More updates

I got a raise at work and let me tell you it is about freaking time! I am doing really good so far. I decided to sign up and take my last two HUM classes instead of taking the CLEP tests because I need to save up my money for decorating my new bathroom and bedroom at my new house and I am too freaking lazy to study and actually take the damn things. Oh well. It was nice taking a little break. I started going to the gym yesterday. Monday was cardio (the joy of my life) and Tuesday was upper body. Tomorrow is good ol cardio again, Thursday is lower body, and Friday is wonderful cardio for one more day to make me smile. Let me tell you, the gym and me are no strangers but it is not my favorite. I can name over a million things I would rather do but I have goals that I want to hit this coming year and know that I need to start getting my butt off the couch and do what I have to do. Eating is harder for me manage because I love sweets, carbs, food. LOL. Oh well, baby steps. I have a 12 week plan that I am dead serious about seeing through. I will post a before picture soon with a new blog and then give a monthly update (4 months total for my plan). We will see how I shape out when it is all over. My friend Julie is really inspiring, supporting, and motivating me to do this, even if it is on my own. Did I say how much I miss her? I miss Jake and Megan too. My friend Cooper is getting married on November 1st so I am trying to find a dress to wear. I am on the hunt! I am looking for a multipurpose dress so I can get my moneys worth out of it. I decided to grow my hair out because I miss having long pretty hair that I can put in a ponytail LOL. I don't know, I will probably just keep it short like it is right now because it fits me better personality wise and is so easy to do! My nephew is getting HUGE, he is seven months old now and starting to army crawl so we know he is going to start actually crawling soon. I will miss not seeing him all the time when I move but I know moving with my mom is a good decision for me. I will still see him. Britney's new song came out last week and I love it of course! Her video is coming out this Friday. AND she is going to go on a world wide tour next year so I am saving up for that. I plan on having front row and backstage passes so I can meet her so if it means me saving $1000 for a ticket I am doing it. Yeah, its like that! I am trying to think of anything else that is going on.....Oh yeah! Heroes is back and killing it! This is by far the BEST season. Every Monday I have minor strokes from all the excitement. I am syked for what is to come the rest of this season until December 15th when it goes on a break for the holidays. I am also planning a trip to the Bahamas on a cruise which I have wanted to do for a LONG time. That is about it for now. I will start a blog about my Body For Life 12 week plan soon with a "before" picture so try to be gentle because it isn't pretty :)

Moving to the East Side

So it has been over a month since the last time I blogged and I realized I am overdue thanks to my beautiful friend Julie. Things have changed in my family to those who are not around much but to me this is something that has been going on for a couple of months now. My mom and dad are going to be officially divorced by November and my mom has just recently purchased a gorgouse home in Maricopa, AZ. I have decided to walk away from my house and foreclose on my home for a few reasons; I cannot afford the mortgage on my own, I cannot afford the maintanance and upkeep (I need a new AC, new appliances, new pipes, new carpet), and I am stuck in a ARM (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) that starts going up in May 09 that I have tried to refinance six times in the last year and have been turned down because I was stupid and took out a second car in my name for a friend to drive. So I am going to be living with my mom in her new house out in boondocksville Maricopa where there are no street lights, coyotes smushed along the side of the freeway, scorpions, black widows, and the nasty smell of cows on a nice hot day or on a day with a breeze. My kind of living! I see it as a great way to save money to start paying off my student loans and my car to help out my credit as much as possible knowing it will be negatively affected by losing my house, I can spend more time with my brother who is my favoritest person in the world, and help out my mom through the divorce but also help her with her arthritus. We are excited about the new house and already doing the shopping which is the funnest part. I LOVE decorating! I will pretty much rule the upstairs with my brother being second in command, the downstairs is all my mom. I will update my blog with more info once that happens. So I will no longer be a West Sider....I have only ever known the west side of Phoenix. My friend Jake will get a kick out of me being on the East Side now. Maricopa is a 31 mile drive from my job in Tempe and I have no idea what the traffic is like on the 10 East Bound.