What a wonderful weekend!

I've been needing a really great weekend away with my hubby.  Its been a while since we had a nice get away.   So our NASCAR weekend this weekend was so nice.   We were not really that far away from home, and I know most people would NOT think going to 2 NASCAR races sounds like a fun time, but it is for us. 

We spent the weekend in a hotel,  got up and ate breakfast at Waffle House and went off to the races!   The XFinity race was a little boring until the last few laps!  The Monster Energy race, great racing, some good wrecks, one really shitty thing that happened to my hubby's favorite driver, and a good finish.

Of course, this means I've sat WAY to much, ate WAY to much, and now feel a little bloated.  But tomorrow things will start going back to normal.  We go home, and I go off to some training for my hospital job.  And then I'll workout!  I need to.

I did pick up a couple beauty things.  One was something I've wanted for MONTHS!  The Anastasia of Beverly Hills Moon Child highlight palette.

Its so pretty!  I can't wait to start using it.
I also got a new beauty blender, and some eye liner cause I wear it more often in the fall/winter and mine is getting well, dried out. 
I also got some stuff from Bath and Body Works. I needed more of that like I need a hole in my head, but whatever lol.  I'll smell nice at least.

Hubby also splurged on himself getting some coins. He collects them, and got a mess of Wheat pennies which he can't wait to sort, and other old coins.  I'm glad we were both able to pick up a few things for ourselves.

Going back to reality kind of sucks.  Maybe we can win the lottery and we can do this thing more often.  I'd pay my kids lots of money to pet sit for us while we go off on our weekend vacations.  Each one could take turns pet sitting and we'd pay them a nice chunk of money for their trouble.

I'm gonna be an empty nester!

And while I'm mostly ok about it, there is a weird feeling about thinking that all my kids will be mostly gone.   Our youngest child has been going to community collage nearby just driving back and forth, but she's planning on transferring to another one, and moving up there, meaning  she'd be gone most of the time. 

Feels a little, um, weird, thinking about the last of my kids moving away.  When the oldest did, it was weird, but I had 2 others at home, so it was ok.  When our middle girl left to go off to collage,  it was again, weird, but our youngest was still home so I got over it.

But our "baby"  is leaving. That's just weird.  To not having any kids at home.    Its something we've been working towards for a while, raising healthy adults that are confident to be out on their own.    But then reality hits, and for the first time in nearly 25 years, we won't have any kids at home.   Oh, the two younger ones will be home some for holidays etc, but well, they are moving on to the next chapter in their lives.  Guess we will too.

Now, if I could just win the lottery so I could quit working, or maybe way cut back to like one night a work that would be great. Then we could travel, go see interesting things, and be together.  That would be really awesome.

Guess I need to start saving up more money and then maybe we could do just that lol.

So many things I don't want to buy

And I mean so many beauty things I don't want to buy.  I know some people think I buy everything out there, but really, there are so many things out or coming out that I have no interest in.  Pretty much all the Too Faced holiday stuff, I have no desire for.  Same with a few Tarte things that are around for the holidays.  Just nope.  And there is some Natasha Denona stuff I just don't want.   Just don't want to get it.    I just want to use what I've already got for the most part.   Oh, there is one or two things I kind of want but well,  right now, there isn't much coming out that makes me go "OMG I NEED THIS'

So I'm just going to either save up that money, or spend it on other things like clothes, or fitness stuff.  Maybe new boots.    I don't know.  Maybe just save it up and buy something really big like the new refrigerator or a new laptop.   I have a really nice fridge that I want actually a couple of them.  Maybe need to do some comparison shopping.  Heck, if I quit buying makeup for a few months, I could about afford a really nice new fridge.  

Here are a couple ones I think would be great:

I love how I can write my grocery list right on that front panel.  Nice!

Love that center pull out for fruits and veggies.   Now, if I could just put that center pull out on the Samsung with that front panel, I'd be set.

So maybe I will just start saving up for a new fridge.   Just cut back a little on the makeup and fitness stuff, put a couple hundred in savings a month and I'd have one in to time at all!

Making fitness plans through the end of the year

Ok, so it took me all FREAKING summer but I finally managed to lose 5lbs.  All summer. 

And I want to keep that going.  Cause hey 5lbs lost in 4months is still better than no weight lost, and miles ahead of 5lbs gained.  


So in the month of Sept, cause I've been struggling a little, ok a lot, I did something.  I took the month and gathered info.  Things like my average step counts,  how many calories I actually eat, and what I can eat and still lose weight.  I went through the fitness books/programs I have collected over the last few decades.   Yes, I've had a few books, like Body for Life, forever. 

So now I'm going to increase my average step count up 250 a month until I'm up to averaging 10,000 a day.    I also have set my calorie count in My Fitness Pal.

And I've decided to do this program:

I'm going to do a couple weeks of the breakin workout, then Fat Loss 1 and Fat Loss 2.   I did that program several years ago and I lost inches, weight and got quite a bit stronger.  So why not do that again.

I've got my 10lbs weight loss goal set up, and my 15lbs weight loss goal set up, and I can't wait to get to that point so I can get them!

Hit my first goal!!!

So, over the summer, I managed to FINALLY lose 5lbs.    OMG!!!  I'm  so happy!  So I ordered this!

It comes tomorrow.   I can't wait to get it.  I've watched a few reviews on it, and it looks great. These colors just speak to me.  They are colors I just love!

Now, on to my next goal.   I think when I get rid of 10lbs, or get down to a size 12 pants I will get this.

Its a skin care serum that I've read is really good. Very expensive, but well, what's the point of all the makeup if my skin looks like crap?  So this will be my 10lbs/size 12 reward.

Back at the workouts tonight.  

Hope all is well with you.

Goals and Rewards for weight loss

So, I'm getting serious about my weight loss.  I've FINALLY managed to see the scale move down, along with seeing some loosening of pants in the waist.  FINALLY!  About freaking time.

So I've got some goals and I've got a few rewards for myself when I hit those goals.

When I lose 5lbs, I'm going to reward myself with this:

The Huda Beauty Desert Dusk palette.  I've lost 4lbs so I don't have far to go! 

When I either lose 15lbs or get into the size 10 jeans I bought last week as a my mid goal I'm going to reward myself with this.

The Natasha Denona Lila palette.  Insanely expensive at $129 but I think if you drop 15lbs and or 2pant sizes you NEED something kind of expensive to reward yourself with.

So, I need to drop one more pound  for reward number 1, and 11 more, or get down to those size 10 jeans for reward number 2.  I'm a loose 14 now.   At the beginning of summer I was a tight 14, so that's something.  I'm betting I'd be a  loose 12 had I not done as much cheating as I did, but oh well.

I really feel like things are kind of clicking with my weight loss.  I hope so.  Struggling gets annoying.

I'm back doing video based workouts for a while. Just feel like it and you might as well make workouts as fun as you can.  Today, I'm going to go for a walk outside, and then do a bunch of stretching and mobility work.  I'm tight and losing flexibility like crazy and I want to reverse that now while I can. Besides, when I do a bunch of stretching, I just feel GOOD! 

Hope all is well with you.  Going to film another video for my You Tube channel.

Time to do some decluttering

Its that time of year again. The time of year where I go through my closets and I get rid of some stuff.  I really need to.  Its been a long time since I did a big old declutter.  I've got so many clothes I just need to get rid of some of them.  I'm going to really go through my scrubs.  Except for my holiday scrubs, I just don't like the ones with cutie patterns on them as much anymore.   That and I've had some of them for more than 12 years, soooo.  I've been slowly replacing them with nice solid color ones or ones with less cartoonish patterns.

I've also put in storage a few things that are just that little bit to small for me right now.  I want to keep it around cause I WILL be losing more weight and I WILL be able to wear them. Unless, of course cause they are shorts and capris, maybe I'll lose more weight and next spring, I can't wear them cause I'm to dang small!  That would be amazing!

I got rid of a couple things of makeup, and I need to get rid of some more of it.  I've got a couple foundations I want to try out with a couple other primers first to see if they are any better, but if not, out they go.  Same with a couple eye shadow palettes.  I've got a couple that are pretty dang similar, and I might as well decide which I like better and let the other one go.

Been going through my collection, and wearing stuff I've not worn for a while.  Its a good way to rediscover things I almost forget I have, and to reaffirm that I DON'T need the 12th palette with the same colors, I don't NEED a pale peach blush cause I have 2 already, and that maybe I could slow down a little on buying makeup.

I've been thinking and well, I think I'm going back to work at the hospital.  Hospital nursing is my passion.  Being in the nursing home is nice and all, but its not where my heart is.   I just enjoy working in a hospital setting so much more.  I think what I'll do is stay every other weekend at the nursing home for a while cause well, I do love the people there.  The residents are mostly great.  I don't want to totally leave them.    I have not told them about this yet.  Kind of decided just today.   I'll get to telling them next week.  I've got tonight and tomorrow off and I just don't want to think about work.

Well, I think that's it for now.  I'm going to give myself a pedicure, take a hot bath, and give myself a facial.  While drinking a wine cooler or two.  I think I deserve that.