March Sixth Part One

So it is only 8:30 am right now and I have not even attempted to do my morning yoga yet. I fell asleep last night listening to the audio-book The Kitchen House (I am trying to get so much information into my brain that I read three books; one on simple living, one on money' and one on happiness or religion at a time. Then on top of that I listen to an audio-book for my pleasure reading).

For some reason I woke up at 2:00 in the morning and just couldn't fall back asleep. I thought I felt a headache coming on but it wasn't intense enough to get out of my warm bed and get an excedrin. I lay awake trying to fall asleep without using any sound. Finally I just gave up and went to Hulu and played an episode of Monk. It worked but then I woke up again at 6:00 and thought okay good I can get up early and enjoy my "Sunday". The best laid plans right some where between thinking of getting up and what to do this morning I fell back asleep. LOL!

Now I am actually up and looking out my window at SNOW and SUN!! It's a beautiful site but I however am not happy. Sometime between 2:00 and 8:00 my slight thought of a headache has blown into a mild migraine. Now let me take a moment to explain why this makes me unhappy:

I am pretty good when it comes to pain. I don't enjoy it of course but I can handle it for the most part. I have had kidney stones and was able to get through them without a tear and I can tell you they HURT!!! But for some reason when it comes to headaches I am the biggest baby ever. I can't stand them. I have a routine down where the second I feel it coming on I grab two Excedrin (And it has to be Excedrin or it doesn't work) and lay in bed for a half hour until it finally kicks in and thinking doesn't hurt anymore. Honestly I hate headaches so much I would rather go through having a kidney stone any day.

So that's where I start my day with a migraine and a not so happy attitude. Only I decided to try something new today and write this post while waiting the thirty minutes for the Excedrin to work. Its 8:58 now and I am now in a better mood just for getting my feelings out! Time to finally do my morning yoga and start my day.

GOOD MORNING TUESDAY!!!

March Fifth

I woke up this morning very peaceful and got up and did my morning yoga with in that same state of being. I was playing meditation music and I think from now on I will keep that tradition while doing yoga both in the morning and at night.

I had a few errands to run today so I drove up to Canada because I had two savings bonds I needed to cash out and bring back down here and was happy with the $139 in interest they had accumulated. I also got to go the A&W finally to use my gift card from Christmas. I did have a root beer with my chubby chicken burger but its A&W and to me it was a must. Going one day breaking that rule I am okay with.

Once I got back down into the states I went to my bank to deposit my bonus check I got from work last week along with the savings bonds money. It felt good to know that I was going to have a little extra to put into my emergency fund now.

Then it was off to the mall to buy hand soap at Bath and Body Works and I was lucky enough to go when the buy 7 for $20 sale was on. I should be good for hand soap for another seven months or so. I changed it up and went to the foam soap this time instead of the antibacterial one because I remember a news article saying that we don't need antibacterial in our everyday home life. And for some reason that stuck with me. So we shall see if it lasts longer or shorter then the one I use now. I also went and got my eyebrows waxed and of course went into the yogurt shop and got a small green tea yogurt. SO GOOD!!!

Then the last stop for me was to Marshall's to try and find a dress for the Blake Shelton concert I am going to on Friday. I wanted a white dress but if I couldn't find that a nice top was just gonna have to do. I couldn't find much until the very last dress I looked at and was so happy to find the white dress in my size. It was the first thing I tried on in the dressing room and I fell in LOVE with it. so $32 later the dress was mine...

After that I came home and read a little before I took a little nap then woke up and walked for 40 minutes and over 2 miles. Then had a nice dinner with my parents and took a bath. As I am writing this I am just waiting for it to be 8:00 so I can watch the voice. I need to check my bodybugg to see if I have made my steps today or not cause if not I will be hopping back on the treadmill later.

It has been a decent day off to say for sure!

March Fourth

Good Morning Sunday and its so good cause of two things.

1. I have the Day OFF
2. NASCAR!!!!

    I woke up this morning at nine am because I had to work so late but I woke up refreshed and I did manage to do my morning yoga after running upstairs and checking the time for the start of the race. I think my goal will be to try and walk during the commercials to try and keep active and reach my 10,00 steps. I realized this morning that I walked way more than 1200 steps yesterday because it went into today's score and it says I have already walked 6000 steps which I most certainly have not. So I will be doing a little math tonight. 

    I decided to do this post a little different today and write it as my day progresses so most likely you will never realize what it is I am doing but I think it may help me.
    I had about an hour and a half before the race begun and I was just chillin looking at other peoples resolutions and decided to get in a casual workout. It was a little too casual for me though so I did my own thing during some of the resting points but it was still a good workout broke into a sweat at the end. Then went back to looking to finish my personal commandments and secrets of adulthood. I only have two more commandments to go.
    I got to watch about half the race today then went to Lynden to walk with Terra and we ended up spending the whole day together including dinner at Red Robin. YUM! It was good quality friend time.
    Then I came home and did my nighttime yoga and decided to hit the hay early. All in all a great day!!!

March Third

Today I had to get up and go to my Stampin Up club meeting. I was really good and did my morning yoga and then went and spent two hours out before coming home and taking a little nap before work knowing I had to start at five and wouldn't be home till after two am. So I sort of set myself up for failure. I knew I wasn't gonna go home and do yoga before bed. I figured I might have a chance not to eat treats at work but it was Frankie's Birthday so there were cupcakes for everyone and I lost the battle right then and there.

I didn't schedule any walking for myself today because I have three days off after tonight and can do all of my workouts and walking then.

At work things went pretty well. I think I need to start doing the don't say anything unless its a question directed to you because there seems to be a lot of tension going on and I don't want to be a part of it. Its hard for me to just not talk after I get to know people but I think it would be best for now because I don't want a bad review and on top of that I know that I shouldn't care what people think about me but I do and I only want it to be good so I think I shall go into a little more silence.

All in all I think the three day weekend is going to help me connect back with myself and help we rock out my next week at work. I made my 10,00 steps no problem so no worries there.

March Second

Just a little note to reader I am writing this on the third but talking like its still the second. I just find this easier for my writing.

Today was a little more challenging the yesterday. I did not hit all the goals I had set for myself. I was able to wake up and do my yoga first thing so two day streak there. Then I did my 15 minute workout because I knew I had work and then going out after so I would have never got it done afterwards. So my morning went really well and then I went to work.

I did really great with the no pop but man let me tell you I was craving one like non other. I instead gave into a glass of energy drink during lunch and I had hot coco cause it was chilly at work. The good news though is that everyone who works at my work receives a bonus around this time each year and I received mine yesterday with a much greater sum then I was expecting to get. YAY ME!!!

So work was good work wise but I ate a treat at work. I am gonna have to learn how to say no to this. I think for sure its going to be one of the hardest parts to get through. I am a sweet treats kind of gal and I find it so hard to say no to a pretty cookie or anything red velvet. My strategy for tomorrow night is to pretend like if I eat the treats I have to give my bonus away to someone I don't like. That should stop me (Hopefully)

After work a bunch of us met up at the Coconut Grove and did a little work bashing over a couple drinks. I know its wrong and chances are it will happen again but hopefully I wont be such a big participant in it but I did feel a little relieved that I was not the only one feeling the way I do. So anyways I made it home and was just tipsy enough to not do my nighttime yoga. The thought crossed my mind but I smashed it and talked to Erin over the phone instead.

So the two major things to work on tomorrow night is the NO TREATS and doing yoga before bed. To end the night on a positive note I did walk over 19,000 steps today!

The Happiness Project

I realize I should have started out my blog with doing a review of the book that has inspired me to do this project in the first place; but I just realized today that I wanted to do a book review on the books I read so please forgive me.

The Happiness Project By Gretchen Rubin

During the very end of 2011 I ordered a bunch of books of of Amazon because I felt like I needed a change. I didn't realize that this one book would be the change I was craving. From the very first page I was hooked and by the first chapter I knew I would do my own Happiness Project.

The book starts out by Gretchen explaining how she realized that she needed more happiness in her life and that if she wanted that to be she was going to have to make it happen for herself. She gives the reader her personal commandments and her secrets to adulthood all before she digs into her year of happiness. She also gives you an idea of what her year was going to focus on.

Every chapter is a month and within each month she explains what that month of resolutions is about and how she went about them. What I love most about this book is that she relates her personal commandments and secrets of adulthood into her writing so you understand where she is coming from. Also I love that she doesn't just say everything went fine she writes about the good and the bad and I actually think that when things didn't go according to how she expected she learned more.

The end of the book she has a two page explanation of what happened after her year was up and I think it was just the best way for her to summarize how she felt. I love this book and recommend it to anyone who would like to become happier themselves. You don't have to devote a whole year to happiness as Gretchen did or how I am planning on but you could simply do a weeks worth at a time.

Being happy is something you must do for yourself and this book has opened the door for me and I will forever be grateful to Gretchen Rubin for writing this book!

March First

Today went well. I woke up at six am and did my morning yoga. Then decided I was too cold and lazy to shower before work and I knew my hair was still clean enough for one more day so I crawled back into bed and looked up some workouts I can do on my phone until six thirty. Then I finally got up and brushed my teeth and did my hair and started my Jeep because it was FREEZING outside this morning. Then back into my bed for ten minutes to let the Jeep get warm.

Drove to work listening to my slow down 2 mix on my I-Pod and had a nice drive in. Was really good and only had water before I clocked in. Then during my first break I had a cinnamon roll for breakfast. It was huge and delicious and a great breakfast indeed. Lunch was so much healthier with my salad small pile of rice and my orange. Had a nice and simple six hour day and got my yearly review which went well considering they were only judging me on two months worth of work. I apparently have to stop rolling my eyes. I shall try and do this though I am not sure I even realize that I am doing it...

I drove myself to Lynden to see the difference in miles after work and figured that I save myself five to six miles a day buy moving there. Then went to the store to buy everything I needed to make my dinner

Once I got home I made my favorite pasta with meat and lots of cheese then went into my room and watched Eat,Pray Love! Fell asleep somewhere around the Pray part and woke up in the middle of the Love part. Decided a nice hot bath was in order so I did that while listening to mediation music and shaved my legs!

All that I have left to do tonight is my bed time yoga! All Goals Met!!! And I crushed my 10000 step count rule!