Much easier

    Richard and I bought ourselves a new computer! We both received computers for our high school graduation in 2005, so we were due for a new one. It is amazing how out dated our old computers were. The new computer stays connected to the internet (amazing), is super fast, and has so many new features we were definitely missing. Richard did the research to figure out what kind would suit our needs the best. We were torn between a mid priced HP and a low priced Toshiba. After driving around, looking, talking, reading, and looking at reviews we got the Toshiba Satellite and so far, have been very happy with it! Having up to date technology makes life much easier!


    Speaking of technologies, I downloaded a new app on my phone. It is called my fitness pal and it tracks your calories and also fitness. It has a neat feature where you can scan barcodes of products and it knows the nutrition information. I will let you know later how the app works out for me and my fitness journey!

Workout play list

I put together a list of songs I think are good for working out and having dance parties in your living room...

Alternative:

Breakin a Sweat- Skrillex

Tainted Love- Marilyn Manson

Hero- Skillet
Monster- Skillet

Top 40:

Locked out of Heaven- Bruno Mars

Harder to Breathe- Maroon 5

I Feel So Close to You Right Now- Calvin Harris

Hall of Fame- The Script

DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again- Usher

Hip Hopish:

B.O.B.- Outkast

Get Ur Freak On- Missy Elliot

This Is How We Do It- Montell Jordan

A Little Bit Older:

Another One Bites the Dust- Queen

Free Fallin- Tom Petty
Runnin Down a Dream- Tom Petty

Freebird- Lynard Sknyard

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough- Michael Jackson

Resturant review- Ice Martini Bar

Richard and I decided to work on our new year resolution- going to new places- last night. We went to Ice Martini Bar in downtown Woodstock. I walk by it often when heading to Ember for yoga and always thought that from the outside the restaurant looks chic, cool, and fun. Ice offers sushi and tapas, martinis (of course) and specialty drinks as well as wine. 
We decided to stick with martini drinks since it is in the name.

Richard started with the Dirty Bleu and I started with the Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Richard said the bleu cheese stuffed olives were "the best I've ever had", and mine tasted just like cake, delious!
For food we had gouda mac and cheese, artichoke dip (they were out of hummus), California roll, and a salmon roll. All food was very good in taste and size. The menu had a lot of options with good descriptions of the food. They do not have seafood sauce to dip sushi in.

The other martinis we tried were the Cosmo and Lemon drop. Both exceptional! Ice Martini Bar can make good martinis. 

 The prices for both food and drink were moderate. Not a place we could go on a weekly basis, but a nice place for a date. 
We will be back again!

Hot Buy- Blue flats

I got these little gem of a shoe at Target for $7.48. They also had emerald green and coral, not in my size of course. They are a little stiff at first, but I wore them to work today and they are starting to not be so stiff.

Side note: Hot yoga kicked my butt today!

We did it!

I love our new bathroom! We finished in enough time to watch the Falcons. No major mess ups and we didn't even fight! We are proud of the outcome of our first project.

Watching paint try

The title of the post is what Hubs and I are doing right now... because we started our first semi project in our house. As with most everyone else, we made resolutions this year and one of those is to make our house into our home. First project to complete: downstairs 1/2 bath. To start out, the bathroom wasn't bad. The walls were green with a border and it just had a pedestal sink, no storage anywhere, not horrible, but not wonderful. We liked green but wanted it a bit more rich and earthy since the living, dining, and kitchen are earthy. We got a new vanity with sink and mirror to address the storage issue. So at this point, we have applied our first coat as paint, hence why we are currently watching it dry. After the next coat, we are going to install the new vanity, give it a quick cleaning, and presto, our first project will be done!

-Next post will be before and after pictures!

First post

I'm not much of a writer, but I wanted to start a blog so that I can write down the things that happen in my life, so that I can remember them.