SAVE THE DATE!!!

February 4th Ladies and Gents Seattle WA


I'm am excited beyond belief. I can start making everything come together. I can send out invites. Kaylie can book her flight. Life is great.

I love_________

I love
My new blog design
Aaron Boren
The fact i'm about to set an official wedding date tonight
I have a job that I enjoy
I get a name tag
I've already caught up in rank with the girl who has been there two months longer than me
(she now asks ME questions)
My queen size bed
My mother who lives so close she comes up on random weekends
My wedding colors
How great it's all coming together
The fact I can shnooker people into buying my craigslist stuff for more because I tell them there is someone else who wants it
That i'm only half way done with all 7 seasons on Grey's Anatomy so I have plenty more to enjoy
The town is starting to get camouflaged with Christmas lights
I have the perfect apartment set up for my Christmas tree so it can be seen from East, South and West
Burts Bee's chapstick
Winter weather to bundle in blankets and jackets
Hot chocolate
Candle(/ Christmas light) lit Sunday night game night
A whole set of pots and pans from Aaron's brother and Amber
Aaron's dad who constantly calls me sweety (I almost typed sweaty on accident LOL)


and just in general the Holiday season!

I need to take more pictures!

Mt.Baker

Opening day at Mt.Baker!

I love that we can do fun things together like snowboarding on opening day

Are you fo Real?

I went to the store to buy "Fry Sauce"

I was checking out, with the bottle that says FRY SAUCE really big and bold on it.
The lady checking me out says "What are you going to use this for?" (In a sort of snotty rude way, like why in the heck would anyone buy this useless product)
I looked down at the bottle, looked back up at the lady, handed her my card, and said "fries"

Entered my pin and walked away.

BEAUTY

I really have been loving trying fun stuff with my nails lately!

How does she do it?

I am now getting asked the same question my sister Courtney has been asked many times before;
"How do you do it?"

They're not asking how we do our hair so great, or look good all the time, they are asking how we stay fit.

The simple answer, that is so correct, is Diet&Exercise. Really that's all. But for the reader who asked i'm not going to leave you hanging with those two words.

Here is some food for thought (LOL)

diet:
Dieting is hard. It takes control, and will power at times. I am THEE WORST at dieting. You can ask Aaron, he can convince me to go out for ice cream at any point in time and I can't say no. What I can control best is my breakfast and lunch. This is the easiest time for me to diet I've found. For breakfast i'm usually not very hungry. I have trained my body to live off a Slim Fast drink in the morning. It was hard at first, since all my life I had eaten a bowl of cereal the second I woke up. After a month or so of weening myself in a sense, my body is used to it and can fully function on just a Slim Fast. For lunch I love fruit. I always try to eat some sort of fresh fruit with my lunch. Sometimes when I'm in the mood, i'll eat a bowl of Special K cereal, or put Special K on top of yogurt. I also eat FiberOne bars, they taste good, and they are healthy for you.  Lose It.com is a fabulous FREE website. You can track you calories, exercise and weight. If you don't do it everyday, it doesn't matter, as long as you're aware.

exercise:
It's winter, it's crummy weather, so my tip is get a gym membership. When it's raining and cold there is no motivation to exercise. If you have a place to go, you'll exercise more. If you are interested, invest in a Kinect for xbox. I personally think it's better than the Wii because it can see your whole body instead of just a controller, so there is no way to cheat. They have great games and fun work out discs. The new Zumba one looks fun!

Remember:

No one EVER said it was easy. The thing I found myself doing at first was getting on the elliptical and saying I was going to do the Weight Loss Program, then half way through I would want to stop and do something else so I would make exceptions and say, okay maybe just half of the program. NOW, I get on the treadmill and say: "I'm going to walk at speed 3.5 for this warm up song, then I'm going to run at 5.5 for two songs, then repeat until I get to 2 miles." Going by songs helps me a lot. I have to start out having a goal or else I quit when I'm tired. Another thing that helps is the 2 minute rule. When you get out of breath and tired, keep doing what you're doing for 2 more minutes. You can always do more than you think.

Don't get discouraged-

Start slow and keep progressing. "You will NEVER regret working out, you will regret eating that cookie."

REwind

I'm going through pictures on my computer... oh my holy funny-ness

Get ready, I'm about to photo bomb the crap out of you:

Courtney doing a quick lap around the cement

I don't know why I thought that was a flattering position...

My mother when she was a baby

Last day of my senior year these were hung all over the school

THE WEASEL! (and Courtney's prego belly)

Just flossing

I probably got that bread out of the bottom-front pockets of my pants.

The Bite of Seattle (and all I got was a push-up popsicle)

My roommate in college!

Aaron Terry eating candy

Classic

Cousins forever

monkey boy

Christmas Mornings

Mr.Perky

Aww cute baby Russ!!

the twins

awwwwhhh get some

COURTNEY!!

Beauty and the Beast (From left to right)

sweet tooth

xoxox

house.

I really like Adele. She's good bloggin background music. Also good music to blast when your neighbors are playing outrageously annoying music. Especially "Rollin in the Deep." So this is what I'm listening to as I blog today.




I've had some spare time on my hands transitioning from (kinda) job to job. The season has helped.
Did I mention I love Christmas?

I love my tree, the one I put up two days after Halloween.

...and i love sparkley things, a lot

and to top it off, only the best

I'm happy that Target has a bunch of these colors this year.

I'm also happy that I put white lights in my bedroom. 

With the cold weather comes LOTS of blankets. My apartment has huge windows, which are beautiful, but cold. It's a good thing I love sleeping with millions of blankets!

Canvas's were on sale at Michaels 2 for $4.99, I already had two blank ones waiting to be inspired, and then it happened. It happened fast. In one sitting to be exact. 

THE PROJECT!

I free-handed it. There is no explanation or tutorial. It's just a DIY that you have to figure out on your own.

SORRY!

Being a woman can be annoying.

Especially shark week.

Especially when shark week seems to last forever.