Did you hear....?

Hines and Kym won DWTS!

Woop, woop!

I won't lie, I was surprised Kirstie came in second, she's got some pretty devoted fans!

I wanted to share that I'm OFFICIALLY a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club (finally).  I signed up for it a month ago and got my membership package in the mail yesterday.  I was so excited!

Now I feel like I can reach out and participate in the outings, although it seems like a lot of them in the next few weekends are all High Peaks, which although I want to start on that this summer...I'm NOT ready to start yet.  This weekend however we'll be hiking Goodnow Mountain, which will be my first hike of the season and...a fire tower!!  My favorite!  This is a picture of a fire tower from last summer, Hadley Mountain:

So I can't wait to start doing outings and volunteering for the organization.  Also, see that Ididaride pamphlet?  That's for a 75 mile bike ride in Indian Lake.  Not sure if I could do the 75 miles, but I know for sure I can do the smaller 20 mile option. There are a couple of things holding be back though: I don't want to be laughed out of the ride because of my $150 KMart bike and it's kind of expensive to register...so we'll see.  It's in August.

My diet is going really well right now, I think I've gotten a second wind if you will!  Today I did day 2 of the C25K program.  I took Monday and Tuesday off because I was BEAT.  Today was a LITTLE rough, but I pushed myself through.  Food wise...I've discovered what allows me to stay full and satisfied throughout the WHOLE DAY:

Yes.  Eggs and bacon.  Two eggs and two slices of bacon come in at 210 calories.  And yes!  I've actually been cooking it each morning!  It's the perfect breakfast, I could pretty much eat it every morning for the rest of my life, although I'm not sure it would be good when considering cholesterol numbers.  And look how perfect those eggs are!  I bought myself a fancy new frying pan (I have cheap crappy cookware) so each day my breakfast comes out perfect.  This seriously holds me beyond lunch time, but I have been having a banana around noon and then having a lean budget gourmet and small salad for lunch around 1ish.  It's working out really well.  I've also been allotting calories for my favorite bike treat...

Yes, I always get a kiddie twist, :)  After I did my wogging (I guess is the proper term?) I came home and ate dinner, then decided to go for a quick bike ride to get my ice cream.  This isn't my FAVORITE ice cream shop by any means (although I did have that last night), but it's close by.  About two miles round trip.

Oh btw, dinner today was spent like this...

That would be me, on my laptop, in my bathroom with my dinner on my knee.  Why you ask?  Well when I was walking back home I noticed the little baggies of Jesus papers on people's doors.  When I was cooking dinner, I saw the Jesus people across the street and I KNOW they saw me.  I wasn't in the mood to chat today, I really just wanted to eat my dinner in peace.  

So I quickly shut the door, locked it, grabbed my dinner and ran into my bathroom.  See my living room doesn't work because well...there's a door there and my bedroom wasn't an option because I don't have a working outlet in there (don't ask).  So...the bathroom it was.  DO NOT JUDGE ME.

I'm spent!  I feel like I'm way behind on my sleep because of DWTS, The Bachelorette and sleep overs.  I'm normally in bed by 9:30-10:00 (yes, you can start the old lady comments now) and the past few days I've been hitting the sack around 11:30-12:00.  So I'm off to visit my pillows now!  I hope everyone is enjoying their evening!

Dancing With The Stars Finale

Dancing With The Stars finale is on tonight...

Let's go Hines and Kym!

I voted, so that must mean they'll win!

I don't have much else to blog about this evening, but I wanted to check in.  I do have some BIG weight loss news, but that will have to wait for when I check in with Brandy's Fat Ass Friday!  Can't wait to share it all with you!!

Have you....

Have you heard of Three Musketeers Truffle Crisp candy bars?

They are...

AMAZING.

Seriously!

I'm not really a big 3 Musketeers person, but boy do I LOVE these.  They're 170 calories for the whole package, and so worth it.  Oh, and they're currently 2/$1.00 at Rite Aid.  Now is the time to try them if you haven't already!

Have you heard that Hines, Chelsea and Kirstie have made it to the finals of DWTS?

I personally am rooting for Hines, he just always looks like he's having so much fun, and I have a thing for football players.

But I have a feeling Chelsea is going to win, because she's really good (but I think Hines is better).  Ugh.

I hate her because she has abs that I can't even dream of having.

I'm also 100% convinced that her and Mark are doing each other...he's way too touchy feely with her.

Have you heard of Heartsy?

It's deals on Etsy shops - like Groupon.

You know...spend $12 and get a credit for $25 at a shop??

I LOVE Etsy and can spend hours browsing shops, my wallet however, can't handle that.

I mean...I have a list a mile long of things I need to get from all of your guys' Etsy shops.

Not a happy wallet.

If you sign up for Heartsy , you get a credit of $5!

And if you get other people to sign up, YOU get $5 credit!

Have you heard that I now have 30 followers??

I know right?!

It's actually 31 now.

I didn't think I'd be one of those bloggers that constantly checks stuff like that, but who am I kidding??

I was thinking this morning...maybe I'll host a little giveaway if I reach 50...

Or maybe I'll do something absurd and video tape it for everyone to see?!

Either way, I love all of my followers, and I love following all of them...you guys are all special to me.

Have you heard that I'm totally infected wedding sickness/baby sickness?

I feel like every blog I stumble on the blogger is either...

Gorgeous and getting married or...

Gorgeous and 8 months pregnant.

What gives????  I want those things too!!!

I think I'm in the wrong blogging circle.

Maybe I need the hopelessly single 20-somethings blog circle??

Does that exist??

Who am I kidding...I live vicariously through all of your wedding planning and baby prepping.

I send positive thoughts to the ways of all of my soon to be brides and soon to be new mommy friends!

  

Hopefully you're now all caught up on all things important in my world.  Today is Thursday and you know what that means....tomorrow is FRIDAY!

Most weeks - three days isn't even enough...

Wow, my three day weekend came and went faster than my two day weekends.  So sad. :(

I'm sitting here watching Monday night's DWTS trying to think of what to blog about tonight - I really don't have anything that's jumping out at me, but I felt the need to blog since well...I haven't in a couple of days!

Weekend recap...

Saturday and Sunday were both enjoyable days.  Saturday I completed some errands and got to hang out with my favorite boy - who BTW threw a fit because I asked him if me wearing eyeliner made me look old (I got this from comments that people made about Kate Middleton's make up at the wedding).  His response,

"I just told you you looked amazing, and I'm not your gay best friend."

OK

*eyeroll*

Sunday I spent a lot of time playing The Sims.  I go through phases where I love playing this game.  I don't necessarily like the game play itself, I just like building and designing houses and I'm quite pleased with my latest creation!  I also visited my BFF Alicia while she was working and let me just say she's got the best weekend gig in town!  She works in a little shop that in the two hours I spent hanging out with her got a total of 3 customers.  And she's making $10/hr with access to a computer in which she was given permission to do what she wants to on it!  Score!

Diet recap...

Eh.  I could've done better food wise in general all week - I also drank a lot of beer Saturday night, like...a lot.  Good news is I'm super poor because I went over my budget at my Arbonne party so I'll be living off of cereal, soup and bananas for the next couple of weeks - that should warrant some loss, right?

In other news...

I'm LOVING the salt scrub that I got as a hostess gift from my party Friday.

It smells AMAZING and leaves my skin SO soft.  It also basically leaves oil on your skin so you don't have to put lotion on after you get out of the shower.  Some people might not like that feeling, but I use baby oil gel as a moisturizer anyway so I'm used to it.  My skin is really important to me and I'm thinking I might be Arbonne's newest big fan, I'm even looking into what it will take to become a consultant!

Do you sell/organize parties for any kind of company?

In DWTS news...

We're only halfway through the show so I'm not sure who I want to go home yet - I didn't really like Kendra's dance, but the judges liked it and I usually really like watching Chelsea and Mark, but didn't care for their dance this week either.  Kirstie is also lacking some hard core energy tonight (that dance just finished).

I'm not going to place a bet on who I think is going to go home since last week I was devastated by Jericho.

We Want To Know Wednesday

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING BLOGLAND!  Just like last week, I'll be joining in on a link up party hosted by four lovely ladies, IA, Shawn, Janette and Mamarazzi.  Last week was the first week and I have to say it was QUITE a success!  Last I looked there were over 50 link ups!  Awesome!

So let's get down and dirty!!!

1.} What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Are you an eyes or a smile person? Maybe another body part?
As cliche as it sounds, eyes are one of the first things I notice.  A nice set of eyes are important, and so is hair.  Although, not too much hair.  I'm really picky about hair.  In general I'm really picky - hence why I'm always single. 

2.} If a movie was being made about you, who would you like to see cast to play you? And would your movie be a comedy, drama, romantic-comedy, action film or a horror movie?
I'm not really sure how to answer this.  I would hate the thought of a movie being made about me because it'd be the most boring movie in existance.  What I WOULD like though is to be a commentator on a show, or have my own segment on the Today Show like Hota and Kathy Lee where they just sit around for an hour shooting the shit about random crap.  I always try to get my BFF Alison to start a YouTube channel with me consisting such nonsense, but we never follow it through to completion.  I'm positive it would equal instant stardom for us.

3.} Does your high school yearbook include a senior comment section? If so, share what you said about your future goals. Have you met those goals? If you do not have a yearbook, just share what your goals were when you were 18 and if you have met them. If you're brave enough, include your senior picture!
I don't think my yearbook had anything like that.  I don't have one to refer to though.  I hated high school so I didn't care to have anything to remind me of such a ridiculous time in my life. 
When I was 18 I wanted to go to college and get a degree in education and get a job teaching right after.  Although I did go to college and get my degree, I sit here laughing about the goal of getting a teaching job.  I don't see that happening any time soon.  I still would love to teach, but I can't afford a Master's Degree and it's the only way they'll even consider you to teach in a school in New York.  I know I could move and find a job in other states, but I'm not willing to do that, not right now anyway.  So maybe someday...but definitely not anytime in the next 5-10 years.
And never in my life would I post a high school picture on the internet.

4.} What latest trend simply baffles you?
I have an extremely simple sense of style (or lack there of).  A LOT of trends baffle me.  The one trend I hate the most, like really, intensely hate is leggings.  I just, I can't explain it, maybe it's because I'm too fat to wear them (although I see a lot of people bigger than me wear them so maybe that's NOT it) or maybe I just know I'd look ridiculous in them, but I just hate that trend.  Hate.
I also don't like the nude color phase that's in for this season.  Who wants to wear a nude color dress?  It's boring and ugly.
I do love the glitter/shimmer trend and the flower trend though!

5.} When you walk into a room how do you present yourself? Do you walk in with confidence and command the attention of others or do you slink in and do your best to go unnoticed?

I definitely do everything I can do to avoid drawing attention to myself.  I have serious self-esteem issues.  In general I feel like people are always looking at me and thinking negative stuff about what I'm wearing, how my hair looks, how fat I am or my teeth (serious overcrowding issues and no money growing up).  I know that genuinely no one gives a shit and no one is thinking about me, they've got their own shit to be concerned with and if they are looking/thinking about a girl it's probably the skinny/hot one in the room and not me, but I can't help but be paranoid about it.  I get really anxious about going into a crowded room or being in crowds.  Not to the point of having anxiety attacks or anything like that, but you'd notice if I was out at a bar with friends I'd constantly be adjusting myself or fidgiting until I was drunk enough to stop caring.

So that's it.  Go on and link up so I have something to do at work today.  Although, I've actually been busy at work the past few days which is partly why I've been slacking so much on blogging....the horror!!!

***DANCING WITH THE STARS SPOILER ALERT***

Apparently people on FB don't like when you post your dismay towards who got eliminated from DWTS 30 seconds after it's announced, something about spoiling it for people who haven't seen it yet.  WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?!  I WAS IN TEARS!  THE WORLD NEEDED TO KNOW THAT I WAS DEVESTATED ABOUT CHRIS JERICHO BEING ELIMINATED!!! 

TEARS PEOPLE, TEARS!

I was SO convinced that Ralph was going home - and I'm fairly sure the only reason why he didn't is because of the fall.  That is not a reason to keep someone on the show people!!  Ahhh!!!!

I really liked Chris. :(

 

So anyway...I hope you all enjoy your Wednesday.  Today is my THURSDAY which is super thrilling and I can't wait for tomorrow to be over so I can enjoy my THREE day weekend!