Quote of the Day

Was playing around between calls and found this little quote from Friends. Thought it was cute...

Joey : Rach, you gotta find out if he's in the same place you are. Otherwise, it's just a moo point.
Rachel : A moo point?
Joey : Yeah. It's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo.
Rachel : Have I been living with him too long or did that all just make sense?

Also, want a good scary story... visit this site. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Enjoy!!

Chicago at the Fox

I am going to see Chicago next week!! Well, I better specify... I am going to see the musical Chicago. They are coming to Atlanta's Fox Theatre next week and I am going next Thursday... I can't wait. I know that the musical is supposed to be different from the movie. I did like the movie and I love musicals so I am very excited!! I can't wait to get dressed up, go downtown, in beautiful old theatre, and see a musical. I have only seen a few other things like this... one was the Christmas Spectacular in Detroit (my cousin is a rockette so I have seen this a few times) and the other was Phantom of the Opera in NYC. I loved both of those... so I know I will have a lot of fun at this one!!

Body Pump

Hello again...

I have added some new pictures to my albums... I actually remembered to take a picture of something funny here:

Look in the ATL section... you will see the cat in the tree. Generally Mr. Snuggles is an indoor cat. Well, one of the doors was left open and he happened to sneak outside. While being outside he met a beagle that happens to run around the neighborhood (we can only guess who the dog actually belongs to). But, from what I hear they weren't all to friendly when they met... and Snuggles ended up in the tree. Eventually he was cleaver enough to get himself back down.

In the Family section... I have updated some of the pictures that was set to me by Mikey... they are of the guys getting their hunting spots all ready. I know that my parents and brother went over there this last weekend... my mom to camp and relax... they guys to make sure they are ready to hunt.


In other news, I have begun my workouts. On Friday I spent about a half hour on the elliptical. Unlike the ellipticals that I have been on before this one is more of a mix between a treadmill and a stair master. Before the strides were much longer, this one is much higher. I am not sure how much I like that but there are quite a few of those, treadmills, stair masters and bikes... also, I have a lot of aerobics classes that I can go to so I am not worried about liking the elliptical too much... I don't know how much time I will end up spending on it anyway.

But speaking of aerobics classes... I am still sore from the class I did on Saturday. I was actually up in time for the 8:30am class and I wanted to go to the Spinning class but when I got to the gym that had been cancelled for that day but the Body Pump class was at the same time so I went to that instead. In that class we did a lot of exercises with weights and we did them to music. When I left I was a little sore but I didn't feel like I had done a lot but since I had been in there an hour I thought it would be time to go home. As the day went on I could start to feel the effects of the workout and yesterday I was so sore!! I guess I really did work my muscles good!! I am going back to the gym today... and I think that class is going again today so I will probably take it again. Tomorrow I have an appointment with the trainer so I will hopefully learn a good routine for myself.

Back to another week of work... Enjoy!!

Power House

So... my roomates and I decided that we need to do something about the excess weight that the house seems to be putting on us (ok... maybe it is the food that we have been eating). Most of us had all gone to a gym before to work out so we decided that we would all get a membership together...

We found a gym that is about 10 minutes away from our house and it is really nice. They have all the equipment that I could want, tv's for all elipticals, stair stepers, and treadmills, and they have classes that I can go to everyday (and they are at times that I can make it). They also have all the different kind of weights and benches I could ever need... and they have tanning beds that I can go to and it is very inexpensive... very nice! Click here to go to a link to the site is. I need to get myself a lock and some headphones at my lunch and I am going to work out tonight. I am just going to run on the eliptical for today... I am going around with a trainer on Monday (that was the first time I could be scheduled in).

I went for lunch to get myself a lock and some headphones... I think I am now all set!! I'll let you know how I like it!

Chocolate...

ananda (AH-nan-duh) noun

Pure bliss.

[From Sanskrit ananda (joy).]

Anandamide is the name given to a compound found in mammalian brains. It's the same compound that's found in chocolate. Now you know why chocolate gives you that feeling of bliss.

Hello...

I have updated this blog a little bit recently...

I do have a link on the side with pictures... which has been updated since my trip to Michigan. Take a look if you have the time. I will try to keep some kind of update as to my life in photographs... I have my picture phone but I always forget to use it!

I also have a link on the side to send me an email... quick and easy for you if you want to send an email. The other way to make comments... click on the comment button.

New Photos

My cousin sent me a few photos from when they saw President Bush speak so I have added those to my photo album... take a look if you want. I definately don't update my photo album as much as I would like... I really would like to get a digital camera to make that process a little easier (and the pictures would be clearer than with my camera phone)... but then I carry my camera phone everywhere I go and I never use it to take pictures... so... I probably wouldn't use a digital camera any more... and I wouldn't carry it as much. I guess it really isn't a high priority.

I am flying up to MI today. My flight leaves around 9:00 this evening so I will get something to eat after work and then go right to the airport. My bag is packed and sitting in the car as we speak. I am ready to get all of this over with... definately! And it will be nice seeing family again.

Another day... another dollar

Happy Friday Y'all!! I just got one of the very rare, and highly anticipated very happy customers! I can't believe that someone who called in to my company was actually happy with their service... they just had a few questions and updates that they needed from me here in the technical support department!! It was a very nice thing to hear on a Friday!! And, generally, people only call in when there is something wrong... so those are the only people I hear from.

My big weekend plans... there is going to be an art and craft fair in town that I will probably go to tomorrow. And that is my big plans. I will want to play tennis at some point... and all of us will probably play some games together. Sounds nice and relaxing to me!!

Post Francis

Fortunately most of Francis died before it got to us but there still was a lot of power outages around the city. And since my job involves a ton of small business around the area I was quite busy yesterday... and there is some over flow for today as well.

Ok, check this out... I was waiting to get into the elevator this morning so I was standing by where I push the button to call the elevator. There is almost never anyone coming down the elevator in the mornings so I stood close to the door. When it opened I started walking towards it when I noticed there was someone coming out. So I said "oh, I'm sorry, excuse me" as I backed away from the door to give her more room. At that point she said "excuse me, or just knock me over." I couldn't believe it. I moved and apologized for being in her way, and she said that. And on top of it this woman was at least 2 times the size of me... there was no way that I was going to knock her down. I have to deal with these people on the phone daily... and I guess now I have to deal with them in person. Yuck!

Other than that things have been going well. It was nice to have the extended weekend and I basically relaxed for most of it which was wonderful!!

So, I am starting to get used to the drive in the morning... starting... don't know if it will ever be accomplished. It does give me motivation though to start saving money so I can look at moving closer. Looking to purchase a house but I want to have some money saved up and with the cost of rent and utilities and such where I live beening so inexpensive as compared to the rest of this city I really don't want to move to rent and pay at least 2 times as much. So, I guess I am glad for the motivation.

I am really starting to get myself back into the cardio routine that I once was in. There still isn't a basketball court that we have found to use yet but all my roommates and I have been playing tennis at a local park. The park is very nice and it has baseball diamonds, horseshoe courts, a pool and quite a few tennis courts but there isn't a basketball court. I have been trying to add that in and still do my running and lifting but I haven't gotten into that full routine yet. Also, last weekend I got on a bike and rode around for a little under an hour. It was a lot of fun so now I am saving up for a new bike for myself. Always stuff adding to the list of things I want to purchase. I don't mind taking my time at this point though because I still have a bike I can ride on and I don't know how often I will be riding a bike. If I find that I am riding a lot then I will definitely want to pick one up sooner... otherwise I will probably wait until I have purchased a new computer... so many things to consider there too. So many things, so little money. If there is anyone out there who has some extra laying around you are more than welcome to send it my way!!

Well, time to drink my tea, try to wake up, and do some work.