Celebrate good times, come on!

Good evening, my lovelies. It's a beautiful night, yes?

I am in a very extraordinarily good mood. God is good, it's as simple as that. I got an e-mail this morning offering me the position I had interviewed for this week, and I start Monday... It's in a call center, and it's a strictly sales position which is new for me, but it's all inbound, which is good. Wow that's a lot of commas for one sentence. Anyways! Thanks to everyone who wished me luck, you guys are awesome!

In some more good news, as I said I did my measurements the other night, and was pleasantly surprised. So without further ado, let's bring on the numbers!

Measurements from October '10:
Neck: 14.25 in. (-0.25)
Arms: 15.75 in. (-0.25)
Bust: 49.25 in. (-0.25)
Chest: 42 in. (-1)
Waist: 44 in. (-1)
Hips: 52.5 in. (-1)
Thighs: 25 in. (+0.5)
Calves: 16.75 (-0.25)

Measurements from November '10:
Neck: 14.25 in. (no change)
Arms: 15.5 in. (-0.25)
Bust: 49 in. (-0.25)
Chest: 43.5 in. (+1.5)
Waist: 43 in. (-1)
Hips: 52.5 in. (no change)
Thighs: 24 in. (-1)
Calves: 15.25 in. (-1.5)

Overall this month, I lost a total of 2.5 inches! Adding that to what I lost last month, I am down a total of 6 inches. I'm miffed that I gained in my chest, but I'll deal with it!

I can't believe I start a new job in only three days... The definite plus is that this means I will be quite a bit more active- it is a desk job, but I tend to get antsy working at a desk and will generally spend my breaks on my feet moving around. This also means that sooner than later I'll be able to afford a new (better) scale, and hopefully a gym membership! Downside is that, after training, my schedule will be 2pm-10pm. I'm not a huge fan of working at night, but I'll deal with it.

I am going to spend some time now catching up on blogs, then it's time for some beauty sleep!

You're getting slee... zzzzzz

I have to make this brief as I'm about to be zonked out on sleeping meds for to get a good night's sleep, but I just wanted to check in with everyone and say HI and sorry for not stopping by earlier today, I got news this morning that I have a job interview tomorrow so today has been chock-full of errands and preparations! Ohhh interviews make me nervous.

Anywhoozle, I did want to say that today was pretty darn good food-wise. Did I have pizza? Yes. Did I overindulge or stuff myself or anything? Nope. I followed the whole moderation thingie and it worked and I feel fantastic!

Also, sister and I broke out the measuring tape today and played the where-am-I-shrinking game, and I'm pleased with the results- will post them tomorrow, along with news of how the interview goes!

Love you all!

I've been called out.

So I logged into my e-mail yesterday, and found this comment from Sheilah...

"Where are you? I know it's tough getting started again after a vacation, but now is the time. Did it help blogging .... aw come on, we need you out here. It tough out here."

I could make up tons of excuses! Life's been busy, I've been distracted, I'm helping a team of monkeys find the cure to male pattern baldness... Well, you get the picture.

The thing is, they're all excuses and at the end of the day I have to deal with the reality- I've been lazy, I'm not working to my potential, and I know it. I've been avoiding blogging because I hate admitting when I'm screwing up, when I am totally absolutely just sucking. But why? I mean, just because I don't blog about it doesn't make it any less true. And not blogging about it means it's going to carry on longer, because I'm not allowing myself to be held accountable for it.

I know how easy it is to just stay this way. Eat however I want, sit on my butt not worrying about exercising, just shrug it off until tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, so when do I make that change? When do I fess up and get back up, dust myself off, and move forward? That moment is now.

But for now, it's time to go to sleep. I plan on dragging my sister out to walk with me when we wake up, so I need to get my rest! Oh, yeah, and I have yet to take measurements for November, so that will be done tomorrow too. Ack!

Goodnight, blogosphere!

Hello, Seattle!

Well, last night we got home from our trip to Seattle... The trip was so fantastic, we had such a great time exploring and walking around and just enjoying the city. I have to say that Seattle really is a beautiful city, I absolutely loved the commotion and atmostphere!

I think my favorite place that we ended up at was the pier down at the waterfront... It was just breathtaking. I have always loved being near the water, hopefully someday I'll be able to live near the ocean...

I do have to say that I'm glad to be home... It was a great trip, with a lot of fun times and great memories, but there's nothing like curling up in your own bed after a trip away from home! Food wise, we weren't great but it could have been worse so I'm just putting it behind me and moving forward! We did a LOT of walking, not to mention how many stairs we had to go down (and then back up) when we were at the marketplace and down to the waterfront... It's times like this I wish I owned a pedometer!

I am also glad to be able to get back into the swing of the blog world! I'm so sorry for being MIA during the past couple of weeks, it's been such a whirlwind. I am headed to bed now, but tomorrow I will definitely catch up on as much as I possibly can!

Exhausted.

This past week has involved so much running around and planning and shopping and such that I'm not sure my head's on straight anymore... We are trying to put together all of the last-minute plans before we leave for Seattle on Monday, so everything is just hectic...

Tomorrow we have to get our animals dropped off at their perspective places, pack whatever we can, make sure the house is in order... Sunday, I get to wake up at 4am to take Sara to work, go to church, spend some quality time with a nice cup of coffee, pick Sara up, relax at home for a little while and then spend some time with family for dinner. I can't believe I turn 22 in just 2 days... Oof.

I'm sorry for being MIA this week! I am trying to find time to sit down at the computer, but anytime I have a little time to spare I just want to relax on the couch and not sit in front of the computer... I promise that soon I will catch up on everyone! I am being such a horrible blogger friend lately...

Tomorrow before my sister gets off work I should have time to post the zucchini bread recipe and check in on everyone, promise!

Tons of love for the blogosphere. Hope y'all are having an amazing week.