The Weekly Dish

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!



Fall Fashion


Goals

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
  1. Be happy, no matter what.

  2. Eat healthy

  3. Keep up on daily chore list
Short-term goals: completed on or before the wedding (3/23/13)
  1. Cook healthier

  2. Lose 20 pounds before the wedding

  3. Work out 2-3 times a week
Long-term goals: completed on or before a year from today (8/27/12)
  1. Pay off $1000+ on my debt

  2. Get a job working with children

  3. Lose 40 pounds
Super long-term goals: completed within the next 5 years
  1. Be debt free!

  2. Start a family

  3. 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?

His & Her

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:


His&Her Q&A

Date Night

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!

[caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="224"] The Handsome Mr.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_542" align="aligncenter" width="224"] Me[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_543" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dinner @ Wingstop[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_544" align="aligncenter" width="224"] This roll was almost as good as the one from Texas Roadhouse...seriously![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_545" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Gesa Stadium[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_546" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The field[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_547" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Us[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_548" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Warming up[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_549" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The typical blogger pose![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_550" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Let's play ball![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_551" align="aligncenter" width="300"] I was so excited about my red rope![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_552" align="aligncenter" width="224"] See?![/caption]

Currently Obsessed With....

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!

If all my friends had a blog....

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!

Oh, How Pinteresting!

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!





















 

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