(because your kiss) your kiss is on my list

you know, i never really understood why girls take selfie kissy face photos. 

disclaimer: this might be my first actual, documented kissy face photo. lucky you.



me, today at work.



so yeah, i am really curious. i mean, it's not like you go around looking like that all day. are you blowing a kiss to someone? are you trying to look like you ate something sour?  i just don't know the point.  yet we all do it. and then post them to instagram (i didnt) and hastag them #kissyface #xoxo #muah #selfie !

so i went to my friend yahoo! answers and asked: why do girls make kissy faces in photos?

yes, i really did look it up

lets see the responses:

1. they wanna make themselves look cute, and have the boys want to kiss those lips, & have all the other girls to be jealous of them
2. it's kind of classic just like the peace sign with your hand in pictures, or those over sized sunglasses like Paris Hilton has .. 
3. they just want to fit in and look "cool" for there friends haha =P  (<-- LOL)
4. I tried it once cause my teeth used to be jacked up and I didn't wanna smile, but it turned out much worse.
5. girls do that 'kissy face' to look likeable and attractive to guys, they might think it's sexy too.
6. it's like a disease that every teen girl has (hahah what?!?!)
7. I wish those idiots would stop doing that. Makes them look like they're getting a stick shoved up their azs.  (tru dat yo)
8. LOL and that bathroom pic where they angle the camera from top down trying to make themselves look skinnier.  (true story: i know someone who does this all the time)
9. It's just what girls do. You would have to be one to understand.  (amen, sister)

and my personal favorite:

10.    "It makes me think of how my cat looks when he uses the litter box"

happy friday :)

body combat!

May 11

Outside run in my neighborhood: 3 miles, 33 minutes

May 14

Sationary Elliptical: 2.5 miles, 30 minutes

Elliptical Climber: 2.75 miles, 30 minutes

Treadmill: 2.26 miles, 30 minutes

May 15

Elliptical Climber: 3.17 miles, 30 minutes

total for week two: 13.68 miles.  i'll take that :)

I also took a "Body Combat" class. in one word: TERRIBLE. 

here is the description: "bodycombat is the unique, martial arts-based workout designed for individuals looking to boost cardio fitness & benefit from total body conditioning. this class is addictive and fun!"

well of course with a description like that, im going to try it.  okay, first of all, it was totally martial-artsy which i should have expected because the damn words were in the description.  but it was totally weirdo. props to you karate, martial arts people. i just can't take it seriously.  2nd. this is awful of me to say, because basically im talking about the instructor and that makes me look like a bitch, but really she was a total WEIRDO.  im trying not to put her into a category, because quite frankly i don't want to offend anyone reading this.  i mean she was just plain weird. very eccentric. we were doing the strangest movements with our hands while squating. our arms and hands were in the air, and then moving from left to right, or the other way around while squatting. she was saying things in a weird voice like "FEEL THE BURN. YEAHHHHH"   this class sucked. the end.

tonight im going to either do zumbawumba or yoga.

who knows, yoga is pretty strange too so that might be another experience in the making.

enjoy your day.

sweet dreams are made of this

would you do this?

so funny, and they are really good singers!

please excuse my absence from the blog lately, i miss you all.  i've been in odd sorts of moods lately and felt i have nothing of significance to say. i hope to be back soon xo.

zero to go

and i'm loving every second, minute, hour, bigger, Better, STRONGER, POWER!

can i just tell you i can't get will.i.am and bieber's song #thatPOWER out of my head? and it is extremely motivating to listen to when working out. i hear it and just want to go hard, strong, for the entire song.

so yesterday unfortunately i forgot to bring my progress notebook with me to link up for Nikki's 30 in 30.

i have it today :)

i am extremely proud of myself, and i might just take the next couple of minutes to brag about myself.  i'm okay with that, are you?

i've been taking this challenge very serious since i started in april.  i was starting to get upset with myself that i hadn't gone to the gym in what felt like ages (since my wedding last year) and while i was watching what i was eating, i really noticed how unfit my body was starting to look. it was all those trips to applebee's and olive garden.  i love that crap. but that's just what it is. crap. and so so bad for you.  now i don't want you to think i'm sitting here calling myself fat. that is NOT what i am saying.  i am a thin person, i know this. but like i wrote before, i became unfit. unfit to me is no tone, or definition in your body, tiresome after what should be an easy activity, not strong, no motivation.  that is what unfit means to me. and that's just what i became.

i guess i could go ahead and blame memorial day weekend right around the corner, or marriage on this one, because that's what happens when you get married right? you settle down, and let go. but i'm not blaming marriage on it this time.  i'm blaming it on myself because i just didn't care enough to keep up with myself.  what kind of person does that make me? you need to love yourself, and if you aren't happy, do something that will make you happy.

so before i give you my miles, here is a picture of the two elliptical machines i use. i don't know exactly what they are called but you can see what they look like:

elliptical climber: two separate floating feet pads, and i change the

picture to a mountain on the screen so i feel like i'm "climbing"

stationary elliptical: well, it's an elliptical machine, but it has

this big piece of hardware that its only going up and

down on so i dont know, thats the name i came up for it.

i don't use the good old original elliptical machine- i just hate them.

and you can see i basically max out at 30 minutes on the machines because that is as much as i can tolerate before i get bored to pieces. so if i want to hit more miles, i just pump my legs faster and they add up quickly!  i normally have the machines on a minimum resistance of 10, because i really feel the burn in my thighs and it's such a great feeling.

so without further adieu, i give you my results for the first link up in may (May 1-9)

May 1

Elliptical Climber: 30 minutes, 2.35 miles

Stationary Bike: 25 minutes, 3.15 miles

May 2

Stationary Elliptical: 30 minutes, 2.65 miles

Elliptical Climber: 30 minutes, 2.52 miles

Stationary Bike: 30 minutes, 6 miles

May 7

Elliptical Climber: 30 minutes, 2.85 miles

Treadmill (finally!): 33 minutes, 2.25 miles

Stationary Bike: 30 minutes, 6.6 miles

May 8

Elliptical Climber: 30 minutes, 3.08 miles

Treadmill: 17 minutes, 1.00 miles

Stationary Bike: 16 minutes, 3.19 miles

May 9

Stationary Elliptical: 30 minutes, 2 miles

Weights (oh those kicked my ass yesterday) and Swimming (hoping it makes my nail come off!)

Total: 37.64 MILES

"whatever doesn't kill you, always makes you stronger"

zero to go. hell yes. what a great kickstart to my weekend.

when boobs attack

this is really more of a wtf post.

i mean, really? what the....

jwoww.... i don't like your hair. it's too dark and your eyebrows aren't matching...

oh, and you need to have a boobcheck. i've never seen someones tots SO DIFFERENTLY SIZED. seriously?? wtf

amanda, what happened to your nail??? get it fixed- you have more than enough money for it! what's the most it could cost, $30.00???



annie, what the hell size coffee is that? your hand is as big as the cup. so either its a Tall latte and you have MONSTER size hands, or its an expresso cup? do they make those to-go??


HONORABLE MENTION:

Local newspaper, Home News Tribune with this photo:


what is wrong with this picture? the fact that this OLD woman is dressed like a girl going to senior prom, or how about the fact that woman's Boob is attacking her daughters face. great photo HNT.



that's all i've got for today. come back later (tomorrow probably) for my 30 in 30 update.

update: my toe nail is ALMOST ready to come off!!! please let it happen sooner than later!





wiggida wiggida wiggida wack

if you don't know who this is you should probably just click the X on my page right now.

i won't be offended :)

unless of course you were born after 1990, then you have an excuse....

it's a sad day in the world of a 90's era fanatic, as one half of this awesome rap duo has passed away.

mac daddy from KRIS KROSS, chris kelly, 34 years old. that is just awful.

I'll make ya rump rump wiggle and shake your rump
'Cause I'll be kicking the flavor that makes you wanna Jump

How high? Real high
Cause I'm just so fly

don't act like you didn't own this on a cassette tape..........


ok confession:
i totally photoshopped this with Ribbet.com... but you get the idea and know it looked just like this!


interesting lyrics, since they are considering his death a drug overdose.

oddly enough, as this couldn't be anymore bizarre....their hit single JUMP was number one in the charts this week in 1992.  21 years later, and he can't celebrate. how sad

let's all reminisce on our past by watching this totally awesome music video of kris kross and their starter yankee and eagles jackets in all their glory.

i don't know what my favorite part of this video is:

1. the car

2. the shaved eyebrows

3. the awful non-synced jumping moves

4. the crazy rubber bands in daddy mac's hair

5. the backwards clothes & WALKING at  1:30 minutes in

6. the random snow in the background of the playground

7. the dancing around a trash can of fire

8. the white background and blinds-effect shadows

oh this is such a great music video.

heres two movies that also feature this song, i'm sure you youngin's have seen at least one of them:

Friends with Benefits

ok, JT's voice sounds really boyish in this clip!

You Again


lol, doesn't Al Lambert look so ridiculous being pregnant,
in that outfit and doing an alligator clap to this song?! 

 

T4 3030

this blog post is going to be one of the most creative ones yet...

ok, no it's not. i swear i am getting bad on this blog, lying to you all like that.

it's a tuesday, so it's quite obvious that i'm going to link up with Helene, Ashley & Nikki 

it's a miracle i actually have three stories to go with each of these link ups!

First up: Taste of Tuesday

today was my coworker's birthday, and i was feeling quite generous and betty crockery, so i decided to whip up a batch of pillsbury crescent rolls and creamcheese bars.  sounds really great with a name like that, right?  well believe me, they were- they are all gone now.  the actual name is: Sopapilla Cheesecake, and you can find the original recipe here

oh, and one thing i LOVED about this recipe was how EASY it was, and TASTY. i got a ton of compliments.  i even had 3 pieces myself, and i really am NOT a dessert person.

Ingredients:

- two cans pillsbury butter crescent rolls (i got original (not butter flavored) and mine had the seams in them so i had to roll a rolling pin over them to kind of get them as one large sheet)

-two 8 oz. packages cream cheese softened (i bought reduced fat philadelphia cream cheese)

-1 cup sugar (to mix with the cream cheese)

-1 teaspoon vanilla extract

-1/4 cup butter melted

-Cinnamon and sugar (i used 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon [did not need all of it])

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. If you are using a glass pan, switch the temperature to 325 degrees.

Unroll and spread one can of the crescent roll into a 9x13 inch pan (ungreased)

Combine softened cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and vanilla in a bowl

Spread cream cheese mixture on top of crescent rolls

Unroll and spread remaining can of crescent roll over the mixture

Spread melted butter over the top (i just poured) and sprinkle with Cinnamon/sugar mixture

Bake for 20-30 minutes (mine took closer to 30 minutes, i tried taking out at 20, however i noticed in the center it was still oozy/moving so it needed to bake longer)

so mine doesn't look AS appetizing...but no one in work saw the original photo :)

Next!

over the weekend, M & I (along with our two best friends R&A) went to a NY Rangers Hockey Game in the city!  this was my first time going and i was so excited (that could have been the 2 extremely large bud lights i inhaled too) but they won, and my outfit was so cute! it was basically what i pinned the other day. except my shirt was different :)

traveling to NYC gives me such anxiety- i don't know what it is.  we got the train at the stop before new york penn and it was literally mobbed inside. we stood in the aisle! it's too crowded and dirty for my taste. but i got over that quick and enjoyed a nice afternoon out.

aren't we just the cutest?

 so that was NYC.... now onto, MEXICOOOO

here's a little sneak peek of where i will be traveling in one month!

i am such a sucker for all-inclusive vacations.  no need to worry about anything since it's all paid in advance!  we haven't been to mexico yet and are really excited because we both are obsessed with margartias.... no where else i'd rather get one than a country known for their tequila!

i wish i had a photoshopped photo of me and M in sombreros... that would be funny.  maybe you'll get lucky when i do a vacation recap haha.

LASTLY!

My total for APRIL was: 39.71!!! just a quarter mile short of 40!

thanks TOE. you really messed that one up for me!

there's always next month, right nikki? :-)

wow. this was a doozy of a post. hope you stuck throught it all.

So - have any of you ever had a similar recipe? or traveled to the Riviera Maya, Mexico?? how did YOU do in your challenge this month? 



ps incase you didn't get my title, it meant Taste of Tuesday, Travel Tuesday and 30 in 30... you know, like FOUR T's and 30 miles.  how creative. i really surprise myself sometimes...