Funk

Happy Sunday to you, and you, and you and you and you!

This has been such an odd week for me. To say I've been in a "funk" is putting it extremely mildly but I think I am starting to get a grip on my emotions and get back in control. Who knows what happened, but it's time to SNAP out of it!

Last week I worked A TON, too much in fact (contributing to my burn out and "funk", I'm sure!) but in the mean time, the weather went from BEAUTIFUL to FREEZING! What happened? I am ready for some warm sunshine back to come back to Ohio, it is almost May, get it together!!

With all the working last week, I was only able to get to the gym twice, verrrry disappointing but I like to balance it out in my mind seeing that on Tuesday I went for 3 solid hours. Well, lets me honest, 2 hours and 45 min because I did go tanning in there too.  Anywho, I did a "boot camp" as I am calling them which I plan to do every Tuesday (since changing my schedule at work). The first class I take is great wake up class the first hour is different work outs with a ball, weights, mat, etc. then the second half hour is Zumba. I then go do my own thing in the gym and tan for the second hour, followed by palates for the third.  I drug my friend Danielle around last week for the last 2 hours and I felt GREAT the next day, just the right balance of comfortable and sore. UNLIKE today, where I pushed myself way too far on lunges yesterday and am seriously paying for it.  I'll find my balance though! So far, I'm down 4 pounds and I'm really trying to stick to eating better, not healthy because I feel like by saying that people assume I'm on a fad diet and I'm not. I want to eat BETTER. I have to include the foods I love that aren't the best thing in the world, or I'll never stick to it. My goal is to hit the gym 3 days a week (I work 3 that I simply CAN'T go and I'm assuming 1 of my off days I'll need to do other things in the mornings) and pack my lunch EVERY day I work.  So far, I've only not packed last Friday and I got a salad from the cafeteria, so not bad.  I prefer to pack so I save $$ on our insanely priced food downstairs at work though. That's my update on bringing back 2008, me.

On other notes, this eating better thing has me shopping more since everything spoils faster than all my previous frozen meals.  It also has us grilling out more, which leads to shopping more.  I think I officially have an issue with Costco and buying in bulk, but I seriously love it. Everything there is $10 or more it seems so some things it's hard to justify, but other things are so cheap.  I found this 6LB can of green beans for $2.85 at Costco! We go through easily 4 smaller cans of green beans a week, at $1.00 a piece, this was a STEAL. I'm going to divide them up and freeze them and I'm so pumped about it. Ha. I love saving money on stupid things so I can spend it on other stupid things that I actually want!

So I saved money on this...

so that I could go to Kohl's and buy these, with more coupons AND earned Kohl's cash to go back today and get a little summer dress I've been eyeing!

adorable Bobby Flay ramekins that will be perfect for the homemade pot pie recipe I've been wanting to try! and the EVOO and vinegar dispensers (not the right word because they don't dispense anything...storage? Idk) that I've been wanting.  I don't use vinegar in anything other than cleaning, so I put chicken broth in one, I feel like I'm always reaching for that.  Right now, I hate our kitchen in our rental house, but I love buying stuff to use in it! I'm such a nerd, I know.

So yesterday was my first time, and second time, eating out at a restaurant since changing my eating habits.  I probably ate too much, but I don't think I went too far over the deep end.  Linsay and I went to brunch at Bob Evans and then we went out to eat with our friends the Chamberlins, Linsay and PJ's brother who is in town visiting from Iowa for dinner.  It was nice to get out with people and not be confined to the walls of the hospital, even if it is way to cold in Ohio.  We also watched "We Bought a Zoo" last night, it was absolutely adorable!! Very cute, made me laugh and cry which are the makings for a great movie!

Today will be about getting my house back after dust bunnies and dog hair have taken it over this week! I heard last week on the revolution you are supposed to vacuum once a week per person and pet that is in your house.  So since it's me, PJ, and 2 dogs, we should be vacuuming 4 times a week, any less will cause dirt to get so deep in the carpet it won't come up, and any more is actually doing damage to the carpet fibers. This week, I was slacking! I thought it was a neat statistic though!

That's it, nothing too big an exciting going on around here...that is, until I get to Kohl's and find something new! Thanks for reading!

<3JD