Still on the face of the planet

Happy 6 years to us!

I am sorry it's been a while. I just couldn't get to writing in this blog since I am have been super occupied with being awesome at crossfit! Just kidding I am not awesome at it..I have a lot of work to do before I can declare myself that. LOL I actually did just have a nice long weekend with my hubby celebrating our anniversary with a nice dinner at Fogo de Chao (Brazilian steak house=meat overload) and watching Star Trek, but the main event of the weekend was going to the crossfit regional games! I am over the moon excited and pumped after watching all those amazing men and women lift, push, pull  through that competition. It was so inspiring to get better and just being in the community it was just like being back in the box where everyone is cheering on the last to finish. That's what I love about crossfit; yes you get to cheer on and congratulate the first person finishing, but that last one is the one you are yelling with all your might to pick up that bar and keep fighting until the timer stops. We also splurged a bit on buy all this crossfit clothing. It's once a year so hey it's alright.
   What else is going well it was memorial day Monday, so we did a WOD called Murph that is starts with a 1 mile run then 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats and ends with 1 mile run. It commemorates service men and women that have served and lost their lives, but story about Lt. Murphy that loved to this work out and died getting a radio signal while insurgents fired at him.
Back tracking we went up to visit our friends who are living north of us about 3 hour drive and as well got to see friends that were in town from Arizona. It was a big reunion! So that was all great and fun. I sure miss my friends that I could just hang with after going to church. Church is not the same here especially when it's harder to get plugged in when we are only here for a short period of time for the hubby's training. We have to let our apartment complex know soon we have orders for the next place where we will be more long term stationed. It should go smoothly letting them since they have a military clause in the lease. I just don't look forward to moving into our home in the heat of August.
    So the paleo zone challenge is still going and there has been slip ups of us eating out with friends after regionals like pizza :( We are getting back on track and hoping to get some decent results. I don't need to win or anything just improvements in the waist line. I sometimes get so tired of cooking everything from scratch that I won't to throw the towel in, but must be patient and as well not fall off having grains again in my life. My stomach issues have been at bay so crossing my fingers that continues. I am still on quest for a job in nursing when we move to the next state here in two months. Crossing my fingers something good comes my way and I can remember things I learned in nursing school. I should just get my hands on a med/surg book as a review.
  Well I gotta run will update soon again! Toodles!

These girls are beasts such inspiration

Grand time with our vessel family

Pale Zone challenge and Life according to me

So like I said posts would probably be on the weekly side. So what has happened since I last wrote, well I have been busting myself at the gym doing WODs like 6 days in a row. That was a bit too much for my body that I need to learn to break it up. Mother's day was here and unfortunately my mother doesn't live here so couldn't celebrate with her. I sent flowers though and she enjoyed that. She told me that my dad has macular degeneration in one eye. That means the central vision in his eye is going bad. It's not reversible, but there are theories/pills/practices to slow the progression. So I am hoping this progression is very slow for him and he doesn't go blink in that eye any time soon. My mother doesn't really tell me things until a bit later and what is even more annoying is my own father won't tell me if something is wrong with him. He believes nothing can be wrong and I understand he doesn't want me to worry, but it upsets me they don't trust me to tell me these things. My mom is under the impression my dad will live forever and not to prepare for anything that could happen to him. My father is 79 years old and pretty good shape considering this eye problem and now a bit of a hip problem. Still life throws curve balls and you never want can happen. God could take him anytime he wants and she thinks all is dandy. I just hope financially she will be okay, but I know that will be a struggle and burden I will have to carry. I am not heartless nor do I feel unable to help it's just now the way most late 20 year olds have to deal with their parents. Anyways, I will move on to something else. Like how we visited Sea World and I got to feed dolphins! :) It was nice to get out and do it although I got sunburned. We even went on a ride and got soaked.
   At our gym we are doing a paleo zone challenge. This is different than the last challenge done back in AZ because this time we still include all the paleo way of eating, but we measure out how much food we eat. I am fine and dandy about eating paleo, but it's hard to grasp this idea of measuring every thing I eat. I just feel it's so tedious, but I am doing it the best I can. We also will be submitting food diaries weekly to one of the coaches. I guess that keeps us accountable too.
  Today was day 3 of this challenge and I guess I didn't eat enough for my snack this afternoon that during the workout and after I was shaking and started hyperventilating. Thankfully hubby was there to calm me and also one of the coaches gave me a bar to munch on as I recovered.

  I made awesome mexican style burgers thanks to paleomg.com book! In my pictures there is the book and also the book Gather which is pretty awesome. It was some great ways to entertain paleo style and also just super neat recipes like General Tsao chicken!
   I am running low on time before I turn into a pumpkin so just wanted to update this blog and hope the week well goes well. Good night!

Why Hello

   Dear Lord! It's been so long I was forgetting I had a blog or how to get into it. Haha Don't worry I'm back! So lots has happened! Still in Texas for my hubby's training and enjoying the friendships we have formed here quickly and the time I have with my love. It's nice to have the time to read and catch up on things that I couldn't when I was in nursing school. We aren't here long enough for me to get a job..although I have attempted to get a seasonal job at several retail places with no luck. Boo! Oh well more time to hang out and do lots of crossfit!
  So my parents came to visit about two weeks ago and that was actually fun! I thought my parents would be total bored or not enjoy it, but they loved the Riverwalk and all the tourists things. I think since my dad is getting older than he is already..he feels he should branch out to do more things and my mom realizing that I don't live 30 minutes away has to get out of her comfort zone to visit me even if that means getting on a plane. She enjoyed the hispanic festival that was going on and just being in another city besides back home. I worry about my parents well my dad is 79 and age is starting to catch with him. If you saw him you would think he is younger, but he has cataracts now and some hip problems so that slowing him down. My mom has had so many health problems for a 47 year old and can only hear with one ear with a hearing aid. I always encourage her to take a class in sign language and that I would too, but she doesn't really pay attention to my advice. That was a random rant about my parents lol. Anyways, now I am away again I just hope they are okay and knowing them they keep things from me and that is something I don't like.

Yup my WOD!

Wow I got guns haha

  Lets see what else is going on..well the crossfit gym we are part of totally rocks! The owners are so supportive of their clients and don't mind getting to know them. They are just very down to earth, but with experience on how to do WODs correctly. They are so awesome as well for creating a birthday WOD named "Karla" which was hell and everyone totally loved me for that! Yeah right! I really get along with this girl Tasha who works next door at the tanning place. She is just super outgoing and fun to be around. She invited Alex and I to go two steppin' at a country bar and boy was that different! We thought we had it down with our little old simple side to side two step. We were wrong! The dance floor was a circle around one of the bars and people were dancing fast like horses around the race track! So yeah we need some classes. The only thing that pissed me off was when we tried to dance at our pace some older guy pushes Alex to notion him to go on faster ahead. Jeez! The nerve of that guy. Anyways, I guess people were just too frustrated that we didn't have 100%. It's suppose to be fun not dancing with the stars.

   So this weekend hubs and I are doing the paleo-zone challenge with cf gym. I only have done challenge and it was whole 9 30 days challenge. This one I guess is same types of food, but measured out for maximal results. I am hoping for some great results. I do admit that I have had a hard time with snacking while I am here. With snacking it's been on potato chips and too much dark chocolate. I just eat crap when I am bored or watching a show. I need to just drink lots of water when I get that urge so I fill up on that. I am hoping this challenge will motivate me with the people around us. I have still been cooking paleo with some gluten free grains. Tonight made a paleo dessert called Chocolate mousse with bananas from paleomg.com She does amazing treat recipes and was dying to try this one. Let's say my hubby wasn't talking from the time he took his first bite until the end because he was busy engulfing his tasty mousse! He loved it! :) I'm glad it worked out. Sometimes when you see or do a recipe it never comes out like their pictures or the way the person describes, but this one was perfect.
  Well, I better head to bed soon. Well update soon again! Later~

P.S. I got a beta fish for my birthday from my hubby!!

Meet Ringo!

Long post beware..paleo talk and fiesta talk!

I know I know! I haven't written in a long time on here. I kept getting out of my routine and forgetting. It's not like I have job here too so I don't know what that is about. I mean I run errands a lot, read, go to crossfit practically everyday. It's nice to have the hubby home early on most days.
  So what is new, well like I said don't have a job yet. Debating whether I should give up on a nursing job period while I am here. I just should work at the tanning place next to where I crossfit lol. I saw their sign they are hiring, but kind of hesitant about it. No reason in particular, but wondering where my temporary fit would be that I would somewhat enjoy getting some extra cash. Maybe I can waitress again! NOT! I did that all through my early 20s not again!

Cowboy at Fiesta

   Anyways, so this festival is called Fiesta has begun last week and lasts until the end of this weekend. I still don't understand the origin much, but it's very multicultural (very hispanic mostly) with food, music and carnivals. It just means traffic is insanely busier than it already is around here. I like it here, but boy is the traffic unpredictable. Do people work? How can there be so much traffic at 1pm in the afternoon.
  So last weekend, we didn't do much on Friday, but rather try this restaurant in the little historic town nearby because we wanted steak we thought it would be good. Turned out it was super expensive and Texas Roadhouse would of been better than their food. It was probably so darn expensive for their "view." Well, since I ate half my dinner and felt disgusted we decided to join some friends from Alex's training class for dinner (dessert for us) at the Lion and Rose, some British pub. We have been there before so it was pretty standard. I definitely should of not cheated with having creme bleu cheesecake :( I felt so sick that whole night. Sometimes it's just not worth having that cheat meal when you eat paleo.
  The next day was pretty fun. We just hung out in the morning and some errands. Later that evening we went to dinner and a show with another AF couple. We saw a symphony orchestra perform alongside mariachi and dancers. It was quite interesting and all the performers did great! They had some lungs some of those singers, especially this 11 year old boy who had us girls swooning over him. Ah man this dating years are going to be interesting! lol

   Sunday was pretty relaxed. We did make it out to brunch at this gluten free cafe we had found when first moved here and I was able to have a waffle which has been a very long time since I have had one! We also took our doggies on a walk at this giant park that has tons of open fields, dog park, soccer fields and trails.

     Paleo eating has been going for the most pretty well. We don't eat out all the time like before and make an effort to make all meals during the week and even weekends with occasionally outings to new restaurants once or 2x a week. We are also loving the crossfit gym we have joined and it feels like family instantly. Everyone is very welcoming and cheers everyone on as they finish. Makes it easier to get through these workouts.
   I don't know if I will post a blog everyday, but I will keep you all updated on my progress with crossfit and eating right. I do have my parents flying in Friday to visit, which is super exciting! I want to show them downtown and different places, so crossing my fingers the weather cooperates! Well, I better get going. Have a great day!!

Yay for new friends and new places!

I know I have been slacking on blogging, but I just caught up with being in a new place and exploring what it has to offer. I will feel so spoiled when I get to Mississippi from all the paleo friendly spots here and just all the things we are able to do.

The ladies right before we started

      We are lucky to have join a crossfit gym called The Vessel that has been very welcoming! We even went on a pub run with them this past Friday downtown and it was super fun! We got these delicious martinis at this place called Soho that were carrot cake and cream brulee (not paleo oh well!), but worth it. I have some pics of the crazy antics and the people we were with. It's good to know that we can pick up where we left off in Tucson with crossfit and even get better here. I mean it hasn't been smooth for me because of the humidity during the WODs, but I seem to recover better. Maybe it's the paleo eating, who knows? We are doing a pretty good job of not eating out so much. If we do it's probably 2 times a week at most. I enjoy trying out new recipes and discovering what works. Lately, the latest thing I made was a frittata from the Everyday Paleo family cookbook and for the two of us it lasted 5 days so it was nice to have breakfast already ready and just needed to be heated up. The hubby was grateful too. :)

Yummy Frittata

Posing

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  Other things going on right now is that I may need a root canal on a tooth because my previous dentists didn't take xrays for a long time to discover I had a cavity that was there a long time ago and started to decay. Granted a month ago I had the fillings for it, but still have this abscess looking thing on my gum. I know gross! So I hate the dentist and don't want to get it done, but this trumps losing a tooth. So this week I have consultation with a specialist to see what the deal is and when it's all going to be done.
   I wish I could write about other exciting news that I found out about, but you all will have to wait! It's not even about me, but I want to shout it from the mountain tops, but must wait. I am sure that annoys readers that I won't share, but it's not the right time.
  Lastly, may have a job at a infusion clinic here in town so that would be super neat. We will see though because I am here only until the end of July. Well, better get going have a great Monday!!

Us being goobers

Happy Resurrection Jesus!!

I know it's been ages since my last post, but give me a break trying to get into my routine here. Well not much of one because I am on the job search, but it seems the more I look the less it's worth it. But I will try my best because a little extra cash can't hurt.

Love her! So happy for her!

  Today is Easter for our family primarily it's about celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. I have had this bad cold/sore throat for the last couple days and today felt even worst so I wasn't able to attend a church here. Actually, we haven't even gone to our first Sunday anywhere yet here because last Sunday we were celebrating my bestie's wedding. Instead of not partaking or hearing the word...we did live stream the message through a church that our previous pastor recommended. It's a bit different with music and such. The message was good though about the same power that Jesus came from God to be human form with forgetting all his God given wisdom to be just like us on earth up until his crucification. I think from seeing the video of the size of the congregation was starling for the hubby. He is not into mega churches or churches that on Easter Sunday call you to baptism as soon as you walk out the doors. Which is fine I get that puts him off a bit. That doesn't bother me so much because I can see Easter weekend would be a fitting time for them to get people to come to Christ in that way. I think we will be trying their smaller campus here in the town we are in so we can get that smaller community feeling. The only down fall is the sermon is through a video..at least the worship is live! Another thing I want to mention about Easter is that I really got annoyed by was google was instead of Jesus (which I expect they wouldn't even do) or even the Easter bunny on their homepage was caesar chavez's face. I get it's history, but that doesn't appeal to me. I guess I am not super fond of google anyways. That's my rant about that.

    So yesterday thinking I was getting better we ventured out to a doggy expo they had in town. I imagined it to be on a grand scale and much bigger than it was. That's ok though the dogs got some treats and exposure to socialization so that's always a good thing. After that we decided to try this paleo friendly outdoor restaurant called "The Cove" which has grassfed burgers and awesome fish tacos. I had the grassfed burger without the bun with a fried egg, arugula and tomatoes. It was delicious! The hubs got the latin lover which was some lamb burger with some zesty sauce, tomatoes and other good ingredients I can't remember. We split the sweet potato fries which came with sirracha may dip! I took a pic of their little garden they had where they pick a lot of their ingredients from. :) It's always a nice gem to find places like this. Another thing is they have wine tastings and live music pretty frequently! 

    Since getting settled in San Antonio, we have been back on track with our paleo eating and I am feeling so far pretty good tummy wise even in the mist of this horrible sore throat and cold. 

   I met some other wives when a group of us went out to eat this little British pub called the Lion and Rose. Two of the girls have children which is fine, but sometimes feel out of place with that. Hopefully I can get to know them better. Another girl was with her hubby and a bit upset about the children, but later on found out it was some personal reasons having to do with their struggles getting preggers. So that is understandable. I hope I can get to know her more. 

  I better go lunch is here! Pho yum! :) Later!

Matron of Honor in Kelli's wedding

Empty living room! Spoiled Dogs!

Delta sucks

So yes I know I haven't been very good at posting, but it's hard when you just get settled in a one bedroom apartment and don't have Internet. I am using my phone to blog which is trying for my finger but trust me I have plenty of time!
Where do I start?? Well, like I said got into an apartment in Texas where the hubby will train for 4 months. I called the care home I was going to interview with, but now the days changed that thy had told me about before. They wan me for Saturdays and Sundays 16hr shifts! Eek i would never see the hubby! I wouldn't mind every other weekend, but not every weekend. So the job search will continue as I wait at the Denver airport.
You may wonder why the heck I have been at the airport since 10am? Well we came to Colorado for my best friend's wedding which was yesterday! Beautifully done and fun! I was a matron of honor. Anyways, today we saw we couldn't check in and when we got here they said they wouldn't be able to get us on due to mechanical so either spend the night or just go with another airline. Well we choose the airline which leaves late tonight. Oh well. Poor hubby is off his schedule and needs to be on track for training on Wednesday.
Right now feeling like a big pile of mush. I have been completely off eating paleo and granted it hasn't been as bad as it could be with my stomach issues..I still don't feel great. Must get back to my routine. We did fine on the way here with our paleo snacks. Like Steve's paleo kits. Best jerky ever had! Highly recommend it. Anyways, it doesn't help that we are out in this airport for 10hrs. Good news I just found a gluten free place that we can grab our dinner from in a bit. :) well, going to go and nap for a bit. Later!