Life In The Bubble

Why did I drink that?? And get new hires

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:00:00 +0000

My tummy is so sad, and I had to stop and get a Refresh Tea Latte because I stupidly drank a small glass of diet coke at lunch today. I don't know why I did it. Actually I do. My daughter wanted a water and her meal came with a small drink. I didn't want to waste the money. Now if that doesn't showcase an issue with money I don't know what does. Do you ?

So then I go to the Starbucks and they start to put the wrong syrup in the cup -- syrup that I'm allergic to. I say, sorry, you need to do this syrup not that one. The girl pours it out in the trash and starts to attempt to put the correct syrup in the same cup. ARE YOU F"N KIDDING ME??? So I had to tell her to use a new cup. Seriously - can you not find better help in this economy that might actually have a brain? I guess that is what i get for not going to my favorite Starbucks with my bestie baristas. But isn't there supposed to be this sort of class that you take when you work in a restaurant?? Oh yes - it's called a food handlers permit that teaches you about these things. I passed the ServSafe with one missed question, which makes me eligible to teach this stupid girl the right way to do it. Sad, Sad, Sad.

Thintervention

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:11:00 +0000

I'm sitting here enjoying some silence, which never happens here, and watching the last two episodes of Thintervention. Jackie Warner is so amazing. I think that it's interesting that you can teach someone to lose weight - but you can't change someone that is just an a$$hole. Joe just makes me want to grab the garbage can and keep in nearby. I think regardless of who you are, it takes a lot to take part and open your life up to people on television. Some may have just done it for the publicity, but I think that the end results are getting healthy, and staying healthy. I hope they all stay healthy.

I have turned a lot of friends on to Jackie Warner for their at home workouts. And they all hate me when they are working out, but they all love me when they are done.

Clean eating

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:34:00 +0000

It's a struggle some days to do the entire clean eating way of life. Like today - I really wanted a stick of cheese. That's not really clean eating. But you know - some days you just have to say - Screw It! Eat the cheese, right?

So the one thing I've been very proud of it that I'm totally off the coffee. Sorry Starbucks! I'm almost off the soda, but about once a month I'll cave and give in. My current treat of choice is a lovely Japanese cherry blossom green tea. It's delightful. I can hardly believe how yummy it is.

Well - on a lame-o note, someone today said that we have 50 days until Christmas... ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??? That is unacceptable. Ah well. That means I had better get busy here really, really soon...

Ciao!

Why oh why...

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:51:00 +0000

I must really say once again I don't know why I determine at all that my family is sane. I let my guard down and let the crazy back in, and then I am surprised when they are lunatics!

The cycle goes like this... My mom calls, she complains about something that has to be the worst I've heard yet (can you even believe that it gets worse every single time.) Then I get completely annoyed and expect the other adults in the family to be shocked and appalled with me. What I really end up with is a bunch of crazies that think my outlook on the world is way off the chart. You know really... why would I expect a grown man to actually act like a grown man for once in his life? Right? So when I try to use some common sense they all gang up on the poor old lady, making her feel worse, and in turn she give up, coddles and enables and then I look like the bad guy.

So I've made up my mine... screw em! This is the holiday season that I will be in control of my happiness. I will choose my days to be with the family members I want to connect with. That way on the actual holiday I'll maybe have a chance at being happy and connecting in a healthy manner with those around me. I will be happy - and they can continue to be lunatics. I'm done. I'd rather be all alone with my peeps at the end of the day, and hopefully before too long that will be me and my peeps in Seattle. Just saying...

The Dog that Roars

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:35:00 +0000

Well - welcome Sir Oscar D. Meyer. He's a LaWeenie! So darn cute you just want to squeeze him. The problem is the nightly roar of missing his people. With my allergies there is no way he can sleep with us, and with his chewing there is no way he's being uncrated for the evening. So instead he gets the crate Thank goodness we have a finished basement because he just misses his people and cries and cries to be let out. So we've got full-on air filters and two stories of house to help us actually get some sleep. Do you think he'll ever get beyond this?

On another funny note he seems to be a little ADD and has allergies, and loves to eat carrots. Does this dog belong in our family or what?

We are now the almost perfect suburbia family - go figure.

Where to my dear??

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:56:00 +0000

One thing I've learned is that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't force it to drink. This is true of horses and people. I watch friends, family and those that I counsel work on trying to force change on a daily basis. You can never, ever force change on anyone. Either you need to change, or you need to learn to live with the person as they are. Unconditional love is a hard thing to do. I struggle with it a lot.

The hardest relationship for me is my mother. We butt heads like no one else. Where do you think I got it all from?? Stubborness, attitude, strength! It's all in the DNA. I would love to lead my mom, and she would love to lead me. Instead we have learned to, for the most part, to walk next to each other. When you turn away, or push against - well you'll never see eye to eye on that. But when you stand next to someone and support each other you can accomplish everything!

Male mice lose fat quicker than females... of course!

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:34:00 +0000

They are doing some incredible research in Seattle about the way fat deposits and a chemical secreted by muscle may control fat deposited in humans and animals, a key factor in the fight against obesity. Of course they found that just as in humans, it was harder for the gal mice to lose fat than for the guys. Jerks. Of course it is. My husband and I went on a diet a few weeks ago. He has lost almost ten pounds and I've lost two. And one of those pounds was one I picked up on vacation to Cardiff. Seriously???

SO I have determined to try to really figure out why my body is not wanting to give up one bit of fat. I'll let you know if I ever figure it out. In the mean time my husband will lose another ten and I'll meet back here with you after losing another two pounds in a month...lol....

Often the others

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:56:00 +0000

How often do you feel like you are the "others". You know the ones that sit on the outskirts of life and don't quite fit in. Well I had a bit of an "ah ha' the other night. I found that there is a reason that you are the others... it's because you are you. When you find yourself and you have confidence that makes you not need to fit into some mold of who they think you need to be - you no longer belong in the group.

It's a good place to be so hold onto it and embrace who you are!! Congrats! You have found yourself at last.

How GOOPey it is!

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:31:00 +0000

So I've discovered some very interesting things online - maybe because as I have been running my brain is becoming clearer. One of my new favorite websites is GOOP. Even though I am not always so fond of Gwyneth - she delivers a very fun site. I did a workout of Tracy Anderson's from GOOP and let's just say that my arse will thank her later. GOOP has a fantastic recipes section (Make). Today, I discovered an incredible Shrimp Baja Taco recipe. Who knew Macrobiotical Gwyneth loves shrimp. You have to check it out. http://www.goop.com/newsletter/86

Now - the workouts can be found in the DO section. You'll love Tracy Anderson although I am not so sure about her 3lb weight limit so we'll see what I think later. You'll love the post where Gwyneth says she was tired of her "saddlebags and post-pregnancy Shar-Pei-like stomach"... ROFLMAO - see, we all feel this way. It's just life. But take a bit of time and try the great workout here http://goop.com/newsletter/16/

SO... what are you loving about the GOOP?? Check it out.

Beyond the Greatness of Spring comes the Fatness of Fall

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:15:00 +0000

Well - we've had our two weeks of spring. Now for out last big storm and then it will be 90 degrees until September. And dry. I hate how dry it gets in the summer here. Yucky, and yucky!! That is when I really, really miss Seattle the most is when it's just dry and dusty and more ick than I know what to do with. I think anyone that has gone running in the rain this last week understands why Seattle is a healthier city. And when you have fresh fish on your doorstep it's a lot easier to be healthy than when you have a jumbo blueberry shake on your doorstep. Right?

I'm on a new mission with my new classes started. I am learning all about nutrition, weight loss, and all around why we all cannot get a grip on our eating issues. I think my favorite is that I'm just so darn bored I want to eat the entire pint of ice cream. And yet - we then wonder why our a$$es are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Wake up America. You are FAT! And it's all your own doing. You're allowing the big companies to pump you full of fat, and sugar, and chemicals. Get a clue. I can hardly question why we are the fattest nation. Can you?

Saddle bags have to go

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:45:00 +0000

So - what is it with the thighs that make them so darn hard to get rid of? I read an article the other day that showed that the two key reasons for cellulite thighs in women are hormonal changes and genetics. Well if you've seen my moms chicken legs lately you know that I don't get the two chunky monkeys from her. So it's got to be hormonal -- as my husband would say, "how do you make a whore moan?". Bad joke. I know.

So you have to wonder about it. What to do?? I want to share the things I know to be true:

1. Low Calorie diets slow down your metabolism - so as much as I hate that I forget to eat, if you don't stoke the metabolism fire your not going to be losing weight.

2. You do need carbs! The problem is that we all think of carbs as being grains and starchy foods. You get loads of carbs in great healthy vegetables. So the goal is to limit your grains to whole grains and to only get 2 servings per day. Get the rest of your carbs via your earthy foods. If you don't get those carbs you'll end up tired, and most likely will just fill up on them later in the day in a bad way.

3. Forget the programs out there. What really works is just getting off your buttocks and get moving. Watch what you put in your mouth and start to take some accountability for yourself and your actions. If you need someone else to weigh you in each week to be accountable that is understandable. But most of the "diet" foods are just processed crap. You need to learn to eat real foods. Real foods are good for you. Real foods aren't full of soy and corn and all sorts of chemicals that are messing with your system.

4. Don't lie to yourself. No one forced you to eat that pint of ice cream. You are the reason you are fat. Get over it and enjoy the fatness or get off your butt and do something about it.

I'm gearing up to revamp my website and I hope by fall to be offering some grocery store classes to teach people how to actually eat. I'll also be gearing up to do some food psychology coaching this fall - and hopefully we'll see some great changes in all of our eating and exercising patterns.

In the mean time - Yes I have a little more "post-baby" chunk to get rid off (I like to call it that but really it was just "me sitting on my lazy ass eating crap" chunk. ) So I'll keep you posted.

Fantasy Island -- getting on the raft and swimming away

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:23:00 +0000

So - yesterday I took it all on. My desire was to just roll over at 5:30am and go back to bed, but at 10pm I was very satisfied with my day and the results. How simply all of the actions of my day were. I guess life is just easier if you roll with the punches and not let it deter your desired goal - rather than the daily grind of fighting life off while you live in some remote fantasy island. And I'm sorry but Mr. Roarke was not that attractive for me to want to spend all of my days with him. No WAY! My daughter likes to say that, "no way". I need to learn that terminology and fuse it with my new found living life adventure. Day 2 - moving on. I am leaving the island by raft if need be because I'm not waiting for some plane that may or may not come along one of these days. 365 days may seem like forever, but it's barely a spark in reality.

365 days & how not to end up in the shitter!

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:49:00 +0000

So I came to an ah-ha moment last night that was reaffirmed this morning with a wonderful email from Yehuda Berg that said, "We like to put others (and ourselves) into limiting categories for purposes of identification, but people's lives don't fit neatly into compartments. There are no limits to what we are capable of doing or becoming. Today, know that whatever you think you are is only a fraction of what you can be."

Categorizing is just one way of controlling everything and everyone around you. When you control things you put a boundary on the situation/relationship. Control is limiting. So day one is to remember that everytime I want to control someone else I am just limiting the relationship/situation.

I also need to take this change thing one day at a time. There in lies the 365 days. I need to think about it like eating cherries. They are delicious but if you eat them too quickly you are going to choke on a pit. And secondly life is like eating a big bowl of cherries. If you eat to many you're going to be living in the shitter all day long. So in order to change in a manner that is happy and not full of shit - I'm taking it one day at a time.

Off we go....

Sugar

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:12:00 +0000

Every time my mom calls I find myself looking for the closest bit of sugar I can get my hands on... what do you think that tells you?? So - dysfunction is such a broad range word. Why don't we just say it like it is. My family is just *$#%&^! Or frigged if you really want to talk in Utahnhicks... just for the redneck religious readers. I think I need a big moat around the outer wall for protection from the liability of being a part of this family.

Families are something we all have... just like a$$holes. So I guess you had better get used to it sooner rather than later. And perhaps I just need to have more cut up veggies to reach for instead of the frosting in the fridge the next time I pick up the phone.

Bugga boo to you too!

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:23:00 +0000

When was the last time you looked at someone you knew and thought, "Wow, I wish I had that life?" If you took the time to look closer you might find that the grass isn't any greener over there. In fact it's actually starting to yellow. Maybe even brown.

Such is the case for me when I started thinking the other day about how much weight I had to lose before having a baby after looking at an adorable picture of a friend and her two very, very cute girls. Their life is no picnic! The littlest one was born with some problems, and they aren't problems I would really want to have to deal with. I also have far less commitments in my life to deal with on top of that. Really what is a commitment other than time taken away from the things you love. I have a few, but I wouldn't want any more that I have.

So the next time I see some cute little baby staring at me with those darn googley eyes I have a plan to just look and say, "Bugga Boo to you too!!" I'll get there when I get there. And if I don't - well I happen to know one kid that is going to be very, very spoiled for a few years, and then unfortunately will have to be the only one to change my diapers when I'm old. A little win, a little loss...we'll see what we see.

Where are you going?

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:36:00 +0000

So I am trying to figure out if I am tired of the push forward, or if it it just that time of life to look deep at yourself and reinvent the wheel. I have been living what I would call a fantasy sort of life over the last few years of "mommydom" and so I need to determine once again who I am. That can be complicated when you are at a fork. Who are you? Who do you want to be? Where are you going? Why are you going there?

Last night my husband more or less said the same exact thing. I want to know where I am going and make it all my own choice. So time to choose... are you on the dark side or the light? I'm not Luke and quite frankly you are not my father... is that too harsh to say to all of those needley noses out there??

Back to black

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:48:00 +0000

Is is just me or do all things seem to be turning retro these days?? It's not just fashion, although that is a big one. It's everything. People want what is going, going, gone. I personally would love to get back to basics - OMG just not here!

Getting Beyond

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:52:00 +0000

I've gotten over my agitation from yesterday. It helps to have cute kids bring you presents... including my favorite chocolates! I love it. I am so in love with the blessings in my life. I have to learn to overlook the things that trap me into negativity. I have to learn to look beyond. I have to learn to just give to my life path and if those around me aren't assisting that I need to move on.

Live, Love and Laughing to be who you were always meant to be.

I think that my light is strong and I want everyone's light to be the same. I want people to just want to give, to want to love, to want to be open --- and I want for them but they don't want for themselves. They want to be in a bubble. They don't want life to continue to move forward, and yet you can't stop it. When you stand in the way of light you find yourself living in darkness. So I presume too much and I want to bring light, but I need to just refocus to not allow the dark in. I am who I want to be, my life is what I want it to be and I refuse to dwell.

Ta for now.

Families are Forever???? Yikes!

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:28:00 +0000

So my annoyance level gets tweaked a little every now and then by the actions of my family members. The most recent is the IL. My husband's three siblings (ages 19 - 23) all live at home. Of course rent free and cost free. My mom gives all that a grandparent should to my daughter including the occasional cash, surprise gift, load of great birthday and christmas gifts... she spends tons of time with my daughter, talks to her almost every day, and would go to the ends of the earth for her. My daughter got a pair of pajamas and a coloring book last year from the IL for her Christmas present, they couldn't go to Disneyland for her birthday because it was too expensive, and she got included in the "adult" Christmas gifting this year and she if only four. Yet - they are off to California as a family for a week after Christmas to pick up a car that the oldest of the three at home bought on the internet sight unseen. Now this is a guy who totally should be on his own but because as they put it "grew up a bit slower than most" is still at home living off the rents. Really? And the picture of the car has a nice little bundle of wires just hanging there so maybe they are right.

I am annoyed. I want my daughter to get what all of her friends get from their grandparents. But I guess I expect too much. My husband was treated like the black sheep for many years after we got married and they had their perfect little family at home (he was 14 when they started having more children). Don't get me wrong - I know they love her, but when the day comes - and I GUARANTEE that day will come - that the children of the siblings get spoiled and my daughter gets whatever is left - that will be the end of the together forever family. I'll back off and she'll be far enough away to never know that she isn't as important as the others.

My friend's kids go to movies, the circus, Disney On Ice, dinner, etc, etc with their grandparents... just feel a little cheated for her. My grandparents gave me nothing. When I graduated my one last living grandmother gave me an odd little jewelry box. I still have it in the garage because it is the only thing I have to showcase that I actually existed. I know it's part reality and part my own issues I'm shoving onto this, but screw it. It is my baby. So treat her better.

Life limping along

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:16:00 +0000

It's that time of year again... the snow is piling up, the air is dry and freezing... and I'm trying to lose the weight that had snuck up on my last winter. So - last January I weighed in at 149. So today I'm at 146.... pretty close, in fact too close for comfort. My goal is to be in the 130's before the end of the year. That is seven pounds. Can I do it? Not sure, but I am sure going to try to make it work. The workouts at the gym are helping the shaping at least. ROFLMAO? Well if I look at myself naked I sure do, and then I cry ;)

It's also that time of year when I desire a new car. What is it with me??? I get bored so easily and then I want something new. However here is the thing. Come spring we are getting rid of the Saturn. So I have to figure out what we are going to do at that point regardless. I want to get myself a big, giant machine. I miss my Durango. I said it, yes I did. So I'm not sure what will happen, but changes - they are a coming.

Long time no hear

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:21:00 +0000

It has been one heck of a holiday season and I've just been too bogged to communicate. Of course now I never miss Twitter or Facebook...lol.... but those are just easy. We had a great vacation to SoCal, enjoyed a fun Halloween with friends (the little one ran from house to house of course... CANDY!!!), delved in head first to all of the delic Thanksgiving food -- and now we are nearing Christmas. Already? Yes. So soon enough I will have much time to write. Till then...

Life and Issues

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:18:00 +0000

Caitlin made a beautiful picture today - I think that she carries some of those artistic genes from my mom. It's really pretty mature for her age group. Totally blew away the other pre-K pictures made today. Speaking of pre-K ... I have issues. Every since I had some "momzilla" get crazy at me, I keep expecting some other shoe to drop. Her son broke both of Caitlin's golf clubs, and I want to believe that she's going to get mad that I let him break them or some odd thing like that. Is it worth it??? I have to wonder. But he is the one that is the closest to Caitlin's education level so I feel like I need him to keep her advancing the way I want her to. And I have to remember that this is my part of the issue. I know this and I'm working on it.

And, thank goodness, October is almost here. I cannot wait until then. I NEED, really it's not just a want, I need a vacation as does my entire family. Thank you Disneyland! We can't wait. Caitlin will turn four at Disneyland and I'm just thrilled about it. I think it's going to be the best. I also am thinking about doing the Mickey Trick and Treat on the first night we get there. I think she'd have a blast dressing up like Sleeping Beauty and then getting treats. But with allergies I'd have to bring our own safe treats to trade out with. Ah... the joys. I'll let you know if we go.

Blog, oh blog me.

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:06:00 +0000

I now have seven blogs... count them, seven. And I was even looking at the blogjob board today and thought, what are you? You OCD individual you! I mean I was banned from getting on the scale for four days. HOLY GUAC! Four days. All day yesterday I kept thinking about the scale. And when I got up today, I just stared at it. Like it was some sort of villian in my life. Rotten scale that I can't get on. How horrible you are. I was suprised at how hard it has been. I guess knowing that my family is addictive, it shouldn't be surprising that I latch onto things in my life. Yet I find it offensive that it's a scale. Really. Obsessive about my weight. Maybe the next four days will help, but I doubt it.

Two Little Hands Productions

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:42:00 +0000

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Legs... it's all about the legs

noreply@blogger.com (BubbleGirl) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:46:00 +0000

SO... it is all about the legs this week. I am working on the wheel's so to speak. Randy has us doing a killer, and I really mean killer, leg work out this week. It involves lots of lunges, pressing, and just about any other move you can find that is going to work the glutes and upper thigh area. Ouch! Well must be doing it right. We'll see how I am feeling about my bod in about two weeks. I should be seeing some sort of difference by then. Way to go me!