Holy! Life has been FLYING by lately! So much so, my little abode is a complete sty right now. Pray that I find some time over the weekend, ok? If it happens it'll be a miracle, but it'll make me sooo happy to have everything back in some semblance of order.

SO! I started Weight Watchers about 6 weeks ago, like, it seems, everyone I know did, and I've lost an average of about 1.5lbs per week. I reeeally wanna make their s'mores some time soon - they look SO GOOD. I also bought a spin bike and have been peddling my brains out. Bunch of fun, reminds me of my childhood when I'd ride my bike as fast as I could around the neighborhood. All I need is a fan to have the feeling of the wind in my hair lol ,oP

New Year, new post! Lots going on around here. Mom's been sick with the e-coli virus - that shut her down almost completely, poor gal. It sapped any bit of energy in her body. Thankfully she has a great doc and he has her on some serious antibiotics. Now we just have to test to make sure she's completely rid of the infection. While Mom was going through that, my Grandma tripped and fell twice. The last time she fell she hit her knee and a week later her knee wasn't feeling any better so she and my Aunt went over to her doctor's office and was eventually sent over to the hospital. Long story short, Grandma spent 44 days in the hospital because of breathing problems and other problems that occurred while she was in there. She's finally back home, but she's scared to death of the oxygen tank they've left her, so I have no idea how that's going to go. Oy... I'm just waiting for everyone to feel like themselves again!

Christmas and New Years wasn't a bust, though! My folks bought me Katy Perry's purfume, Purr, which I was dying for - smells delicious! And I splurged on myself and upgraded my old, sticky Blackberry to an iPhone 4S 16g and bought a Canon Rebel T3 which I'm still figuring out (can you believe I still don't know how to zoom on this thing?!) Anyway, the fuzzballs are good and so am I. =)

Happy Thanksgiving, American buddies =D

Four months from Tuesday will be my 34th birthday. By that time I want to have a plan-of-attack for the next year of my life mapped out. I wouldn't mind Ryan Gosling or Adam Levine popping out of a cake either, but that's optional ,oP

What's everyone been up to?

Guess what I saw on Millionaire Matchmaker? Destin was wearing an SG shirt! I wish I knew what his name was here I'd start a "hook a sista up" campaign LOL ,o)

So, my new bike finally came in and I'm just putting it together. Can't wait to get out on the road and feel the wind through my hair! Pictures to follow...

I'm getting a bike!! I'm so excited I'm practically doing cartwheels! The sun is finally coming out and I'm just about to get THIS BEAUTY to tool around town with! W00t!

So, I've just been to my second voice lesson. I'm having lots of fun. Currently hunting down a (hopefully) fairly cheap keyboard so I can practice, practice, practice and drive everyone I live with crazy. These lessons run until the end of June and after that I'm thinking either guitar lessons or ballroom dance lessons. Haven't decided yet, though. I might do both since I can get a great deal on the guitar lessons through my local rec center and just enjoy my face off in the fall. If I think I'm giddy from just the enjoyment of the voice lessons now imagine what I'd be like with both guitar AND dance lessons in the fall! Lawdy! Hell, I might even continue with the voice lessons.

So what have you all be up to and what are your summertime plans?

I've been taking melatonin the last few months. Amazing dreams that stuff gives you. Last night I had a dream about 3 brothers who were scooping up ashes to put back into an urn believing it was their father, and then their father comes up behind them and says, "Oooh what's that?" and scares the crap out of all of them. Very Brit-com. I woke up giggling. =)

I think I'm going to get a tiny little lotus flower with some roots stretching out underneath on the back of my neck. More of an outline, but with a bit of pink, green, and brown to accent it. Maybe it should have 33 leaves since I just turned 33? =D

Upon further contemplation, I think a simple 5 leaf design would suit me better.

Happy end-of-the-first-week-of-2011! I've been thinking a lot about what I've accomplished in 2010 and what I want to accomplish in 2011. I think I've finally finished going through the tough stuff; found out I'm bipolar and found a medication that makes me feel like I did 15 years ago when I was free of all this crap. I don't have that deer-in-headlights feeling and am getting a shit-tonne of stuff completed. For example, in the last couple days I've been cleaning out my closet (donating some stuff and organizing the rest) and taking down the old journey-rigged closet bar/shelf contraption. Tomorrow I'm going to put up the new closet organizer and finally have everything neat and tidy - YAY! What I want to focus on in 2011 is relaxing and restorative things. Like, say, I've always wanted to knit a sock. A pair would work better, but for now we'll keep expectations low and go for just one, single sock. I'd also like to take a belly dancing class, or at least something that's social and fun. Lastly, I'd like to finally get the basement cleared out so I can set up my make-shift photo studio.

So, what about you? What are you hoping to accomplish in 2011?

If I had a band it would probably sound a lot like this. I love the bluesy-ness of this song =)



So, Christmas was great. Got a winter jacket, some new clothes, and a vacuum that I adore. And beyond that, I found out I'm bipolar and was put on meds that work like a hot-damn, so I'm feeling fantastic, too. I'm amazed at what I've been dealing with in the past decade without knowing what I was dealing with. Know what I mean?

Gonna get a Wii and a Wii Fit shortly, for my birthday. Yay for fun and fit-ness for the new year