15 minute workout [from your living room...or bedroom]

Colder days ahead.

And as it gets colder, a yummy hearty bowl of chili falls into the category of “exactly what the doctor ordered”.

Per serving: Calories 195; Fat 8 g (Saturated 3 g); Cholesterol 37 mg; Sodium 495 mg; Carbohydrate 15 g; Fiber 5 g; Protein 15 g; Vitamin A 6% DV; Calcium 4% DV; Vitamin C 18% DV; Iron 12% DV

Get the recipe HERE.

To New Hope we go!

To not grow bored, one has to get out there and make the best of what's around.  Say no more, to New Hope we go!

I've always been interested in New Hope.  I've heard it's a quaint little town and there's great window shopping and lil oddities here and then.  I love oddities - and antiques!  What's not to like?  So one boring day at work, internet access and Airbnb was all it took and VOILA! I booked all four of us a nice lil cottage in town for the weekend.

I am looking forward to having a few drinks, a few bites, ride the bikes that come with the cottage rental (big plus when I decided to rent this place), stroll around with my baby girls and mah man, and window shop galore.  And who knows, maybe we will get to squeeze in some kind of tour.  I love ghost tours and I have my eye on one! hehe.

Hopefully we'll get to go to a flea market too!  The Golden Nugget is right around the corner from New Hope, so maybe.... just mayyyybe.

See you soon New Hope!

Rocky mountains.

Free "exercise" ideas.

Today I am feeling too lazy to think about what to write.  In light of that, I will just copy/paste some info I found online and will link the source so the whole article will be available for viewing.

5 Ways to Exercise & Get Healthy for Free


1. Go on YouTube
2. Hit the Library
3. Join a League
4. Make Healthy Friends
5. Run or Step Outside

Happy Humpday!!!

3 Minute LOWER ABS! #blogilates

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Because it's hard for me to let go of some things...

Yes, it is hard to let go of something that has ruined a perfectly scheduled vacation.  I still can't believe this airline, which I will try to not mention its name any more, didn't want to work with us and just send us to another destination instead of the destination originally chosen by us.  No budging with the money, no refunds, no year-long credit for the full amount, no re-routing, no nothing.  It was just "fly with the hurricane" or we will take your money anyways.

YOU PIECE OF SHIT AIRLINE!  GO FUCKING BURN IN HELL!

#thatisall

"Healthy" snackin...

Get the plan HERE.

Funny...

So, I didn't feel ready to spend $50 on e-books, but I have purchased this thing. LOL.

Truth is, this ball makes crunches and certain types of exercises a bit easier on my back, so I figured, why the hells not?!?

Hopefully, I'll actually use this thing.

[Buy it here]

Work from home 2.0

New spin!

So now that my hands are tied when it comes to fitness “congregation” and looks like I either give my money to these fucking gyms or be un-toned for the rest of my life, I have thought of a third alternative.  An alternative that not most of us are (or become) successful at.

Now, I am not an idealist, nor an optimistic kind of person.  I know myself.  I know my shortcomings, but… I think it’s worth a try.

I shall try working out from home.

Now that I’m more interested in this type of activity, maybe I will be more inclined (this time around, lol) to actually start it and keep up the workout routine when I get home from work.  I mean… what better way and place to do this at.  You are not tied to an actual schedule so you can arrive home 10 minutes late or even an hour late, so long as whenever you get home, you give yourself 20 to 30 minutes to do a quick work-out and go about the rest of your day right after.

I was browsing last night, thinking of how to attack this issue, and I found this FitGirls blog on Instagram about fit challenges and all that crazy stuff, and while I am not ready to spend $50 on e-books that I will have to read to be able to execute the fit plans, I did like that their Instagram had lil “notes” of short workouts to do at home.  So…  I will post those here as days go by.

Lets see how this one magnificent idea works out for me.

The world at my fingertips.

There is NO SHORTAGE of FREE workout plans and workout videos out there.

So if you are REALLY interested in something, all you really need is a web enabled cell phone or a Rocku or a Chromecast or a FireStick or anything that will allow you to stream/watch YouTube or google your little heart out... and away.

I found this really cool vlog? on YouTube called "Blogilates" and because sometimes is great to learn by example, this is a GREAT tool.  I just happen to like this "vlog", but y'all can go ahead and look for the one that will suit your needs.

I like Blogilates because it not only shows you not only what but also how to workout from home, but also gives you little tidbits about diet foods... or simply healthier eating.

Oh and yeah, It's also appealing that the leader does not look like a porn star and she made this wonderful wonderful video I just simply cannot stop watching.

Powerful, eh?

Bullshit!

I am currently VERY upset.

About two/three weeks ago, I made the conscious decision of joining a “gym”.  And even though I never found a gym or a fitness center that offered what I needed and was looking for at an affordable price, I bit the bullet and paid the piper (the giant amount of $104) to be able to join Maximum Motion Fitness, which offered exactly what I needed and wanted but at not so desirable prices.  Whatever.  I paid and I was in it for the long run.  I loved the “pay as you go” option.  Month to month is just comfortable for me.  Knowing that I am not tied to a contract is just comforting to me.

Well, that comfort was completely FUCKED by the very same “people” that offered it to me.

I went to my regular Monday afternoon class, and when I asked the rep when was my next payment due, she says very “matter of fact-ly” that the rates will go up by when my payment’s due on October 16th, but that if I bought a bunch of “unlimited classes” packages (which is what i intended to do, purchase “unlimited monthly classes” packages every month) right at that second, I could buy them all at the low price of $104 each, but, if I decided to wait, the rates by then will go up to the very low price of $199 per “unlimited classes” package.  I stood there confused.  For a very short second I thought she meant that if I were to buy one more package now, I could lock in the $104 price forever, but if I waited, it would be $199 from then on.  So I had her explained it to me again and then I realized that she REALLY meant for me to buy monthly packages in bulk.

So let’s see here, the monthly package I’m interested in is $104, which is significantly more than a regular gym (but a regular gym won’t work for me because I don’t like machine workouts), and this asstwat is looking at me straight in the face and suggesting I buy months in bulk so I can keep going to the gym for the low low price of $104?  So if I wanted to go to this gym for say, the next 6 months, I would have had to fork out right there and then a little over $610.  And she suggested this so nonchalantly.  Needless to say, I had a great urge of knocking her teeth, all of them, out of her mouth.  Who the fuck has $600+ just sitting at a bank, unclaimed, to use on GYM ATTENDANCE?!!?  Who?  And even IF I did have that kind of money… what happens when I deplete my months’ bulk purchase?  I’d have to pay the economic and easy price of $199 per month.  GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

I can only hope people stop going to their “fitness center” which is more like a “thieve center”.  They seemed so worried and aware of everybody’s health there and people’s Zen state and all that SHIT, but true colors always come out.  Truth is, it’s a business and all they want is your money.  That’s all.

Fuck you #MaximumMotionFitness

I wish you a slow demise and a prompt visit to the bankruptcy world.

Because #breakfast.

So last Sunday le boy and I went to VB3 for brunch and I wasn't really that hungry so I decided to go for their VB3 Pancake [on the left].  It's a $9 pancake - notice the noun is in singular and NOT plural.  Yes, it's ONE pancake... $9...  kinda pricey but totes delicious!  The picture doesn't do this pancake justice.

 Anyways... it was so yummy, now I want to make one, or two, or three... In my kitchen.  I wonder if the end product with be, edible.

Recipe

Enough said.

#UGH!

The airline that EVERYBODY should boycott.

Spirit Airlines… NEVER AGAIN!

At first glance, Spirit’s airfares seem pretty appealing.  But once you have fucked yourself by making that plane ticket purchase final… well THAT’s where the fun really begins.  There’s nothing, I repeat, NOTHING complimentary in Spirit.  Oh, you got a carry-on to store on the overhead in-cabin?  Be prepared to pay between $35 to $100 – what you pay depends on when, how and where you decide you want to pay for this carry-on (that other airlines let you bring into the aircraft for FREE).

There are no complimentary snacks.  No chips, no cookies, no entertainment, no personal space… NOTHING.  Oh, you need that boarding pass printed?  If you don’t print that fucker at home, Spirit will charge you $10 EACH WAY.  Everything has a price in their realm.  Even in-cabin water is for sale.

If you are one of those "free spirited" humans (no pun intended) and you are planning on flying in your underwear, nothing to carry (and you are in no rush to arrive to your destination – willing to gamble with your business/leisure time) by all means, buy their tickets and embark on your airport adventure.  For those of us whose time is of the very essence, just do ya’ll a HUGE favor and book with any other airline.

With Hurricane Joaquin on its way, a cancelled concert due to the inclement weather that approaches the coast of Myrtle Beach, and the South Carolina weather news making us all aware of possible evacuations due to strong winds, rains, floods and the likes, and possible state of emergency status on the east coast, we TRIED… miserably, to cancel our flights to Myrtle Beach, SC.  We hit a wall with Spirit Airlines and their TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE customer service.  Nothing is refundable, and if I wanted to cancel just cause my little heart desires, then I would totally understand that, but THE ONLY REASON WE WANT TO CANCEL IS BECAUSE THERE IS A MOFO HURRICANE ON ITS WAY!  Nopes, Spirit won’t budge.  Spirit don’t care.

Even their modification/cancellation fees and “credit” are ridiculously high.  At a $110 to $120 per person, per booking, per cancellation, per modification.  Say, you had this vacation planned with your significant other (or whoever) and something were to happen that one of you can't make it, then obviously neither of you can make it, and NEED to cancel... Well, that would be a $220-$240 slap on yo face cancellation fee.

The remainder of the fare?  NOPES, you will not receive that money, EVER.  What will you get? "Store credit".  How long do you have to spend this "store credit"? SIXTY DAYS.  No, not a year, not 6 months, and definitely NOT 3 months, but 60 days.  If you are two working adults, good luck with being able to magically make those vacation days available per Spirit's convenience.

So, why are people giving business to this airline?  Why is this airline still in business?!?! I cannot fathom the idea that there’s anybody out there that has anything positive to say about this airline. I mean, an airline that doesn’t provide complimentary drinking water… yeah… that’s pretty bad.  I entered into Spirit’s customer hell due to IGNORANCE.  For that, I can’t blame them.  I do know one thing though, If I ever were to come by a FREE round trip Spirit Airlines’ ticket, I will happily decline!  Fool me once!

Think I'm angry, disturbed, annoyed, spiteful, exaggerating?
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#LiveAndLearn

Spirit Airlines, I damn you to HELL!

DIY: Hack it up.

This on the left is my 45 year old Ikea Lack coffee table.  It cost me a little over $20 back in 2010.  It's all beat up now.  Looks old, and beyond used, and it almost made its way to the garbage pile when I last moved.  But I figured I could bring this baby back to life if I just took the time to spruce her up a bit... make her pretty and attractive again.

Ain't this a sexy table?

After browsing for what felt like forever, I found this hack (picture on the right).  Doesn't it look like a totally different table and... pretty, and.... rustic, and... completely NOT like it came out of the Ikea store?

I shall attempt to do this some weekend this month.

For tutorials on how to do this, click on links below.

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Mother Nature.

What a little cunty fuck you are!

^^I wake up today to this shit ^^

Thank you so much for coming this week and ruining our vacation and having us on a panic state as we have to watch your every move to see what is in store for us this weekend.  Couldn't you come say... last week? Or next week? It HAD to be THIS week?!?!

The California Roots concert we booked this trip for has been canceled due to Hurricane Joaquin, so we tried to cancel our trip entirely but.. FUCK YOU SPIRIT AIRLINES and your stupid fine print and scamming rules!  Even though there is a real valid need to cancel the flights, not just cause the concert was canceled, but just for the flyers' safety, Spirit Airlines won't budge and wants to penalize us taking $250 from what was paid, and the remainder of the fare has to be used within 30 days.  What kind of a crock of shit is that!? Don't most airlines give you about a year to use your "credit"?  Yeah, FUCK YOU SPIRIT AIRLINES!!!!!

Now that my rant is out of the way... We are still going to pack our shit, pack our babies and head to the airport tomorrow, in the hopes that it is this PIECE OF SHIT AIRLINE decide to cancel the trip last minute so we can get a full refund.  In the event everything goes according to this SHIT AIRLINE's plans to fuck with their clients, I guess my man, the babies and I will have a very rainy vacation.

The future is TBD...