When in doubt, smile.

Ugly isn’t it. I think I’m going to have to use some primer for covering dark colors. I’ve also made a decision about the color of the room. I was thinking about doing greens and blues, like most of the house .. but then I came across an orange paint example from Lowes .. and I’ve totally fell in love with it. Plus they’re gator colors.

I’m thinking of painting the dark orange above and the light orange below (saw that in a Tinkerbell room sample with greens) and then I’ll have blue curtains. I’m also debating putting up a chair rail.. or a white stripe between the 2 oranges .. but we’ll see if I can get a really clean line or not. Hopefully I’ll pick up the primer tomorrow .. I should prob. take advantage of all the Labor Day sales

As I wait for my advil to kick in (ugh .. see yesterday’s post) .. I figured I’d update ya’ll on my craft room .. I decided to put magnetic paint primer on a few areas so that I can use magnets to hang stuff on the walls Supposedly this primer will hide under regular latex paint, so you shouldn’t even notice that its there after the whole room is painted. I did a little research and read that you need at least 3 coats, 4 is even better and you’ll need to use industrial strength magnets to hold stuff up .. so I marked out the areas I’d like to have magnetic .. putting a stripe at eye level across the back wall.. and doing most of the odd shaped corner of the room. Here are a few pictures of the masked out magnet areas, oh and the ceiling fan is up!

9:45 pm .. As some of you know, when we had all 4 puppies I had to put them on a schedule if we had any chance of making the situation work. From the original schedule they still have a morning nap and bedtime is at 10pm. But sometime between 9:45 and 10pm all 3 puppies usually make their way onto my lap while I sit on the couch, and they all cuddle up and start to fall asleep. I’m sure all you parents out there know that feeling when your little one curls up on your chest and falls asleep .. that’s exactly what this is like to me. Its so nice and warm, and they’re so sweet and quiet .. I totally forget that not even 20 min ago they were driving me nuts barking and fighting with each other

Okay since I can’t do the Marriage Tag .. I’m tagging everybody who reads this! Blog or comment about your favorite time of the day, and why

… I spent 3 hours driving today .. where to? Just 3 normal trips out of the house. UGH .. half hour to and from the dog park, then a half hour to the bank/mailbox/visit Keri with another half hour back, and a half hour each way to the gym .. yep 3 hours in just drive time. That’s a trip to south florida .. or back and forth to Orlando with an hour of shopping! Usually I plan my trips out better then today .. lumping as many errands together as possible. Looks like I need to pay attention to my schedule a little more That’s what I get for moving to the middle of nowhere.
On a more positive note .. my workout tonight was awesome. I met Nikki at the gym before yoga so that we could get some cardio in .. 20 min on the treadmill just flew by. Then the yoga class was hardcore. Lots of strength building, which I’m not really used to in a yoga class. There were still plenty of deep stretches, she just made you hold the poses a little longer and add in push ups and other tricky things. Plus she used Jack Johnson as the background music .. so that was awesome. I would’ve liked a little bit of meditation at the end of the class. My old class we used to lie in savasana for like 5 min and she’d guide us through a little meditation. I found that really helped me clean my head out. I could probably do that for myself when I get home though. Its just a little easier to clear your head when you can focus on somebody else’s words and not your inner monologue. I’m totally looking forward to Friday’s class, though I’m not looking forward to the pain I expect tomorrow, but, its a good pain

Yeah .. I now have a blog for my dog .. and if it gets to the point where I’m updating it more then my own blog, somebody needs to slap me upside my head! For anybody who’s interested the site is > Daisy’s Tales < Mostly its to promote local dog things and review her favorite places .. written in a dogs point of view.

Today I took the pups to the dog park again, and again they had so much fun. Biscuit, Nikki and Halle joined us, which made it even more fun. Tonight we’re still planning on going to that yoga class at the gym, and hopefully getting some cardio in beforehand.

Well I made it to the gym last night .. everything went as scheduled .. except I didnt realize how out of shape I really was until I stepped onto that elliptical machine. UGH .. five min and I was so over it. So I moved onto a recumbant bike and made myself stick it out another 15 min, so in total I worked out 20 min .. and I was drenched in sweat So .. I didn’t make my goal of sticking out for 30 min, but at least I made it to the gym and got some exercise. Tonight Rocky has training so I dont think I’ll go back tonight. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll make it to Yoga with Nikki, and maybe get there a little early or stick around afterwards for some cardio.

Today I took the 3-some to the local dog park .. well, local being 30 min away. They love it there, so much room to run, and luckily this time another playful puppy showed up. Watching them have play with other dogs just makes me wish we lived closer, or that I made more of an effort to bring them there more often. I talked to the attendant a little who said the most popular times are weekday evenings and saturday mornings .. so hopefully I’ll get my act together and bring them out when they have more pups to play with. I also found out more about the problems the dog parks are having with funding, so I started thinking that I could be a little more pro-active when it comes to doggie recreation, because, well what else do I have going on. So I started thinking about what I could possibly do, on a small scale, to get the word out about dog things in Brevard, and I decided to start a blog. HA! Yeah, I’m going to give my dog her own blog, and see what happens. Today I’ll be setting up DaisysTales.com, making her a little reporter for our county. I think, if I do it right, I could get search engine traffic, and actually get people involved or something. At least I have nothing to lose by putting it together

.. you walked in and oops-a-daisy! (From Beauty and the Beast if you didn’t recognize it)

But yes, I feel totally flabby, fat and lazy .. and its been getting worse for the past .. eh .. year?? Ever since we moved here, I’ve stopped eating healthy, working out, and I’m constantly tired. I’m not getting projects done, and have no motivation for anything really. And now .. I’m totally sick of it. I ended up in a few pictures from Ella & Halle’s play date this weekend .. and I wasn’t happy with what I saw! UGH! So here I am .. making a public announcement .. that I am going to get back into shape.

Why take it public? Well I have a tendency to stick with it if I think people might have read that I am trying. I’m more motivated to not let other people down, then myself. Does that make sense? Basically I can’t do it for myself, I need the illusion that somebody else will be let down if I fail. Probably why the personal trainer worked well last time.

Anyways this time I’m doing it on my own .. small goals to get me back in a habit ..  This week I intend to do 30 min of cardio at least 3 times a week. Not a very big goal .. I just need to get my butt to the gym. Plus if I make it more then 3 times, go me! I’ve had a gym membership for 3 months and haven’t set foot in it since I joined! I also have a membership to ediets, so all my diet/foods will come from there. I’m not too concerned with the diet for first 2 weeks, I just want to get back on a good schedule. Once my energy levels pick up, the cooking/preparing meals will be much easier to handle.

So today, I plan on having dinner ready by 5pm (yes I’m killing time at the moment) .. its not healthy, just using up the velveeta shells and cheese that Liz left behind, but at least I’m cooking. And it’ll have broccoli and chicken in it. Then I hope to get to the gym around 7, and swing by Publix to pick up tomorrow’s groceries. I’ll let you know tomorrow if I stick to it.

Here are some pictures from dinner at the Konicki’s last night

Liz and Ella are coming up this weekend for a visit

Corgan was born last night at 8:03pm, weighing 8lbs 9oz, 20.5 inches long. I feel soo honored to be able to capture some of his first moments. Today I also went back to get a few pictures of Annabelle meeting Corgan for the first time. Here are a couple pictures, Keri can share the rest