For those who get called a Bitch....

I'm a bitch!
 

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch.

When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.

When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts, or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.

Being a bitch entails raising my children to be strong people who have a solid sense of personal and social responsibility, who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and who love and respect themselves for the beautiful beings they are.

Being a bitch means that I am free to be the wonderful creature that am, with all my own intricacies, contradictions, quirks and beauty.

Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart.  

It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.

It means I know I've made mistakes in the past, but I've forgiven myself and moved on.

When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak up against it, I am defined as a bitch.

The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.

I am proud to be a bitch!  

It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be.

I am outspoken, opinionated, and determined.  By God, I want what I want, and there is nothing wrong with that!

So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me. You won't succeed.

And if that makes me a bitch, so be it.  I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.

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Downloaded the app for my phone. So now when I'm out somewhere & get bored, I can blog about it...lol.

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My latest addiction....

<3 Riesen Candy <3

Pretty cloud after the storm.

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Today's lunch... yummy 300 calories salmon cakes.

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Steve got Brigi canned dog food. She's chowing on steak & gravy. He spoils her so much!

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New Fitness App

Just set up a new fitness app on my phone to help me with my weight loss goal. It's called RunKeeper and you can track your workouts with it. It tells you your time, distance, calories burned and pace. It also posts your results to FaceBook & Twitter when you connect your accounts. 
If anyone out there who reads my blog would like to join me, here's my page http://runkeeper.com/user/im2spooky4u/profile . You can use RunKeeper online if you don't have a smartphone to use the app. 
I had been using the CardioTrainer app, but it had too many glitches and didn't work most of the time. Hopefully this one will keep working the way it should. 
I'm heading out for a walk/run to try it out. Well, to try out the connected online part of it. I've already used it before setting up my account so those activities didn't get logged on my account.  
Enjoy your sun shiny day everyone, and get out for some fitness today :-)

Catching up again.... lol

I know it's been a while since I've been here blogging, so I guess I should get things caught up. The only problem is, where to start??? ...lol. 
Our oldest son dropped out of college and has gone back to work full time until he figures out what he wants to do with his life. He's not sure he wants to even go back to school. I've told him he's young and has plenty of time to figure it out. If he decides to not go back to school and just continue working, I'm fine with it as long as it's what he wants to do. It's his life, I can't tell him how to live it. I never even went to college, so I can't really tell him he has to go anyway. He does have an Associates Degree. He is also an ordained minister through Universal Life Church. I've been wanting to do that myself so I can perform themed weddings. Perhaps now is the time to stop wanting to do it and just do it...lol. 
Our youngest is a Senior in high school this year. He joined the National Guard and has been going to drills the last few months, he's at drills right now. The first time he came home in all his gear it brought tears to my eye. He looked so grown up! He will leave for Basic Training this summer, then come back to go to school in the Fall. 
My hubby is still running. He doesn't get out as much in the winter, but goes as often as he can. I'd like to get him a nice treadmill for winter running. I'm thinking this will be the year I can get out and run with him. I'm 30 pounds lighter than last year at this time and working hard to keep losing more. 
Speaking of the weight loss, I'm very happy to say I made it to Onederland!!! I'm finally back down into the 100's. Only 53 pounds to go to reach my goal weight. I had 85 to lose, I was feeling kinda hopeless there for a while because I was hovering at 200-202 for so long I didn't think it was going to drop. But it did and it felt great! I have a mini-goal to lose 20 pounds by my sons graduation in June, I'm over half way there :-) 
I'm getting alot of help to lose weight from MyFitnessPal. I also use SparkPeople, but not as much as MFP. You can check out my pages if you'd like, http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=IM2SPOOKY4Uhttp://www.myfitnesspal.com/im2spooky4u
Brigit has really become part of the family. She is helping me exercise too with all the walks she takes me on...lol. I feel so bad for her though when we have to walk in the deep snow, her tiny little legs and belly get packed with snow. 
She loves cheese and sharing dinner with Daddy. We usually eat on the couch and she jumps right up there with him and gets on his lap waiting for a snack. She's such a silly girl! 
Here's a pic of Brigit & me taken at a Christmas party. Brigit had a cute Christmas dress on. 

She's such a pretty girl in her little dress!!!

As you can see in the pic, I got my long hair cut short. It's even shorter now, I got a Halle Berry pixie cut. I like it. I do miss my long hair sometimes, but for now, while I'm focusing on getting my body in shape, I want it easy to just wash & go. 

MyFitnessPal

A girl I work with was talking about MyFitnessPal.com the other day at work so I decided to check it out. I've been using SparkPeople.com and I absolutely love it. I will have to say though that I like the phone app for MyFitnessPal better than SparkPeople's. It's much easier to navigate and all the info is right there so you just have to fill in the blanks. 
At this point I need all the help I can get. And since I like playing with "techy gadgets", these phone apps are just what I need. Thank you again, Zak, for buying me this awesome phone so I can have all these cool apps!!! 
So far these are my favorite fitness apps...
CardioTrainerhttp://www.droidapps.org/cardiotrainer-get-into-shape-with-the-droid/
SpecTrekhttp://www.droidapps.org/spectrek-ghost-hunting-on-android/
SparkPeoplehttp://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-sparkpeople-app-nmmx.aspx
MyFitnessPalhttp://www.myfitnesspal.com/mobile
Instant Heart Ratehttp://www.droidapps.org/instant-heart-rate-measures-your-heart-rate-using-the-android-camera/
SpecTrek is soooo much fun! I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so I can get out there more often to use it.  CardioTrainer is my most used one so far. I use it to track my workouts and when I take my dog for walks. They have a cool Thanksgiving app that works with the CardioTrainer. It starts out as a cooked turkey on a platter and you have to burn calories to "burn away" the turkey. Here's a page for the app, http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-wsl-burntheturkey-qtDjq.aspx
So far the apps have been keeping me motivated. I hope they continue to do so. I have 65 pounds to lose yet, and like I said, I need all the help I can get!! 
Wish me luck!!! :-D

Brigit jumped up & laid by little man. He cant figure out what the hell she is doing. ..lol

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Avalanche!! Just saw the section on the right fall. Good thing nobody was under it!

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These tins are awesome!

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More cool t-shirt tins

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Cool t-shirt in a tin box at kohls

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I took brigit out for a run this morning with steve. We had so much fun! I'll be sore later LOL

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I love old recipe books! This one is an old "town collection". The cover is gone so i dont know the year, but its from a time when the women would sign their recipes as Mrs. (Then their husbands name) y ou dont see that very often any more.

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Mix 2.5 c. Flour, a half c. Powdered sugar & 2 sticks butter like pie crust dough. Press into pan & bake for 20 min. In a bowl beat 4 eggs then add to it 1.5 c. Sugar, 6 tablespoons lemon juice, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1.4 teaspoon salt. Pour over hot crust and bake for 25 min.

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Then you mix in the rest of the ingredients. Pour that over the hot crust you just baked. Pop it back in the oven for 25 minutes.

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Then you take out your frustrations and beat 4 eggs.

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Then press the flour crust into the bottom of a cake pan.

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Lemon bars- first u cut the butter into the flour mix.

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LOL BRIGIT WANTS TO DRIVE!

LOL... Brigit wants to drive!

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Brigit is falling asleep with grandma.

Brigit is falling asleep with grandma.

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Today is Brigit's birthday!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRIGIT!!!! She is 7 years old today!



I think I'll make some cookies to celebrate ;-)