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Until Dawn

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I made a new friend. Well gaming friend anyway. It’s a guy Jeff’s works with. Oh! I got up to the Demolisher in Dying Light and can’t beat him. So frustrating! First I ask Jeff can I be Dana’s friend on FB? Jeff is like I don’t care. So I chatted with Dana and asked him if he could come over and beat the Demolisher and he said sure be over tomorrow. Guess what? Just as I thought he never came over. I figured because that always happens to me.

I should have just went with the person who I first thought of. His name is Sam he works with Jeff too. I asked him if he could help me out and he said yes. However while waiting for this I got sick of playing Dying Light. I started over to get better health and in the process got sick of it. Ha! So I was looking at PlayStation Network for games $20 or less to give me a break since Dying Light is my only game.

While looking I saw Evil Within which is on my list of games I want to play but I also saw Until Dawn. While chatting with Sam he said he had Evil Within and his kids play Until Dawn. He only said that he had Evil Within in disc form and told me he would let me borrow it and the next day bring it to work to give to Jeff. Here is the thing: If someone wants to borrow something from me, I make sure they have it the very next day. However in my case if I want to borrow something I don’t get it till days sometimes a week later. So I wasn’t expecting him to give me the game the next day.

Then he said he forgot at it home the next day which like I said I figured. However he said he would bring it over after work. What?! And guess what he did! Along with Until Dawn. Awesome!

I got them on Tuesday and I already played all the way through of Until Dawn. Until Dawn is choice game and they base it on the Butterfly Effect theory. So whatever choice you make no matter what effects the story. Now I love the choose your own games. They are super fun! I wish I could remember the title of the first video game I played where my choices mattered. I’m sure it was on PS2. I remember it being strange but it was the first time I encountered quick time events. However in that game if you didn’t press the buttons you died. Now in these games you don’t press it turns into funnies!

There are parts of this game that are annoying and of course makes no sense. I know video game logic!

Near the beginning two characters have to go another cabin which the other character says it’s just up the trail.  No it’s not just up the trial it takes FOREVER to get there. Now I know they are trying to prolong the game but seriously. The characters are a male and female. By the end of getting to that cabin I wish she would die. So annoying! In fact her and another female character are super annoying and wish for their demise. Ha!

There is one point where you go a an asylum that closed down. No electricity of course but that is to be expected. Here is one place where it doesn’t make sense. Your character goes to the morgue and you can open several slots where dead bodies would be. As you open them you can see that it is cold in the slots. That doesn’t make sense because there isn’t any electricity so the morgue would not be that cold. I know overthinking but for a game that made the characters look so realistic that could of paid attention to some minor details.

Also the game premise is I would slasher flick. It has jump scares and a creepy guy lurking out in the woods who you see from time to time. But then it switches genres. It goes from slasher to creature feature. I was disappointed how it switched. Would love it as a slasher horror game. Some strange guy out in the woods killing them one by one. But somehow in the middle there is these strange creatures that follow you and try to kill you? What?!

I like when you are talking to the guy who breaks up the game chapters and how his scenery changes throughout the game. The game graphics are amazing!

This is my second time going through the game as I know what to expect I want to change the story and try to kill different characters. HA! I assume some deaths have to be and expect that. I am glad that I didn’t pay for this game as it not as long as I wanted it to be. Since it took not a lot of playing time to go through it.

 

 

 

 

 

Working Out!

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I survived! 8 weeks, 5 days a week I worked out!

I hate mornings and there is a morning before coffee? I found there is a morning before coffee. Every morning my first thought was “No! I don’t want to exercise.” Then I got up and go exercise. There were some exercises that I couldn’t do because of my back and I don’t bend that way. So for those I would substitute with another exercises. As long as I was moving it was all good.

Even though I didn’t lose a bunch of weight, I lost around myself which is how my body loses weight. I can fit into some of my clothes I didn’t think I would be able to in a long time. I have energy in the middle of the day AND I can lift heavier things then before. I was skeptical that in 8 weeks I would accomplish anything and found out I accomplished a lot! Also I think I did a hundred squats. Ha! However I have toner legs! I also found out that Yoga isn’t that bad. I have always thought Yoga looked boring and there was no way I would be able to do any because I am not that flexible. But! I found I like Yoga yeah there are some positions I can’t do however I found I really like doing the Pigeon pose. It feels great! I can’t do the Cobra and that one is the one they loved doing but I like the Child Pose was the one they would do with Cobra. Yoga is relaxing! I didn’t find it boring as I thought I would.

I feel good about myself and that is what is important. Will I do this again? Yes! I even want to buy more programs and do those.

Unlike the Rest

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I have been noticing something lately. That I am unlike the rest in the wife department. Not sure why that is but YAY!

One being is when Jeff has to go work for his business and he may be gone for a couple of hours or he may be gone all day. This is usually on a Saturday sometimes Sunday. I hear from him how the other wives complain a lot about when they are coming home. Like they call a lot! And they text and ask when they are coming home. I don’t think it’s because they have kids because one does and the other one her kids are out of the house. It’s not that I don’t care it’s I know he is working. In the world of technology things can go great or they can go wrong. When it goes wrong that could take a lot of time to get it back to great or at least good.

The only time I worry is when it start to get dark out. Then I wonder if he is coming home. For example if he leaves at 8 in the morning and it’s starting to be like five o’clock. Then I worry not when he will come home just more I hope he makes it home safely. I think that is understandable but I am not going to call and text a million times to ask him. Jeff is pretty good at letting me know when he is coming home.

Another thing is a constant through my life. Is video games! I know I always say this but I still think it’s funny. Like all guys like video games and you will find that you will have that in common. Um no. That isn’t true and people need to stop saying that. Jeff doesn’t really like them but he will play rock band and when we get Red Dead Redemption 2. I am excited for that one! It’s not that he hates them but he doesn’t really get into them. I can understand that.

It’s funny when the guys came over for the first time and they are like you? Not you Jeff? It’s funny! At least I will always have something to talk to them about.

This last weekend I was talking to my older brother. Right like what? Yeah I went swimming with my parents, Aunt Kathy and Corey and Crayne came too. What is going on?! Strange. Anyway back to the point. He said he has to mow the lawn yet and I was thinking how come Kim doesn’t mow the lawn. My lawn takes me over 2 hours to do. His lawn is tiny may, MAY take 20 minutes. Why can’t she mow the lawn when Crayne is at school? Seriously. And I still have people say you mow the lawn? Like yes. Jeff works and I do that stuff. I still think people think I do nothing since I don’t have a job.  Annoying.

Another thing is I have notice people are surprised about is I help with DIY stuff. I am Handy Man’s Jeff’s helper. Lol! For example Ken was surprised I was going up in the attic to help put up the vent in our bathroom. I know women do that stuff too. I see them in the Menard’s but for me I don’t really like doing that stuff even though afterwards I feel accomplish and I do learn stuff. I have been all over our house. Up in the attic underneath the house under things. Lol! I know my mom, my sister, sister in law wouldn’t do any of those things. Which I think it’s because of how I grew up. My dad made me do all of those things. Like you are going to help me in the attic to put in whatever, or you are going to help me paint or change this. So I apply that to my life now. I COULD say no Jeff I am not going to do that. But instead I am like I will try to help. There are things that I can’t do like I can’t lift really heavy things. Anything over my head that is heavy forget it because I physically can’t do it. At least I try.

Painting in the Park

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September 14 mom, April and I went to painting in the park. I have wanted to try this where an artist puts pictures up and you have to recreate them by yourself with their instructions. I thought that would be fun. My mom did one and it turned out great! She did a barn next to a colorful tree.

It started out bad right away! At first it was supposed to be in August and the artist called me to change it because she wanted more people to sign up. Which in my opinion is dumb. The class was 30 dollars each right there she already made 90 for all three of us. So what if it was just us. This was a inconvenience to me because I had to go pick up April she lives an hour and forty five minutes away then bring her to my house. That is okay but what really made me mad is the day before our anniversary. In August was perfect because nothing going on the next day. Yeah there were so many more people there. (Being sarcastic.) There only three more people so a total of six people. Could of had it in August.

We got to choose two out of the flowers to paint.

 

 

 

 

I wanted to do the first two. The pink one and the orange one. Yeah that didn’t happen either. Instead it was here is two canvas and I will give you some tips on how to paint flowers.

 

 

 

 

I wouldn’t have paid 30 dollars to paint some flowers that I could do at my house. I can’t draw very well and that is why I wanted to take this class to look like I had some cool flowers I did myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funny I look like a demon in this pic. Strange lighting. I know our flowers were not going to look exactly like the artist but you would think it would be close. None of flowers are close to the original.

 

 

 

 

I dislike my blue green one but the other one is okay. I am disappointed because I wanted to do the flowers I signed up to do. Not just do whatever and paint some flowers on a small canvas. I thought it was a waste of money. It was fun hanging out with April and mom but I can do that on my own time.

 

Happy Birthday Mom!

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Saturday was my mom’s birthday she turned 62. However we celebrated on Sunday and it was fun.

 

 

 

 

Everyone was there even Aunt Kathy and Uncle Dave. I have noticed that my parents have been spending a lot time with them since they moved to Green Bay which is good. I remember when I was little I always thought Aunt Kathy was strange as an adult she is still strange but I have a better understanding why. My Aunt Kathy suffers from mental illness plus other health issues. So she isn’t as strange as I thought when I was little.

Funny I wanted to get my mom some balloons for her birthday. So I went to the dollar tree and picked out two balloons and a weight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got a butterfly and a leopard print pink balloon. Now I purposely got those because they were pretty. I knew that Bree would like them also that the kids would like to play with them. And guess what? I was right! Bree asked if she could take them home and of course. But I told her she had to ask Nana if she could since I got them for her. LOL!

Here is a good pic of Jeff and I.

 

Life

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Saturday I was in the attic.

 

 

 

 

I look really happy right? Ha! I learned a valuable lesson ALWAYS WEAR A MASK AROUND INSULATION! Lesson learned. I didn’t wear a mask for a little bit and had some repercussion from it. I couldn’t breathe and I had a cough for some hours also my throat hurt. I am glad that only lasted the rest of that day.

We are putting a new fan in our bathroom as the one we put in last year is pathetic. This time we are piping through the attic and out through the side of our house.

Yesterday was Labor Day and a day off. We had to go to Menards. For a day off it seemed like everyone was at Menards. We had to stand in line to return things and wade through the people to get to things. It was dumb however I got Dunkin Donuts coffee so it was worth it.

 

Life

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Everyday I get up in the morning and workout. Me in the morning. Crazy! I am so not a morning person but I make myself go and workout. I have to do it in the morning so I don’t think about it. I learn the more time I have to think about working out, I will not workout. By forcing myself to wake up early and workout and no time for thinking, I am making myself feel better throughout the day. By getting up early I feel really tired at night. Which is a good thing this way my brain has no time to think about anything before going to bed. I have a bit of problem with that and usually takes me some time to fall into a deep sleep. By working out not only I feel a little change in my body but also my mood. I feel happier and I still get that boost of energy in the middle of the day. Usually mid day I feel tired and want more coffee. Now that I workout I don’t get as tired and feel no need for extra coffee.

There has only been a few days where I was really sore the next day and it was hard to workout. I always think the routines are hard and think that I won’t be able to function through the day. I am usually wrong as my muscles aren’t as sore as I think just only a few days last week. Something I did notice that I am gaining some flexibility. When I first started I couldn’t grab my foot behind me on the right side to stretch the leg. Now I can grab my foot on the right side no problem. Also my arm that I hurt badly is starting to get stronger! I am excited for that as it was weaker from injury.

I have five weeks left on my workout program.

Tuesday Jeff and I saw The Hitman’s Bodyguard in the theater. Oh wow! It was great and funny! Love the action and Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson played so well together.

Today we went to GingerRootz for lunch with Ken and Elena. It was a great time to see them.

Life

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Friday was a fun day in a way. I got to see Miss Lori she does my hair. In fact she has been doing my hair for over ten years. This time I just had her dye my hair and thin out my hair as I have thick hair!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the back of my head! Those are my natural curls and they are looking so cool! Next time I see Miss Lori I am going to do highlights! I haven’t had highlights in my hair for a very long time, so I am excited. In my opinion the best part going to a salon is getting my hair washed. That’s my favorite because I get a head massage. So worth it just for that.

Sunday was Jeff’s birthday but he had to work. So we will celebrate a little on Wednesday and a little on Friday. Ha! On Wednesday we are going to see The Hitman’s Bodyguard. On Friday we are meeting Jeff’s parents for some good Chinese food. Jeff has Wednesday till next Tuesday off as Monday is Labor Day and most people have no work that day. I think it’s great, Jeff could really use a break been going non stop for almost two weeks.

 

Life

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I am tired. Ha! Second week of Fitness Blender. Today was an intense workout and I didn’t eat well on Sunday. However I love the extra energy I get from working out and I lost two pounds. Which is great because that means I officially lost fifty pounds all together. YAY!

Saturday my parents came over and we went out to eat. Then we went swimming! It was a lot of fun because it was hot outside. I swam for three hours before being really tired. Also on Saturday I worked out before they came over. I couldn’t believe I swam for three hours after working out that day.

Sunday I was exhausted!

Sunday we had to go to do family things. My cousin Kathy came home she now lives in Georgia. I told Jeff we should live in a different state this way when we come home we could have a party just for us. Ha! It was good but a bit awkward. I knew there were going to be people I didn’t know but that wasn’t the awkward part.

It was nice to see Kathy and she got married. It’s hard to do know what she is up too since she is the very few people I know who isn’t on Facebook. She has two kids a boy and girl who were super cute. We gave them a congrats card with some money. However her mom didn’t tell anyone it was her birthday. We would have gotten her something for her birthday.

Jeff and I stayed for three hours which is long enough. Here is the awkward part. Wanted to say goodbye to Kathy and there was some awkward silence and saying goodbye. You know how that is sometimes. It’s like um bye nice seeing you then leave. Ha!

I wore this shirt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s my most breezy shirt because it was so hot outside and it looks nice on me. Now I call this shirt Please look at my chest shirt. Went to Kwik Trip and the cashier didn’t even look at my face just my chest the whole time. I wanted to check out the Dollar Tree in Green Bay. There too some of the male shoppers stared at my chest.

You think I would be used to that since I know I have a large chest but still it bothers me sometimes. I am not one of those girls who flaunts that so to me I think it’s rude. If anyone is going to do that make it less obvious.

Life

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We did it. We fixed the front of the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks great!

This week is my first of 8 weeks of exercising from Fitness Blender. I get up every morning and exercise. I have to say every morning I have no motivation to exercise but after I do it, it’s  like I accomplished something. I bought the 8 week weight loss program and every day I get a video and a bonus video to do. The only thing I am having trouble with is laying on my back. On Tuesday there were some exercises on the floor and I hurt myself. It sucked! Since I have bars fused to my spine. Laying on back I felt my bar pinch my muscle. Yes it’s a real thing that happens! I felt like crying, that hurt so badly! I did not cry though and it did go away later that day.

On Wednesday was HIIT workout and yes some of it is on the ground. I improvise like do the same exercises that is the standing one as they are doing floor stuff. Also I will never be able to do the stretching position cobra, not with my back.

So far though I have a lot more energy to do things during the day.  I think it’s fun working out with the team of Fitness Blender. It’s much different then any of the workout videos I have ever done in my life which is a lot. Also you can tell they are having fun too so that makes it better.