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CONGRATS TO ME!!!

I am officially a grad school student. classes start on wednesday ..





remind me again what i was thinking?

Thursday Book Review?

I'm thinking of adding a weekly "event" if you will to my blog .. .like oh so many bloggers I find myself picking up and slacking off ..although i slack off alot more than i pick up .. thoughts?? anyone else done a weekly event??

So as I am trying to read a bit more ...I will update some reviews and I will try to not have any spoilers ... .

TA-DAAAAAAA .. here is the first book review:


**********************The Shack by William P. Young ********************



The character development (or lack thereof) in this novel is what ruins it from the get-go for me. Mack (the main character) starts out as a husband and father who loves every moment of his life. His children are angels, his wife is the mother of these angels who calls god papa (I'm sorry what???). He is overly emotional, before the "great sadness" in his life and is completely unrelateable. If I can't relate (at all) to your characters or your book which is "supposedly" a true story, then we are probably not going to get along. And let it be said that me and "willie(the author) dont really see eye to eye. Btw the "great sadness," which is used to describe a time in Mack's life after a family tragedy is the worst use of the English language. This book can not get any more cliched or uncreative than it already has become.

If you are religious and you like to hear conversations that go like this "well since i'm god, i am love, and i live in love and i am only love and ...." then by all means jump on board this roaring train ....i mean this scooter .. cause your in for a roaring good time. (Can i get two thumbs down?)

That being said I was able to take some "gems?" out of this book. Please note I use the word gem ever. so. lightly. Now that being said, these gems really have nothing to do with religion. I took out of this book a couple of ideas on how to approach my relationships in a new way. That's it and it probably wasn't worth the aggony of continuing to read this book.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

I also recommend you dont start this book, if you have any kind of social obligation to attend.

btw. i know im a blog slacker. whoops, my bad.

WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY!!!!

thats right ladies and gents ..we have a date!!!

woohoo .. (party dance. party dance)

wednesday he finally comes home .. i can't wait. now i just need to get a quick hair appointment .. .


p.s. i took the gre finally and kicked its butt! my application is officially in for Westminster!! woohoo .. feels like celebration time!!

S-I-N-G-L-E D-I-G-I-T-S!!!!!

woohoo! single digits .. i can't believe it! 8 days till my boy comes home. i also have 4 days till my test? .. so my life is craxy. .. i should be studying night and day but i'm not. im cleaning.organizing, shopping for my Bali trip/stuff for when robert comes home. eek. so my eating = horrible. my working out = horrible ..my weight loss = horrible. my weight gain = terrific ..lol .. i basically have stayed put .. and the best part about this whole trip. is that i know im getting back on this wagon once things settle down a bit .. i dont feel like its a diet ..it really is a lifestyle change .. granted its not perfect yet ..but that is because its just a work in progress ..these things take time. (wait what they do??)

so .. gratned its not been the best week .. but woohoo for new steps, and a healthier lifestyle ..

also wish me luck for my test on sunday (i know wierd sunday??) i also have a busy weekend. i have a scrapbooking class with my little on friday. and cleaning house wiht the family all weekend in prep for robert!

Strip Tease

ok ..so i woke up this morning ..very very very nervous .. i had eaten a bit later than normal ..and it was weigh in day .. but i felt that i had done very well for the week .. i gained last week .. and was back up at 152 .. . and i wanted to be at 149.8 .. well .. the scale read .. 151 (curse scale).

so what did i do? like any sane woman ..i stripped teased the scale ..i told that scale .."look .. how much do you want .. ? u can have it all baby ..jsut give me $149.80" (and yes this stripper loves change) ... well .. it worked ..kind of .. 150.6 .. .better than nothing ..but that scale is a stingy old man .. i've named my scale walter .. .anyone else name their equipment? ..(no not that kind sicko-s) .. .

well a loss of 1.4 I will take (grudingly ..look im greedy) ... i just hope im not back up ..after the birthday weekend ..

there will be wine involved .. and me and wine have had a long distance relationship for way too long ..."hello wine. my name is lysh. its nice to see you again. wanna come home wiht me tonight?"

p.s. dont ever try to pull up strip tease pics at work. (im not an idiot i googled cartoon + strip tease) but .. still .. no bueno

Food Journal Day 1

Ok so this is my food log for today (3/11/10) .. I will admit that I was so tempted to eat out today . .hence the homemade burger and fries-ish dinner .. the goal in doing this is to see what I can improve upon (realistically), keep me accountable and maybe give u guys some ideas??

Breakfast

Kellogs fiber plus bars (130 calories)
1 cup of grapes (60 calories)
1 cup of coffee

Lunch

Healthy Choice Steamer chicken pad thai (270 calories)

Snack

1 cup (approx) of baby carrots (50)
1 tbsp (approx) garlic hummus (YUM! new fav!!) (20 calories)
1/3 of an avocado (100 calories)

Dinner

Turkey burger (160 calories) (Tomato slices and onion and ketchup)
1 whole wheat bun (150 calories)
1 cup (approx) of steamed veggies (broc, carrots, cauliflower) (60 calories)
1 med. potato (pan fried in 1 tbsp of olive oil) (280 calories)

Dessert
Ice Cream Bar (weight watchers) 135 calories

APPROX 1400 CALORIES A DAY …

My mood

having one of those sad-ish days .. its the weather ..we had a sunny day this weekend and i want it back!!! rain, rain go away come back another day (aka never)

love this song

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29 days

thats right 29 days till my baby comes home. i. can. not. believe. it.

super. excited. seriously. agh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bandwagon anyone?

alright so whoohoo .. im excited ..back on the bandwagon .. i started working out again on saturday .. leg (butt) is feeling much better .. although i still couldn't do some moves .. it feel 800x better ..and sleeping is no longer an issue(thank god) .. . .

so . .now .. its march .. . whoohoo ..that means ..that robert comes home soon ..and i will be in bali soon ..yeah!!!

3.2 lbs

woohoo! celebration time .. almost .. .

3.2 lbs lost this week ..with my injured "ass" ... i like it .. going to try yoga and cycle on saturday and see how that goes ... first time working out in a week .. .

i did so well on my food this week and it really paid off ... bali here i come .. .:)

Payday

ok .. well not really payday .. but that "due-date" is coming up soon .. . i have 39 days-ish till robert comes home ..and I would love to "sneak" off another 10 lbs ...

good news .. the scale is down (by a small minor fraction) again ..the bad news .. my ass is broken (quite literally!) ..what to do? what to do? Im worried this will affect my progress ...and i will fall off the wagon again .. to not return till i have added on 20 lbs ... thats a viscious cycle ..and im determined to be out of it.. i have learned alot this rodeo .. .

so here is to "water-running" oh joy (where's a thumbs down when u need one?)

gluteus minimus .. wait you mean my ass muscle?

yep. thats right. its my ass muscle ..or my "mini-ass" muscle .. . bahhahahahah ..i mean seriously thats hilarious ..esp if u know how obsessed i am with my ass(please grow bigger ..please?!!!) ..

that little muscle is causing me tons of pain at night. for the first time since probably my crib days ..im sleeping on my stomach ..and im not a fan ...

maybe i just need my man to come home and massage it away, right ladies?

hip flexor?

ugh .. injured. ... and im seriously annoyed ..doesn't my body know i need to kick it into action for the next 6 weeks?? my boy comes home in 6 weeks (yeah!!!) and a girl has to look her best! plus i got bali pics ... and i need to look my best for them as well ...

so ..i think i am going to make an appt ..whatever this is .. its along the side of my butt ... (sidenote: dear god, please give me a bigger booty .. no seriously . .please. love lysh) ... and it hurts to walk. it hurts to drive my stick. it hurts to sleep (oh my god!) but it doens't seem to hurt as much running .. odd right?!

hopefully i can an appt quick ..and get fixed quick. please god give me a miracle pill.

8 what?

That's right .. 8 miles .. now to some of you this may be nothing ..and to others .. it may be .. 8 whole miles .. running .. . i did it .. i was hurting towards the end ..but i think i did something to my hip flexors???? i did something to my hip and its sore as all hell ... . dont ask me what i did ..i dont know .. . . and i basically just going to hope that i can rest/walk it out . . ..

because ..... .(drumroll please) ..this next weekend is 10 miles .. wow ... craxy ... .

wish me luck .. im going to need it. :)

It's a Give-a-way

so christy over at "It just looks like slow motion" is doing a give-a-way and i WANT IN .. no really i want this one ..

good news ..10 peeps can win!!! yeah!!

so find all the details at her blog here.

and you can view the product here.

Go now!

Lent & giving up glitter

I had a friend tell me once that her guy friend gave up "glitter" for lent. .. .oh gosh i wish glitter were the vain of my existence .. but alas it is not ..therefore ..i give up .. fast food .. here we go .. 40 days .. (and a birthday included in that) ..

i was just thinking if i were catholic and had to do this lent "thing" every year i would never succeed .. i mean my birthday is right in the middle ..whatever i would give up .. well i wouldn't give it up for my birthday . .. thats what birthdays are about .. the "not giving up ..but giving into" . . . .. im just saying.

V-day in Boise

Tondra and I had a "romantic" get-a-way weekend in boise, idaho . . i really do heart boise. ... we had a great time with the jensen/gihring families . . .and it was great to see tim's wedding .. . .

p.s. yes that is me in a tiara .. i believe the only time i have ever worn one. first time for everything. :)

Tim is MARRIED!

CONGRATS TIM .. . SO GLAD I GOT TO SEE IT! ...SO HAPPY FOR YOU BOTH!