My new "toy"...

My brother-in-law heard I was looking to buy a gun. I had posted a few that I wanted on Facebook and one of them was a gun he had. He offered to bring it down for me to try shooting to see if I liked it and if I wanted it he would sell it to me. I really liked it and he made me a good deal so my hubby bought it for me. It's a Ruger 9mm. I can't wait to get out for some more target practice!! Eventually I'll take the class and apply for a concealed carry permit.

:-)



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Fun at the gym :)

Well, we've been at Anytime Fitness for almost two months now and I'm loving it just as much today as when we joined. Even though my weight isn't dropping, I'm slimming and toning. Yesterday I wore pants that I haven't wore for a long time, and they were baggy on me :) so that tells me I'm doing something right...lol.

I was always a bit scared to join a gym. I thought it would be full of people who were extreme athletes and I would be very out of place. I was way wrong!!! The people there are very nice and they're all after the same thing, getting healthy, fit and feeling good about themselves. It's a very fun and inspirational atmosphere, and it makes me wish I would have joined a long time ago!!

We've been taking a few pictures while at the gym and thought I'd share a few here.

Here is our oldest son at his trainer assesment. When we signed up we were given a free health assesment to see what our fitness level was.

Here's my mom at her assesment,

Here is my sexy, running man hubby,

We celebrated our anniversary this year with a gym date. It was awesome!! While we were doing medicine ball situps on the decline bench, one of the guys that work there handed us his gloves and pads and showed us how to add punches into the workout. WOW!!! What a workout that was!! I told him we were celebrating with a gym date and how much I loved working out there and he said he wanted to see it on the board before we left. So here is what I wrote on the board,

Here is a pic of Steve and our son on the bikes. Sorry it's blurry, I was on a machine while taking the pics...lol,

My muscle man, pumping iron!

Here he is on the bike again,

And Steve got the camera so here's one of me working my legs :)

And one of me telling him to give me back the camera...lol

So, that is some of our fun at the gym. Our son that is in the military sends me lists of exercises he has to do there and I make up workouts of them to do in between the weight lifting and machines. My favorite so far has been the frog jumps. They got me so winded I could hardly breathe, I really felt like I was working my body hard with those. I would like to try them in the school gym to see if I can make it all the way across the floor. :)

If you're thinking of joining a gym, I highly recommend you go for it!! One thing I like about Anytime Fitness is the fact that it IS ANYTIME! I make one payment a month and I can go there anytime I want, I can go on a regular schedule set for the week, I can go in the morning before I start my day, I can go at night to end the day, I can go when I'm bored, I can go when I'm stressed, I can go when I need a boost to my self esteem, I can go when it's too hot outside to do anything, I can go when it's raining.... the list of when's can go on and on. The best thing about it is that even though we are on a budget, we make that one payment a month and that's it, we can go whenever and not have to bring any cash with us. We make this our family time when we can all be there together, and my hubby and I also make it our "date" time when it's just he and I.

I have found that since going to the gym I am much more relaxed, I can move around better, I feel better, I have more energy, I'm walking taller because I feel good about myself, I'm more flexible and I'm stronger physically and mentally.

It has been a great experience and I'm looking forward to what is waiting for me on our new journey.

Do you smell fish???

I love to eat fish. I hate the fish smell left in the house after cooking it. Even washing the pan right away doesn't help much. But, I did come up with something that does help, my homemade air freshener. It has a dual purpose, it freshens and adds moisture to dry winter air in the home.

What you need is:

Cinnamon Sticks
Whole Cloves
Dried Orange Peels
Dried Lemon Peels
Coffee Filters
Twist Ties
A Big Pot
Water

Fill the pot with water and get it started boiling on the stove while putting together the filters. Take one coffee filter and add each of the spices. Fold the filter so all the spices are covered, if you filled it too full you can add another filter over the first one to help keep the spices inside. Twist two twist tie ends together to make one long twist tie. Tie that around your bundle of spices to keep it closed. Pop it in the boiling water, let it boil a few minutes then turn the heat down so the water simmers. Keep adding water when needed to keep the pot full. I usually make three bundles to boil, gets the house nice and spicy!!

mmmmmm.....smells yummy!!

EDIT: I should add that you can use any spices you like. Another one of my favorites is Star Anise, smells like licorice :)

Anytime Fitness

Just realized I never posted here about my exciting news. I joined a gym in October and after a couple weeks I was told I was chosen to be the member of the month for November. It was so cool!!!

I really enjoy the gym and I'm so glad I joined. I'm really toning up. I'm still doing the usual though, not losing weight, but losing inches. I'm sure the weight will eventually start dropping, but I'm very happy the clothes sizes are dropping!! Maybe I'll finally get to be my favorite superhero for Halloween next year :-) That would be awesome!!! (for those that don't know, it's Wonder Woman!!)

Opening day of deer season here today. I heard some gunshots off in the distance when I took Brigi out for her walk this morning. It's a sad season this year. Our youngest son is still in training and is missing his first opening day hunt. My hubby had his first season off work in a few years and was looking forward to being out there opening day, even though he was going to miss his hunting buddy terribly, then earlier this week a guy he works with broke his ankle at work. So my hubby has to fill in for him and work straight through til Thanksgiving. It sucks, but you gotta do what ya gotta do. There will be time to hunt when our son gets home on Christmas Exodous. :-)

So once again it's just me at home :-/ I'm getting some cleaning done and calming the energy in the house. Weird stuff going on again. Earlier today I heard Zak's guitar strum downstairs in his room. Just once, like someone ran their thumb across unplugged electric guitar strings. All the cats were up here sleeping so I know it wasn't them. There's just a weird feeling in the house today. I was snapped awake by a strong scent of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. It's not the first time I've smelled them. I don't know what it's from though. Whatever it is it has to be good, right? I mean, how can chocolate chip cookies be bad??? LOL!

I like the new changes of Blogger. Well, so far anyway. I just came back after being gone from here for a while so we'll see how it goes. But so far I'm liking it :-) 

I was just in the kitchen getting some lunch and I happened to look at the calendar. My poor hubby has to work 9 days in a row. He's on a 4 on 4 off 12 hour shift that alternates days & nights. The last 3 days of this stretch is on nights. That's going to be hard on him to switch over without the 4 day break in between. I'll have to be sure to treat him extra sweet during this time, he will deserve and need it. <3

I have to take Brigi to a rabies clinic today to update her shot. I haven't told her where we're going or what for. She's smart and will know what that means :-) She's been sleeping all day. She's not a morning dog at all. I'm going to have to take her back to our regular vet soon, she has more tumors growing :-( I want to get them off as soon as possible.

It's such a cloudy, dreary day out there today. Looks like it could start raining anytime. I hope the rain hold off until Brigi & I are back home later.

Have a great day everyone!! I'll try to get back into a blogging mode and update more often. :-)
















  

been a while...

...wow! It's been a while since I've been here. Alot of changes at Blogger. I'll have to check it out another day though. Too tired tonight.