[trying to get] back in the habit

every new year's eve, people make resolutions about getting in shape and going to the gym and being healthier etc. and every year, the gym packs up big time for about a month before slowly, the snow, or the cold or the flu or some other plauge starts knocking people off the list. bam. bam. BAM. they drop like flies. it happens, we all know it does. and this year, i did NOT make a resolution to do any of those things yet somehow, it's happening. and not just the going to the gym adn the being healthier, but the getting into a routine thing.

last friday, boyfriend and i both had the day off (yay!) to spend together. he was going to go sign up at a gym that's a little closer to his work, but farther away from our house. i headed off to order a bridesmaid dress, passing boyfriend on his way to the gym while i was on my way home to change. i did just that, then headed to get in a workout. except that while driving there, i got a phone call from boyfriend who said the girl wouldn't accept his debit card as a way to process a payment (just for the record, we used to go to that other gym and they had NO problem taking my money out of my debit card....) but anyway. so i get to the gym and he calls and says all that and i suggest going to find out the difference in price to add him to my gym membership. becuase of my AAA discount, my monthly cost would only increase by $15 with is only $5 more than what boyfriend would have had to pay at that "other gym". plus, the facility is better (i think at least). so he gives in and i leave the gym (no workout) and go back home to pick him up. great. we go back, workout together(ish) and head home. by this point it was already like, 230 and we were pretty hungry so we grabbed some lunch, went home to shower and change and ran some other errands we had planned for friday.... on saturday, we had to work different schedules so i went to the gym after work and he went before. then on sunday, he had to be at work early so we decided to go around 8... on a sunday. at 8am. YIKES. i dislike mornings. anyone who knows me knows i hate them. i don't even like to talk in the morning. seriously. it's my silent time. but since i don't usually work till noon, it hasn't really bothered me... okay i'm so off topic...

so we go to the gym at 8am on sunday and obviously by 8pm i was ready for bed. boyfriend wanted to get up and go to the gym monday morning at 7.... yeah. that's what i said... 7... and i know that isn't early for any of my school teacher friends and anyone with a 9-5ish type job, but when you are a] not a morning person and b] don't work till the afternoon, 7am seems wrong... but we got up. and went to the gym. at 7am... turns out, as much as i hate dragging myself out of bed and putting my feet on the cold floor, i actually like having the gym be done and over with early in the day. with this new routine has come even more of a new routine... when we get home, i make lunches [yes, boyfriend can and often does make his own but with this new routine, it's working for us], i wash any dishes that are in the sink, make a cup of coffee in my new keurig, feed the dog, make breakfast and prep anything for dinner that needs preping... then i get to sit down and watch a little tv [rocked some full house this morning] and after breakfast, shower. yesterday i had time to go tanning... today i had time to get my nails done AND go play with new black puppy!

the newest addition to our family!

Buckly [Buck].

11 weeks old.

yup... new black puppy is awesome. while he won't take the place of our lab, Iggy, he is a great new addition to our family and i'm SO excited that we [well, my parents really] are going to give him a good home... he was a rescue out of tennessee and so worth it.

without a new routine, i never would have had time to go play with him this morning. or, i would have, but i would have skipped the gym or getting my nails done or not made lunch or breakfast or any of that. somehow, making no resolution has helped me start to make some great changes... hopefully, we can keep it going. 

back at it

it's officially 2012 and i have blogged all of once... and i'm not even sure (without looking back at it) that i posted post 2011 which would mean so far, i'm the slacker of the year. can i be honest? of course i can, it's my damn blog... honestly, i haven't felt the inspiration to blog... the week before 2012 officially started, i was so inspired, i think by 2011 ending. i blogged and even had to save a few of my entries so i wouldn't pile too much up at once. but now, i'm at a loss for words and for anyone who really knows me, that doesn't happen often.

there are so many things contribuiting to my loss for words, at least i think so. some of them i have yet to confront head on, and others don't really require me to confront as i know  what they are and they are only having this affect on me because i'm not blogging. if that even make any sense. i haven't felt the inspiration to pin via pinterest, to post witty sayings on FB or even to really check twitter except for the occasional "there's a commercial on, let's kill the next 4.5 minutes".

i will say that i'm happy that tv shows are back to being on, and new. my thursday nights without grey's and private practice and of course jersey shore, just weren't complete. i will say, at the risk of sounding like a complete nutcase, that i enjoy Jersey Shore much more when they actually are AT the jersey shore. it makes their lack of class and rediculousness seem okay. (no disrepsect to anyone from jersey or the shore but... let's be honest... those kids do not belong in italy). okay, maybe vinny... oh shit.. stop me before i go full out JS on this blog post.....

my life is now back to a more routine schedule which is nice. and we have our first wedding of 2012 coming up which we are both really looking forward to. i think more beucase we get to spend a weekend away and neither of us are really "involved" in this wedding. and it's not family for either of us which, after a gazillion weddings, i think makes going to a wedding different. we had a slow year last year...  only 3 weddings. this year, we have 5 as of right now. plus, we have baby showers this year too... well, i have baby showers. i don't think boyfriend will be tagging along to those. it's certainly going to be a busy spring and summer... i'm looking forward to some of the places i'll get to go for these weddings though. as much as it is a pain to pack and unpack and repack and run the risk of forgetting that thing you need, especially if you are IN the wedding, i like being able to go away. this year, we are headed to new jersey, maine, the cape and virginia. we are also staying local which is equally as nice because 1. the place is awesome and 2. we will get to come home and sleep in our own bed...

for someone who had nothing to say, i just did a good deal of rambling... still, it was nothing substantial... oh well... i guess we are all entitled to some daily ramblings...

happy sunday!

Resolutions

Dictionary.com defines 'resolution' as the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute. That's all fine and dandy and with the new year rapidly approaching (thank god) everyone is all "what's your resolution". Just today, Tall Skinny Kid was asking all of us what our resolutions are. Some were the usual, short lived, ultimately epic fail resolutions like "eat better" or "get healthy" or "go to the gym". Other's like that of Tall Skinny Kid were to eat less take out and actually utilize the kitchen in his home to cook him some meals. And I got to thinking.... Resolutions or Real-solutions... This year, I'm making a resolution that I'm already on my way to keeping (at least through the start of 2012... and by the start, I mean through Jan 1). This year, I'm going to get organized... no really. i'm going to take before and after pictures (which i'm already slacking on becuase i organized the bedroom a little bit and didn't take any pictures). I'm sure i can just take it apart and put it back the way it was and then back the way it is now but... okay anyway...

my resolution is to get organized. through my new addiction to Pinterest and the endless links to some of the most fabulous blogs ever, i have found tons of DIY projects and organizational tips and tricks to get me started. one of my newest favorite is one i stole from my aunt... we have an INCREDIBLY small bathroom. (i'm not complaining, at least we have a bathroom and it's kind of become a claim to fame.. "wow, your bathroom is really small") it is pretty tiny... so we are using simple solutions to try to fix it up... such as a shoe caddy... you know, the things you hang from the door to stick shoes in but that have shoe spots so small that boyfriends' size 13's don't fit in them? yeah one of those... turns out, it doubles as a holder for all things big and small... so we are going to add one to the back of the door to store things like the hair dryer, the lotion, extra toothbrushes... you know, that kind of thing... i'm so excited to get started reorganizing! i added one to the backside of the closet door in the bedroom too... it's perfect because it holds all my hair products that i don't use on a daily basis but might want, lotions, and medicines that i like to keep handy.

the other night, i took to organizing my pots and pans and tupperware. i went through all of it, weeding out anything that didn't have a bottom to go with a cover or a cover with a bottom. and i moved a lot of other stuff from the "pots and pans" cabinet so i have more room for my new stainless steel set that my mom got me for christmas.

so the year of organization is already in full swing... i have a laundry list of things to target, but it gives me something to look forward to, other than turning 30 in 2012... (and unlike Tall Skinny Kid, i'm not looking forward to the big 3-Oh)

my other real-solution is a little on the rediculous side. i'm going to accomplish this task thanks to my new bff Netflix. let me back up... i have an addiction to Law and Order- SVU. if it's on, I watch it, even if i've seen the episoe a bazillion times before (let's be honest, i have seen a lot of them a number of times). but there are 13 seasons and although i've seen a lot of the episodes, it has never been a show that i "follow". so this year, i'm going to watch all the episodes of SVU from Seasons 1-13, in order. This includes the ones i've already seen. So far, i'm through season 1 and onto the first few of season 2. it's a dark undertaking, but its something i know i can get through. how's that for a resolution!

what is your 2012 real-solution??