This is a big fucking deal!

On March 23, 2010, I got an email with a link to watch a clip of Joe Biden saying something into Barack Obama's ear right before Obama was to speak about the Health Care Reform he had just signed into law.

What was it VP Biden said? "This is a big fucking deal!" Yep, the VP dropped the f-bomb.

So, what was my initial reaction? I opened my eyes real wide, dropped my jaw and said to myself "I have to put that on a shirt!"

I immediately went to my gallery on Zazzle and created this:

Which can be found here:

Big Fucking Deal Tshirts from Zazzle.com

I have made more money from some of my other products on my Zazzle gallery, but none have been this successful this quickly.

My first sale was just minutes after creation. Within 24 hours, my product was number two when searching for "big fucking deal" in the search field on Zazzle and now, you can find it by searching Google.

Then I read this article saying Obama would like one:

http://www.newser.com/story/84276/obama-wants-f-bomb-t-shirt.html

Oh how it pays to capitalize on public figures!

I am officially inviting any and all political figures or celebrities of any kind to please say striking things so I can quote you on a t-shirt!

You are welcome to visit my gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/jessicainseattle*/

Fat and Happy?

As a segue into this post from my last one... I had been working on losing weight ever since my daughter was born nearly three years ago. I was heavy for my body type when I got pregnant with her and I was huge by the time she was born.

It took me over two years, but I had finally got to the point where I had lost seventy-five pounds and I was so proud of myself for being so close to my final goal. Then, I started seeing someone and gained nine of those pounds back in five months and it feels like all that weight is in my mid-section.

I'm happy in my relationship and she has told me she's gained some weight since we started dating too. In her latest phone conversation with her mom, she is told it is just honeymoon weight. So what, we are both fat and happy? I'll take the happy minus the fat, thanks.

What am I doing about it?

Well, I was running when we started dating in October. Then in December it got cold, rainy and my running shoes started falling apart. Literally. So, I quit running. Yes, that was my first mistake!

But, it is starting to warm up again, the sun is out and my motivation is back with it. Yesterday I went for a brisk walk during work and then worked out on my Wii (tennis and bowling) for about 30 minutes. A light start, yes, but with my current fitness level, I need to start back up light so I don't injure myself.

I have also started low-carbing and keeping track of my daily food intake using SparkPeople.com. It's a fantastic resource and is super easy to use. I don't use their pre-programed meal plans though because they focus on a low-fat rather than low-carb diet.

I've had a couple of days where I went over my goal, but over all, I'm doing rather well given that I used to be vegetarian and ate pretty much nothing but carbohydrates.

I believe I'll continue to be happy in the relationship if I lose those nine pounds again. And I plan to lose the other four or five pounds that will get me to my goal too.

Onward toward a thinner happy me!

Internal Turbulence

So while I was on vacation, I gained a couple of extra pounds. Okay fine, it was more that a couple. I was gone for seven days and I fucking gained seven gawd-forsaken pounds! I feel like I ate one of those over sized grapefruits I only see at farmers markets near the end of the summer and it's now lying dormant right at belly button level.

I can no longer tolerate the weight being there and I must do something about it. So what do I do? I decide that I should mix it up and try going on a low carb diet since that's not something I have ever done before.

This would be my way of attempting to shock my system into dropping those seven pounds (and an extra seven on top of that would be good too) in a more rapid time-frame than if I just went on the diet I usually go on...I eat dinner and drink tea for the rest of the day.

Yeah, I know, I know, I've heard it all before believe me; there is no need to tell me that is not good for me.

So I did some research and gave myself a window of 20 to 70 carbs daily with one free day every week (Sunday). I started my diet last week on Wednesday. I did fabulously Wednesday and Thursday. Then, on Friday my coworker says she wants me to join her for lunch at the local pub. What do we get every time we go to this particular establishment? Nachos! And not just any nachos, these are nachos loaded with cheese, sour cream, guacamole and jalepenos. Oh, yes, don't forget the chips...and the two shots of tequila and tecate that we washed it all down with.

Yes, she is a terrible influence on me, I swear I had nothing to do with it and I was forced to eat those nachos...and did you know that a shot of tequila has zero carbs but just one little can of tecate has TWELVE. I was shocked when I checked that out!

So then, Saturday rolls around and I'm good all day. Sunday, I totally pigged out on carbs. I think that has been described to me as 'carb loading'. Well I was loading all right!

Today, I thought I was going to do really well until I had to have a lunch meeting and ended up at an Indian restaurant where I inhaled half of the buffet. It wasn't pretty.

Luckily, I'm still full hours later so hopefully that will just be my lunch/dinner for today.

Now if I could just get off my fat ass and exercise on top of dieting, I would be making some progress...well, that and staying on my diet would help too.

Will someone please grant me some motivation?

Vacation bug!!!

I just got back last Tuesday from a week-long vacation with my girlfriend. We first went to Disneyland/California Adventure for two days, then two days oceanside in Laguna Beach, CA and finally four days in Las Vegas, NV.

We rode nearly every roller coaster on the trip including a stop at Stateline to ride the one there as we were driving into NV from CA.

Neither of us are gamblers, so Vegas was spent site-seeing, visiting her mom who lives there, and walking around with a beer in our hands since it's legal to drink in the streets there.

I have only once before ever been on vacation but I had kids with me that time. This time, it was just my girlfriend and me and it felt like the vacation I've been waiting for my entire life!

At home, her and I only get to see each other every other week since I have my kids every other week and life gets so busy with them. She occasionally has time to come over for dinner with the kids and me, but I miss her when we are apart.

On vacation, we had the opportunity to spend each and every day with each other and it was amazing to be able to wake up next to her, let her sleep in for an hour or two past me (I'm the early riser) and go for a walk, get a cup of tea and read some of my book.

Now that we are back, I find it so hard to be in my home while she is in hers; both back in our daily schedules in which our paths do not cross until some time next weekend save for a short visit later tonight.

Already we are wanting to go on vacation together again and both of us are so looking forward to that carefree feeling returning yet again as we head off on another adventure.

We have both been checking airline prices, cruise schedules, theme park rides and more.

I can't wait to go again and now that I know what it is like to be on vacation, it will not be far in the future before I am packing a bag for an as yet undetermined destination.