Well here I am sitting at the computer at naptime. I just finished an application for a scholarship for Bombshell Betty's Pin-up Workshop. http://www.bombshellbetty.net/pinup.html I am crossing my fingers that I will get it as I really want to do one of her workshops! It has been a dream of mine for a couple of years now to do a Pin-up styled photoshoot and Bombshell Betty does a photoshoot at the end of a workshop that teaches you how to pose, do your hair and makeup and how to have the self esteem to let your inner Bombshell come out! This is just what I need! Scott has duty today so its just the kids and I, at home. We will take Scott dinner later tonight so he doesn't have to eat fast food, plus it gets me and the kids out of the house!
I was just excited about my application for the scholarship that I wanted to hop on here and share! Now I'm going to get off the computer and relax until the kiddos get up!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
An update to my original Blog Post
Well I told you that we would see how this whole blogging thing would go and so far it hasn't gone far! I was hoping to get on here and blog more than every 3 months! At the very least maybe once a month! I'm not doing so great but I'm at least on here trying now! Right?!
So I was off to a GREAT start with my weightloss goal while Scott was deployed back in August. I had lost a couple of inches off various body parts and had lost almost 10 lbs! Then I fell into a rut and gained about 6 pounds back! Now I have lost about 3 pounds of that again and there, I have been holding steady. But when I gained those 6 pounds back I only gained a small portion of my inches back! I'm thinking that the weight may have been muscle weight! At least I am hoping that is what it is! I joined Beachbody as a Coach (FREE for Active Duty members or their Spouses) so I could get the discount for the various workouts that I was wanting to do! Scott was wanting to get the P90X workout for us to do together, beings that he has a hard time doing the "dancy" types of workouts that I was doing with Turbo Jam. Unfortunately even with my discount through Beachbody we still can't afford it since Scott got his new motorcycle. We are barely making ends meet now and I would like to be able to give my kids Christmas this year allbeit a small one! So we decided to start doing push-ups, sit-ups, and running together.
Let me start off by saying I AM NOT A RUNNER! Never have been and didn't think I ever would be! We go out into the back half of our backyard and we walk/jog as per the C25K training program. It is pretty simple for Scott since he is more of a runner. I feel that I hold him back with how easy it is for him and offer for him to go at his own pace, but he continues to tell me that he WANTS to do this with me, so he stays by my side! Tomorrow will be Week 2 Day 2. Week 2 Day 1 yesterday was spent walking pretty much the entire time as I am experiencing shin splints and my knee was hurt, but my asthma hasn't been acting up to bad so I continue on! While walking we typically carry the kids on our backs so they can participate with us and it also gives us a little more of a workout. Sit-ups and push-ups have taken a back seat but I am hoping that on our off running days we will pick them back up. I feel funny doing a push-up on knees because its not the official push-up way but I am building up to doing them up on my toes like Scott does! Sit-ups suck because I feel sore constantly for 3 days and I am supposed to do them everyother day, as per our workout routine. Oh well they will get better as well!
My next goal I had blogged about was seeing a Dr for my emotional issues. On and off since I first wrote that goal have looked at the approved Tricare provider list for a shrink and then put off calling them for an appointment. Well I finally got the guts to call to make an appointment today and was told that right now they are scheduling out to mid December! I know that only being a month out instead of the 3-6 month wait I know they can have is very good. BUT they informed me that they had to take my info, find out with my insurance if I needed a referral/authorization and then they would call me to schedule an appointment. They also told me that they have been understaffed and that they are a little behind so I probably wouldn't hear back to schedule an appointment until next week! I then asked if I would be given a doctor or if I got a choice and was told that it would pretty much just be who ever could see me. I'm not going to lie and tell you I am ok with this. I think its a HUGE step for me to find a doctor and then to call to get an appointment but I am a little apprehensive with the way I feel I was treated already! I had looked through their doctors that they have at their office (all 18 of them) and their biographies for what they are interested and what they treat. I had narrowed down the list to 4 doctors that I felt I would be comfortable with and now I may get any of the 18 doctors that I'm not sure I would be comfortable around! At this point I am going to try and let it go and roll with it, but I may have to find a different office to go to!
My next goal listed was for my Photography Schooling. On that front there isn't much to discuss as I haven't done any of it since I last blogged. There are 6 Units in my schooling and within each Unit there are about 6 lessons. I am still in Unit 1 but am on lesson 3 for what seems like the third time! I just have a hard time finding time to do it! The kids both have a TON of home therapy programs that we have to do that at nap time all I want is to have a little me time and not have to study! I know not very productive but I NEED that me time. On an up side to this though is that Scott most likely will be going onto the Night shift after the first of the year. This means he will be going to work at like 4pm and he will get off whenever the work is done, whether that is at 7pm or 5am. He also will not have to stand duty every 4 days which means he will have EVERY weekend off! If he does go to nights this will open up the option of scheduling "School" time for me and the possibility of me getting a part time job for extra money! Yay!
The last goal I had blogged about was about finding "Real" Friends. I have a friend and her family, that we had lost contact with over the last few years, that we knew from our last tour here, come back into my life and we picked up like it was only yesterday that we had talked! I am VERY Greatful for this friend as she TRULY has been the one and only friend that I have had who has ever stuck around and is there for me! Granted we have had our ups and downs just like any other relationships, BUT we have reconnected and I feel like our friendship this time is that much stronger! I look forward to getting to spend more time with her and her growing family! Scott even said that we just clicked together and that it felt like just yesterday since we last hung out together. I think one key factor with this friendship is that they are not military. It seems as though when I try to make "military" friends with other spouses those "friendships" if thats what you can call them all end in failure due to some type of competition even though we are in the same type of boat! So for now I feel like this goal has been accomplished!
Wow if you made it through this long winded blog, Thank you! I think I will bring this blog post to an end as my kids will be getting up from nap any minute, and I am starting to get a little hungry. Until my next post, Take Care!
So I was off to a GREAT start with my weightloss goal while Scott was deployed back in August. I had lost a couple of inches off various body parts and had lost almost 10 lbs! Then I fell into a rut and gained about 6 pounds back! Now I have lost about 3 pounds of that again and there, I have been holding steady. But when I gained those 6 pounds back I only gained a small portion of my inches back! I'm thinking that the weight may have been muscle weight! At least I am hoping that is what it is! I joined Beachbody as a Coach (FREE for Active Duty members or their Spouses) so I could get the discount for the various workouts that I was wanting to do! Scott was wanting to get the P90X workout for us to do together, beings that he has a hard time doing the "dancy" types of workouts that I was doing with Turbo Jam. Unfortunately even with my discount through Beachbody we still can't afford it since Scott got his new motorcycle. We are barely making ends meet now and I would like to be able to give my kids Christmas this year allbeit a small one! So we decided to start doing push-ups, sit-ups, and running together.
Let me start off by saying I AM NOT A RUNNER! Never have been and didn't think I ever would be! We go out into the back half of our backyard and we walk/jog as per the C25K training program. It is pretty simple for Scott since he is more of a runner. I feel that I hold him back with how easy it is for him and offer for him to go at his own pace, but he continues to tell me that he WANTS to do this with me, so he stays by my side! Tomorrow will be Week 2 Day 2. Week 2 Day 1 yesterday was spent walking pretty much the entire time as I am experiencing shin splints and my knee was hurt, but my asthma hasn't been acting up to bad so I continue on! While walking we typically carry the kids on our backs so they can participate with us and it also gives us a little more of a workout. Sit-ups and push-ups have taken a back seat but I am hoping that on our off running days we will pick them back up. I feel funny doing a push-up on knees because its not the official push-up way but I am building up to doing them up on my toes like Scott does! Sit-ups suck because I feel sore constantly for 3 days and I am supposed to do them everyother day, as per our workout routine. Oh well they will get better as well!
My next goal I had blogged about was seeing a Dr for my emotional issues. On and off since I first wrote that goal have looked at the approved Tricare provider list for a shrink and then put off calling them for an appointment. Well I finally got the guts to call to make an appointment today and was told that right now they are scheduling out to mid December! I know that only being a month out instead of the 3-6 month wait I know they can have is very good. BUT they informed me that they had to take my info, find out with my insurance if I needed a referral/authorization and then they would call me to schedule an appointment. They also told me that they have been understaffed and that they are a little behind so I probably wouldn't hear back to schedule an appointment until next week! I then asked if I would be given a doctor or if I got a choice and was told that it would pretty much just be who ever could see me. I'm not going to lie and tell you I am ok with this. I think its a HUGE step for me to find a doctor and then to call to get an appointment but I am a little apprehensive with the way I feel I was treated already! I had looked through their doctors that they have at their office (all 18 of them) and their biographies for what they are interested and what they treat. I had narrowed down the list to 4 doctors that I felt I would be comfortable with and now I may get any of the 18 doctors that I'm not sure I would be comfortable around! At this point I am going to try and let it go and roll with it, but I may have to find a different office to go to!
My next goal listed was for my Photography Schooling. On that front there isn't much to discuss as I haven't done any of it since I last blogged. There are 6 Units in my schooling and within each Unit there are about 6 lessons. I am still in Unit 1 but am on lesson 3 for what seems like the third time! I just have a hard time finding time to do it! The kids both have a TON of home therapy programs that we have to do that at nap time all I want is to have a little me time and not have to study! I know not very productive but I NEED that me time. On an up side to this though is that Scott most likely will be going onto the Night shift after the first of the year. This means he will be going to work at like 4pm and he will get off whenever the work is done, whether that is at 7pm or 5am. He also will not have to stand duty every 4 days which means he will have EVERY weekend off! If he does go to nights this will open up the option of scheduling "School" time for me and the possibility of me getting a part time job for extra money! Yay!
The last goal I had blogged about was about finding "Real" Friends. I have a friend and her family, that we had lost contact with over the last few years, that we knew from our last tour here, come back into my life and we picked up like it was only yesterday that we had talked! I am VERY Greatful for this friend as she TRULY has been the one and only friend that I have had who has ever stuck around and is there for me! Granted we have had our ups and downs just like any other relationships, BUT we have reconnected and I feel like our friendship this time is that much stronger! I look forward to getting to spend more time with her and her growing family! Scott even said that we just clicked together and that it felt like just yesterday since we last hung out together. I think one key factor with this friendship is that they are not military. It seems as though when I try to make "military" friends with other spouses those "friendships" if thats what you can call them all end in failure due to some type of competition even though we are in the same type of boat! So for now I feel like this goal has been accomplished!
Wow if you made it through this long winded blog, Thank you! I think I will bring this blog post to an end as my kids will be getting up from nap any minute, and I am starting to get a little hungry. Until my next post, Take Care!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Ready or Not, Here I go!
Well here I sit with a new post again and we shall see if I actually post it or not! I keep reading a ton of friends blogs and feel inspired to start my own. . I have been feeling a bit jealous of some of you for things that you do and that starts to make me feel like a failure or makes me feel like I'm not good enough. I have a lot of aspirations in life and because of a downward spiral affect don't feel confident that I can achieve them! I'm tired of feeling this way and want to start being the kickass person I KNOW I can be and AM! Lets start with listing my goals and see where it goes from there!
Current Goals:
I can't gaurauntee that I will be a committed blogger, but I hope to try! Please post comments, advice, questions or anything you think may help me along this path! I appreciate your reading this and follow me if you want!
Current Goals:
- Do my daily chores EVERY day! (I'm kind of lazy and my house is NOT a disaster, but I am determined to do more than I have been!)
- Talk to a Dr. about my emotional issues and get emotionally "FIT"
- Lose 25 Lbs By February 1, 2012 (That's just 1 pound per week! I would ultimately like to try to lose 2 Lbs a week.)
- Finish my New York Institute of Photography: Professional Course by February 2013 (I technically have until December 2013 to finish it but I want to finish before my deadline!)
- Find "real" friends, that won't belittle me or put me down. (I know this one sounds petty but for me its a big deal. I have had trouble finding and keeping real friends in the past which gets me down on myself, whether it is something that I am doing or not doing. This may be part of my emotional issues which I will work on!)
I can't gaurauntee that I will be a committed blogger, but I hope to try! Please post comments, advice, questions or anything you think may help me along this path! I appreciate your reading this and follow me if you want!
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