Oh Hey, Friday

It's Friday, and I thought I would take a quick sec to tell you all the 5 things I am thankful for this Friday.

• Friends. As in ones that are there for you no matter what, night or day, who have a sixth sense about them when it comes to you and who just love you , ya know for you.
• Fruit. Yup, I would like to thank God for fruit. I just have been in love with it over here, as in could eat an entire cantaloupe and feel just fine.
• My pups. Those sweet babies just make my sweet day.
• My brain. I am blessed with a brain that works and although slow at times, never seems to fail me. Its gotten me this far, I'll think I'll keep it.
• Faith. Self-explanatory.

Happy Weekend all!

Time

Time. Its precious, limited and something we all want more of. We spend so much of our lives agonizing over when to do something, or do we have enough to time to do it. Its about the right time for this or that. We dwell over timing of marriage, jobs, buying a house, children, you name it, American worry about the timing of it all.
Reality is that there timing will never be right. We will never have enough time and we will waste previous moments. So have a little faith.

I'm Alive!

Long time no blog. Yeah, I know awful blogger here. To tell you the truth, life has gotten in the way of blogging for me as of late. Hate when that happens. But between the new job, the new gym and all the other "new" in my life as of late, blogging has taken a very far to the back seat.
Don't worry though, I have been keeping up with all of you and your lives! And I promise I will be back very soon, just with a few changes. Don't give up on me now!

Monthly Motivation

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Welcome to the first installment of Monthly Motivation, a monthly healthy & fitness link up! I am joined by my BOFF Pinky and the lovely Carolyn where we will share our goals, trials, triumphs, successes and failure in each of our health & fitness journeys. We hope you will join with us the last Tuesday of each month and allow us to keep each other accountable. My fitness goals: 1. Tone my arms. I have an obsession with my arms. I had an arm envy over a girl I competed in Miss Texas with, and have been on a quest ever since. I have been slowing changing up my arm workouts so that I can achieve that sculpted v of a deltoid. Ya know that, muscle above your bicep and not quite your shoulder?

2. Change it up! I get in the worst workout rut. I do the same thing every time: 40 minutes of cardio, abs then weights. And my weight routine? boring and the same. I am going to work on changing up the cardio, add in sprints, intervals, high resistance. And.... doing more dynamic lifting. 3. Get up and move at the office. I need to get up every 30-60 minutes and take a lap around the office. It refreshes the mind and keeps you from being sedintary all day long. When you feel the slump of the back or the your eyelids start to quiver, get up and take a lap.  My Healthy Diet Goals: 1. Salad Sundays. I started this at the beginning of the summer and hope to keep it going. It gets my reset for the week. I hope to eat at least 2 salads at week. 2. Substitute yogurt for dessert. I just need something sweet. Hello greek yogurt! 3. Water, water, water! I have been trying to drink more water with my new water bottle. I just need to pack on the H2O! Water does wonders for the skin, digestion and metabolism! It also can decrease tummy bloat and fatigue. Add lemon, lime or other infused fruit blends, but what ever you do, drink your water! Alright, let me know your health & fitness goals. Let us keep each other accountable and motivated! What is one health goal you have? 

Just a Reminder

Tomorrow is the day! The Monthly Motivation Link Up. Get your health and fitness stories, goals, hopes and dream ready and share it here. This is to keep you accountable, to give you motivation and have a community of support.

Guilty as Charged #totalsocial

It's #totalsocial time again! This month's topic: Guilty Pleasures. 1. Dessert - Yeah, I like it. I need something sweet to tell myself the meal is done and you may move on. So I try to find things that won't ruin my diet. I LOVE Fiber One Brownies. I mean, its chocolate, fudgy bits, and well only 90 calories. I keep them in my desk and use them as an after lunch snack. I feel that sweetness, but don't feel like I ruined my whole day.

2. Netflix. Yes people I am addicted. Its my indulgence. I have taken to binge watching shows via Netflix. This month its Mad Men (currently on season 5), it has been Scandel, The Americans, OITNB, The Following and House of Cards. I just cannot help but setup shop on the couch on saturday and watch at least 2-3 episodes.

3. My pups. I cannot stop. I cuddle them, hold them, pet them, talk baby talk to them and take tons of pics of them... I even send pics of them to le guy with funny things I think they would say. Heck, I even send M some from time to time from Chloe when she does something I know he would think is funny. (I know I should stop that one, but hey it was his dog for 3 years too). I mean, can they get any cuter than this?

4. Decorating my office. Yes, everyone else has such cute stuff in theirs. Mine is well plain at the moment, and no longer purple, sigh.... But I am trying to acquire some cute items to line my shelves and oh yeah I should probably get my law license framed, huh? Ideas?

I Swear I'm Cool

Well, slap my hand and call me a bad blogger. I am not a single picture from what was a great weekend. I'm cool, I swear....
This weekend le guy's brother and sister in law came to visit. They had been planning a visit for a while, so it was nice to finally get to have them here. After an hour and fifteen minute commute home, where I saw 4 accidents and missed my exist twice... I got home just in time to change and hit up dinner at Bird Cafe in Sundance Square. There was wine and small plates and the best cinnamon, caramel, bacon ice cream of my life.
Saturday we had a Mexican brunch then some popsicles a la Steel City Pops. Next we hit up a local beer bar for a while so that others could get in some brews. I had my water and watched some ridic old movie on the TV. Next we went for burgers and more brews at Rodeo Goat. Yum! Its just so good!
Then the old farts, yes we are old, headed home and plopped on the coach to wine and a little The Other Women. I had been wanting to see the Cameron Diaz chick flick for a while, so I am so excited Holly did too! It was cute. I mean totally implausible, but it did the trick, love, laughter, a cheating mean getting his just desserts... I  mean what more can you want from a movie?
Sunday am I got up for a glorious 4 mile run. It was so nice outside. It rained the night before so it was cool, windy and perfect way to begin my Sunday.
When the rest of the crew finally got up, I made some egg muffins and we lounged around til they had to head out.
I'd say the rest of Sunday was awesome, but I don't count Sam's club and Target awesome. I did however, totally crave some chinese for dinner and ordered Pei Wei. Oh well, sometimes a girl just  needs some chinese food.
So that is my pictureless weekend. I am starting my first fill week of the new job, wish my luck as I am still trying to figure it all out.