I'm 30!!!!

Well I missed a few years...but I am sure that is going to happen now with age...lol. I had the most fantastic week ever last week. For one I was off all week. I spent Monday with my mom and my nephew Justin. It was great just hanging with the two of them. Tuesday I laid around the house ALL day and didn't do a thing....Then Wednesday was the BIG day! My BIG 30 birthday!!! I had an eye appointment which was no big deal, I went and did a little retail therapy, had lunch with my sister, and then my first surprise of the night was that my amazing husband had reservations at our favorite restaurant the Wellington Grille. It was just perfect! Dessert was complete with a little candle for my birthday. Then we went to Frickers and hung out with some friends and had a few drinks. It was a great day...then after a little fun with the hubby I come back to bed with all the lights out and I couldn't see a thing. I turn on the light and my birthday present in on my pillow all wrapped and with a pretty white bow. I open it to find a beautiful Pandora bracelet complete with 4 new beads. I know in passing I had mentioned I would love to have one, but never thought he would actually go through with getting me one. It was perfect. There is a cupcake bead for my 30th birthday so I always remember when I got the bracelet and a blue topaz and silver bead that is for our wedding colors and then 2 stoppers with diamonds. I LOVE it!!! Thursday was Turkey day which is always good and we put our tree up and the house is all decked out for the holidays now. Friday was another day of surprises...I was told I needed to be dressed and ready for dinner by 6:00 and that we were going out. I was so excited. Once we arrive at our location...another great choice by my hubby of Bar Louie and everyone canceling on Nathan we had a great dinner with my mom, dad, sister, BIL, Jon, and Michele. I was pretty upset with my friends once I heard all the excuses and reasons that they couldn't be there to celebrate my special day. I saw right then and there who really cared and wanted to be there for me. I am learning so much at 30 already. We headed to LYT with Jon for a couple beers and then called it a night. Saturday would then be the big game for the WARRIORS...We were in the final four and the winner goes to state! We were playing the defending state champions and certainly not the favorite to win...Out comes the warriors we get the ball first and SCORE...we stop them 3 and out, get the ball back and SCORE, this would be the pattern two more times! Yep you guessed it...WE WON and the WAYNE WARRIORS are going to STATE !!! I am so excited for this weekend! I can't wait. The warriors are going to make school history on Saturday and it's going to be great! More to come for sure...but right now all I can say is from last week I Could Not Ask For More.

Last Day in my 20's

Well I missed more years again....

The most important and most unforgettable would be 5 years ago when I married the love of my life. That was the most incredible year ever. I will never forget it.

Today is my last day in my 20's and what to do is the question...no big plans. I really need to be cleaning the house for our Turkey Day here at our house. So off I go to clean the potty, and the bedroom!! I can't wait to see what my hubby has planned for me this week!

I truly COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE!!!

Oppps Missed 8 Days, so today is 7 days left

So I missed yesterdays 8 days left...which would have been 8 years ago...I can honestly say I don't remember what was going on 8 years ago. I was still at home in 2002 and still not married. That is about all I remember...haha

So onto 7 days left til my BIG 3-0 and that would put us to 2003. BIG news for 2003 I got engaged!!! Nathan would propose to me in Cincinnati on the B&B Riverboat Cruise. It was perfect and we had a great time. Still living at home, but Nathan and I are approved for a mortgage and looking for houses. I can't believe that was 7 years ago....WOW

Yes...I LOVE High School Sports

I just don't understand why it is so wrong that I Love HS sports? I am always getting picked on and made fun of for loving my high school sports. Yes I am a HUGE football fan and really support almost all football with the exception of Centerville and Northmont football...Big rivals, but what is the big deal. I just don't get it. I guess I should consider the source that is saying things, but really I mean really get over it that we have a winning team and I am proud of my Wayne Warriors!!! Keep it up boys! Let's take this one all the way to state!

9 days and counting

Well we are in the single digits until my big 3-0 birthday! I have never been more excited. I thought I would take a minute and look back 9 years ago....So I would have been turning 21 nine years ago right....30 - 9 = 21 ( I know I am not 30 yet, but it's the principle that counts...lol) So November 2001. I wasn't married to the love of my life, I still lived at home, I was in school, I was just starting a new job at the credit union and I could finally drink legally!!! I know we went to dinner (I think Fridays in Beavercreek) and then we went to W.O.Wrights. That was our hang out for a bit...I had some crazy different colored stripped sweater on and Nate, Lynn, Hans, Shannon, Kel, Brendan, and Baxter were there. It was a good time. I remember my first jager bomb shot...I hated it and to this day I still do not like them. I remember Nate pulling over the side of the road so I could puke and Brendan driving by honking. It was a good night. I am sure next week there will be more puking and I am looking forward to it...one last time!! Hopefully the next nine months after this I will be pregnant! That would be the best birthday gift ever! So we shall see. I am staying very positive about things and that is why I am so looking forward to the next 30 years of my life. I just can't wait! I am not sure why I am so excited...maybe it is because for once my husband has something planned and I have NO idea what it is!! Oh and Michele got me a massage for my birthday, so it's a girls day at the spa next Saturday!!! I am so excited. Tomorrow I will look back 8 years ago...hmmmm I may have to think about that one....really hard...haha

Vent

I just need to vent some. So I have been at my job for 10 years on 11-27 and doing the position I am currently doing now for 5 of those 10. Today I was informed that the person under me needs to change her hours because she has to get to the sitters to pick up her kid by 5:00. I'm sorry I think when you took this job you knew your hours were 8-5 and you should of thought of that when you were getting a sitter. Just because you don't want to find someone new or pay a little more doesn't mean that it is OK for me to have to stay every flipping day until 5:00 because you can't. UGH!!! I am so irritated. Why did I get her this job in the first place??? So when I have a baby and my sitter can only watch my child til 4:00 do you think I will be able to leave at 3:30...no because I will make sure that my sitter can watch my child until at least 6:00. Stupid people!!!!!

2010 Family Photos

Every year Nathan, Maddie and I get our pictures taken for our Christmas cards we send out, but this year I was really looking for some great photos to start to hand around the house. I found this great picture set I would love to get for Christmas from Bed Bath and Beyond. We have a pretty nice size wall in our living room and I have been wanting to put something on it and I just love this. The reviews have been good and what the heck my birthday and Christmas are both coming up. So this year for our pictures we went with a girl that I coached while I was the director of the Warriorettes. She is recently starting out and has such an eye for great angles and shots. Maddie was the first pet she has photographed as well. Nathan and I will defiantly be using Cargle Photography again for all our picture needs. Check our her Blog as well at http://carglephotography.blogspot.com/. Here are a couple of the pictures that seem to be our favorites and will most likely be hanging in our living room!

This one is our all time favorite

I love this one of Nathan and I!


My Little Princess! She is just so darn cute and precious!

Thank you Cargle Photography for such wonderful pictures. I hope you all enjoy them just as much as Nathan and I do .

Forgetful

I really need to blogging more. Not too too much has happened since May. Nathan and I have set some goals and I hope to keep those. I think I am going to add to mine to blog more often. It is a great way to let your feelings out. One of my many goals is to scrap a book a month. Today I am going to start on that. I plan to get my scraping table all cleaned up and figure out which album I am going to complete this month. I am thinking it is going to be my Maddie album or maybe start on my many Christmas gift ideas....hmmmm what to do what to do.

Getting Busy & Excited

Things are really busy in my life right now. There seems to be so much going on. I am not sure how I will get it all done and accomplished the way I vision it all to happen. When I dream I dream big and one of my biggest dreams is coming up in 9 days now. The Relay For Life of Huber Heights is next Friday and Saturday and I can't wait to see how things turn out. I am getting very nervous and watching the weather constantly, but other than that I am pretty calm. We have a yard/bake sale this Saturday as a fundraiser and if all goes well we will be heading into the event way ahead of last year! Our goal this year is $55,000 and in my heart I can feel that it is there!!! I am also working hard at work and trying to keep up with all of that. Things outside of work are too good...so I won't go into my work issues! Then the other part I am very excited about is my weight loss/diet/workout. I have started a new blog "Worth the Weight" for a journey to follow Nathan and I through our life and maybe help encourage others to get out to get healthy, happy, and fit. I am trying a new program called Focus 28 which is a high protein diet for the next 28 days. So far it is going okay...I started it Monday (5/4). Some stuff is flavorful others I can't swallow. So we will see where it leads me. I am proud to say that as of today I am 60 lbs lighter that I was on January 14, 2009 with Nathan and I started this journey. I have never felt better and each day I am seeing results. It might not be lbs, but the emotional relief and being healthy is what is great. From yesterday to today I lost 1.6 lbs!!! Lets hope it keeps going!!! I want to "try" and loose 20 lbs this month..with all that is going on it will be hard....but you never know until you try try and try again or should I say run, run, and run some more! Hope you all will follow my journey and also a great blog Follow Me! Healthy Parents Healthy Kids

This is Me starting on May 4, 2010 the Focus 28 diet program. (I need to find a better location to take these shots)

I've Had It

I have had it up to here (vision me holding my hand above my head) with the crap at work. I mean really we work in cubicles with no ceiling or doors do you think that I can not hear you talking about me? Seriously...just when you thought someone was your friend. Well think again some only want what it best for them and want you around when they need you...well I say piss off and what comes around WILL go around.

What to Call It

So I have been trying to figure out all day on what to name my new blog. This is going to be the adventures of my highs and lows of my weight loss. I am so very excited about this. I can't wait to look back on this experience and see what Nathan and I have been through. Looking back at pictures it already amazes me. I have two titles I like, well three, but I guess the third one is just okay. They are "Worth the Weight" "Losing It" and "I'm Worth Weigh More" Let me know what you think!

Oh and just yesterday I was able to purchase a dress that was 3 times smaller than the last dress I bought!! My mom went shopping with me and she was all smile and said " it was so much fun having OPTIONS this time" don't you just love how honest mothers are!

What to blog

So I have been thinking of something that I could blog that people would want to follow or even be interested in. I have blogs I am following on my friends baby, births, first motorcycle, and many others. What do I have that someone would care to read about me on.

So my biggest accomplishment is my weight loss over the last 16 months. I am very proud of what I have done this far and can't wait to see where it takes me. Even if no one reads these blogs at least I have something to look back on. I have even been approached by a organization to start blogging for them. I have been looking back on pictures to post and examples of clothes and all sorts of things I can't wait to start this experience and see how it takes off for me and for others.

I came to a realization in the shower the other day. Weight is just a number! It does not make me who I am and I am not ashamed of my weight. If someone asks what I weight I am not longer going to tell them "oh I've lost this much weight." I am just going to say it proud and tell them what I weigh and then how much I've lost. So look for these to start in the next few days or weeks. I have a lot going on with a event that Nathan and I put on. I have worked my tush off and I can honestly say "I Could Not Ask For More", but I can't wait to see what's out there!!