Day 31

Foodie Friday with Mommy = Blissness

Got to spend Friday with my mom all day. It has been awhile since we did that. Friday was rainy and crazy weather-wise, but we turned wet windy day into warm fun day by adding mom-time with food trips. We met at the Korean market and ate the Korean food in there, then hung out at home and watched tv. We had plans to go to Special Thai for the thai buffet, but that did not happen because their buffet was put on hold for the time being. So after discussing possibility of other choices, going from dimsum to chinese to sushi we ended up at the pho place where we each had a plate of pho and shared this yum fried chicken with butter garlic sauce dish. YUM. Brain went on a merry-go-around meets international food court when my mom made became my own I Love Lucy episode with the high dosage of mind-changing on what to eat. It was really fun tho, so def became my bliss moment :)

expected bliss: 16, unexpected bliss: 15

Day 30

Movie Night!

Thursdays before my Fridays off are the best. Long weekend, more time with babe and just overall a nice blissful feeling. We were in the pie mood so got us EACH our own medium Pizza Hut pie. Mine was half cheese and half sausage/mushroom and we topped our slices off with chimichurri sauce, avocado and had mixed greens on the side. Awesome meal. Paired with one of my favorite Jet Li movies! It was the perfect evening!! These are the b-moments to always look forward to.

expected bliss: 15, unexpected bliss: 15

Day 29

Music is Love

These days I really believe in signs. Remember when I said on Day 15 that I wanted to play piano for seniors in homes? Tuesday night out of nowhere I thought about the goal I have and how I need to get a move on the plan. So the morning of Day 29 I went to youtube in the morning to find a song to listen to while getting ready for work. When you go to the youtube homepage it shows random videos available to watch. I never look at those. I usually just type in whatever video I want to watch. That morning for some reason I looked down and saw the title of the 2nd video listed:  Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era. I thought wow, I have to watch this.

I got to work and watched it. It was amazing. Shows the video of a man at a nursing home who is non-ambulatory and is usually just slouched over and not very active. The recreational therapist decided to try music therapy and put headphones on the man and when he heard music, he came to life. It is so powerful. Touching and sweet and beautiful. Tears of joy galore at work! It really hit me how much I need to get on this plan!

here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKDXuCE7LeQ

This is what he says:  "It gives me the feeling of love, romance. I figure right now the world needs to come into music, singing. You’ve got beautiful music here, beautiful, lovely. I feel band of love, of dreams. The Lord came to me, made me holy. I’m a holy man so He gave me these sounds."

expected bliss: 14, unexpected bliss: 15

Day 28

Happy Chusday to me!

Perfect addition to my healthy meal! The chicken reallllly hit the spot (please refer to Day 7) and made my veggies taste even better! Don't worry though, I think it's ok. I got home a bit after 830pm from work, then did my Insanity workout, Cardio Power & Resistance and sweat it out.

expected bliss: 14 , unexpected bliss: 14

Day 27

The Price is Right!

Bliss! Us girls went to be in the studio audience for the game show The Price is Right on Monday! it was a BLAST. bliss blast. Everyone should go at least once. We almost didn't make it in, but we were the 2nd to last group to get in. 4 other ladies got in after us and that was the last group they let in. This was an all day outing. We got to the line around 1030am, then got in past the gate probably after 1230, then waited to get our nametags and group picture taken and finally to the interview before 4pm! They do interviews for group of 12 people and look for enthusiastic energetic people. The lady that was in the group after us, Bess, was so cute. We could tell immediately she would be picked. She was from NY, visiting her family in CA and was heading back to NY the following day. We all told her that she would be picked to be a contestant. And she was! Now, here is where it gets better. (as if being picked to be a contestant wasn't sweet enough!)

Bess got picked to be a contestant. Then for the round she bid on, she won. For the game she played on stage, she won. She won a year's worth of movie tickets, flowers and groceries! Then when she spun the wheel, she got 50, then 50 again (goal to get 100) so she automatically got $1000. Then spun again for a chance to win $10k if she gets the 100. She spun. She got 100. Another $10k! For the final showcase, she bid and won a trip to Grand Canyon, Ireland and a Jeep! With each win, us girls got more and more excited until we were crying out of joy for her. It was so amazing and so meant to be.

It was originally supposed to be 8 of us girls going. Had all 8 gone, then Bess and her family wouldn't have even gone in. God works in miraculous ways. Bess deserved it, the sweet caring soul she is. We had gotten to know her in the long waiting of the day and were all so happy to see her get this.

Btw this episode will air May 2nd. Watch out for the tall asian girl in the back jumping up and down. It's me!!

oh, had to share this pic. Took it while waiting to find out if we get in. It's hard to see, but that crosswalk sign says Sausauge Xing. HAHAH! That red shot behind is a sausage cafe!

My Bess Bliss was amazing and I was so happy to get to see and be part of this. Oh and Drew Carrey is so cute and funny!!!!!!!!!

expected bliss: 13, unexpected bliss: 14

Day 26

Spin the Wheel!

Spent Easter Sunday first at Chuck E Cheese with honey and his little ones and had a blast! After all, it's where a kid can be a kid. There was one game we played that was seriously a group effort. Got a small bruise and a good workout playing Hit Hit Alaska. In case you can't tell, I am posing next to the The Price is Right wheel game. (Hey!! it's a sign! We are planning on going on an Alaskan cruise, and I had plans to go to the Price is Right show the next day!)

After Chuck E Cheese we went to the park for a few hours and it was so much fun! I cannot believe how many people go to the park on Easter! Oh, one highlight was when the ice cream lady came and honey got me a strawberry ice cream bar! Bliss!

expected bliss: 13, unexpected bliss: 13

Day 25

Doggy bliss

Remember Miss Kirby from Day 18? I thought she had already been adopted, but she was not yet. So when I got to the shelter on Saturday I happily took her out. We relaxed on this bench for quite a while where she napped to her heart's content and I blissfully just sat and enjoyed the day. Later Kirby came to lay on me for awhile which was great. Until....

I noticed 2 strange stains on my pant legs. Finally realized she had her period on me!! This was a first. I went to a staff member and was told that Kirby will be adopted very soon and just needs the final procedure to get spayed. Ah. Kirby in heat = bloody pant leg for yours truly.

So I go to the restroom to try to scrub the stains out. Didn't do well on the scrubbing I guess. Looked down and saw that the scrubbing did however, leave me 2 hearts. Awww. Special I felt that afternoon trying to rid my pant leg of blood left from a doggy. :) Then moved on to walk other dogs. Took a little one, Justin, out for a walk. And he did this.....

Ripped my shirt! He was so excited by the smell of Kirby all over me that he full on attacked my shirt! It was ridiculous to the T. Chewed through my shirt, kept jumping up and down all over me, continued to tug at my shirt, and the final straw was when I saw the hole in the crotch of my jeans! *blush, blush* Sorry Justin, back in you go, you horndoggy! :)

Well, I definitely felt very desired that sunny 25th day!

expected bliss: 12, unexpected bliss: 13