Well, had a busy weekend. Friday went to a friend's apartment downtown. It was so awesome! It had a really urban feel, she even had pictures up of neighborhood areas back in their hay day! I thought we were going to go out somewhere, but I don't think her and her husband really wanted to. That's okay, it was still a fun night. Saturday we had some friends over our house. I found out that one of my girlfriend's is expecting!!! She's 6 weeks along right now. She and her husband just married this past September, so we were all surprised to hear the news! They're super excited!

Watched the movie UP last night. I don't know why it was always out at the Red Box, I didn't think it was that great. If you haven't seen it yet, just wait for it to come on cable. I'm still waiting for last season's Desperate Housewives to arrive so I can catch up! I missed a lot of last season, and haven't seen too much of this one because I don't want to spoil anything.

So, the countdown to Thanksgiving is on! I only have to bring the mashed potatoes, but I may bring a dessert too. I'm actually more excited for Black Friday! I plan on going on this year. I planned on it last year, but then I got the flu:-( So, I will try again. I haven't looked at the adds yet. Last year at this time I already had my game plan down. I work good under pressure though, so I know I'll be ready. I want to try to get most of my shopping done that day. I'm usually out with all the guys at Meijer on Christmas Eve trying to finish up for everyone, but not this year! I really want to have it done early. I think I may put up my decorations Friday night. I'll get the boxes from storage and a bottle of pino grigio and of course some Christmas music on the radio.

I didn't make it to the gym today. I wanted to go, but decided to do other things first. I'm also fighting a sinus thing, so my throat is pretty irritated. I decided it was better to give myself a little extra rest. I don't want to be sick again this year and miss the shopping! But I will be back on tomorrow. Ready to go get it!

Night y'all!

Went to see Disney's A Christmas Carol in IMAX on Monday at Great Lakes Crossing. It was pretty good. It was super loud in the theatre though. 3D movies are so much fun to watch! Had lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe. They don't really have good food, but it's the atmosphere I guess. I had a grilled chicken sandwich. I tried to find the nutritional's online.....but they don't do that yet:-( So I'm sure I didn't want to know how much that sandwich was! I love going to that mall. They have so many stores!

Thursday a friend and I went to my plastic surgeons office for a "Night of Beauty". It wasn't as good as last year. This year, we had to buy raffle tickets for the give-aways. Last year it was free. And they weren't giving as much stuff away. Last year I won a laser peel. It was awesome! But, I don't really need another, so I wasn't going to pay for raffle tickets. My friend is interested in augmentation so she set up a consult there. I feel bad because we found out my Dr. is on medical leave (they don't know how long yet) and there is someone else seeing her patients. We'll see how it goes for her. I trust that she would have someone great seeing her patients as it will reflect back on her.

Well, it's Saturday and I am babysitting tonight. It's my brother and sister-in-laws 11yr anniversary and they're going out to celebrate it! It should be fun tonight! My husband was supposed to go out for drinks tonight with some friends, but has come down with something:( He thinks it's swine flu because of how fast it came on;) I think it's just because he hasn't gotten enough sleep lately and is run down. I will try to nurse him back to health before tonight!

Well, off to the gym and run some errands. Hope you're having a great weekend!
Bye!
Amanda
XOXO

I'm still recovering from my weekend. They always seemed to be super busy. Friday actually wasn't too eventful. Just ran errands and went to the gym. I left my water jug there too! I'm so upset! I'm going back today to go get it. Hopefully it's still there! I leave that thing everywhere. Don't know how, it's HUGE! Watched Josie and the Pussycats on cable Friday night. It was okay. There were some parts that were funny, but for the most part it's a younger kids movie I think. Saturday hit the gym, then got ready to go watch Mike at a gig in Hamtrammk. He was only playing for 2 hours, but I ate some yummy Polish food there and dessert too! The weather was so nice that night. We thought about going to a friends house for a bonfire, but decided to just stay in. Watched Miss Congeniality, then went to bed. Sunday we had a 2 yr old's b-day party at Chuck E. Cheese's. It was fun. Ate too much pizza and cake. The cake was amazing! An old co-worker makes cakes, cookies, etc. and she is awesome! I had to have a piece! I wanted 2, but actually showed some self control and stayed away:-) We were having family over later for dinner and I knew I would be having MORE pizza so I figured I better not have too much! he he! So, pizza for dinner and carmel (sp?) apple pie for dessert! It was my uncle's b-day too, so I couldn't say no to the pie! I was so good all week! I actually don't feel so bad about all that food. It's more than I wanted to have, but I was good all week and was planning a cheat anyway.
Well, that was my weekend. Hope yours was great too!
Off to the gym!
Amanda

So how was your Halloween this year? Mine was fun! We took Gregory out as a Thomas the Train:) We went around the old neighborhood (we had some great neighbors!). We ran into a few who invited us over after trick or treating for some drinks. They do it every year, their garage has been transformed into a man cave and that's where we mainly hung out. They did have a fire pit in the back, a trampoline for the kids and lots of yummy food inside! I hope when we finally find our new house, that we have neighbors that are just as fun!

My training has been a little out of whack. I don't miss workouts, they just get juggled around the week sometimes. At least I'm getting them in I guess. My food has been pretty on track. Besides Halloween and a dinner we hosted this past weekend, I have been good. Still trying to get more cardio in! I can always find the time when I'm pre-contest for it, but for some reason it's so hard to do when I'm off-season! I'm going to try a different approach to cardio.....something more along the lines of aerobics. I'll still do my step mill (devil!) coz I need it, but the tread and elliptical can get so boring sometimes! I don't really like the recumbent bike, it doesn't feel very comfortable to me.

I have so much to catch up on! I don't even want to look at my inbox....it's probably overfilling! I have cleaning to do, cardio, workout, laundry, pay the bills, more cleaning, and studying.
I've had the study material to get my personal training certification, but was so busy trying to sell the house, then move, I didn't look at it too much. I'm more focused on that now, and am hoping to be ready to test before the year is out (that's not too far away!).

Don't know what I'm going to do with the certification when I get it. I may pick up a few clients here and there. I love helping people transform their bodies....for the better! It's such a confidence booster:) I have helped a couple friends drop a few lb's for occasion's, but they always put it right back on:( I think if someone were paying me, they would stick to it better. I did!

Years back I had a trainer, and I stuck like glue to our regimen. I didn't want all the money I was spending to be wasted! I think when you actually have something more invested, you're more likely to follow through.

Well, off to get my day going!
Happy Wednesday!
Me