Author Archives: Kara

Diet + Exercise = Confusion

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I love food. I tolerate exercise. So, how on earth do I combine the two in the healthiest way? Apparently, I haven’t been doing it right at all.

For example, eating a high calorie, high carb energy bar AFTER my workout and then parking my ass on the couch is a huge FAIL. Makes sense though. My body’s in “go” mode and I’m making it do nothing. Fail #1.

Also, after I came home & showered, I devoured a bagel with cream cheese (light cream cheese, in my defence!). Fail #2. What can I say? I’m a carb whore!!

Anyway, Kyle informed me of my mistakes (Darn him and his BCRPA certified mom!) and now I’m going to try and make a better effort to eat properly after my workouts. I guess giving my body fuel and then not using it isn’t so good. Goodbye carbs! Hello healthy stuff! Maybe I’ll even bust out the blender and start making myself smoothies. I just have to find myself a meal plan I guess.

On a random side note: My laptop is down for 2-3 “business days” :( My USB 2.0 drives stopped working and my camera card reader (more times than not) freezes my computer completely. I’m a little sad about it, but at least we still have Kyle’s desktop PC. And thank Cheesus that my cellphone is uber wicked-awesome and I can catch up on my blogs on there :)

On another random side note: My wedding dress arrived today and I’m picking it up tomorrow. I’m SOOOO excited to get back into it!

Any post-workout munchie tips for me?

Friday Bullets

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Oh my … Am I the only one who’s soooo glad it’s Friday? What a week it’s been! Here’s some bullets to lead you into the weekend:

  • I’ve been watching a lot of wedding shows on TV and I just watched a scene of everyone clinking the glasses to get the newly wed couple to kiss during the reception. I am so not looking forward to that. Maybe I’ll take away the water glasses and we’ll just use Dixie cups all night. My mom wanted to buy little bells, but I so veto’d that one.
  • It was St. Patrick’s Day yesterday, but I didn’t really take part. I mean, I wore some green, but it was unintended. Oh well, at least no one pinched me!
  • I won a $100 dining gift certificate from my Realtor yesterday! Woo! It was a little contest he had for all his clients through a newsletter. I just entered by sending an email, and my name was picked to win. Yay!
  • I just finished the last of the three books I bought back in January and I’m starting to look for new books to read. Any suggestions?
  • Kyle’s last day at his job is today, and he’s feeling pretty sad about leaving. He’s been there for almost four years and his bosses have been nothing but amazing to him. He’s probably going to be feeling a bit down after work today, but there’s nothing but great things ahead in the future. He’ll start his new job on the 28th AND his new truck should be here next week too :)
  • I started to print out the tags for our wedding favours earlier this week and RAN OUT OF PRINTER INK! Ah, the joys of DIY wedding planning! Luckily it was only one page and I could spare at least two, so after heading to Staples, I bought some more ink and finished the tags Wednesday.
  • Yesterday was my little niece’s 1st birthday! I bought her a cute little spring outfit and it fit her perfectly!

That’s all I got for today! Happy Friday! I’ll leave you with a picture of Lilly and Are you as glad as I am that it’s the weekend?

Isn't she a cutie?

The Joys of Strata

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Last night our strata complex had our Annual General Meeting for 2011. It was my first strata meeting EVER (obviously) and I wasn’t too sure what to expect, kind of.

Last August when Kyle and I were seriously interested in buying the townhouse, we were given the minutes from the past two AGM’s just to see how anal people may or may not be. There was one name (for all blogging purposes, we’ll call him “Jeff”) that was repeatedly mentioned, but it turns out he was on the other side of the complex of us, so we went for it and bought the place.

Now, back to last night. As the unofficial spokesperson of the household, I went to the meeting and Kyle stayed at home. Last year’s meeting lasted about one and a half hours, so I figured this one wouldn’t be so bad. Wrong, wrong, wrong! It lasted an  hour longer than expected, only because we only had the room booked until 9:00 p.m. I’m sure it would’ve been longer!

Jeff was the main reason why the meeting lasted so long. He argued every little point, and it seemed like this was his “thing” because most of the other owners moaned and groaned when he’s say, “Now what about ….” or something similar. It was kind of amusing, actually. I was just glad I wasn’t the only one wanting him to shut up. I’m pretty sure Jeff is an original owner from when the townhouses were built in 1977, I’m not even kidding, lol.

So, overall, the Strata meeting was long, exhausting, but informative. It made me feel like quite the grown up, considering I was the youngest owner there. The president and other council members were really nice and for the most part, everyone in the complex seems awesome. Not bad for my first meeting, and I’m sure it won’t be my last :)