ARE THE DEVIL!!!! Ok, I set up 6 months worth of payments to those assholes and they wanna call me today and tell me that the payment I just made wasn't sufficient enough to cover for my July payment!!! SCREW YOU!!! They should've said something to me about it when I was setting up payment arrangements. I told her, you can have the money that you are asking for next Thursday no sooner, and she has the f'n nerve to tell me, "well it's your credit." BITCH I know that, I mean I don't think me being a week late is going to drastically screw up my credit anymore than it already is!!
whatever....i Hate them, i wish they all would die =(
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Diets, Diets, Diets
Soooo in order to look absolutely FAB for the wedding, I of course am trying to lose weight. UGGH this seems like a life long on going dilemma with me. When I was little I remember my mom always obsessing about my weight. Diabetes ran on her side of the family and of course she was worried about me. I wasn't the fat kid in the class or anything, but with her worrying about it of course always made me worry about it, and therefore ultimately I felt like the fat kid in the class. My mom would have her moments, like telling me to go weigh myself after I had just eaten supper, and me screaming my head off about how it wasn't fair that she would make me do that, to the moments when she told me that she was embarassed when her friends asked me what size clothes I wore.
Needless to say, worrying about my weight, seems to be neverending thing. Last spring (2007) I lost 40 lbs with my works Biggest Loser contest. I was sooo excited!!! I hadn't lost that much weight ever and to do it in 4 months was HUGE for me!!! I felt sooo good about myself and had soo much confidence!!! I have been able to maintain that weight loss (well maybe just plus a few pounds) but for the most part I have, but I am still not at my goal weight. I would love to be at my goal weight for the wedding, but I don't know if that's possible. Well NO it IS possible, but I've gotta make lots of changes.
My motivating factors are:
* My boudoir picture session I'm having in December, I have to have to have lose weight for these, I don't want to be bulging out places, that's not cute!
* So I'll be able to fit into my dress!!! When I bought my dress it fit perfect, and didn't need any kind of alterations at all, and I don't even need to wear a bra or corset or anythign to hold me in, its just perfect. The only thing is that the material bunchs just a little on the bodice and that bothers me and I want it to be flat.
* For my own confidence and self esteem, and to show my FI that he is marrying a strong, sexy woman!
* I want my FI to be able to carry me across the threshold. I'm a traditional bride for the most part, and this is something that I've been dreaming about since I can remember, and it would just make me the happiest girl in the world if that could happen. (makes me cry just thinking about it)
OK, so with all of that said I think I'm going to also use this blog as a diet log too. My favorite excercise that works the best for me is jogging. I love jogging. I aspire to run a marathon at some point in my life. Back last spring when I was running alot and I had lost my weight, I was running over 5 miles a day (without stopping) I just love it, and it's a great stress reliever for me too!!
So far this week, I ran 2.6 miles on Monday, 2.8 miles today. I'm hoping to run again tomorrow and then maybe Saturday also, we'll see. I'm trying to limit my calorie intake also. I'm drinking a slim-fast in the morning, then a apple for a snack, then for lunch either another Slim Fast or a lean pocket with some baked Cheetos and then either an apple or yogurt for a snack. For supper I usually just eat whatever my mom cooks (which is usually healthy), or whatever FI and I fix for ourselves or what his family has at their house. I am also TRYING to be better if we go out to eat. I try to eat a salad at mexican food restaraunts (thats our FAV food!) and I try limit myself to only 1 margarita, but my weakness is those damn chips and salsa, it's hard for me to say no to that!!! I may eat some, but I try to watch how much I eat.
Needless to say, daily I will be tracking and keeping record of what I eat and excercise that I get!! Hopefully by writing (or in this case typing) everything out, it will help keep me accountable for my actions!! I've already gotten to the point where I feel horrible if I don't go jog in the morning, soo hopefully that will stay with me and I can get my regimen back up and going!! YAY!!
My motivational pic of the day:
This is WWII Air Crew member Harold Stone of the 418 Squadron for Australia and his new wife "looking for a threshold to carry my bride over." I love this picture.
Needless to say, worrying about my weight, seems to be neverending thing. Last spring (2007) I lost 40 lbs with my works Biggest Loser contest. I was sooo excited!!! I hadn't lost that much weight ever and to do it in 4 months was HUGE for me!!! I felt sooo good about myself and had soo much confidence!!! I have been able to maintain that weight loss (well maybe just plus a few pounds) but for the most part I have, but I am still not at my goal weight. I would love to be at my goal weight for the wedding, but I don't know if that's possible. Well NO it IS possible, but I've gotta make lots of changes.
My motivating factors are:
* My boudoir picture session I'm having in December, I have to have to have lose weight for these, I don't want to be bulging out places, that's not cute!
* So I'll be able to fit into my dress!!! When I bought my dress it fit perfect, and didn't need any kind of alterations at all, and I don't even need to wear a bra or corset or anythign to hold me in, its just perfect. The only thing is that the material bunchs just a little on the bodice and that bothers me and I want it to be flat.
* For my own confidence and self esteem, and to show my FI that he is marrying a strong, sexy woman!
* I want my FI to be able to carry me across the threshold. I'm a traditional bride for the most part, and this is something that I've been dreaming about since I can remember, and it would just make me the happiest girl in the world if that could happen. (makes me cry just thinking about it)
OK, so with all of that said I think I'm going to also use this blog as a diet log too. My favorite excercise that works the best for me is jogging. I love jogging. I aspire to run a marathon at some point in my life. Back last spring when I was running alot and I had lost my weight, I was running over 5 miles a day (without stopping) I just love it, and it's a great stress reliever for me too!!
So far this week, I ran 2.6 miles on Monday, 2.8 miles today. I'm hoping to run again tomorrow and then maybe Saturday also, we'll see. I'm trying to limit my calorie intake also. I'm drinking a slim-fast in the morning, then a apple for a snack, then for lunch either another Slim Fast or a lean pocket with some baked Cheetos and then either an apple or yogurt for a snack. For supper I usually just eat whatever my mom cooks (which is usually healthy), or whatever FI and I fix for ourselves or what his family has at their house. I am also TRYING to be better if we go out to eat. I try to eat a salad at mexican food restaraunts (thats our FAV food!) and I try limit myself to only 1 margarita, but my weakness is those damn chips and salsa, it's hard for me to say no to that!!! I may eat some, but I try to watch how much I eat.
Needless to say, daily I will be tracking and keeping record of what I eat and excercise that I get!! Hopefully by writing (or in this case typing) everything out, it will help keep me accountable for my actions!! I've already gotten to the point where I feel horrible if I don't go jog in the morning, soo hopefully that will stay with me and I can get my regimen back up and going!! YAY!!
My motivational pic of the day:
This is WWII Air Crew member Harold Stone of the 418 Squadron for Australia and his new wife "looking for a threshold to carry my bride over." I love this picture.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Well Here I go....
I've been wanting to create a blog for sometime now, just to get my feelings out, my experiences, and maybe also to help me stay organized?! I'm a soon to be bride, getting married in a little less than 7 months and I'm sooo excited!!!! We have been engaged for 7 months and some change already. Thus far I have gotten alot accomplished!! I have booked my photographer and cake lady back in January. I bought my dress, veil and petticoat in February (I would post pictures, but since the entire world can view this, I best not.) We have our caterer/decorator, our church and reception hall (which is at the church) and I don't know if I'm forgetting any of our other major things.
We are doing our wedding on a budget. I'm trying to be super practical in everything I choose for it. My parents are graciously paying for it and I'm not wanting to blow their pocket books, and with that they are super thankful!! hehe To me I don't see the point in spending a ton of money on a wedding, but thats just me. I personally would rather use the money my parents are spending on the wedding and put it towards a house, but they want a wedding and deep down I would probably regret if I didn't have one. Planning our wedding has had it's ups and downs and near stops, almost, but I'm thankful that as of right now we seem to be on track with mostly everything and are moving full steam ahead!!! I'm also trying to incorporate as many DIY projects as I can in order to save money too. They are what I'm most looking forward to!! I will be posting them with pictures as I go along for reference for everyone.
Just to give you a little insight to our wedding, here are some things we have decided to do for it. First of all our colors are ruby red, chocolate brown and ivory. We will be getting married in our church, which is also the church I grew up in. We are still deciding on if we want to use the HUGE sanctuary with the beautiful pipes and stain glass as our back drop, or our adorable quaint chapel that is lined with stained glass windows and a huge stained glass window for the back drop. It's all going to depend on the numbers of people will be coming. Our chapel seats 200 comfortably, our sanctuary seats like 1,500. lol We definitely won't be having 1,500 but we may have over 200, we are just going to have to see. Our reception will be in our fellowship hall. Yes, I know it's not at all fancy or anything, but again, I'm a bride on a budget, and you can't really turn down a $100 fee for a HUGE room and plus our guests won't have to drive to another location!!! It will be fine and it will decorated beautifully by our very talented caterer/decorator!!
FI and I still haven't decided on our honeymoon, well we have but just not sure how we are going or when we are going. We are planning to do a roadtrip the weekend after our wedding up to Louisville, KY and then over to Williamsburg,VA and then back down to Fredericksburg, TX then home. But that will also be in the middle of winter and there will probably be snow up there in KY and VA, and needless to say, we are Texans and driving in snow is not our Forte, sooo we may fly in or just wait til April or May to go.
OK non wedding stuff: I have 3 more classes left this summer semester until my final in my Technical Drawing Class. I can't wait!! I'm going back to school to get my CADD degree!! I only needed 11 classes to get the degree when I started looking into it and thought, hmm why not!!! I'm kinda tired of what I'm doing (previous job before the one I'm at just completely drained me I believe of any type of likelihood of me staying in this type of field). PLUS with my CADD degree, I'll be making pretty much double what I am now, then FI will be able to go to school full time, I'll be bringing home the bacon, and he can get his degree sooner!!! That atleast is our plan as of now!! FI just started a new job as a Pipefitter Helper. This is his second week there and it's been tough. He had a heat stroke yesterday, poor thing. They have to wear Nomex (fire retardent suits) and they are HOT! plus a hard hat, goggles, gloves, huge boots, and then be in this God awful heat, I dont' know how they do it!!! It's horrible!!! He's making good money though,but still, it's soo hard. He's a tough guy, and he likes the people he works with, which is a BIG plus soo hopefully everything will work out.
Ok, that's all I have for now.
We are doing our wedding on a budget. I'm trying to be super practical in everything I choose for it. My parents are graciously paying for it and I'm not wanting to blow their pocket books, and with that they are super thankful!! hehe To me I don't see the point in spending a ton of money on a wedding, but thats just me. I personally would rather use the money my parents are spending on the wedding and put it towards a house, but they want a wedding and deep down I would probably regret if I didn't have one. Planning our wedding has had it's ups and downs and near stops, almost, but I'm thankful that as of right now we seem to be on track with mostly everything and are moving full steam ahead!!! I'm also trying to incorporate as many DIY projects as I can in order to save money too. They are what I'm most looking forward to!! I will be posting them with pictures as I go along for reference for everyone.
Just to give you a little insight to our wedding, here are some things we have decided to do for it. First of all our colors are ruby red, chocolate brown and ivory. We will be getting married in our church, which is also the church I grew up in. We are still deciding on if we want to use the HUGE sanctuary with the beautiful pipes and stain glass as our back drop, or our adorable quaint chapel that is lined with stained glass windows and a huge stained glass window for the back drop. It's all going to depend on the numbers of people will be coming. Our chapel seats 200 comfortably, our sanctuary seats like 1,500. lol We definitely won't be having 1,500 but we may have over 200, we are just going to have to see. Our reception will be in our fellowship hall. Yes, I know it's not at all fancy or anything, but again, I'm a bride on a budget, and you can't really turn down a $100 fee for a HUGE room and plus our guests won't have to drive to another location!!! It will be fine and it will decorated beautifully by our very talented caterer/decorator!!
FI and I still haven't decided on our honeymoon, well we have but just not sure how we are going or when we are going. We are planning to do a roadtrip the weekend after our wedding up to Louisville, KY and then over to Williamsburg,VA and then back down to Fredericksburg, TX then home. But that will also be in the middle of winter and there will probably be snow up there in KY and VA, and needless to say, we are Texans and driving in snow is not our Forte, sooo we may fly in or just wait til April or May to go.
OK non wedding stuff: I have 3 more classes left this summer semester until my final in my Technical Drawing Class. I can't wait!! I'm going back to school to get my CADD degree!! I only needed 11 classes to get the degree when I started looking into it and thought, hmm why not!!! I'm kinda tired of what I'm doing (previous job before the one I'm at just completely drained me I believe of any type of likelihood of me staying in this type of field). PLUS with my CADD degree, I'll be making pretty much double what I am now, then FI will be able to go to school full time, I'll be bringing home the bacon, and he can get his degree sooner!!! That atleast is our plan as of now!! FI just started a new job as a Pipefitter Helper. This is his second week there and it's been tough. He had a heat stroke yesterday, poor thing. They have to wear Nomex (fire retardent suits) and they are HOT! plus a hard hat, goggles, gloves, huge boots, and then be in this God awful heat, I dont' know how they do it!!! It's horrible!!! He's making good money though,but still, it's soo hard. He's a tough guy, and he likes the people he works with, which is a BIG plus soo hopefully everything will work out.
Ok, that's all I have for now.
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