Another day

another day. another update

Last night while I was preparing for my SU class, Dave watched Lost and 24. He deleted Lost by mistake. I even warned him not to. I was up past midnight last night. And I was up at 6am again today.
I don't get why I keep waking up before my alarm. I also can't fall back to sleep. This is the opposite of what I used to be. I used to hit snooze 3-5 times and sleep until 7:30 only because I had to force myself to wake up.

I wore a new skirt today. I also wore my hair up. I didn't get compliments today but people did eye me up.




It was a busy day at work. I feel like I never get done what I need to get done though.

Something I've been working on at work is put on hold. The entire time I worked on it, it seemed pointless. The timing was off. Now 2 months later other people agree.

I ran .7 miles today at the gym at 7.2 mph. Then 10 minutes on the elliptical while I talked to someone.
Then it was body combat for 45 minutes
then it was core for 15 minutes.
Wished I ran more though.
I did get a compliment on my nice workout top. But then I got a comment about how I wear too much black.

Then it was off to Giant Eagle to buy cheese and spices and a tomato for dinner. We made http://www.1001recipes2send.com/Appetizers/Salads/3750-Olive_Garden_s_Smoked_Mozzarella_Fonduta.shtml but it was not as good because it was too spicy.
Really Dave made that while I showered.
Man cheese is expensive.



Then by the time we were done eating it was 9:00. Dave watched American Idol without me. I had to finish preparing for my stampin' up class that is tomorrow.
Dave had salad after the cheese while I had some Hostess Donuts.


I just finished planning for that now.
Here is one card that we are making


I guess it's time to upload my numbers and then go to bed. Oh wait I already plugged in my gowear fit. Why did it not load yet.

I can't run tomorrow afternoon. Lindsey will even be there teaching the class. Sad times. I guess I'll have to run in the morning. I didn't pick out my clothes or get my gym clothes ready. I wonder what new thing I'll wear tomorrow.

A day's worth of Twitter....

00:10:33	—	I cant' find my non-retired Stampin' UP patterned papers. They are probably somewhere good. I just wish I knew where.
00:37:23	—	My eye-fi card isn't uploading anymore and I have a picture i wanted to upload so that I could add the picture to my LJ post.
15:24:59	—	It feels like Thursday.
16:46:01	—	i just got otu cheeze itz. dinner will be late plus i'm going to the gym for a long workout.
19:53:29	—	i only ran .7 before combat. but i ran it at 7.2 mph
20:14:03	—	sometimes at the gym i check myself out & see how good i look. well today another girl did that. but then she said "look" & talked about it.
21:01:11	—	I'm ready for bed. it just finished eating dinner. i have so much to do though.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

roses

I'm drying my roses since they were starting to die.

3 graphs

3 graphs for the 3 things that I had new highs of yesterday.






I think I need to think about adjusting my goals. When I was sick that killed my data.

There were 2 days that I didn't wear my gowear fit. I really need to look into what days those were and then compensate my data a little.

Today

I woke up early to get to work early because I was too tired last night to work.
That was pointless
But I did get to work at 7:20. That's over an hour earlier than my normal time. I think I kind of enjoy getting to work early.
I wore 5 new things that I bought at the mall yesterday.

I got at least 4 comments today about how my shoes were like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Also 3 other people complimented them. I think prior to today I got 1 compliment on my shoes and that was in 2007.


I had a meeting canceled and still had trouble getting everything ready for my meeting. I think I did a horrible job running the meeting. I was also done early.

Then I went to the gym at 4:40. I also only took a 20 minute lunch. I worked a little long.
I went to Body Pump where I wore one of my new exercise tank tops. It is very cute. It probably cost too much though. I think I only went overboard at 1 store and that was where I bought the athletic clothes.
Body Pump was great today. I was able to increase my weights and still do the work. The only trouble I had was on back when my rings pinched my finger and then it really hurt to hold the bar.

I got home and saw the Dunkin Donuts box on the table and realized I forgot about my donuts.


There were 2 left even though I only ate too.
Then i ate some pasta because there wasn't room in the fridge. Dave went to Giant Eagle on his way home. He didn't take the list or know there was a list or remember what he finished over the weekend so he didn't buy all the right stuff but at least he got something and I didn't have to go.


Then I showered because Dave requested I shower before dinner.

He made some fancy pancakes. They don't look fancy but they were and they tasted it so I didn't really love them.


Then I ate chip n dip.


We watched the Deep End and then it was after 9:00.
Then I came upstairs and prepped for my SU party on Wednesday. I have 3 of 5 cards made. Usually I do 4 cards but the 3rd one I prepped is far too basic to even count.
Dave went to go to sleep and said "uh o" because he goes into the bedroom and sees all the junk I left on the bed. So i went in there to unpack my gym bag and pick out my clothes for tomorrow. I decided on my pink shirt and grey pinstripe skirt. The shirt needed to be ironed so I did that. I also ironed 4 other shirts.
Then I changed my mind about tomorrow and I'm wearing my new blue skirt. So I went from wearing 4 new things (bra and shoes in addition to shirt and skirt) to wearing 1 new thing (skirt). oh well.

So my numbers on my bodymedia fit were the best ever yesterday. New high number of steps. New high for duration of physical activity. Also new high for calorie burn. The calorie burn was only 11 calories ahead of another day.

Oh I just have to putz around for 5 more minutes and then I can upload today's data along with yesterdays for graphs. I'll just make that a new post.

A day's worth of Twitter....

09:56:14	—	wonderful. i go to a meeting and have 14 new emails in my gmail. that's like the best thing ever.
15:50:43	—	today 5 or so people compared my shoes to Dorothy's from the wizard of oz today. 3 or 4 other people gave me compliments on them.
19:28:29	—	Got home from Body Pump a little bit ago. Dave requested that I shower prior to dinner. I had pasta since there was no room in the fridge.
19:28:38	—	Dave is making pancakes for dinner though.
20:39:56	—	I lost an earring. One of my favorite ones.
23:31:58	—	I just ironed 5 shirts. go me. i still have more than that to be ironed though.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

Sunday

I woke up early and ended up wasting a ton of time trying to get my eye-fi memory card to actually upload to my computer.

Then I went running. I ran 5 miles at north park. I ran it in under 50 minutes.

That shocked me. As I was running, I got faster. Also it got warmer. North Park seems a lot hillier when running it than when walking it. I felt like I could keep going but figured I better not since it's a 5 mile loop so I may have ended up dead tired too far away from my car.
Before putting on my white jacket to run, Dave said I looked like cat woman.


The weather was nice when I was done running.


Then I came home, tried to get the eye-fi card to work, showered, and hurried to the mall.

I was 2 minutes late meeting Brianna. I did tell her I'd probably be 10 minutes late. I didn't have time for lunch though. I ate a thing of cheese and a protein bar in the car on the way there.

After 5 hours of shopping at the mall I spent way too much money. I got so many awesome things though. I ended up with 25 things and I could have ended up with 26 but I gave Brianna the one free panty at the one store.
I did spend a little too much on 2 jackets for running. But in my defense when I ran my wrists were exposed because the jacket thing I already own doesn't have sleeves long enough.
Here is one of the jackets


I got home, modeled all my clothes for dave, and then ate dinner.
Then I started laundry. I did 3 loads. It was a ton. While doing laundry, we watched Catch me if you can. I already saw that movie. I didn't remember until a few minutes into it.
I fell asleep at the end. I was so exhausted. It sucked that the third load was still in the dryer. I had to wait it out. I mostly folded damp things and hung up damp things. I couldn't wait.

A day's worth of Twitter....

00:15:02	—	every week i look forward to after midnight on saturday to upload weekly numbers. well it's that time but i'm too tired to do it.
07:20:47	—	my eye-fi card isn't working right. i bought a long sleeve athletic shirt a month ago, wore it once, and cannot find it. i want it now.
07:50:03	—	excel is having issues again with some of my gowear fit data
09:56:25	—	Just ran 5 miles http://twitpic.com/14jroz
09:57:01	—	At north park http://twitpic.com/14jrs2
09:57:51	—	In great weather http://twitpic.com/14jrxt
10:00:39	—	My inside shins started to hurt at the 4.5 mile mark
10:45:42	—	i guess when i run i open my stride more. because 5 miles today was less than 9,000 steps instead of more than 10,000
11:54:09	—	I ate a protein bar. Not too bad. http://twitpic.com/14kc17
11:55:18	—	Mcknight Road is way backed up
16:10:17	—	I bought a lot so far http://twitpic.com/14lqj3
16:10:43	—	@briecs likes shopping with me :)
16:59:26	—	I made purchases from 7 stores.
17:22:59	—	Arby's is so slow.
18:18:14	—	@briecs did a good job at the mall. Dave likes the stuff. He doesn't know how much I spent though.
19:09:11	—	still excited about my mall trip. can't decide what to wear tomorrow.
21:36:36	—	oh boy i have meetings tomorrow that i have to run. i need to do prep. i'm so tired. sigh.
22:25:13	—	so tired but still have a load i just put in the dyer.
23:02:31	—	Fell asleep on the couch. Movie ended. Dryer still isn't done.
23:20:41	—	so far today I burned 2994 calories. The most I ever burned in one day was 3019. If I wasn't going to sleep I might beat that.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

ok

I'l probably want this later

I walked at North Park this morning. Starting aroind 9:40am.
Then at 10:30 i was done walking
i talked a little
got home at 11. showered and made a bridal shower card
went to bridal shower.. was 5 minutes late
that lasted a few hours

then i went to my parents. i looked at swim suits my mom is considering ordering
then we went to hoss's
then we jagged around a little
then went to target and Giant Eagle
Then i spent 2 more minutes at my parents house
then i came home.

that was late when i got home

now i've been updating files since I got home and I'm so tired.

My camera hasn't been upoading right to picasa like it's supposed to automatically
and then it's supposed to also upload to my computer. i can't find said pictures. even the pictures from a few days ago that are already on picasa and i get the email that they go to my computer before the one about them going on picasa so they have to be somewhere and I need to find them. I found the oflder from the first day though so i don't know what's up.

A day's worth of Twitter....

08:37:22	—	At north park. Knew I'd be 4 min late and I was.
11:02:10	—	i have 1 hour to shower, figure out what I'm going to wear, get ready, make a card, find a good recipe, and put it on a recipe card
11:06:02	—	really wishing i would have had time to run at north park. weather is so nice. and so many people are there.
23:15:55	—	long day. just got home
23:32:00	—	my pictures from today aren't automatically uploading to picasa. it's very sad

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

today

was going to make an update. but too tired

i left theh ouse at 8:10 am
and returned at 11:30 PM with only being home an hour in there and that was to shower and make a card. i left late so i didn't have enough time to be at home.

A day's worth of Twitter....

07:38:54	—	I almost died from falling snow. http://twitpic.com/143w6m
13:15:43	—	i just carried 13 bottled waters plus a big bowl of salsa up 3 flights of stairs. jen carried the bowl of tortilla chips
22:59:55	—	I put too much chili powder and not enough meat in my spaghetti sauce.
23:23:09	—	I've made real posts about my day the last few days. http://smilincolleen.livejournal.com/

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

Friday - Snow, Socializing

I woke up early and played around on my computer.

I then shoveled the snow that had fallen off the roof and landed blocking our walkway.
while doing this I hear a cracking and jump away almost falling all over the snow. I just fell a little bit. I was almost done with what was there too. I thought I could have died with all that snow. The picture doesn't do it justice. The porch is two steps up. The snow just slides off the tin roof.
This was what almost fell on me.

I got to work at 8
I left at 5:10

I stopped at OG on the way home to buy Italian dressing. Then I went to McGuinnis Sisters to buy desserts. I bought some awesome ones. I put them on the serving tray Lori got me. That thing is great.

Then Dave and I cooked.


Briana and John were a little late. They got lost a little. But it gave us time to finish cooking. It gave the pasta time to stick together though.
I put too much chili powder in the sauce though. I made 2 jars worth so then the sauce to meat ratio was too little. Sad times.

We ate a lot of desserts that I got out more

We talked. i gave them a tour. I didn't clear for the tour.

I was hungry after they left. I eat too slow so I was still hungry.
I had more salad.

We watched Grey's Anatomy.
Now it's time for bed but I want to wait until midnight so I have a days worth of my gowear fit numbers.

I'm walking at 8:30 am with Brianna so maybe I shouldn't wait.

Sunday we're both going to the mall too. That's 3 days in a row together. Usually I don't hang out with someone 3 times in 1 month.

A day's worth of Twitter....

07:28:56	—	my gowear fit thinks i'm taking a ton of steps during spinning class.
07:30:32	—	I thought they'd be ugly b/c of hightops RT: @TENroaches: I bought new pretty asics to work out and hoop in. http://twitpic.com/13waw4
10:45:50	—	my work email is about 1.5 hours delayed today
13:40:53	—	@TENroaches I had an eye twitch for awhile. It sucked.
14:24:40	—	Stupid target thigh highs. Got a runner. First time I wore them. Ugh.
18:22:32	—	I didn't get to the gum early enough to run 3 miles. Only did 2.5. Also was still way out of breath at the start of body pump.
18:38:30	—	my red face gave the illusion of lifting more weights. but in reality i backed down on every single thing (except shoulders bc hold a plate)
18:41:40	—	Nick said what @tenroaches said abt my Balance Energy Bars. neither likes the 21g of carbs. Funny i talked about the carbs at lunch to jen
19:34:55	—	@TENroaches well I just wanted something with protein and without chocolate.
20:45:07	—	just ate a ton of chip n dip. and now i'm eating sour patch fruits
20:59:55	—	this is like the 8th or 10th day in a row that i have had a headache
21:16:14	—	is ready for bed. has work that needs to be done though.
22:03:41	—	today 2.5 miles in 24:19 (counting how it takes forever to get the treadmill up from .5 mph)

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

my tweets didn't go to LJ last night.
this is awful.

Wednesday

I thought of making another real update like yesterday but I'm too tired.

Today I woke up at about 6am with my gowear fit making noises. I thought it might be dying. It wasn't. I got up just fine and went to my computer to inspect this. It wasn't dead so I put it back on and then went back to sleep. Then later when my alarm went off and I kept hitting snooze I had a lot of trouble wanting to wake up. My glutes and quads were slightly sore. I guess lifting last night (which included only one set of squats and one set of lunges) after skipping for so long had an affect on me.
I shoveled but only specific paths for the tires. I made one path going down and one path going up. The going up path was hard. I kept sliding down. i thought I was going to fall.

I drove Dave's car to work but the roads were in perfect condition.

I had a lot of meetings today. I didn't get things done that I wanted to. I had a 3.5 hour meeting to end the day.

Then I went to spinning class at 5. It was really hard. i could tell my glutes and quads were more sore. It was rough. I also had some trouble breathing. I think from being sick I should have taken my inhaler. I did not stay for chiseled core.

I get home to Dave cooking dinner. That was great.
I was able to go shower. After the shower though, i come downstairs to the main floor all smokey. Dave messed up and dropped butter in the oven.

I had salad while the chicken roast was still cooking.

It was good. Then the chicken was done but the vegetables were not. We waited like 20 minutes and still not done. So we ate the chicken.
http://twitpic.com/13usea
Then last the vegetables were done and we ate those. http://twitpic.com/13uufe
The food made my nose run but I couldn't figure out why. Then Dave tells me it is because he put chili powder in.

A day's worth of Twitter....

06:21:54	—	I think I went to sleep at a normal time last night. My alarm is broken.
06:26:37	—	wow I feel so rested based on how little sleep i actually got.
08:58:17	—	i spun around in my car today on my way to work
12:56:01	—	i just tore a piece of my lip off. it ended up being about an inch long.
16:22:58	—	I'm stylish http://twitpic.com/13n6ts
17:53:45	—	So mad. Forgot to take daily picture in cute skirt.
19:40:14	—	rading all the facebook status updates gave me a headache. there were too many. now i'm caught up though
22:11:01	—	iwas just about to order red pants and VS is out of red in my size.
22:34:14	—	searching by Item number shows the red pants aren't there. looking at all the pants and finding the red pants has them. go me
23:35:07	—	took forever to finalize my order. trying to see if there was other stuff i wanted. took a good 2 hours.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

an actual update on my day

got up. took too long to get ready. i woke up early to go to the gym
had to shovel before i left. i shoveled the driveway instead of just behind my car.
shoveling took 20 minutes

then i go to drive to work. roads don't seem bad.
then i turn onto 228 and my car keeps turning. so i'm facing the wrong way on 228.
i go back down the road i came from and turned around in the school.
go to make the turn again. this time i only turned maybe 40 degrees too far so I could fix it.
the first time i was turning from a stop and going slow. the 2nd time the light was green so i wasn't stopped but i was going really slowly.

then the ride to work took forever. 228 should not be the road that is the worst. it's a main road.
oh during the drive i notice my car has 25001 miles on it. ugh i missed the 25000 mark.

get to the gym and change from my boots into my gym shoes.
use the elliptical for a warm up, stretch. then ran.
i ran slower since i'm kind of dead and it's my first day back. the first 1.5 miles were at 6.2 mph. then i stopped and got a drink of water. then i ran at 5.2 mph for .3 then i ran at 5.5 for the rest.
totaled 3 miles just like the training plan says. i did this in about 31 minutes. I think it's the first time I ran 3 miles on a treadmill though. Previously I've stopped at 2.
I do math in my head the entire time.

then i showered and got ready to go to my desk. by this time i'm about 40 minutes behind schedule. My face is quite red.


i do work. i don't feel like working. i'm not getting done what I want to get done.
Today actually dragged on and on at work. Usually it's the end of the day before I know it.

I leave work early. I knew i would that's why i worked out early. I left to go to McGuinnis Sisters and then home to cook for guests. http://twitpic.com/13n6ts
leaving work i didn't even have to wipe off my car but i had to shovel about 2 inches at home.

I shovel and hurry and change my clothes. Lots to do before company comes. Then i realize i forgot to take my daily picture today with me still in my skirt. Last night when I showed Dave what I was wearing to work today, he asked me if i was taking a stick too. This confused me but then he said to beat away all the guys.
Then i get a phone call... water problems. company is not coming.
ugh

still have the food and make it.
The chicken was good
the pasta was too cheesy except dave said it didn't have enough cheese at all. i still can't get rid of the cheese taste in my mouth.
dave didn't like the chicken. he said it lacked flavor. i thought it was very good.
the bread from mcguinnis was garlic. and it was too garlicy.


http://picasaweb.google.com/colleen.michelle.mccloskey/20100216ByEyeFi#

I'm still full from dinner.
I lifted weights for 20 minutes.
That's about it for my day :)

A day's worth of Twitter....

08:42:40	—	@iamoddd my glucose numbers are always good. So I think I'm ok. But I hav been wanting liquids a tonyhe last 2 weeks.
10:48:09	—	i just ate a balance bar. i'm hungry. well mainly i just want food. ugh.
14:45:29	—	my nose got all stuffed up at lunch today and now i have trouble breathing. why is it stuffed up? it never is. this is weird.
14:45:57	—	It does sound familiar. RT: @iamoddd: @SmilinColleen Relatedly, I stayed up too late. Sounds familiar, eh?
20:38:23	—	i just spent 2 hours cleaning the kitchen and it is not done.
20:44:15	—	cooking dinner tomorrow for guests and not sure what i'm making yet.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.

A day's worth of Twitter....

01:36:05	—	i stayed up too late
02:17:52	—	now i really stayed up too late. and it gets cold late at night
10:23:47	—	@TENroaches I shoveled Friday because he didn't wake up early enough but I still don't have behidn my car shoveled so i have to angle car.
10:24:16	—	@TENroaches I still want the base of the driveway shoveled and the mailbox dug out better. he said no. also the grates are all covered.
16:35:47	—	Sale. Yeah right http://twitpic.com/13a1sf
23:14:06	—	just finished watching The Green Mile. it's a long movie. I'm not ready for bed but I should be
23:17:18	—	i'm already upstairs and the alarm is on but I want OJ so i may go back downstairs to get it. it'll be my 4th glass since dinner though.
23:39:44	—	I'm out of OJ. I want more.

You can find me as smilincolleen on Twitter.