Friday, May 24, 2013

A Jumping Jack Can Ruin Your Day

I wasn't sure if I was going to write this post but I thought hey, if I'm going to make a ridiculous gif of myself I might as well write this post.
You may know that about 8 months ago I shattered my ankle and broke my leg. The recovery process has been hard but I feel like I'm getting better. Well, I felt like that until today.

When I got up this morning I worked out, like usual. I have really been trying to get on a good workout schedule. I have put on some weight since breaking my ankle and sometimes it's hard to stay motivated when you're exercising and your ankle swells and starts aching.
Michael and I have also been power walking (like the old people do with the elbows up really high) to get ready for all the walking we will do around Europe.
Ambitiously, this morning I wanted to do a harder workout since I really can't seem to shake the weight off. I was doing pretty well, and keeping up with the workout video.

The next move was a simple jumping jack. I stretched my arms out, jumped and landed on my feet with excruciating pain.
I sat on the floor and just cried like a baby.
How can I dance like I used to? How can I run? How can I jump? How can I lose weight? How can I do anything I used to do if I can't even do a jumping jack?
It made me angry. Furious. I felt like I should just give up. It's been 8 months and I still can't do some of the "normal" things I'm so used to doing.

But I know that I have to keep trying.
It's a scary thing to not know what you're capable of anymore. It's scary to know that something as simple as a jumping jack can be painful and damaging. Maybe today I can't do a jumping jack, maybe not tomorrow or even a month from now.
But I have to get back up. Even with a swollen ankle and a bruised ego.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013

How to Make a Gif

You know when you're super bored and so you decide you need to make a gif of yourself?
Oh, that's just me?
Ok.
Well actually I am doing this tutorial since I had a lovely gif of my husband on the blog yesterday. And people wanted to know: how do you gif yourself?
But who cares about him?
I mean, this is creative:

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I am so odd. Or 13 years old.

This might be the hardest tutorial ever.
JK.
This is Helene in Between, we don't do hard stuff. Ever.
Y'all it really is so super easy, even I could do it.

So here's what you'll need:
1. An iPhone
2. Thumbs (preferably opposable ones).

So first download the app Gifboom app. (This link opens the iTunes App so if you are viewing it from your phone you can just download it right here and now!) Oh and it's FREE.

Next open the app, you will need to sign up through twitter, facebook or use your email and choose a username and password.
You can also follow other people, I am going to refrain from posting how you can follow me, since I think there are about 1 zillion ways to 'follow' people at this point.
The interface is very similar to Instagram:

Your home screen will be a feed of everyone you follow, or just the editors picks. The next button over is what's popular. The middle button is the camera, where you make all the magic happen. The heart button is your notifications and the last button is you and your settings.

So to make a gif, click on the camera. You can make a gif from pictures already on your phone (you can select up to 30) or you can take a video from the app.
Then you can add setting and voila! You've just made youself a gif.
You can also share them on facebook and twitter.

Now to embed this into your post just go to the app webiste (gifboom.com) and find the gif you want to embed.

Click on the arrow and it will bring up a link (if you wanted to share it) or the html to embed it into your blog post.
Now click on HTML and paste the copied link to your post.

It's also really easy (and I feel like the gif looks best) if you click to share it to tumblr and just copy the HTML from that. Then there won't be any scrolling or wonky looking gifs!

That's it!

And here's me being extra weird, dancing.

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I was not compensated for this post in any way shape or form, but dangit, I should be.

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Also today I have a super cool girl on my blog. Her blog title alone won me over. Erin, from The PArty Girl's Guide. She is full of fun and whit, which is why she makes it easy on my to sponsor her. Any girl that likes to party and is smart is welcome to hang out with me. 
 Well hey there Helene in Between readers, I'm Erin. Obviously you are all pretty cool if you are reading the stylings of Helene the Queen, so you should probably check out my blog The Party Girl's Guide too. It will make you feel better about your own drinking problem, I promise. I tend to take the cake in the doing ridiculous things department and have been known to fall out of shopping carts, get in fights at thrift stores, and party with homeless crackhead rappers. 
My blog is about a little bit of everything but I can assure you it is always snotty and borderline inappropriate   Despite the sass on my blog, I am actually a pretty nice girl. I have a boyfriend I live in sin with and a cute dog who I adore. We moved from Detroit to a rural town in Maryland two years ago and are still trying to figure out how to fit in with this small town living thing. The three of us travel more than we can afford and really enjoy the finer things in life; such as Miller Lite and reality TV.

You should also check Erin out on Bloglovin, Twitter, and Facebook!


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