Taekwondo changed my life

I just have to say that the subject says it all but not entirely true. At least it's not the only thing that has changed my life but I can say it's the best decision I've ever made and I love myself even more because of it.

It was during summer break when Wade would have the boys and he wanted to find something to do with them. We weren't sure what was out there so I was searching around. I had picked up our area's Recreational magazine when I saw a full page spread. America's Best Karate. That was it. I showed Wade the article and he dismissed it at first. I went to the website, I was interested even if he wasn't sure about the boys. The moment I saw that they didn't teach Karate but Taekwondo my mind was made up. I was doing this regardless. Thankfully after taking to Wade in more detail about what they represented and what was on their site I think I sold him on the idea too.

We started attending that year, I want to say it was the end of summer 2010. Has it really been 2 years? We were hooked after the boys left to go back home, after their summer time with Dad. We had signed up for their "Black Belt Club" which meant we were in it no matter what. We went every day, every day they were open including Saturdays. I loved it, I still love it! When I first started I knew I wanted to finish this, to become a black belt felt like it was something I could achieve. Finally, something I could do for me and it was something I could see happening, something I could finish. This means so much, more than anyone will ever know.

The physical benefits showed pretty early and kept showing. It has transformed me inside and out. I can't believe the changes.. I still cry with joy whenever I examine myself in front of the mirror. Something I never used to do, not in a good way anyway. My uniform is too large for me now, another great feeling to know that you can fit a size smaller, in a gi that's truly an accomplishment as they are meant to be large on you anyway.

I still feel guilty not going 6 days a week anymore, my work schedule does not permit and I admit that illness and vacation time during the holidays has also stopped my good habit. My new goal is to continue going 5 days a week (M-F) as I work Saturday mornings. Still so very bummed about that fact as Saturday is the physical conditioning class, where you push yourself to the limit and beyond (at least I did) and felt totally awesome afterward for accomplishing the class. All cardio for 45 minutes, ug.. so want that back. Must find a way.

BTW. I've lost I don't know how much, (haven't weighted myself in ages). But lets just say I've lost over 70lbs. Starting weight: 218. Weight since last weigh in: 150s (low). 148 being 70lbs. I am still on my journey but I must say I feel awesome! FEEL awesome. Looking great, but feeling great to me is so much more important. I have some ways to go. I'm not there yet. And by there I mean as healthy or as strong as I want to be. :D I want a six-pack! I want to be lean. I want to be more healthy than I am.

Taekwondo is a big part of who I am now. I wouldn't change that for the world.

I'm Back

So, my last post was in 2006 and it's now 2011. All I can say is wow, so much has happened and is happening right now. I'm back and hopefully will keep this posted a bit more often than before. I must say it does feel good writing something down.

Welcome back to me and I will update when I can. For now I am reading old posts!

Queen of the Damned

That's right, Queen of the Damned get's its very own post because I can't seem to get enough of that movie! I don't know why but I can watch it over and over and over and over without getting bored of it. The music is great, even though it's not my favorite genre. Stuart is absolutely adorable and makes a much better Lestat than Tom Cruis EVER could. He is damn fine in this film, sorry hun.

Vampires have been a secret passion of mine and I still love them! I have been reading Anne Rice and so far Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and what I've gotten to in Queen of the Damned has been fantastic. She's an excellent writer. Never mind the sexual tention between son and mother and gay relationships. I say who cares, get with the times. Get over it. One way or another it's still love, still provocative, and still damn good writing. (minus the insest part).

The movie I think was well done for combining The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned. And although the relationship between Jesse and Lestat never happened I could see the Hollywood reasons and also I could see how it might have happened under different circumstances in the book.

I watch and listen to Queen of the Damned often. :)

TV on DVD

I LOVE TV on DVD. It's the only way to go these days. Our TV DVD collection is growing; Buffy the Vamp Slayer, Angel, Babalon 5, Battlestar Gallatica, Smallville, Charmed, and the latest adition Supernatural. Mind you not all of our collection is complete.

TV sucks because of commercials. I hate commercials and is it me or are they getting worse? Both in content and length? It seems to me that we watch 5 minutes of show and 15 minutes of commercials... what the hell is up with that anyway. Ugg.. maybe we are just used to watching TV without commercials. Worth every penny spent let me tell you!

Grand Jury Duty anyone?

I've been selected to do Grand Jury this month. It's a bit different than trial jury in that we were selected by drawing out of a hat and most of us stayed. We are there for a month time and our duty is to determine whether or not a case has enough evidence to go to trial. There are three groups of 7 people (one group for each day; Tues, Wed, and Thurs). We went through 4 cases today but average is usually around 8 or so. It's very interesting to find out what goes on behind closed doors in your area. Can't say any more than that. Overall, I actually don't mind it at all.

Project Updates

Here's the latest on my projects:

My photo project has been thought up in different sections, so right now I am working on the Photo CD project. I'm almost done scanning the photos related to my mom. So all photos that will go into her album and given to her. I'm very excited to be almost finished with that section. Next step will be to organize them into album/scrapbook.

My jewelry project has been put on hold due to other things going on right now and lack of supplies and funds to buy supplies. There are other things I want to finish up first. Mainly what's above, but also little stuff.

So there ya have it.

New Project

Looking to start making jewelry. I'm planning on starting slow with single strand necklaces and probably bracelets and work my way up. I have a project in mind already that I found on the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads website. It's very pretty and has tourquoise. I've already scoped out the color trend for the next three or four seasons and plan on making a shopping list soon. Mom has agreed to help teach me how, she's good with the crafts. I am determined to have her help me and I swear to myself and to everyone reading that I will be doing it too, not just her. This could be a good step in strengthening and changing our relationship to the more adult nature.

I would love to sell what I make online, pretty industrious of me. Goodness knows I need a little help in the funds department.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I recently picked up Buffy the Vampire Slayer series 1-7, and have been watching them with my husband. I started watching them with my mom because she was layed up for a couple weeks due to foot surgery and now I got Mike hooked too. Right now we are on Season 3 disk 1.

I think it's a fun series. Mike likes to put it as "Saved by the Bell with Vampires". Ya know, he's right in a way. It's definately got a lot of corn and cheese, but overall it's a load of laughs, cries, and loathes. The writers did a good job wrapping your feelings around the main characters, although they need a definate lesson on continuity for sure, I mean how can you choke a vamp and have her pass out when she isn't breathing? HELLO!

Anyway, that's been my fun for the past two weeks.

My Birthday

Monday, June 26th was my birthday. I had a great day and a great weekend. A friend of mine came up from Yreka on vacation and stayed with Mike and I. I had a blast, we watched Battlestar Galatica and played an old nintendo game called Spot. For being somewhat entirely lazy it was still incredibly fun! Thanks Rob!!

This year I turned 28 and I've been thinking about past birthdays and younger birthdays mainly because I've been going through photos. What I've come to realize is I haven't had a conventional birthday party in a long time. I guess when we get older we only have large celebrations on the important dates, 21, 30, etc. It's just something I thought of. I definately didn't need a birthday cake, that I don't miss... ugg. SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!