A little bit of things to come...

Well this is the "rough draft" of what I hope to do.  I can't stand to do anymore because photoshop is making my eyes bulge and I am either getting sick or getting over sickness.

The Title Banner is not final I can change anything with ease.  I threw the blurry pic of Lake Chuck up there because i took the pic and I liked it.  Again, can be changed.  Colors.  Borders...whatever your heart desires I can try and figure out.  Just ask.  =)

Leave all opinions, changes, comments, thoughts and whatever else you must say in the comments below please and thank you.\

Also...after this post I will be making us officially public.  I will also stop it from counting our visits so we can see if anyone, other than ourselves obviously, is reading it. 

Over and out.

This is the lighthouse at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook Beach. We went over there last night for dinner at Bahrs Seafood Restaurant. They didn't knock it out of the park last night with dinner, but the jaunt around the island made up for the lack of great food. It was pretty interesting.  I'll be doing research on this Fort, I was enthralled by all of the old buildings and huge homes. I need to know what they were used for. I'll keep you posted. We walked along the beach at dusk and the view from the beach is Manhattan. The pictures don't do it justice.

We were one day too late to see the two blue lights that go up in remembrance of 9/11. 

This week has been a no-go for the "life changing" diet and exercise saga. The past week or so has been particularly stressful in many ways, and the only cure for that is a pub tour. We've found a great pub in Edison, NJ. The Shannon Rose. On Tuesday nights, they have Irish Tuesday. All Irish fair is discounted and they have an irish musician that livens up the joint. They have a great shepards pie, which the hubby says is almost as good as our mom's (which is his favorite) and they make a decent black & tan. What's not to love?

So I'm back to eating correctly. I'm feeling a bit paunchy from all of the beer/food.  I'm focusing on protein and veggies. Fit and Trim here I come.......

No results...Son of a..?!@?

I will go ahead and go on record saying that I am the epitome of impatient. This working out, eating right, "life changing" and waiting months for results is robbing me of every ounce of patience I have. Which is, 0.5 oz total. But, I soldier on. This is the "lets see how long it takes her" blog....instead of the "chart her results" blog. I actually like eating healthy,  because secretly I prefer vegetables to meat any day of the week. I don't miss fast food AT ALL. We totally quit going to those places when we moved here (2 months and counting). This is a huge accomplishment for me, whose philosophy is  fastest is bestest....don't judge the grammar, it rhymed.

I woke up to 49 degree weather this morning.(What?!? I nEEd some socks) It's starting to feel like Fall up here. I even saw one lone tree dropping it's leaves day before yesterday. I was excited. Boot weather here I come. So I started trolling the healthy sites for new recipes, I found this on another blog ( she has great recipes/ideas) ...pumpkin pie oatmeal (vegan friendly) http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com/ 

(I am not vegan, but I do LOVE ME SOME PUMPKIN, be it in bread/pie/cookie form, doesn't matter. So for the fall weather just around the corner.....Here's a pumpkin substitute. Enjoy!!

For Fall....My favorite movie for the Halloween/Fall time is:

 Hocus Pocus

Have a great Tuesday!!

Addicted to Diet Coke

I am completely addicted to diet coke.  There I've said it.  I've quit drinking it on more than one occasion!! And the last time I had a SEVERE headache and complete and utter fatigue for FIVE DAYS! FIVE DAYS! That's ridiculous.  Five days of withdrawals! That is real life addicted.  So from now on...



And it's not going to be like today when I quit drinking Diet Coke and was halfway through a 20 oz, when I remembered I was supposed to quitting. Dang it!! Ya know why I didn't remember?? Because aspartame apparently causes tiny holes in your brain and makes you forget things. Ugh!  I blame every extra pound I'm carrying on diet coke.  It actually MAKES you hungry. AAAhhhhh!!  I am determined to REMEMBER that I QUIT DRINKING DIET COKE TODAY!!  Right after I finish this last one sitting next to me....

Noobie Noobness

Well this is my first post. As you can see, I am neither sister consequently, ergo, accordingly, other such words denoting a meaning similar to therefore, I am the weird brother. 

I do not have much to say on this particular post.  I will be working on the overall look of the blog.  Don't have any solid ideas as of yet, but soon. 

I will, however, leave a video that shows why I am the weird brother in this particular scenario.  I love all geeky type things.  Board games, video games, running games, walking games.  I am a fan of many a different topic and subject.  I have no doubt that will reflect in my posts. 

For my inaugural post I shall post a video of quadrotors.  They are essentially, at their core, four rotor helicopters.  These are designed to work in tandem with each other.  I'll let the video explain...it's a short one.

SCIENCE!!!

Another weekend is here!

The weekend is here again. I will start out by saying it's been 2 weeks since the hubby-trainer and I started back to the gym. I took my measurements on 8/30/12 and wanted results by 9/7/12. I don't have any results. I'm still the same weight/inches not lost. It's shocking, I know. After 2 weeks of hard work, I really did expect to see something. If you are on the journey as well, you know what I mean. Patience is a virtue I don't seem to possess. And when I weighed on the scale, the hubby-trainer saw that I was about to burst into tears and banned me from the scale for at least a month. Apparently, it doesn't come off in two weeks. Who knew?

In an effort to remain accountable for my actions I am posting this for all  to see, much to my dismay. (accountability is also a virtue I don't posses)

 here's the stats: 

HEIGHT: 5'3"
WEIGHT: 165
BELLY: what the what" (OMG)
HIPS: ditto" (ditto)

here's the goal:

HEIGHT: 5'6"    ;-))
WEIGHT: 130
BELLY: hell of a lot smaller
HIPS: ditto

I realize only some of this is actually achievable, but a girl can wish (and use lifts)..If others can use a fake ass in underwear and chicken cutlets, I can use lifts. Just saying.


 And last weekend, we went to Hinckley, NY to stay at a cabin for a birthday gettaway. Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.

Here is a chipmunk eating birdseed at the outdoor bathtub/shower (he's little bottom left hand corner)

And here is a foot print we noticed on our early morning walk

 undoubtedly, a BIG bear.

Have a great weekend!!

Camera 101

I bet you thought this post was going to be about all the stuff I taught myself about my new camera! No. It isn't. So far I've only done the point and shoot "Auto" photo! But here are few anyway...

I love that you can see the light around the clouds!

I used the macro setting to take a close up of the grass. Yes I love this picture of the grass!

The BIRDS!

The Family watching the sunset at the civic center!