Blog Makeover!

Finally!

No more boring stock image blog for me :o) I'm so excited! 

My blog has at last received the facelift it so desperately needed, 

thanks to the uber amazing Najla Qamber.

She's seriously fantastic!

I've even got my own button, which I've never ever had before. Totally cool!

Feel free to grab it and share it on your blog :o)

Challenge - Week 3 Results

No good news this week. I'd like to tell myself that my few days of weight lifting attributed to my results, but I just can't believe it. In fact, I know what caused them. It was my poor choice, while succumbing to the stress of having a broken water heater for 3 days.

I went to McDonald's. No, I'm not proud to admit it. The sad thing is, I don't even really like McDonald's! I know! What the heck was I thinking? If I was going to break the rules I should have at least gone some place I enjoyed. Sigh.

Despite my lack of self-control, I still went to the gym, but only 3 times this week instead of my usual 4. I cut my cardio in half, down to 30 minutes, and do another 30 on crunches, leg work, abs, etc. I guess I need to just keep chugging along, and maybe, eventually, I'll start losing again.

:o(

This weeks results = 1 lb. gained

Cover Art Coverage

I came across this fun post about some new covers and wanted to share my favorite of the bunch. (shown below) What do you think? I would definitely pick this one up off the shelf. 

Stop by All Things Urban Fantasy and find your favorite.

Peasant Couple

Got into editing again this morning and had a difficult time. There aren't very many helpful tutorials online for the software I use. I think I did an okay job, though there are a lot of elements I couldn't accomplish that were in the tutorial. What do ya think?

Just made these eyes so I thought I'd add them too. Again, a lot of the steps I had to skip.

Fall Apart

I've been messing around with my photo editing software and just learned this new trick.  I think for a total beginner, it doesn't look too terrible. I can't wait to become more proficient in my editing, but its going to take lots of time and practice.

Challenge Week 2 Results

I'm not sure I can say how proud I am of myself this week. I failed miserably at eating healthy. Okay, I wasn't totally bad, but I did have a piece of cake more than once, and a bowl of popcorn. Now I'm left with deciding if the bad foods I love to eat, are with the guilt I feel afterward.

I'll get back to you on that one lol

I sat there, eating my cake and thinking with every bite I should stop eating it, but I couldn't! Forget word count goals, junk food is my new nemesis!

I did manage to do another 4 days at the gym this week, and I must say that I am ready to adjust my workout. Doing an hour of cardio each of those 4 days is turning me into a zombie. Starting tomorrow I'm going to half my cardio and throw in some weight lifting. I must say that I am praying they have the little diagrams on the machines, cause some of them look like torture devices and I haven't the slightest inkling on how to use them.

My next new "great weight loss" idea is yoga. Starting next week, I'm going to do one day of yoga on whatever day it is that I don't go to the gym. I'm thinking gym on Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri. That leaves Wednesday for yoga. I've never done yoga before, but I do know that's its no necessarily for losing weight. What I am hoping though is that it will help with muscle building, and maybe even help me relieve my shin splints.

On to my results. I can't say I'm very proud of this number. I was hoping for more, but deep down inside I knew that my cheating would come back to haunt me.

Weight loss this week = 1 lb.

Bookmarks Galore!

I just want to give a shout out to one of my favorite people, Najla! She is such an incredible artist and an absolute joy to work with. She has designed all my bookmarks and also the cover for Chaos.
Awesome, right?! I know! If you want to check out more of her wonderfulness, then stop by her blog

http://najlaqamberdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/08/bookmarks-galore.html