I won tickets to go to the ACM party concert back in April. 

I saw Hunter Hayes and Eli Young Band.  Unfortunately due to the poor husbands plantar fascitis acting up, we had to leave before Dierks Bentley came out and apparently also missed his surprise guests:  Sheryl Crow and Tim McGraw.  Sad!  The concerts were awesome though and I have a new found respect for Hunter Hayes.  Who knew he was so bluesy and not a teenager???  Eli Young band didn’t disappoint either!  They were great too and man when they sang “Even if it Breaks Your Heart” I nearly let a couple tears ago because their faces were so blissed out while the crowd practically sang the song for them. 

I also got myself my very own Cowgirl hat complete with a silver buckle and some roses on the side. 

Aaron and I have made a pretty great team putting the house together so far.  I pick the stuff out and he gets to put it together. Which he likes to do so lucky me.  Here he is hanging our monstrous living room ceiling fan.  The fan’s diameter is a little over six feet!

I did find a grocery store within five minutes from our house that I really like. 

I found something even better though!  <Drum roll>

3 cucumbers, 2 tomatoes, 1 carton Strawberries, watermelon, bananas, 4 green peppers, 3 artichokes, head each of romaine/iceberg, 1 pineapple, 1 bag granola

I joined a weekly co-op.  Basically I make a donation, they sort the goods out between everyone and I go pick it up.  The best part?  I got it all for only $15.  

My sister came to visit for a weekend last month.  She had a good time and I had an excuse to explore some new to me places and spend some cash.  We packed a lot in. 

and finally, the pups have been just great.  They NEED a yard though.  Lucy for some reason loves to roll around in the dirt and as much as we need a kitchen, we might need to do some landscaping to keep our dogs from looking like dust mops. 

Lucy says “Sup.”  I couldn’t hear what Whiskey was saying from under her though.

Have a great day all!

What have you been up to lately?  Anything exciting from the past month?

Anywho, to get to the point, I’ve got some things to confess and like Usher said, If I’m gonna tell it then I’ve gotta tell it all.  Here goes:

• I didn’t lose weight like I wanted to back in February. In fact, the stress of moving two households to a new state to work a new job (those are my excuses anyway) and move back in with my long-distance husband caused me to gain a little more.  I’m now the proud owner of 24 extra lbs that I need to lose.  My hubs is a gem though and tells me I’m “pleasantly plump.”

• I’m on week six of the 100 pushups/situps/squats plan and I’ve completed two weeks.
• Here’s a positive:  I did go on a three week run where I completed 11 of my 15 planned workouts.  The bummer is that last week would have been my 4th week but I didn’t set up a plan or get any lunches together for the week and so I did nothing the. entire. week.  Lesson learned:  plan ahead.
• I can’t run more than 3/4 of a mile without having to stop to walk. 

I hit a new low today.  I didn’t have a lunch packed and had planned on buying a salad at the base grocery store but on the way I decided stir fry from Panda Express sounded more appetizing and as I was pulling in I spotted Burger King.  Suddenly all I could think about was a hot gooey cheeseburger and then I rationalized how it’d been years since I had BK.  I can totally go just this once. So I did and I got the brownie sundae too since the porno shot of it on the order-board looked so yummy.  It wasn’t yummy. 

It was terrible and fake tasting but I ate every bit of it and the burger.  The fries were cold so I didn’t eat them.  Karma came up and bit me in arse for it all though.  When I picked up my food at the window, the clerk spilled my large water all over me and later when I got back to work . . . I had the most wicked stomach ache from Hell.  The irony of it all?  While I was eating I realized I was in the parking lot for the base’s former fitness center.

Never again Burger King.  Never again. 

Anyway, I guess the point of all this self-loathing is to confess to you all that I’m uncomfortable.  It’s uncomfortable just to admit it, here, publicly (self-imposed I’m aware).  I’m uncomfortable in my clothes, I’m uncomfortable in the gym, I’m uncomfortable in this dry desert heat, I’m uncomfortable working out.  Which is the point right?  To push yourself out of your comfort zone in order to improve?  The thing is, I’m no where near as mentally strong as I was two years ago when this blog started.  To be honest, I feel like a newbie again in more areas than my writing and health but in my marriage, my home, my job and even socially.  I don’t have the luxury of co-workers who know my previous co-workers, which was honestly like a built-in safety net of friends.

Something I’ve been trying to remind myself almost daily.  It’s okay to start over and I’m trying to do it with grace.  I think today I kind of hit that big push I needed to remember what I’m really working for, which is a healthy balance to life, not a BK induced upset stomach nor the guilt for not treating myself right. 

Anyways, I’m done whining . . . for now.  I just wanted to come clean with those of you that are still with me. 

Have you ever had to “get back in shape?”  Did you have an “aha” moment that made you try harder?

Soooo close but so far

I forgot my lunch at home too so instead I’m having a clif bar from the snack bar.

On a positive note, this one tastes a lot like a samoa cookie.

Anywho, I thought I’d pop in and whine say hello on my break.  Enjoy the rest of your day!

1.  My last month in San Antonio was absolutely crazy so I made a feeble and budgeted attempt at a Command Center to help keep myself organized.

My favorite part of it was my motivation poster that I had printed out.  I put it together with pictures from my 2013 Pinspiration board. 

2.  I went to the San Antonio rodeo twice and it was awesome!  The roomie and I went with our classmate to see The Band Perry and they were super entertaining.  We just couldn’t get over how great they sounded live.  My favorite parts were all of their song mash ups and also their rendition of “Fat Bottomed Girls.”  Anywho, the second night at the rodeo, my inlaws took us to see the state fair, the rodeo finals, and to see Darius Rucker in concert! 

Somewhere in all the excitement we found a moment to have a red velvet funnel cake with cream cheese drizzle and a glass of red wine.

Ohhhh yes

That concert was so MUCH fun that I’m still listening to Darius Rucker on Pandora radio.  It’s the perfect blend of 90’s rock and new country.  Think Hootie and the Blowfish, Counting Crows, Jake Owen, Zac Brown Band, etc

3.  In San Antonio it seems that at most of the major intersections there are homeless folks with signs asking for money.  Other than in Tucson, I’ve never really seen that much before so I always feel super guilty if I get stuck at a red light.  Well, while I was packing up my room in San Antonio I found some Christmas candy I’d never eaten lying around and a random dollar bill.  I’m not sure why I thought to put it together but I stuffed them all in a little snack bag and decided to give it to the first homeless person I see. 

Snack bag:  two baseball mints, kit kat bar, lemon heads and $1

I ended up giving it away after work the next day.  The roomie was with me and she laughed at how red in the face I was as I reached for my bag when the guy approached my car.  I didn’t want to creepy stare him so she gave me the run down of what he was doing as we drove away.

“He’s reaching in the bag, oh man that dollar went in his pocket quick.  Oh wait I think he’s going back for more.  Dude…that kit kat is a goner”

SUCCESS!   Lame? Maybe  Silly? Yes.  A good thing still? Definitely

4.  What did you do for St. Patty’s day?  We had some friends over and grilled out. 

On the menu were beef, chicken and veggie kebabs,

beer soaked sweet potato fries, (those were delicious with the Guinness Ale!) vegan black bean burgers and Irish Car Bomb Cake Balls. 

This is the hub’s friend Sean making us our cake balls.  As you can see, Whiskey the dog is very interested in Whiskey the cake.

The golden gremlin was much more interested in any stray pieces of chicken that might sprout out of the floor at the hub’s feet.

5. Our new house needs a lot of work. It was a foreclosure that was on the market for a long time so naturally some thieves decided to take advantage, break into the house and steal things from it. The bank we bought it from did a pretty good job of fixing it up…or so we thought. We’re realizing what a slapped together cosmetic job it really was which means there is a TON of work that we need to do to it. Don’t get me wrong, the house is nice, a great layout and absolutely liveable. We just have to do things like get all of the broken glass out of our yard.

and it’s EVERYWHERE

Anywho, that’s five random things from the past month of absence.  I hope you all have a great Sunday!

Happy unpacking to us!