the ides of march

a conversation between the SO and i on the way home from dinner last night

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SO: it's almost the ides of march

me: uh huh

SO: are you excited?

me: um...

SO: when was caesar in power?

me: how on earth do i know? is there really nothing else that we can chat about besides the ides of march and caesar's reign

SO: i don't know - like what?

me: um - redoing the boys room, buying mattresses, choosing a new dishwasher, rearranging the upstairs, etc...

SO: yeah i guess those would work

me: i find it sad that you couldn't come up with anything except julius freaking caesar

SO: look at that guy running

me: i give up

flavors of the month

it's been a long time - i'm thinking about returning 

but in the meantime we're gonna start with some things that i'm currently loving 

• nick from bethenny ever after 

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• snickers peanut butter squared

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•  the happy book

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• cupcake fondue 

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• my new phone 

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• dance central 

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anyone else out there got any new loves? 

now i have proof

i went upstairs today to do my workout thinking that it was going to be a good day

first i did my ea active more workouts one with my super friendly lady who i rarely want to punch in the face - it was a short workout and mainly legs so feeling motivated i decided that me and bob would have another go round

things didn't start well when i realized that it was a 70 minute intense workout but i figured no pain no gain so i started it up - things went ok for a while and then came the t-raises with a twist (if you don't know what these are consider yourself lucky - they are evil) - now this was only my second workout with this program so i'm not sure that i was prepared but i figured that bob knows what he's talking about

HE DOESN'T

my hand slips off the stupid balance board (which let me tell you is painful enough when one arm is holding all your weight up and the texture of the board is digging into your palm) and i almost face plant onto the board - by the grace of god i missed and instead tumbled to the ground

at this point i told bob where he could stick his t-raises, turned off the tv and came downstairs to lay under the ceiling fan - bob and i are no longer friends

*in the interest of fairness i'm going to give him one more try - but if those t raises pop up again i'm just going to lay on the floor and watch him do them* :)

the biggest loser man is out to get me

i started a new diet and exercise program a week ago

the good news: i've lost over 5 lbs and so far no cravings
the bad news: bob from the biggest loser game for the wii is trying to kill me

ok let me back up a little bit

the diet that we're doing is the extreme fat smash diet (except for the fact that we've already broken like 1000 rules and are just using it as a loose basic guideline at this point) but it seems to be working so whatever

which just leaves us with exercise - the SO goes to the super fancy gym around the corner but i have no desire for people to stare at me, my boobs or my arse while i leap around like a jackass so i needed an alternative - i decided to use the wii - so i did the research, i bought the programs and then hauled by butt upstairs to actually use them

the programs i have are:

• wii fit and wii fit plus 
• ea active and ea active more workouts
• my fitness coach
• the biggest loser 

but today we are only talking about the biggest loser

it was an off day on ea active so after dinner i decided that i would go up and start the biggest loser program since i wanted to do the 12 week program and i am fast running out of time before my deadline - so up i go thinking, "it's day one how hard can it possibly be tonight"

it started out fine - we did a 6 minute warm up and i was feeling ok so decided to keep on and plunge into the workout for the day - 37 minutes later i was near death, i could feel the blood pounding in every pore of my being and i couldn't get water into my mouth fast enough - to make matters worse i only burned like 75 calories - i'm pretty sure that bob and i are not going to be best friends and he could really take some lessons from my lady on ea active (a workout of that length with her and i've burned over 200 calories)

today is an off day on the biggest loser but i have a 70 minute workout tomorrow to look forward to in addition to my usual ea active workout - if i can move enough to get out of bed on saturday i'm going to amazed

*and for any of you who are looking to start working out on the wii - get ea active & more workouts - i actually kind of enjoy going up for those workouts*

jacking my mom's car

sitting on the couch watching icarly on nickelodeon last night - the kids chose the show, not us

a commercial for moxie teens dolls came on - in case you haven't seen it here ya go



SO: those girls are not 16 and are not old enough to drive, unless they jacked their mom's car

me: i don't think girls that are old enough to drive would be playing with moxie teenz dolls

SO: if i was a 12 year old girl and my mom said that i couldn't have moxie teenz i would steal her car and drive to the mall with my friends to buy some
 
BM: i don't think a moxie teen doll is worth the trouble that you would get in dad


i have no idea why this conversation happened or why the SO was contemplating what he would do if he was a 12 year old girl but it was certainly good for a chuckle or two

excuses excuses excuses

so i've been mia for 4 months but i'm back and i have stories

stories involving:

• ants
• grown men acting like 5 year olds
• a pirate ship
• vacation planning
• a busted alternator
• miniature people 
• broken air conditioners
• weird friends 
• recipes gone wrong
• recipes gone right
• camping

stay tuned people the stories are on the way 

i'd choose brownies

the SO and i were sitting out on the balcony yesterday evening enjoying the nice weather, well i was out there enjoying a cigarette but whatevs

me: there was a thing in my new pack of cigarettes about how they are no longer going to be called ultra light because of some new federal law - so we're going to have to ask for the marlboros in the silver package - that is just ridiculous

SO: uh huh

me: it's not my fault that some people are not smart enough to realize that just because they smoke "lights" or "ultra lights" doesn't mean that they are better for them - sheesh

SO: uh huh

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SO: when marijuana becomes legal i'm gonna go with the brownies instead of smoking it

me: um, that was random

SO: you wouldn't rather have brownies?

me: that's not the point, that was really freaking random, i feel like that needs to be blogged