5lbs one day?

holy crap!

So Im doing this detox thing...more to satisfy my mom more than anything, but its been one day so far, I am down 5lbs! yay! And last night was the 1st night in 2 years I havent taken something to help me sleep...I am now on day 2 and I feel great!

a new me??

well, yesterday I made a new commitment to myself...I really want to be HEALTHY-I want to lose this weight so bad...I really want to lose 100 pounds in the next year, so according to my calculations, that would be 8.33 pounds a month or 2.08 pounds a week...do-able right? I certainly hope so. I have a WEDDING in 10 months!! One of my best friends Tiffany and I are doing a 12 week challenge with her sister and a few other friends-and there is not only weight loss on the line, but $$ too!! Cant beat that, I am motivated by money!

I have always been the "token" fat girl...always-and I think I have just become accustom to that, but why? why should I be? Why cant I be the beautiful, confident girl? I dont see why not!! SO...here we go! This blog may take a turn to journey my weight loss goals (still wedding stuff though)...so sit down, strap on your seat belts and hold on for one hell of a ride!

2nd place-not too shabby

I qualified for this contest called "Lucky in Love" that our local radio station was giving away. There were 30 people who qualified. They were giving away a free wedding at Three Rivers Casino, paying for everything!! I thought sweet, I would love a free wedding...So yesterday me and my friend Marsia headed over to the coast to go to the casino, you had to be present to win. It was so exciting, everyone had a raffle ticket-they called 7 semi finalist up stage, and my # was the last one to be called, my heart was beating so fast! They had us all pick a seat on stage (I didnt get to choose since I was the last one to be called) and had us all open envelopes at the same time...I got runner up-bummer :( but the girl that won had been with her boyfriend for 12 years, so I definatly think she deserved to win. Im also kinda glad I didnt win, cause then I couldnt really do things the way I wanted to...and the photographer wasnt very well at all-it was all kinda cheesy...plus, who wants their wedding dress to smell like a smokey casino anyway, right? :)

so sweet!

Just wanted to put up a sweet picture of my sweet niece Peyton...or as I call her in this picture, Cookie Monster!

So...I get back from lunch today and have someone waiting here for me-its one of my favorite clients son's...she followed me over from John's office after he passed away and is such a sweetie...I open up the card and it says "thank you so much for always taking such good care of our family and caring so much about us, and congratulations on this new chapter in your life". I thought that was so sweet...well, then I see a gift card in there-to Bed, Bath and Beyond for $100!!! Oh my gosh, that was so sweet, I just dont feel like I deserve it-but I am so grateful for it. It was such a sweet gesture from a wonderful client. I love my clients!

my daddy

I have always been a "daddy's girl"...dont get me wrong, I LOVE my mom so much and she is one of my best friends...but in my heart there has always been a special place for my daddy. Most of the pictures of me when I was a little girl are of me and my dad. I admire him for the person that he is and the person he helped me to become. I cant imagine being the only male in a household of ALL females (seriously, even all of the pets were female) and ONE bathroom!! My dad was always there for us, through all of our adventures and all of our sporting events (even coaching all 3 of us girls at the same time).

I have been having a hard time lately since fathers day. My dad found a lump on or near his lymph node in his neck...this week has been a whirlwind of emotions and feelings...often brining up my memories of another man in my life who treated me like his daughter, my boss John who died 5 years ago of brain cancer. We dont know any news yet and wont know anything until Monday (HOPEFULLY). So my whole like 3 readers out there, can you please keep my daddy in your prayers...Ill update when we find anything out.

Things happen for a reason...

So, I found this awesome website http://www.ohsogirly.blogspot.com/ this woman makes amazing bows and they are really wonderfully priced...I right away thought of my precious niece Peyton (SUCH a girl) and found this awesome orange flower bow there that I thought would be great for the wedding (yeah, changed my colors to orange/black/yellow/pink) so I ordered it and a few more for Peyton-then my sister LOVED the bows too and we put in an order for like 20 more bows (I got a little blue one to wear on my wedding day for my "something blue"...anyway, I placed the order through my paypal and I forgot to change to my current address and so the bows went to my OLD OLD OLD address-the lady that got the bows out of curiousity opened up the package and then emailed Bridgette (oh so girly) and Bridgette got in contact with me, and long story short, Stacey went and picked up the bows-yay!!

ANYWAY, so Valerie (the woman who got the package) runs a discount craft website and has hooked up w/ Bridgette and they are doing a give-away!! I know not very many people read my blog but I thought I would post it here for anyone who is interested...

http://thecraftyclassroom.com/blog/2009/06/17/oh-so-girly-giveaway/

and here is a picture of my "something blue"

sweet deals!

so my sister Kelli called me the other day and told me she was at Big Lots and saw Martha Stewart wedding invitations for $2...yeah $2!! I was thinking "yeah, but they are probably ugly", but they are pretty cute, they are just plain white eyelet type invitations. I bought some orange ribbon and will make them really cute, it also comes with response cards and everything...I love being frugal!

and a picture just for the heck of it :)