Zumba?

So...
any of you ladies do Zumba?
My bestest started it about a month ago and she is loving it. She's been urging me to try it because she knows that I love dancing as much as she does. Problem is, my confidence with dancing is zilch nowadays.
But, as I've mentioned before.
I have already bought 2 dance DVD's.
Well more than that, one of them is the Step Up Revolution DVD & the other is the Hip Hop Abs set.
Anywho...I have being thinking about Zumba.
I think I'm going to get a DVD and check into it more.

But the main reason I'm even talking about it is because I stumbled across a Facebook page that is a girl that posts video of her routines. They look like a lot of fun and a good workout & I just wanted to share it with all of y'all.
Go check out & "Like" her page HERE!
Her name is Jessica and she looks amazing! You can tell she put a lot into working out & she likes what she does. She's apparently been teaching Zumba for like 3 years. I kind of want to learn some of her dances/routines!
I like her "Timber" dance & her "Go Buck" dance.

I haven't weighed in on here in a bit,...
let's see where I am...
Last week & the week before I was at 154.1
Today I am at 152.6

Didn't expect that. At all. I won't even lie.

I feel like my endurance it pretty good, about time to challenge myself a little further, as far as cardio and how long I can do it.
I don't feel smaller or much better in terms of being in shape. I still have quite a few days of feeling bloated. Then every so often I have a "small day". I'm ready for those to be more frequent. I'm not pushing myself enough right now, other than on the treadmill. I really need to dive into more strength and toning.
Doug & I went to Dick's to checkout workout equipment like dumb bells and such & I need to go buy some more.  He's also back on the workout train again. & he's feelin' it. He's starting slow as well, I think that's key. Now I just have to help him get a handle on his portions again. Boy can eat, which, honestly...if I weren't watchin portions, I could too. Love food. lol

I haven't posted a playlist in a couple of weeks. Here is the first one I posted.
So here's another...
Let's go for POP this time...
(in no particular order)

1. Pitbull & Kesha- Timber
2. Ellie Goulding- Burn
3. Aloe Blacc- The Man (loooove this song!)
4. Ed Sheeran- You Need Me, I Don't Need You
5. Jessie J- Do It Like A Dude
6. Cher Lloyd- Swagger Jagger
7. Britney Spears- Work Bitch
8. Avicii- Wake Me Up
9. Little Mix- Move
10. Alex Clare- Too Close
11. Little Mix- Wings
12. Zendaya- Replay
13. Ollie Murs- Troublemaker
14. Demi Lovato- Neon Lights
15. Kesha- Blow


If you would like to suggests any songs, I'm always open to them. Any and all genres welcome here.

Welp, off to sit around and wait to go play in the snow.
Snowpocalypse for us in North GA. I'm gonna try to not snack my way throw the next couple of days. That's all I want to do. haha.
Lovins!
♥♥♥
Brandy

Is it time for bed yet?

Is it bad that I want to be done with today already?
Not that it's necessarily bad.
I'm just in the mood to be warm and cozy in my room.
And let's be honest, if I'm in my room, I'll more than likely be in my bed.

I'm also trying not to worry about myself with these stupid ass headaches.
I hate talking about what's wrong with me because I feel like here lately there is always something.
I'm more so annoyed that I'll probably end up having to go to the Dr because I'm not down with random headache/neckaches reoccurring.

I have been a terrible blogger lately. No doubt about it.
I honestly haven't had much to talk about, or so I feel.
So,...ya know...
I've just been reading others and commenting here and there.

I asked 3 times last week for song suggestions for a workout playlist.
I got a few people who answered, to them, Thank You.
So, I also decided to go through my 1200+ songs on my mp3 player to pick some.
I'm going to break them up into multiple lists.

Today's is rock. More of a "harder" rock selection, so if this isn't up your alley, it's okay. Feel free to still throw out suggestions.

So, in no specific order...

1. Trapt- Headstrong
2. Three Days Grace- Pain
3. Chevelle- The Red
4. Bullet for My Valentine- Your Betrayal
5. In This Moment- Adrenalize
6. Avenged Sevenfold- Nightmare
7. Marilyn Manson- The Nobodies
8. Linkin Park- Papercut
9. Breaking Benjamin- I Will Not Bow
10. Limp Bizkit- Break Stuff
11. Staind- Mudshovel
12. The Used- Take It Away
13. My Chemical Romance- I'm Not Okay
14. Taproot- Poem
15. Korn- Coming Undone

Thanks to Jordan for her suggestions.

Now, I need to motivate myself to get back on the treadmill tonight. I have made excuse after excuse the last couple of days and I can tell the consequences. That & I had a tiny gain this week instead of a loss or a repeat weight. No good for me. But, no ones fault but my own.
Once I get that treadmill time in THEN I can call it a day. Right?
;-)

Happy Humpday everyone.

♥♥♥
Brandy

WIW. What's on your playlist?!

Cranking out realllly quick a post while I have the time before finishing up supper.
Shredded chicken tacos, YUM!
It smells sooo good, by the way.

So, it's WIW.

I'm really just posting to ask the same question I asked at the end of my post on Monday, & on IG.

What do you listen to when working out? What song or songs motivate you?
I'm wanting to make a playlist (if I get enough people to answer), so please feel free to give me as many songs as you love! Country, rock, rap, I don't care,...it's ALL welcomed!

I'll post on here once I get it. I'm gonna wait til either tomorrow or Friday to see how many, if any, more songs I can get.

If you answer I'll also include a link to you blog in my post, or if you go to my IG and answer I'll leave your IG handle! :-)
I've had a few people answer, so I owe a thank you to them.
And thanks to any of you in advance.
:-)

Working out is going okay.
I almost ended up with shin splints last night, but didn't. Thank God.
Jordan posted the other day about being fitted for a proper shoe and I'm now convinced I need to do this.
I just have to ask where to do it around here.

I'm down a little. Less than a pound, but I'll freakin take it!
I want to be out of the 150's...but more importantly I want to feel like I'm out of the 150's.
Know what I'm sayin'?
:-)

Sorry so short today.
And sorry it's only a WIW.

Talk to ya laterrr!
♥♥♥
Brandy

I hung out with Peter & Ariel this weekend, nbd. Edited: I have a question!

Peek-a-boo.
I feel like I'm the Queen on MIA lately...
Boo to me.
Anywho, hows about a wee update?

First off, I hope everyone has had a great first couple of weeks of 2014! :)
Mine have been pretty good.

-We're still trying this no-spend thing, although, it's still only going "okay". I still feel like I'll be happy about come February, so that's all that matters to me. Post about that to come.

-I'm happy to say that I am not sick anymore, those antibiotic did their job for sure & I have felt relatively normal for the past week or so. I say relatively cause I still get a good headache every so often, but I think I may chalk that up to my hair...It's long (and thick, making it heavy) and I keep it I a bun--a lot, that shit causes headaches. I need to take about 3 or 4 inches off. So I'm looking into maybe doing that in February.

-I'm since me relative normal-ness has come back I'm trying to throw myself back onto the treadmill. Which I fell off of last night! LMAO. There's a first time for everything, right? I did 45 minutes last night and it felt pretty damn good. I haven't had a mountain dew since Jan 4th. My face is about to melt off, I want one SO bad. And I know I will drink them so this isn't a "I'm giving up cokes" thing, but since -for whatever reason- I've gone without them this long, I might just see if I can go a whole month...actually I know I can. But I might do that. Also squats are the devil and I fuggin' hate them....unless they cooperate with me and there is no knee pain, then they're good.

-I need to clean. That's the most overused statement, I swear. I always need to clean! lol. Am I the only one still putting stuff up from Christmas? And by stuff I mean the gifts I got. I have a box with gifts in it that just haven't made their way to their designated spots. I need to get on that.

-I'm still planning to do a 2014 post. It'll be up soon...ish. As will my baby situation update. I'm such a broken record, I swear.

-My to-do list is already stretching and stretching, or so I feel.

-I get to go to Nashville sometime in the coming months...I just don't know when or for how long yet. lol

...um..I think that's about it...nothing much to really update on. Been kind of laying low.

Let's talk about this weekend....

-This weekend I partied hard Saturday night at a hotel for Carla's birthday! lol Who rents a hotel room, one county away, just for her and on of her friends to sit and WATCH DISNEY MOVIES?! This girl, that's who! Since my living room is non-functional, and she has no privacy either. We decided to rent a room & I took my DVD player, I brought a movie and she brought a movie and after we left Applebee's for her birthday dinner, we went to the room got in our onsie/footie jammies got our beer [that we drank out of Disney cups] and sat in bed and watched Peter Pan & The Little Mermaid & talked. It was perfection. A quiet night for us to talk about whatever the hell we wanted with no one to eavesdrop, butt it or judge. lol Went to sleep late, woke up an hour before check out & felt great.

Disney Night♥

-Which leads into Sunday...oh Sunday, sweet, sweet Sunday. How's about MY BRONCOS ARE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL! I was SOOO happy & now I get to really gat pumped up for the Super Bowl! Time to hit up Party City for Bronco supplies. Which is really conflicting. It's hard being a broncos fan when we are typically a very strong anti-orange&blue household. (Gators, Auburn) So, to like the broncos, whos colors are the same as Auburns,..yea...tough. lolo Mom was really hoping the 49ers would win, that's always been her team kinda, and so she was hoping for 49ers VS Broncos, but they just didn't pull off. Too bad. Would have made for an interesting Super Bowl Sunday at my house. lol So it's Bronco vs Seahawks. I'm hoping we take it all the way & shut that loud mouth Sherman up! Uhh, can we say JERK? I feel like Erin Andrews handled that 100 x's better than I would have. I'd be all, "don't be yelling in my face."
Anyway, that made me so happy. The rest of Sunday was spent going through stuff, working a little on a puzzle and then I got in a good little workout.


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One more huge thing before I leave ya today.
My girl Karla has taken on a new adventure & has opened an Etsy shop!! A little backstory, just in case you don't follow her (um, you should, she's the greatest), she was given some paints and cavases by her husband's grandmother & started to explore more into painting. Upon doing so she realized she had an amazing knack for it. She so talented and loves to paint & so she decided an Etsy shop would be a great thing to try out. Her shop is called "Three Winks Originals" and her paintings are so good. Definitely go check them out. I'm so excited for her!! Spread the word! ♥

Karla's info: Blog | Etsy | Three Winks Originals Facebook |  Twitter | Instagram: kay_em_ess

 

 

That's it for today lovelies.

It's already well past lunch and I have yet to eat.

So...later, loves!

♥♥♥

Brandy

EDIT:
One more things...I have a question to ask, and I'm going to ask on Twitter and IG too...
I'm gonna make compile the answers and playlist of the answers I get, if I get enough for a playlist, and of course I will post it.
So, my question is...

What are some of you favorite songs to listen to when you are working out? If you used to work out, but don't anymore, you can still answer. Any and all songs/genres welcomed!

If you don't workout, you can still answer, it'd just be more along the lines of what are some songs that motivate/push you?

I just think it's interesting to see what motivates everyone!
So leave me one or as many as you would like!!
I'll also ask on Twitter and IG to see what some folks who may not have a blog say.
I'll give it a couple of days before I make the list!
Thanks everyone! :-)



Good Day Sunshine!

Ahh, Monday. It's here again.
Good Morning everyone! My lovely husband is off, so our weekend technically isn't over and I'm hoping we still do something fun today.
Since I'm hoping for a good day, I thought, "what better thing to do than try to help others have a good day?" So, here's my attempt to try to help you have a good day!
How so?
With music, of course! This is me we're talking about.
So, if you're having a rough morning or just don't want to be at work, can't seem to wake up, it's a rainy day, you're just in a flat out bad mood, whatever the case. Take a listen to one, some, or all of them!
If I can make at least one person smile or help one persons mood or day start off good or improve, that make me happy!

Here we go...

1. The Beatles- Good Day Sunshine

2. Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up

3. P.O.D.- Alive

4. Nappy Roots- Good Day

5. Kottonmouth Kings- Positive Vibes

6. Len- Steal My Sunshine

7. Bob Marley- Be Happy

8. U2- Beautiful Day

9. Natasha Bedingfield- Unwritten

10. Alicia Keys- New Day

11. Jimmy Cliff- I Can See Clearly Now

12. Katy Perry- Firework

13. Eminem- Lose Yourself

14. Travis Tritt- It's A Great Day To Be Alive

15. Florida Georgia Line- Cruise (original & remix -love me some Nelly-)

16. DJ Khaled & T-Pain/Luda/Snoop Dogg/Rick Ross- All I Do Is Win

17. Smash mouth- All Star

18. NeYo & Cher Lloyd- It's All Good

19. Jessie J- Domino

20. Macklemore- Can't Hold Us

What are some songs that put you in a good mood, or that you like to start your days with?!
What would you add to the list?
Leave a comment & let me know!

Have a good day!
♥♥♥
Brandy

One Zero Zero, yo!

Well, I've been around long enough to have 100 random, dumb, happy, sad, serious, deep, long, (woah, there), nonsense, etc posts. So I think I'll stick around! ;)

Yay for me!

Commence awkward dancing!

I laughed at that gif harder than I should have...

maybe it's because I could see myself doing that.

Well, nothing special has come to me in "celebration" of 100 posts. 

No 100 Things About Me (might save something like that for a "rainy" day.)

I did have some ideas, but nothing that I thought "yes!" to.

So,

I'm just gonna say

Thank You!

To all of my readers.

To anyone that comments.

To the friends I feel like I've started to develop a bit of a friendship with.

Thanks for bearing with me and my loooong posts.

I'm sorry the end up being so long, I ramble a lot (like now).

I don't have many readers, but if there's anything you ever are curious about, ask!

If I get enough questions over a period of time, I'll do a Q&A post.

Also, I know this is a blog for ME. But is there anything you'd like to see me talk about or get my take on?

There are lots of subjects I still shy away from posting about. Mainly because I don't want to offend anyone, or hurt feelings, or anything like that.

Stupid people-pleaser-syndrome.

But, I'm thinking I'll just slowly try not caring!

Because deep down, I don't.

It's me, so why should I worry that much about what someone says? 

Oh, I made a blurb, thanks to Hubby Jack's witty & helpful tutorials. 

What do you ladies think?! :)

Now, if only my high school level web page design would kick back in so I could give my whole blog a face lift! I don't want to pay for one. Not right now anyway.

I am gonna do 100 Random Shuffled songs from my music player though, like I did for my 50th Post.

I just like to see how random it is & I can't tell you how many times I've read through playlists and been reminded of songs I haven't heard in a while, or found new ones & ended up liking them.

Makes me smile. So I try to maybe do that for others.

& again not omitting or skipping any.

So you get to see what kind of silly, weird, random

yet totally freaking awesome taste in music I have!

1. Fall Out Boy- My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark

2. Salt N Pepa- Big Shot

3. Sisqo- Is Love Enough

4. Staind- Break Away

5. Adele- Someone Like You

6. Framing Hanley- Wave Goodbye

7. Good Charlotte- The Anthem

8. T.I. - Whatever You Like

9. Live- All Over You

10. Jessie J- I Need This

11. Jason Aldean- Walking Away

12. Bill Withers- Lean On Me

13. Linkin Park- Skin To Bone

14. Ludacris- My Chick Bad

15. Shania Twain ft. Mark McGrath- Party For Two (version 2)

16. Bad Company- Rock & Roll Fantasy

17. Jason Aldean- Night Train

18. Billy Currington- Why, Why, Why?

19. Lil Wayne ft. Gucci Mane- We Be Steady Mobbin'

20. Michael Buble- I Just Haven't Met You Yet

21. Avril Lavigne- Skater Boy

22. Master P ft. Silkk Da Shocker- We Bout Dat

23. Tesla- Signs

24. Michael Jackson- The Way You Make Me Feel

25. 3 Pill Morning- Loser

26. Evanescence- My Immortal

27. My Chemical Romance- To The End

28. DJ Khaled- All I Do Is Win

29. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts- I Hate Myself For Loving You

30. Nazareth- Miss Misery

31. The Rolling Stones- Time Is On My Side

32. Jackyl- Dirty Little Mind

33. Hawthorne Heights- Ohio Is For Lovers

34. Ray J- That's Why Lie

35. Outkast- Bombs Over Baghdad

36. 3 Doors Down- When I'm Gone

37. CCR- I Put A Spell On You

38. Kid Rock- What I Learned Out On The Road

39. 98 Degrees- O Holy Night

40. Corey Smith- New Day

41. Kid Rock- Lonely Road Of Faith

42. Trey Songz- Say Ahh

43. One Direction- I Would

44. Ed Sheeran- Lego House

45. Nazareth- Whiskey Drinkin' Woman

46. Cher Lloyd- End Up Here

47. Garth Brooks- Why Ain't I Running

48. Sugarland- Joey

49. Yellowcard- Everywhere (Punk Goes Pop, Michelle Branch cover)

50. Flo Rida- Club Can't Handle Me

51. Outkast- Hey Ya

52. Ghost Town DJs- My Boo

53. Fall Out Boy- Yule Shoot Your Eye Out

54. Fuel- Bad Day

55. P.O.D.- Alive

56. Meat Loaf- I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

56. Lil' Zane- None Tonight

57. Patsy Cline- Crazy

58. Jesse James- Wanted

59. Ja Rule ft. Lil Mo- Put It On Me

60. Bon Jovi- Please Come Home For Christmas

61. One Direction- One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)

62. Bowling For Soup- 1985

63. One Direction- Heart Attack

64. Brad Paisley- I'm Still A Guy

65. Dean Martin- Blue Moon

66. Framing Hanley- Photographs & Gasoline

67. Confederate Railroad- I Like My Women on the Trashy Side

68. Michael Jackson- Come Together

69. Kilo Ali- Love In Ya Mouth

70. Kenny Wayne Shepherd- Slow Ride

71. Seether- Breakdown

72. Boyz II Men- Water Runs Dry

73. The Fray- You Found Me

74. All Saints- Booty Call

75. Ed Sheeran- Wake Me Up

76. Frank Sinatra- Come Fly With Me

77. Bob Marley- Jammin'

78. Savage Garden- Truly, Madly Deeply

79. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Give It Away

80. Eden's Crush- Get Over Yourself

81. Marilyn Manson- The Nobodies

82. Shania Twain- You're Still The One

83. Aerosmith- Janie's Got A Gun

84. Secondhand Serenade- Fall For You

85. Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me

86. Linkin Park- Castle Of Glass

87. Zac Brown Band- Chicken Fried

88. One Direction- Stole My Heart

89. Paramore- Emergency

90. Framing Hanley- Built For Sin

91. Five- When I Remember When

92. Fall Out Boy- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

93. Slipknot- Duality

94. Pink- Sober

95. Stevie Wonder- Part Time Lover

96. Kelly Rowland- Stole

97. Eminem- Rock Bottom

98. Avenged Sevenfold- Victim

99. Tim McGraw- Don't Take The Girl

100. Five- Everybody Get Up

I won't lie, I got halfway through that & wondered why I did it. 

Anyways, LOVE YOU ALL!

♥♥♥

Brandy