Because Sharing is Caring

First off, I just want to say that my heart goes out to those affected by the tragedy that happened in Boston.  I was ironing my girls' uniforms when I heard it on the news this morning.  As soon as I heard "bombing" and "Boston", my heart dropped.  I immediately called my parents who assured me that my brother was safely away from the area.  (See, I do look out for you, little brother!)

Events like the Boston Marathon Bombing and the Tumon Stabbings just blow my mind.  I really cannot understand how a human being can deliberately cause so much harm.  I just don't get it.  When I see someone hurting or suffering, my heart breaks.  I would never wish that kind of harm on anyone no matter how angry or spiteful I was feeling.  It just does not make sense to me.

With all the hate and anguish going on in the world right now I thought I'd spread some love and aloha around by sharing a few things with you today.  It's like show and tell here today.

So my lovely Instagram followers (@frikkenduckie hey hey!) got a peek at this image last week and because sharing is caring, I thought I'd share with you how I made it.  It was a very long and tedious process to do this so if you're ready to take on that challenge then listen up on what you gotta do.

Okay, you ready?  Alright.  Click on this link, which will take you to the Texter App.  Then all you have to do is draw like you're using paint.  You can change the text, text color, background color, text size, and angle in the control box.  The long and tedious part comes when you're trying to figure out what you want to say and what you want to draw.

I hope you take advantage of this app because it really is AWESOME.  If you do create something, please share it with me!  I'd love to see it and I may even show it off here for you too!

Oh, and before you go and start getting all creative, I've got one more thing to share with you!  See this gorgeous gal right here?

That's Colleen and she is a makeup blogging goddess!  She creates such amazing looks and she is a genuinely amazing person.  Every time I visit her blog I am in awe of every flawless look she creates.  She is so inspiring and I really encourage you to check out her blog, Vanity and Vodka.  Like, now!

Oh, and because she's so awesome, she's actually having a giveaway right now that I highly recommend you enter.  I've already entered so go now before it ends!  And even though I know you awesome readers of Frikken Duckie are amazingly genuine and supportive, I just have to make sure that you don't just enter her giveaway to win free stuff.  We all know I love free stuff just as much as the next Asian, but I love my friends and followers more - so please don't enter if you're gonna be fake about it.

Till tomorrow, my pretties...

♥ Duckie.

Fit and Fabulous Friday

Today is faaaaaaaabulous!  Why?  Because it's payday.  Haha.  C'mon, you can't tell me that you don't think paydays are fabulous days!

It is also my brother's birthday!  (Even though he doesn't read this - or probably doesn't even know I blog)  Happy Birthday John-a-thon!  Lol.  Okay, okay, his real name is Jonathan but people always seemed to spell his name wrong when we were growing up.  John-a-thon was by far the funniest.

Btw, I totally had to google his name to find a picture of him.  He went to college in Boston after high school and has been there ever since so we barely get to see each other and don't communicate very often because our schedules are so different.  I don't really even know how old he is today...He's about 2 years younger than me, so that'd make him 24 today??  Since I'll be (ahem) 26. 

Anyway, happy birthday bro-chacho!  Hope you're doing wonderfully out there in Boston and hope we're able to get together again soon!  The kids will be sending you cards this weekend, so check your mail.

So I'm also feeling fabulous today because of another reason:  I worked out this morning!  (GASP!!)  I know, right!?  Shocking, but true!  Motivated once again by Nicole (this girl is a workout beast!) and feeling guilty about failing her dare in March, I decided to give it another go this month!

I had planned to work out last night but by the time we got home it was late and Joey fell asleep on me so I figured it was better to rest first and work out in the morning.  Well, that plan didn't go well because I stayed awake until almost 2am watching DIY network and debating whether or not I should just go to the living room and work out or not.  Plus I think I was also super nervous about working out that it made me even more restless.  I know it sounds silly but I get super intimidated by work out routines and challenges!  Am I alone in this?

Anyway, so I woke up later than I had hoped this morning but luckily I was able to squeeze a little work out time in.  So for the first day of the challenge, you do a fit test.  If you're like me, you're probably thinking "Fit?  Test?  Omg I'm gonna fail!"  But thankfully, the fit test is all about what you can do.  There's no right or wrongs - unless you're totally doing the exercise wrong - so it's pretty simple.  Also the great thing about the Bodyrock workouts is that they fit the needs of YOUR level.  Obviously mine is beginner.  Lol.





So the beginner level fit test for today consisted of squats, push ups, dips, and crunches.  See, doesn't that sound intimidating?  I was freaking out  because it was totally intimidating me!  But, I committed to doing it so I couldn't back out.  So the challenge was to do each exercise for 50 seconds (rest for 10 seconds in between) 3 times.  If that sounds a little confusing for you, we're on the same level!  Basically, do squats for 50 seconds, write down how many you did, do push ups for 50 seconds, write down how many you did, dips for 50, write it, crunches for 50, write again, and repeat the process 2 more times!

Omg, that just made me sound totally boring!  This post is starting to look like a math problem (and we all know how much I hate math)!  Okay, if you're still confused, go ask Nicole.  I'm a super beginner at this whole work out, interval, timer, reps, (insert work out lingo here), kinda thing so try not to rely on me for help.  Haha.  Totally not throwing myself under the bus for this one!  Lol.  But anyway, here are my scores:

Squats:  36/25/26
Push-ups:  10/15/14
Dips:  10/15/16
Crunches:  14/25/30

I honestly did a lot better than I expected.  Not phenomenal, but I thought I'd only be able to do 5 of each.  My upper body strength is horrible!  And I was super bummed that I didn't have enough time to do the flow test this morning because I love yoga and pilates and I'm glad that Bodyrock has started incorporating it into their monthly challenges!

So now that you've seen what I can (barely) do, its your turn to try it out and show off your awesome scores!  Go to Bodyrock.tv and join in on the challenge!  You KNOW that summer is just around the corner, so lets start working on that bikini model body together!