Setting up for Summer

Wow! So much has happened over the past few months. One minute I'm hunched over my laptop on a blustery cold day... the next I'm sweating in a t-shirt and cranking up the AC in my car for the drive to school! Seasons fasinate me and I'm ready for the Summer now!

Over the Christmas break at school I finally got this great guy at school's attention! We went out a few times and I was hooked... so now we are together and spend almost every day in his little 'entertainment room' as he calls it. Always watching a movie or watching him and his son play a game. It's great... but I need to get out a little bit. I need the swimming and outdoor play. I crave time in the sun and all that fun! So, I did something crazy today. I bought my first ever Six Flags Seasons Pass. And I totally intend to use it. So, I have my boyfriend and his son all hyped to go with me and they had better! I spent the winter their way, now they shall spend the summer my way.

I just bought a new car too... so school is a little easier for me to handle. I really way hating having to wait outside for my mom to come pick me up from school. A few weeks ago an former beau of mine was sitting outside and asked if I was pregnant. Um... no! "Oh, so your just eating a lot more now?" he asked. I was livid. And very happy that I got rid of him. I appreciate having a boyfriend that likes me the way I am. The other day I was at his house and we were talking about the weekend before when I spent the night there. "I got up in the morning to grab a bite to eat while you were still sleeping... I just had to climb back into bed with you because your so squishy." I had to laugh because for him thats a compliment... but how many girls do you know that like to be refered to as 'squishy'? But, I'm happy with him and it's been a long time since I was happy with a man. Then I had to learn to be happy by myself. Then I found him and I found I can be happy with him too. Life is pretty good.

Arobics Unleashed!

Well, I have figured that their are 4 months till Pool Season, and I'm so excited to jump in the pool again. Being a night student means that when the sun is at it's best I can spend my days swimming laps and lounging with a good read... pool side. I feel so much better about myself after spending a day at the pool. My skin turns a healthy bronze glow, my legs start to tighten up. And just the feel of the cool water against my heated skin is refreshing! Sometimes I take my mp3 player with me and prance around pretending like I have dance moves. But, let me be the first to inform you... I don't have any!

Well, this past Summer the young crowd in my family took a camping trip to the lake. That was so much fun for me, I really enjoyed the fact that my brother has a boat with a perfect bench for soaking the sun! I had an adorable swimsuit too. When we got back from the trip life returned to normal, and that trip was just a fond memory in the back of my head. Until I was browsing Facebook and saw my cousin has uploaded some pictures of herself on the trip! In one picture she was looking especially pretty and carefree... but so was my bottom! Ouch! I didn't realize my thighs looked that bad in my swimsuit! My first reaction was to tell her to please crop my backside out of her pic! My second was a rather embarressing trip to Walgreens to pick up some diet pills. They make that so painful there. You have to press a help button so they can unlock the pills... and it is announced over the loud speaker that a customer needs assistance in the diet aid department. When you are the only one there and some very skinny people are a few steps away looking at toothpaste... well I think the roots of my hair were even blushing over that one. Plus, I don't think the pills even worked that well. So, my final reaction was a little slow in happening. And it was only recently that I came to this conclusion. I'm not wanting to lose weight, it's crazy for me because I frausterate myself over it. Then I give up, and what good does that do? I just want to be more toned... and I want to learn a new skill. Maybe I can actually learn to dance these next few months? So, I dug thru my things and found that I have 4 Carmen Electra Stripperarobics DVD's. No, I don't have aspirations of becoming a stripper! But, I do want to tone up, learn to dance (hey, it could happen!), and feel better in my body. So, I'm going to devote one month to each video and chart my progress. I'm not going to do anything but use these videos. That's right, no counting calories, no busting my butt at the gym... okay, I might go just to walk on the machines, but not actually trying to lose weight here! I just want to get to the point that next fall if I find a picture of my bad hindself in a post Summer picture I can say "Hey! could you crop my butt and tag me?" Hey, it could happen!

Find me on the Web

Well, surprise of all surprises! I don't sit in front of this blog waiting for a comment to pop up all day! That would be a very long wait if I did... but as it happens to be I have some other cool hang outs on the net and I thought I would just share a little about them!

MyPage5 Even though this isn't one of the more well known sites, I did want to share this one because it pays you to participate. It is a social networking site and I don't spend as much time on here as I used too, but I still drop in from time to time to say hi to my friends and try to earn a little more money.

Myspace I have been a member of Myspace for a long time, but I mostly use it for games these days. I also like to artistically express myself there.

Facebook This is one of my more frequent haunts, actually. A lot of the kids I grew up with materialized out of nowhere and landed on Facebook. So, I followed along. I'm still there, causing lots of trouble!

Bzzagent This is not a social networking site! This is a site I go to and earn points toward cool giftcards. I get free samples to try and tell my friends about, then I tell bzzagent how my friends liked the product and I ear points!

Mylot And this cool place is a messageboard you get paid to post on!

Well, there are more of course, but I'll have to dig those up!

School and Career

School, so much of it lately! I think one of the healthiest things a person can do for themselves is work out their minds. And when you are in school you should make the most of it. I'm attending a small college so there really isn't much in the way of extracurricular activities, but what they do have I'm on board 100%! Currently I'm Vice president of the Medical Billers and Coders club, and at the end of this month that statis will change to President. Also they are starting a writers group... I'm going to participate in that. Maybe my blogs will get a little better with that. But, in the long term that does mean that my blogs are going to be stretched a little thinner and maybe a little farther apart. But that is just because everything school and future career related is priority in my life. But, even so if I may quote Hank the Cowdog 'When sliding down the banister of life, be careful that you don't get a splinter in your career.'  And that is the reason I won't leave my little blog hanging here. Because I still need this little bit of spice in my life.

The shoes

I took the plunge people! I bought my some Sketchers Shape Ups! I got them on sale... for a 100 dollars! However, I have a cousin that works at a special shoe store for people that need shoes for medical reasons mostly. But, one blustery snow day when the clientele was not likely to come in she invited me to see what a day her life at work was like. I must say it was so much fun! I learned a lot about my feet too. I learned that without socks I'm a 6 1/2 but with socks on I'm a 7 1/2. I learned that those boot camp boots did quite a number on my feet and made my arches have fallen. One one side fell more than the other. And when I stand still I put all the weight on the heels of my feet. So, my cousin had me try on the 400 dollars MBT shoes and walk around the store like that for awhile, then I tried to use the balance sticks with them but I have no hand eye coordination at all! So, after chatting and my teacher her to put pictures on facebook she admitted that the sketchers would be a more affordable version of the MBT's. So, now I have those and they feel so good on my feet! I walked around school in them yesterday and I also rocked on them in the elevator to tone my calves. It is fun and it's a whole lot warmer to walk around in than the flats I was wearing and I know I'm doing something better for my body.

What I got for Christmas!

Well, Christmas was an interesting affair this year. Actually got bumped out of the regular festivities, but I did spend some time with my children... which is a huge deal for me. They really liked their gifts, I think my 7 year old's favorite was the robot dog I got her. She is an odd child and every year for Christmas since she could talk has requested a robot! This year I finally found a robot dog tucked on a back shelf at Goodwill for 3 bucks in it's original packaging! What a find! So, this is the year it was meant to be and Clara is all about the robot dog, though Patsy threw a poopy pants fit over not getting one too. She is 3... I think she will get over it, and I know there will be some interesting requests from her over the years. This year she informed me that she wanted 'Pink Makeup' That is what she got, even though the box said for ages 5 and up, which Clara eagerly pointed out my indiscretion on that one! I love spoiling my kids for Christmas. Marcus is 2 and I got him some Tony Hawk skater boy shoes, though I'm not too sure he gets that they are 'cool'. Next year I think I will get Clara the 'caterpillar' that has also been popping up on numerous Christmas lists.

What did I get? Hmmm, well, my dad got me a 20.00 gift card to Walmart. I used it to purchase an MP3 player since my old one was stolen. Not that I get tricked out MP3 players. I don't even get video features on mine and ipod is truly for the yuppies... or people that can afford that sort of thing. Oh and Clara made me a note pad that says 'Jesus was born today' all around the edges, I didn't have the heart to remind her that her mommie doesn't believe in Jesus, because I figure it's the thought that counts. My granny got me a Burger King gift card, a 10.00 bill, and a bracelet. The bracelet was really cool, silver, chunky and sophisticated looking. Sadly it was also cheaply made, the first night I wore it out it broke... and it never got seen! I had my jacket on over it all night! The Burger King gift card is because there is a BK right across the street from me school and it has wifi. My school does too, but they have facebook blocked on theirs! So, I head over to BK, buy my a coffee and settle in with my laptop. The 10 dollars went towards duct tape and cigarettes. The essentials. Aww, I know I'm trying to be healthy and cigarettes is a pretty lame attempt at healthy living. It's my one vice right now and I will give it up soon... maybe. But, the duct tape was because the wind blew the window off my van and I had to run out there with the cardboard from the box my laptop came in and a trashbag. I had to get the duct tape to hold that little faux window in place!
     My mom, well, she got me some post earrings, I doubt they are real diamonds, but that is okay with me... I was getting really tired of wearing dangle earrings to school! She also got me a hoodie jacket, two pairs of sweat pants, two white shirts (one long-sleeved, one short sleaved), a hoodie shirt, a really cool flannel/peasant style shirt, and some plastic boxes to store my stuff in! Oh and then my youngest brother got me Austen Powers, Goldmember. Not my favorite movie in the world, but he was a sweetie to think of me.

And then I was taken on a date to see New Moon the Sunday after Christmas, I don't know if that counts as a Christmas present, but it is something special that I got this holiday season!

Since I didn't really get to go to any real family holiday get togethers I didn't get any chances to get chewed out for my consumption of holiday food! Although my mom does keep drilling me on my chocolate intake. Give me a break! Isn't chocolate good for you?

Happy Holidays!

Hey, well now holidays are always one of those trouble times of the year for me. I'm enjoying the food, enjoying the company, and (lets just perfectly honest here) enjoying the presents! And suddenly some person comes up and sees that I put mayo on my sandwhich and comments "Now, Kimberli, are you sure you should be eating that?" Somehow, even if you know that other person has downed their weight in cookies and is happily sipping the eggnog, the comment still makes me feel guilty and I don't believe guilt is healthy. I think guilt gives me false hunger, has me starting in to see how much of the ham, greens, cookies, and cheeses galore I can cram down my throat too. Ouch!

So here is a toast! May we all not deny ourselves this holiday season, not let those negative comments get to us. Not bemoan the fact that family get togethers are some of the most fat inducing gatherings of all time! Let us, smile and nod folks and realize that the holiday season only comes once a year and if we must feel guilty for nourishing our bodies... now is not the time to do so! And if a family member presents you with a diet guru's book of tips... well, I guess you can throw that away when you get home!