Delayed

I flew for work this week and on the return flight ended up sitting on the Tarmac for almost two hours. As if the 2.5 hour flight wasn't enough time crammed in a plane! 

My brother-in-law was stuck in the same storm, just a little further north. I think his flight ended up being delayed 6 hours. I want to get there safe and all, but flying does suck sometimes. 

I got home around 10:30 PM after leaving my hotel at 7 AM. Needless to say I got some food and headed to bed right away. 

15 Things About Me

I was so sad to see that Holly at Where We Can Live Like Jack & Sally stopped blogging. I started following some of her sponsors recently. One of them was Lindsay at Bourbon, Lipstick, & Stilettos. I'm a sucker for surveys and she posted 15 things About Me recently. So I decided to give it a go.

 1. What’s a nickname only your family calls you? My mom calls me Katamia since my middle name is Kathleen.

2. Do you have any weird habits? I'm sure I have several, but one is that if I am wearing heals or flip flops I take my shoes off when I am driving. 


3. Do you have any weird phobias? I have a fear of getting my hand cut off in a garbage disposal. 


4. What song do you secretly love to blast and jam out to when you are alone? No one song, but I love to put on my headphones and dance to Pandora's "Today's Hip-hop and pop" channel. 


5. What’s one of your biggest pet peeves? Bad drivers that do not pay attention and think they own the road (no turn signals, cutting people off, texting, not maintaining a constant speed.) You know the type.

6. What’s one of your nervous habits?I pull the collar of my shirt over my nose so my shirt is covering half my face. Strange I know.

7. What side of the bed do you sleep on? right

8. What was your first stuffed animal and what was its name? I think it was a bunny because I was born near Easter.

9. What drink do you always order at Starbucks or Dunkins? Peppermint frappuccino with nonfat

10. Which way do you face in the shower?  towards the shower. I didn't even realize people face the other way. I love the feeling of the water on my face.

11. Do you have any weird body skills?  I'm really flexible for a bigger girl especially. That sounds slightly dirty, but it's not, for the most part ;)

12. What is your favorite comfort food that you know is bad but you eat it anyway?  

Five guys. Last time I lost like 100 pounds I NEVER ate anything like that. My treat was something like Panera or a ice cream cone. Five Guys came to Green Bay and I never went. I moved back to Ohio and now we go like once a month. 

 

13. What is a phrase or exclamation you always say?I say "yeah right" a lot. I'm sure there are more. I should've probably asked K for this one.

14. What do you wear when you go to sleep?  A comfy t-shirt and shorts.

15. What did you used to wear that you thought was cool, and now realize it wasn’t? plenty of things. I used to wear some weird patterned dress pants in middle school because I thought jeans were uncomfortable, but I don't know if I thought they were actually cool.

Flying

This weekend flew by. I didn't do anything too exciting just a little swimming, Costco trip, babysitting, and letting the dogs run. It was pretty hot here. It's crazy how we had such a bad winter and now I wish it wasn't so hot.

Sorry, not sorry, I'd rather have it be cold than hot. You can always cover up. I do enjoy swimming, so I guess that helps in the warmer weather.


I did sign up for the Influenster website. So far I've just been figuring it out and hoping that I can get some free stuff to try out!

Happy Memorial Day!

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I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! The weather is wonderful here. I have already went on a walk with my mom. Later we are taking my dogs to run around. We might have a cook on Monday and I am excited to make the fruit pizza recipe from Skinny Taste.

Are you doing anything to celebrate Memorial Day?

Stepping up

Soooo, posting more obviously hasn't happened yet. It is going to happen! 

I'm traveling for work this week. I'm in California and it is very hot. It was 100 today. I didn't work yesterday since I was flying all day. I still managed to get almost 10,000 steps in. Most of it was running to make connection in Minnespolis. Today I headed to Ikea to look around and get some more steps in. I'll probably head to the hotel gym after dinner. And then I'm up at about 5 for an early flight. 

I'll be traveling more this summer. One if my coworkers retired, so we all have a few more trips for a bit. I like traveling for the most part, but it gets hard being away from home frequently. It's also hard to maintain a exercise and workout routine. Hopefully I can figure that out better this summer! 

Keep on trucking

This week I flew to Philadelphia with my mom. We got a one way flight so we could help my youngest sister and her boyfriend move. They lived in a row house there with THE worst stairs.

Luckily, my sister had moved the majority of their stuff to the first floor. My mom and I mostly helped clean, put boxes in the truck, and disassembled furniture. I also helped drive my sister's car part of the way. They had a moving truck and her car, so they were also grateful to have a passenger when they were driving. It took us about 12 hours, with several stops, to get from Philly to Toledo.

I was really glad to be able to help them. It was pretty tiring though. We got back late Friday night and I am still tired!

The drive really made me think about all the times driving from Green Bay to Toledo. It was about the same distance. I do not miss that drive, especially going through Chicago. I like Chicago, but when you're just trying to drive through it sucks.

My sister has been running. She ran 3 miles before she picked us up for the airport. It makes me want to run. I just don't think I can be a runner. Maybe I should start walking more and build up to being a jogger.

New start

I changed the name of this blog to A Healthier E. I really want to focus on living a healthier lifestyle. I know how to do it, I've done it before. I just really need to commit and I think blogging can help with this.

I turned 30 on Friday. Not my favorite birthday. I decided to make a list of 30 things I want to do while I'm 30. I've seen other bloggers like A Girl and Her Mutt do this. So here's my list: 

1. Lose 40 pounds. 

2. Visit Washington D.C. 

3. Participate in a 5K

4. Try Crossfit

5. Read one book each month

6. Save $100 a month

7. Reorganize my office

8. Help raise funds for dog park

9. Make 12 recipes I've pinned 

10. Get a manicure with my mom

11. Keep up on this blog (at least one post a week)

12. Take a weekend trip with K

13. Get a face wash/beauty routine down

14. Taper down to one diet soda or less a week

15. Plant a garden

16. Refinish a piece of furniture 

17. Start practicing yoga again

18. Detail both cars

19. Take Reagan and Angel to refresher obedience training 

20. Organize our basement

21. Switch from cable to Internet only

22. Save points/gift cards/ money for a new laptop 

23. Volunteer for a charity

24. Improve credit score

25. No extra shopping for one month

26. Finish Christmas shopping by December 10

27. Update home decor in living room

28. Exercise each night while traveling for work

29. Take a hobby (art/cooking/craft) class 

30. Go to a Halloween party

So we'll see how this all goes!