I'm a big girl now

2010 grocery budget in review!

2011-01-06T10:30:00.003-05:00

Well I've tallied up the numbers from the last 6 months, and the last year, and here we go!

July-December 2010

Out of Pocket = $1846.52 ($307.75 average per month)
Retail Value = $3347.49 ($557.92 average per month)
Money Saved Using Coupons = $671.94 ($111.99 average per month)
Total Amount Saved = $1500.97 ($250.16 average per month)
Average of 44.8% savings!!

And here it is, the grand totals for my first year as a coupon gal:

2010

OOP = $4,035.04 (Average of $336 a month)
Retail = $7,129.04 (Average of $594 a month)
Coupons = $1,320.64 (Average of $110 a month)
Total Saved in 2010 = $3,094 (Average of $258 a month)

A grand total of 43.3% savings!!

According to a study by the USDA, the average family of 2 in the US on the "thrifty plan" spends $345.60 a month on groceries. So last year we were coming in under that number!! AWESOME!!

I obviously did a way better job in the second half of the year than the first, and was spending on average about $60 less a month on groceries! This year I'm going to try to stick to the goal of $300 a month. It will be tough, but I learned a lot this year and think i can do it!! I'm also going to try and buy more organic and healthy foods!

We cut down on our eating out budget a ton this year, but I want to continue to do so this year!!

How is your budget looking?

weekend, come back :(

2010-11-01T23:11:00.003-04:00

I was SO excited for this weekend...Halloween party...4 straight days off to recover and ready myself for holiday season...and lots of time to wedding plan!!

Halloween party - was ok. Made more food than normal since we've run out the last few parties and of course we had a lot left. Made more jello shots than normal since we've run out the last few parties and of course we had a lot left. The only disappointing part about that is that the money raised from the jello shots is going to be donated to Susan G. Komen, and we could have raised more..but $40 isn't bad, and plus I'm adding $20 to that. Every little bit counts I guess. There were also not as many people as we had planned and a lot of people left early...party was pretty much over by 2. It's all good, we've thrown some pretty rad parties so oh well :)

The party ended MUCH earlier for me...I started to feel like crap playing drinking games..and no not drunk crap, but I just felt REALLY full. I stopped drinking before midnight I'm pretty sure, and eventually had to go lay on the couch because I felt so bad. Well, needless to say I barely made it to bed, and then seriously spent the rest of yesterday vomiting. At one point I actually took a nap on the bathroom floor for at least an hour. I think I ate a piece of toast, a few forkfuls of rice, and not quite a whole glass of water...luckily started to feel slightly better at night and kept down a small bowl of mac and cheese. Definitely not 100% yet, not even close. Takes a lot of energy just to be upright at the moment, so work will definitely be fun tomorrow...thank goodness I have Wednesday off!

There are officially less than 7 months until my wedding...oh...my...god...I can't even handle that. I have NOTHING DONE!! I'm realizing I can't do this by myself, and it sucks. Drew isn't entirely too interested in any of it, and he pretty much is like just let me know what I have to do. I'm working on getting addresses of people that I don't know or talk to and am not having a ton of cooperation there. I'm not 100% sure on the wedding funding at this point - I have been told certain amounts that would be contributed by different people and I'm not the type to say HEY where's my money..but at the same time I need to seriously change the guest list and direction this wedding is going if I don't have this money!! We've been trying really hard to save up which we haven't been doing good at in the past few months (a few things came up earlier this summer we hadn't planned on) and we are trying hard, so hopefully down payments will be made early this month on the dj and the cake, and i still need to contact the church we've been looking at as well as a few other places. But I am just overwhelmed and over my head. Blah.

Anyways, enough of that rant, time for me to get to bed, gotta get through tomorrow!!

is it done yet?

2010-10-20T07:14:00.002-04:00

Uuuuuugh I just want this week to be over. I ended up dragging myself to boot camp in the morning, and I was the only one who showed up. Which ended up being sweet, because it basically turned into a free hour long personal training session so thats cool. But we did a lot of free weights and I am feeeeeeeling it today!

It makes up for missing my workout today though. Off to work in a few, thank GOODNESS I don't have to close again! Then we are heading to my mom's to help her move all night. Luckily I'm off tomorrow....except i have to work 4 hours in the morning at another store (I mean, I volunteered to help out, but still...yuck!) Friday is another day of closing, then OFF on Saturday!

Except we have a lot to get done on Saturday. It's Drew's nieces last football game, and of course we haven't gone to see her cheer, and of COURSE its at 9am in Fowlerville, which is like 45 minutes away. GROSS!! Hopefully meeting our DJ sometime that day too and maybe signing our contract. Lots of other odds and ends to get done that day, and then a trip to Uncle John's Cider Mill!!

I won't even get into next week cuz it's crappy too, but at least I have a 4 day weekend for Halloween! Speaking of which, what should I be? Oy vey.

Time to get ready for work, have a wonderful day :)

random

2010-10-18T23:20:00.002-04:00

a nice BIG glass of wine and some chocolate was what i needed tonight...however tomorrow i have bootcamp at 7am...to go or not to go, that is the question. i know i need to, but i just want to sleep til noon before work for reals.

drew and i started a weight loss challenge...10 weeks long, person w/the most percent of weight lost wins. i want to win so bad, today was just a baaaaad day to start. i already have a list that i'm giving up/doing once the new year hits...but i need to get my ass in gear now so its not a huge struggle once 2011 gets here...

possibly have a church to get married, and hopefully meeting w/our dj this weekend to finalized a contract there. pretty much down to the 7 month mark which is so crazy and starting to become ohhhh so stressful...

ok i am tipsy and this entry made no sense. time for some beds!

back again

2010-08-21T21:14:00.002-04:00

Well football season has started, which means every Sunday will be spent with Drew in his chair watching the Lions lose, and me being bored. Since I will evenutally run out of things to do on the internet, I suppose I can start writing in this again!!!

My life these days is work, working out, taking care of the house, and planning our wedding! Yes, actually working out. I've lost a total of 8 lbs, which isn't much, but in the past 2-3 weeks I've really started to buckle down. Come on, I only have 9 months (from next Saturday!) to get my ass in gear!! People have been making comments that I look like I have lost weight, and trust me, thats all the motivation I need!! Since I love planning (wedding planning, meal planning, etc.) I've been trying to plan out my week ahead of time and actually sticking to it (gym-wise that is). Here is the plan for next week:

Tomorrow: work 12-8. Gym in the morning before work, then taking my first public shower (thank god they have shower curtains) at the gym and heading straight to work
Monday: off. Jewel is going to the vet at 11, so I will probably walk the dogs in the morning and then go to the gym at night w/Drew
Tuesday: work 1-close. work meeting 9-10am. Lets be real, I'm not working out in between!
Wednesday: work 8-6 . walking the dogs after dinner, maybe some arm workouts at home
Thursday: work 8-6. Begging to get out by 5 so I can make spin class, but if that doesn't work there is a class at the Dewitt YMCA I can take. I just can't remember what class it is, haha
Friday: off. nice long workout at the gym in the morning (boot camp wooooo) then plans at night.
Saturday: depending on how hard we party Friday, either gym first thing in the morning, or later on and then straight to work 1-close after. We'll see :)

So for sure 3 workouts, possibly 5. Not bad.

Ok well I have a kitchen to clean up and I'm starting to feel sleepy!!! I promise I'll be around more ;)

that didn't quite work...

2010-03-19T22:25:00.002-04:00

SO the whole working out every day in March thing? THAT didn't so much work out like I had planned. This has been a long stressful month at work, with my job very much in jeopardy. I was sick, my grandpa was in the hospital and I was spending every day off home visiting him...I mean I have a thousand excuses, but in the end, I just didn't do it.

But that was then. This is now. I just realized it was hard to go from not working out super regularly to working out EVERY day. A good theory yes, but yikes. Luckily for me, my dad got me just what I wanted for my birthday - 6 half hour personal training sessions at the Y. YES! I told my spin class friends I was really excited cuz I wanted someone to scream at me, haha. I haven't had that since I was training on the crew team, and I NEED it. I'm the one who usually has to drag Drew to the gym, and none of my friends in Lansing are really huge on working out. Therefore I've been kinda on my own in that sense, and I really just wanted someone there to really help jump start me, and get me into a routine. (side note: the parkwood Y is giving away FREE PT sessions for this recipe contest they are having...i so plan on winning those!)

I'm not going to start next week, since we're moving to our temp. store and I know I will be working some crazy and stupid shifts. I'm thinking the Monday after, the 29th-ish? Will keep everyone posted!

My plan for the next week?

Tomorrow: work 12-7, going to go for a short jog with Maximus in the morning before work, and then that evening going to do some dumbbell work on my arms
Sunday: going to be a long work day, 10-7. maybe walk the dogs when I get home.
Monday: off, but probably spending a few hours at work planning out the big move. don't have a set plan yet. not really any good classes at either Y to drop in on, so I will probably just hit the treadmill at some point (OMG race for the cure is a month away!)
Tuesday: work til 5, bill's fitness fusion (kickboxing/aerobics/sculpting) at the westside for 1:15
Wednesday: work til 5, if i can get out early then zumba at parkwood. if not, then possibly a hip hop class at westside
Thursday: walk dogs in am. being crazy and going to spin class for 45 min. then heading straight to work for an overnight shift til 7am. YIKES.
Friday: recover. possibly gym at night, but hopefully it will be nice out and a nice long walk with the dogs
Saturday: probably taking the day off of working out, then working 1-close.

I'll let you know how next week goes :)

-Carli

obsessed with coupons

2010-03-19T22:19:00.002-04:00

My trip to Meijer tonight :)

2 beef pot pies
1 carton of eggs
1 gallon chocolate milk
1 container of whipping cream
6 boxes green giant frozen vegetables
1 green giant steamer
1 tub land o'lakes butter
2 lbs of ground turkey
2 boxes of bagel bites
2 bags of dole lettuce
1 lysol toilet cleaner
2 lysol bathroom cleaners
2 lysol all purpose cleaners
12 yoplait yogurts
2 bottles of old orchard juice
1 steamfresh frozen meal
1 package johnsonville brats
2 bags of chex mix
2 boxes betty crocker potatoes
4 cans of diced tomatoes (and obvi forgot coupons for them...grr...oh well, only a dollar each)
1 can kidney beans
1 package of english muffins

are you ready? ALL THAT for only $33.41. me=awesome. that is all.

My Latest Trip to Kroger!

2010-03-12T14:16:00.002-05:00

I bought:
2 gallons of milk
a container of gorgonzola cheese
2 minute rice ready to serves
container of betty crocker frosting
3 pouches of betty crocker potatoes
a can of artichokes
2 containers of edy's ice cream
2 cans of progresso soup
2 containers of sour cream
1 bag wanchai ferry complete meal
2 green giant steamers
1 container of kroger dip

this would have NORMALLY cost someone $47.64 for all of this. Using sales in the store I saved $12.15. I used 10 coupons, plus a coupon for $3 off my next purchase....after coups were doubled I saved another $8.30, which means I saved $23.13!!!

YES!

marching into spring

2010-03-04T22:57:00.002-05:00

day 4 of working out.

February was NOT a good month. Things are going not so hot at work, and there is a very good chance that all of the managers are going to get canned unless we can unleash some badass stats VERY quickly!! (everyone, please come spend your money!) Things are going very routine at home (go to work, come home, make dinner, sit on the couch by myself all night, awesome.) Things were horrific at the gym (what gym? lol). I was sidelined with a MAJOR cold (I mean, I usually get sick once a month, and haven't been sick at ALL this winter, so I knew it was coming) and it was pretty bad. I'm still having nose issues (usually a combo of green chunks and blood coming out, yummy) but my energy level is so back.

Monday I went to the gym after work and did 30' on the elliptical. Tuesday I tried a new class at the westside ymca taught by my spin instructor Bill called fitness fusion (kickboxing, aerobics, weights, abs, etc.) for 75'. Wednesday I was off work so I dropped in on my fave kickboxing and aerobics class at parkwood with Denise for 60'. And today is Thursday, so obvi that means spin for 45'. I've worked out more the past 4 days more than i did the past 3 weeks combined!

So I thought, lets make it a streak! Do you think I can make it the entire month of March with a workout every day? There are going to be some tough days (long days at work coming up with our move to a diff. temp. location, my birthday, etc.) but I think I can do it. I don't really feel like I have a big cheerleader at the moment, but I need to do this for me. Also I started some new BC (tmi, sorry) that is hopefully going to reduce the hormone level going into my body, and help with the weight loss that i haven't been able to achieve since i started BC 9 years ago (med. reasons you jerks, i wasn't a slut, haha)

I'm excited, I'll make sure to keep everyone posted. Maybe this will be the start of some new awesome things!

:(

2010-02-09T23:29:00.002-05:00

i'm in need of motivation :( january was decent. i gave up pop and fast food for the whole month, and i think i've had it once since. but i need help. the weather is yucky and i just hate going to the gym and i just need someone to kick my ass. that is all :(

day 7

2010-01-07T22:21:00.003-05:00

Wooooo what a workout today!! Worked til 5, then headed to the Y (in a blizzard no less) for the return of Thursday fun day!! Started with my 45' spin class, which was fun because all my spin friends were super excited about my exciting news! Was a pretty hard workout, especially since I was still sore from kickboxing. My spin instructor Bill is great because he always has a song that we do an arm workout too. Just imagine having to keep your arms up in the air for an entire song while doing different movements! Now imagine doing that with weighted kickboxing gloves...I'm usually pretty good at the arm stuff, but after 3 weeks off, I probably should have held back on the weights!!

Yogalates was next. There were a lot of new people in class, so Tracy had to explain a lot of stuff before we started, which took some time out of actual class, but oh well. I've been having mega problems with my IT bands lately, and my outer hips, and today was no exception!! I can barely do any of the hip work we do in class, and it sucks. They are in quite a bit of pain right now just sitting on the couch, should probably ice that soon!

Anyways, day 7 of working out was great!! Not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow...might go to the gym after work for some quick cardio and then strength training. Or might come home and do some 30 day shred or just run around w/the mutts outside :) We'll see!!

back to the gym!

2010-01-06T12:22:00.003-05:00

Man, I havent been to the gym since...since mid December, yuck. Definitely felt it today. Did some tae-bo the other night in the basement. Was a bit too soon after dinner, and only did 15 minutes, but I felt the burn! Then today was my first day back at the Y, for 30' of aerobics and 30' of kickboxing. Boy, having those weighted kickboxing gloves makes a WORLD of difference. Definitely feeling the burn in my arms much more than I used to.

Does anyone know any good hip stretches? You think I'd know this stuff after years of PT and athletic trainers, haha. My inner and outer hips have been really sore the past few days. Just hope its from not working out and not from the my-grandma-and-soon-to-be-my-mom-have-had-hip-replacements-and-my-dad-is-getting-new-knees-next-month. Oh joy, my joints and I have so much to look forward to!

Gonna cut up a fresh salad for lunch, and a turkey rollup to go with it, both with some homemade avocado ranch dressing!!

YAY!

a new year, a new start

2010-01-05T11:59:00.002-05:00

Hey blog world, tis been a long time!! I don't have a ton of time to update right now, but I'm going to try my best to start updating this thing much more regularly. Just wanted to update everyone with my goals for this year:

*FINALLY lose this weight. The goal for this year is 40 lbs. I know I could lose more if I tried, but I want to do it in a healthy way where its going to stay off.

*Eat healthier.

*Do at least 10 minutes of exercise every single day. My goal is cardio 3x a week, and strength training 3x a week. For days I work late or have a lot going on, I'm going to devote at least 10 minutes to doing SOMETHING...jumping jacks, situps, whatever.

*Figure out a new career path. Culinary school? Catering business? HR job? Whatever it is, it can't be retail.

*Plan the most fantastic wedding ever for May 2011 :)

I'm just gonna use this blog to update everyone on my progress. 2010 is the year of Carli :)

vmas-the performances

2009-09-13T21:58:00.002-04:00

so i got bored doing nothing but blogging about the vmas, so i decided to tweet instead (i'm obsessed, i'm sorry, @spartygrl13). but i will review the performances!

MJ-obvi this one will win. madonna's speech was amazing and one of a kind. it really came from her heart and it brought tears to my eyes. the dancing to the mj videos was fantastic, but i started to cry a little bit because i realized that michael wasn't there dancing along. and then scream came on and i was cheering!! the break down with janet dancing and michael on screen in the background made me sob. it was just fantastic.

TAYLOR SWIFT-i won't say much about kanye here, except he is a dick. love how she showed him, not less than 10 minutes after his huge display of immaturity that she deserved her award! cute and fun and i love it!! not even a huge fan of her, but the subway thing was so cute, and she sounded GOOD for running through a subway car, up some stairs, and jumping on a car!! definitely did a great job.

LADY GAGA-i love me some gaga. i wish to god she would release "the fame" as her next single, as it is my fave song of hers, but oh well. paparazzi has a good beat. wasn't a fan of the wheelchair and the crutch, but thats just me being sensitive (i have a cousin who is physically disabled), but her performance was good. what was great was her voice. she actually sounds pretty great live, and i'm excited to see her live. the blood thing at the end, freaked me out. and her freak show outfits also scared me, but its gaga! plus she had the best acceptance speech of the night "for god and for the gays!"

GREEN DAY-love that they can rock just as hard core as they could 15 years ago. i know so many people can't stand green day, but i mean, how can you not love them? mike is one of my favorite bass players, tre cool is crazy (though he looks kinda sedated at the moment), and billie joe is just great. seriously.

BEYONCE-now i'm not saying kanye was totally wrong, because i think B deserved that award, lol. DAMN GIRL GET IT! ya she didnt sing a ton, but when she was it was on. and i'm sorry, i'd only love to be able to move half as good as she does. girl can shake it. she did great, nothing super crazy or exciting, but i loved how she multiplied the single ladies dancers by like a million! and good for her for bringing taylor up

MUSE-how was i not aware they were going to be on the vmas?? LOVE MUSE!! and apparently this is their first performance on american television....its about time america learns about them....i just love them...apparently they have a song in twilight and everyone is tweeting about they are just another stupid band, but i LOVE THEM!!!

PINK-so at first i didn't quite get the trapeze act, but holy shit she's singing while she's like flipping around and upside down and stuff. its not that exciting but its kinda wicked cool cuz she sounds great! her outfit on the other hand, yikes. just no. the weird colors and the pasty and just no.

JAYZ-jay will always be amazing. he def. tore up that performance, as did alicia. not sure if it was vma ending material though. i was expecting him to be dancing on a taxi or something, lol. oh well.

i cant wait for the MJ movie. and that is the end. thank you :)

vma blog - preshow

2009-09-13T20:02:00.002-04:00

so bored, so i figured i'd write my 2 cents about the goings on.

first of all, they have apparently some chic from twilight (ashley greene? should i know her?) doing the fashion correspondence. doubt she is very qualified to do so, especially in the kinda stupid outfit she was wearing. oh well.

second of all, i'm fairly certain pink and shakira are wearing the exact same dress. and were literally interviewed one after the other. aaaawkward!

gaga is such a freak, i love it!! i can't even handle what she is wearing, and the fact that she is with kermit. its just so ridiculous and awesome!

taylor lautner is not that attractive. neither is the other twilight guy. taylor sounds like he is approx. 12 years old.

really, 10 nominees for breakthrough video? hoping the yeah yeah yeahs win...please...DAMN. some band i've never heard of won...apparently because they took off all their clothes in their video.

loooooooooove the commercial with the sequins gloves...love.

yes, knew it was taylor swift in the carriage. also love her dress. she's so damn adorable.

who the hell is justin bieber? or alexa chung? i like to think of myself as being on top of the pop culture, but i think i'm a bit too old for this.

i just LOVE kristen cavalleri. i've loved her since back in the laguna days, and she is way too fab.

OVER the movie remakes. fame? ugh. the remake of the fame song is horrendous. i mean like really horrendous. like i changed the channel for the last half. EW.

not gonna lie, i think that the michael jackson movie is not the greatest idea ever, but i absolutely will be there to see it. i'm probably going to cry during the tribute tonight. sigh.

beyonce looks hot. enough said.

lets start the show!

8 hours til freedom!

2009-09-11T10:12:00.002-04:00

Thank the good lord!!!! Once I get out of work at 10 ten I am officially on vaca!! Not that its going to be much of an actual vacation per say, but I won't be at my place of employment, which is a-ok with me. There has been quite a lot of drama at work. That's all I feel like saying about that, because people have big mouths, and either repeat things I say or completely make things up, and get me in trouble.

Lots of plans for the vaca. Getting back into workout mode, cuz I haven't done much at all in the past few weeks. Lots of painting and unpacking and cleaning of the house as well. Hopefully getting the rest of the fence up in the backyard. Pretty much just finally making this place feel like home :)

I'm boring today, because all i can think about it getting out of work. I shall return when I feel more exciting :)

Welcome to Lansing!

2009-09-04T23:32:00.006-04:00

Since 2002, I've held 7 different addresses, not including my old house where I grew up. I've called both East Lansing and Okemos home. I've had 5 different roommates. I've had my own room, shared a room, had my own bathroom, and shared a bathroom with 3 other girls. I've lived on campus and off. And now I've added an 8th address to this list, but I'm hoping to keep this one for at least a few years!!

Last Friday, Drew and I closed on our first house!! And I am now a resident of Lansing, MI. I don't think it's really set in that we are homeowners yet. I think it still just feels like I'm renting. We just need to finish unpacking first and foremost. My vacation starts on the 12th, which will mean I have a whole week of painting and cleaning and designing! I have big plans for some of the rooms! This is our kitchen, which is all part of the same room as our dining (directly to the right) and our living room (to the left in the photo). It's great that its so open, but leaves a bit of a design issue. Our living room (obvi once we get new furniture that isn't this 70s style hand me down crap) is going to have a relaxing beach feel, which sort of clashes with our fiesta style kitchen, lol. My plan is to paint the kitchen sort of a pumpkin orange, so it won't clash with the beige (uuuugh the whole house is beige, but we're going to leave the living room for now because it works). Not sure how I'm going to connect the dining room in all of this, so if you have ideas let me know :)

This is our only full bath. Our shower curtain is bright red, pink, lime green, yellow, and orange (god bless Drew for putting up with my taste haha) and our rugs are bright red. My thought is to go slightly bright in here and paint the walls a light lime green color, but I haven't decided yet.

This is our room. Obvi not a great picture, but our bedspread is seafoam green and white, and we also have lavender sheets and decor, so the goal is to paint this room a very pale lavender.

Other than that, the only other major plans are for the room I'm claiming as my office. It's going to get painted a silverish grey, with black and pink accents (duh).

Anyways, just talking about painting is making me a tired girl! Busy weekend of work ahead, but at least I have labor day off...so I can stay home..and labor...

Later kids :)

oops.

2009-08-27T14:47:00.002-04:00

Apparently I have a blog, who knew. Haha...no but really, I want to write more often in here. I promise. But this week is insane. Jewel just got back from getting spayed, Max won't leave her alone, we are packing up our lives and moving to our first house together, work hates me, etc.

So in a nutshell...Hi, I've missed you (the zero people that I'm sure read this), and I'll be back soon!

i really just love the scissor sisters

2009-05-15T22:44:00.003-04:00

Oh my it has been awhile! I'll skip all the bad stuff thats been happening. I'm just trying not to think about it. Lets talk about good things instead.

For instance, health! I've been pretty good at tracking my meals on www.sparkpeople.com and Ii think it's really helping! I'll want to eat something bad and think to myself oh crap, I have to put it on that website, and that's embarassing. So i don't! Today I was within my 1430-1780 calorie limit too, which is hard to do! The only thing I'm struggling with is working out. I obviously work out Tuesday for spin and Wednesday for kickboxing, but not much outside of that. BUT I'm super excited cuz the Y has up their class schedule for the summer and I already planned out what I'm taking!!

Tuesday PM: Body sculpting for 30 min
Wednesday AM: Aerobics for 30 min followed by Kickboxing for 30 minutes
Thursday PM: Spin class for 45 minutes followed by an hour of Yoga

I'm thinking that will leave me pretty burned out so Fridays will end up being a rest day, unless I don't work then I will try to go in and lift. Plus throw in walking the dog, maybe a run outside once a week. I'm feeling really good about this, and when I went home this week to my mom's I felt just a TINY bit thinner, and it was exciting cuz I haven't had that feeling in a LONG time!!

Anyways, I should get going. I need to carry sleepy dog upstairs to his papa so I can give myself a pedicure. Wedding season starts tomorrow in Grand Rapids!

I run for hope

2009-04-26T23:01:00.003-04:00

Well race for the cure was a success! We had 16 total teammates (though only 14 made it to the race) and it was awesome! The broski had a bet w/me, whoever won the race between us 2 got to go to the survivor tent w/my mom (it was a special tent for survivors and ONE guest, all sorts of nice treats and nice and cool!). We ran together the whole race, and around the last curve he started to pull away a bit and i was HURTING bad. I hung on, kept waiting, and waiting, and finally at the last possible second i could, i kicked it in. I passed him a few years before the finish, and I don't even think he realized I was there. BOO YAH i won, haha.

I'm fairly certain I have some shape or form of asthma. I've noticed it doing certain activities in the past, but i had a ROUGH time catching my breath after I finished (apparently noticed by several people, as some volunteer rushed over to give me some water, haha). Twenty minutes later and my face was still beet red.
Just checked time results at playmakers.com, and despite still not being very fast at all, I was actually a whole 2 minutes faster than last year, so that's pretty cool. My goal for next year is to be under 33 minutes. Hmm...maybe I should run a 5k before then? We'll see!

Anyways, I think I'm gonna head to bed. Tomorrow is my only day off this week, so I'm gonna relax and enjoy it I think! Supposed to be crappy and rainy, but warm...but then again, today was supposed to be the same and it was pretty great! Later!

PS a big thanks to Drew, Mom, Jeremy, Ben (wish you would have been feeling better!), Dave, Lori, Davie, Kelly, Des, Derek, Buzz, Mary, Tier, Brig, Kevin, and Michael!

bartender please!

2009-04-23T23:19:00.003-04:00

apparently the cure for a really bad day is 1 fruity drink, 3 vanilla vodka/dr. peppers, and a round of pineapple upside down cakes, along with some sex gossip with work friends! yum.

i just can't even handle it. thank god i was in the ghetto today. and thank god greys was new and has gotten off to a pretty funny start. and thank goodness for dvr.

oh, and go wings :)

welcome one and all

2009-04-22T10:52:00.002-04:00

well guys, i decided to start a blog. i used to use livejournal for EVER throughout college, but my lj is so dated now. it was soooo long ago! so i decided to use blogspot like everyone else, haha. don't expect anything too exciting here. i'll probably just ramble on about life, the maybe new house, the bf, the dog, growing up, etc.

can't make much of a post today. have to finish up laundry, take a shower, make lunch, play w/max, get ready for work, and do it all in about an hour and a half. which reminds me, laundry is almost done.

enjoy :)