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Monday Update

Life is kinda crazy lately. I’ve been traveling for work and all of the sudden things are moving ahead with wedding planning and I just want to crawl under a blanket and hide until someone tells me it’s time to walk down the aisle. Because THAT would just be easier. 

But I digress.

I prefer bullet points, so that’s how we’re doing this.

  • I LOVE the dress I’m wearing. I got it at the Kate Spade Outlet while I was home for Christmas, for only $60. It was regularly $270 so I think I got a decent deal. 
  • I signed up for a bridal show and ended up winning a FREE Engagement Photo Session! YASSS!! All the praise hands emojis! My fiance and I were literally looking for photographers and pricing them, so this is a HUGE weight off. 
  • I’ve been faithfully tracking my food and eating well for 3 months now. My weight has gone down 6 pounds, only to go back up 3. My coach tells me that since I lost weight before, science says it’s going to be SUPER hard for me to do it again. Well super. No wonder I feel like an abject failure this time around.
  • However, I have not been good about consistently working out. So that ended today. I got up and tried to run (more on that later) and ended up doing a spin class instead. 
  • Wedding planning is stressful. We may actually do my dream and get married on the beach with a party after. Because we are looking at 300+ guests easy that would attend and the logistics of renting a tent, food, etc are starting to get CRAZY. I wish I had millions of dollars.
  • My treadmill died this morning. I actually wore out the motor. I have run hundreds, and for sure into the thousands of miles, since 2005. It survived three moves, including a cross-country one, AND falling out of the back of a pickup when I told my friend he needed to strap it down! I think I can actually replace the motor, so we shall see if I can resurrect it.
  • I went to Binghamton last week for work. I had to go to an Emergency Management Conference. Binghamton, NY is basically down by Pennsylvania, where I live is about 45 minutes from Canada. It was a long trip.
  • My sweet Charlie boy (ignore the toilet) has a large lump in his neck that we just felt last night. My boo took him to the vet and they think it could be his lymph nodes so they are treating that first, then we’ll do more tests. I love that goober so much so any thoughts and prayers you’d spare for us would be very much appreciated.

On that note, I think I’m out! Have a good one friends!

Tuesday Things

The struggle was REAL to go back to work this morning. I hadn’t been to work since December 21 and wished I was independently wealthy so I could continue that trend. As I am not, I drug my butt out of bed and managed to make my way in. But I will assure you that I don’t wanna.

  • I had a great week back in Nebraska. It was wonderful being with my family and friends and I needed that recharge. 
  • My entire family (8 of us) went to see “The Greatest Showman” Friday night. And I am OBSESSED. I loved the music and even paid to download the soundtrack. I have probably listened to it about 25 times in the days since. #noshame It is THAT good.
  • I sat next to my oldest nephew, Jon, in the recliners at the theatre. He and I are very close and he’s the sweetest kid. He held my hand the entire movie and it made me feel so special and loved. I love all three of my nephews, but my sweet Jonathan is just the best. 
  • I went to look at wedding dresses with my mom while I was home and was incredibly disappointed with how it went. We went to David’s Bridal. I had an hour and a half appointment and got to see 5 dresses. The lady wasn’t listening to what I wanted and how I felt in the dresses. She also told me that she worked on commission and kept pushing the $1800 dress. Not bloody likely lady! I can’t afford to spend that much on a dress that I will only wear once. My mom and I now have a better idea of what I am looking for and will go to the local shops when I go back for another, longer trip home in July so that we can hopefully get the dress and other details figured out then.
  • My “friend” from college texted me on Sunday, wishing me a happy new year and congrats on the engagement. Then asked if we had set the date (July 2019) and proceeded to tell me that despite the fact that she only got a promise ring for Christmas, she would probably be married before me since we have such a long engagement. RUDE. What do my engagement and wedding have to do with yours? The answer to that is nothing. Absolutely nothing.
  • My former Spin Studio back in Lincoln is having a 20 in 30 challenge. Just go and complete 20 workouts in 30 days there for a prize. I obviously can’t do the workouts there, but I can do my own on my spin bike with my Peloton App! So that’s my new goal. I am also going to start lifting again. I have 6-8 months before I will have to order my wedding dress and I don’t want to have to pay for a lot of alterations if I can help it, so let’s do this! #bridalbootcamp

I hope 2018 is a great year for all of us, friends! I know that I have a lot of goals and can’t wait to crush them all!

Wednesday Things

Hello friends! Things are so quiet at work right now, so you get a post and a selfie. Hooray! Let’s do this, bullet style:

  • I am going back to Nebraska for Christmas, and I am so excited! I will be home for a week and can’t wait to see my family and friends and spend some time with my people.
  • We leave Friday early morning to drive across the state to Buffalo (where my boo is from) and I will fly out of there while he spends Christmas with his family. I am having a hard time wanting to work this week as no one is here and I don’t have much to do. The struggle.
  • I lost my voice Friday night amid the engagement excitement and the head cold I had since Tuesday. FIVE DAYS LATER I am finally starting to have more than just a squeak mixed with a whisper. I sounded a lot like the Godfather for several days. So that was fun.
  • I actually did my hair for the first time in awhile and I got ALL the compliments. Which leads me to believe that I might look like garbage most of the time. Whatever, I just like sleep more.
  • One of my favorite parts of Christmas is giving gifts that I know people will love and that they are expecting. It makes it so much fun! I have several gifts for friends and family that I can’t wait to see them open! I just love Christmas.
  • As of this morning, I am at my lowest weight since starting with my trainer! I am down 5.6 pounds and have lost each day this week. I can’t explain it, as I have had several food days and holiday luncheons this week and eaten more sweets than usual, but I will take it!

Alright, that’s all I got. I hope you all have a fantastic day!

Alphabet Q & A

The wonderful @wiserstrongerbetter tagged me in this and while I need to post a longer post, this will do for now.

Rules: Answer the questions in a new post and tag 10 blogs you would like to get to know better. 

A- Age: 35 

B- Birthplace: Beatrice, Nebraska 

C- Current time: 9:00 p.m. EDT

D- Drink you had last: water

E- Easiest person to talk to: My mom, my boyfriend, my bff Virginia, and my friend C.

F- Favorite song: This question is waaayyy too hard, but I will always love the song “This is what it feels like” By Armin van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie. Also “Feels Like Home” By Chantal Kreviazuk

G- Grossest Memory: Not a lot grosses me out. The consequence of being raised by a nurse mother and a father who was a medic in the Army. So perhaps it would be when I caught my toe nail under a door and lifted it off. It hurt so bad, but the nail didn’t come off until two days later. I shudder even thinking about it.

H- Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

I- in love?: Yes

J- Jealous of people: Yep. It’s a natural emotion. 

L- Love at first sight or should I walk by again: Lust yes, love no. It takes time to fall in love.

O- One Wish: Eat whatever and never gain weight

P- Person you called last: My boo. He’s in Kentucky for work right now and I miss him.

Q- Question you are always asked: “Are you engaged yet?” (The answer is no, thankyouverymuch!)

R- Reason to smile: My sweet nephews

S- Song you sang last: “Ocean Drive” by Duke Dumont

T- Time you woke up: 6:50am. I was supposed to run at 6….but that didn’t happen.

U- Underwear color: Black

V- Vacation destination: Currently thinking about Bali or Majorca, Spain

W- Worst habit: Biting my nails.

X- X Rays: May for my emergency root canal. 2010 for anything else.

Y- Your favorite food: Avocados

Z- Zodiac sign: Pisces

I’m going to tag @a-yogi-who-wods, @amanda-healthyhappywhole, @morningmiles, and @keepgoinggreen if you haven’t already done it/been tagged!!

PS, I miss you friends! I know I keep saying that, but I promise I will start blogging again. I need this outlet.

Did I tell you about the time the gym I joined in Lincoln for bootcamp tried to take credit for my 150 pound weight loss?

They had me do an interview with the paper, used an old before and after, and used the article on social media and in emails, along with the newspaper. They’re still using it today! I got this e-mail from them this morning.

The best part? The story doesn’t lie. I Did lose inches and gain muscle during my time there, but the massive weight loss? It doesn’t give them credit for that!
Hrrump.

A perfectly sunny Memorial Day here in the heartland!

I got up late and went for a run mid-morning. I’m running a 5k in mid June with my 10 year old nephew and I haven’t run more than a couple of miles in a long time. This morning’s 5k was slow going, simply because it was super warm and sunny. I’m not expecting to set any land speed records, just have fun.

Today is going to be a day of relaxing and grilling out and remembering those who gave their lives for our freedoms. 🇺🇸

Oh, hello friends!

Do you miss my face???!!! Jk 😂😂

I seem to take unintentional breaks from posting a lot lately. That’s life, it happens. It doesn’t mean that I’m not still creepin’ on all of you though!

Things in my corner of the world are good. This marks my third week of my six week bootcamp challenge and I’m enjoying it. I like the classes and I like that I am getting stronger. I really need to take a hard look at my food choices, though. I’m not really losing weight, but I am losing inches. So that’s something.

I promise I’ll write more soon, maybe even tomorrow. But for now, that 5am alarm is going to ring awfully early tomorrow.

Happy Friday and long weekend friends! Let’s not forget the reason for the day off on Monday.🇺🇸

Friday, finally.

5:30 am is going to come fast! We are packed and ready to go! I’m in bed as I write this. It’s time to escape!

This photo came up in my newsfeed this morning. This was 9 years ago compared with today. I’m working on me, but I’m light-years ahead of where I was.

I’m going to say good night friends! I can’t wait to go wheels up tomorrow!

On the eve of the my 35th Birthday…

Turning 35 feels weird. I didn’t have a hard time turning 30. I actually kind of embraced it. I felt like I was coming into my own. Like I knew myself better and who I was, and what I was doing with my life. But 35? 35 feels….strange. Like I don’t feel settled about it. I’m not sure that I’m where I thought I would be when I thought of age 35. (Are we ever, though?) Oh well. It’s fine. I’ll get over it.

It’s going to be a low-key birthday. I’m working, then my friend Linda is taking me out to lunch, and my boyfriend is taking me out to dinner. Pretty chill day and night. Next weekend I am going to see Billy Joel with my parents so my family will celebrate my birthday then. I don’t mind, I like making it last.

In other news, spin is still awesome. I have been going about 4 times a week. I have been running a bit too. And the best part is, I’m FASTER! Love that side effect!

Things are good in my little corner of the world, hope they are for you too!