Vision Boards

My oprah.com vision board

     Need a way to be reminded of your goals but don't want to feel like a total loser clipping out pictures of cars and cute haircuts and posting them on the wall of your tiny bed room next to your Justin Beiber poster?
     Try an online vision board! I found a really cool one at oprah.com.  You can use preloaded images or ones you have downloaded.  You can pick a theme and even write text on each picture.  Even cooler? You can use in on your stupid iphone and turn it into a your wall paper so you can see it everyday! Here's mine so far:

30 day challenge! New years resolution over haul!

Every once in in a while you get stuck in a rut.  I take that back We often get stuck in  deep deep ruts where things get stagnant and stale for a while. Then all of a sudden you wake up and realize that your dreams are further away , your thighs are a but fluffier, and your home a little more cluttered.
 I have gotten to that place recently and decided to do and entire revamp of my life. In, you guessed it, 30 days!
so whats the plan:

1. find a skin care plan that works!
 A.   As most of you know, I have the volatile skin of a pubescent boy who eats crap all day and sucks down soda as though it were going out of style.  I have tried every thing I have ever heard of from Clearasil to hydrochloric acid peals and they have all left me with the same hormonal acne prone skin that I've battle for YEEEEEAAAAARRRS.
B. The plan: "The regimen" from acne.org which basically involve little manipulation, gentle 10 sec washes and a copious amount of Benzoyl peroxide.

2. (the most difficult) Cut down ALL of my belongings down to the bare minimum
 A.   Frankly, I have too much crap.  Period.  I want to get back to the basics of life and have just want I need in order to obtain more clarity , organization and save money .  Bottom line: no more buying unnecessary crap.  Thing are just things.
B. The plan: give away everything I have not used in 6 months.  De clutter closets and cupboards, toys clothes, and everything else I own.

3 Lose those last 10 pounds
A: I think 125 pounds is a good weight for me.  It may be too thin, but I sure as hell am going to get there before I make a decision on whether 130 in a better looking weight.
B: The Plan: clean eating and exercise, less wine/whining! lol

5. School
A. catch up on all school work and give 200% to making efforts to be at the top of my class.
B: The plan: study 3 hours a day (min). Beg for extra credit, and bust my hiny to finish at the top.

6. Kids
A: Work on a more rigid schedule and get the prepared to take over the next grade level like total pimps.
B: create individualized lesson plans and work through summer because who needs a summer break? "aint nobody got time fuh dat!"

7. Nurturing relationships
A.  There are a LOT of people that I have had to leave behind for a plethora of reasons. Whats left are those who were either over looked for the first cut, or people so precious to me, that I must make every effort to hold fast to those friendships/relationships
B. The plan:cut the rest of the dead weight and sincerely make a concerted effort to love on those precious few left.

8. SAVE
A. I'm broke
B. The plan: Must. Save. Money.

9. Finish reading 3 more books
   A and B : self explanatory!

10: Work on my fabulous new Company with my awesome Cousin!
A: I am super excited about our new Venture!
B: the pan: finish logo, cards, website, etsy store, sell some merchandise!


Ok guys! I know that's a lot, but its 30 days right?  If anyone can do it, I certainly can! Pictures and updates to follow daily. Stay tunes y'all! Life changing promises ahead. wait for it. last  day: June 26th is D-day. Starting status on each goal tomorrow!

Georgia Rattler

     Ok so I thought I would give you an update on my peeling face.  If you missed it, read about it here. So as you may have guessed, I am still peeling and still not ready to show you what it looks like.  I can see improvement already (in my unfortunate scarring), but the peeling is pretty damn gross.  I promise to do a before and after next time.  Sorry y'all.

It's good for your skin! (that's what he said)

Dirty little gutter mind.  That's not what this is about! Pervert. 
This post is about me.  Like always.
I gave myself a chemical peel (facial) of 25% T.C.A. yesterday and frankly, it burned like a mofo and today I'm peeling like a Georgia Rattler.  I look pretty damn awful and I'm hoping this process will hurry up so I can go out in public without looking like a freak.  No pictures today.  Maybe tomorrow.  I'll keep you updated...For now, Ill return to my molting in the confounds of my bedroom.

Public Service Announcement: Please do not try this at home!  I have been receiving T.C.A. peel from a doctor as well as at home for over 2 years. Giving yourself a chemical peel of any type, can cause burns and scaring that can not be reversed, Also 25% is a cery highly acidic peel. Start lower.
OK. Now don't go doing anything dumb.
-ME

Shitty Mcgraw. Nasty A.F.

     Few things scare me more than shitting myself.  Very few.  There is really only one. (2 if you count bears, but you aren't counting, right?) Ok so the one thing that scares the literal and figurative shit out of me, is shitting myself during my first marathon.  Why would I have such a hideous and revolting thought? Because of this guy:

He shit himself during a marathon and kept on running like a gawt damned fool!  Talk about determination (or sheer stupidity)!  What ever you want to call it, I gotta give it to  him for finishing the race, albeit in 21st place.  I suppose I would have kept running too.  The only thing worse that being know as the runner who crapped themselves in the middle of a race with flash bulbs blinking and fellow runners jeering, is being the runner with with brown goo oozing out of your Nike shorts AND being a quitter.  I wish I could say that this wont ever hapen to me but 2 facts keep me from makeing such a staement: 1. I poo ALL the time.  after every meal, and at least 3 times a day.  2. Runners trots hit me at mile 5. Every. Time.  So what Do I do? Now that I have found this sport, I can't give it up, but I also dont want to end up like the poor schmuch above.

Thanks you Shitty Mcgraw for scaring me crap-less. Literally. 

Any advice?
Have you ever crapped yourself during a long run?

RUN FOR IT!

Dramatic? yes, a little. I'm always that way. By now, most of you know that I have been diagnosed with AADHD (or Adult Hyper Activity Disorder). While I think that ADHD itself is waaaaaaay over diagnosed, I think my Dr. may have hit the nail on the head.  I don't have time, nor do I have any interest in telling you all about AADHD and its symptoms. (thats what google is for heffa!).
     N-E-Way...I suddenly understand this feeling that I have had for many years.  The need to run.  Sometimes I just feel like bolting for the door and running like Pocahontas through the Georgia Forests! Lots of things have stopped my from doing so.  From my fat ass (that jiggles.HARD), to homeschooling 4 children, there is always a reason to supress that burning urge to run. I

Another excuse: Lame ass running shoes.

     Frankly, I can't fight it anymore.  I will tell you all about the nervous breakdown that fueled my recent decision, but for now, all you need to know, is that today, October 23, 2012, I become a runner. Period. To be continued...

Am I really about to Run? Because I want to?

                                

How to hate running: 101

So lots of people want to know how/why/when I learned to hate running. Read about that here. So...Did you read it? Now that you are caught up...Continue reading the posts on running to see my journey from lazy mom of 4 to fabulous running machine!