Happy Hangover Day

Anyone feelin like Nick Nolte after a too much Cinco De Mayo celebrations?


Nick and I had dinner with my mamacita and my Bunny Boo (niece for you newbies) at Chipotle and let me tell you...it was WAY better than standing in a packed bar/restaurant with the whole city I live in. Last night was such a great night, and we even got to enjoy a LIVE mariachi band. In FACT, the Mariachi band was at the place across the street, but it was so loud, all surrounding restaurants got to enjoy it. And did you all know that Chipotle serves Margaritas?! I had no idea until a girl I work with mentioned in yesterday. So yeah..I was sold on Chipotle as soon as I heard that.

Knowing I was gonna have some chips and guac (side note: Chipotle has the BEST guac, who woulda thought?!). So I cut the unnecessary calories and carbs where I could. So I had my usual: a chicken burrito bowl with lettuce, black beans, rice (yah yeah, unnecessary carb, but I love their rice), tomatos, guacomole, and HOT salsa.


With all this talk about food, thank GOD I worked it at XBike yesterday. I was THRILLED to actually be able to do it. If you refer back to my blog last Wednesday, I went to the gym thinking it was level 1 X Bike I was going to attend, but alas, it turned out to be level 2 (30 minutes is enough for me, thanks). So you can imagine how excited I was when it WAS in fact level 1 yesterday, and I KNEW I was in store for a detoxing sweat session. I know I say it time and time again, but, it is a CRAZY intense workout, people. Those of you who have done a spin class, can understand when I say, you will be dripping from EVERY pore. Every minute I was in there, I watched the clock because I don't think I can make it. Switching your workouts up (in weights and in cardio), is a great way to throw your body for a loop, and to challenge it. I can run and run, but put me in an Xbike class for 30 minutes, and I am determined to work it harder than Jon Gosselin trying to find his next sugar mama/arm candy.


For once in a loooooooong time, I have actually stayed on my workout plan to a T that I set for myself on Monday. It always seems like "life happens", and it stalls my workout agenda. NOT this week. I am DETERMINED to rock some short shorts this summer. When I want to stop and walk on Tread, I think back to that dressing room when I tried my little shorts on and though, "Okay Karli - get the shorts, work those legs for 3 weeks, and theeeen work those shorts" (Yes, I do talk to myself like this, LOL). So I am well on my way :)

Great news of the day: It's THURSDAY, meaning tomorrow is Friday, WOO HOO! Am I seriously the only one who starts wishing it was Friday on a Monday? This weekend is gonna be a very relaxing weekend with Mothers Day on Sunday and all. Since I know my mamacita reads my blog, I won't be revealing what I'm getting her, but it's a good one :)

Totally random:

2 Movies I am literally counting down to:

What girl ISN'T?!?!? I need to buy my tickets after I round up my ladies



I LOVE the story of Robin Hood, and I love me some Russell Crowe :)

OH EM GEE!

Word to your mother! There has been some stressful things going on this week, so please bare with me with the lack of posts.


Worked it out good at the gym today. Kicked it on the tready and ran for 2.5 miles & pumped those muscles. Maybe you didn't know but I am all about the weights. On top of training for my first most women who use steroid's competition, I aspire to look like this one day:



Just so I can see N's face look like this:

Yeah, I married a middle aged guy. Body building and oldies- totally my thang

I'm sorry MK and Ashley Olsen. I loved you two on Full House. I'm a product of the 80, the tail end, but still the 80's. I know you two have more money than I could ever make in my life time, so why in the name of Britney Spear's extensions, are you dressing like this:




OMGSH, are you as excited as I am about New Moon?! AHHHHHHHHHH. NOT! I'm sorry ladies, I just don't get it. My very good friend Bon Bon, is obsessed with all things Twilight. The books, the movies, the characters. N and I rented the movie, and I'm sorry, the acting was horrible. The story was good and all, just not a fan. I think its something about this chick, Kristen Stewart. There is something that bugs me about her. She whines waaaaaaaaaay too much about being a celebrity and she just seems like she is always depressed. Get over it Kristen! We get it- life is sooooooo rough



It'd suck going to work and having these 2 characters fight over you (and one of these gentlemen wanting to nibble your neck!)

Home is where the heart is

Oh Sunday- the day of rest yet the day of sadness. It brings the wonderful, relaxing, sleeping in, staying up till whenever you want weekend to an end. Thats okay though cause it means back to the gym for me, yaya! Kicking my own butt is such a love/hate feeling for me, but when I imagine my PT, Jillian Michaels barking at me to lift harder and run faster, I can't help but get into the swing of things.

So how was your weekends lovlies? I left you all on Saturday letting you know I was going to look at apartments with N and I and to go see Paranormal Activity. So, lets start at the apartments:
Apartment #1: LOVED IT! Brand new hardwoods, brass fixtures, real granite counters in bathroom and kitchen, new black appliances, new berber carpet in bedroom, his and her closets in bedroom, wood burning fireplace and mantel (can we say decorating potential?!) patio, seperate dining area and cute small community but near EVERYTHING you could ever want (La Bou!!!, Trader Joes, Target, Safeway, THE GYM!!!, easy access to freeway). It was so nice and open so everything flowed very well. The only con for me? It was a TEEENY TAD bit on the smaller side and the 1 bathroom you have to get to through the master bedroom. Its about 749 square feet, but for Daisy, N and I that's perfect. Oh and the 2nd story (Which we didn't get to see, but is what we'd want) has vaulted ceilings so it makes it look even bigger. We only saw the downstairs model, which was still very very nice. Here are the pics :)

Kitchen from the entry way:


This is the view from the entry way- my iphone could get a wide angle, but you get the gist:



This is from the entry way looking down towards the master bedroom:



My fireplace & decoratable mantel :)



Looking into the bathroom from the bedroom- LOVE the his/her sinks :)



This is looking down the hall from the bedroom w/the kitchen on the right and living room on left:



One side of the kitchen. Check out the new appliances!!!



Nice seperate dining area:




So that was apartment #1. Now apartment #2, N and I just didn't like. It is out of the equation and not even worth posting the pics of it. It was pretty dated and it looked more like an apartment rather than a home. I may seem like a snob saying this, but granite and hardwoods and fireplaces are just more my style- it feels like an actual home you can come home too and possibly bring a baby home too ;) (no, I'm not pregnant....YET! HA!!) The 2nd apartment also didn't feature hardwoods and the dining area was over carpet and I've had an apartment like that and the carpet was trashed by the end. Also, the lighting in apartment #2 were more of that florecent lighting rather than the soft natural light. The bathroom actually reminded me of a bathroom at a Holiday Inn. It was a tad cheaper, but not by much and considering what you get in apartment #1, it was over priced. Apartment #1, was a little more expensive but something that we can do w/out feeling stretched with money and still having some money to spend. In the words of Forest Gump: that's all I have to say about that.

Now- Paranormal Activity!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEK!! On a scale of 1-10, 10 being closing your eyes throughout the whole movie, I'd give it a 7. I mean, the movie had a lot of hype and just the idea of it sounded scary. You can go here to read what its about. It sort of blew it for me knowing that it wasn't real. Remember how when The Blair Witch Project came out, everyone was coninced it was real footage and people were going to the woods of Massachusuts just to see if THEY could find the Blair Witch? It was sort of fun to watch BWP because there was that question on if it was real. Paranormal Activity has already been dubbed fiction. HOWEVER, it was still scary. The whole time I was thinking "Holy crap, if this were real, it would freak me out and I'd be sleeping in a church at night" See, all the scary paranormal things happen during night when the young couple is sleeping. The girl in the movie has pretty much been followed around by this one specific demon her whole life. They had a psycic come in and tell them the difference between a ghost and demon is demon's aren't human and they are on the earth to bring terror to people and do horrible things. Now I consider myself very strong in my Christian faith, but I do believe there are demons out there so even the thought of a demon haunting you, was enough to give me goosebumps. I won't spoil the ending for everyone, but if you like scary movies, I would recommend it. Its one you have to see on a big screen (not nesessarily the theather) and you have to watch in the dark to give the full effect. For the record, it does leave you scared to go to bed at night and question every little creak and bump in the night that you hear. A must watch with Halloween coming up :)

Have a great week everyone!!! I will try not to be so MIA during the week, but this California girl lives at the gym after work, so I can't make promises :)


XOXOXOXO

Love me some Notebook

So I was running the other day on the treadmill at my fabulous gym, er I mean, my 2nd home, and I was watching every girls favorite movie..THE NOTEBOOK! I just love the story! It never fails how much I watch it, that I will cry. It got me thinking though, how often is it that people go down a path in life when they were meant to go down another. Allie was THIS close to marrying Noah and what happened? The LAME parents split them up because of Noah's social status and you could SEE the love and passion they had for eachother. Then the stupid mom hides Noah's love letters he sends her for 1 whole year when she left so she had no idea Noah still wanted to be with her! Which in turn forced her into the arms of another man who yes, loved her, and she loved back, but it wasn't Noah. Her 1st love <3


So it made me wonder...how many people deal with things like this? Was there that certain person that you were meant to be with and you settled for someone else? Do you still think about that one guy/girl that you just clicked with? I feel so bad for people who deal with that cause I can't even imagine how torn you would be.

Bottom line, this movie rocks!