Goodbye, Tyler...

Gabriel saying goodbye to Tyler at the airport...

Hey, guys!

Hey there, everyone. I just wanted to write a quick entry so that everyone knows I haven't dropped off the face of the earth haha. Tyler came in from overseas to surprise me for my birthday and I will try to post the video of it sometime for those of you who aren't on my facebook...but he leaves tomorrow to go back and he won't be coming back until at least May 2012...I am at my mom's right now where they have internet and I will be back here tomorrow or Sunday so I will try to write another entry...a longer entry...then. Hope everyone is well...

Grr

Once again, we don't have internet. We had to cancel it because we can't afford to pay for it right now. So, sadly, my next List of Five group of posts will have to be put on hold...you guys are really going to like this next group too and I am excited to share but they will have to wait. I am sitting in a Barnes & Noble right now because it has free wifi...so I won't be posting anything for a while until my parents get internet at their house (which I think is supposed to be soon) and then I can take my computer over there and use their internet. I will miss you all!!

You've just been overhauled!

I'm making sure I have the perfect five for my countdown before I start it again so it will be just a little bit longer before I do that again...




In the meantime, I have been giving my entire house an overhaul! It is ridiculous how much I have done in the past three days and how much still needs to be done...but we switched Gabriel's room to the third bedroom. It is a bigger room than the one he was in and it is painted a dark teal color from when it was Josh's old bedroom. He now has a full bed instead of a twin and it looks so much like a little boy's room instead of a baby room like his other one did.

If Josh and I ever have another little munchkin, the other room will be turned into a nursery, but for now it is going to be a library/home gym and I can't wait!! I have already moved my bookshelves in there from my bedroom and put a table in it for a television eventually, but what do you all think?

I have an Ab Circle machine and The Wave and they are both going in there. Tomorrow I am getting a Pilates Reformer and that is going in there and then it will be complete (once we get the tv obviously) and I'm so excited!!

Now, for the bad news from this week. Mom, Dad, Gabriel, and I were supposed to go up to Ft. Dix June 16-19th because Tyler had a pass and that way we could see him off because that is when he is leaving to go overseas. Well, he (and everyone else going) had to get a Smallpox vaccine yesterday and that means that there is a possibility he could give the disease to someone within the first 30 days of getting the vaccine. As much as I want to see Tyler off, there is no way I could take the chance of Gabriel getting anything. I cried for an hour...Mom and Dad are still going so he will still have someone there and I will see him when he gets back, but I was devastated.

I guess that's it for today. I will take more pictures tomorrow when I get my reformer and get it set up in my gym :) and then when I get everything in the house set up and cleaned. I can't wait until it is all done.

Again??...ABSOLUTELY!!

I'm going to do another list of hunks...and this time, they are almost all new! Gotta keep it updated and fresh! Bet you all can't wait!

Too Soon...

So Tyler leaves this Saturday for New Jersey. He doesn't leave for Afghanistan until the middle of June and Mom, Dad, Gabriel, and I are going up there to see him off, but he leaves here this Saturday.

We had his going away cookout yesterday and it was great. I don't have a lot to write but I wanted to share a picture with everyone because it is precious!!!





My little man with his Uncle Tyler...isn't it adorable?!?! This one is definitely getting printed out and hung up somewhere in the house...and soon!

Day 1 of 365

My newest tattoo (number seven) and my motivation. My mom and I have decided to take this year that Tyler will be overseas and turn it into something positive and work towards a common goal...we are going to use him as motivation to get in shape and, for me, basically better myself in every way. He doesn't leave until June, but I am starting now to get things rolling.

Have you all seen Monsters, Inc.?? Well, this is one of Gabriel's favorite movies and he watches it as often as I will let him. There is a part right near the beginning where Mike (the little green monster with one eye) wakes up Sully (the big blue monster with purple spots and horns) and he is like a personal trainer. He is yelling at him and motivating him and getting him to work out and do what needs to be done.

I wish I had a little green monster to help me get through my workouts. So I am going to channel my inner Mike. When I'm feeling a little unmotivated or I feel like giving in, I am going to picture Mike standing there yelling at me and keeping me motivated. "Less talk, more pain, marshmellow [girl]!" He says 'boy' right there because he is talking to Sully who is, obviously, a male monster...so I will have to switch it up a bit.

Haha man, you can tell I have a kid when I use an animated movie for motivation...along with my tattoo...But this gives me a year. I have a few goals along the way and I hope it doesn't take me all year to lose the weight I want but it does give me a little bit of room to have a bad day every once in a while and just pick it right back up and keep going.