What's Up?? (Thankfully not my weight)

I don't know why it's so hard to blog!!
Seems like I make a start to come back and then completely blow my blog off for months and then start again, and the same cycle just keeps going.  I know I'm not alone though b/c my blog feed has been nearly empty for months!!!
So, what have I been up to?

A LOT! As usual.

Thankfully, my blog absence does not coincide with a weight gain that I don't want to talk about. Actually, I'm doing pretty Ok. Not losing a great deal but still going along my merry slow pace. I'm still at the lowest I've ever been and I enjoy about 1/2 lb loss each week give or take. Now that it's finally SUMMER here in Il, I've been walking most nights or going to my beloved hot yoga sculpt class. My instructor conned  talked me in to taking a 2 week bootcamp at our yoga studio which I'm pretty convinced may just knock me dead on my feet.  It's 5 nights a week and two Saturday mornings and one sunday off for 2 weeks. I'll let you know how that goes.. I'm really hoping it'll really kick-start some massive weight loss and help me tone up a bit since I'm starting to see the loose skin more than ever before.

Otherwise in life we are just busy. Mac is doing great! Sassy almost 3 year old boy who wants to do the exact opposite of everything we ask him to do. He's loving school, really into baseball (to the delight of his dad) and in general is pretty sweet most days! We've been going up to Milwaukee for quite a few Brewers games and spending lots of time with our friends at festivals and brunching. In early May, my AZ Besties, Michelle and Joy came to town and that was FUN! I'm pretty sure after that weekend, I needed a full week to recover b/c we were on the go alot. I've had dinner with a fellow BOOB Deb and am planning to lunch with Beth, Deb and Beth's BFF when they come to Chicago next weekend!!  It's nice to see the BOOBs!!

My work still sucks. Super boring but the schedule works great for me so I'm weighing the pros and cons of looking for a new job.  Oh to be independently wealthy!

Just going to leave with a couple of pictures. Hopefully, I can get my shit together to start posting more regularly!!! Hope you are all well!! XOjs

5 Things Friday!

Hey peeps, how's it going?

I'm TRYING to get back in the groove of blogging and truthfully, my job isn't that exciting or busy, so I have no excuse anymore.

1.  Speaking of my job. I really don't think this is the place for me. I think I was spoiled by Medicis and all the friends I made there and how much fun we had while working.  I should say the 1st 4 years were fun and the last was pretty tough, but I'd almost take that non-stop busyness over what I'm doing now. The people just aren't that friendly and my boss is a bit of a micro-manager. For someone who thrives on human interaction, this is tough for me. I keep saying I need to give it some time and hope to get to know people better, since it's really only been 3 weeks, but I just don't know. We have a work function on the 14th so I'm hoping that people will loosen up a bit and actually talk to me and I can make some headway in getting to know them a bit more.. if not, then I'm going to start looking again. It wasn't that hard to find this job but that was when I didn't have a job so this might be a little tougher.

2.  I only went to Yoga once this week and I'm pissed about it. I went to the gym a couple of times but I really wanted to make sculpt at least 2x this week and I just couldn't swing it. I'm hoping to go twice this weekend which will mean a lot of pain next week!! :)  love the pain though!

3.  I'm currently obsessed with my fitbit.. a few of my girlfriends have them and it's like a little competition to see who gets more steps. One is training for a half so her steps are out of control. But we taunt and cheer each other on! it's kind of nice to have something make me be accountable.. I am shooting for those 10000 steps every day! I had one of the Fitbits that I would just hook to my bra but updated to the one on my wrist (and you can see my super cute new watch too!! :) )

4.  My parents are coming this weekend. I'm excited to see them as we haven't seen them since Christmas. Mac is super excited too b/c we are going to the aquarium! I swear every morning he gives me a list of ALL of the types of marine animals we are going to see!  The weather officially blows so we'll be inside most of the days they are here! I mean really, Mother Nature needs to be punched in the face!! 

5.  Totally random but last night I woke up and it was super quiet in our house which is weird b/c I have a noise maker in our room. And I realized the power had gone out. I immediately started to panic as I knew we were dipping into the negatives last night and I was worried that we would all freeze to death with the power of and I didn't know how long it had been off, etc..   Thank god it went back on while I was still awake panicking b/c I would not have slept all night.  It must not have been off for too long b/c it seriously never dipped below 74 in our house!! Worry Wort!! :) 

totally boring blog so props to you if you are still reading!!  I said I would blog but I didn't say it'd be interesting!! 

happy weekend !

xo,js

Where did my BloJo go??

So, Michelle texted me the other day and said that she wishes we still blogged b/c she misses reading mine.. kind of made me feel a little guilty for never posting. just a little!  So, I figured now was as good a time as any to post. I've had kind of a whirlwind last three months or so but I don't think I've even posted to blog since September. Kind of sad, b/c there was a LOT going on I could have updated you on. But, now, there's just too much to talk about, so I'll try to catch everyone up over the next couple of weeks. I am friends on FB will a lot of my old blogger friends so most of you know what's been happening with the S family!!
Long Story Short..

Company that I worked with in Scottsdale got bought out by larger company and laid off most employees last year. My last day was 12/31.
Moved to Chicago on 12/14
Got a new job starting 2/5 - don't love it but don't hate it
Christmas came and went and holy shit it's almost March!!
Loving living in Chicago but totally over the winter weather nightmare that is currently the "worst winter in Chicago's history" - go figure
Missing Arizona - mostly my friends
Mac is thriving at a new school. Tim is loving the city life.
I enjoyed a month of unemployment - wish it would have been longer!

Since this is a weight loss focused blog, figured I'd start today with that subject.
I'm down at  my lowest ever and oh so close to being down 100 lbs.  Even once I hit 100 down, I still have a ways to go but I'm so happy with my progress these past couple of months. You know I love the workouts and while in AZ, I was totally in to Pilates but it's soo much more expensive here so I've been newly obsessed with hot yoga. I was a little nervous to try it but now I'm hooked! And, I've been doing a class called Sculpt which is essentially hot yoga with weights.. it's crazy hard but soo good. I'm already seeing changes in my body and I've been doing it for about 3 weeks.
My eating has been good. I still haven't found a new band doctor but for now, I'm ok with where I'm at. Just need to keep chugging along.

Will end with a couple of recent pics.. one was in November taken by one of our favorite photographers and one from Saturday night - out with the girls.~!

Hope you are all well, miss reading your blogs but thankful to the ones who are still keeping up with the blogs (BethAnn, that means you!! :) )