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Happy Monday

This is a full five day work week. I haven't had one of those in a while!! It's going to be rough.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was very low key, which was very nice! That 2 lbs I talked about gaining? After drinking a ridiculous amount of water... yeah, they're gone. But I'm still frustrated I haven't lost anymore. I've been tracking my meals on www.sparkpeople.com. Check it out, it's a pretty cool website. But according to the site, I am not eating enough calories. Really? Not sure about that.

Today is our last session with the personal trainer. It was supposed to be Friday, but my work out buddy had to cancel, so it's rescheduled for today. I'm not too happy with the lack of results. It seems like we have been working out like crazy and nothing is really happening for either one of us. Our trainer, Stuart, was going to create a meal plan for us and then all of a sudden he apparently changed his mind and told us he'd have to charge the price of another session in order to do it. Whatever Stuart, kiss my @ss. It's common sense, really, but I thought he was just being nice when offering to make a meal plan for us. I'm not going to pay him to tell me what I pretty much already know. I'm kind of glad the sessions are over with. At this point we know what we need to do, but now we can do it without Stuart's arrogant attitude.

Here's something that is going to make working out even harder... my iPod is no more. M was doing me a favor and washing my coat that had salt all over it. This also happened to be the coat that I last wore the gym. He cleaned out 2 of the pockets, but missed the other one and ended up washing my iPod. So until I get a new one, this is going to really suck.

In other news, M and I have been talking about what we want to do as far as getting married goes. I am definitely not the typical girl when it comes to this because I definitely do not want to have the traditional wedding. I cannot see spending an outrageous amount of money on one day. I can think of tons of other things I would rather spend the money on. M, of course, totally agrees. Not to mention, my parents are divorced and my families do not get a long... at all. I could see my wedding being a potential disaster. This isn't something I want to stress over.

M and I are thinking we will go on vacation and get married then. We have also asked my oldest brother and sister in law if they would like to go with us. Now we just need to decide where. Does anyone have any experience with this? Any suggestions?

Operation Get My Cat To Calm The F Down

I love having my cats sleep in my bed at night, but it just hasn't been working out since we moved in with M. I went with my original plan to shut the cat in the spare bedroom last night so we could get some sleep. Unfortunately, the other cat had to be in there as well since that is where the litter box and food are. I don't think he was happy about that and I felt bad, but M and I really needed some sleep.

I fully expected this to be a disaster. I prepared myself to find destruction in the morning. BUT... nothing. Nope, absolutely nothing was out of place. I guess my crazy cat finally decided he needed some sleep, too. I think they will be going into the spare bedroom again tonight.

I also bought a Feliway plug in diffuser. I hear this is supposed to calm cats down. For $36.99 it better do something!

In other news, I lost 6 lbs in the last 2 weeks that we have been working with the personal trainer. But I happened to step on the scale this morning and gained 3 of those lbs back... wha...? I think I've been doing well so this doesn't make much sense.

How are the weight loss goals going for you guys?

****Also, did anyone watch the Biggest Loser last night? I think it was awful that they made them weigh in in front of everyone. I totally get that you need to be held accountable, but seriously, being overweight is quite humiliating enough... no need to make it even worse. I just thought that was terrible!

2010 and My Cat Is a B*tch

My cat is driving me crazy!! I swear, he has not slept since we moved in with M. He gets along ok with M's dog, which was very surprising, but he is annoying M and I to no end. He jumps on everything and knocks things over and has even broken a few glasses. He irritates the other animals in the house and no one gets any sleep. I don't know what to do with him at this point. I'm thinking he will have to stay in a separate room tonight with the door closed. This is not going be a 100% solution because I am sure this will piss him off and he will whine all night while he is coming up with ways to occupy his time, such as playing/breaking anything he can get his paws on. While he has always been a hyper cat, he has never been this bad. I just want to sleep!! Does anyone else have this problem with their pets??

Ok, now that that is out of the way...

I have never been one to make resolutions because well, I think it's kind of dumb. If you want make goals, then make them. No need to wait for the new year to do it. But lately I've been thinking of some things I want to accomplish this year. This is what I'm doing in 2010...

1. Losing 25 lbs - I lost 30 lbs last year and felt so much better. I have an additional 25 lbs to lose and I should be good. I'm off to a great start with the working out... this is the last week for our personal training sessions at the gym, but we've learned a lot and I we just need to push each other. Now all I have to do it getting my eating back in line and the the 25 lbs will be going in no time.

2. Reading at least 50 books this year. I love reading, but recently haven't been making time to do it. I want to get back to it ASAP.

3. Marrying my best friend and the love of my life. M and I have decided we aren't going to have the traditional wedding. I think the amount of money some couples spend on one day is crazy!! I can think of SO MANY other ways to spend thousands of dollars. Our plan is to go on vacation in September or October and get married then.

4. Being better about keeping in touch with friends.

5. Putting more money into my savings account. I didn't do so well with this in 2009.

6. Just generally hanging out more with my siblings.

7. Cooking more. I always just thought I was bad at cooking. Not really... I just need to do a little more learning.

There my list for 2010. What's on your list?

Where To Start...

I feel like it's been forever since I last blogged. There are some exciting things to report.

First, I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.

The move into M's house is complete. It was an awful time to move... very cold and snowy. But I suppose that is to be expected when you are moving in December!! The cats and the dog haven't killed each other yet. They are still trying to get used to each other, but it has been going MUCH better than we thought would.

Christmas was wonderful. Santa was very good to me. New Years Eve was a relaxing night at home. We decided not to venture out, and it was perfect.

Then the most exciting thing I have to tell you....

New Year's Day. M proposed. That's right, he put a ring on it!!

So exciting!!!

Well, I'm going to try to get caught up on your blogs...