self-portrait tuesday: april fool's

funny_bunny.jpg, originally uploaded by tinkerellen.

and i AM a fool. the bunny thing was getting done and done and done, so i exagerated a bit. oh what fun one can have with a set of dollar plastic ears and a tripod.

to see more funny bunnies go here. (or you can wait until it's a wee bit closer to sunday which is when i'll be posting the forced photo of my husband....oh what fun one can have with an unwilling subject, a set of dollar plastic ears and a camera.)

busted, on day 16...

king kong was decent. long, but visually interesting. i have now also developed a crush on adrian brody. but i think the husband has a crush on naomi watts, so we're good.

this morning was a total bust. i slept in, and by the time i realized i had, it was too late to even try to get to the gym. i had an early dentist appointment this morning that i couldn't miss. oh well. apparently i had my alarm set on radio, and the volume was all the way down. BUT i did get lots of sleep and feel incredibly rested. and, there's always tonight if i'm feeling somewhat enthusiastic.

the weather is looking up. blue skies and warm sunshine. everything's starting to bud and there's no sign of snow anywhere. amen.

the camper that was

charbroiled, originally uploaded by tinkerellen.

this is a photo from my mom's fire. it's sobering and amazing what can happen. all weekend i made sure everything was off or unplugged.

day 5? or day 17 i guess. i probably shouldn't count the weekends since i don't do anything on them... anyway, hard time waking up and late to the gym BUT a much better workout. i think my body is adjusting to me forcing it to work at 7 in the morning.

started to watch king kong lastnight. 3 hour movie! so we had to stop it and get our butts in bed before getting up this am became impossible. will power i tell ya. also bought a new teapot this weekend. red. oo la la.

2 am and i'm still awake

it's 11:30 pm on saturday. i'm exhausted. i like to think of this as talking to myself. especially since actually talking to myself would just be crazy. yeah totally. i know. anyway, i should just pull on my jammies and roll into bed like all the normal people. oh crap, i forgot to put sheets on the bed. (by the way, 32 degrees today. it's enough to make a person bitter and pissed off.)

let's get together, yeah yeah yeah

good morning everyone! as you might have read, my mother lost her temporary home lastnight. the camper she was staying in while she and my stepdad build their new house burned to the ground. Everyone was ok, since (luckily) she had decided to stay one more night at my sister's house. BUT, they lost everything in the camper, which luckily wasn't a whole lot, but still, imagine losing anything you own, even the replaceable things.

anyway, i'ld like to do something nice for her, so if you want to be involved let me know via e-mail and i'll give you some details: tinkerellen@yahoo.com.

and day 18 went awesome. woke up early, went to the gym and even roped another friend into starting this new habit with me! she plans to start after she gets back from her disney vacation next week...

down at the corner wong

i got up early. i didn't want to. oh, i so didn't want to. i wanted to lay snuggled in bed next to my warm husband under the warm covers inside my warm room. but i got up. i knew this would be hard, but gosh already. anyway, hit the gym and everything. woohoo. and for my big fat reward at the end of my big fat first week i plan to eat a big fat piece of chocolate cake (minus the guilt). sure, i could eat one whenever my 110 pound butt (buttocks for sarah) wanted to, but saving it as a reward just gives me something to look forward to.

i spent lunch at the small business office. i would have had more luck talking to Mr. Hong down at the corner take-out (food and advice, what gives...). i need to talk to someone who's actually started their own business and can give me advice and relevant stories, not joe mc'schmoe who tells me endless stories of his daughter's fitness business (which would be OK if he made them applicable to me, which he didn't). oh well, he's still a nice flushed irishman with lots of stories. which does nothing for my situation.

day 20

things are on schedule. i went to bed by 10 (10:20 to be exact), i woke up early (so i hit the snooze four times, so what) BUT i did not go to the gym. EGADS. seriously though. people. my buttocks were on fire. everytime i sat down they would scream out 'please have mercy senorita, we are in paaaaain'....my buttocks apparently are mexican, who knew?

anyway, my goal is five times a week and weekends to myself, with the occasional day off in between, so i'm gauranteed a minimum of four workouts. so today i'll count as my day off. although i'm debating going tonight to do more cardio. but i don't need to. SO it feels like i failed even though i'm still on track with my plan. i did however watch the morning news and fold clothes at 7 am. sooo unlike me. i'ld say things are looking more productive in my life already.

mb, joining our little internet support circle means you now have to give us daily updates* (ok, maybe every other day) and inform us of your goals. which we already know that staying away from dairy queen blizzards is one of them. (*awesome excuse for dsl)

21 days

so today was the first day with a new habit. this morning i was at the gym by 7:15. sure, a little later than anticipated, but it was snowing and dark, so i’m using that as an excuse. i now have a heart monitor. which is really important, and i didn’t even realize it. work smarter, not harder right? so if you pant and sweat and try so hard on that crappy machine without seeing enough results to make it worth it, there’s a reason for that. you’re doing it wrong.

Go here to check out the fat-burning zones as opposed to the muscle burning zone or which zone burns more calories, or just in general what your max heart rate should be, since hurting your heart is probably a bad thing: target heart rate and zones.

so say it with me people, i will start a new habit. i will replace a bad one with a good one. i will write about it in my blog. i need a support group, i’m just not motivated enough on my own. who’s with me?

ilist

courtesy marybeth: my ipod shuffles.

feels like today – rascall flats
the space between – zero 7
ready for your love – chantal kreviazuk
yeat’s grave – the cranberries
sweet chariot – charlotte martin
what am i to you – norah jones
in my place – coldplay
sooner or later – michael tolcher
drops me down – lisa loeb
back door santa - jet

on a one-hour delay

seriously? stayed up late to watch Grey’s. worth every minute of lost sleep. *spoiler alert* chris o’donnel = delicious. these next few episodes have a lot of promise. in my world anyway.

of course we completely forgot about the time change this weekend. showed up at the end of church. second year in a row. so we booked out of there before anyone could see us and point and laugh.

two new goals: get to bed by 10 every night. get to the gym by 7 every morning.
we’ll see. 21 days right. starting tonight.

check out the new header designed by yours truly: letter to the world, as soon as she gets it up there.