2009 was a great year for me :)

Now as there is only 45 minutes left in 2009, I'd like to say this was a great year for me! Minus the small mishaps that may have been, 2009 for me was a year of accomplishments. First of all, I got married, to my best friend I might add. We also bought a house that sometimes I wish we hadn't, but overall I love it. I just don't like the slight hill it is on in this winter weather. I also starting the nursing program at CCAC! That was a big accomplishment to have been accepted and started that! Only a year a half left now :), and I tell you, after this is all over I want to go on a big trip!!

So this next year is going to be hard work to keep with the nursing program while working full time. People do it everyday, but I feel as if it's going to be a challenge for me. I want to be a great nurse. I want to be knowledgable and good at what I do. I applied for the summer internship that I hope I can get for summer 2010, but if I don't, I will be enjoying a wonderful summer off!

Bring on 2010!

Workout #2...

Back from workout #2. I have faith that I can keep this up.. twice a week at least. 1/2 hour on the treadmill today, up 10 minutes since Tuesday :). I didn't do any weightlifting today, but my next planned exercise time is Monday, so I will do it then. Now if only I could eat less. Before I've gotten by without really exercising at all.. and have lost weight slowly. I want to pick up the pace now, and realize exercise is key to a healthy heart and all that stuff. So my goal starts here. Without any deprivement of my favorite things, I want to weight 150 lbs by June 1, 2010. Just once in my life do I want to wear a 2 pieced bathing suit! I also want to just feel good and be able to pull my weight while lifting and transferring patients. If I do go into adult care after nursing school, I don't want to be the cause of someone throwing their back out because I did not help my share by moving the patient. Right now I feel as if I am weak and can't contribute 1/2 the strength the move patients. I'm not little and thin, it's just that I'm weak because I have not much strength.


I suppose this journal could take a turn and be a weight loss blog, but I don't want to bore you with just that. It will still have my current fascinations and excitements in it and soon some wedding photos!

:)

Special K bars

I have found something that tastes just as good as a candy bar! Special K chocolately pretzels are so yummy.. and for 90 calories each, I'm going to buy them in bulk now! Just the right amount of sweet and salty and if you love chocolate-covered pretzels like I do then you will love these!

So You Think You Can Dance

I absolutely cannot stop listening to "If it Kills Me (the Casa Nova Sessions)" by Jason Mraz. I love the song. I also recently became obsessed with dancing, specifically Jeanine from Dancing with the Stars. I love her and her personality! I also wished I would have taken up dancing at a young age. I loved the dance routine Jeanine and Phillip did week one, and also "Love Lockdown", but my most favorite is this one. That's my favorite song right now! Maybe I still have hope for dancing.. stranger things have happened!

My own version of that card box!!

I did finish that card box and thought it looked wonderful at my wedding!! I bought the boxes, used a hot glue gun to attach the fabric to the box, and but a hole for the cards in the middle. I lined it with pink ribbon, and even went to David's Bridal and bought that diamond ring napkin holder to use on the top of the box.

Pretty similar right??

Bright Idea!

As I was looking at my previous post, I had a bright idea. I bought the boxes to use for my card box. I was going to buy black fabric for the top and bottom box and a black/white print one for the middle. I think I will paint the top and bottom now! It will be cheaper and better looking, and I have the paint from the I DO letters! AHH I think this will really work! I can start that Monday night after I get home from picking up the invites from Nicoles. Then I will start putting the ribbon in them and work on the rest of the boxes on Tuesday.

Ideal card box!

So I was searching around online tonight and found this site weddingbee.com . After some searching around between that and thenest.com, I found a picture of the card box that I would love to have from The Wedding Main St.

It couldn't match any better! Although the person with whose post this was, wasn't having her wedding until Sept of 2010. I decided to then find where I could by typing in the lettering on the photo. I found them, although they are 124.99! I can't afford to spend that much on a card box considering there's even going to be one at the hall already.

I'm not sure I could re-create something like this, but what I think I might do right now is some searching on etsy.com.!

Flowers for the day

I plan to now keep this journal as my wedding planning one. Once the wedding has come and gone, I'll find something else to use this journal for. I have other sites like xanga and livejournal but I'm looking for a site that people actually post on often so I can make some journal friends! I hope to post lots of pictures about all the wedding details so I suppose I will start out with the flower bouquets I ordered for the bridesmaids from http://www.wedideas.com