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!

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

Irritated

I am sooooooo irritated right now! We took my car in to the shop on Friday morning, and I yet have gotten it back! I am not sure if I am just antsy to get it back so we can take it to the car dealer or what. But does this seem extra long to anyone else? arggg



I am also irritated about having to study for much about this stupid National Board Exam. I have to take it a week from today!! Here I am on my spring break with is being SOOO nice out. The weather is like 65 today, and I am stuck inside studying. arggg



I am irritated that I went to the doctor like 2 weeks ago, cause I had a sinus infection. He gave me z-pack antibiotic, which i dont care for myself, and I dont think it worked. I still have tons of pressure around my sinus area. I need to get some real antibiotics that are going to work! arggg

I am irritated that the website in the above post didnt work! arggg Not sure what that is about, but here is a picture of the beauty!

I am an irritated women today, can you tell some female hormones are running high this week, along with the stress from that stupid exam?

My trip to the ER

So yesterday we went to Davids 2nd cousins house for a little christmas get together. I felt fine when we went and when we were there. I had a bowl of this wild rice soup (which I had 2 bowls before and felt fine) but this bowl I started to get a major stomache. We ended up leaving just because it was time to go. We had to go to Walmart to get some last minute things before Mexico, and it just got worse and worse, and I started to get a headache.

When we got home I put on my PJs and laid on the couch, My head was pounding, and I thought I was going to throw up. At first I was thinking I was just getting a flu bug. But my head started to hurt more and more and it ended up getting to be a bad migraine, I couldnt look into lights, nothing.

Mostly I am good if I take one migraine med and go to sleep. Well I tried and my head was stilll pounding and I couldnt fall a sleep. So I came back down stairs about 1 hour after I took my first med and I decided to take another (which I normally never do) well i took that med and I sat in pain waiting for it to kick in and it never did. I ended up calling my mom to see what I should do, She is a pro at these bad migraines. She told me to ice my head for 20 minutes and if it doesnt get better head to the ER.

So I iced my head for 20 minutes and my head was STILL pounding, so David loaded me up around 10 and we were off to the ER. The lights outside were SOO bad (and it was DARK out!!) but I put a cloth over my eyes and then I used my black glove to cover my eyes and it was just getting comfy. We arrived at the ER and of course it was SOOOOO bright it there I thought i was going to die.

The triage (sp?) nurse brought me back into her little room and took my blood pressure it was 145/102, my pulse was 102 and my temp was 99.9!! HOLY crap all of those were WAY high for me. She agreed with me that I am in pain and I might still be getting the flu bug.

We waited in the waiting room for oh probably 15 minutes. Not to bad, the nurse took me back, made David stay in the waiting room. And the nurse turns on the bright lights and started to ask me questions the triage nurse already did. Oh well. She took my BP again it was 135/90, still high but a little better. She left, and was nice enough to turn the lights off for me. So I sat there with my head down for probably 30 minutes before they let David back in the room.

After David came back we waited probably another 30 minutes before the DR came back. So when he did show up, he came in was was like "so you get these kind of headaches huh?" I was like"yup" He proceeded to say he was going to give me a shot of a pain med and then send me home and walked out of the room. So that was probably a $700 bill. He came back and asked if there was any way I could be pregnant. I told him no, and he looked at me like are you sure?? I am like no there is no way I could be pregnant, trust me. He was just an idot, This made David and I both laugh, hell, David could have told me that I need some pain meds. The Dr said a nurse would be right in.

So about 30 minutes later a the Dr came back and ask me if a nurse has seen me yet, nope she sure hasnt. So he said he would go get one. 15 minutes later a nurse finally came in and gave me some meds for my nausea and then was getting the needle ready to give me a shot. He told me it hurt less if we gave me the shot in the bum. So David walked out of the room (pussy) and the nurse had to turn the light on and he proceeded to give me the shot in the butt, and WOW did it sting!! oucha! The nurse told me to sit it out for 15 minutes to see if it would get better. I was smart enough to ask if I could lay down!

So I laid there for 15 miunutes, feeling better. The lights didnt hurt my eyes and the sound wasnt so bad, but my head still hurt only on the right side. A different dr came in and asked me how I was doing I told him that It still hurt on the right side. He suggested that we send me home with some narcotics, PERFECT!! :) So he asked me if I ever had them before I replied yes and that I would rather not have vicodin, since it made me sick when I had my wisdom teeth out. He looks at me and he is like "really? vicodin made you sick?" duh dumb ass I am not making this up. So I told him that i was on percocet and I never got sick. He just looked at my dumbfounded. HELLO, I know what I am talking about! Vicodin has NSAIDS in it, which makes the COXI flare up which in results in a sore stomach, possible throwing up. Percocet has acetaminophen in it and it doesnt cause stomach upset. Again this dr was an idot also!

But he ended up sending me home with some genertic for percocet, and told me to take one if I cant fall a sleep. But I got home just fine around 2am and I was able to fall a sleep, and I actually slept really good. I am now awake for the morning and I feel pretty good. I am just really tierd. I think it is from maybe the migraine and the meds from last night.