P90X

Whew....I am just wiped!! My mom and I finally ordered P90X. For those who don't know what that is it is a hard core 90 day program desiged to get you in excellent shape. The best part, it's designed more for ppl who are already athletes!! (although anyone can do it I might add). You can customize the workouts to fit your athletic ability and your personal goals too. My goals right now is not to necessarily lose weight (you know I'm already small) but to get toned and reduce my overall % body fat. I may be small and I may have muscles but a lot of them are weak and flabby because I don't really use them anymore since I stopped swimming after highschool. So I'm really excited about it, becuase come 90 days (or even over the next month) I'm going to be in a lot better shape. I took "before pics" and I can't wait to take the "after pics."

So I started yesterday (Monday). I did a chest and back workout....which was basically a lot of pullups and pushups...in fact I did sets of about 6 different kinds of pushups. Youch. And if anyone says it's not what it seems, that you don't work that hard or sweat....um I beg to differ. I was sweating buckets!! Well not buckets but there was a lot of sweat. And my arms hurt. I also did 15 minutes of abs. My mom really liked a lot of those and wants to incorporate some of them into our dryland workouts for our groups this summer (we coach swimteam).

Today I did plyometrics, which is basically a lot of jumping around/coordination moves involving a lot of squats and jumping exercises...using those big muscles in your legs gets your heartrate up too...so now my legs are beat. Tomorrow is gonna hurt, but I'm excited.

I know I'm being silly, but I'm a very athletic person and I do care about how I look...mostly I want to be stronger and more confident in myself and I'm tired of not working out enough, a bad habit I got into at college. And I want to be in shape when I eventually have a family and kids so I have better habits and hopefully not gain a lot of weight. So wish me luck!!

Woot!!

Ok people, it's official!! I just accepted the offer of admission to Northern Illinois university!! Go Huskies!! Well ok, their football team sucks but most of you probably already knew that. But hey, I cheer for BSU now anyway (and BYU too). So yeah, it is locked in now, well it will be in 2 days anyway. Off to Chicago, the windy city (also known as the Horridly Frigid Freeze Your Socks Off city). Ok, so NIU is not really in Chicago it's in DeKalb, but it's only an hour away from actual chicago...and there is actually a singles ward not too far away too. so yay!! And the best part...I am 2 hours away from my BFF and her family, and only 5 hours away from my friends and Mrs. Richter in Muncie...so I'll be able to visit everyone!! ROAD TRIP!!

I just thought that was exciting. Yay.

Random thought while it's on my mind....

Do I look 23 to you? Everyone thinks I still look 18 or 19. Except my family, but they see me all the time. What do you think? Why do you think that is??

What you have been missing!!

Ok, so first up is my trip to the Dallas Museum of Art. My friend Janay invited several ppl to go. So we met up and took the dart train down there, which was fun. And then we got lost in downtown trying to read a map that had no compass directions. But we made it there. Apparently, between 5 and 9pm it is free to go. I love art. I have a few favorites. The first favorite is in the light manipulation section. We went through this runnel that looked kinda like a keleideskope (I have no idea how to spell that word) and came out into what I can only describe as "The Orange Room." This was about the coolest room ever. It had nothing in it, except orange lights. The cool part was that the orange sucked all other colors out of the room. It was like walking into a black and white era, except everything was sepia, not black and white. So cool. One of the my favorite painters is Theodore Rousseau...at least I think that is who did this painting (I didn't capture all the aftist's names on my camera):

Another one of my favorites is:Of course, this could be the Rouseau one. Again, not sure. I love how the artist uses the paint to manipulate and simulate light. It really looks 3d, like there really is a real sunset back there! I have noticed though, the thicker they lay on the paint, the "brighter" or more reflective it becomes in the picture.

Afterwards, Janay and Mike (I don't know if it is spelled that way but that is how it sounds) went to McDonalds...well, I had Wendys but ate it in McDonalds, and then Mike wanted to sit in my truckbed and Janay had a blanket so we just sat and talked in my truckbed. We were really tired, and took a million pics (Janay kept closing her eyes), and I couldn't stop thinking about donuts...in the end these two were the best ones (I love the one on the left).

Ok, so the next adventure was washing the dog. Aly was working on her trebuchet with her two partners for physics project. It was nice outside, and they were practicing launching it and tweaking the weight so the ball would go 120 ft. It was cheap entertainment, so me and mom and aly's friend Shanon were just watching. I don't remember how it happened, but I left the back gate open and Cheyenne got out. If you know my dog, then you know she is one of those dogs that runs away from you to go exporing. She always comes back, but not when you tell her to. So she got out. Went everywhere, thankfully has the common sense to stay out of the street when there are cars, and ended up finding a really nasty looking bone out in the marshy area by the lake. So she was NASTY!!! I gave her a bath, which she hated becuase the water was so cold (I don't blame her) but she looked so hilarious all soaking wet and clean I just had to take a pic:

or two...

Next on the list....A NEW HAIRCUT!!!! As you can see in the previous pic of me, my hair is pretty long. I desparately needed a haircut. The way it was cut with it that long, I couldn't even style it to make it look good, so in the end I ended up putting it in a ponytail all the time, which my mom hates. So here is the final product. I got it done a week and 1/2 ago, I think.

Spiffy huh! The hairstylist's name was Sab. He did a really good job. And he actually gave my hair volume and the roots! I have done what he did at home, and I still can't do it like he could. Maybe I need to change my product...and find my round brush, I have no idea where I put it.

Last happening!! Yesterday was Easter. Awsome. I love Easter. I woke up and read the Easter story in the Bible, then practiced. I had to play the hymns for the Singles Ward since the normal girl was away. I played really good, except the last hymn intro. I botched it bad. But that was it. But, somehow everyone remembered and had to tease me about it. Oh well. I also got to wear a flower. My dad bought my mom, sister, and me an orchid to wear to church, which I thought was really cool. And it was really pretty. See?

I want you to notice something. See the clear face? Not so much zits? Especially between the first and last pics of me? Yeah. I'll tell you about it sometime.

So yay!! Got all the happenings on one post. I have thoughts to post too, but maybe not this second...I have to get ready to go coach.

It's been a while....

Ok, so I know it's been a while. I have been really bad about posting. It's not that I haven't meant to, it's just that I haven't really had the time. I have several posts to post, and they have pics (yay for pics!) and it takes a while when you post pics. I am going to try to get everything in 1 or 2 long posts, we'll see. So here goes......