It's Tuesday and you know what that means, it's Weekly Dish time with Natalie & Bella! This week we are linking up and showing our favorite Fall fashions. These things I can not make it through the Fall without, every single one of them symbolizes Fall. You know, they give me those warm, fuzzy feelings. Man, I just love Fall!
I like to keep things casual and comfy, you could find me wearing something like this on a day off while I'm out running errands. There's a 95% chance that I'd have a pumpkin spice latte in hand and you know dang right that I'd be wearing a perfume that makes me feel happy!
I won't lie, I'm horrible with goals. I never write them down and I never focus on reaching that one end goal. I have a lot of "goals" in my head but can't seem to accomplish them. Some of the goals are just day to day things, like staying on to of house cleaning (which I've been failing at) and all those good things. I also have long term goals that I want to accomplish, but just can't seem to get started on them. I talk about them, I think about them and then it just stops, I never actually start working on these goals.
So, I'm starting here. I'm writing these goals down here, giving myself a time limit and I'm going to set out to accomplish these goals. I'll document where I'm at from time to time, I'll share my struggles and my triumphs and I promise you that I'll be real. No sugar coating allowed around here!
Here we go:
Daily goals: done everyday, without fail
Be happy, no matter what.
Eat healthy
Keep up on daily chore list
Short-term goals: completed on or before the wedding (3/23/13)
Cook healthier
Lose 20 pounds before the wedding
Work out 2-3 times a week
Long-term goals: completed on or before a year from today (8/27/12)
Pay off $1000+ on my debt
Get a job working with children
Lose 40 pounds
Super long-term goals: completed within the next 5 years
Be debt free!
Start a family
Go back to school and finish my teaching degree.
What do you do to set goals? Do you write them down? How do you stay on top of them and get them accomplished?
One of my favorite bloggers has been doing this link up the past couple of weeks and I always love reading it. I thought it would be fun if The Mr. and I filled out these questions too even though he thinks it's kind of funny and asked if it would be like truth or dare....oh gosh, such a man! So here we go, our first week of His & Her Q&A hosted by Love the Grows and Chapter Something.
What is something weird your spouse does while asleep? His: Ummmmmm, sometimes when you're just falling asleep you moan and groan. Her: You move your legs alot and sometimes you let one of your legs slide off the bed and it will wake you up....but you have no clue.
Which of the 7 deadly sins are you? (anger, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony) His: I dunno....ummm, anger...only when I'm suddenly woken up. Her: I'm envy and probably gluttony because I find myself wishing I had it like other people and I find myself over indulging in things, especially when I'm really into them. What was your favorite hiding place as a kid? His: Under the bed. Her: That's weird....why under the bed? Anyway, I used to like to hide in our shed outside. What music artist do you love that your other half hates listening to? His: Metallica (he's right, I hate them) Her: He doesn't like anything I listen to. That is something we really differ in, I'm a 90's girl and he's an 80's boy. I like today's pop music and he's just stuck in the hair band phase.
What has your other half recently done that made you love them more? His: You brought me a pumpkin spice frappuccino before anyone else could have them. (One of the perks of working at Starbucks) Her: Cooking and having dinner with me when I close at work. I love that we get to be able to sit down and have dinner together, even if it's at 9pm. What is your favorite hole-in-the-wall place to eat? (or favorite restaurant in general) His: HOOTERS (he screamed!)....or any place with hot wings..... Her: Thai Spice, a super yummy Thai restaurant here in town. What do you admire most about your significant other? His: You have a big heart, you love me, you take care of me, you give a rats ass about me, you treat me well, you feed me, you.....(I made him stop.) Her: You are always willing to listen and even when I'm wrong you find a way to kindly tell me that I'm wrong and bring me back to my senses. You always bring me up when I'm down.... Ideally, where would you like to be 5 years from now? His: .....at the park, playing with the little ones. (AWWWWWWWWWW!) Her: Considering it's 10:30pm, I'd like the little ones to be asleep, but anyway, I'd like to be wherever he is because that's where my heart is. ;-) Who wears the pants? His: Rambo. (that dang dog!) Her: I'd like to think I wear them, but he thinks he should wear them. Ugh....power struggle!
What is your favorite/go-to YouTube video? (embed for all of us to watch!) His: Any of the fake Apple commercials.
Her: I watch a lot of music videos on YouTube. Here's one of my favorite cover songs:
Last Friday, The Mr. and I decided to have a date night. It's not that we never go out on dates, it's that when we do, they are normally double dates with some of our favorite friends. So when it's just the two of us, it's a big deal!
A few months ago one of my coworkers son was selling tickets to a local minor league baseball game (Tri-City Dust Devils) and since I always like to help a kid out, I picked up two of them. The season is coming to an end here soon and we needed to use the tickets, and it just so happened that there was a home game that night. So we made date night into a baseball night but first we started night with wings at Wingstop.
The Mr. and I are always down for some good wings and Wingstop never disappoints and the baseball game was fun! The Dust Devils lost but that's okay, the game was still good and spending time with The Mr. is always nice!
I can't wait until the next date night!
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1. Even though I work at Starbucks and I spend a lot of my time there, I still LOVE everything about it. I love all their drinks, I love the customer experience you get while you are there, I love all their mugs and tumblers they have...I just love it all! It's also a really good company to work for!
2. I love this show so much. I've watched every season and just can't get enough of it. My sister Rita and I used to watch it together every Wednesday & Thursday, that is one of my favorite past times.
3. I don't got anywhere without my iPhone, even the bathroom. My iPad usually stays next to my bed so I can read or play games before I go to sleep, but I just love them.
4. I love everything about Wordpress! I love the blogging experience, I love all the themes available I love how sleek Wordpress blogs look.
5. Oh Pinterest, why are you so addicting?! I can spend hours on this site and not even realize it. I've gotten a lot of wedding ideas, home decor ideas and great dinner recipes. Thank you Pinterest for saving my life.
6. Burt's is the way to my heart. I love this chapstick and carry it with me at all times. Before it was really popular there were only a few places you could get it (small Mom and Pop shops) and it was like a million dollars but I would still buy it because it's the perfect chapstick! I remember how excited I was when I could finally buy it at WalMart or Target!
It seems that my blog name has been the laughing stock lately within our group of friends. The other night we were sitting around having a few drinks, enjoying the beautiful Summer evening when my "blog" came up and we decided to give everyone their own blog name. I won't lie, we all had a good laugh!
So, please...meet my friends and what their blog names would be....if they really did blog!
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One thing I love about our friends is that you can always count on a good laugh no matter what the situation may be and everyone knows how to take a good joke! I always look forward to spending time with this group of people and I always know it will be a good time!
My weekends is finally here and it started early! I went to work at 7:30am this morning and was off by 11:15am! Yesssss! I am so looking forward to these next two days! I don't have any major plans and I really don't want to do anything either. I'll probably do some laundry, work on the save the dates, clean the house a little and cook dinner. I probably won't even leave the house and I'm super excited about it!
Did you notice the new look? I really like it! I originally moved over to Wordpress because I loved the look and availability of different themes, and I finally found one that I really like and couldn't live without. I really like the color choices and how simple and cute the theme is all together. What do you think?
I've been on Pinterest a lot lately looking at wedding things (everything wedding seems to be the norm lately). Since switching the wedding to Vegas it's been a little hard for me to get fun ideas for the wedding or reception. I don't really know what's allowed (I really need to call the restaurant) but I want to do a few things that will add our touch to it, you know? There are so many DIY wedding ideas, I want to try some and see how they turn out. If they turn out great, I'll have to figure out how to get them to Vegas in one piece.
Here are some of things I've pinned recently, some of them aren't DIY but I think would be awesome to have at the wedding!
Happy Tuesday! Today I'm linking up with Natalie and Bella, it's the first dose of The Weekly Dish and I'm super excited to join in on it! This weeks topic is Mixtape Madness, so I threw together some of my current favorite tunes to jam out to. They are in particular order and I may or may not know all the words to all of them......
So, sit back and jam out to some tunes for a bit! Are any of the songs some of your favorites right now?
click on the link button on the widget to view more of my favorite songs
The Olympics are over and Fatboy Slim is playing some jamming tunes which got me in the mood to blog. I'm not sure how they go hand in hand, but whatever.
I'm excited for regular TV to be back on, I've missed the few shows I do watch, and it will be nice to go to bed a decent time again. Since I close a lot, we didn't start watching the Olympics until after 9 or so, so most nights we were going to bed around 1:30am. Those late nights caught up with us quickly, I don't think we stayed up as last this past week.
The save the dates are still sitting on the kitchen counter in the boxes that they came in, that's my goal for this week. I haveto get them sent out here soon, although all the important people know when and where the wedding will be. I have Thursday and Friday off this week and I plan on working on that.
Oh my goodness, Spice Girls are on stage, RIGHT NOW! Spice up your life, folks! ;-)
I haven't had a lot to write about lately (I'm not as exciting as you all think) and I got tired of doing all those link up's but then it's just quiet around here. Maybe I'll do a link up or two a week, just to keep the blog going.
Work has been work and I'm still taking it day by day. I still find myself saying "it is what it is" a lot, and I'm working really hard on finding that work/life balance. The Mr. has told me time and time again that I take things way too personally, (especially when it comes to work) so I'm working on checking out of work when I clock out and leaving home at home, we'll see how it goes. If anyone has any tips on how to do that, I'll gladly accept them!
Here's to a new week with hopefully more to write about!
Yesterday around 5pm it hit me, I'm really planning my wedding. I'm really going to get married. I knew back in January when The Mr. asked me to marry him that I was going to get married but it actually finally hit me.
I bought my dress late in January and I had a little moment then too but yesterday was different. At 5pm, I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and the UPS truck drove up, I knew the package was coming but as soon as I opened it, I had to take a moment and just take it all in. We got our save the dates, and I know it's something so small, but these are going out to all our family and friends. All the important people that are going to watch The Mr. and me become one. This shit is getting real, you know what I mean?
After dinner, I talked to our wedding planner from the chapel about pictures, our bridal party and my bouquet. Little by little, it's all starting to come together. March will be here before we know it, seriously.
The next couple of weeks are going to be filled with stuffing envelops, writing addresses and getting these save the dates out!
I (we) have a lot to do before March but everything will work out and before I know it, I'll be a married woman. Holy. Moly.
It's been a little over a week since I blogged, I needed a break, I needed to just sit back and just enjoy life not behind a computer. There will be weeks when all I can think about is blogging and just when I start to do good, I decide that I don't need to spend every waking moment on my blog or reading blogs.
You all know that I love to blog and I hope to someday write about all the exciting things my little family and I are doing but for right now, it's just The Mr. and I and we're saving for a wedding. There really isn't much going on here besides work, small visits with family and friends, and super late nights watching these dang Olympics. I'm okay with that too, I'm exciting to be planning my wedding, I'm exciting to be working (really, I am) and I'm excited for the Olympics (especially staying up until 2am!).
Sometimes I have to remind myself why I blog, I'm not blogging for other people, I'm blogging for myself. I'm not ever going to a world known blogger and I'm probably never going to have 1098490 followers, and that's okay. I read a lot of blogs and I find myself getting flustered while I'm reading their blogs. They have thousands of followers, they blog everyday, they take amazing pictures and they "live" these amazing lives. I may not take amazing pictures (I sure wish I could) but I can't say that I don't have amazing life, because I do. I just don't flaunt it peoples face and make it seem like we're rolling in the dough and we never have a bad day, because I'm so sure, everyone has bad days!
For a few weeks, I was just blogging and joining in on a bunch of link ups and though there isn't anything wrong with that, I really didn't want my blog to turn into that. I want to actually write and talk about everyday things, but somedays it's the same thing over and over again, so I don't blog. I've said it before and maybe I just have to keep reminding myself, but I'm blogging for myself and for my future family. If I don't blog everyday, if I don't post pictures in my blog and if I don't talk about things that interest you, that doesn't make me less of a blogger or not as cool.
Yesterday around 5pm it hit me, I'm really planning my wedding. I'm really going to get married. I knew back in January when The Mr. asked me to marry him that I was going to get married but it actually finally hit me.
