My Cute Lil Spee-i-der

Hello there. First let me start off by showing you my new car! I am pretty excited about it, and I did go through buyer's remorse (majorly) but have since gotten over that today. I am not so "yay" about the color but did some pricing and figured that it would cost about 2k for a super nice paint job.
Here is my car now:

...and then the paint job I am hoping for:

Would love to have THIS car however I think my cute lil' spyder could pull off that color. Comparing it to a Lotis does NOT do it justice. Just look at the color people! Haven't done much shopping in a long time. Spent everything on the car! lol. My H is also for the purple but I was thinking maybe blue instead? I go back and forth but we definitely pick very unique colors.

New update on the army: H is finishing up some college, and will be done in January. After that he is enlisting, and we have now been looking into the medical field which I love.

I just got back from vacation from work (woohoo week off!). Didn't do too much since we just bought the car. We did go to the zoo which was fun. We went in the morning so most of the animals were either eating or hiding. I still can't decide if I am against zoos. I'm definitely not for this just because the animals just look sad in the cages! You can totally tell on their faces that they are not happy. There are some animals that don't really mind. (Going off my keen animal instincs..heehe.) Back at work today (boo) but my email has been going crazy (IT has been working on it) so I got through pretty fast. Day has been going by pretty fast so that is good news.
I have learned a valuable life lesson this month. READ before signing. That is all.
I also this month have changed my hair color several times. I know, I know! I thought "OMG I'm going to have to change the name of my blog." The first color was a bronzy brown. Didn't like it at all. So I went with "dark cinnamon brown." My hair came out flaming red. It was literally ALL red. I was a little devistated at first but started to grow on me. After about 2 weeks, and ran to the store and picked out some brown. I couldn't stand the red. It looked so fake on me. I am now back to my true color! I will post some before and after pictures hopefully in the next post.
I also tried to cook a spaghetti squash. A little back history on me~ I have never really liked vegis (ohh ya..one of those kids) and I have been slowly, and I mean slowly adapting. So I tried out a spaghetti squash, and ...YUCK. Did not like. I'm thinking I may have overcooked it too but totally gross to me. I was a little bummed since they are suppose to be so healthy for you. With it I did pick up at the grocery store a pre-made salad which had apples, cheddar cheese, and apple vinegrette...YUMM! Success! Anyways I will see ya lata...half hour of work to go!
~Katylou

WHEW!

So I have a lot going on at the moment. H is still deciding if he wants to join AF or army. I am leaning him towards AF just because of an amazing job that he and I both like. I just found out that Army and Navy offer it too, but we like the location of the AF.It is a SERE trainer. Their basically the masters of boyscouts. lol. Naw their more then that but you get my point. H is starting his second semester of classes. He is taking 2 classes as oppose to 3 which will definitely make it a lot easier. I am really hoping they have the SERE position available when he enlists. It would make life so much easier but I have a sneaky suspicion that it wont work like that. Just because we have that kind of luck. Speaking of luck, even though this is totally conflicting what I just said, I found a $20 bill on the ground. I have only found money on the ground once, and that was $5. I was pretty happy, how lucky is that?!

We are also planning a vacation in November. I get 1 week off, and so does H so we are hoping to go to SoCal. There is a ticket that you buy that includes: San Diego Zoo, Wild Animal Park, and Sea World. The ticket is only $150 each person! So excited. I am hoping that we can actually go on this trip. Saving, saving, saving. The one thing both me and H are horrible about. We have the worst impulsive personalities together. This month we did pretty good with saving so we decided since we did such a good job we should reward ourselves. So we went and bought a WII. I definitely don't commend my decisions, but let me tell you...it's so not worth it to regret it. LOl, and the WII is so much fun. 

Oh and the diet fun. I haven't been recording my calories for the past 3 weeks. So bad! I really need to go back to it. I haven't even been watching what I eat at all. Need to work on that. Hopefully next time I write I will be back on it. I lost 6lbs with it! You would think that would be enough motivation but sadly..no.:(

Our 1st year anniversery is coming up. Were thinking of just driving to the Ocean. We don't want to spend a lot of money so maybe ocean, and a nice dinner? Or we were thinking maybe our November vacation can count. :) Lately too I have been having major baby fever! Yuck! 5 more years, 5 more years, 5 more years at least! This is what I have been repeating in my head non-stop. lol Wrapping it up for the day, see you.

-Katylou

   

RIP our Shrimp

So on Friday I went to the dentist for the first time in a while. I had one baby tooth that needed to be pulled. I told them to go for it, and they did a filling as well since my mouth was going to be numb for the extraction. Let me tell you...I love the eating habits it has caused. As you know I have been trying to drop a few (ok more then a few) pounds so having a sore mouth does not exactly improve ones appetite. Each piece of food I eat I have to chew a hundred times, and can only eat small quantities. I was a little dissapointed though that they told me that I would have to get either a bridge or an implant. I decided an implant would be the best for me. They said that implants go around 3-5 thousand dollars. Ouch! Not exactly looking forward to breaking the bank but it will be so worth it not to have a hole in my mouth. It is in the back but even so. :(

RIP our french accented shrimp. H was creating a saltwater aquarium, and we bought a red shrimp for the tank first (along with liverock, sand, etc.) Now I say french accented because when my dad came over he decided that he was french. So funny. So yesterday the shrimp was on his back and kicking. H was hoping that he was molting or something but sadly no. He died this morning. Here is what he looked like:

So we are starting over and creating a freshwater aquarium. More on our level of expertise I think. We really don't have the time or money to care for a saltwater aquarium but I do give H credit for trying, and maintaing one for 2 months. Today he is going to PetCo to check out what they have and such. Since my clutch has gone out in my car I have been driving H's truck. So this morning I took his set of keys, and mine by accident. I always leave him a set of keys just in case. He will drive my car from here to there but using it everyday for me to drive to work will be bad. So this morning I drove back home to give him a set of keys. It was nice seeing  him anyways since we really don't have a lot of time together with him taking classes, and working full time. 

Also our auto insurance is expiring so we were checking out other insurance companies for a better rate. I was so excited that the newest cheapest for us was Geico. I love the little gecko. I have always wanted the insurance just for the gecko.hehe. Isn't he adorable?

-Katylou

The good, the bad, and the ugly

Haven't been here for a while! Nothing too much going on lately. My kitty is getting fixed on Thursday (Poor baby!) I have a dentist appointment on Friday which I was looking forward too since I have not been to the dentist since I was a kid, but now that it is getting closer I am scared to go. (THE BAD) I have been doing okay on the healthy eating. I am still counting calories so that definitely motivates me to eat healthier. The last past week I haven't been excercising so thats not good. Once I put myself in the situation to excercise I am okay, its just getting to the starting point. My clutch went out in my car so I have been driving around H's big huge truck. It's a little difficult to manuvere but I am getting it down. It's nice in traffic on my way home because it is an automatic. We went grocery shopping yesterday and we were both (me and H) pretty impressed with ourselves since our cart had only healthy stuff. (THE GOOD) If you would have looked at our cart a month ago it would have looked like we never had chocolate, chips, and cookies in our lives and were stocking up for years in advance. Last night for dinner we had chicken breast with some type of package marinade, and cantaloupe. I think I like chicken legs better on the grill just because the breast is kind of plain even with seasonings. Tonight we are using our new crockpot for the first time! We are having beef stew so I'll have to let you know how that turns out. Oh and I have to tell you. It was the most hilarious moment ever last night. H was sitting on our couch, and kitty came up to the top of the couch. He went to poke him to just mess with him, and the cat turned around really fast. He ended up poking him right in the B-HOLE. HAHAH It was so funny. The cat gave the weirdist expression, and we were both laughing our asses off! (THE UGLY!)
Well I'm starving so I'm off to lunch. I am having Mr. Pickles thinking either a turkey cranberry or pastrami. Both are the healthiest meats. I have learned to stay away from cheese and salami since that bumps my calories up to a crazy amount! See ya!

-Katylou  

Go Healthy!

So I found this website that I absolutely love! It is livestrong.com. I have been using the "My Plate" feature which keeps track of all your calories and exercise. I love it. I have been working on losing weight and so far within the last week I have lost 2lbs. Pretty good start I think! I have been working on eating healthier and keeping track of the calories I eat. It hasn't been too hard. I figured out that the more I excercise the more calories I get to eat..hehehe. So there is my motivation! Yesterday H and I went to the lake with Pyro. We took Pyro in the water with us and he was not a happy camper to say the least. I got a huge sunburn on my back. My bathing suit top had extra length in back so it covered half my back. I have a huge white blob in the middle of my back! lol. So I definitely need to hang out by the pool to even that out. I also found a recipe that I really like. It is blueberry oatmeal muffins. They are actually pretty healthy for you when it comes to muffins. They were yummy and way easy to make! Here is the recipe I got from Taste of Home:

                           Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins Recipe

Nutrition Facts: 1 muffin equals 167 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 249 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 fat.

Ingredients

• 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup (8 ounces) plain yogurt
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup fresh blueberries

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Combine the egg, yogurt and butter; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in blueberries.
• Coat muffin cups with cooking spray or use paper liners; fill three-fourths full with batter. Bake at 400° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 dozen.

My Lazy Weekend

This weekend was definitely uneventful for me. It consisted of couch, food, bed, couch, tv. I did watch a movie that I absolutely love! It is Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Definitely one of my favorites, and pretty much tops Breakfast at Tiffany's in my book. I also love Unsinkable Molly Brown, and Oklahoma (not the orginal but the newer one with Hugh Jackman) 

Update on H: He has been achieving A's in all of his classes. Happy for him since he was looking for a self confidence boost. I think the thought of joining, and traveling is keeping him motivated. Keep going! He is currently attending AMU (American Military University) online classes. He is taking history, econ, and college 101 for his first half of the semester. Beforehand when he signed up his counselor told him that it would be too heavy of a load. This concerned both of us since he has the intelligence however does not like applying himself. He had definitely proved us all wrong. AMAZING!

I also went on my usual walk this weekend with H and Pyro. Pyro is our collie who has been a PITA lately. We were debating wheither or not we should keep him going through the military. We decided that since he is actually a member of family already it would be hard to give him away, and it would not be that bad to move him around from place to place. Here is a puppy picture of Pyro. He was the cutest puppy I have ever seen. When we went to look at him 2 years ago I knew we were going home with him. This is him on my dad's boat. He took it pretty well for being a puppy. He is all around a pretty mellow dog. Just a complete goober! 

  

 To the right is a picture of him now. He is wearing one of my shirts right after I gave him a bath. The bathing process is way long and requires a large amount of shampoo! He is an inside dog but somehow manages to smell up the place with his partner in training-Riley our kitty. We call him Bug-A-Boos, and Bouche (Yes sounds like Douche except with a B..this is all H!) ( I believe nicknames were previously mentioned.) Bugga's and Pyro have been really good friends, and work as a team to climb to the counters for food. Usually since Pyro is mellow, kitty will get to the food first and take from him. Poor Pyro! LOL. Here is another pic of Pyro older. When ever we take him on a walk we get tons of compliments about how pretty he is. I swear he should have been born without balls because he is more pretty then hansom! lol

Please note that the timestamp on the last picture is wrong. My camera has the dates not set correctly. This was from last December. His eyes are brown however there are slivers of blue in each eye. Notice that his left eye in the picture is really blue. We think that he does in fact have poor eyesight. When walking he usually doesn't notice someone or somthing until they are right on him. 

Sorry to throw you off but I found my ring on the internet that I have had for 4 years. On my 17th birthday H got me this ring. I used to wear 5 rings on each hand. One night we were watching a movie and he slipped this ring on my hand. I absoulutely love the simplicity of it. Also I love silver. For some reason I cannot stand gold on myself. I thought that it was pretty expensive but later down the road he told me he got it on sale for like $15.00. HAHA. I went on Kohls today and it is actually $10 now. Nice! It is more sentimental then anything so I really don't mind. I have been wearing it all day all night since he put it on me. I know, I know cheesy. I also tried looking for the necklace that he gave me for Valentines day when we were first dating but no dice. It is a silver necklace with a heart, and a pink stone on it. Again, probably not expensive but don't care. He is on the not so romantic side so receiving a present like jewelry is so great! He does have really good taste I must say. He helped me pick out engagement/wedding ring. 

Oh and I did try something new on my nails this weekend. I admit it does look a little "high schooler" but I like it. I painted them half purple slanted, and the other half silver. It does look better in person that trying to explain. Here is something that looks similar. Just with different colors.   

Katylou 

Fun Day at the Zoo

So yesterday I had a vacation day from work so me and H went to the zoo. Here are a few pictures. :) We had a good time .Sorry for the somewhat bad pictures. I bought a new camera so I was trying to figure out the settings. We did miss out on our favorite animal which is the otter. We think they are hilarious, and too cute. They were making his habitat larger so it was under construction.

Snakey-Poo-We chose the reptile place first to get it over with. This is our least favorite place of the zoo.

I believe this is some type of a desert snake

Flamingos!

Kookaburra

This is the cafe we went to

Here is the food we ordered from the cafe. The cafe definitely did not have anything remotely healthy so we went with chicken strip basket, 2 medium drinks, and a cheeseburger basket. Total $24.68. Outrageous! Especially for cafeteria food.

Reaching for some leaves with his longggg neck

Bashful..he started pooping with I was taking a picture..so gross!

Eating

The sad tiger. He was pushed against the glass and everyone was tapping, and trying to get his attention.
He kept crying. :(

This guy walked right up to me. Notice he is missing his horn. Not much of a "Horn bill" but he was definitely the nicest.

The jags. This is when they both noticed us looking at them after they were playing

Just ducks..I thought they were cute tho

Monkey. He turned around right after.

Pronghorn

..I snapped a pic before he went into hiding

Shy zebras. I don't blame them!

Tiger again. He's got big feetsies.

Against the glass

Tiger

Anteater..they are so funny looking!

Cool looking birdie

I gotta say he was one of my favorites. He was missing his horn and he was so sweet. He let me take tons of pictures of him. 

All in all it was a great day. We also visited the Train Museum as well as the mall. Train museum pix to come. It was a little hot at the zoo-around 90 degrees or so. We got very lost getting to the zoo but once we did it was nice. Just like a mini vacation. Our next planned trip is the Wild Animal Park. I have never been there but H assures me it is amazing.

Katylou

and the days go by...

So last night me and H cleaned up our appt like crazy. We are having an inspection today or tomorrow. I have the fact that we JUST moved in, and they did not specify a time. So the appartment is all clean. I was actually suprised how fast we got it done. It wasn't too dirty to begin with. We organized all of our drawers and such. I was pretty impressed with H. He is definitely not a cleaner but he totally kicked ass last night. Missing my kitty! He had to go spend the night at my mother in laws since our appartment requires a $200 fee. Apparently he got a bloody nose from stress. Poor baby! He's fine though he just misses me! LOL. Also looking into jobs in AF with H. I thought one job called a Phoenix Raven sounded pretty cool. I was just looking at the name of course. I think he might be interested in it. Sounds like a fun job anyways. Tomorrow I get the day off! WOOHOO. I don't having any plans so far but I would like to do the following: Rollerskating, go see a movie, hiking, gym, buy a bookshelf, etc. Oh and on Sunday we put our turtle up for adoption. She was too big for the tank we had, and taking up a lot of room in our place. We had tons of repsonses, and we responded to a teacher who wanted her for her classroom. We were really happy we found someone who would take good care of her. Goodbye Ed(na). We are still working on putting together a saltwater aquarium. We have live rocks so far, and the water. We added 1 fire shrimp, and 5 snails. All of the snails died. :( Bummer. The shrimp is still alive..thank goodness since he was $30! The tank is now growing red stuff all over it. I'm thinking its not good since the water is getting cloudy and gross. H is researching on how to fix it. According to my dad our shrimp is french as he has a french accent! lol. On Sunday my dad brought over doughnuts. He stayed for a bit, and left. I enjoy when he comes to visit. My mother and sister are currently on vacation in southern CA. All of her family lives there, and that is the only place she will take a vacation. She is a major homebody unlike myself. I have been completely failing at eating healthy. Being low on $ definitely does not help with the healthy eating. I love to snack on fruit but it is so expensive but so worth it. Sorry for jumping around all over the place. :)

Katylou

Well its about time Friday finally showed up!

Finally Friday! It seems like this week has been dragging on. I just found out that our apartment will be having an inspection again. They just did it 3 months ago. So cleaning on the weekend for me! Not very fun I know. I also received an email from an old friend today. It was defiitely nice to hear from her since we drifted apart a couple years ago. She is going through some relationship problems but I guess that is life. I think I just got lucky that I found H so quickly, and didn't have to go through all of the heartache to get to the right one. I am still slacking on eating healthy. You would think I would have enough motivation to get in shape since it such an  easy concept to grasp. Eat healthy+exercise=lose weight. How hard can that be? WELL...let me tell ya! lol Not much to write today since my tummy is rumbling at it is almost lunch time.

Katylou  

The Kiss

One more day and I am ready for my weekend. This month was fun for me just because of all the shopping, and all of the stuff I bought. I'm pretty sure shopping=my favorite thing on this earth. Well besides the H of course! Now I'm just getting cheesy. No plans for the weekend yet. I was hoping to try a new recipe. It is homemade mac and cheese. I have been trying to eat healthier so this is like a huge NO NO. I went to the gym yesterday, and was on the elliptical for 30 minutes. I burned 300 calories! Afterwards I thought to myself, well what was that....like 1 french fry!?!? I have been trying to motivate myself to go to the gym more often by keeping a record of what I have been eating. So far, no dice. Once I am at the gym I am okay. It is getting there that is the hard part for me. My H started school on July 4th with AMU (American Military University.) He took up a huge load of classes. I am hoping that he gets through it. I have faith in him. He is a very motivated and strong willed person when he puts his mind to it. I have my fingers crossed. :) Today's hairstyle consists of a frizzed out ponytail..ugg. I wait until the last minute at night to take a shower, and then go straight to bed. My hair in the morning is a crazy mess that I just don't want to deal with. Adding the fact that I am not a morning person what so ever. I have been working on this though. Usually on weekends I only sleep in around 9am IF that. I used to sleep into 11 to 12 which I never really liked because when you wake up the whole day is gone already.

I came across this photo while browsing a website. I just love it. I have seen it in galleries before, and apparently they found the man who is in the photo which I think takes the mystery out of it. Just a beautiful photo all around. Thought I would share some of my favorite kissing scenes.

I also love this photo. The classic Audrey Hepburn. I love her in Breakfast at Tiffany's but who doesn't? 

Titanic-Loved her dress in this scene

Rachel McAdams is one of my favorite actresses. I loved her in Time Traveler's wife. That movie just made me cry the whole time. Note to self: Do not watch movie if PMSing. lol

And last but not least...my all time favorite. Myself and H! We were hiking at a place called Hidden Falls. It is a public park open to everyone. After the hike you come across a huge waterfall. We hiked down to the waterfall (you're not suppose to) and kissed in front of it. Very romantic to say the least.

Katylou