This week so far...

Well things are going well for Malone and I. Since my last post, I have been keeping a pretty good schedule of doing some exercise daily. I keep it simple and try not to overdo it ( which is what I have done in the past and has really discouraged me). Monday this week I did a run/walk for about a mile or so with Tivo, and afterwards I still had some energy so I did some crunches, leg lifts, squats, and lunges. I think I may have overdone it a little because I was so sore the next day! I could hardly squat down to sit on the toilet ( yes i had to add that). lol So I decided to take it easy Tuesday and not exercise. Today (wednesday) I am still really sore, and I know I probably won't feel up to running today so I jumped on the stationary bike at work for about a half hour during lunch and lifted some weights. It actually made my soreness not so bad, so that's a plus.

Malone has been working out too! He's been lifting weights at home, push ups, and all sorts of other strength exercises. He gets out and runs a bit too. We haven't been running together as much, I think I tend to overdo it with him around because I don't like looking like a panzie in front of him lol. Anyway, I am just happy to say that so far we are keeping up with the goal! I just had to share!

As for everything else, I honestly can't complain! I cleaned out my closet the other day. I put away my winter clothes and clothes I can't fit in to make room... I was a little shocked at how empty my closet was. It's sad really. But I told myself, if I'm good with this whole work out thing then I can buy cute fun summer clothes next year!

Work has gotten a little better. Working at Broulims doing the account payables has been a challenge, but I have come a long way in only a few weeks, considering I only work 2 days a week there. I am able to do the account payables for two stores and both their daily/weekly reports pretty much by myself in one day. Before I could only do about one and a half stores' payables in a day with ALOT of help. I do some bank reconciliations for my dad on Thursdays, which I have yet to master, but it's coming along. For the record, I have never done any accounting in my life, so considering that fact, I think I'm doing alright. Doing posters for Broulims a few hours a week has kept me busy! Everyday there's always new requests for posters. Yesterday I had about 10 new requests, and I did manage to finish most of them. I have a big order coming up requiring about 70 posters! Yikes! But I am enjoying the work. I enjoy being creative and working alone, which is what I do pretty much. Mobley's PT has been alright too. We're rearranging employees since one is leaving on a mission. We'll miss him! But business has been kind of slow lately, so the days feel long. I think everyone is out enjoying the lovely weather we've been having! I am so jealous!


Malone is managing to get through school and work this semester. He still has about 4 semester left after this one. His grades are okay, A's and B's, which isn't bad for him at all! We're hoping his GPA will be good enough for more scholarships, since we're not sure how the grant thing is going to work out for the rest of his schooling. But I am so proud of him. He works so hard! On top of school, he's also working about 30 hours a week, which isn't easy. He does most of his homework after class till about 9:30 at night or so. He has been working in a new department at Broulims and is able to be home with me at night, which is so great. I love having him home. He's been such a huge help. He's been so good about helping around the house, even when he's busy. I have such crazy hours during the week, I never know when I'll be home. He's done the laundry, the dishes, and makes dinner almost every night by himself. I am so blessed to have him in my life. He's a huge support and motivator for me. I love him crazy! Sometimes I can't help but think, what does he need me for? He's perfectly amazing all by himself lol.

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great week! Love you all!

Goals

Malone and I have been talking about goals lately. I decided that for me, for a while I have been too undisciplined to ever stick to anything to accomplish a real goal. For example, I've had a guitar for 4 or 5 years and I have always wanted to learn to play it. Well I know a few chords, but that's it and I haven't really tried. Another example is exercise. I try a few times or a couple weeks with a new routine,and I end up getting lazy and slowly quit. It's happened millions of times. And lately I've been complaining to Malone about my weight and he's sick of hearing about it, so we decided to DO something about it. He and I both made goals to lose weight and get in better shape. I'm a little nervous about making this commitment because I just hope I don't quit!! But, because I know I dont' like to disappoint, I am posting it on here so everyone knows about it so I won't quit as easy.
I started an account with myfitnesspal.com and am keeping track of calories, exercise, and I have my goal set so I can keep track of where I'm at. I also added a little ticker on the blog here so everyone could see how I'm doing. So far, it's only about 4lbs, but it's a start I guess. Malone and I are trying to run a few days a week to help us get in shape. And I don't know about him, but it's a big struggle for me! I haven't had to run like that in years, so it's kicking my butt. However, I'm taking it slow for now and I'm working up. For now, I am working up to 3 miles or a 5k... maybe I'll enter a race sometime. I don't know yet. So we'll see how it goes. We decided that if I hit my goal, which is a secret right now, then Malone said we could go on a CRUISE! If that isn't motivation, I don't know what is! Wish us luck! Cuz I know I'M gonna need it haha.

Memorial Day Weekend

Malone and I spent some time together for memorial day weekend. He took off Saturday because we had originally planned on going camping. But since the weather wasn't cooperating, we just decided to do a little day-cation. We went to the Idaho Falls Museum to see the bodies exhibit. I've taken anat and phys classes and I've seen cadavers before, but I have never seen them on public display like that before. In a way it was a a little wrong to me that people would put these remains on display for the whole world to see as opposed to a private setting for students... but in any case it was still interesting. I was a little surprised to see young kids there since it was a little graphic. I was particularly interested in seeing the blood vessels in the entire body without any skin. That was interesting, as well as seeing the blood vessels of the heart. I remember when I took anat and phys in high school we dissected a cow heart, and it was probably my favorite dissection ever! I imagine if I had ever become a doctor or surgeon, I would have had a specialty in cardio. Anyhow, it was a neat exhibit and Malone and I enjoyed it.

The rest of the day was spent shopping, and on Monday we spent time with Malone's family. We always have fun over there! We play games and just hang out and talk. Malone and I ended up winning hand and foot which is one game we NEVER win at lol.

I have been working on some posters for Broulims and I wanted to share a little bit of what I've been doing! These first few posters were for St. Anthony. I guess they had a display for lots of different kinds of summer drinks like pop, gatorade, lemonade, whatever. I had to make a few to figure out which colors I liked best. But we ended up with this one.

The next one was for the new take and bake pizza at Broulims from Noble Romans pizza. They wanted me to use an ad that was already made and just edit it. I tried to do it on photoshop, but it didn't work. So I had to get creative. Turned out alright, I guess they liked it!

This 14' banner is for the new Noble Roman franchise in the Rexburg Broulims store. This time they didn't want any Noble Roman anything on it, but wanted it in these certain colors. They actually ended up changing it a little before they printed out the final, but I think it looks alright the way I did it.

So, I guess the poster thing is going well so far! I've been enjoying it and it's a step in the right direction.