Chop chop

this happened...

Here are my before and afters:

Before

After!

In case you are wondering, i love it.
It was time.
I also wish it was straight naturally (grass is always greener, amiright!?)
Check out that grey on the part! DAMN! HEY LADY NEED SOME HELP CROSSING THE STREET?
Gosh.

Well my sister might have been equally as excited as my hair dresser. Seriously, they had way too much fun.
My sister also texted me at 7:30 am on Saturday (not cool. ever.)
She also wanted to know what it looked like curly, thats why she got this.
i am a super light sleeper so my ass was up then.

i laughed a lot. when i got her photo back.

Thats me top right with dime eyes and coke bottle glasses.

Whatcha think? (be nice)

Need to see it curly?

To cut my hair or not to cut my hair

To cut

Or not to cut?

 

Shamless selfie in the car yesterday.

Its long and goregoues, and a serious pain in the butt to maintain.

Cons:

• takes forever to do
• never dries fully
• no longer stays up in ponytail/bun/anything at the gym
• my gray/white is coming in so vicously i have to get it done every 4 weeks ($100)
• im poor enough

Pros:

• damn, its pretty looking.
• its really pretty.
• i love tri color, and i hate box coloring ($4)
• but it will make me $96 richer every month
• its so pretty.
• T-Dubs tells me how pretty it is.

please dont take this as im being big headed, i dont think i have any pretty features. At all. That being said, im really only happy with the hair for about two weeks becuase then the gray/white comes in with force. Hence the car photo so you cant see it on my part.

Here are some thoughts i have had:

"this next one...goes out to Erin"

I started writing this blog for me and only me.

I have several 'original' posts i plan on never sharing.

that shits deep.

What i never thought would happen is people would read it.

I originally wanted to link up with Sally on one of her Finish the Sentence link ups,

it was fun i am just not creative enough for that shiznat.

I am minding my own business today,

working, workty, working.

my sister text me this

Erin is my sisters boss and she doesnt just rock cuz she reads my wordbarfinghere.

She has DRASTICALLY improved my sister's quality of life at her job

She is also totes funny because we all google chat while at work,

and sometimes my sister copies me their funny convos! loves!

and she plays the movie or actor games

which we love and rock at

plus i hear she is into black dudes, or is it mexicans.... or wait maybe its Vietnamese guys?

she dont like no crackers! imallowedtosaycraker imacracker

SO ERIN! this post is for you.

And its gonna be boring!

Because i have work, der! :)
unlike you and my schsiter apparently!

And because im not creative enough to do anything else.

Here is where i work.

Eat this shit up gurl!

Also my kitty, Fizzy, fits in the bowl we have had for years
and we never knew it until last night

maybe she didnt even know it.

we call her "kiki"

Happy Friday Erin.

If i ever come visit, we are dranking together and im buying the first round!

i wanna run

Its true.
I wish I could just lace up and go sweat it out.
the weather was PERFECT yesterday for a run, and this morning.
slightly cool with a light breeze.
GAH!
I feel like a crazy person.
So, I will schedule more PT this week and next, THEN FINALLY I start strength training.

Praise the Lord!

This weekend we attended a super awesome wedding.

A girlfriend of mine got married and I am so happy for her.

But, I dont think I really let it hit me until the following morning that she is really gone now.
Bitter sweet, but I am so excited for her to start her new chapter in her life!

Some home fixin's didn't go so well.

We get discouraged easily.
We did get some stuff done, though.

I am struggling with CURTIANS! I know what I want but i can't find it anywhere.

I want linen/canvas looking curtians.

We ordered some from walmart.

We will see.
They are prolly gonna be return.
First world problems.

Happy Monday! I can't wait for Thrusday! :)

Dear 21 Yr Old Robin,

Dear 21-year-old-self,

Hey I learned to delivery messages from the future, and am risking the butterfly effect to get this message to you. So listen up!

Stop drinking keystone. You are gonna like dark brews.

Blue moons.

And Yuenglings.

Also this will help you NOT be dunk after two keystones!

On your 21st birthday, tonight. You are gonna drink jäger. It will be the first and last time.

Take pass/fail for the real bad business class, and DO NOT cry when the professor kicks you out of his office when you ask for help.

Sit next to the smart kids in class. Get in their study groups. 

Learn to vomit whilst dranking. You'll thank me later.

Stop going home every weekend.

Get over the fact that your little sister knows everybody on campus. See above for how to meet everyone...

You will finally becomes friends with your sister after years of being gawd awful to each other.

She will become your person.

Sleeeeeep late! 

Call in to work a few times. You aren't staying there long term. All those crap jobs you are doing for them wont pay off.

Make your friends watch Star Wars, their husbands will thank you one day.

There is life after college.

Have a party at mom and dads while they are gone. Stop being such a chicken shit! 

Don't live with a girl that has the same name as you. Just trust me.

Start running. You might hate it but you won't live in those mountains forever, then you'll be faster actually running

Transfer to a GOOD college with a basketball team, 'cuse, duke, anywhere!!! 

Drink at home, it makes tolerating your batty family easier.

Tell mom you are drinking, your an adult now!

Ask yourself daily "what would Jack Bauer do?"

Spend some summer nights sitting on the porch with Max in your lap. He will be your cat for the rest of your life, but he won't be around forever.

You and TDubs broke up, you think you're being strong....you're not. It's ok to feel sad. It's ok to feel anything.

Be real to yourself.

Go easy on that one guy, you finally became available...

Continue to work on the house with Dad, that shit will stay with you forever. Same with working on your jetta.

REFUSE to junk the jetta! You replace it with a golf and its a POS! It is worth the money to rebuild the engine in the jetta.

Brush up on trivia, you'll be playing a lot next summer.

Don't moon on the highway unless you've tanned for at least a month. 

You're gonna get skinny fat but it won't last. So you can quit starving yourself now!

One time you're gonna fly to Cali. 3 HOTTIES are gonna be on a Bach trip you are gonna sit with them. One will offer you a drink.... TAKE IT! You'll always wonder if a great story could have come from that.

On a more serious note;

You don't know it but this next year you are gonna find your true and loyal friends. Its gonna be hard. But hang in there. He is gonna show up when you least expect it. Take TDubs call during finals week, you will question whether or not to answer it, but do it. And it will all be in His perfect timing. You made the right choice, you weren't ready, you needed to grow, and have faith.

You know you are gonna see him at your best friends wedding anyways. You have no idea how fun that wedding is going to be. And how different things will between you and TDubs. It will be the start of something amazing.

Low and behold in another year, you'll be at another wedding... :)

Set up CAMP

I love camping. Except i ALWAYS sleep on an air mattress.

This weekend was a hey lets chill, be lazy, get our drinks on, by the fire alllllll weekend!

It was exactly what i needed.

Just a mini break from reality.

We went locally in the great state of Illinois.

Here is what almost always happens when we camp. We get stuck behind this.

Trying to get to the same place.

We set up shop. We have a four man tent, that JUST fits our double high air mattress.

I know I'm a camping diva. whatever.

FOOOOOOODS! And Dranks!

BRATS! then Chicken n Beans!

Toocoolforschool.

Sorry, all my pictures are of TDubs this time. I don't have the art of selfies mastered yet. Oh found one of us...

We both love camping, and the fact that we are so lucky to have good company is always a bonus. TDubs has made skills.

He brings either a Uke or a Mandolin when we camp and he always learns awesome T-Swifty or Justin Beiber Journey for us.

After camping with 3 young girls with our friends over memorial day, glow sticks might become a staple!

We do actually go do stuff sometimes. We canoed this time. Our poor friends capsized on a tree in the middle of probably the strongest part of the river. Dudes lost all their hats, sunglasses and shoes. BUT they were both unhurt and managed to hang on to their car keys. I consider that a win.

But we have been known to get our hike on as well. this weekend was mostly R&R with lots of fire smelling food and drinks.

These deers were just chillin at the check in office. I got really close but my iphone4 doesn't do it justice.

All in all I love camping.

We did get lucky that our friends have enjoyed it so much.

Its always fun to go with people you don't mind spending so much time with.

Also I love the smell of camp fires!

Smells like AMERICA

Sidebar: we saw a camper with a huge Confederate flag at the camp ground. I was surprised, but I am from the northeast. So i don't know better, i also stare. I'm a keeper!

Robin Randoms

Or random robins? Either. This really awesome blogger Amber did a post yesterday that was "Amber Randoms" and I really loved it. I heart her big time! She is a huge inspiration to anyone getting healthy! Plus, she is funny and awesome and I love reading what she writes!

HUGE thanks to Amber at Crafty Healthy Mommy for letting me steal get inspired by her idea!

Here are a few things you never cared to know about me, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

• I like to spell and say "anyway" "anyways" And no, I wont change.
• also i hate the punctuation mark " ' " he is the devil. I also cant spell hims.
• i am 5 feet 9 inches and in high school i could only shop at weather vane and in the men's jeans sections of other stores. floods anyone?
• star wars (hope, empire, return) are my favorite movies of all time
  
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• i grew up without any form of cable, we only rented movies, that my parents would record and edit for us.
• because of the last one, i missed a very lot of awesomely bad 80s and 90s movies that i am now playing catch up on
• also my siblings and i ARE IMDb in real life
• i say "your face" to everything, and its still funny
• i love books over movies, every time. but have yet to read LOTRs
• my reading level is 4th grade.
• no really it is. i was in special education until junior high, mostly because i couldnt read good.
• i turned 16 on 9/11
• my first concert was Green Day and Blink 182, hello Tom Delong!
  
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• raised in a military home, so i was born overseas, spent some childhood in europe and lived in 5 different states/cities in the USA between birth - 13 years old
• thats a new home every 2 years or less.
• math is my only gift, and using excel for math.
• we had an Iron & Wine song as our wedding song, but NOT the twilight one
• twilight is an awesomely bad movie. sorryimnotsorry. go here. or watch.
• Buffy>Twilight always.
  
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• style is not my gift. i look like a dude at the gym. Basketball Tee Gym shorts over my knees.
• Like, Amber I also wish i was two inches shorter, and 40 lbs lighter, and blonde, and had straight hair. grass is always greener...
• Beer over wine/mixed drinks, every time.
• i got my first gray hair at 16, and now i think they are mostly white.
• i think i am good with moneys. we are virtually debt free until we buy our first house this month. 
• also i wont spend money on anything, except booze. i have trouble buying for myself
• Pennslyvaina is where i spent most of highschool and college.
• Hunger Games was my favorite book. before it was cool.
• TDubs owns more scarfs than i do! He also dresses better than me and dresses me when i want to look purdy. (he picked this out)

• Love running, it makes me feel strong.
• I like "!" but mostly i like typing in CAPS to show my excitment for something!
• I am new to the Trekkie world, but i started the patrick stewart TV show and the Wrath of Kahn. thankyounetflix This is largerly in part of Chris Pine and JJ Abrams.
• my favoirte TV show will always be Scrubs. Thanks A Latte. Hey girls name!
• I went to AFRICA last year, and it was not planned.
• My Father In-Law gives me comics every year for Christmas, its my favorite.
• Also, bragging here, my FIL is famous to me. I read his books when i was little. I DID NOT know this information when i fell in love with Will.

• I am SOOOOO insecure, arent we all?, that I wont to go to the local comic store. I am afraid of being judged.
• i played basketball but only because im from a small town, i was terrible at it.
• i graudated with 37 other students.
• my record player is probably the coolest thing i own. second to my vinly Star Wars sound track, original.
• my husband and i have matching wedding bands, titanium.

• Will has two cats and is a crazy cat lady. i wont let him get any more.
• Camping is one of my favorite past times. But i sleep on an airmatress.
• i cannot stretch and touch my toes, i'm 5'9" they are too far away.
• i have 5 nephews from my brother, they are (9 thismonth, 7, two-6 year olds and a 3 year old)
• Max, was my childhood cat, he lived to 18. Will's was Cody, he lived to 19.
• Target and Old Navy are the stores i shop at, when i shop
• i could own every single pair of sneakers made. i love sneakers.
• curse words are fun because it meant we were being bad when we were kids (authority issues)
• my favorite motto is 'bitches get stuff done' because its true and im bossy
• mostly beer.

And there you have it. Randoms things about yours truly. Thanks for stopping by!

FRIDAY! where have you been?

TGIF!

For reals.

I broke done and had drinks on Wednesday.

In my goals to eat clean and healthy I USUALLY try to not drink during the week.

But it just wasn't happening this week.

Since my leg started sucking, there has been almost no cardio.

Which makes me a little bangbangcrazy!

 Cardio of any kind just makes me feel better in general.

I miss being able to run.

But, i got my DRANK on on Wednesday and finally did some much needed hair maintenance. I usually pay someone else to deal with my gray white hair. but she just had a baby.

So i headed to my nearest Wally World and picked up two boxes of a color that was close to what i thought my color was. But the white was about 3/4 to an inch grown out. THANKFULLY its now all DARK! Whites be gone (im not racist i swear)

Also we caught Iron Man 3. Meh. It was enjoyable. But i think i have pretty high standards for these types of movies, especially after Avengers was SOOO good. Who is the guy creeping in the back left?

Also, this sort of felt like a Terminator 2 rip off?

Anyone? Just me? ok.

(couldnt find a picture of the guy healing or whatever)

OK HIGHGLIGHT OF THE FREAKING MOVIE!?

Thor The Dark World, bitches!

Channing who? is all i can say to that!

yummmmmm!

Also hottest villian ever.

Manic Monday

Pretty much sums up this day.

Weight Loss Tips & Tricks Link Up

Amber a Crafty Healthy Mommy hosted her first link up. I've really enjoyed following her health and fitness journey so far and her sense of humor is nice :). So todays link up "Favorite Weight Loss Tips and Tricks!"

1. Humor! Seriously. You have to learn to laugh at EVERYTHING about your self and the life you lead. This goes hand in hand with my next one.

2. Try new things. You never know if you can do it or not, or if it will spark the competitiveness in you to achieve a new move/goal/pace/whateves

(I found this and its new and im trying it)

Sometimes its gonna be hilarious (like when i asked TDubs to help me with a new thing i wanted to try the next morning at the gym, we are facing each other doing the same thing in the gym and i realize..we effing match. same tee shirts, navy mesh shorts. fantastic. we are now 'those' people!)

3. DRINK A SHIT TON OF WATER. WHINE IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER BUT JUST DO IT! water is good for you. drink lots of it. pee every 35 minutes like me. Dont matter. just do it and bitch through it if you have to.

4. Know what you put in your mouth....food ditry minds. get an app. get it done.

5. Dont Cheat, Treat! Occasionally. Not Thrusday - Sunday night! *this may or may not be my huge Downfall and why i dont lose. Drink UP! But its ok to have a treat, in healthy portions, on occasion.

6. "I have them on the BODY SYSTEM"

Having a partner in fitness crime is great. I miss it lots. It helps pass the time, while at the gym, or running or walking or whatever you are doing.

SIDEBAR: TRY TRY TRY to remember you dont HAVE to compete with this person. Or that you are less than them if they are more fit than you. Just find someone that is enjoyable to be with. I know people who wont work out with me. Here's the reality, I'd RATHER NOT be alone than run my fastest run ever. 100% of the time. Try to not compare.

7. Find inspiration. following blogs, instagram, pinterest and fb to get some inspiration. I LOVE that SkinnyMeg is doing workout posts on Wednesdays.

I just tried her arms one today! And a Selfie at the gym, havent got the hang of that yet.

8. Ditch the scale. Shes a lying hoe.

9. Pump up the jams. Didnt make it to the gym? At home? Dont wanna search pinterest for inspiration or at home things. Crank spotify, and DANCE IT OUT! Pull the blinds if you have too, in order to dance, but i defy you to feel worse after!

10. Have a beer.

I dont have great success story. Or any loss so far for the most part. but these are all important. there are more im sure. but #10 is the most important. Mostly, i do beer.