I’ve been thinking about trying to get fit for a while now. I know I will not instantly drop to a size 2 and that’s not what I want. I want to be in shape and have a healthy body. I have the type of body that can get very muscular with a lot of exercise so I’m going to try to do everything in moderation so I don’t end up looking like a body builder. I’ve been apartment hunting and I’ve been looking for a place that offers a fitness center so I don’t have to worry about paying for a gym membership and not going. My mom also has these appetite suppressant smoothies that taste really good! I’m thinking about buying the powder to make those. That allows you to skip one meal a day while still feeling full and getting all of your nutrients. The best time for me to drink it would probably be around breakfast since I’ll still be home to make it, but I never eat breakfast anyway so I don’t know if that will even matter.

For the past few weeks I’ve been craving cookies. Not any ole type of cookies but chocolate cookies. Not only that but homemade fresh out of the over chocolate chip cookies with a glass of cold milk. I haven’t had time to bake any cookies because I’ve been really busy with school and whatnot. Hopefully I’ll be able to do that in the coming month. We will see. In place of chocolate chip cookies I bought an apple pie and oreo cookies. As you can see I’m still craving chocolate chip cookies so now I’m starting to think that I should have bought some break-n-bake cookies or something.

A White Easter? Yep, you heard me right. We got a ton of snow for Easter…more than we got for Christmas for sure. We missed out on a Christmas storm because it showed up a week early. The weather around these parts is so unpredictable but I think everyone is used to what we deem “Michigan Weather”. What is Michigan weather exactly? It’s more than just getting snow. Michigan weather is simply this: If you don’t like the weather…wait 5 minutes. It could be a full on pouring down rain blast. 5 minutes later the sun will be shining and the birds will be chirping. It could be 50 degrees outside. 5 minutes later a terrible snow storm. That’s pretty much what happened on Friday. My sister had on a little jacket because it wasn’t cold outside. We were shopping for her Easter wear and all of a sudden…BAM! We had to clean off the cars after coming out of each and every store. The roads were so bad and it took us an eternity to get home.

Now on to Easter. If you don’t know Easter was today. I didn’t go to sleep last night so I went to the Sunrise Service. I’ve been going to the Sunrise Service longer than I can remember (pretty much all my life, I’m sure). I also go to Easter service. I’m not one of those people who show up to church once a year in their new clothes and that day just happens to be Easter. Nope, not I. I went to church at 6am, fellowshipped with some church members in the lower level (mainly the babies) and that was about it. I think the mamas like when I’m there because they can ditch their babies and I’m cool with it because they don’t cry with me. One of the girls that hung around me is learning two languages…Spanish and English. She was kinda hard headed so I was doing the Spanish and English thing. LOL. My sister was laughing at me. I would tell the girl to come here and she kept walking so I started speaking Spanish and she paid attention…for a bit. Then she kept saying NO! And of course I was saying Sí.

Somewhere between 6am and 9:30am I got sick so I didn’t go to regular service. I was also really tired since I didn’t sleep the night before. I woke up exactly an hour ago and the first thing I did was IM my baby. That’s the first thing I do on most days. LOL.

I know it seems like WOAH! She’s blogging over here! I’m trying to get rid of my other site so I don’t plan on doing any personal blogs over there. I also plan on opening up a new site soon! I’m trying to do some things with my flickr account but that’s mostly family and personal photos so I don’t think I’ll link that on my sites. I’m trying to come up with something better than flickr that I can host on my own site so I can avoid paying the $25/year since I already have to pay for hosting and whatnot. That’s $2 a month that I can put towards my own server! Speaking of my own server…I need to get a move on that. I wish I would’ve brought my hard drive this weekend.

I should eat and get ready to go back home. I don’t feel like driving all the way back to Ann Arbor and my cramps are coming back. GRRR! Hope you had a Happy Easter

I’m trying to make back some of the money that I spent today. This was unexpected. This is why I don’t go into stores…especially with my siblings. I spoil them. I bought them some school supplies because they needed it, we got I Am Legend and Enchanted. I also got some glasses for my place. A set of 16 for $9. I thought that was a deal. Now I come home and regret spending so much. It kinda just added up. That’s why I like online shopping. You know exactly how much you’re spending at all times. With stores you have to add up receipts or you get to the front counter and expect to spend $20 when in fact you’re spending $50. I hate that. I need to find a job SOON. I can’t afford to spend any more money on anything. My T-Mobile bill is insane this month too. I think I’m going to be hurting for a little while. I’ll be able to survive…I just wont be living life in the luxurious lane. That’s cool though. Gotta save up money for my new place as well as pay the school a TON of money.

The title comes from the song My Heart Will Go On in case you were wondering. My little sister is singing it right now. I love my siblings! It’s been great being able to spend time with them.

I’m started to slack on blogging again. I guess it comes and goes. I went from blogging every other day to once a week. I have some updates that I should add. I was blogging all the time during the American Idol tryouts and now I haven’t been up to it. I’ve been tired and busy with school. It seems like I have so much do and everything is crashing down on me. I have a Spanish exam every other week starting Tuesday. I’m going to be beat because everything I do from this point on will make or break me.

Well, I’m going to make something for dinner (most like Italian) and then start studying Spanish. I’m dedicating tonight, tomorrow and as much of Tuesday as I can to studying Spanish. Wish me luck!

And as for Idol, I’ll most likely do a mega-Idol post sometime this week. Keep an eye out for that.

This post isn’t going to be about daylight savings time although that did occur a few hours ago. But I must say it is a clever title…but it wasn’t intentional. Anywho…

I’ve been monitor shopping like crazy. I use monitor shopping as one would use window shopping. I get behind my monitor and look at all the things I want…and I even put some of those things in a shopping cart but I don’t check out. I like shopping online. It’s convenient and you save a lot of money. You also get to check out different stores and compare prices and that’s so much easier to do with Firefox tabs than trying to run all over town checking on prices. And yes, I know someone who does that.

I plan on saving up as much money possible over the next few months. I plan on taking a vacation soon so of course I’ll spend money on that but I don’t plan on going crazy with it. I’m trying to save up in order to buy a lot of nice things for my apartment. I’m going to make a registry and hope for the best.

So far it looks like I can get everything I want for a grand total of $300. Looking at my shopping cart that’s a great deal. I say that because I feel like I have everything. Just to give you a rundown…I have a 16 piece dinnerware set, shower curtain & hooks, bath run, shower caddy, knife & utensils set, wok, 2 hampers, butter dish, salt & pepper shakers, 18 piece glassware set, wood chopping board, colander and measuring spoons.

I already have pots & pans, a microwave, toaster oven, toaster, blender, cocoa maker, George Foreman Grill, all types of baking dishes, deep fryer and a mixer. By me having all of the electric appliances already that’s going to help me out a lot in the long run because I wont have to buy that stuff again. I think the only other thing I need to factor into my budget is paint and other little things I can buy from the DIY store.

The theme for my house is going to be brown. I’m so in love with that color…it’s crazy. I don’t want to do too much to the point where I’m sick of it. I’m trying to decide if I’ll paint the majority of the place brown (bedroom, living room, bathroom) or if I want different colors throughout. I’m sold on having my living room brown. A really light brown. As for the bathroom I’m not entirely sure. I think I have an idea from the site that I’m buying all my stuff from…I hope it works! I know blue goes with brown…but what about purple? I originally wanted a lavender type color but I might have luck with a deeper purple.

I’m rambling…but I can’t wait to do this! I’m definitely going to take before and after pics so stay tuned!!

I’m on Spring Break this week but it really hasn’t felt like much of a break at all. I’ve been so busy going here and there. I’m finally at home and hopefully I can finally start to relax. School will be back in session on Monday. I don’t have class Fri-Sun so I always have a 3 day weekend. I think I’m going to use today to try to find a place to live next year. I did a lot of driving tonight. I missed Idol last night and I’m not happy about that. You know I must be busy if I go to sleep before Idol comes on. I’m going to try to catch it on Youtube or something. Wish me luck!

I can finally say that I’m actually using my Netflix the way I should. I signed up for Netflix back in August while I was still working for Hollywood Video. I never let it go because shortly after I joined I found out that my store was going out of business. When school started I thought it would be a good idea to rent Spanish instructional tapes. That was just a waste. I never wanted to watch them and they would just sit at home collecting dust. This semester I’ve been renting movies/tv shows and I’m actually finding the time to watch them. It’s cool because maybe this will tip the barrel a little bit. I did calculations a few weeks ago and I only saved $0.50 by using Netflix. Netflix can save you a ton if watch more than 4 movies a month. I was averaging 4 movies a month so I said if I didn’t start putting it to use I would cut it off. I’ve rented 9 things this month. I say that’s a pretty sweet deal. I’d have to pay $36 if I was renting from a video store but I’m only paying $16 and really, I still have about a week and a half in this month, so yay! If things work out as planned I should have rented 15 movies by the end of this month! That may sound like a lot…but I used to work at a video store so it’s OK, lol.

It seems like it’s always snowing in Michigan. We had snow before Christmas and it conveniently all melted by Christmas eve. It snowed about 14 inches (probably more) on New Years Eve. I usually love snow. I hate it now. I think it’s because I have to drive in it. I’m used to walking in it but having to clean off your car and drive in it is a different story. It took me 30 minutes to clean off my car and my roommates boyfriend helped me. Something is definitely wrong with that picture. My car gets really foggy when it’s cold outside so it’s nearly impossible for me to see out of the windows. All of this is just a pain and I’m also risking my life because it’s dangerous out there…especially when you can’t see. Snow sucks!

I know I’m a little late with this but I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. It seems like with every year people want better things. They set goals or revolutions for themselves. I didn’t really set anything because I know that I’ve never stuck to anything. I’m just going to try to work on myself. There are things that I want to accomplish and I know if I focus on them I will be able to accomplish them. What I would like to do is pass all my classes next semester. I’m starting off small. There are other things, of course. But that seems realistic and it’s something that I need to do. I hope you all accomplish everything you set your mind to, and if you don’t it’s OK. There’s always next week, month, or year. You don’t have to only set goals the beginning of the year you can set them as you see fit.