Adventures In: Being A Lucky Girl.

I don't know how I got so lucky to find my boyfriendy, but I'm oh so glad I did. Maybe it was my reward for putting up with so many assholes. So glad those days are behind me, and that they seem like a life time ago.

Why am I feeling so lucky friends? Look at the attached pictures? The boyfriendy sent me those messages recently. One while I was making dinner for us, the other last night while I was in the shower. It was pretty cute how he brought the one last night to my attention. I went to snuggle up with him on the couch. I grabbed my phone but didn't look at it when I sat done. He says, "hey I think your phone rang while you were in the shower". It didn't, but I saw that text and it made my night!!

I hope everyone as feeling as loved as I am. Also hopefully this can be a reminder to make sure your loved ones know how you feel!!

XO- TaraPants

Adventures In: LOLing

Just a quick post.

Two things:
I lost 2 lbs in my very first week of dieting. So exciting. Shout out to my bestie who lost 3!!!

And while talking to my bestie about our goals she suggested we celebrate after reaching a certain goal. I suggested we celebrate...... with cake!!! #fatkidlovescake

Ok bed time!!

XO love muffins

Adventures In: Friendship

I have a couple of thoughts I want to share about friendship.

First and foremost I'm so so thankful I have people I can call my best friends. I know they will be my true BFF's, and that last will truly mean FOREVER!!! Sara and Sarah and Alicia I'm so lucky to have you all in my life!!! I'm also lucky to have a handful of other people who are great friends. It's so nice to have people in your life that you may not see or talk to as often as you like, but when you do reconnect you pick back up right where you left off. It's a great feeling. I'm also so very thankful that the boyfreindy is also one of my best friends.

What sucks about my current friendships is that I have ZERO girlfriends in the city I'm currently living. My co workers are great, and I enjoy chatting with another co-workers wife, but these friendships aren't the same. We are work friends, and I need outside of work friends. Again, I'm super thankful that I can count the boyfriendy as a friend, but I NEED my girls! It's rough not having them in the same town. I miss being able to hop in my car and be at Webby's in 10 mins. or the late night trips to Steak and Shake with Silly. I'll never in my life be too old for slumber parties with these girls, but it's hard when they are 2 and 4 hours away.

I also don't understand why it's so much harder to make friends as an adult. I enjoy meeting new people, I think I'm pretty friendly, but man it's rough! Being in a new city with no girlfriends sucks. I don't recommend it! That's why I'm so glad I can talk to the boyfriendy about anything, and I can be my same silly self around him that I would be with my girlfriends, and he loves me, and laughs at my sillyness/randomness.

Friendships, especially when you are far away, and at different stages in life, take work. I fully get that. I make the effort to keep in touch with people, I feel like I really do, at least I try. When the other person doesn't seem to try it sucks. It hurts. I'm an emotional girl, and when people don't put the same effort into the friendship that I do, it makes me sad. (Just for the record Webby and Silly are NOT who I'm talking about here, they are great about making equal effort in our relationships). I don't like endings, or goodbyes, so when I feel friendships fizzling it's hard on me. I wonder do I keep making efforts, and continue getting my feelings hurt, or do I move on and close that chapter in my life, and smile at the memories made with said friend. Both are hard.

I love love love that I have amazing friendships, and great people in my life, but at the same time I'm sad because I feel other friendships ending, and have no local besties.

Okay--- there is no real point to this I guess. I can't sum things up in some nice little way. Just more Tara rambles :)

Do me a favor-- call a friend you haven't talked to in awhile today :) It'll make their day!!

XO
Tara Pants

Adventures In: Getting Healthy (Or Trying To At Least)

It's time for this girl to get her butt in shape. I'd never in a MILLION years be brave enough to post my weight on my blog like Emily did over on RUNNING LIKE A MOTHER WAY TO GO!!! Not only for being brave enough to post your weight, but more importantly for all your hard work. You are an inspiration! 

Yesterday I started (re)using the MyFitnessPal app. It has helped me in the past. I think just knowing I'm going to have to document what I put in my body helps me make better/smarter/healthier choices. I really like how easy it is. Plus it's free. Score. 

The boyfriendy and I also took a walk for over an hour. Tonight we are heading to the gym. We started off so strong with our workouts, but then he got sick, then I got sick, then we both got sort of lazy about it because of the cold. I wish it was warm enough to talk another walk outside, but Indiana weather is INSANE, and it'll be too cold. Such a bummer. 

The best friendy is also doing the app with me. We are going to be each others encouragement from afar. 

I'm excited and motivated. I hope that lasts. 

I'm also signed up for a 5K in July. I won't be running it. My boobs just DO NOT allow for running to happen. However, I'd like to complete this awesome super fun Color Run without feeling like I'm (or actually) dying!!! 

Wish me luck pals!! 

XO

Love TaraPants

Adventures In: CONFESSIONS!!

*These are my confessions*
Yup I just sang to you Usher style dear blog readers :)

So I was just chatting with my co-worker about Disney, and I stated "Disney movies are freaking scary".

It's true. They are. Why they are marketed at kids I'll never fully understand. The villains are too much.

So here is my confession.

At 28 years old I still have a reoccurring nightmare that I'm stuck in the mother freakin' Cave of Wonders.

Yup. The Cave of Wonders from Aladdin still gives me nightmares. It should be called the Cave of I'm Going To Haunt You For The Rest of Your Life!

Am I alone here? Maybe, but I doubt it. And maybe it's not the Cave that still haunts your sleep, maybe it's Ursula, or Scar, or being swallowed by the whale in Pinocchio, but I bet there is someone out there who still has bad dreams from enjoying "Disney Magic" as a child.


Anyhoo. I hope everyone is having a lovely day.
To anyone in the Mid-West who awoke to more darn snow this morning, I feel your pain.

Sending you all warm thoughts :)
XO -TaraPants

PS Spring, please come visit us, and stick around for more than just a day. I miss sunshine and flowers!!

Adventures In: Blog Failures.

So I wrote my last blog about wanting to post more, and all that jazz. Then I failed miserably.

Whoops.

But, I have been super sick. It's been awful. It started over a week ago, I got a little better, now I'm worse. No fever for the time being, but it was over 102. Now I'm just coughing my head off. It's not cute. It's actually pretty annoying, and painful. Urgent Care, which was a total joke, said I had an upper respiratory infection. They gave me steroids, which did nothing but make my face red and hot. I just want to cough up whatever is making my lungs feel like they are being squished and move on with my day!!

Basically the only time I'm not coughing is when I'm eating Edy's Whole Fruit Barfs. Thank goodness they are amazing!

So that's my quick update. When I get better its my goal to make this bloggity blog better!!

Xo TaraPants

Adventures In: Being A Blog Slacker

I totally admit 2 things. I started this blog because I really wanted it to be *something*, and I'm totally slacking on making that happen.

I'm not really sure what I wanted to make this blog into, but I wanted it to be fun, entertaining, updated often, and have more than one follower. (Thanks Kelli!). I guess the problem is I'm not really sure how to make some of those things happen.

My new goals for this blog will be posting at the very very least once a week, and I need to start following other bloggers to get inspiration and such.

Hey, at the very least this blog is currently my way of ranting, gushing about my boyfriendy, and having those things to look back on later in life. However, I want more out of it than that. I want people to enjoy it, or at least comment, or something.

Time to brain storm new ideas!! Thinking cap is on.

Stay tuned!!

XO TaraPants