Linda T’s ramblings

Morning everyone and happy end of the week!! YAY!! I haven’t started unwinding yet because this morning has been a bit of a bear, but I will the minute I hit Trader Joe’s later today. Can’t wait. I am hungry today!

I was way too busy yesterday to post and I am not even sure if I commented.  I am getting old and forgetful it seems. I had busy day at work, no meeting and left work on time. I went straight to the gym. I got in some cardio and then met with the trainer. He was brutal yesterday. One exercise was so difficult, I thought I was going to cry. Not only were my arms sore, but it made me feel so nauseated and it felt like my lower abs were going to fall out of my body. I made it though, but those exercises took me a while.  I did my cardio afterwards and then went home for a yummy dinner of pumpkin turkey chili and a zucchini cheese muffin. Dessert was popcorn. I watched a little TV, cooked my food for the following day, washed my hair and went to bed at 9pm. I taped both Grey’s and Private Practice.

Up on time this morning. I hurried and got ready and got out of the house early because I had a conference call at 7am and I wanted to eat before it happened. I got to work early, had time to eat most of my breakfast before 7. The call was late starting so while I was waiting, I just put it on mute and ate. The call was stupid, but it did get one things resolved that had been pending for a year and a half! Then I spent way too much time on a call with primary vendor fixing something stupid an employee did. I think I am caught up on all the stuff that accumulated during the early morning, so that’s good.  The rest of the day hopefully is the usual stuff. After work, I am off to Trader Joe’s and the grocery store. Hopefully it’s not too full of people shopping for Thanksgiving. Dinner tonight  is probably Shannycakes and a bowl of soup. Don’t know what is on TV, but I’ll watch something inane, no doubt.

The weekend is the gym both days (trainer is in LA for the weekend so I can’t be spied on), cooking, chores and possibly church on Sunday. Pretty normal weekend, I hope.  It is supposed to start raining later today so that will be nice if it rains this weekend. Nothing much else for me. It’s lunch time and I need to feed my face. Have a nice weekend and count those calories!

<Headsmack>.. just now remembered about posting! Afternoon everyone! Happy no humping day. Lovely cool morning here again. No rain until Friday, so Yippee for that

Work yesterday was fine. Nothing out of the ordinary. I left on time and had a nice drive t the gym. I got in some cardio and then met with the trainer. It was so humid inside the gym yesterday. It was just awful. Hate when it is like that. I got on “the list” with the trainer because I didn’t tell him someone was sneaking up on him to scare him. He ALWAYS is doing that to other people and seeing someone other than me bust his chops was very satisfying.   He got me back though by having me do some horrible exercises. They were tough, but it was really worth it.    After I was done with him, I got in the rest of my cardio. Again, it was awful because the gym was so humid and then to boot, I got a stitch in my side. UGH. I usually get in 5100 strides/steps during the 30 minutes on the cross ramp, but I only got 4900 yesterday because of the cramp. I did my time on the bike after that, and then dragged myself home for dinner. Dinner was pumpkin chili and a zucchini cheese muffin. Dessert was lots of popcorn. I was just famished! I didn’t go over calories, but I could have.. easily.  I watched The Biggest Loser and enjoyed the show. Like it or not, everyone has entered game play mode and even though Rudy babbled something about not trusting Rebecca, I think the more honest answer is that the “oldsters”  will be picking off the” youngsters” one by one and Rebecca was next in line. If Amanda falls below next week, they’ll send her home before one of the oldies. I can see it being the three men in the finals really easily.  After TBL, I went to take a hot shower and went to bed.

I slept better last night because I kept the heat up a few degrees and loaded the bed up with another comforter. It turns out I didn’t need it but it was nice to have it there. I got up on time, had veggie hash, got cleaned up and on my way. The commute was fine and work was semi busy. My manager annoyed me late this morning and then one annoying customer.. I don’t even want to go back into the details because I’ll just get mad all over again. Suffice to say, I don’t give a rat’s ass if you are a VP, you follow the established procedures and don’t be such a freaking prima donna. After work, I am heading to the gym for a cardio only day. I hope I don’t get another stitch in my side. That was painful. Dinner is the last of the skillet chicken sausage, potatoes and cabbage and green beans on the side. Dessert is popcorn and a whole batch of cookies if people don’t stop annoying me.   TV tonight is Cougar Town, taped or live and then bed.

It’s now almost 2pm so I need to post this. Have a nice day everyone. Don’t forget to sweat.

Morning everyone and happy Tuesday. It’s another cold morning here and the space heater is running under my desk. I’ve been grumpy all morning and wish I had a giant cookie to nosh on. Since I don’t and I shouldn’t be doing that anyway, I’ll just slurp water and seethe. 

Work yesterday was busy. The vendor who is on my list dug themselves even deeper on my “list”. I spouted off plenty yesterday and have continued today. I had my performance review and it was boring and inane. I did fine on my evaluation but it was my old boss who did it. She knows nothing about me so everything she said was completely generic, in my opinion. The cost savings I identified turns out means nothing because it wasn’t cost savings for MY company but was a cost savings for the customer!  Arggh. Guess who isn’t going to bother doing that anymore!  The whole tone for all of us seemed to be “You are lucky you have a job so STFU.” I’ve checked with other people in my dept and it was the same for them.  Sigh. Anyway, I left work a few minutes early and got to the doctor’s office for my mammogram. It went fine, but I think I noticed something depressing. It didn’t pinch as much as it used to because I am saggier!!   Argghhh. Tennis balls in the tube socks! Sheesh.  I went home right afterwards, vegged with the Furball a bit and then had dinner. Dinner was potatoes, cabbage and chicken sausage and green beans on the side. Dessert was popcorn. I was feeling pretty tired from missing sleep the night before so I took a hot shower and was in bed by 8:30.  I read for a bit but as asleep by 9ish. I kept waking up all night long cold so tonight I’ll turn the heat up a bit and drag another comforter to the bed.

Up on time this morning. I had a breakfast sandwich, got changed and hit the road.  Work has been pretty busy this morning, but I managed. I am right now still on the very boring department conference call.   After work, I am off to the gym to see the trainer for another total body workout day. Cardio afterwards. Then home for dinner, which is Pumpkin chili and a zucchini cheese roll.  TV tonight is The Biggest Loser. Wow. The Biggest Loser is only 90 minutes tonight. Right before TBL is a new animated Christmas show, which I’ll watch. I adore animated Christmas stuff.  Bed right after a hot shower right after TBL… with extra comforters!

That’s all for me today. Have a nice Tuesday and don’t forget to sweat.

Morning everyone and Happy Monday. I am glad the blogs are working again, at least for the moment.  Things have been sort of slow so you might want to write your blogs in word and then cut and paste them.. just in case the system hiccups right when you are trying to submit!

The weekend was nice. Friday I had my regular gyn appointment so I am glad I got that out of the way. She looked at my toe and said it was healing fine and to keep doing what I was doing. One thing she said was surprising. She said the swelling of my baby toe may never go away or it may go away but very slowly. Oh great.  I went back to work, worked through my lunch since I took the time off to go to the doctor’s appointment and then left work on time. I went to Trader Joe’s and got all my stuff. The free sample was penne with a pumpkin sauce. Not bad at all. If it had been my recipe, I would have added a smallest dash of cayenne to give it a bite in the background. Nothing too hot, but it just needed a little oomph!  I stopped at the grocery store and then went home. Dinner was the last of the leftovers. I lazed around most of the evening and was in bed at a decent time. Saturday I spent the morning relaxing and playing with the Furball, then went to the gym. I got in a good workout, came home for lunch and a nap. I did all my cooking during the evening and a few chores  Sunday was breakfast, the gym, lunch, nap and then some more chores. Dinner was pumpkin chili Mexicana and a homemade zucchini muffin.  I spent the evening watching Extreme Home Makeover and Desperate Housewives.  I went to bed after washing my hair but didn’t get to sleep for quite some time.

I was awake at 5am this morning and unable to get back to sleep. I stayed in bed and rested but then finally got up when the alarm went off. I got cleaned up, had veggie hash and got on my way to work. The commute was fine but it sure was cold/ It was 41 on the drive in so that means it was in the 30s overnight. Brrrrrr.  Work is fine so far. A few people annoying me, as well as the primary vendor, but what can you do?  I am wearing heels today for the first time in a month. The toe is a little sore, but not bad. I was getting tired of wearing the same ratty shoes every day and being limited in my pants selection since most of mine are longer to wear with heels. I have my performance evaluation later today and then after that I have to leave a bit early for my regular mammogram. Dinner tonight is chicken sausage, potatoes and cabbage cooked up in a skillet and some yummy baked green beans with turkey bacon and a little brown sugar splenda.  TV tonight is nothing interesting so I’ll be in bed early.

That’s all for me at the moment. Have a nice Monday. Don’t forget to sweat.

Morning everyone and happy Thursday. It’s a cool dark morning here and that is okay by me. I am still half asleep. I forget over the summertime how cocooned I get in my bed over the winter. UGH. It’s all those covers. They are heavy and it makes it doubly hard to get up. I mean, who wants to do weightlifting before they are ever vertical?

Work yesterday was fine. I started getting a sinus headache about 3pm and finally packed it in here about 20 minutes early. I was also falling asleep at my desk and needed fresh air so it was time to leave. The drive to the gym was fine and the fresh air and movement got rid of the headache and the sleepiness. Since yesterday was a cardio only day, I worked out alone. I made it through, barely, and then went home for dinner. Dinner was dill pickle meatloaf and giant bowl of roasted veggies. Dessert was popcorn and a jello cup. There wasn’t much on TV last night, so I played online a bit, but was in bed after a hot shower by 9pm.

Up on time this morning, very reluctantly. I cannot even blame the Furball as she was already up. I had weird dreams last night for some reason so I think I wanted to stay in bed and get some dreamless sleep. I did haul myself up, got cleaned up, had a breakfast sandwich and then got on my way. The commute was nice and here I am at work. The email wasn’t bad this morning at all. Whew! I have one meeting later on today and my manager has given me permission to spank them, nicely of course. Fat lot of good it will do, but it makes me feel better! I told my manager I still think we need this escalated to the director to handle. After work, I am off to the gym to meet with the trainer. Another total body workout day. Sigh. Sometimes I get so pooped at the end of the day, I wonder how I can drive home let alone get to the gym. Luckily getting to the gym wakes me up, but that last bits of cardio I do after my early cardio and weightlifting are a killer. I have made it a goal now to get more than 5000 strides during that 30 minute period on the cross ramp and make sure I burn 600 calories in cardio for the 55 minutes I do. I KNOW I don’t actually burn that much, but I want to see that exertion level on the machine. Then of course there are the calories I burn doing weightlifting for 50 minutes. No idea how much those are but I want to be dripping with sweat every time. Anyway, after my workout I am heading home for dinner. Dinner is chorizo chicken, Mexican rice and Mexican cucumber salad. Dessert will be the last of the fiber one yogurt. It wasn’t bad at all. I had a coupon for a free pack so I tried it. TV is Grey’s and taping Private Practice. Hair washing and bed right after that.

I am sitting here with a rumbling stomach and I don’t like it. This isn’t a craving, but true hunger. I would be satisfied eating carrots and celery right now if I had any!! I don’t have any snack here other that the tiny 22 calorie dum dum pops and I don’t want to eat those until I am full!! I’ll just sit here and slurp water and chew gum until I can eat my string cheese in 30 minutes and then lunch in two more hours! Argghhh. This doesn’t happen very often, luckily so I’ll just suck it up and live with it I guess.

Have a nice Thursday everyone. Don’t forget to sweat. 1.5 days until the weekend!

Calmer today – so far

Morning everyone and Happy No Humping day. Lovely cool Fall morning here.  It’s kind of overcast here today with a chance of some sprinkles. I hope it does rain. We always can use it. It would be nice for it to wait until I am home however.

Work yesterday was fine Pretty busy but I like it that way. Well as long as everyone isn’t being a butthead. Butthead days are no fun and luckily yesterday wasn’t one of those days. I left work on time and had a really nice drive to the gym. I got in some cardio and then met with the trainer. It was a total body workout day and yep I got tired.  I did a lot of balance ball work and that sucker makes everything harder. My toe was more tolerant of pushups so I am glad things are getting better. I got in my cardio afterwards and then went home for dinner. I was especially starving last night. It was funny. When I got to the parking lot after my workout, as I was putting my gym bag in the trunk it suddenly occurred to me that I got to go home and EAT!  I got so excited at the prospect, I think I leaped for joy a little.    Dinner was chicken stuffed with chorizo(soyrizo) Mexican saffron rice and Mexican cucumber salad. Dessert was popcorn and a jello pudding cup. I had some turkey pepperoni later on because I was just freaking famished! I watched The Biggest Loser so if you haven’t watched it yet, spoilers ahead!!  The show itself wasn’t all that interesting except for the twist of the red line.  That really lit a fire under those butts, didn’t it? WOW on some of the loss numbers. I was really sorry to see Daniel go home, but he has been struggling for awhile (except for last week). It wasn’t unexpected. I thought the group would have picked Amanda to go home instead of Shay, but they didn’t. I guess there were some alliances or maybe personality issues going on that we didn’t get to see. It was sooo sad to see David, Daniel’s partner from last season looking even heavier than he did before he started TBL. Poor guy. Something is so sad in his heart he cannot see his way right now.  I thought Daniel looked great. I was disappointed they didn’t show Shay but she was on Leno right afterwards and I hear she is down to 320 pounds. Good for her. For someone that whined she had no support at home, she sure had a lot of people at her house waiting for her when she went home, didn’t she?   I took a hot shower afterwards and went to bed.

Up on time this morning. The Furball got up a bit before me so that made it easier for me to move. Hard to move with sleepy warm kitty cat next to you!  I had veggie hash, got changed and on my way. The commute was really nice this morning. Maybe some people are taking Veteran’s Day off?  Mt. Email was pretty kind when I got in too, so that makes me happy. I have no meetings nor calls scheduled and will hope it stays this way.  After work, I am off to the gym for a cardio only day. Booooring, but it has to be done. Dinner is dill pickle meatloaf and roasted veggies with popcorn and jello for dessert, I think. TV tonight is nothing interesting so I’ll play around online and get to bed early.

I was thinking today that there are only 50 days until 2010. Fifty days! Are you ready? Have you accomplished what you wanted to this year? If not, get started now so by the New Year you are well on your way! Have a nice Wednesday everyone and don’t forge to sweat.

Morning everyone and Happy Tuesday. Missed posting yesterday due to it being uber busy an me leaving work early for an appointment. It was a good day yesterday though.  The weekend was nice. I didn’t do much of anything other than go to the gym twice, cook, do chores, takes naps, annoy the cat and watch some TV. I like weekends like that. I didn’t stay up to late, got good sleep and ate well.

Morning everyone and Happy Tuesday. Missed posting yesterday due to it being uber busy an me leaving work early for an appointment. It was a good day yesterday though.  

The weekend was nice. I didn’t do much of anything other than go to the gym twice, cook, do chores, takes naps, annoy the cat and watch some TV. I like weekends like that. I didn’t stay up to late, got good sleep and ate well.

Yesterday work was busy but luckily calmed down by the time I had to leave. I had a follow up appointment with the periodontist. My gums are looking much better according to him. One side definitely does not need surgery. The other side, well he isn’t sure. My dentist needs to look and see if she can get back there now.  An old filling that I got from when my wisdom teeth were impacted needs to be redone, so if she can get to it, then I’ll be okay for no surgery.  Fingers crossed. Did I ever mention that my periodontist is young and handsome with big biceps?    Well he is. Nice to look at while I am sitting there with my mouth open.  Even though he is nice to look at , I’d rather NOT have to have surgery.  After my appointment, I went to Target , got a  few items and then went home. I had time to veg a bit before dinner and then nuked it. I had a giant bowl of mixed roasted veggies ( zucchini, broccoli, carrots, onions, turnip and an apple) and some dill pickle meatloaf. Both were very good. Dessert was popcorn and a jello pudding cup.  I didn’t watch much TV, just played online a bit , took a hot shower and went to bed nice and early. Ahhhhh. Furball went too. She loves early bedtimes.

Up on time this morning. Feeling much better than yesterday morning. Well less cold. I finally turned the heater on last night. It was getting way too cold at home. I had a breakfast sandwich, got cleaned up and on my way. Work is busy again this morning, but not as bad as yesterday.  No meeting today. The department meeting was cancelled so yay hurray! After work I will be off to the gym to meet with the trainer. Today is a total body day and hopefully he’ll be nice to my poor sore toe.  Cardio afterwards and then dinner. Dinner is chorizo stuffed chicken, Mexican rice and Mexican cucumber salad. Dessert will be popcorn. TV is of course The Biggest Loser!!  Bed right afterwards

That’s all I have time for. Things to do. Have a nice day and don’t forget to sweat

Morning everyone and happy snappy Friday. The usual Friday joy hasn’t quite hit me yet. I think I am still feeling a little punchy and needing more sleep. I am sure the “happies” will hit me after lunch.

Work yesterday was busy again. Why won’t they all just leave me alone? It’s like they think I work here or something.   Lots of transition stuff, one meeting and the usual whining made up my day. I left work on time and had a nice drive to the gym. I got in some cardio and then met with the trainer. He pulled a fast one on me and switched things up to a total body day. I think that probably is because of my foot, but that’s okay. He only had me do one exercise on my toes. Pushups. They went okay and were just sort of uncomfortable rather than painful. We talked about the Biggest loser and I told him that I was jealous how good Tracey looked and that I felt flabby next to her. He said my brain was again giving me the wrong perception and that I had just as much definition as Tracey and did not look flabby.  Sigh. I hate me sometimes! Next was some icky ab exercise that made me queasy. My trainer smiled when I told him this. I told him he was perverse, which made him smile more.   I got through them without tossing my cookies. Got the rest of my cardio and then went home for dinner. I made my food for the following day, watched Grey’s , taped Private Practice, played a bit online and went to bed.

Getting up this morning was tough. I was happy it was Friday, but really did NOT want to move. I hauled myself up, got cleaned up and on my way. Work was nice and quiet when I arrived and I enjoyed my breakfast. It hasn’t been too busy this morning, which is fine by me.  No meetings nor calls schedule, which is great. After work, I am off to Trader Joe’s and then the grocery store for supplies. Home after that and dinner is the last of the spaghetti squash and some tri tip, with popcorn and pudding for dessert. TV is Diet Tribe with the cutie trainer Jesse and then Private Practice I taped last night. Bed at a decent time.

The weekend is all MINE! Gym, cooking and cleaning both days. No church, no shopping, nothing I don’t wanna do! I’ll be getting naps and Furball time too. Ahhh.. Can’t wait.

Have a nice weekend everyone. Count those calories and sweat!!

Morning and happy Thursday. I missed posting yesterday and today is almost as busy. This darned wireless transition is just sucking up my free time.  My co-worker isn’t doing a darned thing as far as I know. It’s all me and believe you me I WILL be mentioning this to my boss when review time comes around.

I’ll skip back to Tuesday evening  since I missed posting yesterday. I met with the trainer, as usual and it was an upper body workout as I expected. I did those arm mountain climbers on my toes and it went okay. I couldn’t do the full set without pausing due to the broken toe b1tching.  He kept upping the weights on me. He teases me insinuates I am going to look like a grunting giant male weightlifter.    He knows that isn’t possible as I do, but he likes to bust my chops.  I got in lots of cardio afterwards, went home for dinner and an evening with the Biggest Loser. I enjoyed the show and yes I was glad to see Tracey go home. I am also glad she looks so good. I was pretty jealous though. I am 5 inches taller than her, weigh 10-15 pounds more and I think she looks better than I do.  HURMPH!! No fair!  I went to bed right after that.

Yesterday work was pretty busy. I had meeting, fought with a spreadsheet and did stupid manual orders all day.  I had a man at my house working on roof repairs yesterday so hopefully no more leaks!  I left work on time and got to the gym with no issues. I got in lots of really good cardio, got into a sweaty mess and then went home for dinner. Dinner was spaghetti squash with feta, and veggies and tri tip. Dessert was popcorn and a sugar free jello cup. I watched a little TV, mostly just had it on for noise, played online, set the VCR to tape Cougar Town and went to bed.

Up on time this morning. Sleeping Furball made it tough, but luckily she got up quickly this morning wanting to play.  I got cleaned up, had a breakfast pocket and got on my way. Work was calm when I first got in and then went nutso. More of the same stuff from yesterday.  I have a meeting after lunch and that is it for the day. After work, I am off to the gym to see the trainer for lower body day. Hope he keeps me off the toes!  Cardio afterwards and then home for dinner of peanut butter chicken veggie soup and a quesadilla and popcorn for dessert. TV is Grey’s, Cougar town from last night and taping Private Practice.

I have to finish eating my lunch because I have a meeting right at 1pm. Have a nice Thursday and don’t forget to sweat. 1.5 days until the weekend!

Morning everyone and Happy Tuesday. One day closer to the weekend.  It’s a chilly Fall morning here but is supposed to be near 80 again later today. Schizophrenic weather!  Seat warmers on the way in to work and A/C on the way home.

Work yesterday was kind of busy all day. I think I commented on some but not all the usuals so sorry if I missed people.  I spent my time spanking a vendor and listening to the usual whining.  I left work on time and had a nice drive homeward. I stopped off at Macy’s because I had a mystery card to use up. I needed socks so I got some of those. I paid less than $8.00 for four pairs of socks thanks to the $15.00 mystery card.  I went home right afterwards and had a yummy dinner of tri tip and spaghetti squash. Dessert was popcorn.  There wasn’t anything interesting on TV, so I played on the computer a bit and then went to bed to read. I had a wonderful night’s sleep except for a middle of the night Furball head walk.

Up on time this morning. Oh , I hated to get up!! Was too cold outside of the covers. I got up, got cleaned up, had a breakfast pocket and got on my way. I tried on some heels this morning to see how my foot felt and they didn’t like them so back to flats for at least another week.  I got to work fine and have been working away all morning. Right now I am waiting for the weekly boring conference call to start. Hope it goes quickly.   I have it on mute so I can type while I am listening. The rest of the day is the usual stuff. After work I am off to the gym for an evening with the trainer.  I am assuming today is upper body day. I did try to do things on my toes over the weekend and it went okay, but the next day things were kind of sore. I‘ll go easy on those if he suggests I try. I always at least try. Cardio after the trainer and then home. Dinner is a quesadilla and peanut butter chicken vegetable soup.  TV is The Biggest Loser. Can’t wait!

That’s all I have time for at the moment. Too bored on this call to think of anything.  Have a nice Tuesday everyone and don’t forget to sweat.