Catching Up with the Work Out Data

I have only skipped working out once! I’ve just been skipping posting my numbers,  so here they all are!

Multi-press: 10-10-10 no weight
Leg Extensions: 15-12-12 
Leg curl: 15-15-15 40lbs
Lat pulldown: 10-12-10 30lbs
Seated row: 20-20-20 20lbs
Abs: 15-15-15-15

Multi-press 10-10-10 no weight
Leg curl 10-12-12 50 lbs
Leg extention 10-10-10 no weight
Lat pulldown 10-10-15 30 lbs
Row 20-20-20 30 lbs
Abs 4 sets of 20

Multi-press 12-12-12 no weight
Leg curl 12-12-12 50lbs
Leg extensions 10-10-10 no weight
Lat pulldown 12-12-12 30lbs
Row 20-20-20 30lbs
Abs 4 sets of 25

Multi-press 10-10-10 20lbs
Leg curl 15-15-15 50lbs
Leg extensions 15-15-15 no weight
Lat pulldown 20-20-20 30lbs
Row 10-10-10 40lbs
Abs 4 sets of 30

Working Out: Day 2

It was almost hard to make ourselves go this time. But we did. But I skipped the treadmill, so it was nearly a victory. Here are my stats

• Multi-Press: 10-6-10
  • no weight
• Jog 1 min.
• Leg Extensions: 15-15-15
  • no weight
• Leg Curls: 15-15-15
  • 40lbs
• Jog 80 secs.
• Lat Pulldown: 10-12-10
  • 30lbs
• Seated Row: 15-15-15
  • 20lbs
• Abs: 10-10-10-10

We were tired, but there are small victories as well as small defeats here. That is all.

So I Started Working Out (Finally)

I made a New Year’s Resolution to get fit and healthy. Not skinny guys, remember that, skinny isn’t good, skinny is what the media tells girls guys want. Mr. Fox will hunt us down and lecture us if we try to get skinny, and I agree. We’re all made in God’s image, we need to keep this in mind. He also made us how He saw fit, and who are we to argue with that? However we are to take care of our temples; be healthy and fit. Mr. Fox and I have been eating much better (not cutting out anything, just mindful of exactly how many fast food burgers we’ve eaten in a week). We eat more in and much less fast food than last year. Mr. Fox’s uncle was Mr. Texas at one point so when I was wondering how to get stronger without bulking up (like I tend to do) and burn fat, I called him up. He said that for people who want to become lean, mean, long lasting fighting machines, we’re to do fast paced, many reps of whatever we want, and to switch it up between the treadmill and the elliptical so we don’t get bored.

This is my first day back and my first time EVER to do anything besides a treadmill, so don’t judge my numbers!

• Multi-Press: 3 sets of 10
  • no weight
• Leg Extensions: 3 sets of 10
  • 40 lbs
• Jog in place
  • 1 minute
• Lat Pulldown: 3 sets of 15
  • 30 lbs
• Jog in place
  • 1 minute
• Seated Row: 3 sets of 15
  • 20 lbs
• Abs: 3 sets of 10
  • no weight
• Treadmill: 10min. fast walk
  • .5 miles
  • cooldown .25 miles

Mr. Fox and I share the machines in our apartment’s little gym-ette, and the times that I jogged in place was when he was using the machine I was on. It’s how I kept my heart rate up. It worked. I had jelly legs and noodle arms, but so far it seems that I’m not too terribly sore. We’ll see how we fair tonight, we’re headed to a Tennis Concert! (which means plenty of standing).

Color Board: Hipster Theorem I

 

 

Inspiration Source: http://www.nymfont.com/p/blogger-templates.html

So Here’s a Rant

Have you ever said that you could do something but didn’t even know where to start?

That is exactly what I got myself into here with this graphic design degree. Sure I have the schooling, but I’ve been out for a while now and where is all this massive amounts of glorious art that I supposedly be doing? I’m not creating gorgeous pieces, I’m not working on anything at all. Free time, because of the holidays, doesn’t exist. If I even got an hour to myself, I wouldn’t spend it working, I’d be reading, or watching Netflix. And even if I decide to work non-stop on those rare hours, there isn’t much that I can get done in an hour before I have to drop it and then start the creative process all over again. I just don’t know what I’m doing. Don’t get me started on even knowing where to begin either! How do you get creative? How do you even start to start making work that looks like what’s out there in the professional’s works? How do they get there? Making those beautiful things. No famous designer ever write about how they get there, they themselves don’t even know how they got there. Anything that have to say about that process is: uh, I guess I just chugged coffee one night and it all sort of just clicked. Or: I just have always been able to get what the client really wants and I guess that’s what makes me good.

Well, I haven’t a clue how to get where I want to go. But I know that sitting on my butt, whining about not already being there isn’t the way to do it. I suppose I ought to just start making things, even if they aren’t for a client. Just make things for myself, find motivation somehow. I have motivation to DIY my home, why can’t I get motivation to start actually working toward that designer that I want to be. I want to be able to fearlessly create awesome arts that clients love or are too stupid to love. I want to have clients clamoring for my work.

Most important though, is the fear. I’m totally terrified that I suck and that stymies me. Our pastor said that our lives await us on the other side of fear and what would our lives look like without fear. But no one ever tells you how to move on or around that fear. Is it just always there and the professionals just don’t admit it? Or do you get used to it and then it slowly fades away? Or one day do you just finally break away from it and it’s no longer there, just a forgone memory of days past?

I don’t know where I’m supposed to start, but not starting at all just means I’m standing still. So I’m going to assume that any progress is progress in the right direction, even if it’s not the right place to start.

Mood Board: Laundry Room

Resources

1. Clothing Care Cheat Sheet (Image on Pinterest)
2. Ombre Walls
3. The most memorable days usually end with the dirtiest clothes
4. Dazzling Dishwasher Detergent
5. Laundry Bombs
6. Homemade Laundry Detergent  (recipe)
7. Washing Machine Stand
8. Ironing Board Hanger (Image in Pinterest)
9. Department of Missing Socks

Not Shown

10. DIY Reusable Dryer Sheets

Mood Board: Living Room

Resources

1. Branch Shelves
2. Branch Lamps
3. Hanging Shelves Entertainment Center
4. Sofa Layout

Branchy Hanging Entertainment Center

Source: http://fabuloushomeblog.com/2012/12/20/branch-shelves-seems-like-it-would-be-easy-to-recreate/

Instead of going with a traditional TV stand/dresser/etc. my husband and I have chosen to go a more creative route.

Here’s the plan:
Ikea has some wood that may do the trick. I need to decide if buying ready made shelving wood from Ikea is better than cutting and painting our own from Home Depot/Lowes, though.

• Ikea’s: LACK (wall shelf, birch effect) $19.99/74 3/4″x10 1/4″
• Lowes: 1x4x8′ Spruce-Pine Furring Strip $1.82 per
• Home Depot: ??

Brackets instead of branches? It all depends on how hard it’ll be to get a hold of good branches (birch it seems to be from the picture), if our cats will tear them up, and if we actually end up liking the idea once the ball starts rolling. Back-up plan: Ikea’s EKBY STÖDIS bracket for $0.50 each at 6 3/4″x6 3/4″

There are a plethora of trees in my husband’s parent’s backyard, however as most of them are burned up, we’ll have to explore and find a good tree with nice branches we can take. We may have to just buy the wood.

I want to have slightly smaller branches than pictured however, so it doesn’t overtake the simplicity of the piece. (If we actually end up doing it. The more that I’m thinking over this, the branches are going to be a bit difficult).

source: http://cutequote.co/2013/07/13/diy-hanging-shelves-instead-of-entertainment-center/

(I like this configuring, although I’m making a cat walk shelf to match above the TV.)

EDIT: Okay, nixing the branch idea. It’ll be too messy and too expensive for now. Maybe later though!

This is the current living room where we’ll be putting the shelving and mounting the TV.

Okay kids, so now we’re just waiting for the budget to calm down and then we can get to work! YAY! Updates to be posted here!

Mood Board – Wall Art

Resources:

1.  Wedding Date
2.  Initial
3.  Glass Art
4.  Canvas Photography
5.  String & Nails
6. Tyler Knott Gregson Quote
7. Cloth Wallpaper
8. To the Moon & Back
9. Unknown (just in image in Pinterest)

Recycled Cardboard Painting

I made this a while back ago, but I thought you guys would like to see it! This is part of my Home Decor happiness, not really a DIY, but I’ll just post pictures and tell you about my process.

While I was in school, I found these used and broken, battered and destroyed pieces of cardboard next to the trash. They are super thick cardboard that the art students use as cutting boards. Most of them were in pieces, but I saved a few of them that were still whole (although gouged). I had NO idea what I was going to use them for, so they sat around for a long time.

I then, impulsively painted them white. Just didn’t want to do anything else to it than give them a good coating of white paint with a tiny brush while I consumed the entirety of Downtown Abbey (three seasons of episodes at that point). I had no idea what I wanted to do with them, then we moved into our apartment, Mr. Fox and I and I figured out exactly what I wanted. We had nothing on the walls yet and Mr. Fox loves bicycles, so why not?! I drew it out in pencil first, then took black paint and got to it! It took me almost two weeks of five minutes here and there and whenever I felt like painting. The chairs are there to show you the size reference. It now sits on the wall behind our sofa. It’s nearly the entire length of our sofa too.