Today, Today

I didn't feel well when I woke up this morning so I didn't eat anything. I'm having my banana smoothie for lunch. I remembered today that I forgot to take my soy isoflavones and resveratrol yesterday. I didn't forget today though. Not sure why I forgot yesterday. Oh well no one is perfect.

I wanted to start reading a book but then I realized that all my books are packed up. We're moving outta here by Sept 1st. That's like less than a week away. I've all of a sudden become very aware of this and somewhat stressed at how we're gonna get all this stuff packed up to move. I had previously packed up everything that we didn't use but there seems to be a whole lot more to pack of stuff we do use! It's complicated. I'm excited and stressed at the same time. I gave my notice at one of my jobs on Monday. I didn't give the other notice since I work from home I can just take it with me, convenient.

Welp, that's all for now. I'll be back later to write up what I had for dinner. I have no idea at this point what that will be.

Another AC Bites The Dust

I was just complaining about my auto air conditioning not working in the Jeep the other day and then yesterday Chuck was complaining about his cars AC not working. Ugh, go figure. He has to drive an hour and 20 mins to work everyday and on the way back he gets stuck in traffic in two towns. One is paving the road, the other simply gets congested in the summer time. He literally cooks in his car. I don't know what is wrong with it. It could be anything like the AC compressor or maybe it just needs to be recharged. It worked great when we parked it last April. But it did just sit there for a while. I dunno. I'll have to go back to that website 1Airconditioning.com and take a look at the prices after the mechanic tells us what it needs.

Dinner

So here's what I had for din din. A yummy salad with 6 oz of tuna on the side. My salad consisted of 3 cups spinach, 1/4 cup avocado, 1 cup green peas, 6 calamata olives, 2 TB feta cheese and 2 TB Kraft Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette. It was very filling and yummy! I even took a pic of the salad before I ate it. Weeee. :-P

What I Ate Today

I did terrible keeping track of my food and calories etc last week. I didn't gain anything but I also didn't lose. I also ran out of the soy isoflavones and didn't take them for half the week. I'm gonna try something new. I'm gonna post what I've eaten in my blog. I'll attempt this every day. I'm hoping if know people are "watching" me I'll do better. So far today I've had breakfast and lunch (I'm happy I ate both today). For breakfast I had a smoothie, ingredients: 1 small 6 inch banana, 1/8 cup sugar free Hershey's chocolate syrup, 2 TB peanut butter and 1 cup skim milk - 393 calories. For lunch I had a wrap that included: 1 Joseph's tortilla wrap, 1/4 cup mashed avocado, 2 TB feta cheese and 1 TB of Kraft Greek Vinaigrette dressing - 257 calories. That's all for today. I think I'm having a salad for dinner. I haven't decided yet. I'll post it later, maybe I'll add a pic!

I've had a lot of free time.....

I've watched a lot of movies lately. I have a lot of free time to watch movies. Last week I watched Little Children with Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly. I cautiously recommend it. Without going into detail it's about adultery, perversion, life, being judged, being alone and secrets. This is not a movie for everyone. Overall I liked how it was shot, how the story was told and how everything concluded.

The Brothers Solomon - While I love Will Arnett, this is not a movie for people who love a good comedy. It was in fact the opposite of a good comedy. Unfortunately the stupidity that the movie was trying to relay went above and beyond stupidity. It's not really worth talking about more than that. Check it out if you dare, but if you can help it don't pay to watch it. I will let you know although I found it to be a bit cheesy, CC loved it. Perhaps it was more of a guy movie.

Dan In Real Life - I like this side of Steve Carell, a lot. This was not a fall off your chair comedy. This was a romantic, more subtle comedy. I really liked this movie. There's smart comedy and stupid comedy, both I appreciate, this was a smart comedy. Sweet with a tiny bit of silly. My brother hated it! Ha ha, oh well, can't win them all.


Addicted To Love- This is an older movie, 1997, while I can't believe that 1997 was 11 years ago, that really has nothing to do with it. Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick are lead and I think they're the only people I recognized. This type of movie is great for time killing. It doesn't offer any reality or realism, perhaps a laugh hear and there, but not much more than that. Just another "quirky" love story that you're more than aware they'll end up together, it's just a matter of when. Overall it was okay. Def a chick flick, I just don't know what kind of chick would've loved this movie.


Gone Baby Gone - I say keep Casey Affleck in lead and let Ben stay behind the scenes! I love, love, love, love, loved this move. It offers suspense, intensity, love (but not romance), betrayal, controversy, moral corruption and an ending I personally didn't expect. I'd watch this again. I never like to give a movie away. So I'm not telling you anything. Fortunately I've linked all of these to IMDB.com so you can read the info if so you choose.




Stealing Beauty - Another older movie, 1996, with Liv Tyler. Honestly the only reason I thought I'd check out this movie is because it has Liv Tyler in it. I think she's adorable and comes across as very real and sincere. This movie was very sexual, but in an almost innocent way. It's almost hard to describe. Set in Italy it revolves around Liv's character, Lucy, and her virginity. Overall I liked it, mainly because it was outside the norm. It wasn't the greatest movie I had ever watched and I wouldn't recommend going out and paying money to watch it. I watched it On Demand. Which is how I watch the majority of these movies and how I've watched so many in such a short time. It was on Starz, check it out if you want or have time or need to kill some time.

11:14 - Yup, that's the title of this movie. Recommended by another blogger, Victor, after discussing movies such as Crash and Stay (which are two movies I LOVE). This one definitely fits in. A movie that comes together at the end after being pieced together like a puzzle. One of my favorite styles of movies. I enjoyed this, not quite as much as Stay or Crash, but it came in close. The way the story comes together was great. I just wish it was a teeny tiny bit longer.

No Country For Old Men - I felt that this moved very slowly. not something I like in a movie. I guess since this was an Oscar Award winning film I expected perfection. I didn't get perfection. I felt almost bored watching this. Perhaps it was my want for this to be more than it was that left me feeling incomplete. I want to get right into things, quickly, when I watch movies. Or at least give me a feeling or thoughts of "what happens next". I just, dunno.

Reign Over Me - I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I wanted to keep watching more when it ended. I love Adam Sandler in this. In fact I loved all the characters. I found reason for them all to exist and found no one out of place. Grab a tissue or ten to watch this one. I wanna go watch it again!

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Quizzing You - Pop Culture Trivia

EEE, I love love him! A lot lot.

Here's the question:

What actor played Orson Welles in Ed Wood, Abie Hoffman in Steal This Movie and an alien lodged n a farmer's body in Men in Black?

He was also in a terrible movie called The Thirteenth Floor and Adventures in Babysitting (which I find to be hilarious)!

Question from Trivial Pursuit® DVD Pop Culture 2

Credit cards can be useful

I have found that without my credit card life would be even more difficult that it already is. My current card has literally been used for gas purchases only. I lucked out because I found a card that offered zero interest for a year. I make 25 dollar payments monthly and without interest it's very easy to keep up with. I can also make a payment of an additional 10 dollars (or any amount I want) to help bring the balance down at any time during the month. The trick is to simply not spend more than I can pay off. CC's credit cards were interest free, but we maxed them out and now have interest payments. I recommend not doing this. Unless you can pay a large amount at a time to pay the principle and interest down. We also want to get our credit score up. Both of us are below the "good" score. Since we want to purchase a home within the next few years its necessary to have good credit. Obviously.
Lenders continuously recommended getting a credit card, using it regularly and then making monthly payments so that our score would increase. We finally took that advise. If your in a similar situation then search for the best-rate-visa-credit-card-application you need.

Hey! It's the beginning of a new week!!

So, in case anyone was curious, I've lost a total of 30.6 lbs since 5/20/08. This is the week that I incorporate more monounsaturated fats into my diet. I'm excited to see a boost in weight loss this week. I'll know on Sunday, that's my weigh in day, if anything happened. I'm convinced that the soy isoflavones and resveratrol are working because I've been terrible at keeping track of my caloric intake lately but I'm still losing. I know I must have gone over a few times, because when I don't keep track, I know I tend to go over. As do most people who don't keep track. Which is probably why people who keep track of their calories lose twice as much weight as those who don't. I also haven't done any exercise since CC started his new job. I was going swimming just about every day or going for a walk or doing something, but since I'm alone for all my free time I tend to spend in on my computer. I know that's bad, but I hate being alone. I'm not very good at keeping myself motivated. I need someone to talk to while walking etc. I know it's easy to say "find a friend" but I seem to work on the days my friends have off not to mention I only work three days so I have a lot more time off than a lot of my friends. I think when I move it'll be easier to find things to do since I'll be in the city and not out in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully I'll make more friends when I get up there too. Either way I'm not complaining since I've been losing. That's the ultimate goal and whatever I'm doing is working so I'll stick with it!