Workout Update

Even though I have been slacking on my blogging, I have been working out.  Last week I did a combination of Bodyrock workouts and P90X.  I have been doing P90X yoga on Wednesdays, and Bodyrock exercises throughout the week and weekend, or I switch it up and do P90X arms and legs on the weekends.  BR has a new 30 day challenge lined up and they are incorporating yoga, which I am excited about!  The only problem I have is they don't always post the workouts the day I am supposed to do them.  They started this new challenge on Monday with a fit test but so far that is the only workout they have up, so I am going to wait until next Monday to start, that way if they are slow to update it won't throw me off.  And yes, I still workout even if they don't post a new video.  I either do an old one or make up my own.  I like a full body workout out with a little cardio mixed in, for example, I might do pushups, then high knees then squats etc.  With classes winding down I will have more time to workout without feeling guilty, so I am going to take advantage of it and get my butt off the couch and get that bikini body!  :o)

Bundle of Joy

A coworker had a baby a few weeks ago and I gave her a baby afghan that I made at the baby shower.  She was thoughtful enough to send me this adorable picture of her bundle of joy all wrapped up in it!  

Updates

A lot of things have been going on the past couple of weeks.  I am in the home stretch of classes, a lab final tonight, and two next week and then I'm done! So far I am still holding an A in both classes, and unless things go horribly wrong, that is how I should end the semester.

CASPA is now open - the registration portal for PA school.  I started filling in what I could this weekend, but will have to enter in my classes, activities and personal statement.  I can't submit my application until my classes are updated on my transcripts, and I may wait until after my CNA class so I can add that on there as well, so I am looking at end of July, early August. 

Onto other news, Brad and I decided not to buy the house in Arlington.  There were just too many issues, and everything seemed to be going wrong, so we backed out. We are going to talk to someone about building a home, an option that we have been contemplating for awhile now.  There is a new development in South Hutch with crazy tax credits, so that would be a bonus.  We have a meeting with the contractor on Saturday, and I am hoping it will go well.  I have been searching online at other homes on the market, but everything I see that is in our price range and area we are looking at, is built in the 60-70's, has a similar look and feel with some updating needed and is small.  I know the right house is out there somewhere, we just need to be patient. 

Scrap Afghan

I got the great idea to use up all my leftover yarn from Hooked on Needles. The stitch is a woven stitch and is so simple and quick!  This is all the yarn I had in greens and browns, and I almost wish I had more. I have some red and purple yarn, but haven't decided if I want to add it to this afghan, or start a second scrapghan.  Decisions, decisions.

Flowers

I wanted to share the beautiful surprise that Brad gave me earlier this week.  Aren't they pretty?  They actually came shortly after we heard the sellers accepted our offer.  He didn't buy them to celebrate, but they arrived just in time!

Workouts?

As you may have noticed this blog has been void of workouts as of late.  It started out as me taking  some time off over spring break. I actually started back up the following week, but then I felt the pressure of my exams and began cramming every minute of studying in that I could, and passed on my workouts.  On top of this "slacking," my foot has been bothering me for the past three weeks.  It hurt so bad that it kept me awake one night.  The Dr. said it was just inflammation, so I took this week off as well. Now that my foot feels better I am hoping to start working out again Sunday night, but we are having a birthday party that afternoon, so my workout depends on when we get home and how long we have company.  I really need to get back on track.

My name is Tricia, and I am a slacker.

We Bought a House!

Things have been a little crazy lately, or at least that is what it's felt like!  I had two exams and two quizzes this week so I have been busy preparing for them.  On top of that, we have been trying to buy a house.  We wanted to buy a couple of lots that were in town and have a modular home put on them, but that was turning into a huge hassle and was going to be a little more expensive than what we wanted.  We had already looked through all of the listings that were available, but we didn't see anything we liked and were just about ready to give up and wait till fall when some new houses came on the market. We were still pretty bummed out about the whole modular thing, but we decided to go look at a house in Arlington, a small town 15 miles west of where we live now.  As soon as I stepped into the house I knew I liked it.  It is a three bedroom two bath 2150 sqft home with two pretty good sized living/family rooms, an unfinished basement, an attached garage and a 30 x 40 unattached shop.  The back yard has some really nice landscaping and even has a patio.  The previous owners had made a few updates to the home, but it still needs a lot!  One room has red shag carpeting and the other has blue shag! The master bedroom, living and family rooms and the kitchen all have new flooring.  The kitchen isn't huge, but it has an island, which I love! and comes with all the appliances.  The basement needs a lot of work, but there is definitely potential in this house.  We talked about it for quite awhile and put in an offer last weekend and negotiated a bit, and found out on Tuesday that they accepted our offer!  I didn't say anything until now because I didn't want to jinx anything.  We have an inspection on Monday, and if everything goes well we will close on the 8th of May!!  This means I have to fit in a lot of packing somewhere in my busy schedule! 

I will take some pictures on Monday so you can see what lies in store for us. We are planning to remodel the bedrooms as soon as we move in.  Right now the master bedroom is not attached to the second bathroom, so Brad wants to tear down the wall between the master bedroom and the second bedroom and make the MB larger and incorporate the bathroom.  The second bedroom will then be shifted over into the third bedroom, and the third bedroom will be shifted into the living room.  It's going to take some time to do, but it will be worth it in the end.  I'm so excited to have a home we can call ours!