The "Wild Car"

So, I'll blog about my vacation little by little, but I thought that I would start with this little treat. I decided to rent a car for one weekend. I got online and found a really good price. $14 a day, for a compact car. I figured, that is all I need, it's perfect!! But then I saw the "Wild Car" for only $13 a day! It was a whole dollar cheaper!! And, since I like a good deal, I decided to go for this option. The so called "Wild Car" is a car that the rental place picks for you when you get there. I figured this could be a lot of fun! I imagined myself in a jeep or a sports car or something pretty snazzy. Well, a girl can dream. So I got there and they handed me the keys and I went to find my cool SUV and I was passing all the stalls heading toward stall #35, I passed an expedition, a jeep, a 4- runner, and I thought JACKPOT!! Then there, in stall #34, was a nice big SUV and I thought ooh I think I got an SUV!! WAHOO!! But my WAHOO soon turned into laughter when behind the nice SUV in stall #34, there it was. In stall #35 a toyota SIENNA!! Yes, a minivan!! I thought I would die with laughter.


This minivan was complete with 3 rows of seating, automatic sliding doors and plenty of space for all of the soccer balls. It was an adventurous weekend!! Definitely a great vehicle to pick up guys. :) ha ha

Chinook

I also posted this on my photo by natalie website, but I'm not sure how many people look at it, so I thought I'd put it here too to get some feed back.
My sister is planning on decorating the new baby's room in Chinooks. So she asked me to do some stuff for it. I was playing around this morning and came up with this. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I thought I would get your input on it.

Before and After

This morning I woke up early and thought I would go running, but it was raining, so I decided to conduct another photoshop experiment, but this time on myself. I took the first picture with my camera phone, and then the second on is the "after" in photoshop.



Here is what I did: Brightened my eyes, smoothed my skin, erased baggy eyes, whitened teeth and brightened the whole photo. Pretty amazing huh! Well, then I got to thinking, I wonder if there are before and after photoshop pictures of celebrities. And this is what I found: (click to enlarge)

Wonder how Madonna keeps her youthful skin? Well, the answer is PHOTOSHOP!

I was amazed at what photoshop can do. I love photoshop!! But isn't it funny how these "after" images that make these people look like gods are what the world has set as beautiful? It's impossible to look this way naturally, yet so many girls are pressured into looking thin and beautiful like the people they see in magazines, people who don't really exist because a computer made them. Here are a few videos of what they can do with photoshop... double chin, presto no more, eyes need to be bigger, you got it! Thighs a little big? no problem here!




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Halloween Party

We had a Halloween party at my house. Only a few people dressed up, and I only managed to get photos of this one. It was the best one, but I don't know why I didn't get everyone... oh well.


Isaiah the Robot. He came and spit out corn nuts out of his front. It was really funny.



We started off eating, and talking and Jesse read some scary stories to us. Then we bobbed for apples. It was quite enjoyable and the apples were perfect. (I'm a picky apple eater.)



John

Jesse

Jonathan



Isaiah



Emi (She was cloudy with a chance of rain.)





Holly


Me

after we bobbed for apples, we watched Young Frankenstein. It was a fun party.

The Haunted Lagoon

On Saturday I went to the PCC (Polynesian Cultural Center) with some of my friends. They have a Haunted Lagoon there. It's like a haunted house, but you are riding in a canoe down their little canal. We got there at 6:30 and ended up waiting in line for 3 hours. Standing in line wasn't too bad because we were all together, but it was long! Once we got there though it was really good. I was surprised at how well they did. It was the right combination of jumpy and scary. One might say it was Spooktacular! Here are some picts from it:

Jonathan, Tara, Emi, Celeste, Mike,
Chris, John, Nat, Ikaika, Nikki

and here is the video for it:

Update

Well, this past week has been pretty good. I stuck with my 6 am workouts and I even joined the YMCA. My friend Teisha and I are going every night. She is whipping me into shape there. Just so you get an idea of how hard she is working me. The first day we spent 20 minutes doing cardio, 45 minutes doing wieghts, concentrating on our backs and arms, and then finished it off with another 40 minutes of cardio. At this rate, I'll be in shape in no time! :)
This week I am concentrating on drinking more water and cutting back (way back) on the sugar. I love sugar, I don't know why but I do. So I'm going to try hard this week. Oh, and I lost 2 pounds :)

It's a Long Road to Victory Day 1

Well, I have finally decided it is time. I need to kick my butt into shape. I've given it some thought and decided that staying in shape is easy, you work out 3-5 times a week for 45 minutes a day. No problem. The real challenge is getting into shape. It's gonna take a lot more work!! So, I devised a plan with the experteise of my sister.

My goal: lose 20 pounds and tone those muscles.
My goal date: January 31

Here is what I am doing:

Each morning I am waking up and doing a workout DVD from the Firm series. I recently purchased 5 Firm workout DVDs off of amazon.com, that way I have a different one each day. These workouts are great because they combine cardio with weight training.


After I do that I do some windsor Pilates workouts. This morning I did the bun and thighs one and all I have to say is OUCH!! It was a good kind of pain though.



In the evenings I am doing another 30 minute cardio workout such as another DVD, speed walking or running. I am also using the exercise ball to do some more less sweaty exercises.

Oh boy!! that is the plan. I'm trying to tell myself that I CAN do it and that it WILL work and that I will LOVE it. I decided to also make sure I'm drinking plenty of water and cutting back on sugar. I'll keep you updated on how I'm doing once a week. That way I'm motivated because I have to report it. ha ha ha ha. Anywho, That's my plan and yeah for the long road to victory of being in shape!!

I NEED MORE PROJECTS

I was asked by a friend to paint these for Dr. Suess week at the YMCA. I had a lot of fun doing them. I spent a lot of time on Saturday doing them. I really like art, perhaps that is why I went to school for it. Why don't I do it more often?? I'm asking for suggestions to use my artistic abilities. Any ideas? Any at all???

The things I love

One of the things I miss most about home is the big mountains and Tabiona (my home away from home). I miss the rustle of the trees when the wind blows, the sound of the humming birds at grandma's feeders, the trickling of the river, the relaxation of fishing all day, the peaceful mornings on the porch swing the beauty of the deer in the fields, the smell of cow manure, (yes that's right, I miss it!)
My mom went out to Tabiona this past weekend and took some pictures for me and Missy. Here is my favorite place on earth:

Another thing I love is the fall. I could spend hours in the fall driving up in the mountains, taking pictures and enjoying the crisp air. I love the crunchy sound of the leaves beneath my feet and the colors of the leaves. If you haven't experienced fall, I highly suggest you try it!

That is all for now. Peace out

The magic of Photoshop

I promise you will get a real post about me very soon, but I th0ught I would share how incredible photoshop is. I think well, I do spend hours in photoshop trying to create different things. Last night I was up until 2 creating a photoshop makeover. I took this picture from somewhere online, so if you know the girl... oops. ha ha. Anywho, Here are the original before picture and the after photoshop picture. Let me know what ya think. :)

Before



After