My goals for 2017

I have decided not to make Resolutions.  Everyone breaks them anyway, so why bother.

So I've made a few goals I will be working towards in this new year.

First, Crossfit 2-3 days a week at the box ( the Crossfit word for gym) and 1-2 days a week at home.  I will have to work up to this as I've been a total slacker and working out 3-5 days a week right off the bat would kill me.

Second  get my deadlift up to 300lbs.  Yes, this will take some time, and probably won't happen until at least summer time, if not fall

Third.  Run a mile without stopping to walk.  Again, this will take a while.  I'm pretty out of shape as far as cardio goes so I'm going to have to work at this.

Fourth  Be a little more selective in my makeup purchases.  I've had a few I've not been exactly happy with.   Time to slow it down and get the ones I know I'll be really really happy with.  I will still be looking for my holy grail of foundation of course. I'm still looking for that perfect foundation.

Fifth  Be consistent with my eating  Been eating a whole bunch of crap, which makes me feel like crap.  I need to be consistent with healthy eating, which makes me feel better, and makes me look better.  And not just weight, but skin, hair, nails.  I just look better.

Sixth  Do a pullup.  I need to work on strength, and probably lose some weight to make it easier, but I want to do a pullup by the end of the year

Seventh  Do toes to bar.  Again, probably need to lose some weight to make it easier, but I will work on doing toes to bar 

I've got a couple other, but I need to find out my one rep max for things like cleans, clean and press, squats so I can see where I want to go with them.

So there it is in plain view for whomever to see.  My goals for this new year.   

Makeup and such for Christmas!

Yes, my family knows me well.  I got two new palettes for Christmas.  My daughter got me the Kyshadow Burgundy palette shown here:

It is so cool! 
And my hubby got me the one I literally told him to get. The Urban Decay Ultimate Basics palette.

OMG!  I love them both so much!

I also got new plate weights so that I can practice Crossfit lifts at home.  Now I just need to get up off my ass and do it.

I've been working towards making goals and plans on how to get to my goals for this next year.   I'm not going to really focus on weight loss as much as eating healthy, and hitting some fitness goals.  Hubby and I are comparing treadmills so I can work on running here at home without freezing my butt off in the winter.

I'm a little bummed out. Carrie Fisher died today.  2016 has SUCKED for losing people.  Not just celebrities, but people around my community that will be greatly missed. 2016 just needs to go fuck off.

Well, its about time to get something to eat, then think about getting ready for work.  Maybe I'll get lucky and get put on call.  I hope so.  LOL!

I told you l liked, no loved makeup lol

So late last night, and I'm talking like 1:45 am, cause I'm a night shift, pure night owl, I started washing my makeup brushes. Or at least the ones I tend to use the most often.

Well, while putting them up to dry, I started looking at my eye shadow palette collection.  And I think I dug out about half my collection, and swatched at least some of the colors all over my forearms.  I just liked looking at how pretty the colors are, what looks I could do with them. Just how nice they are.  I literally had to wash my fingers and my arms off, so I could do more.  Weird I know, but what can I say.  I just like what makeup can do.

Speaking of, I ordered 2 more palettes. Both from BH Cosmetics, which as become one of my favorite places to get makeup.  Great selection, great palettes, and super inexpensive.  Here's what I ordered.

This is the Rose Gold palette.

This one is the Special Collection. Those on the bottom row are blushes, so you get both eye shadows and blushes.   So pretty!

I actually managed a workout today.  Nothing much.  Worked on some overhead squats, front squats, planks, hanging leg raises, and hang cleans. Oh and air squats with a hold at the bottom. And some rotator cuff moves to keep my shoulders happy.  Only did about 25 min, but it did feel good to workout again.   I needed a nice workout.

White shit from hell is falling today.  I hate winter.  I've said it once, I'll say it 100 times. I hate winter.  Snow is only pretty for about 30 mins then it starts looking dirty.  And when it melts, its a freaking sloppy mess for weeks.  I hate winter.

I think maybe I should go do something.  Not sure what.  Its crappy, snowy and dark outside, so nothing outside.  Hubby is watching hockey on tv. Sigh.  Maybe I need to play video games.  Skyrim, or Mass Effect maybe.  Not played them in a while.

Makeup is my addiction lol

My word. I told myself  that for the Christmas season, I would either not buy any makeup at all, or only a little bit .   LOL!  OMG!  I wonder what I consider buying a little???  I've gotten 2 foundations, a few eye shadow palettes, and a few lipsticks.  Oh, and the peach blush palette from Too Faced.  I guess I should be happy I didn't get the shadows from Two Faced lol.

What can I say. I love makeup.  I love how it can transform how you look. How you feel about yourself.  How you can decide to wear it, or not.  Or how much you want to wear.  A little bit for a more natural look, or go full out dramatic and everything in between.  I love the colors, I love just,well I LOVE MAKEUP!  I just can't help myself.  Yes, I NEED the 15 shades of purple eye shadow.  I need 25 shades of pink lipstick.  I need it all! So, of course, I'm online looking at more makeup.  I really want this from ABH.

The Moonchild highlighter from Anastasia of Beverly Hills.  OMG!  I've wanted this for a long time.  Maybe when I hit a fitness goal I'll get it for myself.

Speaking of fitness goals, I've been slacking big time.  Still having trouble finding motivation. I've literally been telling myself that it will get better in a few days when the sun will be out a little more each day.  In a few days.  Just give it a few days and  I can tell myself that there is more sunshine, even if its not shining.  I hope it starts working soon, me telling myself that.

The weather really has me down today.  Its spitting snow and ice.  Yep, ice on the roads. FUCK!  I hate driving on ice.  And Sunday the high will be 6 degrees  Fahrenheit.  The high.  The low, well well well below zero.  And I have to go out in this shit.  I was not designed to be in the winter.  I really hate it.   I guess I'm just not smart enough to move where its warm all the time.  UGH!

Kind of a rambling blog today lol.  Maybe I need to look at more makeup or shoes to cheer myself up lol

Where did my motivation go?

I had a cold last week, one of those that you need to blow your nose when you move.  So anyway, I didn't get much in the way of workouts in.  Kind of hard to workout when you do a move, blow your nose. Do a move, blow your nose.   I'm finally about over it, still need to blow my nose a couple times,but it doesn't run better than I do lol.

But my motivation has totally taken a dive. I think it packed up and went to warmer weather.   I know some is this time of the year.  The lack of sunshine always takes a toll on my mood, my energy, my motivations.  And I know working out and eating healthy would actually make me feel better, but, well, in the middle of it all, I just can't make myself.  I do take St Johns Wort which helps my mood. I usually start taking it late Oct, early Nov.  I was a little slow this year, not starting til mid Nov.  It does seems to help even things out.  And I do try to get as much sunshine in as I can, but working nights, that makes it hard.  

I just need to force myself to do something. Ok, I've been doing some stretching and stuff, but that doesn't really burn many calories or build muscle now does it.  I'm on call tonight, sigh, and while I should do something I hate just starting some workout, then getting the call. Or just starting to break a sweat, then getting the call, and having to try to clean up really fast then going to work.  Being on call sometimes sucks.

Work was really long last night. My 2 ICU patients were not needing much from me, so it was a long night.  That makes for a very long night.  I think that 12 hours lasted more like 36 lol.    I long for the day I can work part-time.  I love being a nurse, but I love being with my hubby whom I have not gotten to see for months at a time when he was deployed.  Part-time would give me the best of both worlds.  Being a nurse, and getting to spend a lot of time with my hubby.

Maybe someday.

Sitting here watching one of my favorite movies

Aliens.  Yes, Aliens is one of my all time favorite movies. Period.  I am not your usual woman.  I don't like the "chick flicks"  I like comic book movies, I like sci fi movies, I like action movies.  I have seen Aliens so many times, I can quote at least 75% of it with the actors. 

I'm on call tonight.  Kind of nice.  Of course, there is the chance I'll be called in to work, but at least for now, I'm not going to have to get up and get around for work. 

Last night, I watched the Ring with my youngest.  We had an interesting talk about " well, what if you were not around a phone when you watched the tape" or, "now, there would be a skype call when you watched the You Tube video"  and then it turned into " what if Bruce Banner watched the tape"  We determined that Samara would scare Bruce, which would trigger the change into the Hulk.  He'd be pissed that this bitch would scare Bruce, and that she got the hardwood floors wet climbing out of the tv.  She'd end up worse off than Loki in the Avengers lol.

I reviewed a new foundation the other day on my You Tube Channel. Here's the link, in case you are interested.  Its the Josie Maren Radiance Foundation.
Foundation Friday

I've been eating really not that great in the last couple days.  I have been fighting a little cold, and my nose has been very stuffy.  The chips and hot spicy cheese dip help open my nose up some. 

Ok, so I just watched the new Guardian's of the Galaxy2 trailer and I need to see this movie NOW! OMG!  Baby Groot!  Drax!  I must see this movie!

See, I'm not your usual woman.