Update

I've been on my diet for a good three weeks now, and I'm trying my best to be good. To be honest, if I didn't have my cheat day, I'd be going nuts by now... oy...

So, just to make things more interesting, I'm going to start posting my weight every week as I weigh myself in. Thats right... the ultimate form of embarrassment: saying your weight out loud. When I started the diet I was 215lbs... and I am now 211lbs. There. I said it. hah.

My goal is to be about 200lbs by the time I start back to school. a.k.a: September 8th. 11 pounds in 1 month? I think I can do that... but I gotta be good... real good. Time to break out the treadmill and start doing those crunches. Wish me luck!

Oh, and I'd like to thank Georgina Dollface for the great tip she gave me earlier in a comment. "Always eat breakfast within 1 hour of waking." Before the diet I never ate breakfast... not sure why, just never had the time I guess... Now I make sure I have at least a breakfast shake before I leave the house, and I'm sure to keep it in the 1 hour time frame. Just by having even a quickie breakfast I automatically become more energized and awake. It's awesome!

Anywhoo, Thats all I got for today. Until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-Missy A

A Little Transformation

I read a quote the other day that went something like: "If you keep searching for the meaning of life, you will never live". While this may be true, I decided to do a little searching for myself.

I've always been a little rough around the edges: overweight, just passing grades, and not too sure what to do with myself. Now don't get me wrong, I have no intention of changing who I am on the inside, rather, I want to do a little makeover on the outside and on my outlook on life. Not only with my diet, but with other things as well... I suppose this is kind of my late resolutions for the year... I want to do better in school, do a little volunteering, and maybe do a little catching up with God.

So, to officially mark this new transformation, I went out and got a perm today. Thats right... my normally straight hair has been transformed into a fro-like work of art: and I love it!

But I guess thats all I have to say for today...

So, until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-MissyA

Diet time...

Wow its been forever since I've been on... sorry 'bout that. You know how it is with summer though... vacations, sleeping, working, more sleeping, more sleeping... ... ... get the point? hah.

I'm officially on a diet. Thats right. I'm on my 2nd week of hell and have lost only a few pounds, but I'm determined. And damned determined at that. lol. A healthy lifestyle is supposed to bring forth a better outlook on life, better concentration, more energy, and losing a few sizes won't kill me either. I'm aiming to lose 50lbs... 3 down, 47 to go... lol. I'll keep everyone updated on my progress as I go along.

Anyone have any good methods to lose weight? Diet tricks? Easy exercises? I'm looking for anything to help get me through this. Once I get going it'll be easier I'm sure, but up until now it's been hard.

Anyway, until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-MissyA

Book Review

Before I begin, a little update: My friend at work who was re-diagnosed with breast cancer went in for her operation and everything went perfectly. Yay! She's gonna be out for a while but she's doing as well as expected.

So, onto the review!

I began reading a book by Nancy Martin called "Have your cake and kill him too". It's surprisingly good! Its a part of a series of books (seven I believe so far) called the "Blackbird Sisters Mysteries". It can only be described as Nancy Drew meets Sex and the City. Yes. I said it. As weird as those two may sound together, it works; and it works well!

Nora, the main character, comes from an extremely wealthy family, including her two sisters: Libby and Emma. Nora finds herself broke, pregnant, and in the middle of a murder. To top it off, she's not sure who the father of her unborn child is! "She's got a personal life to untangle, and a killer to slap behind bars, before her grandmother's couture gets so sung that the Main Line gossips take notice." (A quote from the summary on the back)

http://www.nancymartinmysteries.com/blackbirds.html

The characters are a lot like Nancy, Bess and George only hyped up in drama and sex... sounds fun, right? If you like a good mystery mixed with Loius Vuitton handbags and Prada shoes you're in for a good read.

This isn't the first book in the series, so I'm not sure if theres any back story or not, but I'm going to find the first one and start from there. :)

Here's the order:

"How to Murder a Millionaire"

"Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds"

"Some Like it Lethal"

"Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die"

"Have Your Cake and Kill Him too"

"Crazy Little Thing Called Death"

"Murder Melts in Your Mouth"

Check 'em out!!

So, until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-Missy A

Number 3??

You've all heard the saying "Bad things come in threes", right? Well I just hope '3' would hurry up and show its ugly face.

The last few days have been pretty painful. First, a breast cancer survivor that I work with was just re-diagnosed and then the next day I learned that my great-aunt on my father's side was given 6 months to a year to live. If those are just the beginning, I am absolutely dreading what will come next.

I'm usually a happy-go-lucky person but due to the last few days I've been finding it hard to put on a smile and be cheerful and I really hate being like that. I need to find something to do--something that will take my mind off everything. I'm sure I'll find something.

Anyway, I guess thats all for now... not a very good post/update but it's just something thats got me down and that I wanted to get off my chest hoping it would help a little.

So until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-MissyA

Life Update

Hey fellow bloggers! I've been severely slacking in the blog department lately, but to be honest, there hasn't really been anything to blog about. The last few weeks have included nothing but work and sleep, but \i shall try to re-cap you on anything that should be mentioned...

So I suppose the first thing on the docket would be that I finally bought a Nintendo WII. One thing is for sure: I totally understand how people loose a ton of weight playing that thing. After a good 5 hours or so of baseball, golf and tennis followed by a sword fight, I can barely lift my right arm... hah! It's a lot of fun though. Even my folks and my grandma are into it! So far all I have is the Sports and the Sports Resort games but I want MORE!!! For those WII-ians (yes, I just made that up...) out there, lemme know what games you like, what you don't, and which ones would be better burned than played :)

Secondly, I now have 2 new additions to my fish tank... My angelfish Koji died last week due to the ick disease so after a solid week of cleaning and treating my tank, I decided two little clouds just wern't enough for me. So I took my friend to the pet store, told her to pick out a fish, and she did. "Nonny" (as she decided to name her) is an angelfish like Koji was, only instead of being black and white, she has some yellow on her... she's also about a quarter of the size! The other one I got was a "Male Sunset Gourami". He is really pretty and fades from a blue to orange. Kinda like this:

Finally, the last thing I did was FINALLY see the new Sex and the City movie. It was really good and had a lot of good laughs. I'm not sure if it was as funny as the first movie was, but hey, how many sequels are?? I now completely understand why my friends call me Charlotte though... heh. As for the people out there that say "I never even seen ONE episode of the show, so I wouldn't get it..." WRONG! I was only introduced to the greatness by watching the first movie... that re-caps everything so you don't have to know. Anyone who hasn't watched it, watch it! :)

So, that's about all for now I guess.

Until next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-MissyA

A Modern Musical Genius

I've been home a few days from my trip now and I know I said that I would post about it with pics and the like, but I'm currently going through them all with the friend I went with, trying to figure out which is where and what is which... this is gonna take a while. Between the two of us we managed to rack up over 1500 photos plus videos... so... yeah. :)

Anyway, this is more of a catch-up post. I would like to share with everyone some music that I absolutely love! His name on youtube is "Fagottron", a.k.a Pogo. This dude has an amazing talent of taking random sounds from your favorite movies and turning them into some kick ass music. Here is a link to his youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Fagottron.

Unfortunately, some of his earlier work has been flagged by youtube as copy write, so a couple that aren't on his channel, but are still awesome are: "Alice" and "Alohamora". Pretty straight-forward about what they're from. xD

Here is the video for my personal fave, "Expialidocious". Enjoy!

Until Next time,

Live, Love, Laugh

-MissyA