. Then I moved in with T, and I discovered he likes a very, very clean house. I knew he would soon see my lazy cleaning ways and leave me, but he didn't because I think he just continued with his routine and it didn't occur to him until we were married that I generally wasn't cleaning anything because he was doing it all.
In an effort to save our marriage (ok not really but let me have some made up drama, ok?) we decided to hire my mom to come and deep clean our house twice a month.
*Hangs head in shame*
She used to clean houses with a relative of ours to get some extra money before she went back to retail. Now that she can't work retail cause of her foot, she's bored out of her mind and so she jumped at the chance to do this. It lets her go at a slow pace and not hurt her foot and should her foot start bothering her she can just tell us no for the week. I think she thinks it is a sweet deal.
I'm trying to focus on the fact that it gives her something to do and helps my parents out with some money, but I'm still sorta embarrassed that I'm a 27 year old whose Mommy still cleans up after her. Though, it is so nice to climb into a bed that is made!
Ok, your turn. Confess something.
Anyway, my confession this week is I'm really not a neat freak by any stretch of the imagination. When I lived alone, I had a schedule of when I cleaned things - I did laundry on Saturdays, I did dishes basically as I needed to use them, toilets were brushed when I had people over, and deep cleaning happened once every...couple...ish...months. (Fine. Only if I was disgusted with the dust)I guess if it doesn't smell or seem to be a biohazard then it doesn't bother me. I could care less that there is dust on my ceiling fan. I could care less that there is a pile of shoes by the front door. Clutter doesn't bug me one bit.
Well, that was all well and good when I lived alone. Then I moved in with T, and I discovered he likes a very, very clean house. I knew he would soon see my lazy cleaning ways and leave me, but he didn't because I think he just continued with his routine and it didn't occur to him until we were married that I generally wasn't cleaning anything because he was doing it all.
In an effort to save our marriage (ok not really but let me have some made up drama, ok?) we decided to hire my mom to come and deep clean our house twice a month.
*Hangs head in shame*
She used to clean houses with a relative of ours to get some extra money before she went back to retail. Now that she can't work retail cause of her foot, she's bored out of her mind and so she jumped at the chance to do this. It lets her go at a slow pace and not hurt her foot and should her foot start bothering her she can just tell us no for the week. I think she thinks it is a sweet deal.
I'm trying to focus on the fact that it gives her something to do and helps my parents out with some money, but I'm still sorta embarrassed that I'm a 27 year old whose Mommy still cleans up after her. Though, it is so nice to climb into a bed that is made!
Ok, your turn. Confess something.
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