365 days of me

New Web Page

2009-01-15T20:07:00.000-08:00

New blog for the 2009 pictures

http://divineinoh9.blogspot.com/

Day 17

2008-12-24T11:59:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas

Unfortunatly This will be the last picture for a while. The camera I was using is rather old, and uses mini disks. Well I haven't been able to find the disks.

Day 16

2008-12-23T19:09:00.000-08:00

Day 15

2008-12-22T19:04:00.000-08:00

Day 14

2008-12-21T22:47:00.000-08:00

I haven't been able to get into the holiday season this year, this late in the season and I still haven't put up the christmas tree. Thinking that it would get me in the mood, I decided the tree needed to go up. The hubby had other plans and promised me that by tonight the tree would be behind me. It didn't happen.

Day 13

2008-12-20T19:11:00.000-08:00

Day 12

2008-12-19T19:27:00.000-08:00

Day 11

2008-12-18T19:24:00.000-08:00

Day 10

2008-12-17T18:32:00.000-08:00

Lost 2 pounds in my frist week. Wish me luck for the teh rest of the year, no more meetings until January 7th.

Day 9

2008-12-16T18:37:00.000-08:00

Day 8

2008-12-15T18:35:00.000-08:00

One day in the near future I will be able to bend completly.

Day 7

2008-12-14T18:30:00.000-08:00

Day 7

2008-12-13T18:29:00.000-08:00

Day 5

2008-12-12T18:29:00.000-08:00

Day 4

2008-12-11T21:35:00.001-08:00

Day 3

2008-12-10T21:34:00.000-08:00

Day 2

2008-12-09T21:33:00.000-08:00

Day 1

2008-12-08T21:30:00.000-08:00

Day 159

2008-05-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to me!

My hope is that next year there will be no fat hanging from the sides of th bathing suit.

Day 126

2008-04-23T23:16:00.000-07:00

Doublez

Can I get rid of this double chin by October?

Day 125

2008-04-22T20:39:00.001-07:00

Hiding

Today I am, sort of, hiding from school. I did check in to see if there was any vital info I needed to have or do, but no school work today.

Day 124

2008-04-21T21:29:00.001-07:00

What did I get myself into?

I signed up for online course to be home with the family, not locked up in the office. I just have to think that the sacrafise for a year is for the benefit of the family. Yeah, I have to keep telling myself that A LOT!

Day 123

2008-04-20T18:50:00.000-07:00

Always a Bridesmaid*

A dear close friend is getting married, and today I was officially asked to be a bridesmaid. So sweet she brought me roses and a card.

*This is only the 3rd wedding party I will be in, but I so need to go back to what this blog was originally for, to loose weight. I so need to look cute in my bridesmaid's dress.

Day 122

2008-04-19T18:45:00.000-07:00

A Okay

I was supposed to have a demonstration today and was a little bummed that it was cancelled but it's only a little set back, I know, like I know that this is going prosper for me.

Day - I honestly don't know +1

2008-04-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

No Chi?

Did I do something wrong? My demonstration for tomorrow got cancelled today, the day after I hung the wind chimes. I'm sure the dust and mess in that corner is not helping.

Day - I honestly don't know

2008-04-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

I need to go back and do that math to on what day today is. I'm posting tonight because I am going to get back in the groove of this on this here blog.

North Corner

I've been reading about Feng-Shui on and off for a few years now. I recently received a feng shui book as a gift. On it the author describes the north-west corner as important for ones business. She goes on to explain how she hung a row of wind chime along the north west corner and her career path became filled with countless mentors.

I enjoyed staying home, so I am trying a lit bit of everything to get my PH career off an running. Today I found wind chimes at target for $1.00 and I will be hanging them on my North-West corner.

Hello All

2008-04-17T22:17:00.001-07:00

I've been away for a bit, these new schedule/routine has really been kicking my butt. I have been taking picture and eventually will get them all loaded. I have skipped two days of not taking pictures, I've been so tired that I've totally forgotten to take the pictures.

Day 102

2008-03-30T18:55:00.000-07:00

Pen Pal

One of my oldest friends is in prison. Since I found out where she is at, I've been thinking about our childhood. In those fun, carefree days we sure as heck never expected our lives to be like this.

Turning Off the lights for 1 hour

2008-03-29T13:18:00.000-07:00

I wont be home tonight, will that still count? Maybe I can turn off my main braker when we leave?

The idea is to turn off all your lights for an hour today at 8:00 pm your time. It's an idea created in Australia. Check out Earth Day web page.

Day 100

2008-03-26T21:31:00.000-07:00

WOW 100!

I'm a bit surprised that I have made it this far. I've actually done something for 100 days straight, even if at times I have wanted to stop.

Day 99

2008-03-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

Mix Match

My feet were so tired that I just threw my shoes off and grabs any sox. I know I have been featuring my feet a lot lately but they have been on my brain. They hurt. I need to buy me cute, comfortable, walking shoes. I'm taking the bus to work, and I have a few block to walk between bus stop and home or office. Then I have to wait a while standing for the transsion bus.

Day 98

2008-03-24T22:55:00.000-07:00

Wrong Shoes

I so wore the wrong shoes for the first day of work. I'm overwhelmed but I guess that's a feeling most have on the first day of work. I just wanted to come home and go to bed.

Day 97

2008-03-23T21:34:00.001-07:00

Faking Being Happy

I am extremely grateful that I have a job, but I'm going to miss being home. I'm going to miss not being home when the kids get out of school. Can we all send it to the universe that I win the Mega Lotto, please.

Day 96

2008-03-22T23:59:00.000-07:00

Blur

Today seemed like a blur, and my feet hurt.

Job Offer

2008-03-21T13:04:00.003-07:00

I got a job offer :) I have to run to another interview, will give details later.

Day 95

2008-03-21T08:59:00.001-07:00

Reporting for Duty

Today I have two interviews, one with a temp agency and the other is a second interview. Also, I should be hearing the decisions for 2 jobs I have interviewed for.

Day 94

2008-03-20T09:11:00.000-07:00

War Paint

This is one of the things I am tired of, putting on make-up. I don't wear make-up on a regular basis, I can go months without putting it on. One of my friends is always on me about this tellng me "there is no such thing a natural beauty." I beleive the reason for that is that I never really learned how to put it on.

I know to some it comes easy but to some it's hard work.

Day 93

2008-03-19T18:20:00.000-07:00

Blah

I'm having one of those days (again!) I think I'm just tired of looking and rejection.

Day 92

2008-03-18T08:28:00.000-07:00

Unmotivated (?)

Is that the correct feeling, don't really know. I feel like I got so little accomplished today but I know that I did A LOT.

Day 91

2008-03-17T12:22:00.000-07:00

Back to it

Back to the job hunt.

Day 90

2008-03-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

Thinking

Thinking of my to do list for tomorrow on the job hunt front.

Day 89

2008-03-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

Soap Hands

With being sick, interviews, and job searching I let the clutter sneak back into my kitchen. Back to making sure the dishes are washed by every single night.

Day 88

2008-03-14T22:20:00.000-07:00

Burn

A little preoccupied lately? I say yes. Two major oven* burn in a week.

*One from stove oven, the other from toaster oven.

Day 87

2008-03-13T16:01:00.001-07:00

Check

Today feel's like there's a check mark next to my life.

Go to Interview (check)

Properly enroll for online classes* (check)

Follow Up on interview from last week (check)

Contact a new employment agency (check)

Follow up with old agency (check)

Apply for 5 jobs** (check)

Work a little on PH biz (check)

Wow I really have accomplished a lot today.

* I'm finally going to finish the courses for my BA.
**So Far I applied to 6, with one interview for tomorrow. The Original goal is for 10 a day but that got a bit difficult so I made it 5 a day.

Day 86

2008-03-12T20:06:00.000-07:00

Kit

My kit came in. So ready to start making hundreds of booking. Maybe I can even make this my full time job.

Day 85

2008-03-11T19:34:00.000-07:00

Hand Cuff

For the past week I feel like I have been a prisoner of the phone, just waiting for it to ring with job news.

Day 84

2008-03-10T21:33:00.000-07:00

Darkness

I just wasn't feeling it or anything today, but I haven't lost faith that thing will be alright. I'm sure we are all entitled to have these days, just not dwell on them.

He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses much more, He who loses faith, loses all. --Eleanor Roosevelt

Day 83

2008-03-09T21:20:00.001-07:00

Echinacea

I started taking this a couple days ago, and the coughing has gone away by 98%. Thank the Lord. Now I am just waiting for all the other symptoms to go away.

Day 82

2008-03-08T21:16:00.000-08:00

Smell the Roses

Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses. ~ Walter Hagen

All day long I was stressing over not finding out yesterday that I got the job had me a bit crazy on the inside. I just have to stay positive and know that this job is meant for me.

Day 81

2008-03-07T21:13:00.000-08:00

Knock Out

With the cold/allergy thing and intense interviews; I feel like I have been put through a 15 round match.

Day 80

2008-03-06T21:11:00.000-08:00

Cough

I don't know if it's allergies or a cold, but please make it go away

Day 79

2008-03-05T17:19:00.000-08:00

Yay me.*

I got a second interview.

The closest anyone ever comes to perfection is on a job application form.
-unknown

*I'm a bit heavy for my hands :( Did about 6 summer saults.

Day 78

2008-03-04T17:55:00.001-08:00

Jumping for Joy*

I feel it to my bones that my employment status will change.

*Boy, did I get a workout trying to get this shot.

Day 77

2008-03-03T13:24:00.000-08:00

Immune Systems Suck

I'm feeling awful again. I just want to sleep.

Day 76

2008-03-02T20:12:00.000-08:00

Cheers!

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."- Proverbs 27:19

Day 75

2008-03-01T16:24:00.000-08:00

Holiday Red

Treated myself to a pedi for all my hard work.

Day 74

2008-02-29T09:11:00.000-08:00

Rise and Shine.

I wake up and clean now. For those of you who have known me for like ever know that I just don't do those kind of things*. Well now I do.

*Yeah, it surprises me too.
(from this view, we can tell what a lousy job we did painting. Guess we just figured no one would see this view. Looks like I need to go get some paint for touch ups.)

Day 73

2008-02-28T11:10:00.001-08:00

Defeated / unmotivated / Drained

I still can't get over how my family reacted to getting rid of dishes. DISHES for goodness sake. Ugh.

Day 72

2008-02-27T09:05:00.000-08:00

Kitchen Declutter Day

Today is kitchen declutter day*. Everything in the cabinet and thensome is leaving my home today. Normally I ask family memeber or friends to come and take what they want but I really have no time for that, waiting to give stuff away is how clutter stays in my home.

*To find out how clutter is supposed to help me loose weight read my other blog (365 Days of Me in words.

Day 71

2008-02-26T08:50:00.000-08:00

New Dress

Against the advise of all the weigh loss and clutter rule out there, I bought me a dress* 3 sizes smaller. I really liked the dress, and have it hanging for inspiration. I will be this size by mid spring.

*The dress cost a $1 (Goodwill), wouldn't of bought it other wise. It's from Bandolino.

Day 70

2008-02-25T22:04:00.000-08:00

Glow in the Dark

Oh my gosh. I was already in bed, starting to drift off when I realized I hadn't taken my picture today.

Day 69

2008-02-24T12:22:00.001-08:00

Lazy Sunday

Such a blessing that my children still want to curl up on the couch and watch a movice with me.

Day 68

2008-02-23T12:17:00.000-08:00

Eye can do this.

"Plans never go the way they are meant to. They are just the blueprints of what can happen. The outline of endless possibilities. We can't predict the future. " - Delba

Day 67

2008-02-22T21:26:00.000-08:00

Dots

Quite Friday night at home. Playing Dots* with daughter.

*Is that the name of the game?

Update: The game has different names.

Day 66

2008-02-21T20:21:00.000-08:00

Shattered Glass

Goofing around with my son, I broke the kitchen window. Oops!

Day 65

2008-02-20T09:08:00.001-08:00

Back on Track

After yesterday's picture which was accompanied with a couple of spoonfuls of frosting. I knew I needed to get back on track.

Day 64

2008-02-19T21:06:00.000-08:00

Funfetti

Frosting just can not be in my home. I'll eat it by the spoonful.

Day 63

2008-02-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

Tiredness of Nothing

Spend 4 1/2 hours in an ER room. A nephew fell, split his lip and hurt his front teeth. My sis and law doesn't handle these things very well. I drove them to the ER and waited with them. Thankfully he didn't require stiches. How does one get so tired of just sitting around?

Day 62

2008-02-17T20:14:00.001-08:00

A hunting I will go.

The goal was to apply for 20 positions today. My eyes feel crossed from searching various employment websites.

Day 61

2008-02-16T20:42:00.000-08:00

Salud !

At a total spare of the moment today, I became a Princess House consultant*. Awww!

*I don't even know if I can post that type of info on a personal website. Other company's have strict rules about these sort of things. I might have to delete this info later after I get familiar with the company.

Day 60

2008-02-15T19:57:00.000-08:00

Looking Back

Day 59

2008-02-14T13:20:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you
really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I
havelived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
You must do the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor
Roosevelt

Day 58

2008-02-13T10:40:00.001-08:00

Pieces

Its never freaking ending - this self improvement. No matter how much I try to fix, I still feel so... broken.

Just having one of those days. It's not a bad thing, thanks to this blog I am realizing there is so much to fix. Piece by piece I will do it.

skiped a day

2008-02-12T16:54:00.000-08:00

I don't know how to count. I skipped day 22, I have to go back and change the dates but in the mean time you might see two days repeated.

Day 58

2008-02-12T08:27:00.000-08:00

Queen of Excuses

I started the blog for weigh-loss and have gotten so much more of it. I noticed a trend - I'm full of excuses as to why I can't accomplish what I set out to do. FULL OF EXCUSES.

I've been hiding behind them my whole life. Today I'll be pondering on how I will lift the veil.

Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Day 57

2008-02-11T17:25:00.000-08:00

Thoughts

It's easy to admit that you are not where you want to be in life, but feeling it to your soul is excruciating. Today I finally realized that my excuses for not finishing certain things are bull shit, in particular my bachelor's degree.

Day 56

2008-02-10T17:23:00.000-08:00

So ...

I created this blog to inspire me to loose weight - right?

Day 55

2008-02-09T22:30:00.000-08:00

Ready for my Close-Up

Day 54

2008-02-08T13:06:00.000-08:00

aaaah uuuum

I need to find a place to center myself. I'm starting to get a little freaked out over my employment status. I know that I should focus on possitive thought but every so often some negatives ones creap in.

Day 53

2008-02-07T18:37:00.000-08:00

Shoes and more Shoes

According to Peter Walsh my cluter is what's keeping me fat. He said that clutter makes one fat, but on my case I say it's keeping me fluffy. Tomorrow I am going to tackle my shoes.

"Eating more and buying more is an attempt to fill the need for something more. Until you get those underlying issues dealt with, all the rest is a waste of time." - Peter Walsh

Day 52

2008-02-06T09:29:00.000-08:00

Ashes to Ashes

Today is the begining of lent, fresh starts. It's constumed to give something up during lent or do something that is good. All day I pondered what I would do or give up. I don't want to do something superficial like give up bread, soda, tortillas, etc. I want to do or give up something that will make a difference in others or my life.

I have a clutter/hoarding problem that has trickled into my children, and it has been bothering me for some time now. For lent I am going to make a conciouse effort to organize my life and home

Thanks to Little Bits of Life blog , I found I'm an Organizing Junkie.

And Peter Walsh is on Oprah tomorrow, gotta be a sign.

Day 51

2008-02-05T08:38:00.001-08:00

Rock the Vote

Please let your voice be heard this and every presidential elections. If you are not registered to vote, please register.

Day 50

2008-02-04T20:13:00.000-08:00

Confessions

It feels like I blinked and January was gone, and now I am on Day 50.

I haven't been on track with the weight-loss. I don't want March to arriave and feel like I let February go to waste on this journey. I was going to go on and on about my confessions of what I haven't done and when I started to think about it, yes I haven't lost the weight I wanted to loose in January but I did accomplish a lot. I rather focus on my accomplishments

I started to take a longer route (2-miles) to pick up daughter from school.

I started to take vitamins that are good for me.

I try to make good food choices.

I started to exercise again.

I can go on to say they are days I don't do all those things but at least I do them some of the time. So for that I applaude me.

Computer Crashed

2008-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:00

Our home computer crashed. Fourtunetly we have a couple of laptops but they are a bit outdated. I'm going to have to do a blog roll on my site to remember blogs I read, some I never bothered to learn the names.

I'm so bummed that it's possible that I lost so much, specially my pictures. This is why it's not good ot procrstinate. I was going to get around saving them on disc. :(

Day 49

2008-02-03T08:51:00.000-08:00

Wishy Washy

Now why can't we loose hundrends of calories doing laundry? I've been doing laundry late at night to save on energy and cost. I read somewhere that doing laundry late at night helps with the energy and gas bill.

Day 48

2008-02-02T09:02:00.000-08:00

You are Beautiful

Today I felt rejected, fat, out of whack etc, etc. So I ate and ate and ate. I finally caugth on what I was doing and how I was feeling that I snapped myself out of it. I can't compare myself to others. I have to learn that I am beautiful in my own right.

Artist: Christina Aguilera
Album: Stripped
Title: Beautiful

Don't look at me Every day is so wonderful

And suddenly, it's hard to breathe

Now and then, I get insecure

From all the fame, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring me down

I am beautiful in every single way

Yes, words can't bring me down

So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious

So consumed in all your doom

Trying hard to fill the emptiness

The piece is gone and the puzzle undone

That's the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say

Words won't bring you down

You are beautiful in every single way

Yes, words won't bring you down

Don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do

(no matter what we do)

No matter what they say

(no matter what they say)

When the sun is shining through

Then the clouds won't stay

And everywhere we go

(everywhere we go)

The sun won't always shine

(sun won't always shine)

But tomorrow will find a way

All the other times

We are beautiful no matter what they say

Yes, words won't bring us down

We are beautiful no matter what they say

Yes, words can't bring us down

Don't you bring me down today

Day 47

2008-02-01T08:49:00.000-08:00

Dancing Feet

I didn't get the job. "It was a really hard decission, blah blah blah, but we went with another candidate, blah blah blah." Oh well. God has something better in store for me, just hope he'd hurry up to show me what it is, is all I'm saying.

I was feeling a little bummed and the opportunity to go out appeared, so I took it. :)

Day 46

2008-01-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

Fingers Crossed

I had a job interview today, I really want this one. It's all I have been looking for. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Day 45

2008-01-30T08:29:00.000-08:00

Chug it,Chug it.

Going on yesterdays post, we had this gallon that was being unused. I'm going to fill it up every morning, but I am not going to beat myself up if I don't drink the whole thing or even take a sip from it.

AdSense

2008-01-29T09:12:00.001-08:00

SONY DSLR Alpha
Originally uploaded by Livid Torvalds

I've added AdSense to my blogs.

The goal is to get one of these Sony cameras. Please click away on the ads, you might just like one of them.

I'm grateful for your help.

Day 44

2008-01-29T09:02:00.001-08:00

Gulp Gulp

Today I woke up thinking I need to make sure I start drinking 8 glasses of water a day. Put that on the long list of other things I must do to loose the weight. This way of thinking is primarely why I give up. I believe I need to do so much at one time to get the results.

The difference is that this time I catch myself. Baby steps, I need to master one thing in order to move to another. So if I am lacking on the water department, I'll try to drink a cup when I remember.

Day 43

2008-01-28T08:56:00.000-08:00

Double

My double chin has really bothered me for some time. I think this is one of the reasons why I had stopped including myself in pictures, or that fact that I can't believe the fat person in the pictures is me.

I'm really hoping that when I loose the weight, my chin doesn't swag. I need to find exercised to firm up that piece of skin.

Day 42

2008-01-27T18:39:00.001-08:00

Hola

In the many attempts I have done to loose weight, I used to take face shots to see the difference. I haven't really done that until today. We shall see what the difference is in a month.

Day 41

2008-01-26T18:36:00.000-08:00

Sushi Roll

I can count how many times I have eaten sushi on one hand. I'm not a huge fan of it, but it's growing on me. A friend show me how to eat it with the wasabi & soy sauce a few months ago and it was pretty tasty. I figured it's a better food choice than all the sauces on Chinese food.

Day 40

2008-01-25T18:44:00.000-08:00

Inhale

I should walk around all day like this, you can't see the love handles :)

Day 39

2008-01-24T17:15:00.001-08:00

Gloomy

I woke up feeling under the weather today. Isn't there some study that shows weather has something to do with peoples mood? That's why Seattle has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.

I was far from feeling depressed, just major migraine and I didn't feel like talking myself out of the miserable pain.

Day 38

2008-01-23T18:47:00.000-08:00

Yum Yum

So far today I have eaten every 2 hours. The morning was fine, but towards 4 I was hungry. The picture is of my dinner. I have a small scoop of rice o Ronni, steamed broccoli, mixed veggies and 2 ground beef enchiladas. The thing about the enchiladas is that I normally have 5 of them, yup FIVE. I also had a small side salad.

I'm still a bit hungry. I might just have something to eat at 8. I was going to try to make this my last meal of the day but I don't think that is going to happen. I have drank plenty of liquid today (Cinnamon tea) so that's not what I am lacking.

Day 37

2008-01-22T09:20:00.000-08:00

Still Rolling Along

I get a huge rush of enthusiasm to work out while watching The Biggest Loser.

Day 36

2008-01-21T09:15:00.000-08:00

Holy Moley

I really need a new camera. The quality isn't that great but you can sort of tell I have a birth mark in my cleavage area. When I was much younger I always use to like to show it off. :) Today I thought of that when I got a glimpse of it.

Day 35

2008-01-20T19:14:00.001-08:00

Bouncy Ball

I got an exercise ball and a resistance pulley thingy. Oh my gosh, it's such a good work out. I got the ball because I had read that even if you sit on one while watching TV, it works the stomach muscle due to the balancing on the ball. Then I saw the pulley thingy, and it looked interesting to use.