My First Day?!

Eeep! Tomorrow might be my first day at my new job! My background check went through and Surprise! I'm not a criminal! They are just waiting for one more piece of paperwork to go through and tomorrow should be the day!


I'm really nervous about starting--I'm ALWAYS nervous when I start something new. I texted my mom and she told me this: "I know you are [nervous]...you always are and always will be...but this will really help get some bills paid [that would be Student Loans--thank-you Sallie Mae] and you might even make some pretty good friends there...wait and see what happens tomorrow...you're too sweet, pretty, and friendly...they believe in you...so...it's your turn to believe a little..."


Momma always knows Just what to say! I love you Momma!!!


*Grandma Dixon, we love you and we will miss you but we know you're looking down on us with love!!! 

Pro-Healthy, Not Pro-Skinny

I'm watching Dr. Oz right now and the episode is about eating disorders. It kills me to watch these girls who are wasting away because they think skinny is beautiful. They aren't starving themselves; they are killing themselves and it hurts my heart. 


I've always been a chubby girl. It runs in my family and it's hard to get away from. I can't lie and say that I've never thought about the anorexia route, but in my own life I know much I love good food and it would never work for me. 


But I have lost weight. 40 pounds in fact. However, I didn't starve myself. I stopped eating junk food every night and started exercising five days a week. In a year, I was a completely different person.


I'm not done with my weight loss journey though; I still have about 20 pounds to lose to be in my healthy weight range for my height. Lucky for me, I've found a beautiful community called Tone It Up.  It's NOT about losing weight. It's about being Strong and Healthy. We eat clean and we work our strong, gorgeous muscles! Instead of encouraging each other not to eat, we give each other recipes to eat All. Day. Long. 


In my world, Muscle will Always be sexier than Bones!!!!

Crafty Craft!!!!

So excited about all the crafting I've been doing lately! I bought a bum load of cheap frames from Goodwill and I'm almost done making a colorful picture frame collage for our bedroom. I also found a cheap and beautiful mirror to put over our bed. I'm in the middle of a sewing project. I'm almost done making a cool picture frame jewelry holder. And finally, the library was giving away the book  spines on old books they re-covered so I'm going to mount them on the wall as "Book" bookshelves. 


That's right, I'm crafty. Boo-yah.


On another note, I managed to only dish out 2tbs of peanut butter for my snack today. Anyone who knows me, knows how much I ADORE pb and this is quite a milestone for me.


Thank-you, I'm awesome. 

"Obviously we like you..."

::Sings:: "I might have job soon!!! Hip hip hooray for me! Lalalalale!"


Yes, that's right. I had another great interview today. It's for the job I interviewed for a couple months ago. They've been having some restructuring issues so it's taken awhile for them to be at a good place to hire, but the time is now! They put forth another job as well to see if I'd be interested, so I'm feeling pretty confident that it will be one or the other! They have to make recommendations by Tuesday, so I should know something very soon! ::Cue celebration dance::


Then I came home and did my Chalean Extreme Push 3. I'm about to have to buy myself some 30 pounders--oh yeah, feelin' beast.


Now I'm drinking a beautifully delicious smoothie made from a frozen banana, frozen berries, almond butter, a little almond milk, and a touch of protein powder. So tasty.


I'm supposed to be planning my meals for the week but I'm just so tired that it might be a chicken and veggies week this week....oops. Sorry honey!

And yes, that's a crazy straw!

A Grumbly Sort of Day

That's exactly what today has been. 


Ever since the phone rang at 8:01 am--just when the hubby and I were waking up and decided to cuddle ourselves awake. Mr. Adventure didn't come back right away and I knew that meant I had to get up and exercise....not easy on a Saturday, but I accomplished the feat.


After that, I just didn't want to talk or do anything and we had to get groceries. We bickered allllll the way to IHOP. We enjoyed our pancakes. Then we almost died on the highway. Then we bickered the whole way through Wal-mart. Then my cute silver flip-flop broke so I had to hobble over to the cheapies and buy a new pair to wear the rest our shopping trip. It was not a good time. 


But you know what? It all turned ok because when we got home, I found my favorite candy bar(The plain Symphony bar) in one of the bags. My husband is such a sweetie when he wants to be.


I had my chocolate and now everything is ok. 

Graduation Season

Welp, that time of year has pretty much come and gone. For my family, it ended two weekends ago with the High School graduation of my Baby Sister. The weekend before that, my Middle Sister graduated from College. May has been a really big month for my family and I am so proud of my little sisters and the beautiful young women they have become!!!!

Yay College Graduate!!! She had a Perfect 4.0!!!!

My baby sister is the second red head--right in the middle!!!

Way to go sisters! I love you!!!!

Check-in Video for Tone It Up!

This is my first ever Tone It Up check-in video! Enjoy my awkwardness!