I have a great opportunity to get a business makeover including branding and advertising which will help me tremendously. I'm a nominee right now and could use comments from those that have purchased from me or those that like my items. If you could please go here and leave a comment (keep it clean please!) I would be grateful.

They are currently just tallying comments to choose the nominees that will go on to voting stage, so if (hopefully) I make it through, I'll need to ask you to vote at that time.

Thanks so much in advance. Without some of you who have purchased from me or just supported me, I would be nowhere!

Soo... Brett has two weeks of vacation again and of course the company limits the times you can take it which means no vacation between April and September. That also means a few long weekends through the summer and a week in the spring.. He was originally going to be on a cruise for his best friend's wedding, but work screwed him on that...

So that leaves us with about a month to go on vacation. We have about $1000 to spend on the 4 of us. Where the fuck do we go???

Well, since this past Saturday, I've started on an exercise routine of mostly kickboxing boot camp, with some core, upper body and combat training exercises (thanks to GIBrett's instruction). Yesterday I took before pictures and today I measured and figured out my BMI and body fat percentage so I can watch myself shrink.

I also started a semi-private group on facebook where other people that need motivation and to hold themselves more accountable can put their info and track their progress. If anyone is interested, I'll give you the link. It's a "closed" group which means you can see who's in it, but you can't see anyone's posts unless you're a member.

I'm going to treat it like an SG group where I'd like to see that you're not just a troll or a PSW fan or whatever, but actually trying to obtain a goal. Also, if you're inactive for a while, I'll remove you because it's not doing anyone good to have people that aren't really interested in bettering their health and/or bodies.

Fuck New Year's and fuck getting older.

Eww. I turn 30 next Thursday. It kind of makes me want to vomit. Well, I guess I'd better start a new bucket list....

This laptop is doomed. It's gone through 2 chargers, the charger port has been super glued twice since some little people pushed it in. The battery holds a charge for less than an hour....and it's missing a key because a certain little person threw a fire helmet up in the air and it crashed down while I was typing.

It would be nice if Santa replaced it, but I've been bad this year. Money is being saved for necessities when the time comes.. I realize this is vague, but because I don't know exactly when that time is or what exactly it will entail, vague is the best you're gonna get.

The past couple days, thinking positive has been a struggle to say the least. My body is fighting with my mind and both are losing, it seems. I need to set them both straight, but a time out isn't really an option right now...I should work on that.

I've made the decision that I will be happy with my life. I will be happy with my choices and I will be happy with myself. I may not always do or say the right thing, but I feel. And I feel everything. Maybe that's a bad thing to some people. Maybe it should be a bad thing to me, but I'm sick of looking at myself and not liking what I see. The way I see it is my first step is to like myself regardless of my flaws and maybe, just maybe in doing so I will adjust the way I see other things in time.

I'm sure most people aren't aware, but earlier this year I came to the realization that I likely have PMDD. For those of you that don't know what that is, feel free to look it up. I've been following my cycle for months now and there is definitely a pattern with my cycle and my moods, stress levels and how I react to all of it. It's a hard thing to deal with and can be truly debilitating at times, but I'm so tired of it all. I've tried changing my diet, taking vitamins and now it's time to try to change my mind. On the really bad emotional days, it's hard to stay focused on the positive. I have started practicing the law of attraction.. not to gain material things, but peace of mind. I'm not even sure I'm doing it right according to "the rules", but I'm doing what hopefully will work for me. I need to get out of this. It's been a part of me since puberty, though I didn't see the cycle in it's entirety

Anyway, this blog has become a lot longer than I intended and frankly, I only intended to type it up and just delete it...just to get it off my chest. Take it as you will. Care. Don't. It's all good.

Hey all. How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was surprisingly nice after a really rough start. Brett has been home from work since Thanksgiving morning. He goes back on Wednesday. We've been spending lots of time playing with the kids and going to the park and play areas. Tomorrow is the Zoo. It's nice to get to go out with the kids AND Brett. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep both of them out of trouble, considering our local park has no fence or anything and they both go in opposite directions.

Also, there are less than 3 hours to left get your 30% off savings in my little ol' etsy shop.

Hope everyone has a great Thanks-Living Day tomorrow (those that celebrate). I'm having a sale in my etsy shop starting at midnight tonight. No coupon codes needed. Save 30% on all items from midnight through Cyber Monday.

hairpins

headbands

handmade soaps

paper mache ornaments

So, someone messaged me on Etsy to ask if I would be interested in a trade. Their first name is Gay. Ok, whatever. But I had to giggle when they replied and the reply went like this:

I just imagine a period at the end of "gay", like a sentence about how they really felt regarding my refusal to swap.

Maybe it's just me.