i feel so calm and at peace

so its Tuesday night and I've been off work since last Friday as I am puppy sitting for my parents and its been such a nice retreat and i just feel so calm and relaxed, i've been able to work out, read, blog (finally right?) and just do whatever I want whenever I want. I even found my mom's wedding dress and tried it on and it fits!!!! craziest thing ever!

other than that, things have been going well. i started to see a therapist and its surprising to me how i was able to open up to her and very therapeutic, no pun intended! LOL!

im really struggling right now with weight watchers, i used to track everything and be so good, but now Ive been having cheat days that have turned into cheat weeks and its scary how quickly the weight can come back on, so i am going back on plan after this week since Sara and I are celebrating Christmas (i know, its super late, but i love still having Christmas to look forward too!) LOL! and then its time to take my Christmas stuff down and fgure out my living situation. I moved a year ago in May and I love my place, but its so expensive and I always feel like I need to budget, budget, budget. the interesting thing is is that I found a cute townhouse for sale that is literally a 40 second drive (i mapquested it) from work and it was built in 2007, i know there is no way I can get moved into a new place by the end of Feb (as that is when I need to tell my landlord what I am planning) but I am crazy scared and excited about buying a place. Im not sure if im ready for it, but I hope to sit down with my parents and talked about it when they are home.

well that pretty much got you up to speed, how are you? any helpful tips about staying on track on any weight loss plan would be SOOOOO appreciated. It is definetly easier to lose the weight, than to maintain. ugh.

"My Son is dying for you because you are worth a Son to Me." - See more at: http://proverbs31.org/devotions/devo/you-are-more-precious-than-diamonds/#sthash.K396ikw3.dpuf


I read this today-wowza! its been nice to have more time for God, but I need to make sure I set aside time for him everyday and not just when i have time to "fit him in!".

Have a good rest of the week everyone, and i could use some prayers for going back to work, which is always hard after having time off! UGH!!!! 

Happy New Years 2015!!

I can't believe its 2015, that is just so crazy!!!!

Sara and I had so much fun ringing in the new year-we had EP (DER!!) and apparently we didn't get the memo that the mall was going to close soon, so we started just shoveling food in! LOL!!! I started to talk and she was like "stop talking and eat!"

after eating we went to Clearwater to see the Christmas lights, which I think was our 3rd annual and so much fun!

then after the lights we went to Sara's and got our pajamas on and just chilled and watched boy meets world episodes! I love when we just chill out! we had to set our alarm to even remember to watch the ball drop and we barely made it, and then literally I went to bed right after midnight! its so weird being a morning person!

such a fun way to start the new year, I hope everyone has a great 2015!

since I'm on year 2 of keeping my weight loss resolution from 2013, I've decided to make my new goal to find a boyfriend and to stop talking about how much I want one, and actually do something about it.

Also another goal would be for me to be more outgoing, I feel like since I've lost the weight I've become a lot more quiet and shy and I'm not really sure why, so those are my new goals! what about you?

Happy New Year! Let's make it great!

Merry belated Christmas!!

our family Christmas was amazing as usual!! how was yours? im just so sad Christmas is over. :(

had fun pigging out on junk food, but back into my routine all ready and Florida was amazing!!!! details coming soon, when i catch up on sleep i suppose! LOL!!!!! have a safe and happy new year!!

its the most wonderful time of the year!

life has been so fun lately! i LOVE this time of the year!!! last weekend I went with Stephanie, Lori, and Darlene to do the Walk through Christmas that the Waters church in Sartell does, basically its walking through a Christmas story and this years theme was Scrooge, so that was great- and then we sang Christmas carols too! so fun!

then Mary, Lori, Stephanie and I had a Christmas party and it was so fun! we even played pool and it turns out I'm pretty good at it! LOL!!! who knew?! we even did a fun white elephant gift exchange! now i'm getting so excited for Disney! YAH! just gotta get through work tomorrow! so exciting! i just hope i can keep up with my old man!!! :)

i'm 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

i cannot believe it!!! its like CRAZINESS to think that I've been on this planet for 30 years! I had such a fun day though!

it started with church this morning with Lori and Stephanie-and I got to see Susan from the NW campus too, so that was great and then after church i went to hang out with the family! although kevy was sick, but it was fun to hang out with my crazy family. we didnt watch the Sound of music this year, because skating was on! LOL!!! so i wore a sound of music shirt that my mom got my sister when she went to austria and now it fits me! YAH!!

and then i proceeded to eat everything in sight at my party, so its time to get back on tomorrow!

after the party i met up with Sara for my free dinner at La Casita, which was so yummy and free food is always awesome!!

so its been a great day! thanks for all the birthday wishes, so far 30 is pretty awesome!!!

FANTASTIC day and I'm almost 30! wait, what?!??!

I feel like my fellow reception girls are gelling together and i LOVE it!! Its me, Karen, Kaitlyn, and Tara. its like the dream team at SCMG! so things are great there- and then i went to my awesome book study called "The best yes" by Lysa T! LOVE her and my J girls- Mary, Stephanie, and Lori-great group of women! so happy and I'm almost 30!!!! less than a week! which means I only have 5 days to find a guy, get married and get pregnant! wish me luck!!! LOL! :)

my dad got a clean bill of health!! HALLELUJAH!!!

YAH!!!! here i was thinking all the worst possible scenerios like surgery and no Disney, but he got a clean bill of health! so happy! I think it just freaks me out seeing people bringing in their aging parents to there appointments and even sadder yet when a facility brings in someone because they don't have any family- i had to help an older lady fill out paperwork because she had no one with her-although i think she answered no to everything i asked her, so im not sure how much that helped! LOL!!!

praise God for the good news! on to other updates- we got our first snow fall of the year and it was over a foot!!! WOOF-DAH! I usually love the first snow fall, but this one was EPIC-ALLY bad!!! boooo!! the first snow fall is supposed to be a small amount and beautiful, not huge and having to figure out how to get to work and home again, when i only live 5 minutes away. Although it was nice seeing all of us coworkers helping people get out of the parking lot-snow angels literally!!!!

other than that things have been good. working out like crazy (especially in preparation for December-yes I feel like December is going to be a bad eating month-ugh!) with potlucks at work, Disney trip and I plan to cheat Christmas Eve and day. oh boy. so working out and being good!!!

and right now it is snowing a small amount and i don't have to drive in it, which is PERFECT!!! now i can sing "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas-everywhere you go!!!!!"    :)