The Halfway Point

Well, I'm basically halfway done with tax season. Only a month and a half to go..
I feel I've handled myself pretty well this year. Not sure if my confidence has gone up but I don't go to my grandpa as much with questions and feel a lot more comfortable meeting and answering the client's questions. So hopefully that continues to improve as the years pass! :)

Still working out.. as of Monday, I had lost 1 pound. I should probably weigh in more often but I really hate the numbers game. I just want to LOOK and FEEL good. Our trainer gave us some really good arm and leg workouts for when we're on our own and he kicks our butts on the 2 days we're with him so I'm being patient that over time, I will see some noticeable results. Still working on the nutrition. My new phone has an app called the Calorie Counter (if you have a Droid, you should be downloading this right now!) and it is amazing! It helps you keep track of the food you eat and also has an exercise diary so you know how many calories you're BURNING throughout the day as well. And it has a Diet Calendar that shows how you did for the past week and I've only been in the "red" once and that was last Friday and Fridays are my cheat day so I don't feel too bad about it. I think my focus is going to be on trying to get more protein because I really need to get my fat percentage down. So I'm hoping that with the combination of that plus the weight training we're doing will get that down asap!

Not much else has been going on. We went to the St. Henry Renaissance Auction last weekend, which turned out to be a lot of fun! We won some really cool items and had a blast just hanging out with friends. I think our only plans for this weekend (as of now) is to enjoy some hibachi at Miyako tonight. Kinda nice to not have plans!!!

I'm currently reading Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand. Its some good chick lit. I'm trying to have it done by middle to end of next week since I have to lead a discussion with my book club. After I have that done, I'm making a scarf for Sarah's bday (shh! don't tell her ;) and then I can FINALLY start on my scrapbooking. I'm really excited to see 5 (almost 6) years of our lives' together in albums :)

There has been some money issues lately. Our furnace went out in January and we had to pay 348 to have it fixed. Well, we've only been in our BRAND NEW house for a year and a half so we found out it was under warranty but we are STILL waiting to be reimbursed by the builder. On top of all of that, the IRS is seriously screwing with us. I paid estimates last year (since I'm a partner in a partnership) under my social so when I filed our first joint return I included the estimates I paid. So we were supposed to get our refund last Friday. When it didn't show, I called. They said that I had put on my return that estimates were paid when they were not.. um excuse me?!?! You cashed my f'in checks so yes they were paid! To which the agent asks: which SSN did you put them under? to which I replied "mine, duh" and she was like "oh you should have included your husband's as well". WTF?!? I'm filing a JOINT return meaning you should look at BOTH social security numbers before processing my damn return. Bottom line: They can't tell me when we'll get our refund. BULLSHIT. And I'm not talking no little refund. I'm talking a few thousand!! As JG Wentworthers would say "ITS MY MONEY AND I WANT IT NOOOOOW!!!" hahahaha. and finally I'm waiting on my profit sharing from the company, which I should (fingers crossed!) be getting here in a couple of weeks :)

So once we get all of that, we can pay off the credit card, pay off the Eurotrip AND still have some leftover to save. So I am happy about that.

Whew, well I'm going to shut up! Wow, this was a long one..

Until next time.. Ciao! :)

Weeks 4 & 5

so I slacked a bit. Yep. Still working out on average 3-4 times a week. My knees are killing me from the treadmill so I guess I'm going to take a few days off from that. Keith says to do the stairmaster.. ha! I'm gonna focus on the elliptical and work my way up to that. Renewed my training with Keith to where we now go to him twice a week.. starting hopefully next week. We definitely need it. I'm not getting it done. After 5 weeks, I've lost 0 pounds and 0 inches. Now I know my diet is not perfect but by golly I've been eating SIGNIFICANTLY better than I used to. I don't know what else to do.. maybe it takes time?

Tax season is underway. Yay. Been busy, busy but it makes the days go by faster so I guess that's good. I booked our Anniversary getaway today. We are staying at the Talbot Heirs in Memphis. It is 2 blocks away from Behle Street which apparently is like the Bourbon St of Memphis. We plan on going to Graceland, Sun Studios and Coyote Ugly while we're there. And to eat barbecue is a must. I'm really looking forward to having a weekend away with my hubby :)

Europe has well.. hit a speed bump. Unfortunately, Nikki will not be going. And we are undecided as to whether to find a new 4th or to just leave it with the 3 of us. So.. not much else to say about that right now. Hopefully things will work out.

Um, yea thats really been about it. Valentine's Day is Sunday.. I think we're gonna hit up the OG and then catch Percy Jackson at the theatre. Sounds pretty good to me. So if any of you have some yummy and healthy foods (that are convenient to cook!) that you eat please fill me in (I'm finding it rather difficult to find foods that fit that all of these criteria)

Well, until next time.. Ciao!