Wednesday..... Very Tired

WOW it's been a rough day! I have been so sluggish and tired and sore! Debbiee warned me that the slugish tired feeling would come from being in detox of sugar.. it takes about 10 days to get this out of your system.. not that I ate much sugar before, it's just when you go from one kind of eating it changes your whole system.. I changed to very low carb and clean eating. I am sore all over, can't sit without the legs and abs killing me, but that will go away, I am use to that. Stretching and lots of water helps that.

So today has been a BLAH day all around... physically and Mentally.... it's been a long week and it's only Wednesday! I will say this, this has been one of the toughest programs I have ever been on.. it's very very challenging to eat every 2 hours, and doing this bootcamp 3 days a week, when before I only did it once a week.. but I keep saying to myself, look at where I will be at when this is done.. I will be the fittest I have ever been!

Have a good night!

Very Sore but Lost 5 Pounds!

I am so sore from bootcamp! Those 250 squats are talking to me now.. in a bad way! ha! so ok I got on the scale this morning and I lost 5 pounds in just less than a week.. WOW I am shocked! Debbie said this would happen though.. eating totally clean and every 2 hours does change your body... but we will replace that with muscle. It's hard eating every 2 hours and being on a schedule with that, but to do this routine, you have to make it work.

The new gym is great.. I was there till almost 11 last night doing my cardio... chris came with me and worked out which was nice. This routine is alot more challenging, harder than any routine I have ever been on before.. Jose was tough, but this is TOUGH!

have a good day everyone! It's Tuesday already, just 3 more days till I go to the beach YAY!

First Day Back at Bootcamp

Bootcamp started back up today, there was a 2 week break.. 5:45am this morning.. me and Amie were dreading this because it's not even light out yet. On our way to bootcamp Amie said in the car "God's not even up yet" hahaha! It was brutal... but we did it! I ran, did squats, lunges, more running, sprinting, alternate lunges, some abs, the plank... 1 hour of harcore working out.. what a way to start off the day!

I am taking the kids to the new gym today.. we are going to hang out by the pool.. let the kids do some rock climbing.. then tonight I go in and do major cardio! YAY for a healthy and fit week!

I am kind of bummed out, I did not fully reach my goal I had set for this past weekend.. I had a goal to get the whole house done this weekend, but a couple of things set me back, I was so close to finishing it all and getting fully organized.. I will try and finish today.. I tried so hard, but something came up and I helped out a friend and that was important too.

Have a healthy and fit week!

Another Huge Decision and Change For Me

I made some big changes today, and I think it's all for the good, because it involves my family. You all know that I have been a member of Golds Gym for 3 years now.. I did all my personal training there, I lost almost 100 of my 200 pounds there, they have been like family to me. Well Golds Gym moved to a bigger facility and for some reason it just wasn't the same... I have not had the same vibe since I have been there at their new place.... so with much thinking I have joined a new gym and alot of the golds gym people I love also moved over to this new gym. We moved over to LIFETIME FITNESS.. it's literly right down the street from the new Golds. This was a HUGE and DIFFICULT decision for me, but I could not pass up the fact that they are open 24/7, and my whole family can join almost for the same price I am paying at Golds for just me and Chris.

They have an outdoor pool with water slides where we can spend the day with the kids, they have kids fitness, rock climbing for the kids.. so much! They have 2 pools so Chris can do his laps and practice his swimming. The 24 Hours a day is what caught my eye because I am so busy, there are times when I would like to do my cardio late at night on the weekends and the Golds Gym closes at 8 on the weekends.... it was hard because I love some of my family at Golds, but so many people were leaving to this new gym, I wanted to follow and try something new.

I took a tour of the new Gym and almost died when I saw about 5 people there from Golds.. I was excited! They have alot of new cardio machines I never saw before and I like a new challenge, so I am pretty excited about this.. so I can take my kids to the gym during the day, go swimming, workout with them, and then go back at night and do my own routine.. this is great that I can involve my family into my fitness and health.

I have a BRUTAL routine coming up this week so if I am grouchy and dont post much, you guys will know why. Here is my schedule this week...

Monday- Bootcamp 5:45am JJ Biello Park
Monday Night - Cardio
Tuesday - Train with Debbie
Tuesday Night - Cardio
Wednesday - Bootcamp 5:45am JJ Biello Park
Wednesday Night - Cardio / Core / Abs
Thursday - Train with Debbie
Thursday Night - Cardio / Core / Abs
Friday - Bootcamp 5:45am JJ Biello Park
Friday Night - Core / Body Pump Class

Weekends - Whatever I have energy left for, or nothing at all :)

Are you guys tired yet? I am.. but SOOOO worth it! I am on a new eating program too, very hard, but it will lean me right out...

Have a good rest of the weekend

Saturday

Well I was going to go with Christopher to DCI (Drum Corp International) Marching Band Show in Atlanta today, but I need to get organized and get things done... I would love it if I could go with him, but I am sure he will have a good time. They have other ones that we can go to, so I am sure this opportunity will come again.

Monday Bootcamp starts back up 5:45am.. YES thats early, I dont even think it's light out yet at that time.. I will be doing that camp Monday, Wed, and Friday.. then train Tues and Thur and cardio 5 days a week.. it's going to be brutal, but worth it.. bootcamp is hard! Amie is doing the bootcamp with me on Mondays, so that's cool.

Alot of you know that I took on the PR Position for the Band, and I am doing all the photography and gallery website for the band as well... well Here is the website I created to display the photos I have taken since 2006... this is my 3rd year doing the photography for the band.. I did take some time off last year, but check it out.. I created this website.. they are launching it next week.

CHECK IT OUT
http://www.whsmarchingbandphotos.com/

The Weekend is Here

The Weekend is here, Tomorrow I might be going to DCI - Drum Corps International with Christopher.. it's a HUGE marching band competiton and show.. it's at the Georgia Dome tomorrow.. this is something Chris and I do all the time when we lived up in NH.. it's from 10am till 9pm, so it's a LONG LONG day... not 100% sure yet.

I need to get caught up on oraganization this weekend.. the kids start school soon, and I want to have everything organized with our house and life before the hectic schedule begins.. I love to be organized and everything in place.. house wise and kids rooms, and everything...

Next week we are going to TYBEE ISLAND from Friday to Saturday and Tracy is coming with me YAY! my kids will have a good time.. one last thing before school starts.. they are excited abotu it!

Well gotta run, have a good weekend.. I am tired and sluggish, but hopefully I get through that.

Me and My Girls

Me, leanne and Anna Kay Toms always get together once a month and hang out together.. I love these girls, they make me smile :) ... we met last night at the Serene Bean in our usual spot.. I just love catching up with them.. they are so much fun. Anna didn't sing, but we hung out and talked for a couple hours, took goofy photos.. I always look forward to our once a month get together..

Thanks Leanne and Anna for a nice night last night.. I am glad we can do this together once a month... I can't wait to hear Anna sing again, we will have to plan on doing a Saturday night
show sometime soon :)


Anna, Leanne and Me.. Anna and her usual big smile, Leanne
looking innocent but we all know thats not true, and then me
being goofy in photos as usual!

Some DOWN Time

Today, well I dont know what happened today... I slept most of it on and off.. I Just wanted to stay in bed and just stay under the blankets and get caught up on all my shows that saved on my DVR while I was on vacation.. 3:00pm I wake up and OH MY GOD my day is just about over! I dont know if it's good or bad when that happens. It's a good thing my kids were with friends for the day that allowed that to happen, but I must have needed it, even after vacation.

I woke up to a phone call from my mom telling me that NH got a Tornado.. wow that's something you dont hear every day, north NH where I use to live in Barrington.. weird! The weather has been wacky all over the world... doesn't matter where you live.

Heading to Amie and Ross's for dinner tonight.. Tim is redoing their computer, I am teaching Amie on digital touch ups, and just hanging out.. Just quality time with friends!

Well have a good rest of the day, what's left of it ... argg

Tuesday Madness!

Okay I have been up since 5:30am and I have not stopped since! Can I please get off this rollercoaster ride called "back from vacation and need to make up for lost time" .. it's amazing what 4 days off will do to your agenda when you get back!

Something that is kinda cool, I am starting to train AMIE tonight on "Digital Photo Touch up".. I am taking Amie under my wing and bringing her on board in my photography business. She wants to learn how to touch up photos professionally and I am training her so she can start taking on some job.. her doing this will free up alot of time and give me more of a chance to fill my PR position for the band.. I am excited about this.

Busy week ahead... Wednesday having dinner at Amie and Ross's, Thursday meeting a friend and have 2 meetings and 1 photoshoots.. pretty busy week.. but thats ok, I like to keep busy :)

The kids start school in 2 weeks, I need to find one last thing fun for them to do before the summer vacation is over for them....

Have a good day everyone!

Monday - Back to the Grind!

Went to the gym this morning with Amie, first time in a week because I was on vacation, and it was hard getting back into the game, but once I did my pullups, it all came back to me :) The beauty about working out is, your muscle has amazing memory.... I did 3 sets of 20 pullups and my body was like "yep, I am back!!!" ....... It's back to bootcamp 3 days a week, training and cardio.. but I love it!

Busy week ahead.. alot going on.. It's Monday and I dont know where to begin.. taking on this PR Position is interesting, I have alot to do with that this week, on top of teaching Amie how to touch up portraits so she can go into business with me and be a part of my photography team. Just so much going on, we will see how the week goes. The vacation was too short.

Have a good day... I know I know it's Monday, but try to have a good day..

We are all together again!

I picked up Chris yesterday and it was so good to see him! He looks like he lost about 15 pounds, and has a better tan than me, but thats band camp for you! I didn't get to see Nathan and Ryan till almost 4, but it was great when they came home! Nathan's voice was just about gone.. he lost his voice at camp, and it sounds funny. Nathan has a raspy voice to begin with, it's worse.. but they both had a great time...I missed them alot! We all spent time together last night getting caught up. I have alot to do before my busy week starts... ALOT.. don't even know where to begin! being the PR for the band, I just have so much to do.. then my workout schedule starts back up tomorrow and clients.. just a busy week ahead!

Here are a couple photos from Hilton Head.. I will post more when I have more time..


Sunset on Harbor Towne


Tim took this photo of me... Harbor Towne



The Beautiul Ocean on Sea Pines

Some Marching Band Photos

While picking Christopher up from Marching Band Camp, they did a performance for all of us and I got some photos... they did a great job, the band is awesome this year! They were all pretty tired by this time, ready to go home and sleep for a week!


Chris before the performance


Chris putting his sticks up


The Bass Line


The WHOLE Drumline right in front (Mr Loehr in front too)

My First Awesome Photo!

Tim surprised me and paid for a dolphin Speed boat ride, it was fast and very bumpy. I was out in the middle of the ocean and we stopped at this little island called "Shell Beach" and it was all shells.. I took a photo and the sky was amazing.. leave it to me to keep looking at the sky and clouds more than the dolphins! I am going on another speed boat ride tomorrow, a 2 hour ride.. can't wait.. Tim didn't go with me, he hates being out in deep water, so he paid for me to go, and tomorrow too!

Monday... All The Kids are Gone!

WOW.. this has been a very challenging weekend for me.. Dropped Christopher off Sunday, was sad about that.. then taking the kids this morning was the hardest thing for me... they were so excited though and I tried very hard to be strong for them, so I was! They are staying in a cool bunk.. there are 4 quarters and it fits like 25 or so boys per quarter.. Nathan and Ryan took top bunks and got awesome rooms.. I got them all situated and their beds all made up and their clothes in the right area... kissed them a million times before the other kids showed up! I took photos of course.. com'on how could I not? I went over to the girls bunk and took photos of Amie's kids.. it was a long drive.. been in the car all day, pretty tired now!

it's WEIRD not having any kids here in the house.. I wont see my kids for 6 DAYS! or talk to them! very strange! I dont know how I am going to do this.. I really dont!

here are some photos from this morning.. it was fun taking photos of where they are staying

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Me and Ryan and Me and Nathan




Amie's Gas tank on Full, it's never full she always drives on Empty! We laughed about this!



Ryan sitting on his bunkbed Nathan being a monkey!


Nathan and Ryan just hanging out!

I Got an Offer Today

Well, I have been asked to be the head of Publications for the Woodstock Marching Band this year. I will be doing all the photography at every game, practices, competitions, and shows.. and posting them for magazines, and papers and such... the parents will have full access to whats going on in their childs marching band games, shows and competitions.. I will also head up the new photo gallery, and news papers.

This will be alot of work... I will pretty much have no life from end of August till the end of November into December... Fridays - Sunday will be no more freedom for me... I am excited at the thought yet I need to rework my business schedule too. This means traveling to all the "away"games too, which I think they have 6 away games this year.. it will be alot of reworking on my end.. so it's exciting yet I need to make sure this will all work.

I have some thinking to do, but it was such an honor to be asked this today... I have been doing the photography for the marching band for 3 years, but people got in the way of that who are not a part of it this year and I am excited about that.. it's all mine this year. I will keep you guys posted

The Storm Chasing ME!...

I drove through this mess! Look at those Cells forming together!

WOW I just got back from the ride of my life! I was down near the mall, and saw black clouds forming, so I headed on the highway and the lightning bolts were HUGE! I was excited actually and kept driving, and I didn't have a GPS Storm tracker on me, so I had NO idea what direction this storm was heading in... I drove right in the middle of it, tried to get out of it and it was chasing me! Lightning bolts were hitting all around me, one after another, it was scary yet exciting.. but I couldn't get out of it no matter which way I went, the super cell was so huge!

The Rain was unreal, couldn't see anything in front of me.. the lightning was the worst, I was actually scared for a few minutes, but I was thrilled at the same time.. it took me 4 different ways to get home, no matter what I did, I had to drive through it. The storm was chasing me, it was pretty wild!

Finally got home and brought up the radar and the cells were amazing.. wow ok, this was an interesting night!

4th of July Photos!

Every year we camp out on our yard because the fireworks are shot off right behind a huge field.. my house is up on a hill and we have a clear view of the fireworks and they are right above us and just as loud as we were right there in the field... no traffic, no traveling, no crowds.. we put a big blanket on our front yard and all the neighbors come over and hang out with us.. it nice.

It's funny because the first year we moved to GA and into this house, it was our 1st 4th of July and we saw our neighbors putting chairs in front of our yard and I said to Tim "whats going on, why are there people in front of our house, well now we know why, we have the best view.. so now every year we all get together and hang out and lay in our own yard! It's like one big party now we love it.

Here are some photos from tonight of Nathan and Ryan.. and their friends!


Ryan, I can't believe how tall he is getting


Nathan.. I have no idea where he got this shirt!


Ryan and his best friend Drew doing sparklers


Me and my Baby nathan!.. he looks like my dad here!


Ryan with buddies Drew and Caleb

My Ryan.. getting so older looking!