I need to live a more exiting life.
Nothing really exiting has been happening lately, at least not enough for me to feel like I should write about it.
Work has been okay. Next week, I need to travel to Lansing to teach a training class. All of the restaurants in the area are sending 5-7 Team Members to this training session, to learn how to be trainers in their restaurants. We are doing a practice run on Tuesday, and the real thing on Wednesday. Lansing is about an hour and a half away from here, and I wish that it was just one day, but I guess I'd rather be at the training thing than be in the restaurant!
Our vacation to Florida is in just about 3 weeks!I am SO excited. I want to start packing already! We are making more and more plans, which is making me even more excited. My friend, who I used to work with when I was in Disney, is getting us into the parks for free! My mom and sister don't really want to go to Disney for 2 days, but my dad, Cody, and I really do, so free tickets mean my mom and sister can come and go as they please. We also decided to go on a fishing trip! We found a company that does large party charter trips, so probably 30-40 people. The fishing poles, bait, lunch, and beverages are provided. Any fish you catch, they will clean for you, and you can take it home and have it for dinner! Hopefully we catch some grouper or something yummy!
Cody and I had our first two days off together in a LONG time!!! It was so great to be able to spend some quality time with him. We had dinner with his brother on Monday, and spent Tuesday shopping. We got a new comforter for our bed, which I have been wanting for a long time (the other comforter was a cheap one he had when he was single!). Then we had dinner at our favorite place, a restaurant called Grove. It has some absolutely amazing food. I had Blackened Salmon Tacos, a Spicy Kimchi Stew, and Fettuccine Bolognese. Everything was soo yummy. They also have some of the best brewed coffee that I've ever had. I can't wait until we can go back!
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Christmas Time!
Well, I'm a terrible blogger.
I feel like I have nothing to say lately. I haven't been working out like I should. I haven't been dieting like I should. I work, come home, and sleep. And that's not exciting, so I don't write about it.
But Christmas was this week!
It was super fun. We were able to spend a ton of time with family. I had Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday off from work. Cody had to work Sunday and Monday, but was able to only work a half day so we could go to all of the Christmas parties we had to go to.
Sunday was my dads side of the family. We didn't get to go to the party last year, because my sister was in the hospital due to an infection in her foot. So it was nice to see everyone this year! We ate lots of food, played some games, and saw lots of family members that we haven't seen in a while. My cousin brought her 7 month old baby, so cute!! And I swear, I've never been asked more "so, when are you guys gonna have a baby?" in my entire life! We left around 11, because Cody had to work early the next day.
Christmas eve was another fun day. I spent the morning finishing up some wrapping and a tiny bit of shopping, and then headed to my parents for Church. It started early (4:30!) and so after church was over, we had my aunt and uncle and some friends over at my parents house for a small party there. Again, lots of food! We played cards, and hung out. Again, we didn't leave until after 11, so we got home pretty late.
Christmas morning always starts early for us. We have to generally be at Cody's parents house around 6am. We spend the morning opening gifts, eating, and hanging out. Then we head to my parents around 1, and do more gifts, eating, and hanging out. It's always lots of fun, but it's generally a super long day. I love it though, because I love getting to spend a lot of time with my family!
Hope you all had a great Christmas!
I feel like I have nothing to say lately. I haven't been working out like I should. I haven't been dieting like I should. I work, come home, and sleep. And that's not exciting, so I don't write about it.
But Christmas was this week!
It was super fun. We were able to spend a ton of time with family. I had Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday off from work. Cody had to work Sunday and Monday, but was able to only work a half day so we could go to all of the Christmas parties we had to go to.
Sunday was my dads side of the family. We didn't get to go to the party last year, because my sister was in the hospital due to an infection in her foot. So it was nice to see everyone this year! We ate lots of food, played some games, and saw lots of family members that we haven't seen in a while. My cousin brought her 7 month old baby, so cute!! And I swear, I've never been asked more "so, when are you guys gonna have a baby?" in my entire life! We left around 11, because Cody had to work early the next day.
Christmas eve was another fun day. I spent the morning finishing up some wrapping and a tiny bit of shopping, and then headed to my parents for Church. It started early (4:30!) and so after church was over, we had my aunt and uncle and some friends over at my parents house for a small party there. Again, lots of food! We played cards, and hung out. Again, we didn't leave until after 11, so we got home pretty late.
Christmas morning always starts early for us. We have to generally be at Cody's parents house around 6am. We spend the morning opening gifts, eating, and hanging out. Then we head to my parents around 1, and do more gifts, eating, and hanging out. It's always lots of fun, but it's generally a super long day. I love it though, because I love getting to spend a lot of time with my family!
Hope you all had a great Christmas!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Christmas Shopping
Sorry it's been so long. It's been crazy around here for the past few weeks.
Cody is still working insane hours. He hasn't had a day off since Thanksgiving and I know that he's exhausted. Him and his boss got into a big fight the other day, because Cody brought up the fact that working like this wasn't what the original plan was, and if he is going to be working 100+ hour weeks, that he isn't going to continue to do so at his regular pay. I feel so bad because I know that he's worn out from working so much, but I also know that it's not forever, hopefully next week things will start to slow down a bit for him, so he can go back to working his normal schedule.
Work for me has been going good, just working a lot. We got a new GM, and his has some very high standards, which is good I guess if you work in a restaurant. We've had a lot added to our plate, so it seems I'm at work a bit longer than usual. It's good though, it keeps me busy, especially right now when Cody is working a lot and I wouldn't get to see him, anyway.
Because we have been working so much, we haven't even started our Christmas shopping. I love Christmas time, and generally I love shopping but we just haven't had the time to really start this year. Since my family is going to Florida in February, we decided to go light on Christmas shopping this year. On Thanksgiving, we decided to draw names, and instead of buying something small for everyone, we decided to spend $100 on the persons name that we draw. I got my mom, and Cody got my dad. Well, the entire plan kind of backfired, because my mom decided that she can't not buy gifts for all of us, so she's going to buy something little for each of us, but spend the most money on the person she got (which is Cody). So, now we are getting one thing for everyone too, but it will still be cheaper than a normal Christmas.
Weight Watchers is going well. I did really well the first week, and was down 2.6lbs! The second week, I didn't do so great. We had pizza one night, I wasn't counting my points like I should, and I was supposed to weigh in on Tuesday, but we got some snow the night before and the roads were bad. So I weighed in today, expecting a gain, but I lost 1.8! Down 4.4 total. Not a ton, but I'm okay with it!!
I'm hoping to do a complete makeover of my blog soon, as soon as I get the patience to do it. So look out for that. :)
Cody is still working insane hours. He hasn't had a day off since Thanksgiving and I know that he's exhausted. Him and his boss got into a big fight the other day, because Cody brought up the fact that working like this wasn't what the original plan was, and if he is going to be working 100+ hour weeks, that he isn't going to continue to do so at his regular pay. I feel so bad because I know that he's worn out from working so much, but I also know that it's not forever, hopefully next week things will start to slow down a bit for him, so he can go back to working his normal schedule.
Work for me has been going good, just working a lot. We got a new GM, and his has some very high standards, which is good I guess if you work in a restaurant. We've had a lot added to our plate, so it seems I'm at work a bit longer than usual. It's good though, it keeps me busy, especially right now when Cody is working a lot and I wouldn't get to see him, anyway.
Because we have been working so much, we haven't even started our Christmas shopping. I love Christmas time, and generally I love shopping but we just haven't had the time to really start this year. Since my family is going to Florida in February, we decided to go light on Christmas shopping this year. On Thanksgiving, we decided to draw names, and instead of buying something small for everyone, we decided to spend $100 on the persons name that we draw. I got my mom, and Cody got my dad. Well, the entire plan kind of backfired, because my mom decided that she can't not buy gifts for all of us, so she's going to buy something little for each of us, but spend the most money on the person she got (which is Cody). So, now we are getting one thing for everyone too, but it will still be cheaper than a normal Christmas.
Weight Watchers is going well. I did really well the first week, and was down 2.6lbs! The second week, I didn't do so great. We had pizza one night, I wasn't counting my points like I should, and I was supposed to weigh in on Tuesday, but we got some snow the night before and the roads were bad. So I weighed in today, expecting a gain, but I lost 1.8! Down 4.4 total. Not a ton, but I'm okay with it!!
I'm hoping to do a complete makeover of my blog soon, as soon as I get the patience to do it. So look out for that. :)
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I just realized that all of the comments that I have thought I've been posting on here aren't showing up! I tried to comment on someone elses blog and it didn't show up, and sure enough, none of the ones I post on mine are showing up, either! So I am not ignoring you, google is just being weird and not allowing me to comment. :(
I plan on writing a much better update tomorrow, I am weighing in tomorrow (and expecting a gain, but more on that later) so I'll let you know how it goes!
I plan on writing a much better update tomorrow, I am weighing in tomorrow (and expecting a gain, but more on that later) so I'll let you know how it goes!
Friday, November 30, 2012
Weight Watchers
Well, I took the plunge and went and signed up on Wednesday. I decided to sign up using a monthly pass, so I figure I'll give it a try for a month and see if I like it. I got all sorts of stuff - 3-month log book, a cookbook, dining out companion, complete food guide, a PointsPlus calculator, a book with a bunch of tips, and some coupons. I haven't decided yet what days I'm going to go to the meetings yet. I'm going to a Weight Watchers store, so they're open 7 days a week, with multiple meetings each day. I'm thinking I'll go on Tuesday mornings, because I am more likely to be off of work on Tuesdays. I didn't do so great yesterday when it came to my points, but I also didn't pay a whole lot of attention to them, either. I just wanted to see how many points I ate without thinking about it, and it was WAY too many.
We bought our plane tickets for our February Florida trip! We leave 2 months from tomorrow. I'm so excited! We'll be gone for 9 days, and it will be so great to be able to get away and spend time with my family. I can't wait to bring my parents, especially my dad, to Disney, they haven't been in years!
I'm off work tomorrow and I'm happy about it - Cody's new restaurant is going to open tomorrow!!! I plan on going for lunch, and probably for drinks and dinner later on. I'm so proud of him. It's been hard and stressful on us both, but it's always great to see all the hard work pay off!
We bought our plane tickets for our February Florida trip! We leave 2 months from tomorrow. I'm so excited! We'll be gone for 9 days, and it will be so great to be able to get away and spend time with my family. I can't wait to bring my parents, especially my dad, to Disney, they haven't been in years!
I'm off work tomorrow and I'm happy about it - Cody's new restaurant is going to open tomorrow!!! I plan on going for lunch, and probably for drinks and dinner later on. I'm so proud of him. It's been hard and stressful on us both, but it's always great to see all the hard work pay off!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Struggling
I have found myself really struggling the last few days. I meant to start counting calories/working out again today, but I just wasn't feeling like getting out of bed, and basically stayed there until I had to go to work. I know things will get better, and I know that it won't be this way for long, but I can't help but be sad.
I think I mentioned this before, but the owner of the restaurant that Cody works at is opening a new restaurant. Although Cody is going to continue working full time at the restaurant he's at now, the owner wants him to sort of "oversee" this new restaurant. When they opened the first restaurant, Cody worked a ton of hours over a few weeks - probably a month without a day off, working 12-15 hour days. The last three weeks, Cody hasn't had a day off, except Thanksgiving. For almost a month now, our schedule has been something like this:
8:30 - Cody wakes up
9:00 - Cody comes in and gives me a kiss goodbye
10:00 - I wake up
2:00 - I go to work
10:30 - Cody comes home and goes to bed
11:45 - I get home, Cody is sleeping
So the only communication between us has been the kiss in the morning, and a "hi babe, love you" when I get into bed at night. I'm so proud of all that he's done - he helped open one hugely successful restaurant, and has now basically opened this second restaurant by himself, which I also know will be hugely successful. I am proud that I married a hardworking, smart, creative man who I know will be able to provide for our family forever. And I know that the past few weeks, and the next few weeks are going to come and go, and we'll get back to normal. But I also know that I'm lonely, and I miss him. He's my best friend, and I miss him.
I was excited because they had originally planned on having the new restaurant open by Wednesday, and Cody would be able to take Tuesday off, and I also have tuesday off, so we'd finally be able to get some time to actually spend together. Today, his kitchen manager quit. There is no way that they would be able to hire and train a new kitchen manager by Wednesday. They would need to hire 2 more cooks to fill the 50-60 hours that the kitchen manager would have been working per week, which means that a) they won't be able to open in time, and b) Cody is going to have to work harder than he already his. I know he's stressed out, and I know he's exhausted, and I wish I could do something to make him feel better.
I think I just needed to rant for a minute, I don't want to tell Cody how I feel, because that will stress him out even more than he already is. So thanks for reading my vent. :)
I think I mentioned this before, but the owner of the restaurant that Cody works at is opening a new restaurant. Although Cody is going to continue working full time at the restaurant he's at now, the owner wants him to sort of "oversee" this new restaurant. When they opened the first restaurant, Cody worked a ton of hours over a few weeks - probably a month without a day off, working 12-15 hour days. The last three weeks, Cody hasn't had a day off, except Thanksgiving. For almost a month now, our schedule has been something like this:
8:30 - Cody wakes up
9:00 - Cody comes in and gives me a kiss goodbye
10:00 - I wake up
2:00 - I go to work
10:30 - Cody comes home and goes to bed
11:45 - I get home, Cody is sleeping
So the only communication between us has been the kiss in the morning, and a "hi babe, love you" when I get into bed at night. I'm so proud of all that he's done - he helped open one hugely successful restaurant, and has now basically opened this second restaurant by himself, which I also know will be hugely successful. I am proud that I married a hardworking, smart, creative man who I know will be able to provide for our family forever. And I know that the past few weeks, and the next few weeks are going to come and go, and we'll get back to normal. But I also know that I'm lonely, and I miss him. He's my best friend, and I miss him.
I was excited because they had originally planned on having the new restaurant open by Wednesday, and Cody would be able to take Tuesday off, and I also have tuesday off, so we'd finally be able to get some time to actually spend together. Today, his kitchen manager quit. There is no way that they would be able to hire and train a new kitchen manager by Wednesday. They would need to hire 2 more cooks to fill the 50-60 hours that the kitchen manager would have been working per week, which means that a) they won't be able to open in time, and b) Cody is going to have to work harder than he already his. I know he's stressed out, and I know he's exhausted, and I wish I could do something to make him feel better.
I think I just needed to rant for a minute, I don't want to tell Cody how I feel, because that will stress him out even more than he already is. So thanks for reading my vent. :)
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Post Thanksgiving Weekend
I have been so nervous for the past few weeks, because I volunteered to host Thanksgiving at our house this year. This was the first time we had a house to have a Holiday get together in, and even though we didn't have a ton of space, I wanted to give it a try and see if I could do it.
Cody and I found ways to fight most of the day, just because we were both worried about getting everything right. We fought over small things, like when to put the rolls in the oven, how to make the gravy, dishes, etc. But everything went great. My mom asked during dinner, "What is something that you are thankful for this year?". I am so thankful that I had a year full of so many great things, with an amazing husband by my side through it all. I am so thankful for the life that we are building for ourselves, and the family that we surround ourselves with. Of course, I wish that we could spend more time with each other, but I am glad to know that I am surrounded by some great people.
I ended up going shopping early early Friday morning. I decided to go only to Old Navy, because I REALLY wanted some $15 jeans. I ended up getting some other stuff too, and didn't spend a ton of money, so I was happy about that! Other than that, this weekend has been spent working, putting up Christmas decorations, and sleeping. Cody is working so much lately, that I hardly get to see him. I've gotten to see him for a few minutes in the morning before he leaves for work, and then he's asleep when I get home from work. I'm hoping there's only another week or two of hours like this. He's had 1 day off (Thanksgiving) in the last 3 weeks, and he's not sure when he's gonna get another day off. That's the life of a restaurant manager, I suppose.
Here's my question for everyone reading this.......Do you count calories using MFP or sparkpeople? Or are you a member of Weight Watchers?
I have really been wanting to join weight watchers again. I know that MFP is free and it works for a lot of people.....I just think that I want the accountability of going to a meeting. I loved doing WW when I did it in the past. I want to talk Cody into letting me to a 3 month signup, just to see how I like it, and if I don't like it, then I don't need to sign up again. What do you guys think?
Cody and I found ways to fight most of the day, just because we were both worried about getting everything right. We fought over small things, like when to put the rolls in the oven, how to make the gravy, dishes, etc. But everything went great. My mom asked during dinner, "What is something that you are thankful for this year?". I am so thankful that I had a year full of so many great things, with an amazing husband by my side through it all. I am so thankful for the life that we are building for ourselves, and the family that we surround ourselves with. Of course, I wish that we could spend more time with each other, but I am glad to know that I am surrounded by some great people.
I ended up going shopping early early Friday morning. I decided to go only to Old Navy, because I REALLY wanted some $15 jeans. I ended up getting some other stuff too, and didn't spend a ton of money, so I was happy about that! Other than that, this weekend has been spent working, putting up Christmas decorations, and sleeping. Cody is working so much lately, that I hardly get to see him. I've gotten to see him for a few minutes in the morning before he leaves for work, and then he's asleep when I get home from work. I'm hoping there's only another week or two of hours like this. He's had 1 day off (Thanksgiving) in the last 3 weeks, and he's not sure when he's gonna get another day off. That's the life of a restaurant manager, I suppose.
Here's my question for everyone reading this.......Do you count calories using MFP or sparkpeople? Or are you a member of Weight Watchers?
I have really been wanting to join weight watchers again. I know that MFP is free and it works for a lot of people.....I just think that I want the accountability of going to a meeting. I loved doing WW when I did it in the past. I want to talk Cody into letting me to a 3 month signup, just to see how I like it, and if I don't like it, then I don't need to sign up again. What do you guys think?
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