Thoughts on a Thursday

Hello Lovies, Hope you are all having a lovely Friday Eve! I am cold... I know I have mentioned this before but for real Mother Nature is pissed at us mid-westerns. Monday & Tuesday were gorgrous.. like no coat in January nice and now today.. freezing 2 degrees with  hurricane winds (okay maybe not that bad, but my hair is looking cray).

This is not a joke, this is real life in Illinois.

 

Moving on.... So in case y'all have been living under a rock this Sunday is the best Sunday of them all...

 

SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!!

 

This means an all day football watching (and commercials), food eating, beer drinking spectacular and I cannot wait. Heading over to my girl Sara's house for some delicious food. I told her I would bring something, I mean Pintrest was made for days like that, and now I cannot decide which I would like to bring, any suggestions ladies??? I mean they all look fabulous :)

 

(Pintrest)

 

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And then those damn over achievers.... How can they, why did they, I can't even.....

 

I mean kinda cool, but also kinda... you have too much time on your hands fool!

 

 

 

But Really?!!?!?!?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blogger Fail!

Hello Ladies. So sorry I've been MIA lately. To say I have been busy is an understatement!!! Lots of work and traveling and little sleep! But I wanted to throw an update out to y'all in pictures of course!! We have no Internet or email at work so I can't do anything.. Perfect excuse to blog!

Pictures of my weekend below... Enjoy :)

1. I decided to redo my room and since I'm hopefully moving into a new apartment soon *cough cough* KALEN! I am loving the teal and white look :) Still a work in progress though!

 

2. I got all Pintrest-y on Saturday and made my own jewelry holder with that gorgeous teal and beige chevron fabric at HL! I love it and it was the inspiration for my room!

 

3. Sunday I went to the Blackhawks game, drinks and hockey boys with Kalen... Perfect Sunday.

 

4. Madhouse on Madison (UC), my absolute favorite sport live! I love hockey!

I love Johnny Toews, ah #19, you have stolen my heart!

 

..... I mean Realy??.. HOTTIE... 

 

I love Johnny Toews, ah #19, you have stolen my heart!

 

5. Monday after a killer day at work I got home and my beautiful monogram was there!! I am in love with it & couldn't be happier!

 

6. And finally... The killer of all clean/healthy .. Girl Scout Cookies! I've only had 1!!


Have a Great Week Ladies, see ya tomorrow!

<3 Jilly Anne

TGIF!

Hey Yo! And happy friday!! Woo, what a week... I am absolutley loving that I have nothing to do tonight but clear my DVR and blog, and thats all :)

Per yesterday's post, I mentioned I started a YEAST FREE diet on Monday. I have tried every diet ever to try and get healthy but this one grabbed my attention because the premise is basically just clean eating... plus one of my favorite bloggers, Steph @ BEAUtiful Mess raves about this and if someone my age can stick to this and have such fabulous results I figure it would be worth a try.

You can go to her blog and read all about it and how to follow it and she's got tons of great ideas and some great recipes. Here is what I did.

Breakfasts: Protein Shake/Almonds, Eggs & Bacon

Snacks: Protein Shake, Celery & Almond Butte, Veggies

Lunches: Amy's Turkey & Black Bean Chili, Lettuce Wraps, and Salad

Dinners: Turkey Burgers, Chicken, and sides of spaghetti squash (obsessed) & veggies

Like I said lots of clean eating and guess what..... I feel Awesome!!! You can't drink diet coke, hence the "give up Coke" post so I have been drinking water and green tea... my trainer is so proud!

So I weighed in last night at training and BOOM.... I was down 4lbs!!!!! Ahh I was so pumped. That is def some of the motivation I needed to keep it going! 

Anyways, enough about that.... Let's get to Friday Favs!!! See below:

Have a great weekend Loves, I will just be here in my arctic tundra.. loving the cold. ;)

- Jilly Anne

Giving up my DC habbit.

 

Well ladies, it's time to admit it, I have a Coke problem. No no no, not the powder up the nose kind, the diet coke kind, and it's terrible. I love em! I will stop on the way to work or on my lunch break (or both) to get a dollar diet coke from McD's... I can't help it... IM OBSESSED! The caffeine gets me through the day and the 0 calories are easy on my waistline.. plus it's $1!


Since I am on this healthy lifestyle... work out.. yeast free (more on that tomorrow) and get in shape kick, I decided after numerous pushes from my trainer and scary health articles that this shiz has got to go. So here we are day 4 with not one single diet coke. Nothing and I am still alive, and the cravings aren't as bad as I thought, not like sugary cupcake cravings.

Lifesavers so far since the coke kick (hahah I think I am hilarious):

* Water w/ Lemon (Loves it and helps detox your body)

* Green Tea w/ Truvia (caffeine kick and metabolism booster, hell yes, and way cheaper at SBUX)

That's all I have had to drink and I am pretty proud of myself, since 2x per day went to zero in 4 days. I have had a slight headache the past two days which could be from the caffeine kill or yeast free stuff.. but needless to say it's going well.

Anyways.. One of my favorite bloggers to read, because of her crazy awesome motivation is Bess @ BessBeFit! I always love when she posts StairMaster, Elliptical and Treadmill workouts because I need something to break those up, I get bored real easily.. So this morning I did the workout below and let me tell you... IT KILLED! I kept the resistance lower then she did but it was still a killer workout at the gym, 289 calories in 30 minutes! I will take it.... see below and give it a try!!

Her blog has tons of awesome workouts on it :)

So now my ass is sore and so are my legs but in a great way! Have a wonderful day ladies... and remember .. JUST SAY NO!

 

Later Loves, Jilly Anne

Mother Nature Hates the Midwest

Cold..Bitter Cold... that is how the lovely midwest is feeling this morning. I got up to go to the gym and it was -2 with a -22 windchill... IS THIS REAL LIFE??




I mean don't get me wrong, I am a huge winter lover, and good ole mother nature has been pretty great thus far but why does -22 even happen? I cant feel my fingers, my awesome top bun freaking froze leaving the gym... future Pneumonia patient right here.... and my iPhone shut off because it was too cold.. this is ridic! Not only that but now you have all the annoying ppl who post thier car thermometers (opps per above photo) on social media.. OMG so cold... LOL.. thanks weather channel.. now FB can tell me when its cold, rainy, snowy... thank goodness.


...... But Seriously.....

So while i sit here in my tundra of an office drinking more tea then ever to try and stay warm I think of my grandma who was complaining the other day that Ft. Myers Beach was only 64... no offense but suck it Florida.. I would take 24 right now..

Okay and I'm done.. bring on spring.

Anywho... since I am pretty new to the bloggity blog world I wanted to tell everyone.. or all the coolest people who read my blog about my social media... follow me please :)

Twitter: @cubsgirl210
Instagram: @cubsgirl210

.... man I am boring.. but follow me there and I will follow back.. since I am a huge twitter and insta - dork.

Stay Warm Loves :)

Really good Saturday followed by a great Sunday

Happy Conference Championship Day everyone and GO PATS! When I am not cheering on my Bears, the Patriots are my go to team, so I am thinking 49ers vs Pats in the Super Bowl, we will see.

Moving on, Saturday was amaze! We had planned to go to Milwaukee for my old boss, Ricci's, birthday celebration, the big 4-0! We had such a good time, we had dinner at Water Street Brewey, danced the night away at all the bars on Water Street and headed home at bar close, which I havent done in forever, call me crazy but 25 feels older all the time LOL. Since pictures tell it better, here goes...

The boys, the girls, & learning how to 2 step.

Patron Shots & Vodka/Soda.... yum!

After one hell of a night, we left the hotel this morning, early, and headed home. I'm glad I can still keep in touch with all of my favorite people from my days at Solo Cup, they are great and we had such a good time, no drama... just drinks and dancing :)

Now.. the most exciting part of the weekend.... I am currently writing this from my brand new.....

MAC BOOK PRO!!!!!

I have wanted one of these for the longest time and now I finally have one and I couldnt be happier, so hopefully this little bloggity blog can get a whole lot prettier and exciting, plus now I have a working comp so I can update at home! Hope you loves have a fantastic sunday.... heres to good friends, good football, and my new computer!!

- Jilly Anne

Friday Favs!

Helloooooooo & Happy Friday, can I get an AMEN for this week finally being over?! I mean really.. longest 5 days ever.



This week was ridiculous at work and of course I have an AMAZEBALLS weekend planned so it dragged on forever! But its 3:50 (and since I am blogging and not working, I would say the weekend is here!) I am headed up to Milwaukee to celebrate Ricci's big 4-0 with the ex work peeps and could not be more excited, plenty more on that Monday... so for now... my Friday Favs...

1. Free Starbucks - they offered me Orange Blossom green tea that was out of stock, so differnt lemon green tea was in and was for FREE!



2. The Twinniessssss - I mean they could not be cuter, AND little miss rolled over all by herself this week.... she is so talented!



3. Did I mention Milwaukee!!! Boozing it up with my favs!!



4.  My new favorite nail polish color - Essie Chinchilly (Perf for winter.)















5. 50 cent fro-yo cones from McD's becasue I am on a diet and shizz so when a craving come... thanks to mother nature, this is only 170 calories and it is pure bliss... and no i didnt have it twice this week.. ok yes i did :(



Well ladies and gents (yea right) I am outty... off of work and onto my weekend.. hope you dolls have a great one. <3

- Jilly

I'M BACK!!!!

After the longest hiatus everrrrr. I started this blog in late August 2012, ended it September 2012, and now January 2013, I am back to blogging, hold your applause ;)

My very entertaining friend Kalen started this blog last year too and she has kept up! After talking with her I decided I want to get back into the game. So here goes....

Since I left I have moved onto a new job, see ya Red Solo Cup. Believe me this was a VERY difficult decision as the people I worked with at 'The Cup' were some of my closest friends, we were like a very dusfuntional family. But for my career and my bank (holler on the pay increase!) I decided it was time to move on.... So I now work at a packaging company in good 'ole cheeseland itself.. WISCONSIN. I got a lot more responsibilty in this job and I get to travel!!!! Hello business trip to ITALY! Anyways thats alll.... Oh and my BFF got engaged!! Which means I am in her wedding 07/27/2013! Going to be the best wedding eva!

So thats it... I am back and better then ever (and smaller... dropped 17lbs, gained 5 (ek Holidays) and am back on track, 2lbs down at class last night!)

Today is Wednesday which means GIRLS NIGHT and times with the twinies!!!

Later Y'all,

Jilly