Being a Grandma Rocks! And moving will suck

So on Aug 24, her due date, we welcomed out granddaughter, Charlotte Fern.  She's amazing! And I'm totally in LOVE LOVE LOVE with her.
Here's a video about her birth
My granddaughter

We are now the main babysitters for her. I've managed to cut down to just a few days a month at work and try to time it so I'll be sleeping when mommy or daddy have the day off to be home with her.  So far, its fantastic!  She's a joy!  She's so happy and well, loved lol.

And in other news, my hubby and I are early on in the stages of buying a new house.  The one we have now, we are selling super cheap to our daughter and son in law. And of course Charli will be living here too lol.

Its a really nice house in the country and comes with about 10 acres which I'm thrilled about.  This means I'll be able to have a horse again. I grew up on a big farm, and had horses all the time I was growing up.  So the thought of riding again is a wonderful thing.

Here's a few pictures of what will be our house in March.

The outside obviously lol

And a couple views of the main living area.

Its got a huge finished basement, and we are planning on putting a full gym down there, and a family/game room as well. 

To bad I don't have the Infinity gauntlet so I could snap my fingers and just get everything moved without doing the work lol.  Moving does suck but it will be worth it in the end. 

And I've already started to declutter stuff.  Less stuff I'll have to move. It will be a slow process, but in the end, so worth it.
But moving still sucks.

Doing the "Baby Watch 2019" is so hard!

So my oldest daughter is due with our first ever grandchild, a little girl, tomorrow.
I've been on "baby watch" all this week.  And let me tell you, every time my phone rings , I about jump outta my clothes.  Only to be disappointed that its a stupid robo call.   She messages me  the "is this normal" and I've gotten a few um, interesting pictures, cause being a nurse, she's sent me a couple pictures of the "is this ok" variety.  Things that all lead to "that baby should be showing up soon" but so far. Nothing.   Hurry up you little baby.  Mommy, daddy, the grandparents and aunts all want to meet you!   And everyone else want to meet you.

I joined a fitness challenge with my Peloton bike for the next 8 weeks.  3 rides a week.  I'll do my 3rd tonight if I'm not called to the hospital.  I'd rather be called to the hospital and make up the ride next week lol. 

I need to get my butt back going cause I've gained back 7 of the 8lbs I lost. 😞😢   I can't believe I did that.  I guess its better than gaining it all back and then some but still. 

So maybe this challenge will help.  I hope so.

About all for today.  Once that baby gets here, I'll post more often.

I just don't want to "people" today.

Ever have a time,where thinking about being around people just makes you go

I'm having that day today.  I just don't want to people today.

I was a very long night of work last night.  Very long. Very busy.  Just, not good.   And today, I just refuse to people today.

So I'm sitting in my house, with my pets watching lame tv. Cause I can.  Hubby is at the local county fair watching the Demolition Derby, and I'm alone with the  pets watching lame tv.  And its amazing.

Tomorrow hubby and I are going to Des Moines to pick a few things up we can't get in our home town.   And go out to eat.  I'm trying to decide if I want to pick something up for myself, like new workout shoes.  I need more workout shoes like I need more cats, but I want new workout shoes, lol.  Or something.  Maybe I'll look at some. 

Maybe new workout shoes or something fitness related will help get my butt more on track.  I'm just flailing around.  I've been kind of lazy, just not doing what I need to do.  I don't know why!  I need to get into better shape, and better health.  I just can't seem to get it together more than a couple days in a row.   I really need to work on this.  Work on not only my motivation, but my dedication to getting myself in better health.    Maybe when I go part-time at the hospital it will be easier for me.  I won't be as stressed out and won't feel the need to just sleep to catch up on sleep.

I'm so thankful that I have a hubby who understands my need to be alone sometimes.  People don't tend to believe me when I say I'm more of an introvert, but I have times I need to just be alone with no one around.  Even if its just in my room. I just need to have alone time.

I think I just need to pick a workout plan and just stick with it for 4 weeks. How hard can it be to just pick one workout?  I guess its pretty hard cause I can't seem to do it. Its like my brain goes  "Ok, I'm going to do program x"  then 2 hours later "no I want to do program A"  then "no program 5 looks great"   When they all are wonderful, and would give me results but I bounce around and don't start any of them, or I start one, for a week, then get all like  "I wonder if this other program would be better"

Ugh, my brain wears me out sometimes.

August is gonna be AWESOME!

First off, I'm gonna become a grandma in late Aug!  I can't wait.  My granddaughter will be here soon, and I can't wait!  Ok, I can cause I don't want her to get here early, but still.   I am excited to get her here, hold her, kiss her, love her. 

Then in mid Aug, I'm going semi part-time.  I say semi cause the hospital I work at doesn't have part-time, which is STUPID!   Its either full time, or casual, where you pick up shifts.   Again, stupid, cause there are people who only want to work part time,  but want the guaranteed hours cause casual doesn't have guaranteed hours.

But I digress.   I will be cutting back on work, so I will be home more often.  I will be able to babysit my little granddaughter.  I will be able to spend time with my hubby.  I will be able to do things more at home I'd like to do, but often feel to tired to do now.  I will be able to workout more often.  Blog more often. Make YouTube videos more often.

It's going to be so nice!

So, I've been slacking on my workouts.  Starting tomorrow, I'm going to get back to at least 3 workouts a week.  Through the summer, I'm going to do my dvd/streaming workouts with spinning via my Peloton.  Then this fall/early winter I'll lift heavy again.    I think I want to focus on Cathe, Jari Love's Ripped series, and my old Firms  They always help get my into shape.  Cathe has some of the best workouts on streaming ever, I think.  I've also been looking on YouTube for some free content. 

My daughter had her baby shower today.  Gonna put some of the video I took in a video for my channel  Might take a while to get all the stuff edited cause I've got a lot of footage lol. It was so nice and the kids got a really great head start on stuff they need for the baby! 


I only have about 6 weeks left of full time work, and then I'll be free more often!  AH, I can't wait!  And in about 8 weeks, I'll have my grandbaby!  I also can't wait!

Sitting here watching Friday the 13th part 2 lol.  I love the old Friday the 13th movies.  They are so fun to watch.  I mean, they are hilarious!  Some of the best comedy out there lol.

Not much else to say today.

Starting off bumpy

So, I maybe have not quite gotten the eating healthier down yet lol.  I've had ice cream two days in a row.  Now I feel very bloated.   Time to drink LOTS of water

Ok, so maybe not at all.  But hey baby steps right?  At least I got my macros all set up and know what I want to do.  More protein.  More water.  Less salt.

Ok, so I put up a new video on my YouTube channel. 
I spent $300+ at Ulta

Yep, a decent haul for myself at Ulta.  If I ever would make money off my channel, well, first I'd do a BIG giveaway with my first ever check, but then I'd use any money I'd make on stuff to review.

That's a ways off, so its gonna be a while.

But first, I need to get back to reviewing stuff.  I think I'll review this next.

Been wearing it a while now, and I think I'll do a wear test with it.  Let's see, I have Wed off, so that would be a good day to film a decent wear test with it.  I hope, anyway lol.

I've had some really good nights off, and I don't really want to go back to work. I can't WAIT until I can cut back to part-time.  It will be so nice to only work 2 nights a week, not 2.  Doesn't sound like much, but it will be for me.

Reading this book at the moment.

I'm not that far into it.  A few chapters, but it is good so far.  Can't wait to see what happens.  Might review it for my channel.

Not much to say today. Might as well end this cause I'll just start rambling .

So May was a bust. But June will be my month

Well, I didn't do so hot in May.   I only worked out a few times, like 4 and that was it.  I've eaten way to much crap, gained a few pounds back and generally feel pretty crappy about it.

But June is same as here, and its a good time to get myself back on track.  I got myself a day planner just for my workouts.  I literally have scheduled my workouts for the next 10 days.   And I'm going to start tracking my step/activity levels too.    Why?  Cause I'm lazy.

Yep I'm a lazy ass.  My favorite activities pretty much revolve around sitting.  Reading, playing video games, watching movies/tv, surfing the net.  All sitting.  So I need to increase my baseline activities.  I'll track for a week or two, then increase my daily steps by 500 each week.  Might make my weight loss a little easier to achieve if I was moving a little bit.

So I decided for the next 8 weeks I'm going to lift weights 3 times a week, and spin one day a week.   I'm pretty much decided to use this as a base for my lifting program.

I'm not going to follow it exactly how its written, but this will be a good base for my workouts. 

I've also gotten My Fitness Pal back on my phone and have really started to track my food again. Ok, so right now I'm tracking one meal a day.  Next week, I'll add tracking another.  Until I'm really tracking everything I eat.  I'm pretty sure I need to eat more protein.  I've really been slacking on getting my protein in. And I'm pretty sure that's one reason I'm up a couple pounds.

I think I have found my 2 favorite foundations ever.
This. 

I love this foundation, and it just expanded the color range, which is amazing!  Now I'll be able to wear this in the winter!!!  I've been LOVING this foundation this month.

And then I refound this one this winter.

OMG!  I forgot how amazing this is amazing. I need to pick up a shade darker for this summer. 

Then I need to declutter a few foundations that are not been used. I've got a few that I need to get rid of cause I just am not wearing them.  Maybe I should go do that right now, while I'm thinking about it.  I could at least get rid of three foundations.  I need to.

Longer blog today.  Should be as long as its been since I blogged.   I will do much better in June.  June will be my month!

Another Workout Challenge

So I did so well with my April workout challenge, I did get my workouts in, all 13, I decided to do it again in May. 

But I'm off to a slow start.  Like zero workouts so far.

I've been SOOOOOO tired all I want to do is sleep on my time off from work.  I'm hoping to do something tonight.  I got put on call tonight and I'm hoping to do a little walking on my treadmill followed by a bunch of foam rolling and stretching.   Pray I don't get called into work tonight lol.

I'm not 100% sure what my reward for hitting 13 workouts will be, but I am leaning towards a Wayne Goss brush set.  Or a Pat McGrath palette.  I'll decide later. 

Work has been a bit of a bitch.  Lots, I mean LOTS of very sick people.  Not just kind of sick, but like "are they gonna die" sick.  And way to many of them.    Its some better thank goodness.  But I'm sure all it has just enhanced my exhaustion. 

I can't wait to cut down to part-time. It will so much easier to get workouts in, when I'm not so tired, not strapped for time to sleep and go back to work.  And of course, be with my grandbaby!

My daughter's pregnancy is going very well!  She's having a girl and I'm very excited to meet my granddaughter.  Gonna be wonderful.

That's about it for now. For not blogging for a while, I don't really have much to say lol.

Down 8.2bs and I've gotten 3 workouts in!

Now that 8.2lbs is since about Christmas time, well a few days before.  But still.  Its slow, but its going so that's good.  Better to have lost 8.2lbs than not to have lost anything, and it REALLY beats gaining 8.2lbs!  So I'm pretty happy.

And I've gotten 3 workouts in!  A spinning workout, then a bunch of stretching, cause I've neglected it quite a bit here lately. And today, a twofer.  I walked 2.5miles outside cause it was a gorgeous day, then in the evening, lifted weights.  Wore some new pants for my workout.. They are from Grrrl Clothing and super cute!

I mean look at them!  Super cute, right?

Got to admit, looking at pictures/videos of myself at this weight is a little hard.  I'm SOOO overweight.  I know. Better than I was, but I've got at least 30lbs to go. 40 would be better, but I'd be fairly happy with 30.  Just keep at it and it will happen. 

Going shopping on Sunday with my daughter. Gonna start getting baby stuff!  I can't wait for my grandbaby!    Her ultrasound is on Tue.  I hope I get to go

I ordered this the other day, and it came and its so pretty.  Who would have thought after the 80s blue eye shadows I've worn I'd ever want to wear blue again, but this is making me.

Yep, the Blue Blood palette.  Worn it and its really good.

Not much else today.  Have a great day.

My workout challenge for April! Join me if you want!

So I've decided to crawl my lazy butt back on the workout wagon. I've taken about 9 days off here  and well, its time to get up and get back to my workouts.
So I and a couple people I work with are doing a workout challenge.   Simply we're saying how many workouts we're doing in April. That's it.  Simple, right?

Me, I'm doing 13 workouts in April. And I'm going to reward myself when I hit 13 workouts. I'm getting a big old bottle of this.

Vintner's Daughter Serum. Very expensive.  But I had a sample I manged to get to last for a month, and this is big enough it should last about 5-6 months.  And I thought my skin looked better when I was used it. SOOOO.  Its a great reward for hitting my goal of 13 workouts in a month.  So I have a great reason to hit that goal!

If you want to join me, just comment on my blog.  I'll be posting about my challenge here during April.

I also need to focus on my eating a little Slacked off this weekend, and I'm up a half a pound, but that's not horrid.  But I don't want it to turn horrid, so back at it tomorrow.

That's about it for today.   Hope you all have a great day.

Back to saving money

I put money in my little savings account again. First time since Jan.  Bout time.  I need to start saving up money again.  I have things I'd like to buy.  I'd like to buy a really "woo woo" purse. You know, one of those purses that are expensive cause they have a name on them.  I've got my eye on a few, but I need to save up more money for them.
I think this one is super cute:

Might just see if its still around when I get enough saved up.


And I need to lay off buying quite as much makeup. I've got SOOO much I need to actually use, so I need to lay off getting new right now.  I've gotten quite a bit already this month, so I think I'm done for a while.  I mean, I have stuff I want to get. but man.  Its enough already.  Use what I've got for a while. After all, I have 3 project pans I'm working on right now, so I need to work on using the stuff in my project pans.

I picked up a shift at the nursing home for tonight.  Planning on putting that money either away in savings, or paying down my credit card.  Or maybe I'll put half in savings and put the other half to an extra payment. That sounds like a pretty good idea.  I've got a small balance, and it would be nice to get it paid off.

I was thinking of doing a shopping trip next Tue. cause hubby will be gone. But I think maybe I'll stay at home, and put the money I would have splurged on myself into savings.   And after a weekend of work, maybe a day at home, alone, would be just what the nurse ordered.  I might just give myself a mani/pedi.  A facial. A hot bath.  A long workout.  Just do self care.   Self care is just what I might need after a long weekend of work this coming weekend.

Now, time to eat supper!  Hope you have a great day.

What a difference a workout can make

See this happy face?  This is the face of someone who just killed her Peloton workout!   I had not biked in like 7 days. I was not feeling well last weekend, sinus pressure/crap.  Then went into a very long 3 day stretch at work.  LOTS of very sick people.  LOTS!  Not flu thank goodness, but just sick.  Busy busy busy.   I was so exhausted today.  I mean I almost, ALMOST skipped my workout.  Literally, as I was walking to change my clothes to spin, I was thinking "I should just go to bed, or watch tv or something"

But I didn't!  I changed my clothes, and I went and picked a nice 30 min workout. Something a little challenging. Something with an awesome 70s mix of music.
 And I hit a new PR for my ride!.

I really enjoyed this workouts.  I'll be looking for more of Christine's rides.  I liked her style. 
I just feel SOOO much better now.  More energy, happier.  And I know I'll sleep better tonight.

I recommend everyone get a little workout in a few times a week!  It does your body and mood good.

In the makeup front, well, Colorpop made an GREEN palette.  I LOVE GREEN.

Its called Just my Luck. Isn't it just so pretty!  Of course I bought it DUH!   While I think Colourpop needs to slow down with releases, this one is so super pretty.   I'll probably review it on my YouTube channel.  Here's a link if you are interested in checking out my beauty channel.  Barbells and Beauty

I also have a fitness channel..  I'd like to see it grow a little as I attempt to get fit.  Rhonda Gets Fit

I guess that's about it for today.  I'm looking forward to riding again tomorrow. Might attempt a 45 min workout.  I'll keep you updated!

My face hurts. I hate when my face hurts

I've got a sinus thing. I don't think its infection, just a plugged up sinus.  Yesterday, it was both of them behind my cheekbones.  Today its mostly my right cheek sinus.   Its the kind where it makes your upper teeth HURT.  And they do.  The hurting teeth float from one tooth to another UGH.

And then my face hurts when I go outside.  I mean its about 35 degrees below normal, and our windchills are well below zero, Fahrenheit.  I walked to the mailbox and back today, which usually takes just a couple mins, and my face was getting numb from the wind on it. WTF.  Its MARCH not January.  Its normally like 41 degrees. Today it was 9F.  That's up from 4F yesterday. UM, someone turn up the heat outside just a little bit, ok.  Thanks!.

I'm hungry but I don't know what I want to eat.  Oh, I know what I want to eat, but A: its not good for me and B: its not in the house and C: I'm not going outside in the dark, in the cold to get donuts.  So, I guess I need to get something I have in the house that's sort of healthy. 

I ordered these the other day, and they came Fri. 

I need to actually try them out.  My face has been hurting so bad I just can't do much.  I'm getting better, so I hope to get a spinning workout in tomorrow before I go to work. 

I'd rather not work ever lol.  I think I just want to retire early so I can laze around the house and help hubby keep it up.  And get my decluttering done.  I've slacked off on my declutter quite a bit here lately.  I need to drop off the bad of stuff I've decluttered and go through more stuff and declutter more.

My weight loss is slow.  Very slow.  But better slow than nothing.  Lost a total of 6.4lbs since Dec 1.  Ok, very slow, but I'm ok with slow.   Slow is better than no weight loss, which is still better than gaining.  I think once spring finally arrives, I'll do a little better.  Mainly cause I'll want to go outside and putz around the yard, and eventually get a flower garden planted.

I'm hoping by summer, I'll be able to cut back to part-time at the hospital.  That will be really nice.  Only working 2 nights a week will sure be better than 3 nights a week.  We're getting a lot of new nurses hired, so I won't feel bad.  They won't be in a bind not having me there one fewer night a week.

I'm sitting here with Odin sharing the footrest of my recliner. He's been a little stinker this weekend, but then he'll be a little lover, or we'll play and its almost all forgiven. LOL. 

That's about all I have to say.  I really need to get something to eat.  My stomach is really starting to growl.  And I don't want to be hangry.

Congrats to Rami!

Ok, so I really didn't watch the Oscars. I watched a few min at the end, but that's it.  Heck I've only seen two of the "big" nominees, Black Panther, which wasn't even Marvel studios best picture of the year let alone one of the best pics of the year, and Bohemian Rhapsody.

I adored Rami's portrayal of Freddie in Bohemian Rhapsody. So of course, I'm thrilled he won.  Members of Queen have said they are amazed at how he "became" Freddie, so if they think he did an outstanding job, then he probably deserved to win.

In other words, I'm LOVING my new Peloton bike!!!!  I've used it quite a few times, and except the mild soreness in my butt from the seat, look forward to my ride.  I'm right now working on heart rate zones and next month I'm going to do Power Zone training for a while.  I need to get my cardio capacity better.  I think doing the power zone, which gets you working in different zones, after you test on zones, and push you to get maybe a little harder.

Otherwise, I just can't get myself together. I'm feeling very discouraged.  I'm counted calories, I've tracked macros. I've worked out some. I'm up 1.2lbs. UGH!  Ok, so lets do measurements. Well, that's a fail.  CRAP!   I know this winter has got me in a HUGE funk, and I know for a while I've been cheating A LOT. But come on, this last week I was doing so well.  WTF!  I hate this sometimes.

Maybe I need to work my macros out more. Change it up.  Or just keep going for a couple more weeks and see what happens.  Maybe I need to curl up in a ball, under a blanket, bitch about how cold it is, be pissed at hubby who has lost like 10lbs cause of a new med that cuts his appetite and then take a long hot bath.

Or run away to a warmer climate for a while.  I'm sick of cold.  So much for March being the start of spring.  They are forecasting lows well WELL below zero. And highs barely hitting double digits.  And that's' Fahrenheit for anyone  who isn't in the US.  Normal high temps are usually in the upper 30s maybe lower 40s.  SOOO.  We'll be about 30 degrees below normal. UGH!.

So I'm fat, cold, and slightly discouraged.  And did I mention cold?

I totally forgot to mention this.

So I got myself a Peloton bike

I did.  I ordered the dang thing after the blessing of my hubby.

And you know what, I think I'm really going to enjoy it.  I've done 2 rides on it so far,and  I've enjoyed them both.  The feedback you get from the monitor is AMAZING!   It has spurred me on just a little harder than I would have worked out.   I don't want to be last lol. 

I made a video introducing my new bike on my fitness YouTube channel.
Meet my Peloton

In other news, I kind of slipped up a little on my low sugar challenge.  I stopped one day at a local convenience store to knock more of the 4 inches of snow off my car and clean out my wipers that were coated with snow and ice.  And then like an idiot, got donuts to eat on the rest of the way home.  Then I ate Reeses Peices . UGH.  I only was gonna treat myself once a week, not twice a day.  So time to get back on track today.  Valentine's Day is over, and as long as I can stay away from the 50% off candy, I'll be good.

Hubby and I went to Des Moines, and I didn't even stop in Ulta or Sephora.  That's a big deal for me cause I was literally in the mall where Sephora is, and drove really close to where there is an Ulta.   I need to get a little less makeup.  Of course I also just ordered several singles from Coastal Scents sooo.  

I think I might try to do another Project Pan.  A SuperHero theme.  I think that might be fun, and get me using more of my makeup.    I'll need to do a little thinking for this one.

More snow is on the way.  I'm about 19000000% over winter.   January lasted about 829 days, and so far February is lasting about 435 days.   We've had more than 43 inches of snow this winter according to my hubby who has been keeping track.   And more on the way,🙁🙁🙁   I'm done.  I need to move where it is at least above freezing. 

Soon it will be warm (I hope) and I will be outside walking Odin on a leash. I can't wait.   He's grown so much.  He's a little stinker, getting chewing on everything and getting into everything.  But he's fun, he's cute and we know in a few months, he'll grow out of it and be better.  He's still not 100% housebroken, but its been so snowy and cold outside, sometimes we're like " just pee on the puppy pad" 

Not to much else to say I guess.  Hope you all are staying warm.

I really, REALLY want a Peloton bike

I'm NOT a fan of cardio.  Oh, I enjoy a nice walk outside when the weather is nice,  and sometimes a kickboxing workout is a really nice thing to do when I want to punch someone.  But give me a choice, I'll pick lifting weights any day.

But, I had an old JohnnyG spin bike.  Bought it several years ago.  I used it a few times, but the dvd workouts that came with it were, well, boring.  Or they were after a few uses.  So I didn't use the bike for more than a few months.  Oh, I used it a few times as a warm up for lifting, or as a cardio burst in between lifting sets.  But not for real spinning

Enter the Peloton app.   I signed up for it very early in Jan.  Then I didn't use it for a couple weeks cause well, winter blues and all.  And a few stupid snow storms and just well, lazy.

Then I used it.  OMG!  I really enjoy the workouts.  There are SO many to pick.  And they have beginner workouts that are short.  So even me, with my craptastic cardio capacity, can manage a good cardio workout, without feeling like I need CPR.

But now, I want the bike.

I mean look at this.  One of the doctors at the hospital where I work has one, and we were talking last night.  He was saying how much better it is getting the feedback right then and there using the screen. And it would be nice to be able to really follow the cadence they say, and all that.  My bike, I just guess cause I don't have all that feedback like that.

I will get a bike.  I will.

I've been going through a little of my makeup and stuff, and putting some listings on Poshmark.  Here's a link to my closet, if anyone wants to check out what I have for sale.  Some shoes, and makeup right now.  But as I go through my closet in the next few weeks, I will be posting more stuff for sale.  Might be some decent stuff for sale.

My Poshmark Closet

That's about it for now.  Time to maybe take a short nap.  Worked last night and didn't sleep enough. Then put some makeup on, and go film a video or two,

Low Sugar February What have I done?

So, I need to lower my processed sugar intake, again.  I do this a couple times a year,  get my processed sugar intake way down, maintain for a while, then get right back to eating shit again.  Repeat in a few months.  UGH!  Time to repeat again.  So in a day or so I'm sure I'm gonna be a little bitchy.  Pretty sure me not feeling the best was due to my reduction in sugar intake.  But I need to continue and press on, cause every time I do this, I do lose a little weight.   And cause I've been CHEATING big time in late Jan. my weight loss has stalled.  So low sugar it is.  I'll give myself treats a couple times a week.  That will allow for the movie candy I want when we go see movies once or twice a month.

I've done a couple Peloton spinning workouts this last month and I really enjoyed them. Ok, so I can only manage the 20 min beginner workout, but hey, better than being on my couch.  I need to get back to lifting weights, but its been SOOOOO cold which means its cold in my gym. It a converted garage bay so there is no insulation really, and the garage door isn't the best at keeping out cold.  But its warmer now, so its warmer and I will be going out there tomorrow, before work, and getting a  workout in.  I always feel better when I lift weights at least a couple times a week.

I did a video for my fitness  channel about creatine. Its a very interesting supplement I've taken off and on throughout the years.  Back on it after I did all my reading about it.  Here is it if you are interested.
All about Creatine

 Got to go back to work tomorrow.  I don't want to.  I never like Mondays cause well, that's when the ortho patients get knees replaced and I just don't like taking care of ortho patients.  Ortho surgery is NOT what I'm interested in at all.  But working in a small hospital, I don't get a choice.  Pretty much every kind of patient is for us to take care of.  Knee replacement, heart attack, flu, belly surgery, whatever.  We care for it all.   But I still hate caring for the ortho patients lol.

We've had warm weather in Iowa this weekend. To bad it was dreary, very very foggy and muddy AF.  So while I didn't freeze to death outside, I still didn't want to go outside.  Not like I could see anything cause it was so foggy.  Hubby and I had planned on going to Des Moines to get stuff at Costco, Aldis, Petco, etc up  there, but when we could barely see the neighbors house, we stayed home.  We'll try again on Wed.  Less people will be in the stores cause of course, they will be more people working.  He's retired, and I've got the day off.

I'm doing something on my Instagram this month.  A Makeup of the Day shot.  Here's a link to my Instagram if you are interested in seeing my Makeup of the Day.  Sometimes, it will be a bare face cause somedays, I just don't feel like wearing makeup.
Barbells and Beauty Instagram

That's about it for me today.  Not much else to say I guess.  Hope your week goes well.

Another week, another snow storm. UGH

This is getting very tiring.  More snow, more scooping, more piles of the white crap everywhere.  I really hate winter.  I hate snow. I hate driving in it.  I hate it when it melts and everything is a slushy mess for weeks.  I just hate it.

I started a new workout program. Its based on powerlifting, so there is a lot of deadlifts, squats and bench press, my favorites.  Now I'm soooooo sore today.  A little was scooping snow last night so we wouldn't have a 3 foot drift blocking our door.    But my legs, that's from the workout.  UGH!  The longer the day goes the worse its getting.  OMG!  I can't walk lol.

I have the BEST hubby ever.  It was my weekend to work this past weekend.  And of course, it snowed.  Yes, we've had two snow storms in the matter of days.  Well, hubby snowblowed for 3 hours so I could leave my driveway and get to work.  Then he woke up at 4 am on Sat so he could snowblow again so I could get back up our driveway and in the garage.  Is that just not the best thing EVER!!!  I have the best hubby ever, I think.

I've watched a couple of the Marie Kondo shows on Netflix, and its got me thinking about needing/wanting to declutter things.   I got this book of hers,

Plus ordered this one. Its been so popular its been on backorder for a while so I had to wait a little bit to get it.

Its going to take me a while. Mainly cause I want to read the books, feel like I understand the process, and then go slow.    And watch a few more episodes.  It took me a couple to get into the show and her personality, but its not bad now.   Maybe tomorrow I'll do just a little decluttering in my dressing room. That's where I have all my clothes, shoes, makeup  and purses.  I could stand to let a couple purses go.

I'll keep you all updated on how I'm doing with my progress.

Is it spring yet

I don't do well in the winter. Oh, I get use to the cold, I hate driving in snow but I drive slow and put it in 4wheel drive and get there ok.  Its the lack of sunshine.   I just get to feeling more down, more blah, more ugh.    In about a month, I'll be feeling a little better, but today, very blah
We had a snow storm yesterday and that's got me feeling UGH.  I think we got about 8 inches.  And now they are saying another might hit next weekend. Of course.  Its my weekend to work. Great.  I just "LOVE" driving in shitty weather.  So I hope they are wrong.  Cause I hate snow.  I really do.  I hate driving it in, I hate it clogging up the roads, sidewalks, the piles of it. And I hate when it starts melting and its a muddy sloppy mess for weeks.  I hate snow.

I've been sitting here today daydreaming of being able to cut back to part-time work.  That would be so nice. Have more time at home with Ron and the pets.  And then later this summer have more time with my grandbaby!  Ah,how wonderful that will be.

Odin is good.

I mean, look at this face!  He's a little stinker cause he CHEWS on EVERYTHING!  Except his toys, of course lol.  I will be very happy when he gets out of this phase.  I'm going to get him some chewy bones tomorrow,

Hitting Des Moines tomorrow.  Might get another new pair of Danskos, might get some clothes, might get some makeup(big shock right)  But I know I'll get healthy for me food.  I NEED to get back on track or I'm going to gain back the 5lbs I lost.  And I want to lose 35more not gain.    So I'm going to hit up Costco, HyVee and Aldi's tomorrow and maybe Whole Foods.    Time to start back making my smoothies with lots of veggies, eating my salads with supper, generally eating a little healthier.  And time to clean out the fridge.  Need room for all this healthy food.

I really should clean out my closets.  I am kind of running out of room for a lot of new clothes.  But I keep thinking I'll get around to losing 10lbs and maybe getting into smaller stuff I keep stuff.  UGH.

Odin finally fell asleep, after chasing him around several times getting emery boards, a cord for my phone, a bottle to help nail polish dry faster, and a couple other things out of his mouth. So I'm off to take a hot bath, and put a sheet mask on my face, and relax.  Maybe I'll even have a glass of wine.  Been a while since I indulged  in a nice glass of wine.

Some goals for 2019

Ok, I've been sitting here thinking about goals I want to reach in 2019.  Figured I might as well get them out here for everyone who reads my blog to know.

I'd like to blog more constantly. At least 3 times a month.  Once a week would be better, but sometimes I just don't know what to write lol.

I want to hit 400 subs on my YouTube channel.  I'm just under 350 so I think I could hit 400.  Maybe more, but I'd be happy with 400 subs.   Here's a link, in case you are interested. 
Barbells and Beauty

I want to lost 15lbs. Minimum. 25lbs would be better, but realistically, I'd be happy with 15lbs. 

I want to get to a 300lbs deadlift.  I got to 225lbs last summer, but slacked off.  I want to get strong and a 300lb deadlift will show I'm strong.

I want to cut back to part-time at work this summer. If things work out like hubby and I think they are going to, I'll easily be able to cut back to part-time in the summer.

I want  to be a kick-ass grandma!  I'm going to be a grandma this summer, and I want to be the best Grandma that I can be!  I had great grandmas, my sister is a great grandma, and I want to follow in their footsteps.

I want to play with more colorful eye looks.  Like this one I did today.

Kind of almost freaky, but doing it made me happy.  I'd never wear it to work, but I had fun doing it, and isn't that kind of the point of makeup?  Making whoever wears it happier? So I'm going to play around with more colorful looks, esp for my YouTube channel.



I want to buy a Peloton bike for my birthday.  This will happen, unless I decide spinning sucks and I hate it lol.  I signed up for Peloton streaming, and got my old Johnny G spin bike out.  I'll start next week.  If I enjoy spinning which I think I will with a streaming service, I'll reward myself with a new bike.

I want to pan at least 6 makeup products this year.  I've got one Project Pan I'm doing now, and another one I'll start with a group on YouTube in Feb, so maybe I'll reach my goals with these Project Pans I'm doing. 

These are just a few goals I've got.  But these are the big ones that I want to work on for now.  As I reach these goals, I'll make new goals and reach for them.