Anniversary

My fiancee and I’s anniversary is today.  It will have been 3 years that we have been dating and I could not ask for any more =)  He had flowers and balloons delivered to my work today and it was so sweet.  3 Roses and 3 Balloons for each year we have been together.  I love it because it is simple and thoughtful.  We are going out to eat tonight and we are going away on Saturday night for a little getaway.  I just can’t wait until it hits 5pm so i can go home for the weekend =)

Feeling Accomplished

I think today is the first day in awhile that i feel like i have accomplished things.  At work I have been working on a couple of projects and they are finally finished, finalized and approved.  For school, I received my grade back from my accounting midterm and received a 92 after many grueling hours of trying to figure out how to journalize and post particular entries.  Last, but not least, a project I have been working on in another class we ranked last out of 7 groups last week.  I was very dissapointed and frustrated because my other two team members are not helping me one bit.  Well, I did the whole budget myself this time and not only are we ranked 1st this quarter, but we also received some very good feedback about our accomplishments we made.

 So, i’m having a better day today than I have had the past few weeks.  I’m still a little sick, but nothing compared to last week.  I’m going out to dinner with the boy on friday for our anniversary and we are going away this weekend for one night to have a “romantic getaway”.  I just wish I could always have this good feeling =)

Sick =(

I have not been sick in a long time and now i have this sinus infection thing going on.  I don’t mind the stuffy nose, the scratchy throat or the weird voice I have.  What I do mind is the fact that my face hurts.  I can’t get to sleep at night because there is so much pressure on my face from my sinuses.  It is hard for me to go to work because I sit at the front so I greet everyone who comes in and have to answer the phone everytime it rings.  I can’t just sit in my own little office, suck it up and do my own thing.  I probably would have called in sick today if I was eligible to take sick time but I won’t be until next month.  Therefore, I cannot afford to lose that money and stay home.  Once I get through most of the day the rest of the afternoon is ok.  Morning is the worst!

Reviews to Come

So, I’ve been thinking a lot about my hair lately.  Mostly it has been if I will be dying it the blonde again or dying it a light golden brown.  I colored my hair at the beginning of September a lighter blonde and the roots are now showing.  I’m bored with my hair and I was thinking of going to a golden brown.  I’ve had mixed takes on it, some people said it would look good because my eyebrows are already very dark, and also because it is Fall now.  Others do not want to see me without blonde hair.  I’m still struggling with what I should do, I’m thinking about asking my hairstylist when I go in to get a cut in a week.

 But anyways, that is besides the point.  I will be posting reviews up soon of a couple hair products I just recently bought.  First is the “Beyond the Zone: Bored Straight”.  I actually got this because my fiancee and I went and bought some hair products before his membership card was up and we only needed one more product to get a free travel bag.  It is said to work just like Tigi Bedhead products but at less the price.  I have yet to use it but I will soon….once I get my new hair straightener!

 I just bought the Solia Pink Limited Edition 1″ Flat Iron.  I had a Revlon one for awhile and that has been dying.  Then, about a year and a half ago I bought the Remington Wet-to-Straight Flat Iron and that has been working ok but I can really only use it on dry hair and it really dries my hair out and still shows frizz.  Well, ever since I brought that on a trip with me it has been shorting out lately so I figured it was time to invest in a much better straightener that would last me longer.  I should be receiving this new one in a few days and will be sure to report back on it =)

Is it 5pm yet?

The past two hours I’ve been doing about 10% work and 90% surfing the internet and news sites.  My bosses are in a meeting which means I have no one watching over my back and therefore do non-work related things. 

 I was talking to my friend online today about webpages and such.  She doesn’t know I blog but she does know I used to do webdesign a long time ago.  She actually works as a Flash coding specialist and therefore nows much more about web stuff than I do.  We talked a lot about website stuff and it got me excited about getting back into it.  Problem is, I don’t have the time really right now to invest in it.  I would love to have a domain but I don’t think that would go over well with the fiancee, I’m having a hard enough time convincing him that if he wants a wedding webpage we should do our own instead of paying a wedding website to host it for us with limited options.  This is just rambling, I told you I was bored at work.

Slow Cooker – Mexican Flank Steak

I was reading through my Woman’s Day a week or so ago and found a recipe for a Flank Steak that you can do in the slow cooker.  Well, we decided to try it out last Saturday and it was very tasty and good.  The only problem we had was when we tried to Butterfly the Flank Steak we ended up getting a few holes.  I think our flank steak was just too thin, but it worked well with the stuffing anyways.  The one thing I recommend is checking it after about 5 hours because we put ours in at 1 p.m. and when we came back at 6:30 it was done and just a tad dry.  This recipe is courtesy of Woman’s Day:

Mexican Rolled Flank Steak

Serves 5

Active: 25 min/Total: 8 on low *(Check after 5 hours)

INGREDIENTS:
One 1 1/2-lb flank steak
1 box (6 oz) cornbread stuffing mix
1 cup thick and chunky salsa
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

PREPARATION:
1. Ask your butcher to butterfly the flank steak, or you can do it yourself: Lay meat on a cutting board with the grain running vertically. Using a long, sharp knife, cut the meat almost in half, opening it like a book but stopping before going all the way through. Cut several 12-in. pieces of kitchen twine and space evenly under steak.*

2. Toss cornbread stuffing with 1 cup boiling water and 1/2 cup salsa until moistened; stir in cilantro. Spread over steak, leaving about 1 inch along edges. Roll steak starting from a long side, jelly-roll style; tie with twine.

3. Place seam side down in a 6-qt oval slow-cooker. Spoon remaining 1/2 cup salsa over meat. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours.

4. Remove steak to a cutting board; let rest 10 minutes. Discard cooking liquid. Remove string and cut steak into 1/2-in.-thick slices. Serve with additional salsa, if desired.

Per serving: 370 cal, 33 g pro, 28 g car, 2 g fiber, 12 g fat (5 g sat fat), 57 mg chol, 936 mg sod

Wisconsin Shooting Kills 6

It really disgusts me how young adults can be innocently killed.  I read Cnn.com every day, probably a few times a day, to keep up on all the news.  But, this type of news really effects my day and makes me wonder why i keep up on everything.  It is very sad and my heart goes out to the families who lost their children in this selfless act.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/08/wisconsin.shooting/index.html

Need to get healthy!

So my fiancee and I have been saying for awhile, especially since we got back from a vacation abroad, that we need to lose weight.  I’ve gained 10 pounds since I went and it has been 3 months now and I still weigh the same.  We try to just eat healthy or watch our intake but nothing is working.  To be honest, we need something that is structured that has steps for us we can follow.  I think once I figure out a diet plan then I need to start exercising.  Right now, I have no motivation to exercise because i’m eating well and nothing is happening, if that makes any sense.  Any diet plan recommendations would be greatly appreciated!