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My little place on the world wide web to speak my mind or vent about my day....or whatever...Please feel free to leave comments when you come by... Sorry I didn't get to post yesterday.. Yesterdays work out at the gym was great...another 700 calories burned...did Cardio followed by lower body and abs..then on to the Sauna..then stretching..I felt so awesome afterwards.. Today's workout was Cardio followed by Upper body and abs...No sauna...but I did stretch and I feel awesomer(is that a word?) today!! I was hoping to have the house spotless by tomorrow but apparently that is not going to happen...it's ok though.. Tomorrow Esther and Levi are coming..I am picking them up from the bus around 11:45..then taking them to lunch and then coming home. I am planning on hitting the Gym first thing after dropping the kids off tomorrow and then going directly to get them... I am going back to clean some more....Will update again tomorrow.. Cat Today's workout at the Gym was awesome!! I burned nearly 700 calories!! YEAH!! Gold's Gym Rocks!! I am an addict...Tina and I almost went back for a second round after lunch..LOL.. The trainer even showed me some stretches to loosen up my legs...and guess what??? I have never been able to touch my toes standing with my feet together...I CAN TOUCH MY TOES NOW!!!! I am a very happy woman...I would highly recommend this Gym to anyone who wanted to get in excellent physical condition...I wore my Polar Chest Strap that goes with my Mio Heart Rate watch...all of the machines for cardio picked up my strap and showed it on the screen and calculated my calorie burn automatically...SWEET!!! I can't wait to go back tomorrow after my dentist appointment.... Bart will be home in a couple of hours....I cannot wait to see him... I told Tina today that when he got home he wouldn't be able to pry me off with a crowbar!! She laughed... Ok...well I am off to make dinner for the kids and finish picking up the house... Laters, Cat Well believe it or not I actually did sleep last night...I am amazed at how much better sleep can make a person feel. That and the fact that the kids are going to school today.. I actually slept from before 10pm until 6am....that is a whole 8 hours...I feel great this morning..Can't wait to go to the gym today and work out my frustrations..I can't wait for my friend Tina to get here...Adult conversation is golden... Well, My coffee pot just beeped which means it is finished brewing...I am off to caffeinate myself and get my day started.. Hugs to all, Cat Well it has been the Day From Hell....Scroll down to see why...I am glad it is over.. I just spoke to Bart and he is 10 minutes from his destination in Arkansas..I am so glad he made it there in mostly one piece...Now if he can just survive the drive home. I am wiped out and ready to go to bed...Unfortunately that is not going to happen because my wonderful redheaded son peed in his shoes so now I have to wash them and dry them so he can wear them to school tomorrow...(Hear the joy in my voice??) So now I am off to get some laundry started and then I am laying down and going nite nite on the couch in the living room with the shotgun close by....Sasha is sleeping inside with me tonight as well as the cats.. Hopefully I will actually sleep... I hate it when Bart is gone at night..I am constantly on edge...I can't even sleep in the bed...it feels too big and empty...I have no idea how I would ever live without him..I told him today that if anything ever happened to him they might as well bury me with him..I would never recover... Anyways..I am off to wash clothes.. See you all tomorrow.. Cat Monday: My first personal training session at Gold's Gym...This will be a standing appointment Monday-Friday at 10am..My goal is to look totally Baddddd Asssss by the summer...buff and toned...I am going with my friend Tina...we are going to both work out together Monday Wednesday an Friday at the Gym...After the Gym thingy we are going to come home and eat rabbit food and catch up on our soaps on the DVR from last week... Tuesday: Going to the dentist at 11 to have the implants checked...Then to the Gym.... Wednesday: To the Gym...then home to clean and prepare for Esther and Levi who are going to come into town on Thursday morning. (I can't wait to see them...has been way too long) Thursday: Gym...going early in the morning and then to weight watchers...then to take the kids to school..then picking up Esther and Levi from the bus and then taking them to a lunch date I have with a couple of girlfriends...We are eating at Dixie's Bayou Victuals...a really awesome cajun place here in Conroe...(To Esther and Levi: I know you guys get to eat Cajun all the time but it has been forever for me so you will have to bear with me just this once pretty please?:) ) Friday: Gym at 10ish and then home to shower and the rest of the day is totally not planned.... That's my week in a nutshell..... Should be a good week...I just hope this trainer doesn't murder me like I have a tendency to do to myself... My kids will not touch vegetables at all...I am lucky they will eat applesauce for fruit... Well I found this new juice made by V8 called V Fusion...it is strawberry banana and tastes wonderful...and get this...one one 8 ounce serving it contains one whole serving of fruits and one whole serving of vegetables..AWESOME!! http://www.v8juice.com/fusion.aspx Here is a link to check out... Peace out..Back to cleaning, Cat So Bart is on his way to Arkansas...so he called me a little while ago and told me he had a wreck near Dallas. Apparently it is icy and sleeting up there and the guy next to him on 45 did about 4 spins and then went in front of Bart sideways and then Bart T-Boned him...No major damage to the truck and Bart is ok but still scared the crap out of me nonetheless. The grill is messed up and the hood is crinkled and one of the headlights is damaged but the truck is still driveable...and would you believe he is still going to continue on to Arkansas? I told him to turn back and come on home but he insisted that he would be fine...I certainly hope so...I certainly hope so... And this after he passed a wreck scene with big blood splatter on the windshield...Shit...I hope he makes it ok and gets home safely to me... Cat Creative Zen Vision 30 GB Multimedia Player White Ok so here is the story on this thing...I already have a 60GB iPod that is nearly full. I also have a subscription to Rhapsody which is not compatible with my iPod. So my sister recently purchased one of these and it is compatible with subscription Rhapsody To Go. So I am seriously Considering purchasing one of these just for the subscription music I can fill it with. Of course being the techno geek that I am I would still use both..one for music I actually own and one for music that is "borrowed" so to speak. I wou ld get the white one since it is matching to the iPod I have plus I have heard the earbuds that come with it suck so I want to use the iPod earbuds with it which are white so they will match the white player better..Plus my sister has the black one and this way we will be able to tell them apart..SO that's that.... 3 Strange Days- School Of Fish For three strange days Well, Bart just got on the road to go to Arkansas. I am worried sick about him traveling in ice and snow up there....(everyone who reads this please say a quick prayer for his safety) (oh and for the weirdos who may read this and think that I am alone...I have a loaded 12gauge shotgun and 3 very protective dogs...you don't have a chance plus you would have to get past a few hungry tigers next door...not such a good idea) Anyways...I haven't gotten much done from my weekend list...I got the grocery shopping done and got the groceries put away and that was about it..and given the terrible weather today it looks like me and the boys will be housebound today so I should be able to get quite a bit of cleaning done... I am going to go and drink my coffee and wake up and watch infomercials..(yes I am an infomerical addict) Peace Out, Cat Today is my sister Karen's birthday!! Happy birthday little sis....and remember..No matter how old you get I will always be older!! LOL Love ya!! Cat Hey all, It is Saturday morning in the Clickarosa...I have been up since shortly after 6am. Not sure why but I just snapped awake and was ready for coffee... I have lots to do this weekend and seeing as how the weather is going to suck all weekend I doubt we will be going anywhere.. My Weekend Goals: 1. Make grocery list (done already) 2. Go to the grocery store 3. Finish all the laundry 4. Dust the entire house 5. Vacuum the entire house 6. Clean both bathrooms.. 7. Scrub the kitchen floor Well that is my list for the weekend. I gotta go get started..I will update you as to how it is going.. Cat So it's friday... Big Whoop... It has been a hellatious day today..Bart and I had a huge screenprint job this morning that was pretty stressful. After that I hauled butt to the Woodlands to have lunch with my sister and mom. It was a good meal. Eli is getting so big..and cute..he laughed for me today...(I think I am his favorite aunt) Anyways I gotta go make dinner will update more tomorrow when I am not completely exhausted.. Cat So today my mouth hurts pretty bad...I had trouble sleeping last night due to the discomfort.. I am sitting here just chillin listening to Audioslave....awesome.. I have a lot of housework to do today so I probably won't be posting much.. Tomorrow I am going to the Woodlands to have lunch with my mom and sister... I will write more later on when I have a chance.. Cat Today should be interesting... I have a dentist appointment in two hours...I am having two holes cut in my gums to install two implants...Yay..sounds like fun huh?? Our hot water heater blew up last night...another wonderful thing..you get a whole 3 minutes to jump in now and wash your hair and body...and then the water goes to ice...i'm serious.. I need a vacation.. Let me run down the list of all the broke shit in my house... 1. icemaker: this broke right after hurricane Rita came through and knocked out our power for 5 days... 2. Washing machine: not really broken..but still not right..makes terrible noises when it is agitating that make it impossible to use after the kids go to bed.. 3. Master Garden Tub: Got pulled out after a large rat died under it..still is not fully hooked up and usable after nearly 3 months.. 4. And now the Hot Water Heater.. Wonder what else could go wrong?? I wish I could win the lottery...then we would build my dream house...a Monolithic Dome Home we would have solar power, and collect our rain water for gardening etc..it would be the shizznittt..then there would be no more worries as these things are fire proof, hurricane and tornado proof...A good thing if you live in the gulf coast area..especially given what all happened last year.. Oh well..back to reality..which is lots of broke shit...hey I have kids..people with kids are supposed to be broke...and have broke stuff..it is the nature of the beast.. Well I am off to get ready for the dentist(with cold water) YaY..NOT! Cat Ok.....so we decided that we thought it may be fun to take the kids to Ryans for dinner since we hadn't been there in a week or two...So of course since it is Saturday night the place is packed...which is fine..So we are ushered to the back room with all the other rejects with kids and seated at a table next to a family I will describe further below. This woman was probably hispanic or latino or whatever is PC to call them right now...she and her husband speak no english...they have about 7 kids between the ages of about 6 months and I would say 7....These kids are running all over the restaurant....Nobody is doing anything about it.... Here is what I am saying....If you have kids and you take them to restaurants have the respect for the other people who are paying to eat there too to keep control of your children. I have kids of my own and they are NEVER allowed to leave the table unsupervised at a restaurant...and they certainly do not bounce around from table to table asking for scraps...nor do they chase each other around all the tables and nearly cream the waiters... This is rude not only to the staff..but to the other people who have paid their hard earned money for a good meal..they should not have to share it with YOUR KIDS!!!! OK I feel better now that that is off my chest.. Cat Well what can I say about this weekend??? Hmm.. I haven't done a damn thing...but sit here on this computer surfing the internet...listening to music..occasionally dancing..LOL..oh and eating that chocolate.. I declared to Bart earlier today that I was on strike this weekend and would not be doing any cleaning at all...I told him that I would cook meals but I would not clean up after the kids in their rooms or living room since they would simply come behind me again later and trash it...so my idea was to just let it pile up until monday and then take care of it then after the kids are gone to school...(I will let you know if that winds up being a disaster for me later..) I hate going anywhere on Mondays and Fridays during the day....I have become a terrible homebody since I had kids... I remember the days before Bart and I had kids when we would just get in the car and go places without even thinking about it....Now it is a major event...Gotta find all 6 shoes for 3 kids..(This in itself can make you question how badly you really want to go to wherever it is you are trying to go) Then wipe 3 faces, then put whatever missing clothes are needed on the kids...(Usually at least two of them run around shirtless, and one is in tshirt and undies...so then you need clothes and shoes and clean faces...this can take well over an hour with my kids....(How badly do you want to go to the store??) Well I have rambled enough...I am off to go watch a movie with the hubby.. Peace out.. Cat I actually listened to the words to this song for the first time today...It struck me as odd that it fits in so well with what is going on in our world today even though the song was released in 1994 A full 12 years ago....Hmm think on that for awhile.. "White, Discussion"LIVE Brother Cane- I Look For Something More It's good to be so high Ok Levi here are my 12 songs...tag you're it..' Cat The Bad Touch...Bloodhound Gang Dare- Gorillaz Stick em up- Quarashi The Way You Like it- Adema Downfall- Trust Company Get Over It- OKGO The Outsider- A Perfect Circle Blue- A Perfect Circle So Cold- Breaking Benjamin Follow- Breaking Benjamin Bat Country- Avenged Sevenfold Pretty Fucked Up- The Supersuckers (Or Supersuckers by itself) Dance, Clean or Workout...Whatever... Ok so right now I am doing a very happy dance.... I got on the scale this morning and to my surprise I have lost over 6 pounds this week!! Since Monday!!! And that is with the fact that I have eaten nearly two pounds of crappy Russel Stover valentines candy..(dont ask me why but even though some of it is gross I can't bring myself to throw it out....LOL) Anyways..Thought I would post that.. cat So today it has been stormy and nasty all day so I picked this for my song of the day.. Enjoy...it is an awesome tune...Pull it up on Rhapsody if you don't already own it.. Cat Who'll Stop The Rain- Creedence Clearwater Revival (Hopefully you knew that) Long as I remember, The rain been comin' down. And another Rain Song Have You Ever Seen The Rain- Creedence Clearwater Revival(Yes again) Yes it is Wednesday.... I have found a new addiction ok so it is a work in progress...I promise it will totally rock soon!! Anyways..So today was uneventful really.. I went to the Woodlands and hung with my sister and bought a bunch of crap at Target I don't need.. I have to go now and start dinner and see what the kids are destroying in the other room.. Cat Yep you know me....little miss let's start to exercise and kill ourselves the first day!!! Hooray for Excessiveness!! Oh well. So I overdid it yesterday which has now made today a day when I can't do anything....wonder what tomorrow will bring? Check my other blog for the full story... Cat As most of you know I have more than one blog...this blog is for just random rantings and stuff but the other blog is for my diet and weight loss progress..So be sure to check up on that one too to see how things are going with that. Cat So I was sitting here thinking about hobbies and stuff and wondering what I could pick up again that would be both stress relieving and productive....Then it came to me...SEWING!! I used to sew a lot when I was younger....heck I bought a nice sewing machine when I was pregnant with the twins so I could make them baby clothes! I never made anything complicated....and really I am more interested in doing the home decor type sewing (pillows, curtains, slipcovers etc..) So off I went on an internet goose chase.. Computerized Sewing Machine I found a really awesome one that costs like 8 grand....but listen to this...it will do practically anything!! Sew, embroider, quilt...you name it...I could so totally see myself with one...for now I will have to settle for a cheaper model but I need to get my skills back up before I get a really nice one anyways...Anyone need any pillows or curtains? Cat God I am bored....me with a hangover and still in my PJs at two in the afternoon......so so sad... Last night was full of Tecate and Tequila...it is a wonder if I remember anything....the greasy tunes of Kevin and Jimmy of the Gourds still wander through my ear drums like some distant memory of times gone by. Last Train Home opened for The Gourds last night. They were a good band. Somehow my memory does not serve me well on them but I remember dancing to their music. The Gourds played all my favorites...it was amazing...I even got Shake the Chandelier dedicated to me by Kevin....Bart was announced for the Gourd Award...whatever that was...all in all a sparkly, smoky, shimmery night...full of liquor and nicotine... You may ask if I made it through the night without smoking...well I say HELL NO!! I knew better before we even arrived at the Continental Club....Stopped at the quickie mart and got a pack of the old Marlboro Menthol Lights...it is ok though...somehow the whole entire pack disappeared last night...whether I smoked all of them or lost them it doesn't matter...what I do know is that after weeks of not smoking and drinking to go all out like I did last night just serves as a shining reminder of why I don't drink and smoke...so if I learned a lesson in there somewhere it was all worth it...it is strange how after weeks of not drinking my tolerance for alcohol is still there....after like 9 beers and 4 shots of Jose Cuervo I still managed to remember the "Ride" home...ha ha if you get that.. All in all it was a wonderful night..I am awake now at 8am drinking mountain dew code red...gonna take an energy pill shortly and make some good grub for breakfast and shake off the remainder of this alcohol slag... .....it is Sunday...for that I am grateful and thankful...The kids will go back to school in the morning.....and I will get back to my Pilates and cleaning regimen...the weekends are like a bus stop in the sanity of my life..wonder what the summer will be like for me when there are no more school days to gve me my sanity...will worry about those times when they come... Gonna go get me some Gourdlike Religion...maybe "Jesus Christ With Signs Following" or "Hallelujah Shine" either way it will be glorious and "sing along worthy" Anyways...will post more when my memory serves me better... Cat Well...we are now on our way out the door to go and see The Gourds at The Continental Club in Houston. I am so excited!! If you should get the chance be sure to get their new album, HEAVY ORNAMENTALS. It is awesome!! Anyways...I gotta go and grab my purse...You guys have a good night and I will update as to how the show was tomorrow morning... Hugs, Cat . : Random : . . : Blogroll : . . : Credits : . |