realkittykate

So it has been a long time since I updated this. In fact, it's been a long time since I signed into lj at all. What do I have to update?

1) Wedding - Not only is the dress ordered, but it has arrived and I have had my first fitting. I ordered a cake, booked a dj, got the photographer & looked at invitations. I still have to search out bridesmaid dresses and flowers, but luckily we have a florist in the family. I have also decided on our mini-moon destination and cost it all out. I am feeling pretty on top of things for now.

2) Evil Moths - In November I discovered that we have casemaking clothing moths. This creeps me out to no end, I think its because it makes me feel like I am a dirty person. I know that ANYONE can get them but we had a huge infestation that I am still fighting (just when I think I am ahead they knock me back into reality). I have started cleaning the house once a week and vacuuming twice (we have hardwood floors). I still have to clean the basement which will consist of me throwing out everything stored there. I figure if I ahvent used it in 2 years then why do I have it? I have totally embraced the dormant cleaning trait of being born a Virgo. I constantly research the EM's and have tried several products to try and get rid of them, I even consultated professionals, one of whom spoke to me in great length about the pros and cons of getting a professional in to spray. The pro being that as we have all hardwood floors and all man made fibres, a spray would be the very last resort. The con is that I bought some pheremone traps, havent caught a single moth in them and spent $120 on it. Eddie doesn't understand why I am creeped out by them and really I think its that they are ugly, ruin my clothes and make me feel dirty. All my drawers have cotton balls soaked in lavender in them and it makes me feel like an old lady. Anyways, because of this I HATE, no, I really do HATE the house we live in. I want to move more than anything, throw away everything I own and start again. Am I irrational? Maybe, but I can't help how I feel.

That's about it. My life can totally be summed up in 2 words: Wedding and Moth. Yay and Gross, Happy and Disgusting...take your pick.

All I have to say is I am loving the weather right now, even though I have to work. 20 degrees in November is awesome, I wish it would stay this way!

So I took a Learn to Spin class at the gym. I thought I might die. It was fine because we didn't do much but learn the basics. I may still die when I take a real class. The only part of me that is sore today is from sitting on the seat (i will leave it to your imagination). I am pretty happy with my cardio fitness right now, the heartbeat drops rapidly from an intense workout now rather quickly. Also, the middle of the road 5 mile an hour jog on the treadmill doesn't really get me going like it used to. I am asking for some more personal training lessons for xmas as I need to totally tone my shoulders and arms for my strapless wedding dress. If only the poundage and inches would start to drop off I know there is some definition under all my flab. Come on fat, time to get lost, I have been working so hard and losing you!

That's it. My question of the year. I wonder how everyone in Southern Ontario is not going to be diagnosed with severe depression after all this crap weather we had. Last year's horrible snow season that saw us get the worst snow in 80 years, followed by a 'summer' that consisted of only 3 smog advisory days (ie actual hot summer days) and something like 12 of 16 weekends that had rain and of those 8 or so were complete washouts where it rained both days of the weekend. Thanks a lot Mother Nature...Here is to another 7 months of depression before we see if we get a summer next year. And we better, if Sept 25 is as cold next year as next, I will not be a happy bride!

Holy smokes! I had a coffee today (with soy milk) for the first time in 3 weeks. I thought I was on speed or something. I never really thought coffee affected me before but wowsers, it sure did! I don`t remember it hitting me so hard the previous times I quit coffee for weeks.

Ok so today is my last official day of the cleanse thought I will be keeping it up tomorrow and half of Thursday when we are going out to try on wedding dresses and for dinner. I don't feel all that different though someone told me the other day that my skin looked great. I am really looking forward to eating tomatoes, cucumbers, zuchini and fruit (other than bananas!). It is something I would do again, probably after Xmas and I am going to try to keep it up, but realistically its hard to do. The weirdest thing about it is that for 2.5 weeks of this I was sleeping amazingly. Like literally, exhausted, head to pillow out til the alarm went. Not so much anymore, I can't sleep well at all and I wake up several times a night. WTF is that about? Bring back the good sleeping!

Ok, I know I haven't written in a LONG time but I have been busy...stuffinh my face and getting fat! Holy smokes did I get fat, but I did enjoy myself! Anyways, I decided that after a particularly gluttonous August, it was time to do a cleanse. So I picked a 21 day cleanse that involves me eating none of the things I like. No meat (easy), no sugar (kind of easy as I did GI before), no alcohol (boo), no wheat and gluten (i have since learned that they are not the same thing!), nothing from the deadly nightshade family (tomatoes, cucumber, zuchinni, eggplant etc), no mushrooms (what is one to do when portobellos are a no-no??), no caffeine (i love a good creamy coffee but i never have sugar in it) and no dairy (quite annoying as I happened to start my period the same day as the cleanse and I wanted CHOCOLATE). It started off brilliantly, although I understand the first few pounds is mainly water weight and I was on my period, I lost 10 lbs in the 5 days. This is AWESOME I thought! I know the rate would be expected to drop so I was realistically thinking that in the remaining 2 weeks I could lose a further 8-10 lbs. Um yeah...the scale hasn't shifted in days. I have lost no more than 10 pounds and I only have 6 days left. WTF? I am also working out religiously and hitting the gym 4 times a week at 500 cals burned each time + walking home from work (50 min) or on the weekend an additional 2 times per week. On such an abridged diet of 1500 cals per day I really don't understand wtf is going on? Don't they say diet and exercise go hand in hand at losing weight? Why haven't I lost anything in over a week? I am getting so frustrated and borderline angry about why my body isn't producing the results it should and I am worrying about how the hell I won't be a fat bride next Sept if I cannot lose any weight when I really try. I have been tested for thyroid and all that but apparently I am clean...sigh...I refuse to believe I am genetically pre-disposed to being this fat for the rest of my life

It is truly time for the cold weather to get lost and the snow to stop. It was -18 when I woke up this morning and the forecasters are predicting at least another 3 storms in March for us. It has already been the worst snow year for Toronto in decades, I am telling you Mother Nature, we REALLY don't want anymore! I am slightly depressed as it feels as though summer will NEVER come!!! If it isn't a good summer after this, it may be time to hunt Mother Nature down...

For those of you that know me, you know I like to complain. Not just about myself, although I do quite enjoy that, but mostly about bad service. In recent weeks I have sent 3 complaint letters to different companies and only 1 has replied. The worst offender is Winners. Without going into a whole long speil about the reasoning, suffice it to say the service I was provided with was sub-standard and the response to my 5 emails (not a peep) has angered me beyond belief. I am not looking for anything when I complain but an apology for bad customer service. Apparently that is too much to ask so I am just about to call Winners and ask them why they have such a poor idea of customer service. I can't wait! Lol I am retarded!

Nothing gets my goat like irresponsible pet owners. A woman at work today casually tells me that her daughter called and asked her to take one of her cats to the Humane Society. Horrified as to why anyone would want to give away a pet, I stupidly ask why??? The story goes a little like this: Friends daughter was cat sitting for an equally irresponsible pet owner who left the cat with daughter to have kittens. Daughters friend then took cat and left 3 kittens with daughter, this was a year and a half ago. Daughter is taking care of 2 females and 1 male only now the male, because he is not neutered, is spraying, plus daughter has to lock him up away from the females to prevent impregnation of sister cat. Now she has decided that the only thing she can do is get rid of the male cat because she cannot afford to get him neutered. Apparently this same daughter had to use Craigslist to get rid of a dog not too long ago. How many time can people say: DO NOT GET AN ANIMAL IF YOU CANNOT TAKE CARE OF IT??? I really don't get how people can't understand that a pet is a lifelong commitment. LIFELONG (for you and pet alike).I really wish that work friend had never even told me that story because I now feel like it is my responsibility to rescue the cat from being given to the Humane Society. If I were able to, I would take him, but I can't.