6/15/12

Today was a pretty good day. The girls were much better behaved than they have been lately. It was my Friday off with them, and we have a full day ahead of us!

They actually slept until a decent time, which is always a nice little gift. We ate some breakfast, got dressed and played a little bit, until they started getting a little antsy. Then, we were off to Target. Today I needed to get Amelia some sandals. Mainly for the wedding tomorrow, but really, they'll be her summer sandals. We wandered around for a little bit, then stopped into the dollar store across the street so check out their hair pieces. I found a little headband for Olivia - we're still not quite sure what we're doing with her hair for the wedding yet, so we need to have a few options.

By the time we got home from shopping, it was nap time. So, we had a quick lunch and the girls went down right away. While they napped, I made Kari's rehearsal bouquet (out of the shower bows), wrapped the little gift I got her - a "Maid of Honor" friendship bracelet I had a friend of mine make for us - showered, and got myself ready for the night.

I had to wake the girls up from their naps (man, do I HATE doing that!), get them ready and head out the door. Amelia was off to my mom's, to wait for Christian to get off work. Olivia and I were off to the rehearsal for the wedding to tomorrow. She was pretty shy, and her flower girl run didn't go perfectly, but she's excited, so I think she'll get it down tomorrow. There's a really high chance of rain tomorrow, so Kari and Jay made the decision to move their wedding indoors. I know they were bummed, but it's good that they made the decision now, and are ready.

After rehearsal and a tour of the site, we were off to dinner at the Mall of America - Christian and Amelia met us there. They had the BEST pasta bar, we played some games, got some fun little gifts (Olivia got a teddy bear necklace that she is just in LOVE with), and hung out for a while. It was a really fun night - and we are all so anxious for tomorrow!! I can't believe my BFF's wedding is finally here, cannot wait!

6/14/12

Today was a mixed bag kind of day.

Started of great…I had my biggest loser weigh in, and the results were wonderful. I ended up losing 3.3 this weigh in, for a total of 16.8. 1.8 past my 12 week/15 pound goal, for a total of 8% body weight lost. I’m so happy!!!!! Once everyone weighed in, the results were in. I ended up winning both woman categories – pounds and percentage of weight lost. Our team took 1^st place for percentage of weight lost, and 2^nd place for pounds lost (with NO men on our team, so I’m SUPER proud!). I’m so happy. Between those wins, this past weigh in incentive, and meeting my goal – my wallet should be filling up nicely! Definitely not what I’m losing weight for, but hey, a little extra motivation never hurts. I’m so excited!!!

Today was my Friday at work, so also a great thing. I was leaving early on top of it, so the day, the week, flew by. When I got off, I stopped in to a Memorial Service with my mom, for a friend of hers that passed away last week. It was just a short, light hearted memorial, very nice. Always very sad though. This friend of hers was suddenly diagnosed with cancer a couple weeks ago, and just rapidly declined. Very unexpected, which seems to make death that much more difficult to deal with. Very sad.

After the service, I stopped in to Target to pick up a few things for the weekend, dropped my dad’s Father’s Day card in the mail, and picked up the girls from school. They were seriously out of control tonight…we were at our wits end with them! Exhausting to say the least. We again let them play in the pool for a while to burn off some energy - temporary fix.

Even though I’m off tomorrow, I was far too exhausted to stay up. I started getting a few things together for the wedding this weekend, and passed out shortly after the girls did. So excited for the upcoming events!!!!

6/13/12

As expected, today was another quick day at work. New requests have been pouring in left and right, so I’ll definitely be swamped for a while.

After work, Christian was off to help his parents around their house, while the girls and I hung out. I got my workout in, we ate some dinner, and I got them bathed and ready for bed. Once he was finally home, he then had to get to work around our house…watering the plants and picking up around the yard/garage. Lucky guy!

Overall, a low key day. I’m anxious for my “final” weigh in tomorrow, ready to see the results!!!

I don't take, or post, many pictures of myself, for many reasons. But, I wanted to try to get a new profile picture today, and tried to get a little creative. Not the best shot ever, but I think it turned out pretty good...

6/12/12

Well, today I was finally back to work. Back to reality. They day ended up going super-fast, played a lot of catch up. I have a feeling this week will fly by.

After work, Christian took the girls over to his parents’ for dinner. I don’t know how much I’ve mentioned, but his mom broke her ankle a few weeks ago, so she isn’t working much. And, his dad is out on medical leave as well, so that’s why he’s been going over there quite a bit. I think they’re a little bored, and have extra time on their hands to entertain. LOL

While they were gone, I finally got a work out in. I’m still a little sore, and not 100% yet, but feeling a ton better. It was good to workout. BUT, I moved up to Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred, and it was really, REALLY hard. Ouch.

I’m trying to get myself back on track after a weekend of indulging. Thursday is my final biggest loser weigh in, and I’m afraid I won’t meet my goal if I don’t REALLY watch myself the rest of the week. I will be very disappointed in myself if I don’t make it, so fingers crossed!!!


Today, Olivia got to bring home her summer camp shirt and water bottle. They're still going to KinderCare, but they've started their special summer program. I'm so excited for all of the fun stuff they have coming up :) Olivia was SUPER happy about her very own water bottle, it was cute.

6/11/12

Well, last night we received a surprise phone call from my mother in law, letting us know that she had to go in to work today. To put it nicely, I was quite upset about it. But, there wasn’t anything we could do about it, so I sucked it up, took the day off, and spent it with the girls. It ended up being a REALLY long, stressful, frustrating day. The girls were fighting non-stop, and not listening. It was hard keeping up with them, so they kept getting into more and more trouble.


I did finally bring them out in the pool for a while to burn off some energy. It helped a little, but by lunchtime, I had developed another migraine, and was REALLY looking forward to nap time.

I had plans of updating my super out of date blog, but only got a couple of days in before I decided to just lay down, and rest my eyes for a while. Unfortunately, the girls decided it was a good day to take REALLY short naps, and I was not happy about it. I loaded them up with some snacks, and their cartoons, and we pushed through until Christian got home.

I finally started feeling a little better at this point, so I made some dinner. We ate, gave the girls dinner and sent Amelia off to bed. I decided to suck it up and work out, so Olivia came with to supervise. Then, it was lights out for everybody. Back to work tomorrow. If there is one plus to my surprise day off, it’s that this week is also my Friday off, so 3-day work week – I’ll take that!


Here are some pics from today...

6/10/12

Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me. 29. Holy crap, I’m going to be 30 in 365 days. Wow. Moving on.

My neck still hurt a little bit tonight, but MUCH better than the last few days. My hopes of sleeping in came crashing down when Christian sent the girls into our room with some birthday cards for me, bright and early. At least they’re cute, and they were full of “Happy Birthday’s” and pieces of the Birthday song.

After breakfast, some play and some showering, we were off to have lunch with my dad and stepmom. There is a super yummy Panini restaurant by their house that I love, so we stopped in there. SO GOOD! I wanted to go to the beach for a while afterwards, but Christian didn’t really seem into it, and we weren’t sure when today’s storm was going to roll in. So, instead, we just stopped at the park down the street from my dad’s for a while.

Surprisingly, the girls didn’t fall asleep on the way home. Actually worked out better that way though, because then they took a nice, LONG nap once we were home. Christian and I snuggled up on the couch and watched another movie, this time “Contraband”. Another good one.

After naps, the girls and I hung out in the pool for a while, and Christian made us dinner. The storms rolled in as we were eating dinner, and it got pretty ugly again. Crazy spring storms!

So, that was about it. Another birthday, come and gone. It was a quiet, low key day. Probably just what I needed! Here are some pictures from the park today...

6/9/12

Well, today was the most painful morning yet! My back and arm still hurt, my neck hurt again AND I had a raging migraine to top it off. It was rough – hard to do anything, even get out of bed. What next?!?

It was really hot out today, so after breakfast we filled up the pool and got the sprinkler going for a while. The girls had a blast running around and playing in the water. Once we were all sweaty, watered down and tired, we ate some lunch, and naps commenced…for everybody. Christian passed out as soon as the girls went down. I took some medicine and propped myself up on the couch, in a very awkward position. Strangely enough, it seemed to really help my neck and back. Unfortunately, it only made my headache worse.

We had plans to go out for my birthday tonight. Though we weren’t sure if we actually would or not, Christian still brought the girls over to his parents, just in case. I took some more medicine, we showered and got ready, and I started feeling a little better. SO, I sucked it up, and off we went.

We went out to the Mall of America to celebrate. First up, mini golf. Christian won a free game last time we played, so we used that up. I ended up kicking his butt, which felt great (he'll probably claim he let me win - but I won't let him).

Next up, we went to Hooters for dinner. I know, classy. BUT, at the movie last night we received a coupon for a free appetizer from there, so I couldn’t pass that up. Finally, we stopped to Freeziac for some frozen yogurt. YUM!

Finally, our big date night was over. We picked up the girls, and sent them right off to bed. Our friends Nate and Gini stopped over to catch up and have a bonfire. It was really nice to spend time with them. Definitely stayed up WAY past my bedtime though!

6/8/12

Today was a pretty good day. Started off with my Friday weigh in…down another 1.2lbs, for a total of 26.8. Go me!

Next up, off to work. I was still in quite a bit of pain today. It’s moved down from my neck, more in my back and down my left arm. I kept getting spasms throughout the day. I think that I must have pinched a nerve or something. Lame. Hopefully it passes soon so I can get back to working out! I did make it through the work day today though. My friends at work took me out to lunch, to a Mexican restaurant in the area. YUM! The day just flew by, so this was a nice, quick week!

After work, I picked up the girls and made my way home. The pain had really gotten to me, so I changed into my jammies, and Christian took the girls over to his parents’ house so I could lay on the heating pad and rest for a while. It was definitely much needed. I actually ended up using that time to write my Matron of Honor speech for the wedding next weekend. I think I have it pretty much ready to go – just a few tweaks needed over the next week, but overall, I think it’s ready. I’m excited!

Once the rest of the house arrived home, the girls went right to bed, and Christian and I watched a movie before passing out. We watched “Gone”. It was a little slow, but actually pretty good. Christian fell asleep – seriously, I thought I was the old one!

Today, after work, the girls snuggled up with me on the couch until Christian got home to take them. They were so concerned about me, it was so sweet. Not the best picture, but the best I could get with two wiggly toddlers rolling around...

6/7/12

Well, this morning I woke up with HORRIBLE neck pain, and a headache to boot. I’m really hoping I slept weird last night and I’ll be back to normal tomorrow. I wasn’t able to workout because of it, and I was finally back on a roll with my 30-Day Shred Program! Bummed out!

I did make it into work. I took some asprin, which actually took care of my headache, but no such luck with the neck pain.

I mentioned before the woman doing the dress alterations for my BFF’s wedding works in my building. Well, she finished my dress this week, and brought it in, so I was able to pick that up. My co-workers insisted that I try it on and model it for them, so I figured, why not? Pretty goofy, but whatever. They all LOVED the dress and thought it looked great, so that was a mood booster. And, it seems like it’s actually a little big still. Hopefully it won’t be TOO loose, but I was kind of excited for it to be big still.

I left work a little early so I could renew my divers license, stop into Target for a few necessities, pick up a prescription and eat an early dinner.  I picked the girls up from school a little early, and dropped them off at my mom’s. Christian and I were going out for a bit tonight, and she watches them tomorrow, so she offered to just keep them over night tonight for us. YAY!

Christian quickly got ready after work, and we were on our way out. Tonight we checked out a screening of “That’s My Boy”…the new Adam Sandler movie coming out next week.  Adam Sandler is always kind of hit or miss for me, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. But, it was actually REALLY good. I laughed through almost the whole thing. He did have a really stupid voice through the whole thing – which was annoying and kind of took away from the movie a bit, but other than that, the story was funny and it was entertaining. Fun!

After the movie, I was exhausted and my neck was still in a lot of pain, so I called it a night right away. Pretty lame end to date night, but what can you do?!?

Today I got a shot of the sky, full of big, fluffy, beautiful clouds. It's so peaceful...

6/6/12

Today was a pretty low key day. Nothing too exciting. Work was work, the usual.

My mother in law ended up inviting us over for dinner tonight, so we took her up on it. She made the girls some soup, and us some quesadillas. YUM. We chatted, played with the girls and watched some TV.

That’s really about it.  Not only low key, but no bedtime headaches tonight. JOY!

Here is a snap of Amelia tonight – ugh, so darn cute with her goofy smile!