My First Blog Award! :)

I'm so excited to say that I have my first award for my blog. Thanks to Kelsey at Keeping Up With Kelsey!

 

 This award is given to new or up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers...the award is then passed along to other bloggers in the same category to help spread the word and support one another. Here's what you have to do: 

1. Each blogger should post 11 random facts about themselves. 

2. Answer the questions the tagger has set for you, then create 11 new questions for the bloggers you pass the award to. 

3. Choose 11 new bloggers (with less than 200 followers) to pass the award to and link them in your post. 

4. Go back to their page and tell them about the award. 

5. No tag backs. 

My 11 Random Facts About Me:
1. I would love to run away to the Czech Republic and never come back. I love the history of the country and am proud to have ancestors from there and fell in love with the country when I spent 10 days there.
2. I hate to drink water unless I'm super dehydrated. YUCK!
3. I am always on time...Stefanie time...which is either right on time or a few minutes late.
4. I have certain pieces of jewelry I have to wear or it drives me crazy. If I don't have earrings in my bottom holes I will go somewhere to buy some.
5. I hate pennies...I gift them to friends with children for their piggy banks all the time. Maybe I am rich and just give it all away?!
6. My friends hate going anywhere with me because I know someone everywhere...per my friend Maggie...my world is not small...I have a very big big world.
7. I am a total geek at heart! I love new technology and constantly am buying new things. (Best Buy is very bad for me sometimes!)
8. I love sushi and would eat it every day if I could.
9. I sing karaoke whenever I can and know words to way too many songs. I often wonder how I have room for anything else in there.
10. I am constantly making lists and if I could schedule everything...I would. (And then be late to what I scheduled...OOPS!)
11. When I have dreams I look up the meaning in a dream dictionary. I think everything has symbolic meaning and with some of the crazy dreams I have it helps me to realize that if there is alternate meaning then I am not just on the verge of a mental breakdown. LOL

My 11 Questions from Kelsey:
1. What TV series are on your DVR list?
The saddest day of my life is when we canceled cable. (Ok I'm kidding but I no longer have a DVR so I'll share what we watch on Hulu since that's where we catch up on shows.) Currently we are watching Grey's Anatomy and Mistresses but also like watching Beauty & the Beast when it's on. I watch Betrayal most of the time when Brad is sleeping. Everyone is trying to get hooked on Breaking Bad so we have watched an episode or 2 of that but I'm not hooked yet. I watch lots of different shows depending on my mood.
2. Main reason you began blogging.
To keep family and friends posted on what is going on in our lives and as a way for me to destress sometimes. I love to write so this is a way for me to do it and share it with the world! :) 
3. Where do you see your blog going in the future?
I will continue to blog and I hope that others begin reading. We live a very busy lifestyle so I hope that friends and family that don't live close by can keep up to date on what we have going on. 
4. Ever played an instrument?
I played violin in elementary school, flute from elementary through highschool, and accordion for the last 5 or so years. Yes...the accordion and we own 13 of them!
5. Which social media site are you the most addicted to?
Facebook, mostly because all of my other social media pages are linked to Facebook. I run 10 or so pages and groups on Facebook so I'm constantly checking on things. (Brad HATES that I'm on there so often!)
6. Any guilty pleasure's you'd like to air out?
I hate shopping for almost anything but I LOVE to shop for office supplies. Nothing makes me happier than a pack of post it notes and a new pen.
7. How many fbook pictures are your profile?
Can't check while I'm at school...I'll get back to you on this one...
8. Reasoning behind your blog name?
Our last name is Husak and we're sharing about what is going on in our Household. (So original you know!) 
9. Have you ever tried to sue someone?
No but there are times I would have liked to...wouldn't we all?HA
10. How did you find my blog? (Keeping up With Kelsey)
That Kelsey chick is my girl! :) Our dads were good friends growing up, we were Czech Queens together, and then she was the first person to join my Scentsy team.
11. Bath or shower?
Shower for sure...I could stand in there for an hour and be happy. It's the one time that nobody bothers me and I can just relax. (Well...as long as Brad isn't home...he'll stand in the bathroom and talk to me the whole time if he is home.)

My 11 Questions for My Nominees:
1. If you had to choose a last supper, what would you choose?
2. If you could go back to any era, which era would you go back to and what fashion trend would you rock?
3. What is your ultimate goal for your blog?
4. How would you describe the perfect home?
5. If you got $1 million dollars and had to give it all away, how would you share it?
6. If you could meet one celebrity, who would you meet and why?
7. If you could have any profession (real or made-up) what would you choose to do with your life?
8. Would you rather have someone clean your house every day or do your hair and make-up and dress you every day?
9. If you lived the life of a TV character, who would you be?
10. What piece of technology can you not live without?
11. Do you know where your ancestors came from (your heritage) and does your family celebrate anything special from their culture?

My Nominees:
1. Tonja @ The Sullivan Good Life
2. Raewyn @ Be a Warrior Queen
3. Suzi @ Chores & Chandeliers
4. Kate @ Crazy Lovely Me
5. Nicole @ Prairie Princess 
6. Rachel @ Raves & Revelations
7. Kelly @ Today Was a Fairytale
8. Meghan @ Life is Good
9. Callie @ My Something New With You 
10.Shelly @ Minettes Maze
11.Nicole @ Our Humble Webb

This was lots of fun and thanks again to Kelsey for the nomination. I hope the girls I nominated have as much fun with it as I did! :)

Stefanie

A Time for Change

I know I made my list of hundreds of things I want to change and a few have been acomplished! YIPPEE!! As you may have noticed there are many things on that list that have to do with my overall wellbeing. I haven't been healthy for the past few years and I have no excuse as to why that is other than I am LAZY!! It's so much easier to eat junk than to cook meals. It's so much easier to sit on the couch than go work out. That time is over and I'm truly happy about it.

A few weeks ago I decided to try going to the chiropractor for the first time. I've always wanted to go and after several sleepless nights because I was waking up in pain I called and made an appointment. The office had left flyers in the breakroom at Best Buy several months back for a free consultation and I took one thinking maybe someday I would go. It sat in my car and I happened to run across it that day. A sign or a coincidence, I'm not sure but I made the call. The office doesn't just focus on issues with your back etc but on your overall health. I really liked everyone there and was told to come back in 2 days to review what was found from the x-rays etc. In the mean time I talked to a classmate of mine about going and she told me her son went once a week since he was only months old. We talked more and I found out that her son started going due to digestive problems. With all of the stomach problems I have I thought it was odd that this had come up and gave me hope that maybe...just maybe...this would help with other things I'm having issues with. Upon meeting back up with my chiropractor he asked that I come in several times a week to fix some issues between my shoulders and also in my neck. So far it's been great and I haven't woken up with pain. I know that nothing is the miracle cure but if something helps, I'm willing to give it a try!

Around the same time I made my first appointment, Brad decided he was going to go tour the gym we both used to go to when we met. He has finally decided to make some changes of his own and we ended that day with 2 memberships to the gym (I told him if he joined he had to get me a membership too!) Part of joining was a meeting with a personal trainer for a Jump Start session. I met with Tanner a few days later and got my BMI measured, got weighed, and got some general circumference measurements. We talked about my goals and what I was going to do to make them happen. (How did he know I am OBSESSED with goals?!) Here are the things I listed to him (most of which are already on that crazy list mentioned above.) Things I want to achieve are lose 10lbs, shop outside of the plus sized section, and weigh less than 200lbs. (You all know my secrets now!) The things I'm going to do to achieve these things are go to the gym 3 times a week, plan meals for 5 days a week, and start tracking on MyFitnessPal again.

A few days after this meeting I went back for my free hour long personal training session. I forgot how much more I work when I have someone there to keep me going! After running the stairs 5 times and listening to him say "Miss Czech-Slovak US is coming out of retirement!" I wanted to kill him....but I kept going. He asked me after every set how the weight was and I told him time and time again "Eh...it was ok" to which he increased the weight. He told me by the middle of the workout most people realized this and quit telling him it was ok. Not me...I wanted to push myself and I did. That was last Wednesday....I finally had most of my muscle control back...YESTERDAY! It was awesome and I'm hoping to continue to work out with him and keep moving in the right direction.

So the plans now include continuing to go to the chiropractor and continuing to work out at the gym. I'm hoping to meet with the nutritionist at the gym to get a plan together with her to keep on track with my eating and hoping to schedule some more personal training sessions. I just want to be healthy and know that being healthier will make me happy and we all want to be happy right?!

I have to give one last shout out to a couple of people that have inspired me to make these changes in watching their amazing success. Laura and Dana you girls are amazing and watching you do it makes me know I can do it too! Love you ladies and keep up the good work!

Thursday Tunes Link-Up

I thought maybe a theme would arrise in this but I think my music mind is just a mess right now...hope you enjoy a little variety! ;) 

Miranda Lambert - All Kinds of Kinds

Well...I'M GOING TO SEE HER TONIGHT!! EEEK! :) Super excited and this song is the TRUTH! The world just couldn't keep spinning without you, me, and lots of other personalities! 

Boyce Avenue - Someone Like You Cover
I love acoustic music so Boyce Avenue is AWESOME because of all of the accoustic covers they have out there. This is one of the first ones I heard and now Boyce Avenue is one of my Pandora stations! <3 them!

Dashboard Confessional - Remember to Breathe
One of my all time favorite songs by one of my all time favorite bands. It just makes me HAPPY! 

Incubus - Warning
Another favorite band and a great song. Just love the lyrics...especially the first few lines!

Ylvis - The Fox
OMG...how does this song not make you die laughing?! It kills me every time....you're welcome for getting it stuck in your head! ;) 

Thursday Tunes Link-Up

I've been kinda hooked on country lately so you'll see lots of country on here right now...

Bruises - Train ft Ashley Monroe

I really should be sick of this song because it plays at school 2 or 3 times per day. It reminds me of hearing it live at Pinewood Bowl with my bestie and that makes me happy. It's the truth though because we all have bruises and that's what makes us...well...US! 

   

 Hey Girl - Billy Currington

I love this song! It's a fun song and I liked it before I saw him in concert at Frogfest but I am a HUGE fan after seeing him live with my friend Dana.

 We will forever and always be the first aid girls...you know where to find us...

   

 Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
No real reason for this one other than that it always gets stuck in my head. Just a good catchy song! :)
   

 Haven't Met You Yet - Michael Buble
He hasn't met me yet...thank goodness! ;) I think I would fall over and die. I love love love a man that can sing and this one CAN! His voice is amazing and hearing him live made me realize it even more.
 

Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton 

We all have those nights right...planning on realaxing at home and having a drink then go out and drink a little more than expected. HA! I love Blake Shelton and his wife and want to see them both in concert. Another song I turn up and jam to when it comes on!