Christmas Mitten Stocking!

9 Dec

So this year I decided to decorate a little part of my home for Christmas and I tried to figure out where to buy a cool stocking. Then it occured to me. Ill just make one… So i looked up a bunch of stocking patterns and I decided it was too challenging for me to try to figure out with little time so Ithought…. Ill just make a giant mitten! Its practically the same right? I mean a stocking is just a giant sock so anyway thats what I did! It knit up very fast and it was even better because I only had to make one. It is for sale in my shop right now so hurry and order so you can get it up before Santa comes!

A confession from Ben Stein

9 Dec

Stole this from a friend of mine. Its good to remember whats important around Christmas.

 

My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, ‘Merry Christmas’ to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren’t allowed to worship God ? I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

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In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it’s not funny, it’s intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham’s daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her ‘How could God let something like this happen?’ (regarding Hurricane Katrina).. Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, ‘I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we’ve been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?’

In light of recent events… terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O’Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn’t want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about. And we said okay.

Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with ‘WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.’

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world’s going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send ‘jokes’ through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit.

If not, then just discard it…. no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don’t sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.”

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

Homemade pierogies and ice cream recipe

29 Nov

 

 

 

So… we were in a busy cooking frenzy this weekend! besides Thanksgiving obviously, we made pierogies and ice cream from scratch! My grandma used to make pierogies and i loved them… I always tried them every time I got the chance but none of them quite lived up to my grandmas… Until my wonderful boyfriend started to make them… I dont remember if they were just as good or better then my grandmas all I know is that they were awesome… As far as the recipe.. its pretty simple we made a basic pasta dough… which we are learning everyone does very differently with different results… and filled them with potatoes, gouda cheese, and onions!

So heres the handy pasta maker, flattener thing…

 

And heres anthony putting the dough through the pasta flattener thing…

 

Fold it in half and mush the ends with a fork! mine were not that good.

then boil till they float, and fry for a min or two.

This picture is from a special Ant ran at work!  ….. he served it with sautéed bacon, onions and apples

And we made ice cream!

We actually made 2… The first was a banana ice cream, but we changed the recipe a bit and ended up with something that tasted just like banana bread ice cream! but the second one was really awesome it was a Kahlua, chocolate chip ice cream… This is more or less the recipe we used. changed a bit

 

Ingredients: 8 large egg yolks 1 cup sugar 1 qt half-and-half 1 tbsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup espresso (brewed double-strength, cold) 1/2 cup kahlua (coffee liqueur) 8 oz semisweet chocolate (chopped)

Preparation Steps:

  1. Place a large mixing bowl in the freezer.
  2. In another large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until thick and pale yellow. In a saucepan bring the half-and-half to a boil. Gradually pour into the egg mixture, whisking until the sugar dissolves. Let stand 5 minutes and then chill.
  3. Stir the vanilla, cold espresso and Kahlua into the chilled custard. Pass through a fine strainer. Pour into an ice cream maker and process according to the manufacturer’s instructions. When the ice cream is nearly done, melt the chocolate over simmering water.
  4. Transfer the frozen ice cream into the chilled bowl from the freezer. Pour in the melted chocolate, stirring and mixing vigorously with a wooden spoon. Transfer to a container and freeze until firm.

And of course the dogs had to sit and watch. … or beg.

and this is my all time favorite fattie photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Interview with 30 Rocks, Dot Com!

23 Nov

 

 

 

 

 

So yesterday I had the awesome opportunity to interview an actor from one of my favorite shows, 30 rock! Kevin Brown aka Dot Com! So here it is!

 

 

 

( i started by introducing myself and telling him a little about my lovely cyber corner of the internet )

Me: So, are there any type of blogs that you follow?

Dot Com: No

me: Im guessing you don’t have the time?

Dot Com: Well its not so much that. Im just now getting into some of the..I guess there called social media. Im a late comer. So now that Im becoming more aware of them I will begin to migrate to them, Im just a late comer. When all of my friends were playing video games on the play station 3 and the xbox, I was still happy playing them on the original play station. I just that guy, Im late for the party

Me: What age did you start acting at?

Dot Com: I don’t know remember my age, but what I’ve learned early in acting is that our chronological age doesn’t matter, the only thing that matters is the age range you can play so um the funny thing about me is that whenever I get new representation they always ask for new headshot’s but the thing about me is I have looked the same age and the same way for the last 15 years so my age almost doesn’t matter, you’ll look at me and Ive always looked between mid to late 30′s early 40′s. Thats how I’ve looked for the last 15 years so thats how it was when I started

Me: I read in your bio that you started ” The Uptown Comedy Club”, I haven’t seen it but its a sketch comedy show… similar to maybe an SNL?

Dot Com: yeah well the TV show was a sketch show but it was an actual club in Harlem for years before and after the TV shows in Harlem for 10 years then on tv for 2 seasons but yes even though it climaxed the club it was just a small piece of it, it was an actual working club in Harlem where a lot of todays best Urban comics started at.

Me: Does it still exist now ?

Dot Com: No, uh… we closed in maybe 2001-2002 we never recovered from 9/11 even though the club was uptown in harlem we had a lot of tourist come support the venue but after people stopped traveling to NY for a while after the 9/11 thing happened it really impacted my business. You know about 60% of my business was tourist coming in so we never survived that and had to let it go

Me: Does your brother still act?

Dot Com: No, he doesn’t act. He’s my manager so he’s actively involved in my career.

Me: Is that the only brother?

Dot Com: Yes, I have one older brother and one younger sister.

Me: does your sister act?

Dot Com: No, she is a film major and she’s great at writing scripts and things like that, she’s part of my team though she’s great at helping out with ideas

Me: I read that you have managed and coached comedians such as Tracy Morgan …. I would have never thought of comedy being something you could teach, how does that happen really?

Dot Com: yeah thats a common misconception because I was never the funny guy, you know when you talk to people like Tracy Morgan… there are always comedians who have the story like Martin Lawerence who have the story of you know him being funny in school, every great comedian has that story, they were disruptive in school and the teacher says if your good now Ill give you 5 min at the end of class so a lot of the greats have that story who were always the funny guy and the life of the story. I don’t have that story. I was never the funny guy I was never the life of the party, I was never the funniest guy, I was never the funniest guy in the building, I was never the funniest guy in the conversations, you know I really had to go to the fundamentals of comedy to learn how to be funny. But yes, it can absolutely be taught. Its absolutely a skill, and it has rules ,and it has formulas , it has techniques and it can absolutely be taught.

Me: So that is what you taught to those actors?

Dot Com: Yeah, as a matter of I did some research, I read some books on comedy and stuff but basically when an audience, when a comedian, performs infront of an audience, the audience is talking to the comedian. So if the the audience boo’s you thats them telling you they don’t like what your saying, and in turn, instead of getting mad at the audience like a lot of comics do, what your supposed to do is listen and when they clap for you a little bit that means, ok theres something there but it needs more work and then when they clap for you a lot that means ok you hit the nail on the head, and then when they scream or fall out their chairs that means you got it, so all of those little non verbal communications the audience does. The audience is basically teaching you how to do comedy. And I learned that early on and I learned that I guess from my instincts but the idea is if you ever say things that make people scream, the idea is to string a whole bunch of that together. And it can happen throughout the day, if I say something to you in this interview and you just find it hi-la- rious, you know what im gonna do? the next interview im in im gonna say it again. people are gonna be like “oh he’s so funny he heee he’s brilliant ” and ill go ” yes I am “

So About 30 rock…

Me: Did you have any say in your name for the show, Dot com?

Dot Com: Well I have a say, but that was before 30 rock. Iwas going by the name Dot Com for years before 30 rock. it was way before, when I first started doing comedy, mind you this was 15 years ago come april, I was going by…In Urban comedy we all have… we all give ourselves these fancy stage names, these fly stage names to be known by and I was going by Big Kev, but what I started noticing that was from Kevin being a very common name every promoter, every DJ, everybody that was doing a birthday party whose name was Kevin started putting on their fliers that their name was Big Kev. ” Big Kev is doing a picnic, Big Kev is doing a book drive, DJ big Kev is doing a ya no concert,” so I needed to distinguish myself from all these other guys so maybe about 13 years ago I started calling myself Big Kev Dot Com I just added the dot com to distinguish myself from those guys, so I was using that name for you know the next 3 or 4 years.. and the last time I had seen Tracy Morgan I was going by the name Big Kev Dot Com. So I hadn’t seen Tracy for about 8 years, and when we had both showed up to shoot the Pilot for 30 rock he didn’t know that I just happened to be coincidentally one of the guys picked to be part of his entourage but I didn’t have a character name because I was just supposed to be part of the posse you know one of the big guys that hung with Tracy we were just called his posse so when we were shooting the pilot and he found out I was there, we had our happy reunion, and then he turned and introduced me to Tina Fey, so he turned and said ” Tina this is my man Dot Com, Dot Com, this is Tina” and that was how I met Tina for the first time, we were already shooting the Pilot. So um after the show got picked up and we were shooting a couple episodes of 30 rock they said “Dot Com the writers really like what your doing on the show and there going to start writing you in” and I said ” with lines and more money?” and they were like ” yes with lines, and more money” and I was like great where do I sign! and when I saw my first script that I was written into with dialogue it just said Dot Com, yeah so they didn’t ask me my opinion they might of said ‘no we cant name him by his real name’ but it actually was what they called me and Grizz is was what they called him before the show.

Me: So when you think about your time on the show, is there any one episode that stands out in your mind?

Dot Com: Yeah absolutely, the one episode that stands out in my mind is the Midnight Train to Georgia episode. Where Gladys Knight was on the show, and uh kenneth was leaving the show and we all broke out into song and dance. We sang a version of Midnight Train to Georgia that was a lot of fun and that was very exciting, I loved that episode.

Me: So in the one episode “Audition Day” you got an audition for a part on the show, TGS, do you think Dot Com could have been a good addition to the TGS show?

Dot Com: I think Dot Com could have been a great addition to the show, I think he could run, I think he could be a great addition to running the studio, running the network, producing the show, uhm I think Dot Com has a great recruiting of ideas and what I like as they develop the character is that somehow Dot Com ends up in a situation where somebody passes his ideas along to someone else. I remember the episode where Tracy Jordans wife thought he needed new writers and she said ” Grizz, Dot Com come up with some new ideas” and finally Dot Com has a chance to share his ideas, then there was another where dot com develops a show called “Lets stay together” and that turned into a pilot and I just love that Dot Com is able to get the opportunity to present his creativity.

Me: I thought that would have been funny, especially because of Tracy and his jealousy issues…

Dot Com: Yeah you know Dot Com is one of those characters… Ithink he can interact well. As he evolves… they show that Dot Com can interact well with all of the cast of the show but for the most part of it his range is limited to his interaction with Tracy and Grizz but I think those moments when he does interact with Alec Baldwin, or Jack Donaghy and Liz Lemon that works out pretty well too. OH and another episode that I really enjoyed was when Liz Lemon was trying to get the apartment next door and she has the neighbor, and she says I want Dot Com to pretend he’s my boyfriend, astronaut …. I cant remember his name ..

Me….Mike Dexter…

Dot Com: Yes, Mike Dexter, and then I come banging on the door and im talking all loud trying to intimidate this guy, I thought that was moment was Hi-lar-ious I remember reading the script for the first time and I just thought that was the funniest thing I had seen. I thought that was sooo funny. I didn’t just think that was funny because I was apart of it I just thought that moment was hil-arrrrr-ious.

Me: It was, also, Dot Coms character is kind of a big teddy bear

Dot Com: Yes yes it definitely was

Me: So the new season is starting soon… is there anything you can tell me about it ?

Dot Com: Unfortunately I am part of Tracy Morgan’s posse… and I say unfortunately because you know I hang around with tracy and I start to pick up Tracy’s bad habits. So Tracy, and Im talking about Tracy Morgan now, Tracy Morgan doesn’t read scripts. OK, he doesn’t read scripts until were shooting. I mean he’ll read it at the table reads and he’ll never look at it again until were filming then he picks it up and starts to read it. The point is I picked up that bad habit where I don’t read scripts anymore. I just show up, they put papers in front of my and I just read it right there, I don’t remember scripts. I just come and go ‘Tell me what you want me to do and ill do it” so unfortunately Im not up to speed on the new season. Actually, when you do these award shows, they ask the actors to submit a list of episodes to be considered for the award shows so I got a email asking me what episodes from last season can be submitted for the award show and I couldn’t even answer the question. I couldn’t do anything because I have no memory. I just said I don’t know, I don’t remember what happened last season

me: I guess ill just have to be patient

Dot Com: haha yeah, I cant help you, Im gonna be finding things out the same time as you.

 

Me: If there was any career you could have been other then and actor or a comedian what would it have been?

Dot Com: hum… any career other then an actor or comedian…..well you know what, I came up in the martial arts and when I came up there was no real way to make money being a martial artist other then teaching, or doing security both things I did. But they have this MMA thing now, this MMA fighting its so huge right now, I wish the MMA had existed when I was coming up in martial arts because I would have loved to do that. And I secretly had a dream to be a stripper I always wanted to be a stripper, I thought that would have been sexy And I always wanted to be a forest ranger.

Me: Besides the martial arts, do you have any other hobbies?

Dot Com: uhmmmmm…. lemme see, you know what I do stand up comedy professionally, and I do acting professionally but those are really hobbies for me. Like those are things that I loveeeee doing that I would do for free. If I wasn’t getting paid to do comedy if I wasn’t getting paid to act I would still do it. So I consider those hobbies that im just so blessed to get paid to do but those are absolutely hobbies. well you know what, I just started a new hobby, Bickram Yoga, Bickramyoga is different, it takes place in a room that is 109 degrees.

Me: your obviously a really giant man, but Grizz is even bigger… So how big are you?

Dot Com: Im only 6 foot 5.

Me:… thats still really big. Do you get asked that question a lot?

Dot Com: Yes, I get asked that question quite a bit. The bizarre part is that because of Grizz I have to say ONLY.

Me: How big is he ?

Dot Com: He’s close to 7 feet. 6’11..7 feet.. something like that

Me: so the last question is..can you tell me about Dot Com for President?

Dot Com:  Dot Com for president, absolutely. You know the thing about Dot Com in the fictional Dot Com and the real life Dot Com, the both of them are very bright, they are both very rational and have excellent leadership qualities, and as I watch some of these corn balls who come up and try to claim that they want to be our president of the United States… I get the same feeling when I started doing comedy, I blame comedians for allowing me to do stand up comedy, its comedians fault because I was a business man prior to doing stand up comedy. I was producing tv shows… running a comedy club and things like that and there honestly should have been no way that I should have been able to do comedy, but I would watch stand up comedians do their job and they were so awful at it. I said to myself id be sitting at home thinking ‘Oh there awful, I can do better then them” and thats how I felt when I decided to do comedy id go oh my goodness this guy is awful I could do a better job at that, and get paid for it” and thats what I did. and thats what I feel when I watch these so called political clowns try to be president of the US, are you serious? I watch these clowns, and im calling them clowns – im not kidding, and I say look at these clowns ! I could do better then that! and thats my motivation and I watch these guys…You could take the brightest guy in the world, because I really think Barak Obama is one of the brightest guys, but you could take the brightest guys in the world and the situation .. .were in such a bad state that he can’t even fix the problem because were so corrupt… and were in such a deep hole. You know he can only run for so many terms, you know he only gets 2 terms, OK, I say we give him his two terms, he kills Bin Laden, he kills Gaddhafi … all these things happen on his watch. He’s and American hero, give him whatever he wants. but I watch these clowns come and try to run our country and Im like wouldn’t it be great if a guy like Dot Com just a regular guy a regular good guy, if you saw his name on the ballot wouldn’t you vote for that guy? wouldn’t you? you’d have to! you’d have to see what this Dot Com guy would say. And I believe Im up for the challenge and I believe I can out debate most of these guys that our out there debating. I believer I can out maneuver these guys. Its gonna sound like a survivor ad, I can outwit, outthink, outmaneuver any of these guys… The thing I see them saying, see them doing…… So yes to make a long story short, yeah Dot Com is capable of being the president of the United States but I’l accept president of the internet, I’ll accept president of twitter. By the way my twitter is @dotcom30rock. so you know I’d accept some of those smaller offices, president of twitter, president of the internet you know just to prepare myself for president of the United States

Me: So if elected president, whats one thing you would change?

Dot Com: hum well I have a comical side and I have a serious answer… The serious answer is that you know were at war right now, were spending millions of dollars on war and other things but were really at war with ourselves. There are people in charge that just run everything they have all the nations money and they spend it in the worst ways while there are people right here who need it, who don’t have food, water, shelter, clothes, education. I would find a way to help those people out here

Me: And the comical answer?

Dot Com: Well you know how in a relationship theres a side of the bed you have? You don’t talk about it, you don’t decide. It just happens the first time you go to bed together and then thats your side. Well I would pass a law that says when you wake up in the morning you cant say anything until you get up and wash that mess out of your mouth. No morning talking.

Me: hah, Do you have a campaign manager?

Dot Com: Well I have 2 ideas, both from 30 rock actually, uh Tracy and Jack Donaghy. But im not sure about Jack, I think he’s running for Mayor so maybe well team up….

Me: Well if they fall through let me know, ill be your campaign manager…

Dot Com: hah I will I will

It was so much fun talking to him, he was such a nice pleasant guy. I cant wait for the new season of 30 rock to start!

 

Tiny Knit Projects!

21 Nov

So tiny things are always cuter… everyone knows that. Last night I got inspired and I wanted to make a few new tiny things…. So here they are so far! First is  a tiny yarn ball and knitting needle Christmas tree ornament! Or decoration, I guess you can really do whatever you want with it and here they are!

 

It kinda looks like gary the snail…..

Anyway, here is the the necklace!

Both things are now for sale on my etsy!

ALSO! GREAT NEWS! This whole week everything in my store is 25% off!

A little humor goes a long way

18 Nov

Some days I just sit on the internet laughing to myself all day. I feel completely crazy just laughing to my self but then i find the next funny picture to laugh at and I dont care anymore… I figured id share

 

 

yes probably

 

 

 

 

 hahaahah i love this

funny how all dogs hate the vaccuum, i know mine does.

 

 

thats what she said hahahaha

gotta love auto correct

 haaaaaaaaa

 i got a fever, and the only perscription is… more cowbell

 we all know this is sooooo true, also I wouldnt know anything about anything or movies because I use google and IMDB every second

i dont really need to say anymore

 pets always want to be on top of everything that is not theirs

 what love

i feel like this wayyy too much

 

sigh… I hope everyone has a good day and enjoyed this

Holiday Craft Exchange!

13 Nov

First ever Holiday craft exchange! I think getting together with other crafters is an awesome thing and this craft exchange is a way to meet other crafters that you may not have otherwise! So here’s how it works

The exchange will remain open until November 22nd. Once you enter for the exchange you will receive an email with your  partner and their email address, email each other to find out a little about them. Favorite color, animal, music anything you want then you will make a handmade craft for your partner and send it to them! Keep the materials for your craft under $20! Make it unique, and something that you would like to receive!  All crafts must be completed and shipped by December 16th. To enter for the exchange send an email to intriguedbeing@gmail.com with ”holiday craft exchange” in the subject line and your name and email in the body.

Also, check out my friend Jonny’s blog he made the sweet graphic for this post!

Im super excited about this, I hope you guys are too! feel free to email me with any questions.

chelsea

Must have hats

11 Nov

So recently, hats have been my weakness! I dont know why since I look really terrible in hats. Maybe its my subliminal mind telling me I should wear them now that my hair is too short to cover my little ears. Anyway Ive put together some of my favorites from Etsy and here they are.

number 1.

I love this beautiful hat from Pixiebell. Im really into slouchy hats this season and this one is just gorgeous. Pixiebell also has some really unique things in their shop! You should check it out.

number 2.

Another hat from The Jane Victoria I have really fallen in love with this shop. If you’ve been reading you’ll know I recently bought their hood pattern ( which by the say im still working on ) This hat is similar to the previous slouchy hat, but it also has elements of an earflap hat which I also love!

number 3.

Which brings us to an earflap hay by Knits DuNord

 

number 4.

and then theres this one from ozetta. I love how simple this is. Its a beautiful color, nice stitch and the simplicity of it is really the beauty of it! I want it.

number 5.

Do I even need to write a reason for this one? dahliasoleil  has an amazingly unique shop! There are so many cute little animals on the hats! If you want to wear something you wont see someone else wearing this winter, this shops the key.

number 6.

And whats not to love about this beautiful Norwegian pattern hat from Eanderjo. Im really in love with the Norwegian patterns recently. There such a unique look as far as knitted things.

 

I love all of these hats, they are inspiring me to go get my needles and knit all night!!

hope you enjoyed!

S’mores and coconut marshmallow pops DIY

9 Nov

So with the holidays coming up I thought it would be fun to do a DIY post on a fun easy snack idea. These are S’mores and Coconut Marshmallow pops but you can make them with pretty much anything. . . .

 

This project is so simple I didnt think i needed to add the step by step pictures. But here are the step by step instructions

1. melt chocolate chips in double boiler on stove.

2. insert stras into marshmallows

3. ( if you want them colored like the blue one dip them into food coloring deluded with water. FYI the color will eat away at the marshmallow which makes it a little hard to dip it in the chocolate later )

4. dip in choclate

5. dip in coating ( I used coconut and graham cracker crumbs

 

Thats it!

This was a super fun easy project that doesn’t cost too much. However, having these around the house now makes my post from yesterday really difficult. Which by the way I started today and im already sore : ( Anyhow, off to my 3rd interview today! have fun with this.

If anyone tries this themselves Id love to see them! click on my contact page for my email!

30 day fitness challenge

8 Nov

Soooo, a lot of things have been going on this week !  I have 2 job interviews this week so that is exciting.. However one of them brought up something Ive been purposely ignoring for a long time because it makes me depressed and that thing is that I am incredibly out of shape. One of my interviews is at the Aurthur Murray Dance studio and the position is to teach ballroom dancing lessons.  I have had 2 interviews with them so far, and tomorrow will be the 3rd and then they are supposed to let me know so keep your fingers crossed! Anyhow, since the last two interviews were dancing interviews, ( probably better to call them auditions ) that is how I came to the realization that Im so out of shape. I had to do a basic cha cha and I was out of breath. Holy Crap. I used to dance 7-9 hours a day and then to to the gym and do gymnastics all night and come home ready for more. what happend. sigh. A few months ago I noticed a little extra weight so I started to cut back on calories and I actually lost about 10 lbs. But excersie was out of the questions for a while because I am so lazy. So my good friend from college, Jordan said she would take a 30 day fitness challenge with me! ( exercising is always better with friends )

So heres what im doing. dont make fun of me i know is lame but its a start.

Depending on the results, I may or may not post a before and after photo.

In addition to this I am also going to try to keep my caloric intake to 1200 or less everyday, I’ve already taken some steps to this but Ill start taking it more seriously.  I found a few simple ways of doing that are by cutting out sugar from my morning coffee ( i use a flavored creamer which is plenty of sugar in it ) and by replacing one meal with greek yogurt and granola.

Anyway, thats it for now.

Chelsea