Hello Everyone,

I've been slack on posting this week... which is good, it means I've been busy... I like to be busy...but it's time for SO WHAT WEDNESDAY!  Try it, I know you'll like it...

So What If:

• I am already dreading next Monday, my boss hasn't put together the board packet, is leaving town early tomorrow morning, and is working on it over the weekend... which means I will get to work at 6AM and Frantically be putting together a packet before our 7:30 board meeting...who wants to come?
• I haven't blogged since last week even though I have lots of ideas
• Our dog chews up every toy she ever gets, even the ones with "Chew resistant technology"... my arse durable toy! my arse!
• I would like nothing more than to eat chocolate, lots of it, preferably in the form of cookies, or reeses ... I've been craving sugar like a crazy person lately! It's probably the diet, no sugar on BFL. 
• We've not gone to the gym once this week... opps.  I did go for a 2.5 mile run yesterday!  -- short, but I jogged/ran the whole thing, no walking!  
• I threw BFL out the window today when the catering woman from Highland Bakery brought cookie samples to the office... see the craving "so what" above
• HGTV is on our TV almost all the time in the summer...

What are you saying "So What" to?  Does your dog chew all her babies?   Do you have times where you might be OK with being overweight for a cookie or two?

Confession Thursday

Much like So What Wednesdays, but not because it's Thursday today...

I confess....

• I did not write a blog yesterday because I just was too sad that all the fun activities were over and didn't want to talk about them yet
• I ate a reeses today... sorry BFL, I know, I was bad
• My muscles are bigger than they ever have been and it's because of Husband's pushing me
• I still do not confess it's his workout vs. mine, just that he pushes me to lift more
•  I didn't think Transformers was any more impressive in IMAX or 3D than it would have been the normal way
• I really want the new chick's hair though!
•  I just realized I ran/walked 4.4 miles last Saturday... no wonder I had to start walking, that was a mile and a half longer than I had intended... oh well, maybe I'll run more of it this Saturday! 

That's all for today folks!  I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth and have great plans in store for this weekend!  I'm not sure what we have planned this weekend but I expect to make the most of it!

Love,

Susie Q

Weekend Recap

Hello Friends

I’m sorry, I know, I was supposed to post a recap yesterday, but I was coming off a vacation high that was just too good to admit that I was back in the real world… I’m still a little sad, I do love vacations even when they’re staycations!

WELL

Recap:

Friday night after work we went to Dad and BB’s condo to cook them dinner and pick up keys to their place for Monday night.  I cooked a mean pork chop with shrooms, zucchini, and sweet potato chips (Body for Life style) dinner.  It was quite yummy, I won’t lie. 

While I was cooking Matt was periodically helping and watching the TV, not sure what was on, but him and Dad were talking about it.  BB was walking around doing something too, not really sure what.  She was pretty dosed on cold medicine as she didn’t want to be sick while they were in Hawaii.  I felt bad for her at dinner; she looked a bit stoned she was so tired. 

In the meantime, my sister came to pick up a set of keys because she was watering the plants all week while they were gone.  So as she’s about to take a set we realize that we can’t take one too otherwise Dad and BB would have no way of getting in when they get home. SO, after dinner as we’re leaving Husband and I are in the elevator chuckling at the fact that we came to get keys, somehow cooked them dinner and still didn’t get the keys… oh well, it was nice to spend time with them :-)

Saturday I woke up and went for what was supposed to be a quick 3 mile run.  I picked a new route and exhausted myself with hills on the first half so bad I couldn't help but walk most of the second half... note to self, look at the elevation when you're building a new route.

opps

SO, then we headed up to my favorite place in the summer.  Sara's parent's house.  It's such a beautiful home in a beautiful neighborhood with an incredible view and they have a great set of friends surrounding them... basically they're my heros, I want to be like them when I grow up... including boat ownership.

We stopped at Big D's BBQ on the way up for lunch.  It was really delicious BBQ, with some amazing hush puppies!  If you're on 400 N headed to the outlets, or to Dawsonville STOP, get some BBQ and thank me later.  They apparently have a sandwich called the Brownie, they only cook so much of it, and it is a "while supplies last" type of thing.  We came too early (at 1PM), they had not made it yet, but Hubs says it's amazing... I'm thinking they might want to call it something new because Brownie and BBQ Sandwich sound completely different... just a thought

We spent the rest of the day on the lake floating around and riding in the boat.  We watched quite a few people get pulled over be the DNR, they were stationed at a sort of "Lake Block" under the bridge that we needed to go under to get home... that's why it always pays to have a sober driver :-)

Then we had a really great dinner with Sara's parents before heading home.  Honestly, we were having so much fun we all lost track of time and headed home a bit late, but that's what happens when you're around good people!

Sunday we went to church and then Hubs and Luke went to play golf.  Sara brought me home where I got ready for the wedding.  The sweetest family in the whole world wedded off their daughter to an equally sweet man.  Seriously, I was sad at the end of the night to see them all go.  Really awesome people!

Monday Husband ran the Peachtree Road Race in one hour and two minutes.  He did an awesome job and I am very proud of him!  I was handing out t-shirts and strategically handed out Hubby's size so I could see him when he was done. 

Aren't we cute?

I know :-) 

Here's me "working"

and here's KB and I before it all started :-D

Once the excitement of the race was over we headed home to hang out at the pool for the day, a few rainstorms brought us in for an hour or so, but all in all I'd say it was a successful pool day.  That night we went to see fireworks from Dad and BB's condo.  They have a panoramic view of the city from Dunwoody all the way to west GA... so one would assume you'd see multiple shows at once.  Well the rain made it somewhat challenging, but we did see quite a few shows and it was a neat experience... one we probably won't repeat because Hubby missed the

of being up close, but we had a yummy dinner and good company so it was worth it to me!

Tuesday we had a StayCation!  I needed it!  after 4 hours of sleep on Sunday night I was wiped and slept longer than I had in quite some time!  We went to Breakfast together, watched Transformers in 3D on IMAX, and ran some errands before rounding out our food fest of a weekend with some Tin Lizzy's tacos... all worth it :-) happy belly!

I was very happy yesterday to wake up, go for a run, and eat like a bird again... Body For Life, we're back on!

So What Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday

You know what that means!  It's time to link up with Life After I Dew!

So What if...

• I've worn my hair "wavy" all week because I'm too tired and would prefer 10 extra minutes of dozing instead of drying my hair... if only I could figure out how to do both
• I bought 4 dresses last weekend -- I already wore 3 of them :-)
• I'm going to work a wedding until 12:30 AM Monday morning and then wake up at 5:45 AM again to volunteer for the Peachtree -- it's a sickness.  I don't know what rest is
• Husband REALLY wants me to do the Turkey Day half marathon with him and all I can think about is how painful running that long sounds... and a large fear of failing cloud rolls over and sits on top of my head every time we talk about it
• Husband will probably read the above statement and tell me there is no cloud on top of my head... 
• I ran by the cake store on the way home from the gym and saw they were making red white and blue cakes for the 4th and immediately started thinking about ways to conveniently NEED one of those cakes....
• I'm already counting the hours to the long weekend.  
• My new favorite thing is home made sweet potato chips... BFL style
• If my arms started hurting 5 hours ago from the workout I did 9 hours ago... I just don't want to know what tomorrow will feel like.  
• If I brought my recycling into the office because I don't have a better place to bring it now that my BFF moved to the "ghetto" 

What are you saying "So What" to this week?

Happy Friday! Randomness

Dear Cheat Day,

When you arrive I would like to let you know what you should expect this week…  (Or a list of foods I’m dreaming of… sigh)

I've had this coupon forever... I plan to use it on you, Cheat Day.

 Via

UpStreet  gives us bagels... I plan for a blueberry one with hazelnut icing cream cheese

 Via

I don't care if no one comes with me... I've gotta get my fix

 Via

Oh Menchies, how I love you! But mine will look much more peanut butter chips and pomegranate yogurt

 Via

Don't they all look so yummy!?

In OTHER news my husband left me yesterday... he went on a jet plane to the Windy City... I miss him already.  I am very proud of him though.  He is emceeing an event for work.  

Because he's HOT

and Smart

and they want to show that off...

Never fear, he'll return Saturday night... LATE 

And we will celebrate with cheat day :-) 

Although, I'm pretty sure his Cheat "Day" is all weekend... 

In the meantime, I'll be helping Sara move to her new home in the "ghetto" of Grant Park... for realz, the house is adorable and she's moving in with her hubby so what could be bad? 

Happy Friday everybody!  What are your plans?  What fun things will you be up to?

So What Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!!

It's been a hectic week!  We had a great weekend, I worked a wedding and Matt played golf -- you know, the usual.

We did discuss that Matt will be taking over our weight lifting plan, this is great, I just do what he tells me and am supposed to get buff... yay.  I cook all the meals and he designs the work outs... sounds like TEAMWORK :-)

I love being a team.

So here is my 2nd installment of So What Wednesdays and I figured out the original!  Life After I Dew started this totally awesome idea!

So What if:

• I wear completely unsensible shoes to work sometimes -- otherwise, I'd feel guilty owning them since they'd never get out of the closet
• #1 makes me hobble home sometimes
• I love cinnamon in almost everything -- Chili included
• I'm craving chili while it's 100+ degrees outside
• I sweep and mop the floors and an hour later I find a hairball, that's life with 2 dogs and two people in <1000 square feet. 
• Sometimes I take a cat nap between when Hubs leaves for work and I have to start getting ready.  
• I got really excited when we met some neighbors at the pool Sunday. -- I feel like my dog's yippy reputation precedes us and no one likes us... It was really nice to be told differently
• I'm drinking water today pretending it is the home made cookies sitting in our break room... Sunday Cheat day can't come fast enough!
• I started my Christmas list yesterday... priorities

That is all :-) 

Love,

Susie Q

Body For Life

 Via

Hubs and I started Body for Life  again this week.  We did this last year starting in February 2010 and found great results!  We both lost about 18 pounds and were pretty pumped to be back to our pre-commited relationship selves minus a few pounds. 

Well after our wedding I think we both lost some motivation and I for one am B.O.R.E.D. in the gym right now.  SO, we decided to give it a go again. Not that either of us have gained any weight since we got married, I've lost a few pounds and Hubs has lost many (must be all my cooking ;-) But  we both felt a need for a push... so here we go.

Problem, I'm not sure either of us is quite as motivated as the first time, but that's OK.  We'll be each other's accountability partners and we'll do it! 

So why am I telling you?  Well, part of my passion is health and fitness.  I have a LOT of opinions about it, and more knowledge than most people would think on the subject.  However, I am NO expert!  I still have much to learn, and want to share my journey through the next 3 months of this program.

So far we've had a great week.  I went to their website and chose some recipes for the week so we've been eating much tastier meals than the last time around!   However,  food is not so much what I'm worried about this time.

I've stuck with the same exercise program for the last year and a half -- with just a few variations.  I know this is not right... but I'm a bit scared to change!  This time I'm challenging myself to not do the same exercise program two weeks in a row.  I can use some of the same exercises, but MUST change it up every week and incorporate different exercises from the week before, preferably not the same for the last 3 weeks (this could be hard depending on the muscle group).  SO.  Any new weight lifting routines you can think of, let me know! 

I need to do two for each muscle group each workout!