My Newest Obession

January 16, 2012 1 Comment

I first saw Tim Roth many, many years ago as Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs (I don’t care what anyone says, just about everything Quentin Tarantino makes is absolute gold!) And even though I love that movie and thought Mr. Roth did a great job in it, I just never paid much attention to him. That is until recently. OMG! He is an absolute hottie! And a very talented actor. Over the past few weeks, I have watched a good 10 to 12 movies of his (thank you Netflix watch instantly) as well as his tv show Lie To Me (awesome show, BTW) and he has now become one of my favorite actors.

Besides drooling over the sexy Tim Roth, I completed the 5th day of Insanity. And I sure can feel it all over my body. My hamstrings are killing me the most. But it’s a good pain. Not much else is going on, just daily life. My sister-in-law and her husband (who I took maternity pics for) had their baby Sunday morning. Even though she was like 3 week early, both mother and baby are doing well.

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Insanity

January 13, 2012 3 Comments

I wanted to do Jenn’s Friday Favorites but surprisingly, I didn’t take any pictures this week. Not a one. Maybe next Friday I can participate.

Yesterday I started the Insanity workout. I desperately need to lose at least 10 pounds (shooting for 20 to 30 pounds total) and what I am doing now (an extra 10,000 steps a day, which does not count the steps I take for daily living) is not working at all. Anyway, I just finished Day 2 of Insanity and it really kicked my ass. Hell, Day 1 kicked my ass but today it kicked it even harder. I really, really wanted to quit while working out but I didn’t and I am glad I pushed myself. I feel great, mentally that is. My body is tired but my mentality is like “You Go Girl”!

Has anyone tried Insanity? I have a cousin who completed it (she was thin to begin with but she wanted to tone up) and she got mad results. I’m overweight and am hoping that all the cardio and keeping my heart rate up will help me lose weight while toning.

Filed Under Weight Loss

Wordless Wednesday: Fav Pic Of My Mom

January 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

Filed Under Family, Meme

What’s In A Name

January 9, 2012 1 Comment

Amanda is a common name and many times in preteen/teenage life, I wish I had an uncommon or unique name. And even though there are still times I get a pang of jealousy when I hear a cool name, I am pretty happy with Amanda. I’m even more happy with why my parents (or should I say my Dad) named me Amanda.

See, my Dad was fond of the actress who played Miss Kitty on the TV show Gunsmoke. Her name was Amanda Blake. When I was born, my Dad decided that I would be named Amanda. He forgot to tell my Mom about the change since they had decided beforehand to name me Lacey Lynnette. To say my Mom was shocked when they handed her “Amanda” is an understatement. My Mom and Dad hardly ever added the “A” sound when pronouncing my name so all my cards, presents and notes where addressed to “Manda” which is the name I prefer.

My middle name is Sue, which is also my Mom’s middle name so I always assumed my middle name came from her. But I have never officially asked my Mom or Dad why they went with Sue.

When me and Mike were pregnant with Raven, we decided to name her after Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Raven”. I wanted something unique and always had a fondness for that particular poem of his (though The Black Cat is my favorite). Also, my grandfather (my Mom’s Dad who died when my Mom was 8 months old) was half Native American and the name Raven has Native American ties to it. So I thought it was fitting. Her middle name is Jane, which we named her after my Nan (grandmother who is named Mary Jane) who passed away almost a year ago. Her and Raven where extremely close.

What about you? Are you named after someone, something?

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A Gym Rat I Am Not

January 8, 2012 1 Comment

I’m not going to lie, I hate exercising. I like dancing, walking and the like but when it is the sole purpose of exercising, I don’t like it one little bit. I hate it when I start, despise it in the middle and loath it at the end only thankful for finally being done with it.

But after I have completed the workout, I feel good. I feel proud of myself for finishing the entire hour and thank the good Lord I am done with it for the day. And that feeling continues on through the rest of the day. In addition, my entire body feels better and even with the aches and pains that come with exercising aging bones (I’m going to be 32 this year! OMG) it’s a good pain if that makes any sense.

Am I looking forward to the hour workout tomorrow? Hell no! Would I rather be able to lose weight by sitting on my ass, watching movies and eating chocolate? Hell yes! Is that going to happen? Unfortunately no so that means I have to keep exercising in order to get rid of the 10 pounds I have gained these past few months plus an additional 10 to 20 pounds to get to my goal weight of 135 to 140 pounds.

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