Productive Weekend

I got SOO much done this weekend, It feels good to have some of the DIY projects done. We are pushing 6 weeks to the wedding, and I am in a bit of a stress mode. I just cant believe its coming so fast!! I took pictures of all of the projects I did this weekend but I still cant find my camera cord. I will look for it again today to see if I can find it, and post pictures later.

My list of CHECKS done this weekend:

bough 27 cases of pop (24 pack)

put together the bridesmaids gifts

stamped thank you cards

wrote out thank you cards for my bridesmaids & usherettes

memory candle

memory list in frame

ribbon on program baskets

pink and black place cards cut

combined all of the confetti

finished the invites that need to be sent out today

received the "dance only" postcards

bought all the hardware for the photo card box

tried to do my unity candle (it was a mess)

put ribbon on votive candles (only on 24 out of 144)

bought material for the "thank you" poster for pictures

put together all of the flower girls & ring bear bags

put their name on the bags with puff paint

I think that was it, but it feels like I am missing some. I will probably think of some late.

WEIGHT LOSS UPDATE:

Today is weigh in day for weight watchers, and I am proud to announce that as of this morning I have lost 4.2 pounds! I thought it was pretty darn good considering I ate out Friday night, Saturday night, and Monday night! I am really happy with the results I am getting, and I hope to keep it coming! My 1st mini goal is to loose 10-15 pounds before the wedding, my second mini goal is to loose another 15 pounds by my birthday (9/23) and my big goals is to loose 45 pounds total by the beginning of the new year as long as we don't get pregnant before then. :) The game is on, and I am bound and determined to loose this weight that i gained over the past 2-3 years!

its back.......... the weekly menu!

Thats right people its back, I am going to try to do the weekly menu again! Now that I am on weight watchers I tend to want to eat at home more cause I can make good choices. I normally have a heck of a time making good choices when we go out. Here we go people... Hold on to your pants....



Saturday - We are going out because we are going bowling with some friends tonight

Sunday - Beef Tacos

Monday - at the in-laws for a cook out

Tuesday - chicken quesedella, FF sour cream, salsa, and lettuce

Wednesday - homemade candian bacon pizza

Thursday - Beef roast with potatoes, and carrots

Friday - Grilled chicken, roasted potatoes, and steamed asparagus

Busy Busy Busy!!!

I am not sure if I have mentioned that I have a HUGE callus on my right foot on the heal (which is a weird place to have it) that I have been dealing with for at least a half of a year. I didnt think much of it, but it is really starting to effect how I walk, I am walking with a limp. Well now that I work at a Chiropractor's Office I can get free adjustments. I had the Dr look at it and he said I was walking funny. So he recommended orthotics. Well on Thursday I went into the office (on my day off) to get fitted for them. It is going to cost be about $200 bucks, when originally it would cost me over $600, and that is at cost so the Dr is not making any money off of me! So I am excited to get them. I am going to fell SOOO much better! I should be getting them next week sometime.

99% of the invites are out (thats right, I still have bout 5 invites I still need to send out) bad, I know. But anyways I think we had about 345 people on the invite list (ya I dont know the exact number of that either) The RSVP's are due to me on June 1st, so approx. 1 week away. So far we have 70 people that are coming! So that means people need to get there RSVP's in!!! ok vent over.

On Thursday (after my orthotic fitting) I headed to Sam's Club to order our sheet cakes for the wedding. I ordered 4 full sized sheet cakes: marble flavored with white whipped frosting. I made them all the same because David and I are serving cake at the end of dinner (to make our rounds and say hi to everyone) Then people cant be picky. :) so that is a CHECK!

Also when I was at Sam's Club I picked up 3 (30 bottle) cases of water. We are planning on having some water bottles at church because there is no AC, and its gonna get HOT! I am throwing around the idea of making personalized labels. Is it easy to do?

I also headed to Hobby Lobby (the store I LOVE to make DIY wedding projects) and they had all wedding items 50% off, so I picked up another large candle ($3.00) for our Memory Candle that will burn, I picked up some "mr. & mrs." confetti ($.99) for our tables. I also picked up some sheer ribbon to but on the baskets for our programs at church. so that is a CHECK!

OH BY THE WAY: Weight Watchers has been going GREAT! and 5 days into the program I have lost 2.8 pounds, and I even went out to eat last night at Buffalo Wild Wings!! :) yay me!

This weight has finally hit me in the face

Looking back at the past 2 1/2 years it was probably the most stressful years of my life. It started with my dad getting sick in July 2006. He ended up having to have brain surgery to get the tumor out of his brain. He started Chemo and hit his all time low. He fought as hard as he could but the cancer ended up getting the best of him in March of 2007. This is the start of me gaining weight. I tend to be a stress/sad eater. I was so sad that the cancer got the best of my dad, and questions kept running through my head what are we going to do without my dad? I ate and ate and ate. I was accepted into the Dental Hygiene program in July of 2007, I was so excited - my dad was looking for me and was helping me reach my goals I have for my life. Little did I know that the program was REALLY intense and stressful. Then began to eat more and more and more. As the program went on the more stressful it got. In the past 2 1/2 years I have managed to gain about 40-50 pounds. Which I can say I am NOT proud of. With gaining weight this fast I have became very self conscious.

With school being over for little less then a week I am going to try to conquer getting this extra baggage off of me. I know this weight isn't going to come off over night and I am going to have to work hard. I would like to be healthy when we start trying to have a family and that is going to happen shortly after we get married.

I am going to go back on Weight Watchers and I am going to try to do this by myself. This is when I have the best luck, weird huh? I am going back on the point system for a week or 2 and I am going to try to work in the 30 day shred. In the past when I did weight watchers and worked out I ended up gaining weight, I know muscle weighs more then fat but it is frustrating to me and I get discouraged.

I plan on heading up to Rochester today and I am going to stock the house full of healthy food. I am going to count this as day 1!!!

Here are some pictures of me from the past 2 1/2 years

This picture was taken the weekend before my dad got really sick

This was almost a year after my dad got really sick. 4 months after he passed away

This was in Sep 2007. I had lost about 15 pounds that fall

This was the weekend after we got engaged- March 2008

Our engagement pictures October 2008

Mexico Jan 2009

Graduation May 2009

Graduation & picture overload...

Well I am excited to announce that I am now a Dental Hygiene Graduate from RCTC!! :) yay!

Here is our class minus one girl (she was really sick that day, poor thing)

Some of the girls thought it would be funny to get "billy bob" teeth. I have to say they were a hit. We put them in right before our director of the program came by us and she was laughing her butt off. She even got like 5 million people to come look at us, ok maybe not 5 million but a lot of people. She even got the president of the school to come look. He thought it was pretty cool, and she got the school photographer to come take a picture of us. We will see where those pictures show up. We also put them in while we walked out of the gym during the recessional. All the teachers thought it was pretty funny, mostly because they made the assumption we were the dental girls.

On Friday we had our class graduation party. Here are some of the girls I think we were missing 3 girls. Party Poopers!

And remember this post back in November when I was in the wedding? Well here are some pictures!

Here is the beautiful couple!

**oh and it was soooo FUNNY seeing them get up and down there. Kelli's dress was in the way**

Us girlies plus her personal attendant

Travis and I coming into the reception. Lets just say we were alllll feeling pretty good.

We had a good time at the bar before we showed up!

Miss model...

Happy Mother's Day and Good day at Church

I just want to say Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful Mother. She has always been such a role model for me growing up and I cherish her so much! Happy Mother's Day Mom, LOVE YOU!!




Today was a good day at church!!! Everyone was in a good mood, and our niece and nephew were there! Our pastor also gave a good sermon, which is pretty rare. The second reading really grabbed my eye, and I think it is one of my favorite passages.

1 John 7-21


Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves us born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love know God, for God is love. God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only son into the world so they we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that we loved us and sent his only son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is perfect in us. By this we know that we abide in him and he is us, because he has us of his spirit. And we have seen and do testify that Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgement because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, for fear has to do with punishment and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us. Those who say "I love God" and hate their brothers and sister, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from his is: those who love God much love their brothers and sisters also.

Good huh?

Time for a catch up...

Well I have some bad news, you know those pictures I have been saying I am going to put up.. well they are on my camera, but I cant find the cord for the computer!! Bummer, so i am going to keep looking for it.

And I have some good news... ready for it???........... Well I passed ALL of my board exams!! YAY!!! I am so happy I dont EVER have to take them again! So that leads to me saying I am graduating on Thursday, and then I will be able to apply for my Minnesota Dental Hygiene License and that then makes me a RDH!!! **registered Dental Hygienist**

And you know that Chiropractic job I was interviewing for, well I got that too!! So I am going to be working there all day (730-530) Mondays, and Wednesdays and then Friday from 630-11. I am currently just working when I am not in school those days.

My bridal shower is coming up fast. And I cant wait for it!! My mom already told me she is getting my a black kitchen aid, and I am SOOOO excited for it!! I cant wait to make mashed potatoes after I get it. I know for sure that is one gift I will NOT be waiting until the wedding to open! :)

Also I decided to start working out to slim down a little before the wedding, I started the 30 day shred, and WOW it kicked my booty!! I am so sore. I started to do it again tonight and I was to sore to do it. So tomorrow it is! I can already feel my arms getting my toned and my tummy getting more toned, along with my legs! they kill!

I sent out most of the invites on Friday, which I am excited to have that HUGE check done with!! I need to make some more because I didnt have enough!! Arrggg.. Our list keeps getting bigger and bigger. One of our guest pulled me aside this morning at church and told me how much she loved them! Which makes me excited I was starting to not like them so much, considering we spent so much time on them! I cant wait to see who is the first to RSVP.

Well people I think this is it for now. I am sure you didnt even wonder where the heck I was!!