Ironman

So last night I was bored& per always with my boredom I decided to look up a new fitness plan. Why didn't I think of an Ironman training plan sooner?! It includes my three loves (swimming, running& biking) and should get some results. Of course today is the day where I'm supposed to go for an easy 45 minute run& a 60 minute bike ride. I can do this, right?

Cue weather. The weather SUCKS. It's super cold& windy. Great. So I made myself some chocolate chip pancakes (CCK style ..check it out) while giving myself a pep talk about biting the bullet& doing this. So far, it seems to be working. I've managed to put on a pair of sports socks. GO ME! The boyfriend& I are doing a movie later this evening, so there's some motivation to get in a good workout before I indulge in some popcorn with dill pickle. Seriously delicious. I will 100% feel less guilty if I attempt my Ironman training plan first.

Too bad the couch is so comfy& Save the Last Dance is on! This is one movie I always get sucked into. Does anyone else have a movie that does this to them?! Ugh. I guess I'll just admit defeat for the next two hours and after that I am promising myself I'll get up off this couch for, at the very least, a run in this crappy, windy weather.

Before I go allow me to leave you with a photo of my puppy. Admit it, he's pretty awesome& you get super excited when I throw photos of him in here just for laughs :)

Ahh the life of Squirt. It's exhausting. Who feels bad for him?! I know he's getting 0 sympathy from me!

The wonder seed

Flax seed pancakes
Yum. I know that is the first word that came into your mind when you read that title, right? Well. Flax is wonderful. If you boil it, it will make hair gel! If you eat it, it will be healthy for you. Now, how do you eat it? Certainly not by the spoonful ..we are required to find creative ways to eat them. Or at least, I am. I'm the pickiest eater ever. It took me years to find a yogurt I could eat without gagging. I'm all about food textures. So, I bought some flax seeds yesterday from the organic section. This morning, I added them to my pancakes! They added NO taste and only a little texture change when you were holding them. None when you were eating them. This is excellent because I like eating healthy but hate trying to find the foods that are healthy that I like. So, people who have had their interest peaked by my love of the flax seed, here is a delightful& easy to understand chart!

Look how great that is! Especially for someone like me, who would never get her Omega-3&6 fatty acids otherwise. YAY for strides towards healthier food choices. I find it really hard to eat healthy when I'm not exercising. When I am exercising, it comes easily because I don't want to undue all my hard work in the gym. Thanks to incredibly bad pain in my shoulders, exercise is on the shelf for an undetermined length of time. It is really frustrating but I am focusing on still eating so I don't start from scratch again when I go back. Anyone else dealing with injuries preventing them from fun?!

Aside from that, here are my photos of the day for the last 2 days! I don't have one for today yet, sorry :(

Canadian Tire money ..oh joy! Maybe I can buy a wrench :D

My mom got new hair.. isn't she pretttty?!

Enjoy your first day of the weekend, boys& girls :)

Wednesday!

I think Rebecca Black got her song idea from my post titles. Who knew you could write a song about days of the week and get millions of hits? Why does my blog not have 86 million page views?! I tell you the days of the week too :( I even tell you about eating cereal& driving in my car! Although, I do not write about partyin' or fun fun fun. Although, anyone interested in doing a youtube vid with me? Maybe we can reach the same level of views that way?! So, aside from my slandering of poor Rebecca, what else is new& exciting?

Sensodyne Iso-Active
Seriously. I know what you're thinking right now ..what the hell? Why is this woman writing about TOOTHPASTE? Well, let me tell you. I could never use another kind of toothpaste after finally purchasing (and by that, I mean Mom bought it) this gem. Seriously. I LOVE this stuff. It leaves your mouth feeling so clean, minty& fresh. It gets every single area of your mouth, it makes your teeth less sensitive (just an added perk for people like me) it's awesome. The only downside? The dispensing system really takes some getting used to. It's tough. The first time I tried it, I put toothpaste everywhere. Ooops. So, if you want a really clean feeling mouth / whiter teeth / less sensitivity? This is your go-to can of tooth cleaner! Allow me to include a handy photo for those who are leaving RIGHT NOW to go purchase some!

Jelly Shots
Those of you who know me, know I love 2 things: jell-o& alcohol. I especially love when they are combined. I will happily spend many hours making lovely shots for people to enjoy. I have been known to make these shots even when I had no plans of drinking. Something about them just brings me joy. It think it's the colors (I love color) and the fun of jell-o. Because truth be told, I even like non-alcoholic jell-o. So, you can imagine my sheer delight when I found a gem of a blog. I was casually doing some topical research for my own blog, when I stumbled upon the most glorious thing I have ever seen. It took the jell-o shots to a whole new level. It has merged jell-o shots with grown-ups with beautiful photography. Really, I'm just jealous I didn't think of all this first. Seriously, check it out. I spent WAY too long yesterday drooling over gorgeous alcohol-infused jell-o in striking photos. Love.

These are rootbeer flavored jell-o shots. Seriously. Let's drink soon.

Honda
My poor car is still broke at the boyfriends. At least, that's what I'm assuming since I haven't heard otherwise from him! Oh well, maybe it got to spend the night indoors in his garage?! One never knows. Hopefully, all goes smoothly and it's repaired and returned without any major obstacles. Also, if you're going to date someone they should always be beneficial. Doesn't matter if it's by being able to do your taxes, fix your vehicles, build a house, clean, whatever. Just don't date someone who is useless. Dating useless people is like an epidemic. One you don't want to be a part of. So thanks, boyfriend, for being beneficial in so many ways! Your usefulness makes me happy :)

Photos of the Day
So I owe you guys two photos of the day. I hope you're sitting down because these are going to blow. you. away. Or not. The first one is a photo of my pancakes cooking. Told you I was going to make them colored. Yum yum! They were SO good I think I might make some again today. And this is precisely why some lucky kid is going to have me as the best mom ever!

Next up we have some nail polish. It's currently on my fingers (lighter color) and toes (brighter color)! Cute. I love nail polish.

Now, I'm off to do lots of things. You should too ..I'm sure Dr. Seuss has a poem about doing lots of things. Pretend I wrote that here as inspiration! Hey, at least my laziness encourages your imagination. Don't say I've never done anything for you ..I've kept you young and peaking your brain functions :D

A great day.

If you enjoy rain and no sunshine. Oh well, at least the weather man tells me it's supposed to only drizzle for the next few days& today will reach 12°C. Whether or not I believe, that is another story. Oh well, I remain hopeful and the weatherman continues to provide me with less& less reasons for doing so.

Wing Night
I don't eat wings. Or drink beers. Despite this, I still find myself ending up at wing nights more often than would make sense given these 2 things. Instead I order a beautiful blue drink and that was it. I never managed to have food, but not for my lack of trying. The little man taking orders didn't bother to ask me. So, I hunkered down& focused on the excitement that was last night. I paid $5 to gamble on the championship college ball game. I lost. Although Josh won, so that was exciting. And then the team that I had wanted to win (Butler) lost. So, really ..if last night was a night that I was rooting for you, you weren't going to be doing that well. Oh well, it was a fun evening! I always appreciate when I go to wing nights& sports I like are the event.

Voodoo dolls
So, you all remember my obsession with these things? My sheer joy from beating the system and getting these dolls for $1 instead $2? Yes. Well. It gets better. The other night, boyfriend& I rented the Fighter. I told you about this. Well, I forgot to mention that we also purchased 2 more voodoo dolls. They are awesome, I forgot them in his Jeep. Best part? He only had 2 quarters. He tells me to try them. I tell him it will never work, but try anyway. Guess what folks? IT WORKED. I can now get EIGHT dolls for the advertised price of one. It would be safe to say that I am ecstatic. Suddenly owning a gaggle of these dolls seems cheap& doable. If you have any ideas on how I should store / display / show off these things, please. Help me out. For the life of me, I don't know what I'm going to do with them! I love them. I won't stop buying them, especially for 25 cents a pop.

Insanity
Ahh.. fit test. You made me sweat last night. It was nice to have officially exercised again though! I have an appointment with my chiropractor today, who will fix up my incredibly sore shoulder, hopefully quickly, and then I'll be ready to tackle the remaining 59 days. I am decidedly back on the fitness train, with no plans of getting off any time soon. Why do I always seem to fall off the wagon right around the same time the general public will see me in a bathing suit? Oh well, Shaun T. I'm back in your loving arms. Sculpt my body, please. I'm even going to eat your diet. Mostly because I love carbs. And pancakes. Yumm.. I'm going to dye them colors& maybe they'll be my photo of the day.

You
Yes, I'm taking a break from my all-about-me blog to include you, the person currently reading this. I hope that you are enjoying my blog (I know I sure am) and that you love it. If you have any brilliant ideas for how to make it better / prettier / funnier (wait, who could make it funnier than me?!) / special features .. just drop me a line& let me know! Interactive blogging is fun ..I don't know how to do it or if it even exists, but how I imagine it is fun! For now, the actual layout / comment section is boring, but I'm pretty sure I'm not advanced enough to change any of that. Let me know and I'll do my best!

Tiffany
My girlfriend who won the blog contest? Yeah, we're getting together soon for a morning filled with funny adventures at a local coffee shop. There will be an interview, some photos, a general sense of hilarity and the end result? Hopefully a very funny update on how the world is treating my very first contest winner! I'm going to try to make it happen for either tomorrow or Thursday! Keep your fingers crossed, pretty people :)

Photo of the Day
Yeahh ..sorry guys, I don't have any yet. However, I will post back later this evening while I watch the Lakers game with both my photos. Today& yesterday. I pinky promise! Since I have no photos for you, I will instead leave you with some older photos I have taken. No, it's not part of the 365. These weren't even taken BY me, but they are OF me. They also include one of my most favorite& missed things -Shyann <3 Yes. I am missing my pony.

Actually, this photo includes all kinds of things I miss: that family& especially those kiddies, summers at the barn and my pony!

My favorite photo of myself& my girl!

And one of my favorite photos of us! I will always have a soft spot for my girl :)

I hope you enjoyed me& Shy as much I enjoyed looking through all my old photos to find these gems. I hope she is loving her new life in PEI at a show barn.

Weekend!

It's officially my very last weekend of work! I have to make it through three more shifts (hello, extra Monday shift!) and then no more corner store :) So my posts will have to start being about something else ..perhaps all the things I can do now that I have time to myself on weekends?!

I couldn't sleep last night and was wide awake by 7.30AM this morning! So far I've thought about making pancakes, watched a ghost story, lamented over the snow on the ground& enjoyed the early morning sunshine coming through the windows! In reality, it's absolutely beautiful out as long you don't actually GO outside. Oh, the main thing I've done though is look up some information on blog contests. Including trying to find a good idea for a prize for mine. Every site keeps saying to 'include prizes that are relevant to your blog' ..to which my only thought is 'My blog is about me. My work, my day, my dog ..hey, wait. Can I give my dog away as my prize?! Naw, shipping rates would be too high.' and then invariably I'm at a loss again. When you consider that the only comment so far is from my mother, I figure there's lots of reasons to come up with something spectacular -namely to encourage others to get involved. So, I have been busy thinking of something spectacular and amazing.
I looked up some things other blogs had offered and realized I am WAY out of my league. Blogs are offering thousands of dollars worth of prizes. Sorry, folks. Until someone starts donating things to me, you're winning something way crappier. I keep slogging through sites, hoping something would both peak my interest and be doable.

And I was still drawing blanks. Then, I had a brilliant idea. Now, I don't have the actual prize in my hand yet ..so you're going to have wait for a photo but it will be arriving on this blog after work tonight.

Grand Prize Includes:
1. My autograph (I mean, the tips DO say to have a relevant prize. And this blog IS all about me!)
2. A print of your favorite photo from my website (just pretend this is really exciting)
3. A visor / hat / shirt from Lick-A-Chick (because, really. Who DOESN'T want this?!)
4. A surprise (it wouldn't be nearly as fun if you knew exactly what you were winning. Plus my blog is all about keeping you guessing ..sort of?)

So, now that you know what's going to be the grand prize .. you're probably slightly disappointed and less motivated to enter than you were a few minutes ago, but you definitely should! I am truly looking forward to this, so don't let me down blog readers!!
Simply click here to leave a comment on this post& you're entered!

Alright, all that's left are some photo of the days, 2 to be exact. Then I have to workout (so excited that I'm finally feeling better. Sleep is clearly the cure to all life's ailments), make lunch, gather things for the blog prize and go to work. Where I will watch Big Bang Theory season 3! Ahh .. this is shaping up to be a good day, assuming that work doesn't suck a lot. Which is always highly likely. Look at me, being all optimistic!

So, here is my photo for yesterday :) Some cookies that I snacked on ..they were delicious and I didn't eat all 4 ...or at least, if I say that that means the calories don't count right?! Oh well .. they were pretty good and until I go shopping for some healthier choices, they were my only option! Hope this photo captures how good they were!

So now .. it's 10.20AM and my photo for the day is already done! Wow ..go me! I am on fire this AM. I really, really needed a few nights of honest good sleep and now that I've gotten it I feel WAY more like me. So glad. So, my photo for today is a photo of a painting with a sweet saying. Props to Mom for owning things that are cool to take photos of!

Enjoy your Saturday, folks! Enter my contest and check back this evening for an update including the photo of the goods :) Stay fabulous, ladies& gents!

**Since writing this post, I have my SECOND entry into my blog competition! Wow ..GO ME :D Keep on entering folks .. let's make this be awesome!