Thursday, September 29, 2011

Tough



Last year at this time. I had just returned from CA, I moved into my Grandparents creepy basement. I fell head-over-shoes for a cowboy. I learned to hunt. I worked at Sub Zero on weekends. Found a new friend in Melissa Jones. And worked PumpkinLand. Last year was a great, great fall. It also threw me two curveballs, and my batting skills were not quite up to par to cope. Falling for the before mentioned cowboy had it's residual fall out effect. And I also lost my other baby. Not as in a child, in my womb. No. You all should know me better than that. Last October I said farewell to my girl Molly. My fat-lazy-good-for-nothing-whiny precious cat. I loved that girl.

Molly went missing last September after I turned her out of the house one day. (that's not enough of a guilt trip) Then just a day after I really had accepted that I would not be seeing her again, my sister called to tell me the neighbors found her. I went home to her that night and was thrilled. A couple days passed and I got another call. Nanna was panicking. Molly was seizuring. I took her to the vet. They gave her an IV over night to re hydrate her from the "being lost" trauma. Next day I was in W.Valley taking my hunters safety course. As I was driving home the Vet called to give me the results (or lack thereof) from all the tests they'd done. Molly was essentially a healthy cat. Except that she had a neurological disorder. Not something the common neighborhood vet can fix. And that to find it out and treat her accordingly would involve a SLC vet, MRI's and lots and lots of money I didn't have.

I returned to Orem. Cried a lot. Talked with my sister and that cowboy. I decided that the very best thing I could do for her was to return her to our Father in Heaven and her brother Sam who had passed a few years ago. (That was the first, most traumatic event in my life) Holly drove me to collect her, I held her in my arms a long time. I talked to her. I smelled her special Molly smell some more. And then cowboy drove us out to a lovely field. We ended her life quick and more painless and peaceful then a shot of venom to the heart from the vet. I did the plot up nice and there her body will go the way of the earth until another time. I know that she is in a beautiful, peaceful place with her brother. And a God who loves all creatures great and small.

....Well that's all well and good. I know I did the best for her with what I could. I don't think maybe that was the best decision for me. I've dealt with the guilt and pain of that on and off for a year now. I'm normally all right, and peace and acceptance. I don't plan to love another creature any time soon. It painful and I don't like the fall out. I having trouble sleeping this week and it's just a little tough. I'm okay. It's just tough.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Terrific Tuesdays!



I'll take mine with Raspberry Nectarine Jam, with a touch of Nutmeg.
This morning.

Dancing to Cole, Frank, Bing, Luis, and more.
Susie and I twirling around the living room.
Our men already dressed in a handsome Tux!

I had some SPARK.

We watched Ricky Gervais be funny.

I made Orange Rolls!!!

Also. I kind of am getting the Sock Bun Curls figured out. Too bad I work where I can't leave them down to be B-U-T-Full!

Still trying to figure out how to tuck all my layers in, but this. is. Progress. :D

Even in Australia

 Warning: Gross picture.





This is what I've been battling every morning and night for the past nearing on a week.

I am going to the eye doctor tomorrow morning. Aside from being uncomfortable, my vision in my left eye has experienced a rapid decline in acuteness. :(

No Bueno.

I got to work yesterday after the great M.I.A. key disaster and this is what greeted me. Seriously?!
  I knew that the Dr.Pepper I'd come equipped with was certainly not going to help me handle this disaster. So I quickly moved on.

---As a side not, have you ever noticed that when you drink soda out of one of these paper cups, whether it's coke or pepsi, it still ends up with the essence of paper cup in your drink before you even get to the end of it.--- :( Very disappointing. So I moved on.
SPARK! If ya'll haven't figured it out yet, this is my best friend. If you haven't received a sample yet, and I KNOW you haven't cause I would remember. You need to ask me. And if you live far ish away, that's all right. I'll send you one. They are amazing! Forget coffee, coke, pepsi, tea, monsters, rockstars etc....

My Mom keeps trying to talk me out of them, "if you can't start your day without them, it's not healthy!""

Yeah right. Mom! Try starting your day without you cheerios and raspberries. Just cause something makes your day go better, doesn't make it crack cocaine! :)
 It wouldn't have been so awful except that the entire inside of the refrigerator and all the bag in the vinicinity were infected with the cream epidemic. :)
2 hours later. *SIGH* I've earned my rescue clean up, managerial management badge today!!

*For the record. I got work off early, (Thanks Taylor!!) I went home after running a couple work errands, and I made soup and watched Forever Strong with Susie and Devin.

Monday, September 26, 2011

M.I.A

Today is just one of those days. I'm trying to refrain myself from foul words.
Day actually started great, and I was in a good mood.
I relaxed. I showered. I got ready for work. I was walking out the door to go to work.
BAM!
neener neener, universe here. Just checking in to say HAHA happy monday.
I took your keys, and I hid them. Also, you won't let any of your employees keep a store key, so NONE of them can work for you... except the one who accidently still has a key. Yeah no go there, she doesn't have a car and lives in Lehi.

Oh wait. You could go get the key. EXCEPT you. cant. drive. I took all your keys and hid them. HAHA.

Needless to say I'm stressed. I called the mall security and let them know I'd be late. I e-mailed the mall management and let them know too.

I have a sneaky suspicion of where said keys may be, but I can't get to them. 

Sometimes life is cruel. That is where OASIS comes in. This lovely product from Advocare is a blessing! It is formulated with all natural ingredients. It tastes like blueberry. And it has saved my life 3 times this week.

Ladies, if you are one to flip out and be taken over by a cruel version of yourself on "that time of the month". This is a must have. I'm not kidding, it has saved me from the brink of despair earlier this week. Yesterday it helped soothe my migraine of epic proportions. And today when I started to flip out and hate myself thanks to universe-with-a-cynical-sense-of-humour. This was my go to. 

Now I am sitting in my living room. Waiting for the solution to appear. I am much much calmer. I am even happy. I know that sometimes things happen. I feel bad that I can not open my store on time. And I will pay the consequences later. Hyperventilating. Crying. Not in the game plan anymore. I LOVE my ADVOCARE!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Arachonophobia

I am not afraid of spiders. These HILARIOUS videos are on my mind tonight. Enjoy. Happy Saturday!!!







Thursday, September 22, 2011

Morning Routine 

  • SPARK
  • MNSMAX E
  • Catalyst
    • wait 30 mins
  • Meal replacement shake
  • 2 MNS strips
  • Joint promotion
  • omegaplex
QUE: Productivity & Energy!!! :D
 Yesterday I was ambitious.
After running 2 miles in my new shoes,
I attempted to paint my fingers and toes.
Successful on one count.  Toes look good.
Fingernails are gone already. I had to go to work. 
I got my Advocare cap. Now I can wear my colors, and make less effort with my hair. :)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Classy.

I bet you haven't EVER felt as amazing as I do today, on a nutrition product?

I have had the munchies all day, even though I have been eating every 2 1/2 ish hours. You know why?

That bottle on the left, CATALYST? it jumps starts your metabolism, helps protect, tone and build muscle, and you CAN'T use it wrong or too much of it! Seriously?! Show me something else that does that.

The MNSMAX E  That is our metabolic nutrition system, energy version. I have been on cloud 9 for energy and focus today. And guess what else? When you FEEL  this good, and your body has proper nutrition... you are happier. I was tipped by EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. of my customers today. Sub zero was feeling the ADVOCARE  love.
So how did I curve the munchies?...



I made the same delicious ice cream that I LOVED  on saturday (german chocolate style) and you know what?
I did not love it so much this time. TOO Sweet?! I tossed it, and I ate a cup of almonds instead.

I want you to understand. I am NOT intentionally  cutting foods out of my routine. I have NO diet restrictions. I am on day 1  of giving my body World-class-supreme nutrition, and my body is saying, oh hey, I guess I don't want all that stupid sweet stuff that will go straight to my thighs anymore.And I am thinking.


I have now had another sleep works. I am curving my desire to go for a night run, and aiming to change my nature to stay up late, for a desire to get up early and be productive. Here is to a GREAT nights' sleep. THANKS to ADVOCARE!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Weekend Stash

It looked pretty well like it worked.

And it kind of did. My hair is so fine (not thin) it didn't hold the curl very long. I think I just need to start damper and add product to it to hold it a little more chunky. :) Still; I'm grateful to have learned this new trick. Thanks Taylor!

Friday I picked berries with Sanna, and coming home to do a huge batch of salsa I got some sprite. Just fresh Raspberries and sprite. Yummy, crisp, and SO delicious!

This is my personal stash! Red labels = active , Blue = performance elite/athletics, Purple = Trim, Green = wellness.
Tonight I'm super super excited to be trying the Sleep Works. I'm taking it now, just about 8:30pm. Let you know tomorrow how well it works.

I am so thoroughly absolutely excited for the new me, the new runner, the new financial makeover. Tomorrow or tuesday I will post weight inches, etc... and my product regimen as I start conditioning and training for my Ultramarathon.

I figure the more I post here, the more people I have to be accountable to, instead of flaking when it gets hard.

All 3 of these boxes are brimming with samples and kits. You all should be excited to try some. I know you  WILL NOT be able to resist! :)

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Happy Happy Day


I am so excited today!!
It's going to be a great day for football in Utah!
I'm working 11 hours today, but I'm working with Taylor! I love that girl!


My Advocare supply came.
Look out Utah.
These products can change YOUR LIFE!
Whether you just want to FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD, OR INCREASE YOUR INCOME, ADVOCARE HAS A SOLUTION. I am so excited to use the wellness line, and the performance elite line. I will be in A+ condition for the Ultramarathon I am running in February.

I will soon be hosting mixers once a week in my home, to share the products and the opportunity. Stayed tuned, and get excited.

I love ADVOCARE!!!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Sock Bun Trick.






So. I am attempting to curl my hair using the sock bun trick. I saw this posted on a friends facebook page and was curious so I watched this tutorial. Tonight is attempt number two. The first time worked-ish, but because of my layers it was hard to tuck my hair in. 

This is my friends hair. ...I was obviously intrigued when she said it took 3 minutes.
This is what my hair looks like tonight. We shall see what the morning holds. :)

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

I Told You So

I have to say, I told you so, See, I do love ORANGEAnd as it's my FAVORITE time of the year, we are going to see how many days in a row
I can incorporate my favorite color into my favorite 'remaining' 47 days of the year!! 

I take this awkward-immodest-angry looking Photo for a reason.
I am trying to demonstrate not the level of 'burnt'-ness on my arm and shoulder.
It is the level of numbness. I am icing my arm and going to bed early.

The angry look is because I was trying to contact someone and somehow couldn't spare the concentration to smile at the same time. :D  <- thus I smile now. 

Breakfast?

It might take until 11 to find the initiative,
but BOY OH BOY it was worth it
Well my days of work take all my time.

My day offs, are usually more relaxed then I intend.

Today I WILL be productive.

I really want to run. This shoulder thing is NOT my friend.

Its kind of a constant barely there ache, and then I 
move the wrong way and YOWWIE!

I will attempt to run!

I'm working a couple hours at the store for Taylor, so she can go to her practice, and play in the game tomorrow.

I'm going to finish my book; First Steps to Wealth

I'm going to write 2 letters. One to Faify and one to Blueberry.

but FIRST let's make a half decent attempt at breakfast.... or at 11 o' clock. I guess it's Brunch  now.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

More Than a Second

Anyone who knows me for more than a second can tell you...

I LOVE PIZZA.

I truly do! And my favorite place is a local joint, Two Jacks Pizza. It started in Springville and that's where I found them, but Leanne just opened a place in Provo on Center st. and I'm thrilled about it!!! :D

I tried the Calzone tonight!! Huzzah! It's fantastic. My new favorite!

Also. I LOVE ORANGE!!
Perhaps not the most flattering of all the colors, but I don't care.
I'll wear orange any day.
Orange is unexpected, happy, bright, and unashamed.

Today was a good day!


Monday, September 12, 2011

Midnight Margaritas

Some people go for Midnight Margaritas to take the edge off.

At our house...

We make and delight in salsa.

A little bit of everything, a LOT of chopping, and VOILA! 







Shout out...

Okay. So we've all seen this floating around facebook right?

"Me, behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladdin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with 7 men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac Man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies that always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! If you had this childhood and loved it, repost"

Yeah okay we all have. 

NOW

I want to give a major shout out to..........







 MULAN!!!


Seriously?! The girl chops her hair with a sword. Enlist in a war to save her father, learns to fight like a freaking CHINESE warrior, saves hot beautiful Donny-Osmond-voice-singing Shang from an avalanche, while riding a horse, WITH a stabbed wound to her side, gets left in the snow with a lizard, a cricket, some potstickers and her horse, *breathe*

AND THEN SAVES CHINA!!!

AND

By the way, she is not a princess, and she had not just a mother and father, but she has a grandma too.

Mulan is where it's at!!

We can blame childhood "faults" on Disney movies, but if you've at least heard of or seen Mulan, I think that makes up for the rest!!

You go girl!!

Blah


Yeah, I apologize. I've officially missed a day. Sunday was a mommy sorta day. I was in a lot of pain from my shoulder. I was exhausted from my 15 hours of work on Saturday.

I drove home to Mapleton, and let my mommy doctor me.
Not really a noticeable difference on the shoulder, but the TLC did me good.

Today I am at work. A good friend came to see me and brought some more tyelenol, since I somehow forgot mine this morning.

I also seem to be suffereing from some sorta acid reflux or something. My tummy isn't too thrilled.
Needless to state, but of course I will, I'm not having the best day. It's not a bad day, but I would much rather be in my bed. Hopefully this goes away quick. I was really looking forward to my Moonlight hike on tuesday night. hhhmmm.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Drugs please

I woke up at 7.
I held a work meeting at 8.
I was on hold on the phone at Wells- SATAN- Fargo at 9
I worked all day from 10 am to 10:28 pm.
I'm in SO much pain I think I pulled my shoulder. The rotater cuff, or the tendons, or something. :(
I let the girls finish closing and headed home for some happy
acetaminophen and rest.

I hope you all know I love you, because at the end of a long day like this I'm taking a moment to pop in.
(can I just kind of try to get a head count? who is reading my blog? will you just this once drop a comment, even if it's just your name?)
Love ya, Good night, Abby.


This morning was slow

SPARK. :) and lovely susie brought me some cukes. :)

We did a lot of organizing today, and Taylor and I both made some life -threatening attempts at lifting things high. We finally changed our plan, and we all survived.


Friday, September 9, 2011

More than a second

Anyone who knows me for more than a second, can definitely attest to the fact that I do nothing.. I repeat.. NOTHING half way. I am an all or nothing gal.

Why am I running a 50 mile ultra Marathon in February?
26.2 is something anyone can do.

Why do I wait to unpack until midnight before I work a 15 hour day?
Anybody can take days to unpack. I do ALL of it in 2 hours.

This is my project tonight.




Also, I found a treasure. This is the 1st quilt I started, almost 3 years ago. I think I'll make an effort to finish it. :D




Good Night.

Weary

It's been a tough weekend.... wait... it's not even the weekend! Holy Crap! It's been a long week. I'm dealing with a lot of stirred emotions about all sorts of things. 9/11 is also a big deal to me. In a different way then most. But still.

Today was my day off. I slept in, went to work to do the reports from yesterday. Then I went to the bank, and then to visit sister at work real quick. The belts on my car are squealing again, so I stopped by my mechanic. I kind of guilt-ed him into checking and fixing it real quick. A OK. I went to make my loan payment, and I talked to a banker about getting another loan. I have an investment I'm ready to make. It's a risk sure, but I know that I can do it, and I'm getting no where fast breaking my back with hours at Sub Zero. (I love the store yes, but I need to make more money)

Things are good to go. I went to Wells Fargo, met a very nice guy who helped me set up my online banking and other stuff I've neglected. His name was Ben, and after a tough week of feeling alone in my thoughts about this week, it was an answer to a prayer to find someone who believes the same way. Nice to meet you Ben!

I was so mentally fatigued, I went home and crashed. 3:30 to 7:30. Now I'm drinking my SPARK and looking for the will power to unpack the rest of my stuff. I'm still putting it off. I guess that's part of my nature. I move so often and nothing in my life is to permmanent so I think it's a self defense sort of mechanism.

On the brighter side. I've started reading some new blogs on recommendation from my sister. My sister Holly writes a darling blog and is looking to invest more time in it, and hopefully get some return. You can find her blog here

I really love reading these 2 especially: the daybook blog
                                                           Diligent Joy

Diligent Joy is written by a fellow "south-utah-countian" who also happens to wear the delightful name Abby. And she wears it proudly! I entered a comment on her beauty contest on a whim, and luck be mine... I win!
Hurray for Abby's! There was no bias involved, she uses a random picker... I think. Anyway, I win mineral makeup neutrogena I think. Abby has promised to help me get the right shade which will be fantastic. I was going to by some myself the other day after I saw her post. I'm glad I didn't, since now I win. :D

Today is a good day. I'm feeling my magic, will-power juice, and now I think I'll go organize my room. Anyone want photos?
                             

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Blech

Tough day. Inner turmoil. Outer disputes. Societal disappointments. Long hours. Great friend and cousin Ben.

I'm not all conscience enough to speak clearly. I'll post more tomorrow. DAY OFF, yaya!!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Candlelit dinner?

One Day off this week. This is what it looks like.

  • Bulletin Board for Sub Zero
  • Facebook page for Sub Zero
  • Call Naomi for Nitro Tank
  • Order from Pepsi
  • Bank 
  • Candy Corn
  • Brownies
  • Coconut Milk
  • Sprinkles??
  • Costco
    • Soy milk
    • Rice milk
    • Pineapple
    • Peaches
    • New mix-in... what will it be?
    • Mixed Berries
    • Gummy Bears

GO home

  • Clean Room
  • Wash Rags
  • Wash Aprons
  • Eat something healthy
  • Blog again
  • Relax? yeah right
  • Run. Sure!
Oh my goodness!!! Didn't know I could do so much? Well yes I can. My mommy taught me well!

Isn't his face just to die for?

'Inspector' Calvin as we fondly call him. He wants to do, see, smell, taste, lie on, EVERYTHING!

FINALLY!! SPRINKLES ARE IN!!!

Does this look like a lot? Cause I have TWO of these boxes!


I stopped at Cherry Lane Boutique, (a favorite of Mom and sisters)
Lot's of cute things, but this is really all that tempted me.
I used self control, and then bought a pair of jeans elsewhere for the same amount.
I would LOVE to have this saying some day!!

3 for $5 mini candles in FALL scents from Bath and Body
Half rack of ribs, and coleslaw for dinner.
Oh and yummy man too!