Happy Tuesday! This is gonna be a totally random post, but hey sometimes I'm all over there place. Such is my life! I went ahead and took the plunge... I created a sort of fan page for this blog (which really isn't a fan page, but its what works and the only thing I could figure out how to do). On this fan page I will keep track of everything that I eat. Everything good and bad. I will post pictures and ugggghhh my weight. I will also be doing longer recaps of what is hopefully to become my weight loss journey. I have no choice but to lose weight now. I've made it public. If for some reason you want to follow you can. Just search Extra Ordinary but Fabulous in the search bar on facebook then like the page. Or you can let me know you'd like to support my weightloss and some of the serious issues I have and I'll send the invite. Or...you can follow me on twitter which also links up to my facebook. I do have a disclaimer though as I state on my facebook page. I cannot promise that I will not be rude, crude, or gross but I will be honest! Sounds like fun huh!
On another note I have decided that I am going to start saying y'all. Not for any reason other than I want to. I'm random I know.
I went on a bike ride this weekend after Buddy told me that he didn't want a fat tummy like you mommy. Ouch. That was the end of it for me. I weigh 155lbs. and after today that will be no more. It is kind of scary how honest kids are but the scarier thing is that it is taking my sweet boy calling me fat to actually do something about it. I've known for a while that I needed to do it but have not been able to overcome my problem. I'm feeling really motivated right now lets hope it stays that way!
My 35th birthday is in a week and I'm not too sure how I feel about that. Other than I am a big fat mess. I know that it will come and go quietly without any fuss but it is still a feeling of hitting a benchmark. I'm half way to old. I better get on the stick and get some stuff done with myself.
This time change has been no bueno for me and buddy. I am so tired. I wore a pound of makeup today so that I wouldn't look as tired as I am. Poor buddy. He is just not adjusting well to this. Honestly, I don't like getting up in the dark. Its colder, its darker and it makes me tired.
I'm pretty sure that this week will be super busy. I'm working on a fun craft project I will share once its done as well as a lot of work. Softball for the girls, and a quick trip up to see mom and dad this weekend. So hopefully, I will post something in the midst of all of that craziness. I am going to make the time. Especially since I need to post about this whole weight loss stuff. I've decided that I have to choose to do it. So I will.
Anywho, all of my randomness doesn't usually lead anywhere. But sometimes its fun! Sometimes its not. It is what it is.
xoxo!
H.
Ooooo its High Five Friday, I'm so excited! Mostly because its Friday and my work week is almost over but also because its been a really long week and I'm mentally and physically exhausted and ready for the break. I'm doing today's post from work...hence I'm out to lunch! Our glorious owners blocked Pinterest and Facebook from our computers. What they don't know is I have Facebook on my phone and my Windows live is connected through Facebook so they really didn't hurt me that much.
Anyway on to the meat of this post :) My Friday HIGH Five!
1. Fabulous shoes- I bought the most amazing pair of Enzo Angiolini shoes this week. They are just the color I've been looking for. (kind of a champange/neutral color) They are high and beautiful and it was love at first sight and I had to have them! It wasn't even a question. They make me happy!
2. I was able to help save someone's home today. It is really gratifying to know that this persons home will not sell on Monday because I didn't give up on them when our attorney's did. After some sentence enhancing words were spoken they gave it one more try. Low and behold...sale date stopped. Super excited!
3. Buddy got his first pair of Chuck Taylors. OMG they are just the cutest thing. My sweet boy is such a honey. We are now twinners. And we are very excited!
4. Julia played a great game last Saturday and plays again tomorrow and we are so glad that she is finally on an AWESOME team! She got a great hit and I really think that this will boost her confidence. Also excited to watch Megs play tomorrow as well!
5. Upper 70's. Cannot say that this beautiful weather is not nice. Having the sun shining in the morning does seem to make the day better. I'm also super excited that the time is changing this weekend and we can do stuff outside when I get home from work. I can't wait to start riding my bike again. So excited about that.
I'm happy that its the weekend. I can't begin to express how much I need it. I can tell you that tomorrow will be a day of many highs! I wait happily for Saturday to arrive!
Have you ever thought about those little idiosyncrasies that you have? Those things that you do that make perfect sense to you but maybe not so much to anyone else. Is that even something you think that you can figure out about yourself? I mean Sam is a freak about security. Honestly I think it borders on the side of OCD. It is maddening. This weekend I went out to hook up the trailer so my mom and I could go and pick up some tool boxes she had bought for my dad for his birthday. I hooked it up to the truck and I asked my mom to take off the tire covers. She very calmly told me that she couldn’t get one of the covers off so I told her I would do it. When I walked over to the tire I notice that Sam had hooked a ratchet strap around the tire to prevent someone from driving off with it. It was so tight that I couldn’t get it off. I tried calling him at work four times in a row to tell me how I was supposed to get this stupid strap off. He never answered. So I did what any sane person would do. I went into the house and got the scissors and cut that strap off. Then I left it on the concrete so he could find it when he moves the trailer back where it goes today and see that I cut it off. (Sometimes I’m a jerk) But honestly I was so mad. Because really, I have a hard time believing that someone is going to take the time to drive into our backyard in broad daylight and hook up the trailer and leave with it. Maybe it will happen but I doubt it. He is also a freak about locking the doors. He will be sitting watching TV during the day and the house and it will be locked down like Fort Knox. It really sucks when I leave to go to the grocery store purposely leave the front door unlocked and come home with arm loads of groceries only to find the front door locked. But not just locked dead bolted as well. The really maddening part about this is that I have found that now when I walk in the door I lock it. Much to the chagrin of anyone else who might want to come in or go out. WHY? I don’t want to be on lockdown. So why do I do it? I have yet to figure this out.
I sent Sam a text message on Saturday night while he was out with his friends and told him that I think he needs to take me out on a date before I go crazy. His reply was, “you already are crazy, but I’m getting used to it”. Followed by “ha ha”. The funny thing about this whole thing is that I have found that we really see all the things other people do that annoy us. But we forget or can’t see the things that we do that might annoy other people. Because it is pretty obvious that Sam has no clue how annoying he is. So what things do I do? Hmmm… well I should definitely start off with work. After all this is the one placing that I constantly want to throw things at people. (Last week I did throw a whole pad of post it notes at a smug little man who works with me…but that is a whole other story). I know that I like things a certain way. I want all paperwork done and in the order that I want it in. I honestly just dug through a whole bag of clips so that I could clip a clients documents with a pretty red binder clip. But is that annoying? Ok we’ll move on from work and just say that everything I do there is always right and people should just follow my lead and do what I want or keep quiet…hmmm…maybe I am a tad narcissistic. I don’t really want to be. I will try harder not to be. Yikes! I think this blog post took me somewhere I didn’t want to go…self discovery sucks! – Let’s see how I am at home… I’m kinda scared now. But really I think I’m much worse at work than at home. I do like everyone to be quiet when I’m watching One Tree Hill but that is just because this season is so great and really intense. I think I’m pretty relaxed at home actually. I mean, the house isn’t always clean. My room will never be sparkling, and I do let clothes sit on the couch waiting to be folded for more than a day. Hmmm. I don’t know, maybe I’m scared to dig any deeper. I’ll just have to break down and ask Sam to tell me what things I do that annoy him. I can tell you one thing he has told me. He thinks my life revolves around food. Well, I don’t know where he would get that idea. I mean I don’t think he’s ever seen me eating a spoonful of hot fudge before. Hee hee.
I’m not sure this little journey of self discovery is exactly where I wanted to go with this post but maybe all of this will lead me to be a better person. Maybe not. But I think now I’m pretty sure that we can’t see or don’t want to see the things we do that annoy and irritate others. Oh boy, I think I opened a can of worms. But I guess we’ll see where it leads. I’ll let you know what he says. I wonder if I’ll agree.
Anywho… happy Monday! Hope you have a happy and relaxing week. I’ll leave you with this thought, I heard it somewhere. If you always focus on what you don’t like about someone you will forget all the things you love about them. Ain’t that the truth.
Xoxo!
H.
I sent Sam a text message on Saturday night while he was out with his friends and told him that I think he needs to take me out on a date before I go crazy. His reply was, “you already are crazy, but I’m getting used to it”. Followed by “ha ha”. The funny thing about this whole thing is that I have found that we really see all the things other people do that annoy us. But we forget or can’t see the things that we do that might annoy other people. Because it is pretty obvious that Sam has no clue how annoying he is. So what things do I do? Hmmm… well I should definitely start off with work. After all this is the one placing that I constantly want to throw things at people. (Last week I did throw a whole pad of post it notes at a smug little man who works with me…but that is a whole other story). I know that I like things a certain way. I want all paperwork done and in the order that I want it in. I honestly just dug through a whole bag of clips so that I could clip a clients documents with a pretty red binder clip. But is that annoying? Ok we’ll move on from work and just say that everything I do there is always right and people should just follow my lead and do what I want or keep quiet…hmmm…maybe I am a tad narcissistic. I don’t really want to be. I will try harder not to be. Yikes! I think this blog post took me somewhere I didn’t want to go…self discovery sucks! – Let’s see how I am at home… I’m kinda scared now. But really I think I’m much worse at work than at home. I do like everyone to be quiet when I’m watching One Tree Hill but that is just because this season is so great and really intense. I think I’m pretty relaxed at home actually. I mean, the house isn’t always clean. My room will never be sparkling, and I do let clothes sit on the couch waiting to be folded for more than a day. Hmmm. I don’t know, maybe I’m scared to dig any deeper. I’ll just have to break down and ask Sam to tell me what things I do that annoy him. I can tell you one thing he has told me. He thinks my life revolves around food. Well, I don’t know where he would get that idea. I mean I don’t think he’s ever seen me eating a spoonful of hot fudge before. Hee hee.
I’m not sure this little journey of self discovery is exactly where I wanted to go with this post but maybe all of this will lead me to be a better person. Maybe not. But I think now I’m pretty sure that we can’t see or don’t want to see the things we do that annoy and irritate others. Oh boy, I think I opened a can of worms. But I guess we’ll see where it leads. I’ll let you know what he says. I wonder if I’ll agree.
Anywho… happy Monday! Hope you have a happy and relaxing week. I’ll leave you with this thought, I heard it somewhere. If you always focus on what you don’t like about someone you will forget all the things you love about them. Ain’t that the truth.
Xoxo!
H.
I have no self control. I mean really, I can't stop. Eating. I love food! I mean I L.O.V.E. food! It makes me happy, then it makes me sad. I have to stop. I just hit up my favorite night time friend. The Smuckers hot fudge sauce. No really, I go into the kitchen late at night and get the largest spoon I can find and take a giant spoonful of refrigerated hot fudge...errr...cold fudge. Ummm yummm! That is all I can say. But seriously all of this needs to stop.
Honestly, they have a drug for alcoholics that makes them sick when they drink. I think that there should be a drug that you can take that once you've reached your 1200 calories for the day anything you eat after that would make you violently ill. Yes, I said violently. Because if it was that bad you wouldn't be doing it for very long now would you. I would hope not. I am thoroughly convinced that there has to be something I can do to help myself. Something that will control my horrible lack of self control. But WHAT IS IT? I thought maybe a diet of coffee, diet coke and pickles might work. Really. Coffee is good for one thing..I won't mention what that is but I think you know. Diet coke makes you feel full and pickles are salty and zero calories. What do you think? I'm pretty sure it will work. I mean really it could be the next big thing. The only other thing I think would help was if I took a picture everyday of the yuckiness that is from my waist down to remind me why I need to have self control. Hmmmm I don't know. I think the coffee, diet coke, pickles diet would be easier.
xoxo
Here are my Friday High Five!
1. A hot shower - OMG I LOVE to take a super hot shower when I wake up in the morning. It does honestly make me happy! And what an awesome way to start the day!
2. Morning coffee - With french vanilla creamer...mmmmm so yummy! I do sometimes miss coffee Fridays!
3. Hearing Buddy wake up and say "Good morning, its a sunny day" I LOVE THAT!
4. DIET COKE - Hello I'm Heather and I'm a Diet Coke-aholic
5. Chick Fil A - Brought to me by a co-worker. Hey its the small stuff that makes me happy! Sooooo gooooood!!!!!!!!!!
Hey its Friday, what more do you need to be happy? Well maybe a cupcake would be nice...
xoxo,
Heather
