A new gift!

Hubby bought me an antique rolltop desk...it is about half the size of his. The previous owner had placed a matching back on it rather than leave it open. I am going to remove that eventually, strip and refinish the desk to remove some scratches and such. But it was a sweet surprise and gift. I already am using it and love it!

Workouts have been going great but I am still down in weight. Summer is so hard for me to pack down food and gaining weight is always hard for me. Losing it easy. I am sure there are tons of women in this world that would love to be able to burn off fat the way I do, but it is not a good thing when you are trying to gain size and muscle...you need a little fat too. Sheesh.

Hubby's trainer competed this weekend in the Colorado Pro Am. The judges had said they wanted drier, leaner and harder and he was ripped and ready. What did the judges do...the went with size...and just the opposite of what they said they wanted. He is so discouraged right now he cannot see straight. A year he has busted his butt for this and he could have stayed at 240ish and gotten better than third...when in reality he should have taken first...second at a minimum. The judges and their system, blindness and wishy-washy attitudes in infuriating at times. No wonder good people like BuffMother, Kat Meyers and others stop competing.

Well off to get my consistency report done for the week and my new POA. Yay!

More later...

Another hot day!

Thursday was hot as hades outside. I am so thankful for the cool mornings and nights here...but midday was blazin. My poor little squash plants started to wilt midday...but I watered them really well at dusk and they are standing tall again.

I am currently in the process of writing out my plan/schedule from now until the Emerald. Complete with reminders to register with NPC and for the Emerald, posing clinic appointments, workouts, diets, when to start contest prep, when to order posing suits and etc. There are a ton of things that have to be done for a first contest for sure.

Meanwhile, the overall plan...heavy bulker through December then start contest prep after the holidays...about 16 weeks out from the Emerald. Start with trainer in August and until then keep at what I am doing, make plans for Cheyenne's trip to Florida, Hubby's re-evaluation at Fort Lewis in July and the normal tons of other daily stuff.

Time to go climb in bed with hubby and get some sleep....more later