Leap of faith!

I gave two weeks at my job, with out a new job lined up! I got to say, I feel like Indiana Jones must have when he was stepping forth from the loins head in " The Last Crusade". At least we knew he would not fall to his death because Steven Spielberg had more planned for him! Me on the other hand! I might Fall to my death! Financial death! Lets hold out hope there is a nearly invisible bridge I can't see yet to step on too!
Yes! I am enough of a dork to compare my live to my childhood hero!
If I find my way I will be sure to throw pebbles back on the bridge!

Purty purty mountains

Here are promised picks of my adventure down south with Mr. Borealis (not as dirty as that made it sound):

The view out the 8th floor hotel room window:

Mr. B at the Anasazi cliff dwellings:

Mr. B halfway up Pike's Peak:
Same view as before out the hotel window when it snowed a few days later:

And the view from the window by the elevators, which I just couldn't get over because of what the clouds were doing:


Alula

The stomach flu diet

I do not recommend it. I was going to post a picture of a toilet to summarize my Friday night, but it was a little too gross to do. Puked every two hours all night and couldn't even keep water down--thought I was going to have to call someone to take me to the hospital in the morning for dehydration because I had it out both ends so severe I lost five pounds by morning (not the way to do it).

I had to miss my orientation for librarian school because I was so sick, but like a stupid animal trapped on the other side of a six lane highway looking at her mate on the other side, I still made the hour and a half drive to where Mr. Borealis was out of town on work later that day.

Folks, that move makes #3 on my list of stupidest things I've ever done, right after pulling an all-nighter to drive to Arizona and riding a horse right after knee surgery, and just before the time I played tag using cars in a school zone (I was a stupid teenager with a bunch of other stupid teenagers, and it was a weekend, but still).

On the bright side, I'm getting some beautiful pictures to post here later.

I will out myself too!

hey ladies.
I clock in at 225 lbs. Its a sad number I weight more than my husband and thats just sad. He is around 175lbs, and that is were I would like to be. I am also 5'7'', but I have been in the 130 to 140lb range and people though I had a eating disorder. I did not like how I looked at that weight and I really do not want to drop down to that weight again. I would however be very happy to be around 175 or 180. Its not a excuse its a fact, Munchkin has some pictures from back then so she is my witness. I have been shedding pounds on my own over the last few months, about a pound a week. I am on the right track, but I am ready for things to move faster. I really want to be under 200 by the time Mr. Q gets home in August.
Other goals for this year are to get a new job.
Become a better wife.
Find space in my house.
and save up money for the tea store.

I did not sleep well last night!

hey Ladies,
Last night I dreamed all my teeth fell out. What does that mean again? There was a twist to it though. I had new teeth growing in place of the old ones. I was really mad because all the new teeth were really crooked and I was gonna have to spend months in braces for them too. I also had all my old teeth in a zip lock bag because I was planning to make bank with the tooth faerie.

Outing Myself.

So, I listed my goals for the year to the left (anyone else wants to join in, shoot me an email). One of them was finally taking off the 30 pounds my rheumatologist recommends. To do this, I decided to get honest.

Really, really honest. So I told Mr. B exactly how much I currently weigh so he keeps me accountable. I also told him I put on about 15 of that in the last year since we got married (His response was as follows: "I knew it!"). But really, he was much calmer about it than I had ever thought he would be.

Ladies, the number is 175. We are shooting for 13os to 140s. I am 5'7" tall, so my current BMI is 27.4, putting me as overweight. Getting down to the goal range will put my BMI back in normal range and relieve a lot of the pressure on my joints.

So now I am outed.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

New Year, new goals, new resolutions. And in my case a new phone--enV2 by LG, and it's absolutely delicious.

Alright, they say writing things down is supposed to make them happen, so here goes: our new feature for the blog is going to be a resolution list. Unless I find a really nifty one, you all might have to email me and have me put them up for you, but what I'm thinking is this: three resolutions. One to finish by the quarter year (like end of March), one for the half year (June), and a BIG one for the end of the year.

No one is required to participate, of course, but the page is a little right side heavy and I need to level it out. Also I will be re-theming here soon, hopefully with some of my own coding, so check back for changes.

Alula