Manic Money Monday!

I achieved quite a bit yesterday! At least most of the goals I set out to achieve were accomplished. I had friends over for the game, so I thought it'd be odd if I just started doing push ups & sit ups during commercials (did some this morning). Plus, I would've missed a grown man having cheese licked off his fingers by another grown man. The Doritos commercials were killin' me. Anyhoo, on to my mania! I'm armed with the my debt numbers & will finish a debt-reduction by tomorrow. THERE! I gave myself a deadline, therefore I must meet it! I'll get with a professional to re-calculate my taxes as I have messed them up oh-so-royally! EEEK! It is truly a day of money mania & I gotta put on my game face (even if the Steelers left there's in PA...uggh!) to make it successful. Queue my music of the day... The Peach Coloured Soul Singers!




Today:
$ Call the student loan folks & get a grasp on what I REALLY owe.
$ Hook up w/ H&R Block on if I owe or what the hades is going on w/ my taxes!
$ Use my already bought Groupon coupon for a movie (if I don't end up in a diet coma).
$ I won't spend any money unnecessarily but I will get the kiddos in my life Valentine's gifts.
$ Schedule a massage --- so very NECESSARY!


Thankful for:
* My clothes being looser  :-)
* Being able to do more push ups
* My motivation this morning
* The accountability placed on me by the FT'ers
* Peanut butter

Overboard Binger!

So, I had steak & steak fries (because Texas loves a big bellied gal) & salad & bread. While I only ate half of the steak & fries, I went overboard on bread. I LOVE bread & bread LOVES my belly! After that meal, I did no walking around the outlet mall as intended. I got in my car & drove my binging, bloated ass 46 miles back to SA & climbed in to the bed immediately. 12 hours of "dieting" ensued & now I'm awake & truly considering joining WW with you all so I can stop eating like a cave man. I am fully aware that I cannot lose weight without making better food choices. Nemrac believes the opposite. It's time she take a vacation from my head. :-)  Before I commit to WW, I will give myself 2 weeks of eating cleanly to see if I can stick with self-imposed alterations to my diet. I must admit that the steak binge was the first one in a long, long while & I generally eat small portions. Wish me luck, ladies!  I need a massage! Pretty sure my masseuse does not want to rub this belly. Well, maybe they will for good luck! 

Today I will:

= indeed see a movie

= deliver my donations

= walk the park or something like that

= dust, vacuum, & do some laundry

= do sit ups & push ups during Super Bowl commercials

Thankful for:

= recognizing when I've eaten too much

= being a decent writer

= the resolve & positive attitude of Elizabeth (sending well wishes your way)

= the weather

= libraries

Shut the Eff Up!

Good Mornin' Divas!

Because I work the graveyard shift, I usually have a whole heap of peace while I'm here & I usually watch a movie from 2-4am. Well, this morning/last night, folks were not having it! It went from one fella trying to talk me to death from 1:50 - 2:35'ish a.m. to another trying to roll out (literally, as he is in a wheelchair) for a smoke @ 4:00 a.m. And I'll be damned if the security guard didn't come rapping & tapping on the door @ 4:19!!! "People!!!! I'm sitting in the dark trying to finish a quarter-decent movie! Leave me the hell alone! I mean REALLY!" Those were my thoughts as the interruptions flowed. And when I ask, "Is there anything you want or need?" Please don't try to be cute with the response of "Y.O.U.!"  Freakin' yuck! Getdahellowdaherewillya?!?! Do I PMS much? Sorta. :-) Maurice the Menstrual will be here in approximately one week, so these fellas will catch hades up until then. Anyhoo, on to more boring topics...
 

As mentioned a couple days ago, I went through the lists of things I said I was going to do & have yet to accomplish. I did, indeed, look in to the medical coding course, but it was full. I'll have to try again in May. The social work program application is all complete & I've decided against pursuing that degree. My flakiness can crust three pies, I tell ya. I do not want more student loan debt as I'm unhappy with what I'm already having to repay. So, won't become a social worker any time soon, if at all. I've started to start a budget & debt reduction plan at least 5 times. I will complete the plan w/ in the next 5 days. (I hate to say I'll do it tomorrow, as I know me all too well & I'll let other stuff distract me.) I will take my donations to the women's shelter today or tomorrow morning. Uhm...I'm sure there are some other things I said I'd have accomplished by now, but I've voluntarily let them slip my mind. I'll work on what's currently filling my Do NOW plate.

Yesterday:
I did do a wee bit of fitness.
I chatted it up w/ my dad for over a hour & it was fantastic!
I finished a movie & even another this morning.
I picked up my new favorite wine. (A tipsy blog may be in the near future)

Today I hope to walk the outlet malls in San Marcos before or after eating a hearty steak. Yay!
And I hope to diet like no other! Wouldn't ya know... the peach-coloured black men are on the radio again. Sara & I both are smiling! Another one of my guys just poked his head in my barely ajar door & asked if I wanted him to leave! Uhm...YES! I'm eating lunch. Sheesh.

Sorry for the length of pissyness Divas! Enjoy the day & tomorrow's blah blah blog will be lighter!

Whiny Weather

Good Morning Favorites!

Is it okay for me to keep blame the weather for my lack of motivation and unproductiveness? C'mon! Let me. Pleeeeeeeese! See there...my whining has begun. Yay for whiny weather. At least I didn't get tipsy before noon yesterday. However, I also didn't do any fitness either. Unless, of course, you'd like to count me trekking down a slope because the stairs were sealed off to get in to my freakin' building and then going out to slide across the snowy parking lot later. Yes. Yes. I am fully aware of that long ass sentence & know it's crappy. :-)  Today, IF I get home (the city has already began to shut down hiways and streets and buses, etc...), I'll do some push ups and sit ups. Fo' real. I'm not joshin' this time.

I went through my Priority PRIORITY list & noticed many un-done tasks. Damnit, I suck gnat balls sometimes with following through. However, I now am serious about getting some of them accomplished. Again, no joshin'. I even am looking at a map of Texas to see where KimB & I can meet to chuckle and dine. Muleshoe here we come?!?! :-)  I finished "Dinner for Schmucks" this morning (I LOVE the graveyard shift) & will finish another movie should I get home. Whoo hoo, I'm on my way.  Nemrac Minnetonka hasn't completely taken over Carmen's life yet!

Ladies, thanks to each one of you for keeping me in check & making me just chuckle. Elizabeth, we're sending all the positive vibes to ensure you STAY on THE MOVE! We love ya sister!

Have a great one Divas!

Water & Wine = Happy Times!

Hello Hot Mama's!


Yesterday, I had the intention of achieving a great deal. I was a bit frazzled from work the night before. Let me rephrase that... I wasn't frazzled, I was plum pissed off. So, I came home & thought I'd go through my Priority PRIORITY list & start knocking off some tasks. Somehow, I ended up soaking in the tub & had 2 glasses of wine. Well, guess who can't focus on her DO IT NOW list when she's hot and tipsy! [Hint: I'm raising my hand] 
Are you ready to raise your eyebrows in surprise (Mel, I know you can do this as you wrote that you added them back to your lovely face)? I didn't do a damned thing on my list. Wait, did I have a list???  Oh...I did some push ups before going to work last night. I may do some again today. We'll see. I'm out of wine, so I should be good and productive unless Nemrac, the alter ego of Carmen, decides to have spiked hot chocolate.


Today: 


* I will not get tipsy before noon!
* I will do some sort of fitness.
* Possibly finish a movie.
* Maybe get my tires rotated. 
* I will find out if I left a Texas retirement savings account open somewhere.


Thankful for:


Every one of you every single day!

Excitmentless in Tejas!

Hello Divas!

Well, yesterday didn't provide much excitement. Didn't really leave my place because of the cold weather. And while it's not NEARLY as cold as it is for any of you all, it was too damned cold for me to pretend to function as Carmen the Great! I did sleep. And did not do push ups because I plain ole forgot. I'll make it happen today though.

I also plan on going back through January's blogs to see what I set out to do & have yet to conquer. Those items will move to the top of the priority priority list. (Yea, there's priorities and then there are real PRIORITIES!) I'll also do some indoor fitness to keep the cold blood circulating.

Wishing you each a healthy, sunny, and productive day.


Cheers!

Hooray Ole for Love Month!

Hello Divas!

Congrats on a successful month one! I gotta say we all kicked ass even if we felt like our

asses kicked us some days.

I'm tired & don't have much to blog blog blog today. I've got to get a bulb replaced in my

car & am just whipped about the idea of paying someone to do it. But, since I bragged about

it being 81 degrees here the other day, it dropped to a cool 37 & I aint trying to do car work

in that temperature. 

So...I'll head out & see if one of these local spots will change the bulb. I may not make it to

the movies as my sleep diet may take over. I'll force myself to at least do some push ups.

I know we'll have a Fantastic February! Happy Black History Month to you Sistas, too!