30 days til 30...blogging challenge

So my 30th Birthday is on March 30 and I decided that I'm going to begin a 30 day blogging adventure! My Bestie and sister started it and finished it and I thought it was a great way to end my twenties. So I will be starting it tomorrow and post everyday until my bday.

I think it is a great way to get more consistent on my blogging because as all you know I am terrible at keeping up with blogging so here is the outline of my blogging challenge.

Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts

Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name

Day 3-Your first love

Day 4-Your parents

Day 5-Your favorite recipes

Day 6-A picture of something that makes you happy

Day 7-Favorite movies

Day 8-A place you've traveled to

Day 9-A picture of your friends

Day 10-Something you're afraid of

Day 11-Favorite TV shows

Day 12-What you believe

Day 13-Goals

Day 14-A picture you love

Day 15-Bible verse

Day 16-Dream house

Day 17-Something you're looking forward to

Day 18-Something you regret

Day 19-Something you miss

Day 20-Nicknames

Day 21-Picture of yourself

Day 22-What's in your makeup bag

Day 23-Favorite vacation

Day 24-Something you've learned

Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs

Day 26-Picture of your family

Day 27-Pets

Day 28-Something that stresses you out

Day 29-3 Wishes

Day 30-a picture

So here it to 30 days til my thirties! Let me know if you want to join my challenge!!!! OH and Keep me accountable!!!

Neglect...

Neglect...it is what I have done with my blog. And I am sorry. I keep thinking that I have to have something to talk about in order to blog, and the truth is that not much is going on in my life. I am still looking for a job and it sucks really bad! It's driving me crazy that's for sure and putting a strain on me so I am now doing a mixture of a couple of things. One, I am working at the cruise ship terminal checking people into the boat...please if you are going on a cruise anytime soon make sure you either have a passport or a real birth certificate not the one with the feet that the hospital gives you. It really makes me sad when we have to turn people away who don't have the right documentation! Second, I am working at The Limited, which sucks because it is retail, but I am trying to think of a positive about it so I get a great discount which is great...here is a strange thing, all the girls I work with there all have a college degree and started working there because they can't find an 8-5 job here...isn't that just wonderful (insert sarcastic tone of voice here)! I am going to start on Monday occasionally helping out some friends of ours here at their company and I am also babysitting Kate (the girl I use to nanny for) whenever they need me. None of these things are what I expected to do or want to do after I finished my masters but you do what you gotta do. I know that in the end God will provide the job that I am suppose to have I just need to wait for that time.

So that brings me to my next story which is the only exciting thing that has happened recently...Last week I was watching Kate while Ami went out on the town for a friends birthday. She said that she would be gone for a couple of hours that they were just going to dinner. This was at 8pm, so logically I am thinking somewhere between 10-11 she would be home. Bout 11 I started dozing on the couch, well at 11:20pm I wake up to a knock on the door...I assume it was Ami since it was pouring down rain and all I saw was the umbrella thinking it was her I opened the door...to my surprise it was a man in his late 30's asking to use the restroom because he was walking home and he lived around the corner...I'm sorry but not NO but H to E to the double L NO! He gave me his business card and tried to give me his wallet but I said sorry I am not comfortable and shut the door in his face. And then tried to relax enough to calm myself down he didn't necessarily scare me but the situation did. When Ami got home she called the cops because there had been some strange things going on in the neighborhood recently so that was that and she called the number on the business card. The next morning she got a call back from this guy who turned out to be the guys boss. Apparently he had been drinking but in my case it was still not cool and I have learned a couple of things...one, even if you are expecting someone to get to your house late at night make sure you check to make sure it is them and two I never want a door with glass that you can see through because if someone is at the door that you don't want to answer you can't do that very discreetly if they can see you and then it just becomes awkward.

OK, I will try not to neglect writing again but hopefully something will happen soon that I will actually be exciting to talk about. Hope everyone has a great evening!

Well, I'm a Mrs. Now!

So it's kinda sad that it has been almost 3 months since the last time I posted...but I warned you it could happen! The weeks before the wedding were crazy and quite stressful! In the month before the wedding I was in 10 different states! That was because mom dad and I drove back from TX and Chris and I drove to Ohio, but man oh man it was a lot of traveling and a lot of stress! Turns out U.S. indited drug dealers from Jamaica that cause 150 deaths or something like that on a small island doesn't help a soon-to-be-bride getting married there. Either way, alot went on, lots of hard decisions for Chris and I to make and it was not a fun situation and I really do not wish on anyone three weeks before their wedding, let alone any time in their life. I cried and cried and cried and it was not fun, but after decisions were made I put on my it's my wedding and I am going to do my best to make it the best I can face and went on with life, and now just try not to dwell on it too much or it makes me sad.

Now our wedding was fabulous I had lots of friends and family there and it all went by so fast that I really wish I could go back and just enjoy it a little more verses trying to just get everything done and taken care of but oh well, that's part of a brides job right! Well overall the wedding was just amazing and super special! I'll even put in some pics
Me and CPWhole Group

So, we left the RIU the day after the wedding to head to our honeymoon spot which was about 15 minutes down the road at the Couple San Souci...it was a great secluded hotel that was great for couples and we met a couple of great ones, but the downside was that it rained everyday of the last 5 days we were there and by the end we were done and ready to come home and get back to everyday life! I know insane but there is only so much to do when you are on an island and its raining and Chris and I are active people and we get bored! But overall we had a great wedding and honeymoon so what more could you ask for.

Well after the HM we got back to CHS and both had to get back to work, luckily my work week was only a 3 day week and I got to get some stuff done around the house! That weekend was the 4th so CPs family was in from CLT and Tampa so we got some more family time with them which was definitely great times! The week after the 4th I found out that I only had 2 more weeks left working with Kate which was definitely bittersweet, mainly because I didn't have a job lined up since things got so crazy before the wedding I didn't have as much time to look for jobs as I would have liked and so here it is 3 weeks after that and I am offically unemployed, not something I like to be but I am looking and trying to keep up with this house wife stuff! We had a garage sale last weekend which was my first ever to be hosted on my own, I have no desire to do it again for a while but we did get rid of some stuff so that was nice. Now for the second week in a row I am working on cooking dinner every night which is a feat within its self considering I hate to cook but we have definitely become the boring married couple! Hopefully I wont wait as long to post next time and it will be with good news of getting a job! Well I will see yall soon! TTFN!
aj

6 weeks and counting

WOW so its been a while! So much has happened I will try to start from where I left off...Sweet Sixteen, well we won our sweet sixteen game but lost in the elite eight to DOOK...SO SO SAD it was really hard for the entire family but I am over it now, it was nice revenge that a day later our lady bears beat the lady blue devils to make it to the final four! Which just so happened to be the day before my birthday! It was sad that we lost but I look at the positive and at least when both of our BU basketball teams lost it was to this years National Championship Team! Good Job Bears! I am proud to be a Baylor Bear! Sic'em!!!!

My birthday was great CP and I didn't do too much he just took me to a really awesome restaurant downtown and it was really good! And he got me clothes for my birthday and did a great job! A girl can always use some clothes! That following weekend was Easter and I headed to TX to see my family for my bridal shower and bachelorette party! It was lots of fun got lots of great stuff! Unfortunately, spring in TX did not like me and I came home sick!!!

The past couple weeks nothing too big has been going on just trying to workout and lose more weight which I haven't done until this week!!!! I was on a platueau for 6 weeks! not good when your wedding is coming up and you are working out 5 days a week and only eating 1200 calories!!!! BOOO TO that!!!! I can not wait til Jamaica when I can eat whatever I want!!!! I think I am just sick and tired of dieting, it sucks! Too much detail work for me involved in counting calories! But I will keep up the working out after the wedding I have worked too hard to gain back the 17 lbs I have lost! I only need bout 8 more and I will be a happy girl for the wedding so we will see if I can do that.

CP and I have started playing tennis, we haven't played a game yet but it is great quality time that we get to spend together not in front of a TV!!! And it's even more fun to play with other people! Thanks Amy and Kaz for introducing me to it! (CP already knew how to play but I hadn't ever picked up a racket, and if I have to say so myself I am doing much better!)

This weekend we are going with Amy and Kaz to Pawley's Island. It's about 2 hours north of us and close to Myrtle Beach. We are not going to do too much maybe play tennis go, to the beach/pool, play cards and hang out! It will be nice to kick off the crazy season that is called my wedding!

Monday will be 6 weeks til the wedding and I am headed to TX so mom and I can get some last minute stuff done, then her, dad and I are driving back and they will be here a week. Then memorial day weekend CP and I will head to Cincinnati for a shower up there that CP's mom is throwing us, then to Charlotte the following week for his brothers HS graduation and then finally its the weekend before the wedding and we will be here, hopefully not stressing too bad and then off to Jamaica for the wedding! Its gonna be INSANE!!!!! So if I don't get on here much you will know why! Anyways so this is what's going on in my life...Hope everyone else is having a grand ole time!

And OMG I almost forgot the most important part that has happened so far!!!! As of Sunday I offically have an MBA!!!!!! NO MORE SCHOOL FOR ME EVER!!!!!!!WHOOOPPEEEEE DOOO DAAAA DDDDAAAYYYYYY!!!!!! ( I just annoyed my bff for using more than one letter in my words sorry age, but had to show exactly how excited I am about that!!!! hehe!!!!

aj

SWEET SIXTEEN BABY!!!!

Well the Bears made it to the sweet 16 and oh how sweet it is! Both our men and women's teams made it this year and it is just so totally AWESOME!!!! We play St. Mary's tonight and can I tell you I am already SO NERVOUS!!!! I am kinda sad because my entire family is in Houston going to the games and I am not there with them, but sometimes there are just commitments that you cant back out of. I just wanna say I am super proud of my bears for getting this far and cant wait to see what else you have in store for us fans.

As for an update on my weight loss. I have gotten to the point where I don't talk about it too much because I am scared to jinx it but as of yesterday, I had lost 13 lbs. Yeah! It's not where I want to be yet but I am doing pretty good. I am working out bout 5 times a week and I am on top of the calories I put in my mouth. Yes, every single one of them! My sister introduced me to a new iPhone app called mynetdaily: calorie counter and it is great it tells me exactly what I am doing right, what I am doing wrong, it calculates all of my calories for me and it puts me on a plan of how to meet my weight goals and by when. It is awesome!!!!! and its only .99!

Well not much else is going on right now, So I guess I will see you later! Oh and SIC'EM BEARS!!!!!!!!!!

aj

MARCH...my favorite month of the year!

I LOVE MARCH!!! For many reason March is totally awesome! First off, baseball season starts! For another Spring has usually already arrived and the Texas Bluebonnets have started to line the highways, one of my favorite things!!!! The main reason the majority of my life is my birthday is on the 30th and birthdays are huge in my family! (Fun Fact: I was born the day President Reagan was shot, I think it was part of my destiny to be a Republican). But as I have gotten older one of my all time favorite things is MARCH MADNESS!!!!!!!

About 6 years ago when I lived in NYC with my sister, her now "KREW" started a march madness pool. This was the Spring after the Summer 03 tragedy at Baylor and one of our top stars, John Lucas, transferred to Oklahoma State. Off of our team that year 3 players that transferred to other schools ended up taking their teams to the Sweet Sixteen...Oh the possibilities. Well, Heather and I ended up watching I think every single game we could and cheered on John Lucas as he scored a game winning 3 pointer all while sitting in her living room knitting scarves (yes I said knitting) we cheered for OK St all the way til their run ended and it was so much fun. I guess God was getting me ready to root for Okie St the rest of my life.

Two years ago, my beloved Bears made it to the Big Dance and I was so proud, unfortunately our run didn't make it to the 2nd round. But I was so proud of where those guys came from cause those Srs. chose to take a chance at Baylor at its worst and were able to do something and accomplish a dream. Well after a year absent in the tourney and making it to the NIT championship game, MY BOYS are BACK!!! And we're a 3 seed, A 3 SEED!!!! OH WOW!!! Well, we played today and I was such a nervous wreck! When it comes to BU sports I am a huge fan and always a wreck, especially when we are suppose to do good. See there have been so many disappointments along the way, I have to prepare myself for something bad to happen so I wont be crushed! Its the saying Hope for the Best, Prepare for the worst! That's my life when it comes to BU sports. Well I was doing that today, I was nauseous all day long because what if we don't live up to the Hype??? And my goodness there is hype, people are predicting us to be in the Final Four!!!! WHAT!?!?!? WTHeck!!!!! Well I will say, we won today, its WAS NOT pretty, but we got the W, I paced the entire last 3 minutes (even had to move furniture so I could, hehe). Hopefully we got all those nerves out and don't play like that the rest of the tourney, I may have a heart attack if we do. I hope we are able to live up to the hype but I dont think that I can rid of this something is going to happen nervousness, but I will say I believe and never have stopped believing in my bears! Its been a great year for those boys and they beat Texas 3 times (totally took me to my happy place)! So to my beloved Bears...I love you, you make me proud to be a Bear, now enjoy the "Big Dance", make the best run you can (I will still love you know matter what) and SIC'EM!
aj

So its been a while...

So I have been meaning to post for like the last 3 weeks, it just didn't happen and I looked up today and realized that it had almost been a month. WHAT is my deal??? I will tell you it was the OLYMPICS!!! I L-O-V-E the Olympics, everyone in my family does. It was a tradition in my family to watch them and I just love them, which means for the entire 16 days they were on I had no motivation to do anything! I just wanted to watch them. Unfortunately, school does not wait for the Olympics to be over and neither does the wedding.

I feel like I have gotten a lot accomplished lately in regards to the wedding and I only have 2 months left of school EVER!!!!!!! I am so excited about that. But I feel really guilty at times. Because of the wedding, school, job, working out and all the every day stuff in life I don't always get to spend the best quality time with the people I love and mainly Chris. I feel like he gets the brunt of it since he's the one that basically sees me in passing because of all the commitments. I would love to just hand and go do something but if I don't do everything when will it all get done? Especially the things with deadlines...does anyone else ever feel this way?

I am having so motivation issues with working out, mainly I hate waking up early in the mornings for it! Because I dont get off work til 6-6:30 that puts me at home at almost 8 if I go to the gym, its crazy. I don't have an issue on Mondays for the weekend, its just the days I work, I hate it! But I will say I am doing really well on my 1390 calorie diet, that part I have not struggled with at all. I have finally lost some weight, not much but some so that is exciting but I don't like to talk about it because I feel like I will jinx it or something. That's about all that is going on right now. Hope all is well and I will try to not wait so long between post next time