Word of advice...control yourself in Costco

Never go to Costco on an empty stomach!  I went shopping there yesterday with my mother...we we're shopping for both of the parties we will be hosting this weekend in honor of Independence Day, and sister #2's birthday...and we'll just because we like any excuse to throw a happy hour.  So we were roaming the aisles, innocently getting what we needed when we come across one of those little carts...with the food tasting!  The first one started out just because we we're deciding between sweet or italian sausage but by the time we left there we had sinfully sampled every cart in the place!  Good thing I can go to group class tomorrow and work it off...oh wait!  I CAN'T!  

xoxo,

reallywishingshehadn'tdonethat K

Blog Award

I have received a blog award from http://madrasnpearls.blogspot.com/

^I'm new to the blogging world and not really sure how those things work but thank you to madrasnpearls.

xoxo,

K

Because I loooove tanning...

So I love tanning!  Mostly outside but I'm no newbie to the salon either (save the lectures, I'm well-aware of how terrible it is!).  I recently discovered a new mole on my shoulder that was odd-shaped so I decided to see my dermatologist today and have it removed (better safe than sorry!) which she did.  And APPARENTLY it's a little bit of a process because it was the size of a freckle and needed to be sutured.  They (she and the resident) then tell me in order to prevent scarring and infection I should not engage in any sort of strenuous physical activity over the next 10 DAYS.  This means no group classes OR ab workouts at night for the next 10 DAYS! I am going to miss our family class (when my three sisters are home for the 4th, my boy, my sisters boys, and our mom) when we all take it together!  Ugh, I'll just be one miserable B on the treadmill that day I suppose...since luckily running is exempt from this temporary exercise expulsion.

We will also be running in our town's traditional 5K race on the 4th of July...(my first ever! ) which I am still trying to convince the boy to do with me too....and have been more than unsuccessful with my attempt (I almost had him for a second until I mistakenly mentioned it's 8am starting time).  Lame!

xoxo,

K

AB Workout (upon request)

I actually found it in a magazine a long time ago, it'd called the "beyonce ab workout"!  

1. You start by doing 50 regular crunches (with your feet in the air or on the ground)

2. You do 25 side crucnhes (bend your legs 90 degrees and turn them to one side. One leg is on top of the other one but your back stays flat on the ground) and then your turn your legs to the other side and do 25 more.  

3. You do 100 bicycle crunches (regular crunch form only you twist your upper body trying to touch your right shoulder to your left knee and extending the right leg parallel to the ground, and then doing the same for your left shoulder and right knee). You count to 100 by twisting your right shoulder to your left knee as one and then twisting your left shoulder to your right knee as two).

4. You end with 50 "froggie" cunches. You are in the regular crunch form only the bottoms of your feet are touching each other and your knees are bent out to the sides of your body (ie you look like you have frog legs when you do this one...which is usually why I do it in my room before I go to bed...and not in public)

5. LASTLY you do a 30 second standard plank.

It's pretty hard the first few times you do it but it definitely gets easier!

xoxo,

K

25 Things

1. I LOVE the color pink. 

 

2. I play tennis and love it.

 

3. My sisters are my best friends.

 

4. My boyfriend is the only person outside my immediate family that I’m completely honest with (well and the whole world via this blog I suppose….but this is anonymity and no one in the blogging world can really hold me accountable for the things I confess, which is why I absolutely love it).

 

5. I love the ocean and I always wear over-sized sunglasses.

 

6. I’m directionally challenged! I could probably get lost in my own driveway.  If anyone is familiar with the CT area, you’ll appreciate this story AND think I’m a complete idiot.  I actually mistook the merit (which I called the Marriott) as Interstate 95 when traveling to the Rowayton area and ended up in downtown Norwalk….I’ve asked for a GPS for Christmas…don’t worry.

 

7. I’m addicted to handbags (Louie, Vera, Coach, Dooney and Bourke, Betsy Johnson…you name it, it’s sitting in my closet). I’m also addicted to diet coke (really they should have patches and gum for people like me, dc is terrible for you).

 

8. I love pictures but don’t take them nearly enough. I love all things monogrammed.  I love the Boston Red Sox. I love to sing!  In the car, the shower, on my run, on my kitchen table or karaoke bar in Spain with my sisters…just about anywhere (even though I really can’t sing).

 

9. I hate when people I don’t know stare me down…it’s not polite and it always makes me wonder what they’re thinking about me.  I hate when people put their feet on the backs of the seat at movies.  I hate when people in public places talk loudly enough for others to hear about inappropriate stories.  I hate public restrooms.  I hate the days when no matter what outfit you put on or how you do your hair…you look awful.

 

10. Christmas time is my favorite time of year.  I listen to Christmas music all day every day in December, love decorating my house, and love the food!  It’s also one of the few times of year all 6 members of my family are together since we’re all grown up now.

 

11. I could never go a week without straightening my hair (a ceramic flat-iron is a must-have for anyone that straightens).  Or go a week without wearing eyeliner (Lancôme…best $30 you will ever spend).

 

12.  I love science and writing.

 

13. I’m witty and sarcastic and mean what I say.

14. I admire people that say how they feel and do what’s right.  I try to be one of them.

 

15. I could never live in the city.

 

16. I never want to live anywhere but New England.

 

17. I’m always friendly. 

 

18. I’ll try anything once.

 

19. I love to travel and never ever check bags.

 

20. I live in Uggs all year round.

 

21. I’m also domestically challenged. 

 

22. I want to get married on York Beach or Lake Champlain and I refuse to spend more than 15,000 TOTAL on my wedding.  I know.  What kind of woman am I?  But seriously, it’s one day where the most important things are the music, the people, the food and the alcohol. 

 

23. The little things matter the most to me.

 

24. I love dressing up.

 

25. I’m a wild child at heart, and in life.

Housewives

I am a dedicated viewer of Desperate Housewives, love the new episodes and the reruns on LT at noon (yes, I do watch those daily during the week since I am basically unemployed this summer).  But while I was babysitting tonight I discovered The Real Housewives of NJ....I'm officially addicted.  I couldn't even blink at one point for fear of missing one of their not-so-subtle facial expressions!  

xoxo,

K

MY STAY IN SHAPE FOR SUMMER PLAN

So I'm not exactly a workout-aholic,  I certainly don't deprive myself of yummy treats and I'm certainly no nutritionist but when it comes to staying healthy and getting in shape for summer I'm all about it and I don't go to any extremes to do so.  I just figured everyone was doing the same so I thought I'd share my skinny  secrets with the world.  

#1: I drink 15 glasses of water a day...I know "they" say 8 but you can never drink too much water.  The blood in the human body is 83% water, the brain is 74% water, and the muscles are 75% water.  That's a lotttta water...so you can only imagine how much of an "H2O hoe" your bod is (especially in summer)!  Drinking lots of water not only speeds up metabolism it completely hydrates your skin as well.  You'll be skinny, you'll metabolize food much faster, and your skin will glow.  DRINK WATER.

#2: I run 2 miles at least every other day.  Running is an "all-over" body workout and so good for you. 

#3: Tea!  I drink GREEN TEA 3 times a day!  Trust me, it's rich in antioxidants and again, this one helps with the food digestion process.

#4: I attend group classes at my gym.  There's something motivating about working out with 5-10 other people at once....because no one wants to be the girl that wimps out of a 60 minute workout or the girl cheating on the squats...so when I go to these classes I know I'm working hard.... treadmill incline level twelve's got nothin on this girl!

#5:  I do a 250 crunch  ab workout every night before I go to bed.  I kid you not, really I do and it takes me 5 minutes.  There are 4 different types of crunches in the workout so it isn't a tedious 5 minutes, and the cherry on THAT sundae is the 30 second plank after the workout.

That's all I do.  Nothing too crazy.  

xoxo,

K

Procrastinating Professor (certainly not posh, poised, OR prompt)

Okay...so you should probably know that I love school!  LOVE IT.  I have always done well with structure and work that challenges me.  I always, always complete things on time and to the best of my ability (I'd like to think so anyways) and I always, always make sure to use my time and stay on top of assignments.  Well when I took a computer class my spring semester last year my professor realllllllly made this difficult for me.  It was a small class of 25 students and he never even learned my name.  I'd be understanding is I went to BC or BU or UCONN...but I don't.  I go to a small liberal arts college where it is expected of professors to interact often with their students and he called me Brittany the entire time....that's not my name.  Then...I regularly completed exemplary work and did really well on every assignment so you can only imagine my astonishment when I realize I got a B!? After receiving an A on every assignment...OK.  So I ask him what's up with this blatantly OBVIOUS mistake and he says I never handed in an assigned project...so I got a 0 out of 50.  This so called project was posted on blackboard AFTER our final class and we were expected to check for it on our own and teach ourselves how to do it....nice.  So me being the dedicated undergrad that I am, taught myself what to do, did it, and emailed it to him in 5 hours (even though the due date said December 16th....and yes I took it in the Spring....what a thoroughly organized professor huh?) I attached the project in an email and was on my way home for the summer!  3 weekes later I discover my grade has not been changed...so I email the professor and hear nothing back from him for a week....so I email him again....and again....and again 15 times over the course of a month and a half with only 3 responses from him (none of which were in any way, shape, or form at all helpful or informative about the status of my project).  I then emailed our academic dean who told me to continue emailing the professor (she must be a real bright crayon too since THAT was working so well.)  In those 15 emails to the professor 3 of them contained the attached project because I did not want to lose points for not doing it/turning it in late.....

ANYWAYS TO GET TO MY POINT!  I receive an email from said professor today saying...and I quote!  "Hi K, I still have not received a copy of your publisher project.  I went back and checked all your emails, none of which have an attachment. Prof D."  

Really.  REALLY??  Because there are THREE FREAKIN EMAILS WITH THAT EXACT ATTACHMENT FROM WEEKS AGO but here....let me foward it A FOURTH FREAKIN TIME for you.....

xoxo,

seriously annoyed K

K settled?

My Connecticut boy...CG and I have been "officially" dating for 6 months.  How anyone got ME to settle down in college is still a mystery... I'm usually the kind of girl to love with abandon...when things lose their enticement I tend to cut my losses and move right along but this one keeps me in line and on my toes...always a new adventure with the two of us.  OK......so the fb status is changed and the claddagh ring is turned; this one's a keeper!

xoxo,

K

B

B and I have been bfs since middle school.  Things just sort of *happen* when we're together.  Neither of us have enough common sense to realize when the other one is about to do something seriously stupid so we've had our FAIR SHARE of embarrassing, blonde, and messy moments.....that later make for great blog stories ;) 

PS- Don't you think we'd be perfect roommates!?  Any college would be insane to let the two of us do a thing like that.....

xoxo,

K

M

M has been my very best girlfriend for as long as I can remember.  Together we've  conquered pre-school, grade school, middle school, high school, and Washington D.C (whole other story).  I can always count on her to be honest and be there if I need her.  She's a risk-taker, drama queen, heart-breaker, and all-around crazy girl...which is why we are best friends.

xoxo,

K

The Family

Okay, so I basically have (what I think) is the best family a girl could ask for; happily married parents (no, that is not a typo, I do in fact have happily married parents) and three older sisters who are more like friends at this point.  The oldest sister (Sister #1 she will be referred to as) is a mother figure, paving the footsteps for her three little ducklings to follow right along in, and that we did!  Everything she did growing up miraculously turned into exactly what the other three of us wanted to do too.  I know what you’re thinking, she probably hated that but trust me, if you knew her you’d know she wouldn’t have it any other way…always has to be first, right, and know everything.  She’s a bit of an overachiever….just ask graduate school grade report.com.  The middle sister (Sister #2 she will be referred to as) and I know, there are four of us so how can there be a middle sister?  But trust me, if there were a “Hello my name is MIDDLE CHILD” name tag this one would certainly wear it proudly.  We all absolutely love about her the fact that she always always stands up for what she believes in and is never afraid to tell you what she thinks.  Her tiny size is deceiving, Sister #2 is feisty and I’d put money on her winning just about any kind of fight that might arise.  In addition to those things we love about her she is also the cook of the family and will make the BEST guacamole and salsa you will ever taste in your life!  Finally, the third sister, my twin sister (Sister #3 she will be referred to as) and no, we are not actual twins but we are barely a year apart and may as well have been (our mother always tells us it would have been a lot easier is we were).    When her and I were growing up we shared everything and did everything together, I mean everything! The “I want what they have” mentality can be renamed as the “I want what SHE has” mentality.  Yes, you ARE right this time, SHE did hate that!  Everything she got I got too, it’s just the way it was; a perk of being the baby I’d say.  Sister #3 is always doing her own thing, doing what she wants, and not really worrying about anything in the process of doing it.  That probably sounds selfish but she just isn’t that bothered with needing to please people (unlike sister #1…always the hostess with the mostess).  My parents, you guessed it!  Are saints for simply raising the four of us successfully and to a pretty exceptional standard I might add, although none of us were ever really “problem children”….we all had our days.

I used to think families that weren't sublimely happy were weird....but I'm beginning to think it's US.

xoxo,

K 

I know I know.

So before we get into the ridiculous moments of my life…..you might want to know what/who exactly it is I am talking about right?  Duh.  I’ll create “get to know the people I love” posts.

xoxo,

K

Bartending??

So my mother, the social butterfly that she is, fluttered her way right into a new local bar and immediately befriended the owner (of course, do I expect anything less of her?) who might be looking for some part-time help for the summer...and lucky for him, M happens to have two daughters interested in learning the trick of the tend, we'll find out more Saturday. But for the girl who usually spends more time sipping drinks than pouring them....adjusting to this could be a beautiful mess....Wski might just be in for a wild ride.

PS- Whoever said over-involved mothers are a bad thing, clearly never met mine.

xoxo,

K

First Blog!!

So never did I ever imagine I would become a "blogger" but there's something intriguing about public diaries.  Well, that and the fact that my older sister has a blog that she is now addicted to in which she constantly and continuously blogs about me and our other two sisters on so I figured I'd find out for myself what all the fuss is about... and well let's face it, being the youngest of four girls has instilled in me the "I want what they have" mentality.  

xoxo,

K