Exercise

So for a solid week I woke up before work, went to the gym, did a 30 min cross training cardio workout and showered and headed to work. It was amazing and invigorating and I felt like I could take on the world. I ate much better during the day and in my old WW brain had enough points to satisfy but not stuff!.

This week has been less successful. Each morning as I am alerted by my alarm I reset it to sleep for an additional 45 minutes and deny the workout invogorating experience. I have woken with a few migraine headaches which I think may be associated with dental work I had done last friday, and more than likely life stresses accompany the cause.

Surprisingly, I'm not defeated and I plan on trying again next week to return to the morning workout. Because I really cherish my post-work free time with friends, family, phones and tv the pre-work workout is really the only stable workout that I forsee lasting for more than a week. I just sometimes wish there were more hours in the morning post 5;59am...getting up before that is really not happening, and when you forget things or need extra time for wiggle room it would be nice.

baby steps! (right laura!?)
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I wish

I wish there were a way for me to search on Blogger for other people that I know that blog. Like a Kevin bacon game of blogs. I'd like to read other people's blogs but they don't always post them in places where I'd see them, and probably there are some that don't post at all, and those I suspect I would most enjoy reading.


regardless... is there a function I can use to do this or am I left waiting and looking forward to someone volunteering their blog info for me to peruse.

BIG BROTHER!!!

BIG Brother starts on Thursday,,, its one of my most favorite shows of the summer and its totally fun and entertaining! If your a BB watcher let me know so we can compare thoughts!

Set your DVR!
Thursday,,,,

woot woot
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Glen Falls

About 3 miles from our new apartment is a local park that was the photograph location for my prom pictures approximately 10 years ago. Because its so close to where we are now, and because its nestled behind a village of fun shops and restaurants, Kevin and I spent a beautiful afternoon walking through the village and making our way to Glen Falls Park. It was a gorgeous day and we wandered through all the little shops (and managed to not buy anything!), and then sat watching the falls for awhile and enjoyed the outdoors. Its a big deal for us because we tend to be ships passing during the weekdays because our schedules are misaligned and weekends seem to always be booked with like 100 things for 100 different people so it doesnt always lend to us being outside in nice weather as often as we'd like.

Gorgeous huh?

Graduation!

So little sister, aka heather, aka the baby of the family graduated from SUNY Geneseo in May. It clearly takes me a long time to load pictures for anything but now that I have both the computer and camera working, and I'm all caught up on things to be done,,, well new postings occur.

She's the last of four of us Caiola kids, all of which spent some time at Geneseo and all of which have now completed undergrad educations, most of which are headed or completed more. What can we say, we're an education family.

Heather's degree is in Education! If you notice in the next few pictures she is wearing a yellow cord around her neck which means she's super smart. She was .04 points away from Summa Cum Laude, but instead is Cum Laude, which I think is super impressive all around.,, mostly ridiculous but impressive.

Anyway here are some pics with the grad and the fam !!

Crock Pot Receipes

My friend and I are attempting to save money and learn how to cook meals that last for a few day, and we got crock pots.. So in an interest of not buying a crock pot book (that would hardly save money),,, and also in the interest of having good tasting food not just the random stuff I can find online that might be nasty or processed junk...

I need some suggestions! Anyone ever use one of these crock pots for dinner? What do you make and will you send me the recipe!?
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The Trifecta

So I am convinced there is a trifecta of things that cause me angst/stress during the day. Perhaps you may think this is job, home, traffic or something trivial... perhaps a year ago it might have been train delays, roomates and air travel..

The trifecta is in fact three things that if I could get them all under full control and maintain control of them all other stresses would slough way and be much more manageable. (or so I believe).

The trifecta contain the following

1) Food- the eating or attempting to cook of good healthy food and the avoiding of the pizza and things that make me go MMMMMMMM..

2) Exercise- the maintaining a schedule of doing it more than once weekly and being consistent and not quitting so easily.

3) Money- to work harder at saving and not wasting my money on junk food or useless crap around the apartment or life. To be a better checkbook balancer and budgeter so that I have a nice cushy savings and follow all the Suze Orman rules to better finances.


I feel like overall I can usually have one or maybe two going well, but I don't think there was ever a time when I had all three without my parents making my meals and driving me to practice and not having any of my own money. Independence comes responsibility I suppose but how do you balance the trifecta in order to be healthy, fruitful and happy! Yikes.