Tuesday Plans

Tuesday is probably my most favorite day of the week. I'm off from work, Mac is home, I get to play with my big goofy pup.

Todays plans include

• Checking out the gym by my house
• Lunch with Mac (and Sir Licks a Lot)
• Taking Sir to a Doggie Park (pics to follow)
• A trip to IKEA 
• Date night at the drive in

Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday.

To join or not to join

I have to say that I admire everyone that can exercise without a gym. I recently quit my gym because Mac started his job & I couldn't get there with no car (or a license). My original plan was to run, do yourshape for Kinect, and some 30 day shred...well let's just say it's a #majorfail.  I haven't done anything except walk 30-60 minutes a day.

Pants are no longer fitting right and I'm basically not happy with the way I look so I'm thinking of joining the gym that is across the street from my house (literally can see it from my bedroom window!).  The price is a little steep ($50/month), but my health is worth it right? I have about 20-25 lbs I'd like to lose (well really I'd like to tone up and slim down since the number on the scale doesn't matter). I'm 5'4" and around 145 lbs if anyone is interested in knowing.  I've always been between 128 & 135.

The pros of going to NYSC:

• Within walking distance to my house
• Swimming pool
• Spinning/Yoga classes
• Good for me!!

Cons:

• Price.
• Contract 

Clearly the pros outweigh the cons. I can always suspend my account for $15/month for up to a year if I need to for financial reasons. They have a 30 day for $30 deal where I can go and try out the classes to see if I like the gym which is something I may look into doing before I commit.

Do you belong to a gym or exercise at home? Please feel free to give me input on both sides of it & help me make a decision.  

Oh no he didn't...

Bring home this little guy...isn't he adorable though? We can't have him at the place we're living, but mac has him in PA while he's working & then he'll come visit us on the day that mac is home...I love him already and will be heartbroken if we have to give him away.

Happy weekend!

What I'm loving Wednesdays

I've seen this around a few blogs and since I'm "new" to the blogging scene, I figured I would do a few of these each week ( What I'm loving Wednesday, Fill in the Blank Friday, etc) and try & make some new friends. So here's what I'm loving from this week:

These shoes:

All via Mandee.com

I'm loving that one of my neighbors & I talked for two hours the other night.  He knows that the boy works out of state 5 days a week and that I don't drive. He left me his phone # in case I ever had an emerengcy or needed a ride somewhere. He's the nice "old" man as Mac & I call him since we never knew (remembered) his name. It's nice to know people are still nice in this world.

I'm loving that in exactly one month I will be on my vacation. Nothing really planned, maybe Six Flags or a zoo trip, but I'm okay with it and can't afford anything other than that. Staycations can be nice and relaxing.

I love that Mac puts up with me & allows me to post like this to facebook AND tag him in it

And as always, I'm loving my family & friends.

Mom had surgery on her foot on Monday, please wish for a quick recovery!

 Join in and tell me what YOU'RE loving

TV Talk Tuesday

Since it's almost August, that means there is just weeks before new TV shows start again. I'm looking forward to seeing these shows (some new & some returning shows):

Apartment 23 (ABC-New) 

Work It (ABC-new)

Happy Endings (ABC-newish)

I started watching this show over the Spring & fell in love with it after the first episode. Definitely something I will keep watching.

Modern Family (ABC)

LOVE it. If you don't watch it, do it this season!!!

Whitney (NBC-new)

Parenthood (NBC)

When I saw this show come out I was hoping that it would help me get over the fact that Gilmore Girls are never ever going to come back to TV and I will never see one of the cutest couple get married. This is one of mine (and Mac's) favorite show.

Other returning shows that I'm excited for:

Law & Order: SVU (even though Christopher Meloni WILL NOT be on it, this makes me sad)

One Tree Hill (Even though the season finale stunk)

Biggest Loser (just to see if the new trainer can replace Jillian...which they can't)

So tell me, what shows are you excited for this fall?

Weekend Update

I hope everyone had a wonderful & fun weekend. I wish I can say I did, but I was at work on Saturday and I cleaned all day yesterday. This is going to be a long week for me.  Usually I'm off on Tuesdays, but once a month I have to work a Tuesday. Unfortunately for me, that's this week.

I'm going to try & not be negative about this long week and focus on the positive things which include:

-Having 10 hours of OT by the end of this week at least.
-The boy coming home either tomorrow night or Tuesday.
-Going to see Friends with Benefits on Tuesday night for our weekly Tuesday night.
-33 days til my vacation (to no where)
-Having a mostly clean house.

So tell me...what did you do this weekend?

Fill in the blank Friday

1.   One of my happiest moments ever was  when Mac proposed, even though it wasn't one of those romantic proposals that every little girl dreams of but it fit us perfectly

2.  Summer is wedding season and weddings are  fun as long as you know more people than the happy couple, otherwise it's just awkward.

3.  This summer  has flown by and I cannot believe it's almost August!

4.  My summer food of choice has been fruits, cherries mostly.

5.  My summer uniform has been  skirts or dresses mostly....that may or may not be because my pants are a little snug...

6.  If I could spend the entire summer in one location I would choose   Dominican Republic with Mac's family.  He hasn't been "home" in 10+ years (he came to the US at 6 months old)

7.  My summer anthem is  anything fast paced...California Girls by Katy Perry jumps into my head right now. But Beach Boys is pretty high up there too..

I believe this is my first Fill in the Blank Friday. Hopefully I can keep up with them. They're just so fun.

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