Weight Watcher Update

Today is weigh in day!!

My goal for last week was to lose 3lbs and I didn’t make it so I moved that goal to this week.

I made it!!! I Lost 3lbs exactly!!!

So that means I have lost 12lbs total, in ONE MONTH, and I have reached my 5% goal!!  I got recognized at the meeting today which was really cool.  Who doesn’t like a little applause right!?!

Today I’m basking in my accomplishments (no food rewards!) but I’m getting ready to start my next goal to lose 11 more pounds by the end of August! (Avg 2.75lbs per week – totally doable). 

What are YOUR goals?  Anything YOU want to brag about?

Movie Review – Captain America

Nothing very exciting happened this weekend.  Adam had to work Saturday, most of the day.  I watched Where The Red Fern Grows and BAWLED my eyes out.  Then we watched Toy Story 3 and I got a little teary.

So I was really excited for Sunday to see a DUDE movie that didn’t make me cry like a girl, HAHA!

Before I get into my review of Captain America … Is everyone aware that these super hero movies are leading up to something?  In May of 2012 all these super heroes will collide in a movie called The Avengers! Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and others will be joining forces.  There other huge names that I’m not sure what their rolls will be yet.  Check out The Avengers on IMDB.

Ok on to Captain America. 
 
IMDB description:
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.

This was a guys guy kind of movie.  Now I don’t mean that ladies won’t enjoy it.  It' is a fantastic movie all around! To me it was the least cheesy of all the super hero movies to come out lately.  It was a bad ass movie with a ton of action.  There was a little romance going on as well for the ladies.  The ending was a shock to me! I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds in the next movie!

1.  Did the trailer/preview give the entire movie away?
No, not at all! I mean I new he was a super hero and he was gonna kick bad guy booty but I didn’t know all the details!

2.  Is this a MUST see in the theaters or do you wish you had just rented it or is it that bad that you would have to wait for it to be free on TBS?
I think it is a must see in the theaters but probably not worth the extra money to see it in 3D.  We saw the 2D version but a lot of people I’ve seen on facebook and the internet said that it would have been just as good in 2D.  I didn’t feel in any way that I wasted my money.

3.  Which movie star do you think MADE this movie?
Well of course Chris Evans did! He’s Captain America.  I also loved that Tommy Lee Jones was in the movie … he is one of my favorite actors.  Also, another favorite it Stanley Tucci! I love how versitile he is in his roles!  The fact that he has been cast in The Hunger Games just makes me giddy with excitement!!

4.  Predictability?
Well I was shocked by the ending but maybe others weren’t? I mean we all knew he was gonna win though right? That’s what super heroes do!

5. Rating?
I would give it 5 stars (out of 5) because it wasn’t cheesy, it was easy to follow and understand, it was action packed, and there was a really hot dude as the lead.  Go see it!

Next Week: Cowboys vs. Aliens!!!
(This MAY get pushed back a week because we have family coming in from CA this weekend!)

Thank GOD it’s Friday!

Hello blog friends!  Thanks for sticking around through my craziness and not giving up on me :).  One day I hope that work will either slow down or I’ll just be superwoman and get caught up (I can dream right).

Yesterday I had my Weight Watchers weigh in.  Not a good report unfortunately.  I gained .2lbs.  That’s not bad over a whole week but when I didn't even have ONE cheat day it’s a little bit of a bummer.  Looking back on my foods I didn’t even use all my allowed points each day.  Maybe I wasn’t eating enough of the RIGHT stuff.  Even though I was under points I wasn’t making the best choices.

So it’s a new week and my goal is to be down 3lbs next Thursday to hit my first 5% goal!

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I’m not sure yet what our weekend plans will be.  Adam is working all day tomorrow so I’ll probably be doing house cleaning stuff.  Maybe bake a cake.

Sunday we will probably be seeing Captain America.  That was the plan so I’m sure that won’t change.

Hopefully next week will be a little less crazy and I can actually be in blog land reading, commenting, and posting!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

That’s Just Life

So what’s been going on with me lately?  Other than work being completely crazy and causing me to lose my mind that is!!!

Monday I had to go see my chiropractor for a problem with my foot.  Somehow I got the bones out of whack causing the nerves, muscles, and whatever else to get inflammed.  So he had to adjust my foot and ankle and then put these nifty electro pads on it to help with the inflammation.  I’m going back tomorrow morning for round 2.

Also on Monday, when I got home I realized that there was white stuff all down the side of my car!! At first I thought it was paint and was about to have a stroke!  Then I touched it and realized it’s chewing gum.  Somehow gum got stuck to my tire and then on my way home it streamed out all over my car.  So Tuesday I spent 30 minutes in the heat with some dawn detergent and water washing this side of my car.  It worked!
 

Yesterday, I was JUST about home.  See that yellow sign? My road is RIGHT past it.  Well I came up behind this tractor so I was going really slow to stay off his tail.  A dog PASSED me! Seriously! I was laughing so hard at this dog totally passing my car up like it was a turtle.
 

That is really all that is new and interesting in my life at the moment. Unless you want to hear me whine about how busy work is and how I haven’t had time to read blogs or comment.  But I won’t whine about that because a job is a job and a paycheck is what I need. :)

Happy Hump Day!

Movie Review – Deathly Hallows pt2

 Well Harry Potter weekend has come and gone.  I’m feeling a little sad that we will never go to the theater again to see our favorite trio (Harry, Ron, & Hermione) on the big screen together.  I asked my husband Saturday night, “So now that Harry Potter is over, does this mean we have to grow up?”.  He said “Yeah, I think so.”  :(

Ok, enough with the sad.  Let’s talk about how totally amazing this movie was!  We saw the movie in 3D Saturday night and then AGAIN in 2D on Sunday!!! It was THAT good!

I’m not going to give away in major plot points or tell you what happens but I am going to talk about how I felt throughout the movie, which can be a slight spoiler.  I read all of the books last year so I knew what was going to happen but it’s so different to SEE it and have someone experience it with you. **Side note: I’m really glad that I didn’t reread the books right before I saw the movie**

This was our first experience with a movie that was originally 1 book, broken into two movies.  I was very curious on how the second one would begin.  I was very pleased that it went from a preview, directly into the last scene shown from part 1 and then on to the rest of the story.  It was like the movie took a breath and continued on!

Part 1 and 2 were complete opposites.  Part 1 spans the course of months where as part 2 covers maybe a couple of days.  It didn’t feel overly rushed, it felt just right!  About half way through, when something happens to one of the characters I started crying and I didn’t stop until the movie was over.  I’m not talking a tear here and there.  I CRIED for almost 45 minutes, along with everyone else in the theater.  (Sunday I was able to hold most of the tears back but not all).  Because I don’t want to ramble on too much here are some questions that I’ll be answering about each movie I review:

1.  Did the trailer/preview give the entire movie away?
Not at all! I had already read the book of course so at first I felt like they were giving away too much (the ending is RIGHT THERE) but in the end it just didn’t matter.  It didn’t diminish the movie at all.

2.  Is this a MUST see in the theaters or do you wish you had just rented it or is it that bad that you would have to wait for it to be free on TBS?
I think it is a must see in theaters (multiple times if possible).  I don’t think the 3D matters much.  A few scenes were cool but when we saw it in 2D we didn’t feel cheated at all.  Adam hasn’t read the books so it was all new to him.  After the movie, on the way home, he asked questions about why this and why that and I was FINALLY able to answer them rather than saying I CAN’T TELL YOU YET!

3.  Which movie star do you think MADE this movie?
To me this type of movie isn’t about the movie stars … it’s the characters.  Of course Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the favs but the others that really stole the show this time were Professor McGonagall, Molly Weasly, Luna, Nevelle, and Ginny.

4.  Predictability?
For those that had not read the the book it was 0% predictable! Adam had a couple of things figured out but not the WHY behind them.  He was completely taken by surprise!!

5. Rating?
The best! Did I limit myself to 5 stars last time? Well this one deserves a million! This movie stuck more to the books than any other (except maybe the first one).  And the ending … PERFECT!

6. Best line from the movie?
I have two:
Molly Weasley - “Not my daughter you bitch” (High five Molly!!)

*Ginny sees Ron, Harry, and Hermione for the first time and only has eyes for Harry (rather than her brother)* Ron says - "She hasn't seen me in 6 months and it's like I'm Franky First Year."

My only critique of this movie (and it’s a very small one) is that there were a couple of back story pieces of information left out.  They weren’t essential to the story really and to those that had not read the book you would never know it was missing.  On the way to see it again Sunday I brought along my Deathly Hallows book and read Adam two full chapters to explain some things he had asked questions about.

If you are not caught up on these movies do it NOW and go see this in theaters!!! You won’t be sorry!!

Next week: Captain America

Harry Potter Weekend

Have you seen this picture floating around the world??
(source IMDB)

“IT ALL ENDS 7.15”.  That is TODAY people!!! I’m so freaking excited!!
 

Adam has to work tomorrow so we won’t be going to the movies until Sunday :(.  I’m so jealous of everyone that saw it at midnight last night!! I saw on facebook that some people are already going again today!!

Other than Harry Potter, I’m really not sure what our plans are for the weekend.  A lot depends on what hours Adam ends up working tomorrow.  I know that my house needs a good cleaning and I need to workout again. I did my first WW workout last night using a stability ball.  So far I’m not sore, so hopefully it helped!!

So I leave you with a few more funny gifs …

This will be me at the closing credits.

 

:)

Weigh In & I’m Featured!

Today was weigh in day with Weight Watchers!! My goal for this week was to lose 3lbs.

My total lost was 4.2lbs!!!! That means I’m down 9.2lbs so far!!! *HAPPY DANCE!*

The next goal is to hit my 5% mark so I need to lose 2.8lbs by next Thursday! Completely doable!!

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Today I was featured on Janette’s blog for a GREAT idea she has come up with!!! She takes two bloggers, has them answer some fun and interesting questions, and then puts their answers side by side! It’s a fun way of getting to know some new bloggers or find out some things you didn’t know about your favorite blogger!!

Thank you Janette for picking me!!!!!! Click the button to head over to her page and check it out! Sign up so that you can be featured too!

Weight Watcher Update – Food Planning

Today I start my third week of Weight Watchers.  It’s actually been going a lot better than I thought it would.  I don’t feel deprived or starved.  The only negative I have is the headaches from lack of caffeine but that will correct itself eventually.

I have learned a lot about how I eat and my own habits.  The biggest thing that has helped me stick with this is using the paper journal to track my food rather than online or mobile.  When I used the online or mobile tools I always had to write it down and then go input it online when I had time.  Now I just carry my journal with me and jot everything down as I eat it. 

Another thing, besides the ease, that I love about the journal is that I can flip back to previous days really quickly and see how I did.  Let me give you a couple of examples.

Last week (A Wednesday)

Breakfast:
Turkey & Cheese Sandwich Thin – 6pnts
Snack:
2 Fig Newton Fruit Thins – 2pnts
Lunch:
Smart Ones – Fettuccini Alfredo 7pnts
Coke Zero – 0pnts
Dinner:
Grilled Chicken – 3pnts
Black Eyed Peas – 1pnt
Green Beans – 0pnts
I had 17 points leftover from this day!

This past Sunday

Breakfast:
Blueberry Muffin – 15pnts
Snack:
Chocolate Covered Twinkie – 13pnts
Lunch:
Popcorn @ the movies – 7pnts
Dinner:
Grilled Chicken – 3pnts
White Rice – 2pnts
Ranch Style Beans – 2pnts
Gravy – 1pnt
Sweet Tea throughout the day – 18pnts
I went OVER my daily points allowance by 26pnts!!

Now all kinds of things went wrong over this past Sunday.  We went out to eat and I thought a Blueberry Muffin wouldn’t be too bad. WRONG! I should have gotten the scrambled eggs and bacon. Now yes, I did knowingly eat a Chocolate Covered Twinkie but who knew it was better than a muffin! (It was super yummy btw). When we went to the movies I decided to chow down on some popcorn instead of having lunch.  Point wise it was about the same for a lunch, but I wasn’t full and my stomach wasn’t happy. My dinner was about normal.  My sweet beloved sweet tea.  Oh how I miss you sometimes, but you just aren’t worth the points.  It’s shocking to me to see how much food I can fit into my daily allowance if I plan.  But by just winging it and eating (and drinking) junk I totally blew the day!  Thank the weigh watcher creators for giving me extra weekly points!!

My goal for this weeks weigh in on Thursday is to lose 3lbs! Fingers crossed!

Movie Review Monday

I don’t think I have really put much about this on my blog (or haven’t in the past anyways) but we see a movie pretty much every single weekend.  For $15 (includes 2 tickets, huge popcorn, and a drink) it’s not a bad date if you ask me.  My hubby was never a big movie person until we saw Avatar.  He has been hooked ever since.  I’ve always been a HUGE movie person and I love going to the movies.  That is one thing that I love about marriage, it’s always changing and you always discover new things.

So my blog BFF Janette has told me several times that I need to start posting my reviews of movies for the world to see.  So that is exactly what I've decided to start doing each Monday.  I’ll try to be spoiler free but if I just have to say something spoilery I’ll flag it!

Do you like my snazzy button?!?  It’s pretty awesome! You can head over to Janette’s blog and tell her how much ya love it because she made it!! You can also think her for the questions that follow … because she came up with them. 

So onto the movie review for today!! I hope you enjoy!!

Yesterday we saw Bad Teacher.  I had really been wanting to see it because I love Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.  He isn’t the best of actors but he’s hilarious on SNL and is great at comedy.  Adam hasn’t been all that gung ho about it but he said it did look pretty funny so he agreed.

IMDB describes the movie as “a comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.”

1.  Did the trailer/preview give the entire movie away?
Bad Teacher had it’s funny moments, most of which did come from the trailer.  There were a few laugh out loud moments that were new that did make it somewhat enjoyable.

2.  Is this a MUST see in the theaters or do you wish you had just rented it or is it that bad that you would have to wait for it to be free on TBS?
In my opinion it wasn’t worth the $6.50 (each) admission.  I would have been ok spending the $1 to see it in Redbox but I would have preferred it to be free. Like I said it had it’s funny moments but mostly it was just overly raunchy and dumb.  Adam thought parts were hilarious (that I did not) but he still said overall it was stupid.  Overall it’s a forgettable movie that I don’t think people will be running out to buy once it’s on DVD.

4.  Which movie star do you think MADE this movie?
There were several big stars in this movie: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel, and Molly Shannon.  Cameron Diaz of course made the movie what it was.  I don’t think anyone else could have played the part of the sexy, don’t give a shit, jack daniels drinking, teacher.  Justin Timberlake was a pansy and I didn’t enjoy his character at all. There is a scene that I think will be burned in my brain forever (not in a good way).

4.  Predictability? 
The overall story line was 100% predictable.

5. Rating?
1.5 out of 5 stars for being overly raunchy and dumb. I bumped it up .5 because as I was writing this out I thought of a few funny scenes that made me LOL again.

So tell me what you thought about this movie if you have seen it.  Am I way off? Was I just not feeling it??

Also, is there a question you would add to my weekly posting that you would like to know about a movie?

Next Week: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows II

Crazy! Plus Pictures!

Something crazy is going on over here in my little world.  It’s Friday morning and I’m caught up on ALL of my replies to comments on blog posts from the whole week!! Go me!!

Another crazy things … I recorded Big Brother for the first time last night.  It was funny … but I just wasn’t that interested.  I’m not a big fan of reality TV (like this) so I just didn’t get into it.  I think the one guy that was the jerk on the previous show will be a pain in the ass all season and he may be worth watching but I’m just not invested in it.  Also, why does it come on 4 times a week plus nightly shows on showtime? Crazy! 

Are you ready for a THIRD crazy thing!?! I finally found my micro SD card from my old cell phone.  I changed phones in February and immediately lost my card.  So now here’s a brief look at some pics I found!

 
Halloween 2009 – Lexi was the evil witch! :)

 
Nov 2009 – My first beautiful homemade chicken pot pie!! YUM!

I took a picture of a picture in Dec 2009 that I found of me and Adam from BACK IN THE DAY! I loved wearing his jacket …I still have it. :)

January 2010 – My husband works at a box plant.  He used old boxes to insulate our porch so our dog Pepper (RIP) would stay warm.  Awesome dude!

February 2010 – Extreme Home makeover came to our town!

April 2010 – I saw a rubber chicken riding on the back of an 18-wheeler.

July 2010 – This is how our 4th of July usually starts!

August 2010 – I bought a new car.

For some reason after this I slacked off on my picture taking.  Nothing really that funny or interesting to show.  But I do have a mystery picture to share.  I know what it is but it took me forever to figure it out for some reason.  So tell me … what do you see?

Weigh In Day!

Today was weigh in day with Weight Watcher.  I had my mind set on a number and ACHIEVED IT!!

I lost 5lbs!! Woo Hoo!!

I don’t really have a number set in mind for next week but I want to accomplish my 5% goal by 7/21 (2 weeks).

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Quick recap of our long weekend!

Friday:
We saw Transformers and it was AWESOME! Ate a yummy dinner at Applebees that was only 6 points!

Saturday:
Mostly we stayed around the house during the day and went to the band gig that night.  A great night but didn’t get in bed until after 2:30am.

Sunday:
Up at 7am and went to an air show at the airport.  It was AMAZING! I had never been to an air show before. It was about 110 degrees at least and we had to carry around umbrellas to keep from getting too badly sunburned.  When we were leaving an F16 flew about 100 ft over our car and scared the CRAP out of us! It was great! :)

Monday:
A friend of ours came over and him and Adam blew up stuff for a while … it’s a must on 4th of July haha.  At dark we did a few firworks but nothing big compare to what we normally do.  Normally we have about an hour long show and we only had about 10 minutes this time but it was still pretty!

We Want To Know

Is it really Wednesday ALREADY!?! Don’t get me wrong … this is a GOOD THING, I just have a million things to get done by YESTERDAY!

It’s time for We Want To Know with Janette, Mamarazzi, Seriously Shawn, and Impulsive Addict.

I forgot to state in my original posting of this that today’s questions are from Janette (SORRY!).

1. Name five of your favorite new blogs that you're reading.
I don’t have FIVE new blogs that I’m following just because my life has been very crazy but I do have three new ones that are really great!

• Simply Steph
• Southern Girl In Heels
• Powered By Mom Spit

2. When you were a young child or teenager, did you have an idea of how many children you wanted and what their names would be? Did you follow through on your ideas?
I never really had a plan in mind for when I had kids.  In fact when I was a pre-teen and teen I didn’t want kids at all.  I did think it would be nice to have an older brother, so as I got older I decided I wanted a boy and then a girl.  Now I’m thinking just one and I don’t care if it’s a boy or girl! :)

3. What is the silliest thing you fight with someone about? Could be your spouse, sibling, parents, co-worker etc.
My husband and I have an argument at least once a week about my hairspray consumption.  I don’t use a TON of hairspray but he hates walking in the bathroom just as I’ve sprayed it.  He says I could single handedly restore the ozone by not using hairspray … I think he’s completely exaggerating!

4. What is your favorite scent that other's may not find very nice?  ie:  gasoline, sweat from your sweetie, etc.
I love the smell of my puppy dog.  Not when she’s been outside because then she just smells like a dog.  But in the morning when she’s being buried in the blankets and is all warm she smells very sweet.

5. Thoughts on Plastic Surgery? (had it? want it? regrets?)
Some people take it WAY past the extreme.  I think the best plastic surgery is when you can’t tell anything was done.  I know people who have boob jobs that I would have never known if they had not told me.  Once I’m a healthy size and after I have kids I wouldn’t mind having a few tucks or lifts here and there.

Questions Contributors:
#1 – Homesick Cajun
#2 – Lindicious Life
#3 – MY QUESTION! WOO HOO!
#4 – Amy King