Good Things Take Time

Here I am again. Must do a quick little blog as I must catch the bus soon for work. On Monday I did go for a walk and I took my dog Jax with me. It was a good 40 minute walk and just what I needed to start off this week. After that I came home and took a break to let the dogs outside. I came back inside and did my 20 minute easy yoga DVD. Sadly I did not fit in those sit-ups and push-ups. My brother came over to the house and we hung out for awhile and then went over to Lucky's apartment. Bear joined us. It was a chill night, just watching TV and being with friends. Yesterday I wasn't good as I did no exercising, but I did play some DDR for a short two games. Does that count? You get a real fucking workout with that game.

Boots and I had our own date night after I got off work. Work was crazy. Only a three hour shift and I had eight tables come within 10 minutes. Not 10 minutes of the table before, in a span of 10 minutes. Was crazy but I plowed through it. Though afterwards I realized why my mind was going crazy. I had not written one order down, I memorized every single one. Crazy, CRAZY I TELL YOU. Boots then picked me up and we went mini-golfing. Was so much fun. We went to the course we thought had much less people. Screw keeping score, though we did pretty good. There was much kicking, throwing, and yelling at the golf balls. We skipped ahead about three holes when we got stuck behind two groups of people. Then Bear joined us. Boots mentioned that he looked like Sasquatch tromping through the course to find us. We had such a good laugh my cheeks starting hurting. After that we played in the arcade a bit. Skee-ball, Pigs Fly, and DDR were played.

We then went to Townhouse for $5 Burger night and to meet up with the rest of our friends. It was a wonderful end to the night and Boots apparently smelled good to our server. He even asked one of the guys in our group if she had a bf and for her number. Go Boots!

Well that's it for now, got to go catch the bus!

A Weight Issue

I went to the doctor the other day cause I had another cyst that decided to pop up. Had one a couple years ago. But this isn't about the cyst, not really. All I got out of the visit was $20 poorer and an acne medicine. But what I really got out of it was a real weight problem. I don't care who you are, when the tallest you'll ever be is 5'1, your weight shouldn't be 196. That's right folks, I weight 50 more than what I want to be at. The sad thing though, I thought I was only 30 lbs over what I wanted to be. There always comes a point (or at least there should be, when people who are overweight look in the mirror and say, "Who the fuck is that person looking back at me, cause it sure as hell shouldn't be me!" I feel disgusted with what I look and feel like right now. I said a month ago after I finished my Mud Run that I would take a week to recover and then I would start up with a slow exercise routine. It's been three weeks since then. Shows what resolve I really had. To quote one of my favorite songs, "I'm telling you, shit is FUCKED UP."

I'm a little on edge. I hate my weight. Love my haircut. Oh yea, after 15 years of having long ass hair I chopped it all off and donated it. It's already grown about three inches since I've done it, too. Now I can really start styling it and having some fun with my hair. I don't like the fact that I'm starting to buy new clothes that are LARGER. Ugh.

So today is Sunday. Tomorrow readers, if I even have any, I start something. I want to go for a 20 minute walk or so and also do my 20 minute beginners yoga DVD. If I can, I'll fit in 5 push-ups and 10 sit-ups. Who thinks they can keep me on track? My goal: drop 20 lbs by Christmastime, and fit into a size 10. Today is the 24th of June.

Let's see what this little Cali girl can do.

Hiatus Over

So I haven't posted in months, but trust me folks, plenty has happened in my life. I've dropped out of college, even though I've let my parents believe that I was kicked out. Not sure which is worse really.  I've been in a car accident. Was a 10-car pileup on the freeway. Not fun. I was fine except for a flesh burn from the airbag exploding. I currently have no car. I've done 6 paintings since my last post. Here they are:

Meli's Musical Note: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/294161_10150300681271020_1257650480_n.jpg

Some sort of flower in shades: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/307110_10150302044616020_249619083_n.jpg

This was made especially for my guy friends - BCMCEC Home Banner: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/399868_10150419066301020_814340750_n.jpg 

A Butterfly: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/420151_10150517177321020_62052129_n.jpg

Squares: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/430841_10150519389986020_1860342094_n.jpg

Dragon Army logo (not original): http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/543137_10150630951176020_1466865922_n.jpg

I've made a whole bunch of new friends. I meet up with them every Tuesday night now. Bear and I are still going strong, though I'm wondering if we'll ever get married at this rate. I still work at a movie theater, but I'm getting slightly tired of that and am looking into other options. I'm going to start paying for a lot of my own things, such as car payments and insurance, phone bill, etc. Also I went vegetarian about 7 months ago and I'm still enjoying it. No, I really don't miss the taste of meat.

I think that's it for now. Stay tuned folks, I'll be around more often if you will :)

2012 New Years Day

It's interesting that a single day change can make people resolve to do things better in their lives. For the most part, I resolve to do better in every day in my life, whether that actually happens or not is a different story. Like today for example. I partied last night for the new year and went to sleep around 4am, woke up around 10:30am  fully functional. Makes me either sad I didn't get more trashed last night like I did the year before or creeps me out to think I drink enough to the point where my tolerance has gone way up. Either way, I'm up and awake. I've played two Dominion games and made myself breakfast. What do I do now? It's about 1pm and I have work at 5:30pm. I have about 3.5 hours to do things. Something I was debating doing was going shopping at the mall, making files on my computer for food and drink recipes I get from magazines, doing laundry, starting another painting, etc. I still have to shower as well.

Let's see what the day, or should I say new year, shall bring :)

Beginning December, Foodie Style

So I've been a vegetarian for a little over a month now. It's going well. I've needed to blog for awhile now and I've been neglecting to do so. Too much going now to even cover the beginnings of what's on in my life. What's new with you, if anyone's even reading this?

Edit 10 Minutes Later:

I decided I should do a food blog since I discovered that people read more things about food or experiences. Why not combine the two?! I know, most amazing idea ever, right? Here's the edible foods I've tried so far:

Salsa Chickpea Lettuce Wraps - my favorite at the moment

Tofu Scramble - not bad actually

Chili-Lime Corn Chips - I need to watch my oven on this one, first I made them too wimpy, but that was because I used too many corn tortillas. The second time I crisped them too much. I need a middle ground.

Rootbeer Float Cupcakes - I think they're delicious! Might use Dr. Pepper to please more people next time. Not sure why people like carbonated prune juice. It's a mystery!

Black Bean Brownies - now these were really delicious. Completely vegan and flour free.

Mediterranean Tofu - I originally didn't see that this served 4 in the recipe it gave me. Needless to say, I made too much. It was an ok recipe. Tweaking needed!

Chocolate Espresso Oatmeal Cookies - HUGE hit at my work!!

Do you read it NOW? Teehee.

Good and Bad Things

Yesterday was an amazing beginning to my week. Although it suck big hairy monkey balls that I have to wake up at 6am to get up for my 8am Organic Chemistry class, I got to come home and meet up with Bear. We stayed in bed for awhile and let me say, I missed him dearly. We went to breakfast after that and it was wonderful. We haven't been able to go to out to breakfast in awhile. I've been busy with school and work. Him with work mostly. He works too much for that company and I'm not sure if they knew what  gem the have in my man. Take today for example. It's supposed to be Bear's day off and we had plans to go the the movies. Would have probably made it into a double feature. I was going to go to the store and get the ingredients for my Cracked Wheat Waffle with Blueberry syrup recipe and surprise him with breakfast.

Sadly, anytime I have a great idea to have a to have an amazing ngiht or day with my Bear, his work calls and goes "nope! You can't have fun today. You have to cover someone else's mistake, do me a favor, etc'. At least that's what it feels like anyway. It happened last week as well. My old friend Bright Eyes from high school had an extra ticket for Bear to come with us to screen the latest Big Bang Theory episode. He was supposed to get off work at 5:30pm, but had gotten approval from his ASM to leave at 4:30 instead. What ended up happening? He had to stay to close the store to cover for anther manager who decided not to show up.

That night didn't turn out so horrid though. Bright Eyes and I didn't end up making it in to the screening with our stand-by tickets, so she took me to the delicious burger place called Umami Burger. It is hands down the best burger restaurant I've ever been to. A little on the expensive side, but it was worth it. It's in Hollywood somewhere. I think. Whatever. It was delicious, that's all I know.

So what will I do with the rest of my day? I was debating still going and catching a movie. Not sure if I'll do it, might not have the energy or right mind to. I hate going to movies by myself. Will catch up on some laundry and cleaning. Do some chores as a favor to my Mom. In the evening I have a couple of friends coming over for a girl's night. Pizza, drinks, and a movie at home. That might just be the pick me up I need for this crappy day.

Let's Try This Again Shall We?

This is long overdue. I hope everyone had a wonderful summer. Mine was full of fun times, breakdowns, concerts, friends, food, drinks, and of course work at the Dream Factory. There was one moment that stuck out in my head as the best day of the summer. The 4th of July. That day was the first time that my parents and Bear's parents and his Aunt and Uncle were able to get together. We played games and had tons of laughs as well as fun discussions. It was great to see our families getting along and to see my parents smiling. That was my happiest day of summer. It also helped that I didn't have to work.

What can I say to catch anyone up on what's going on in my life? Unless you've been here, there's so much to tell, but I shall do my best to sum up the events of my life in the past three months.

I've worked my ass off at the Dream Factory. Paychecks were nice for awhile, but now we're entering slow movie season. Paychecks will be less sweet. I've finally managed to pay my parents back the astounding $1100 I've owed them for sometime now. I am back in college this semester even though I decided I hadn't wanted to go back. I'm taking Organic Chemistry and repeating a public speaking class. I've also kept up with my painting. For those of you that don't have me on fb, here's links to what I have done thus far:

The Rose: http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247537_10150201918491020_701691019_7508068_3702546_n.jpg

Keyhole in the Sky: http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/261697_10150205366446020_701691019_7538022_5400119_n.jpg

Dark Side of the Moon tribute: http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251621_10150244655816020_701691019_7845114_6746975_n.jpg

Hammer Banner, another tribute to Pink Floyd: http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/223033_10150244655696020_701691019_7845113_2270684_n.jpg

Ghostbusters logo: http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/295841_10150264878411020_701691019_8054512_3332143_n.jpg

Celtic Love Knot: http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/301683_10150264878626020_701691019_8054514_3916207_n.jpg

California Poppy: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150275729041020&set=a.10150185393076020.305549.701691019&type=1&permPage=1

As I list these, I realize that art has kept me busy as well as somewhat sane over the summer from my own inner turmoil. I need to exercise again for the sake of my own health. I'm 5'1 and I weigh an ungodly 190 lbs. I feel disgusting in my own skin. Body image issues much?

I've also tried out some gardening. I grew little tomatoes, but when work go the best of me, I forgot about them and the plants died. That also goes for the baby plants of pumpkin, sunflower, and corn. Yes, I feel bad. Yes, I am going to try again. I refuse to give up until I grow the yummiest foodage to eat!