It is crazy to think that it is already 2012, but I sure am going to welcome it with open arms. I seem to do a lot of think with my husband traveling so much for work. I have a lot of time on my hands to think about the future. Well I think I have finally decided what I want to do with my life, Mental Health Counselor for children and teens. It is still in the medical field but it something that I feel is accomplishible for me. I've had a number of different dreams however, those dreams were always possible, yet far fetched for me. I wanted to be a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer.... the whole nine yards. I started school as a Biology major and seemed to really like it. I've always liked my biology classes and felt like I was learning a lot but whenever it came down to taking a test it didn't show. I passed my science classes with a C which is barely good enough. So when I finally realized that biology probably isn't my calling I decided to explore other majors. The only one that seemed appealing and attainable was Behavioral sciences.So that is what I am going to go with as soon as I get the financial aspect of school figured out.
In the meantime, I got yet another job at Bishop Orthodontics as an orthodontic assistant. Its something new and its my first big kid job. I am really liking it, but I wish that I had more responsibility and more hours as well. I get super bored when Cameron is gone. Which seems like always.
Another goal of mine you might be able to guess according to my previous posts, is to get into shape and lose 15-20lbs. I really want to get in shape and feel sexy again. Its important to me to feel confident and I definitely do not feel that way lately. I hate it. To go along with it I am also going to start eating more healthy. I want to be confident, in shape, and healthy before we have children. Which I hope will be a goal for next year.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Fit Test #1
Well today was the day. The day I started Insanity. Today's work out was what they call a fit test to have your starting point. Needless to say I am horribly out of shape. You take one minute and do a number of different exercises and see exactly how many you can do in the minute. Here are my starting point results (by no means impressive).
24 Switch Kicks
33 Power Jacks
50 Power Knees
8 Power Jumps
6 Globe Jumps
7 Suicide Jumps
0 Push up Jacks (I can hardly do a proper push ups)
25 Low plank Opque
24 Switch Kicks
33 Power Jacks
50 Power Knees
8 Power Jumps
6 Globe Jumps
7 Suicide Jumps
0 Push up Jacks (I can hardly do a proper push ups)
25 Low plank Opque
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Insanity Challenge Part 1
Most people do not call it a challenge. However, I do. I call it a challenge because I hate working out and I am not very accountable when it comes to doing it. My main problem is continuing my motivation longer than a week. I have tried Zumba, Yoga, and even got a gym membership. I did not really like Zumba and used the DVDs once before selling them. I really liked Yoga, it was fun, relaxing, and a good workout without feeling like you are working out. However it was expensive and I could not afford it. That is also the same reason why I stopped going to the gym. I liked it and I was seeing results and feeling so much better about myself, but again it was expensive.
So when a girl offered to let me use her insanity workout, I jumped at it. I really have not being feeling to beautiful lately and definitely not sexy. When I look back at photos from high school and then look at me now I am sickened. I plan on using this blog as a source of motivation and inspiration. I feel like if I post my most embarrassing stats and pictures of my progress it will help me and whoever reads this will help me.
Tomorrow will be the first day of Insanity. I am excited and I am really hoping I stick to it. But I guess I better get down to the nitty gritty and show you just how bad this body of mine is.
BEFORE INSANITY- January 3, 2012
Weight: 145 pounds
Pant Size: 8-10
Shirt Size: M
Dress size: 8
My goal with this adventure is to lose 20-25 pounds, but mostly tighten things up and feel good about myself. I sure hope to be a size 4 or 5 in pants. I know I have a lot of work to do but I also know I can do it. So wish me luck and I will do my best to keep up with my challenge on here.
So when a girl offered to let me use her insanity workout, I jumped at it. I really have not being feeling to beautiful lately and definitely not sexy. When I look back at photos from high school and then look at me now I am sickened. I plan on using this blog as a source of motivation and inspiration. I feel like if I post my most embarrassing stats and pictures of my progress it will help me and whoever reads this will help me.
Tomorrow will be the first day of Insanity. I am excited and I am really hoping I stick to it. But I guess I better get down to the nitty gritty and show you just how bad this body of mine is.
BEFORE INSANITY- January 3, 2012
Weight: 145 pounds
Pant Size: 8-10
Shirt Size: M
Dress size: 8
My goal with this adventure is to lose 20-25 pounds, but mostly tighten things up and feel good about myself. I sure hope to be a size 4 or 5 in pants. I know I have a lot of work to do but I also know I can do it. So wish me luck and I will do my best to keep up with my challenge on here.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
New Chapter (continued)...
New Chapter...
Wow! I have not posted in so long. I had so much going on with the wedding and the honeymoon and just life to even think about posting. I sure do have a lot to catch up on now though.
Well recently I have opened a whole new chapter to my life. I am a married woman now, to the most amazing man I might add. The whole wedding process seemed like a complete dream to us. The day after it was all over we woke up and looked at each other and were like Whoa, we are married. The cutest part is still to this day we look at each other and go "Your my husband" or "Your my wife"; like its some phenomenon haha. So I guess I better tell you all about it.
Well surprisingly wedding week was pretty calm. We had most everything done and ready to go. I think we even found ourselves looking for things to do to make time pass. So come Friday (the day before the wedding) it was quite relaxing. Cameron being the work-a-holic he is got up and worked a full day of work. I on the other hand slept in until it was time to get ready to go get my nails done with the girls. While I was getting ready, Cameron's dad came over to blow out the sprinklers. Cameron was adament about having that done before we left for the week just in case there was a freeze. It was only the beginning of October but you never know...specially since a couple weeks after that we got almost 20 inches of snow all in one week. Anyways, at noon that day I met all the girls at the nail salon and we all got our nails done and pedicures. It was fun and nice and relaxing. From there I went home and started getting things ready for the rehearsal dinner. Everyone was coming over after the rehearsal that night which was at 5 so I had to prep before we went there. I told everyone that they had to be at the church by five because I did not want anyone to be late. So we left the house around 4:20pm. About 5 minutes into our drive we realized we forgot the marriage license. Oops. So we had to turn around and get it. That put us behind and actually made us late because it turns out there was a lot of traffic. Whats funny about this is I preached and preached about how everyone has to be on time and in reality we were the ones who ended up being twenty minutes late. So once we finally arrived at the church for our rehearsal, we got on with the show. I was nervous and could not stop laughing because of it. Needless to say I got told to take it seriously a few times.
So after the rehearsal we all went over to our house for our rehearsal dinner. We had tacos and nachos. It was yummy. I love tacos and nachos. We passed out our gifts to everyone and went our seperate ways for the night. But not without me lecturing the boys about drinking the two liters of jager that they had. They did it anyway haha. Another unintentional thing that happened was us girls ended up getting pretty tipsy too. Desiree had told us about "Panty Droppers". They are made with three ingredients.
The next morning I woke up super easily. I must of been anxious, nervous and excited. We began showereing at getting ready around 8am. The hair and make-up lady was coming around 9 am. I was surprisingly quiet and calm all morning. I felt like it was all a dream. After all. I was getting married. It was the day every girl dreams of having for their entire life. We had to be ready by 11:15 am to leave for the church. And it definitely did take all that time to get ready. I was surprised at how well my hair and make-up turned out. But I loved it and I felt like that was the prettiest I have ever felt. Our photographers were there to catch it all too. They were amazing. Huge thank you to Photography Evolved: Kyle & Sara Here is a picture for your own judgment.
Once we got to the church I got in my gown and waited... and waited... and waited for my groom to arrive and get ready so we could do our first look photoshoot. I know its not tradition to do but I just loved the idea. After all, all morning I had nerves building up. I had to catch the emotion from all spilling out before anything ever happened.
After that we split back up and went to our own area of the church until the ceremony that started at two in the afternoon. I was completely fine after this. After all everything was going great. Nothing went wrong other then being a little off schedule but that is to be expected. So we waited some more and then it was finally time. At this point I was still fine. I was fine all the way up until it was my turn to walk down the aisle with my dad. This was a specialy moment I would have with my dad that I will never forget. It was amazing. I remember them closing the doors so I could prepare to walk down the aisle and I look at my dad right before the doors open and say " Im gonna cry" and there went the tears. Actually I was pretty much balling. All those emotions I had been holding in came rolling out. Our ceremony was perfect. It truely was. I loved it.
After that we went and took pictures with our wedding party. It was tiring and I was ready for it to be over. Which is probably why what happened next happened. I had a total break down because I did not want to do pictures anymore. I just wanted to chill out for a minute but a few people decided to distract the picture taking process right when we were about done and I flipped out. But thats okay right? After all it was my wedding. Haha. So when pictures were finally done we hopped in the limo and went to our reception. It was a blast. We danced and laughed and threw cake in eachothers faces. We did everything you do at a wedding reception. It was fun. We were anxious most the evening though because we were leaving for our honeymoon that night. We had to leave the reception at 10-10:30 to catch our 12:20 flight to New York then a 5:30 flight to Flordia where we took a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Grand Caymen. Needless to say we did not sleep much since Thursday and it was now Sunday.
Well... the honeymoon will have to be in a different post. This one sure has gotten lengthy.
Well recently I have opened a whole new chapter to my life. I am a married woman now, to the most amazing man I might add. The whole wedding process seemed like a complete dream to us. The day after it was all over we woke up and looked at each other and were like Whoa, we are married. The cutest part is still to this day we look at each other and go "Your my husband" or "Your my wife"; like its some phenomenon haha. So I guess I better tell you all about it.
Well surprisingly wedding week was pretty calm. We had most everything done and ready to go. I think we even found ourselves looking for things to do to make time pass. So come Friday (the day before the wedding) it was quite relaxing. Cameron being the work-a-holic he is got up and worked a full day of work. I on the other hand slept in until it was time to get ready to go get my nails done with the girls. While I was getting ready, Cameron's dad came over to blow out the sprinklers. Cameron was adament about having that done before we left for the week just in case there was a freeze. It was only the beginning of October but you never know...specially since a couple weeks after that we got almost 20 inches of snow all in one week. Anyways, at noon that day I met all the girls at the nail salon and we all got our nails done and pedicures. It was fun and nice and relaxing. From there I went home and started getting things ready for the rehearsal dinner. Everyone was coming over after the rehearsal that night which was at 5 so I had to prep before we went there. I told everyone that they had to be at the church by five because I did not want anyone to be late. So we left the house around 4:20pm. About 5 minutes into our drive we realized we forgot the marriage license. Oops. So we had to turn around and get it. That put us behind and actually made us late because it turns out there was a lot of traffic. Whats funny about this is I preached and preached about how everyone has to be on time and in reality we were the ones who ended up being twenty minutes late. So once we finally arrived at the church for our rehearsal, we got on with the show. I was nervous and could not stop laughing because of it. Needless to say I got told to take it seriously a few times.
So after the rehearsal we all went over to our house for our rehearsal dinner. We had tacos and nachos. It was yummy. I love tacos and nachos. We passed out our gifts to everyone and went our seperate ways for the night. But not without me lecturing the boys about drinking the two liters of jager that they had. They did it anyway haha. Another unintentional thing that happened was us girls ended up getting pretty tipsy too. Desiree had told us about "Panty Droppers". They are made with three ingredients.
1/3 Beer (We used wood chuck cider & Corona)
1/3 Pink lemonade
1/3 Pucker
Yes, it sounds so gross, but it most definitely is not. It is for sure my favorite drink! So yummy. So we played kings cup with these "Panty Droppers" and sure did learn a lot of things about each other. We were going to watch the movie Bridesmaids, but that didn't happen because we were all a lil too tipsy to pay attention. We ended up going to bed at around one or two in the morning. We had to be up early the next morning but it all worked out.
The next morning I woke up super easily. I must of been anxious, nervous and excited. We began showereing at getting ready around 8am. The hair and make-up lady was coming around 9 am. I was surprisingly quiet and calm all morning. I felt like it was all a dream. After all. I was getting married. It was the day every girl dreams of having for their entire life. We had to be ready by 11:15 am to leave for the church. And it definitely did take all that time to get ready. I was surprised at how well my hair and make-up turned out. But I loved it and I felt like that was the prettiest I have ever felt. Our photographers were there to catch it all too. They were amazing. Huge thank you to Photography Evolved: Kyle & Sara Here is a picture for your own judgment.
From there we left the church. My mom had decorated the car for me to ride in. So we loaded up and went on our way.
Once we got to the church I got in my gown and waited... and waited... and waited for my groom to arrive and get ready so we could do our first look photoshoot. I know its not tradition to do but I just loved the idea. After all, all morning I had nerves building up. I had to catch the emotion from all spilling out before anything ever happened.
After that we split back up and went to our own area of the church until the ceremony that started at two in the afternoon. I was completely fine after this. After all everything was going great. Nothing went wrong other then being a little off schedule but that is to be expected. So we waited some more and then it was finally time. At this point I was still fine. I was fine all the way up until it was my turn to walk down the aisle with my dad. This was a specialy moment I would have with my dad that I will never forget. It was amazing. I remember them closing the doors so I could prepare to walk down the aisle and I look at my dad right before the doors open and say " Im gonna cry" and there went the tears. Actually I was pretty much balling. All those emotions I had been holding in came rolling out. Our ceremony was perfect. It truely was. I loved it.
After that we went and took pictures with our wedding party. It was tiring and I was ready for it to be over. Which is probably why what happened next happened. I had a total break down because I did not want to do pictures anymore. I just wanted to chill out for a minute but a few people decided to distract the picture taking process right when we were about done and I flipped out. But thats okay right? After all it was my wedding. Haha. So when pictures were finally done we hopped in the limo and went to our reception. It was a blast. We danced and laughed and threw cake in eachothers faces. We did everything you do at a wedding reception. It was fun. We were anxious most the evening though because we were leaving for our honeymoon that night. We had to leave the reception at 10-10:30 to catch our 12:20 flight to New York then a 5:30 flight to Flordia where we took a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Grand Caymen. Needless to say we did not sleep much since Thursday and it was now Sunday.
Well... the honeymoon will have to be in a different post. This one sure has gotten lengthy.
Friday, September 9, 2011
We are getting so close....
Oh my goodness! The wedding is in two weeks and one day! I can not believe that it is finally here. I am so excited for it, but starting to get a little nervous. Not because I am getting married, just because there is so much to do! This weekend is Cameron's and my bachelor and bachelorette parties. I am so excited for mine. This will be the first time in a really long time that we will be going out without each other. My sister is planning mine and I just want her to know how thankful I am to have her. She is doing such an amazing job making sure my wedding is going to be fabulous. I honestly could not do it without her. I am a little nervous about what Cameron and them are going to do. His friends are CRAZY lol but I know he will have a blast too.. and of course I trust him to make the right decisions. Next weekend we are having a Pre-Wedding Brunch. We are doing this because there is so much going on, it is easiest for us to do this and let everyone know what they are responsible for and of course the schedule of the day. We are making breakfast burritos for it too... yummm :) Along with all that we are finalizing the ceremony at the church on Tuesday and picking up my wedding dress on Thursday. I also have to crunch in school work and work ahead so that I do not miss anything. Then week following this one is THE wedding week, which means its going to be super busy. We pretty much have everything done but we have a lot of organizing and stuff to do in order to feel the day will run smoothly. Cameron and I also have to pay all our bills that are due until October 5th because we are leaving for our honeymoon directly after the reception. I can not wait to spend seven straight, uninterrupted days with my new husband!
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Feeling the affects...
"Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it."
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
— Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)
Lately life is turning out to be quite overwhelming. I am definitely starting to feel the affects of having way too much on my plate. I started my new job on August 2, 2011. I love it, even though there is a lot to learn. It is a nice change of pace and definitely something I would rather be doing than working in a restaraunt. Last week was the start of school. This will be my third year of college, however I am a bit behind. Its discouraging to be behind but on the other hand it is good because I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to do. I know I definitely want to do something in the medical field, I just havent quite figured it out. I am thinking probably a neonatal nurse. I love little babies, so I would love to help them feel better when they are not feeling so well. Another reason for me being behind in school is because I can only do so much. I am taking three classes this semester and one of which is Anatomy and Physiology. I like to really have time to focus on the science classes I take because they tend to be tough. They are essential to my career so it is just best to take my time when it comes to those. I will hopefully be finished with school within the next two to three years. That is my goal. Aside from work and school, I am coaching JV Cheerleading at WRHS. It is a lot of work. I never realized how much time and effort it truly takes to run a team like this. I do get a lot of help from the varsity coach but I am slowly starting to take things upon myself. Also, the wedding is in 4 weeks so it is definitely crunch time. Between all these wonderful things going on in my life, I am exhausted and so ready for vacation. I just pray mother nature lets us enjoy it, without any hurricanes or anything. I am just so surprised at how fast time is going. Pretty soon I will be married to Cameron Swainson. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing man in my life. I am truly lucky.
I feel as though the quote above truly inspires me. Even though my life is full of complete choas right now, it just shows who I am. I truly believe what Jodi Picoult says. Life isnt all about the extravagant things we do, its about how we handle the things and experiences we are given. Life is truly what you make of it. Every situation in life has a purpose. There are things in my life that did not happen that at that point in time I never wanted more but now a few years later I completely understand the reasoning behind the turn out. I feel so blessed to have learned the things I have in life and to continue learning valuable lessons. I feel as though the hardest but most treasured lesson I have learned is to do the right thing even when the going gets tough. Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same. No matter how much you want to give up or take the easy way out... DONT because it will come back to you and bite you right in the butt. I learned this after a few things in life went wrong. I just wish some other people would learn this lesson. Even with the people I am not necessarily close to, but the people around me are, it saddens me to just sit back and watch them fail time after time. I wish I could say something, or show thing the right way but you cant just walk around worrying about everyone elses lifes. They have to learn it themselves because most the time when we are told how to do something we let it go in one ear and out the other. We learn things the hard way, and saddly some people never learn.
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