Lets play a game

Hey Guys
I hope your week has started out well. I thought I would start this week out with a little game. The game is called "whats in your lap?"
Its an easy game , all you have to do is look down and tell me whats in your lap. ex . iPhone, iPhone charging cord, laptop , and oh yeah YOUR STOMACH!

Sorry I know that might have been a bit of a cruel game for some of you guys but hey admittance is the first step to take care of it. For the last week i have been tracking my food on My Fitness Pal app. It has just about everything you can imagine . Its like the weight watchers app but with calories and FREE.

I have several vacations, a wedding and LIFE ahead of me and i am tired of being down in the dumps about my weight. Specifically my stomach and thighs. ( i have an amazing behind ( be jealous) ) . And this gut has got to go somewhere. ( preferably away from my body).

You guys ever go to a mirror and fold your tummy so you can imagine what you might look like if you didn't have it? No? Come on now be honest! If i could stay away from all that is Reese's i think i could be on to something. This weekend i ate an entire bag of peanut butter M&Ms. And i can not say that i ate them with any shame. Not even after i tracked them on My Fitness Pal and realized a whole bag is 1700. HELLO I am only allowed 2600 calories a day! So you know what i had to do? Besides gulp down a gallon of water , ( because of some reason i believe if i do that the fat wont stick to my body)  I had to work out TWICE!

So does anyone want to join me on working on what we carry in our laps? Anyone wanna participate in late night anytime sessions in the Lakeshore/Swartz area?? Come on you know you wannna....

Orange is the new black ++ Piper Kerman++ Book Review

I picked up this book at Target one night after hearing some friends tell me about the TV show on Netflix and they thought I would like it. I was trying to get back into my reading fix and thought I would take a break from my normal smut novels.  I read majority of this book in week. It wasn't that interesting. The best parts of this book was Piper speaking about her life as a smugger and the introduction of the new inmates.

Will I watch this show? No

Would some steamy inmate sex have made this book better? Yes

Is Piper Kerman a lucky girl for having to only serve 13 months? Yes

Did this book open your eyes to unfair treatment of prisoners? ehh

Did you cry when her grandma passed away? YES

Do you recommend this book to anyone ? NO

 

AMN Rating D-

Beyonce`

Beyoncé dropped an album without any promotion on December 13 . I'm sure y'all are aware but this is what I woke up to.

* I am not a Beyoncé "fan"*

But for the price, the amount of tracks, and the way she released  it everyone should have supported her.

Track listing

1. Pretty Hurts
2. Ghost/Haunted
3. Drunk in love
4. Blow
 5. No Angel
6. Yoncé/Partition
7. Jealous
8. Rocket
9. Mine (feat. Drake)
10. XO
11. ***Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
12. Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean)
13. Heaven
14. Blue (feat. Blue Ivy)
15.  Super Power

I love this album. I am a little mad that she did not come up with an album tittle that encompasses everything that's in it.
The fact that she added videos to all of her songs just took it over the top. Tell me who can release  music out over night and not have ANY Leaks ? 

Favorite songs
ROCKET
Blow
Jealous
Mine
Superpower
Yonce`
Partition

Seems like either there is something going on in paradise or this album is the story of their love. 

I am constantly hearing so much about her being so naked. But in my eyes " sex sells " and this album SOLD.

Did anyone make the correlation between partition and sex love magic by Ciara . Probably about a month ago I saw on IG that Ciara posted a #tbt of her video and Hot97 re posted it . People were so shocked that Beyoncé recycled her ideas in that video . I hate that majority of music fans feel like they have to love and be loyal to only one artist. Then they bash everyone else . 

This post was suppose to be finished several months ago but I never got into my "writers mode" 

When you watch Blow you either think of one of those old videos from the 80s or Atl. I love the fact she took this video to the skating rink . But when did superwoman start wearing jean underwear out in public ? Someone want to explain that to me ?!

**** HOLD THE PRESSES my auto correct corrected Beyoncé name. WTH !!! Ladies and gentlemen that's how you know someone has money when auto correct corrects their difficult ass name ****

Rocket -is everything that is sensual and sexy and creative and a manual on how to please her.

Yonce`- This song better get extended like Rihanna Birthday Cake was. I love everyone who was in the video  ( Channel Iman- Jourdan Dunn - Joan Smalls)
And that fringe like bra and the Harlem pants are PERFECTION.

All I have left to say is :
"Now my mascara running, red lipstick smudged/ Yeah, he's so horny he wants to f---/ He popped all my buttons and he ripped my blouse/ He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown/ Oh Daddy, Daddy, he didn't bring the towel/ Oh baby, baby, we better slow it down" 

9:10

Wed Weekly Workout Recap

** So I was going through my drafts seeing which ones I could hurry up and finish so I could schedule some post for the week and this post is what I stumbled across. I have no idea why I did not post it! But as you can see its from some time ago! I had hair and no color. Ha* ENJOY

Hey guys !!!!!

So I have been shaking my life away at Zumba ! Our instructor Jenny got a new PA radio  system thingy and I  am IN LOVE . She has great music but i just needed it to be a bit louder and boy now it's rocking the house ! 

Couch 2 5K is going way better than I ever expected . I realize running takes a lot of focus and I hope I can get some soon because it's hard . JMN made me move my treadmill into my office and there is nothing to look at but my posters on the wall ( side eye)

I bought a half gallon water jug so I WILL be drinking more water at work . Ever since we moved buildings it's been affecting my water intake because I don't want to walk over to the other side to get water ( I know I'm lazy) . 

Alrighty  well I hope y'all are making good decisions and are sweating it out! 

Late nights/ Early mornings

When I was a senior in high school I remember time passing by really quickly. I went to school for two hours a day and then I went to 2 community college courses and then 2 jobs depending on the day.
I always tell people that I never slept. I don't ever remember sleeping . I had a friend that I would stay up all night talking to on AIM.( y'all remember AIM?)

 I had all the late night TV shows remembered so I could switch channels when one no longer showed programing. ( my how things change)

I remember trying to take Tylenol or Benadryl on those days where I was going to be extra productive but soon enough that did not  work. After that year sleep never really came back to me like it once did. I just thought it was the normal.

In college I used late nights to socialize with boys. I always had a friend over or I was studying for some test I waited last minute to study for. In the depressing months of my life I used late nights to burn through TV series.

Now a days a good nights sleep is needed for me to function and to tap into my memory. But some nights I still revert back to my high school years up communicating with someone. There's no longer AIM but IG or Pinterest or even text messaging my fellow insomniacs.
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I know I'm rambling but that's what happens when you cant sleep!

Week 14 Sunday Social

Guys I am ALLL caught up and I am once again linking with Neely!

I have been thinking about blogging all week ! But I just couldn't get my fingers to typing ! So I'm going to get after it while my fingers are tingling! I have several posts in draft format waiting for me to finish! So keep your eyes open in your inboxes.

1. What was your best birthday?
 Best Birthday..... well many of you guys might already know that my family did not celebrate birthdays or any holidays for that matter when I was a kid ( and now)  So I never got to celebrate a birthday with my family so when I turned 16 ( and could drive myself) I went to Cypress Inn with like 3 friends and had mu 1st birthday dinner. I had this fantastic button down jean skirt and initials were in so  I had  pink a shirt on. I thought I was super cute!

 2. What was your best vacation?
 My family traveled a lot so every summer we had 1 or more vacations. I don't have a best vacation but I have a destination which is Seattle Washington.

 3. Best date you’ve ever been on?
fishing
 4. Best Movie(quality) you’ve seen?
 Columbiana Zoe Saldana YES MAAM!

 5. Best TV show ending of all time?
Sex and the City DUHHH

 

See you guys next week!

 

Week 12 Sunday Social

Sunday Social week 12 catch up!!

I hope everyone has had a good week. Work and the gym has been taking up more time than usual.. and yes you read that correct THE GYM..

I'm linking up with Neely with Sunday Social ( better late than never !)

1. When did you join twitter?
The first thing I retweeted was on 7.17.11 and it was a great retweet I might add~
 2. Who is your favorite non-celeb to follow?
Idk... non celeb like a friend? or someone who is famous that shouldn't be famous? In that case Snooki I love her!
 3. Who is your favorite celeb to follow?
 Kim Kardashian
 4. Have you ever had a celeb respond to a tweet?
nope because I am stupid and haven't used social media to excite my life in that way!

 5. What is your favorite store/brand to follow?
Target
 6. Give us three tweeps we should be following.
Kim Kardashian Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian
:)

Sunday Social Week 11

Hey Guys!!
I know I am behind so I'm going to try and play catch up! I'm linking up with Neely on

 LETS GET STARTED!!

1. Top 3 things you cant go a day without doing
Creeping on IG
drinking water
Using my iPhone

2. 3 things that scare you the most.
Death
Snakes
Dreams

3. 3 places you want to see before you kick the bucket
Europe
Europe
Europe

4. 3 movies you will always love
Bridgett Jones Dairy
Sex and the City
Willie Wonka

 

Until next time :)

Gloomy days

A couple months ago I was having a conversation with my friend M. She was telling me what a hard time fall was for her and I asked why. She told me when the sun stops shinning, and the rain falls it makes her want to do nothing but stay in her house and wrap up. This means avoiding friends, eating her face off and binge watching TV shows .

I told M that fall was my favorite season because of all those things ( minus weight gain ). Then fall/ winter of 2014 occurred . I live in Louisiana so there aren't many days where there's no sun or  you have to stay in because of the rain.

I have felt myself slip more and more into a irritable non socializing vampire than I've been in years . I think I suffer from a bit of depression. Or either I am at this point in life that just sucks. I rather stay inside my house than go out and socialize . But also I don't have many friends who are available to socialize . Everyone has kids, husbands, some have jobs that don't allow them to have as much free time as mine allows. 

When I walk into my home I'm comfortable . I spent a lot of time on my phone or laptop. Recently watching hours of reality television until I run out of episodes .Drinking a beer to quiet my mind .Sometimes I never leave my bed. Going to church for an hour and half on Sunday night is a real task for me .
Okay...that enough of my soapbox .