Rochester bound!

So this weekend Rachel and I roadtripped down to Rochester to visit Al! It was a much needed and fun reunion with my girls! Rae and I drove down on Friday after work--we went out to a comedy club which was absolutely hilarious! Then we hit up a few bars and had a pretty great night! The next day, we all woke up and cuddled in bed (ok it's not as weird as it sounds! on our last night in college freshman year, the three of us plus our friend Lindsey, all had a sleepover because we were so sad to leave each other for the summer--it's kind of a thing we do haha) anyways, after that, we went to lunch and then Al drove us around Rochester and showed us some of the cool houses and places--we went up to this mansion called the Plummer mansion which was HUGE--this first picture above here is the backyard of the house...imagine playing in that every day! We also drove by the old Mayo brothers house which was even bigger! (just no backyard there)...here's some pictures...i'm too tired to put them all in order so you'll just have to enjoy them as they are--out of order!

Hi. My name is Bristol Palin.

So on Saturday night, Christie and I went to a halloween party for one of her mom's groups...we had a lot of fun! She went dressed as Sarah Palin and I went as her 17 year old pregnant daughter, Bristol...it was hilarious! And, if I do say so myself, my pregnant belly looked quite real! In fact, all of the other moms kept telling me that they would look over and forget that it was fake and think that I was really pregnant...glad I looked the part! We even won 2nd place in the costume contest! (1st place went to a mom who dressed up as a zebra and her daughter who was a tiger...get it? She's still breastfeeding so it's like the tiger is eating the zebra...a pretty good idea actually!) Anyways, here's a couple pics from the night...enjoy!


*Disclaimer* Now, I feel like I must defend myself for a second...in no way, shape, or form do I promote or encourage drinking while pregnant...it was just a really good photo op!

more than a moment

When i think about the way i lied
And the even tide of me and you
Something tears me up inside
I'm crucified by the truth


It's hard to say goodbye
But someday, i hope you realize
The more i see you
The more i want you
The more i need you
For more than a moment

The more i breathe you
The more my sorrow
The more i need you
For more than a moment, more


I felt the tables turn around
I'm broken down, I've broken you
Without you, life is like a ghost town
It's such a let down
What can i do


It's hard to say goodbye
But someday, i hope you realize
The more i see you
The more i want you
The more i need you
For more than a moment

The more i breathe you
The more my sorrow
The more i need you
For more than a moment, more


I don't want to let go
I don't want to lie
I don't want to be the star in someone else's sky


The more i see you
The more i want you
The more i need you
For more than a moment

The more i breathe you
The more my sorrow
The more i need you
For more than a moment, more

For more than a moment
More than a moment
A moment more
For more than a moment
More than a moment
A moment more
A moment more


:Tim Mahoney:

Tomorrow's a new day

So. I officially decided I seriously need to get in shape. Not just lose weight but actually get. in. shape. And ya know what the big push is (stupidly)?? Looking at old pictures of myself...

I know I've never been "thin" by anyone's standards but I was definitely smaller than I am now...I think I'm probably the heaviest I've ever been and its totally been making me feel like crap! (Step numero uno: brutal honesty, right?) The thing is, I always find a way to justify it...ya know, like on days when I work both jobs...well it's just much easier to grab fast food in between jobs...or if I don't grab it in between, after I leave Linens N Things at 9:30 at night, I think 'oh...well...I didn't eat dinner and I'm starving so instead of going home and eating something small, I should just grab something on the way home'. WRONG. Not only does it hurt my waist line but it also hurts my checking account... cue slanty face.

Therefore. I am officially watching WHAT I eat, HOW MUCH I eat, and WHEN I eat. I need to start eating breakfast (which I've been good at lately) and I need to stop eating after 8 at night. IF I've been good for 3 whole days in a row, I can have a *small* dessert as a treat. If I'm not, then I punish myself (ha!)

Also, it's hard to exercise because a) some days I work straight from 7am-930pm, b) I don't have a gym membership and c) on the days where I don't work both jobs, I'm so tired I just want to go home and relax. I know...this doesn't justify anything. And here's the other thing (another 'excuse' in my head) but I hate, like absolutely HATE, running outside. I could run on a treadmill for like 3 hours straight (ok slight exaggeration, but still, for quite a long time) but after running outside for like 10 minutes, I'm tired and it hurts. Lame, right? And since I can't quite afford a gym membership yet, I need to find other ways to exercise.

So. My plan is.... I'm going to start out by doing 250 crunches a day (yes, every day, i will force myself!) I am going to lift weights every other day (I have about a million free weights at home), and I've found a few mini workouts you can do at home (even while you're doing other things)--such as doing calf raises on commercial breaks, etc. Also, my mom gave me some workout videos so I'm going to try and fit those in as often as possible--I won't have a set schedule since I don't have every night free--and I obviously will NOT be doing them when I get home from work at 930 at night!

But that's my plan for now. Honestly, I think my biggest issue is just portion control. It seems like something SO small but it's the biggest issue for me...and it sucks! Because if I just stuck to a serving size EVERY time I ate something, I bet i would start losing weight right away...that and not eating when I'm not hungry. If I'm bored, I feel like I should eat. If I'm out with people and I'm not hungry, I still feel like I should eat. So those are my two biggest hurdles and I'm going to put the most effort into controlling those.

Plus, I'm hoping that by vocalizing (err..typing?) this on my blog so the WHOLE WORLD knows (!), I will have to hold myself accountable. And hopefully everyone that's reading this will hold me accountable too! (Please? Pretty please?!) haha

Ok so that's it. this is the first time that I'm actually excited about being able to pull it off! So any words of encouragement and criticism (seriously) when I get off track would be much appreciated!!

TEAM OBAMA!

Alright, I'm not going to go into specifics about the presidential election (at this time)...I'm just simply going to say "How can you possibly have watched the VP debate last week and the 2nd presidential debate tonight and STILL want to vote for mccain/palin? I mean...did you listen to anything???" Ok that's it...maybe more later ;)

Anyways, go watch this video...if you can find anyone who does a better impression of "maverick" Sarah Palin, please tell me because I don't think it's possible!

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/