Gosh, so much has been happening for us! All kinds of good stuff! I'm not going to focus on the bad stuff, that's just not my nature! :)
Okay, so first of all, Gelato Thursday was a hit! We officially have our wedding party! I will have Kerrie (Sister), Dana (Brother), Jon (Brother), Christie (Cousin) and Kara (Longest Best Friend) stand up with me and Nicole will have Tammy (Mom), Danielle (Sister), Janae (Sister) stand up with her. This is SO exciting and we couldn't be any more proud and ecstatic to have such important and amazing people stand up for and support us!
Secondly, we're changing up our diet! We haven't been too successful with just calorie counting. We've been doing it for a LONG time and have just plateaued I think. We're going to start adding more protein to our diet as well as working out. So far we've accomplished working out 3 days this week and it's not even over yet! Pretty optimistic, but we realize it's consistancy that is key which of course is the hardest part.
Lastly, our boy Duncan is 99% better. Just has a little healing around his eyes where he needs to grow some hair back, but is doing great otherwise! He has been playful again, drinking more normal amounts of water and just looks SO much better.
Happy Friday everyone! We actually have this whole weekend off together and are really looking forward to it.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
RCWilley BABY!
Real quick updates:
1. We paid off our RCWilley credit card 1 month early and avoided ALL Interest in doing so! We're so happy for this moment, now onto the next debt! :)
2. Week 15 we were both within 1lb of our lows. Week 16 will be better!
3. Had dinner with Christie and Bogdan last night and it was great! Who wants to come over for dinner next? First one to comment wins!!!
4. Excited for the Hyatt visit with Nicole's family on Monday night to check it out and get more ideas. Deposit was officially put down 8/12!
5. Looking forward to Gelato Thursday, it's a big one!!! ;)
1. We paid off our RCWilley credit card 1 month early and avoided ALL Interest in doing so! We're so happy for this moment, now onto the next debt! :)
2. Week 15 we were both within 1lb of our lows. Week 16 will be better!
3. Had dinner with Christie and Bogdan last night and it was great! Who wants to come over for dinner next? First one to comment wins!!!
4. Excited for the Hyatt visit with Nicole's family on Monday night to check it out and get more ideas. Deposit was officially put down 8/12!
5. Looking forward to Gelato Thursday, it's a big one!!! ;)
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Hi, Nicole here!
Last time I blogged I didn’t get any comments, not nice people! I expect some love this time. ;)
So, the last couple weeks have been kind of a whirlwind and I have So much to tell you all about!! Here is kind of a Table of Contents: School, Cupcakes, and Wedding.
First, big things on the school front. So Jen’s cousin Christie was telling us about her adventures in transferring from a JC to a university, she mentioned that there were 2 classes that she would have to retake because they were over 7 years old and that anything over 7 years EXPIRES. I almost choked on my lunch. You see I started school right after High School and yes folks I just had my 10 YEAR REUNION!!! So I called Sac State and found out that it is true. :( So I called some private online schools (Chapman, Heald, Phoenix etc..) and they will take credits over 7 years old. BUT none of them had a program that would satisfy the prerequisites for the masters in midwifery program and they were all over $400 per unit!! So I weighed out all my options, #1 start over and retake everything, which would put me out of school in 2016ish (NO THANKS!) #2 Get a Bach. Degree at a private online college and retake all the classes I need (and be in major debt) or #3 end that chapter of my life and move onto bigger and better things. I chose, with Jen’s awesome support and some input from my family, to move on. Jen and I want to have a family and going to school for a longer period of time and racking up major debt is not conducive to that dream. One thing really made the decision for me, if someone asked me choose one and only one right now, what would it be family or degree…easy decision…no hesitation…family. So right now we are living without a plan, just living and enjoying all the new found free time. We are loving our time together!! Babies are in the future (relax people and read the rest) but we will have our wedding first and we want to be in a house before we start our family. Living in a one bedroom condo with a Lab and a baby just isn’t what we have in mind. So when the market turns around and we are able to either sell this place or rent it out, we will buy a house. If that’s tomorrow GREAT, if it’s in a year GREAT. We’ll see.
Another path we have started out on is the cupcake industry. After making the cakes for my Dad’s 50th birthday party a friend of ours and a great artist (check out her amazing pieces at http://www.michellebrunmier.com/) asked if we would make mini cupcakes for her next show. So we did and we LOVED every minute of it!! People have always complimented my baking and I have always loved baking and creating desserts. Together Jen and I make a great team and we are hoping to start a little side business. The last two things we have done, Dad’s b-day and the art show, Jen has done the baking part and I have done the frosting/decorating part. Who knows where it will lead us, we might have our own bakery some day! We think we would call it Cupcake Co. (with a ♥ for the o) and our slogan would be “For The ♥ Of Frosting!” Cute huh! :) We had business cards out at her show and of the 20 we left, 12 were taken!! Michelle said she heard people raving about them all night and saying “these would be perfect for my ______” so we are really optimistic. This makes me rethink making cupcakes for our wedding….I think it’s do-able! But we’ll see! LOL So, if anyone needs cupcakes for an event….let us know! We would be happy to be of service!!
About the wedding, as of tomorrow our deposit and contract are finalized with the Hyatt Regency in downtown Sacramento. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our venue and can’t wait to dive deeper into the planning! We have so many ideas and thoughts, it will be nice when it all starts coming together and when things are being checked off the list. There will be lots more blogs about wedding stuff as it gets closer! I know you are all so excited! ;)
So that’s it….currently Jen is laying on the bed on the laptop and Dunc is laying up on the other pillow! LOL Just thought I would give you all a little glimpse into life at our house at this very moment!!!
Thanks for reading!
Nicole
Last time I blogged I didn’t get any comments, not nice people! I expect some love this time. ;)
So, the last couple weeks have been kind of a whirlwind and I have So much to tell you all about!! Here is kind of a Table of Contents: School, Cupcakes, and Wedding.
First, big things on the school front. So Jen’s cousin Christie was telling us about her adventures in transferring from a JC to a university, she mentioned that there were 2 classes that she would have to retake because they were over 7 years old and that anything over 7 years EXPIRES. I almost choked on my lunch. You see I started school right after High School and yes folks I just had my 10 YEAR REUNION!!! So I called Sac State and found out that it is true. :( So I called some private online schools (Chapman, Heald, Phoenix etc..) and they will take credits over 7 years old. BUT none of them had a program that would satisfy the prerequisites for the masters in midwifery program and they were all over $400 per unit!! So I weighed out all my options, #1 start over and retake everything, which would put me out of school in 2016ish (NO THANKS!) #2 Get a Bach. Degree at a private online college and retake all the classes I need (and be in major debt) or #3 end that chapter of my life and move onto bigger and better things. I chose, with Jen’s awesome support and some input from my family, to move on. Jen and I want to have a family and going to school for a longer period of time and racking up major debt is not conducive to that dream. One thing really made the decision for me, if someone asked me choose one and only one right now, what would it be family or degree…easy decision…no hesitation…family. So right now we are living without a plan, just living and enjoying all the new found free time. We are loving our time together!! Babies are in the future (relax people and read the rest) but we will have our wedding first and we want to be in a house before we start our family. Living in a one bedroom condo with a Lab and a baby just isn’t what we have in mind. So when the market turns around and we are able to either sell this place or rent it out, we will buy a house. If that’s tomorrow GREAT, if it’s in a year GREAT. We’ll see.
Another path we have started out on is the cupcake industry. After making the cakes for my Dad’s 50th birthday party a friend of ours and a great artist (check out her amazing pieces at http://www.michellebrunmier.com/) asked if we would make mini cupcakes for her next show. So we did and we LOVED every minute of it!! People have always complimented my baking and I have always loved baking and creating desserts. Together Jen and I make a great team and we are hoping to start a little side business. The last two things we have done, Dad’s b-day and the art show, Jen has done the baking part and I have done the frosting/decorating part. Who knows where it will lead us, we might have our own bakery some day! We think we would call it Cupcake Co. (with a ♥ for the o) and our slogan would be “For The ♥ Of Frosting!” Cute huh! :) We had business cards out at her show and of the 20 we left, 12 were taken!! Michelle said she heard people raving about them all night and saying “these would be perfect for my ______” so we are really optimistic. This makes me rethink making cupcakes for our wedding….I think it’s do-able! But we’ll see! LOL So, if anyone needs cupcakes for an event….let us know! We would be happy to be of service!!
About the wedding, as of tomorrow our deposit and contract are finalized with the Hyatt Regency in downtown Sacramento. We LOVE LOVE LOVE our venue and can’t wait to dive deeper into the planning! We have so many ideas and thoughts, it will be nice when it all starts coming together and when things are being checked off the list. There will be lots more blogs about wedding stuff as it gets closer! I know you are all so excited! ;)
So that’s it….currently Jen is laying on the bed on the laptop and Dunc is laying up on the other pillow! LOL Just thought I would give you all a little glimpse into life at our house at this very moment!!!
Thanks for reading!
Nicole
Friday, July 31, 2009
Up and Down!
It's been awhile since either of us have posted, so here it goes.
Week 11 - I was up 3lbs and Nicole up 2.5lbs (Excuse (LOL): VACATION BABY! :) Keep in mind we had to eat out every single meal. (Lisa and Chad cooked us steak dinner one night and it was amazing) Dad's fridge wasn't working among many other things...)
Week 12 - I was up another 2lbs and Nicole just .5 (Excuse: she doesn't eat baked goods and chocolate like I do, she's a good girl when it's that time of the month!)
Week 13 - YAY, we're actually down from Week 12. Jen - 1.5lbs and Nicole - 1lb. We started to get back on track and are anticipating a better Week 14, but more importantly a better August! We don't have TOO many plans in August that would contribute to weight gain, so stay tuned! We're not too far away from our lows and can't wait to drop some more!
As you have probably seen on our Facebook we had a great time in So. Cal of course with some exceptions. Let's just say my Dad is going through some changes and definitely needs some prayer in his life and sent his way! Seeing Lisa (my sister) and her family was amazing. They are doing so well and it was so great to get in as much time as we did with them. We're hopeful they will make a trip up here soon!
I will let Nicole post when she is ready about some changes headed our way.. So nobody freaks, it's about school vs. family planning.. Timing is everything and don't we all wish we could predict the future sometimes!!! :)
Week 11 - I was up 3lbs and Nicole up 2.5lbs (Excuse (LOL): VACATION BABY! :) Keep in mind we had to eat out every single meal. (Lisa and Chad cooked us steak dinner one night and it was amazing) Dad's fridge wasn't working among many other things...)
Week 12 - I was up another 2lbs and Nicole just .5 (Excuse: she doesn't eat baked goods and chocolate like I do, she's a good girl when it's that time of the month!)
Week 13 - YAY, we're actually down from Week 12. Jen - 1.5lbs and Nicole - 1lb. We started to get back on track and are anticipating a better Week 14, but more importantly a better August! We don't have TOO many plans in August that would contribute to weight gain, so stay tuned! We're not too far away from our lows and can't wait to drop some more!
As you have probably seen on our Facebook we had a great time in So. Cal of course with some exceptions. Let's just say my Dad is going through some changes and definitely needs some prayer in his life and sent his way! Seeing Lisa (my sister) and her family was amazing. They are doing so well and it was so great to get in as much time as we did with them. We're hopeful they will make a trip up here soon!
I will let Nicole post when she is ready about some changes headed our way.. So nobody freaks, it's about school vs. family planning.. Timing is everything and don't we all wish we could predict the future sometimes!!! :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Week 10 and workin' hard!
Okay, wow so I turned over blogging rights to Nicole for the last two weeks and she just hasn't had time, so here it is!
Last two weeks have been busy, stressful, good, fun, among many other things! We have really just been trying to maintain and that we have been able to do. Today, Week 10 weigh in we're both just up .5lbs from our lows. I've got -14.5lbs and Nicole has -15.5lbs under her belt! Still household total of 30lbs! Our weight is fluctuating quite a bit week to week, but we always manage to stay on track and work hard to get it back! I say we're living a healthy lifestyle with exceptions!
Nicole got an A in her Group Communications class and has started Psychology of Social Processes which she feels comfortable about! Lots of test and quiz taking, but she's good at that! :)
Work has been the same and steady for both of us; we're so grateful. Last month we were able to pay 800 on our RC Willey and have just 900 left! 500 this month and 400 next and we're done! I'm so proud of us! The no Starbucks has really contributed along with dieting because we just rarely dine out. I can say now that Starbucks daily is a thing of the past for me. Last time I filled my Starbucks card up was in April! Hard to believe, but now I can't believe I didn't do it sooner!
August will be an exciting month for us! We're going to put our first deposit down @ the Hyatt and take Nicole's family to check it out with us! Good news about that also... we don't have to use our Savings\Emergency Fund for it. We can afford it!
Hard work is paying off and things are just amazing in this household. We are so blessed!
Last two weeks have been busy, stressful, good, fun, among many other things! We have really just been trying to maintain and that we have been able to do. Today, Week 10 weigh in we're both just up .5lbs from our lows. I've got -14.5lbs and Nicole has -15.5lbs under her belt! Still household total of 30lbs! Our weight is fluctuating quite a bit week to week, but we always manage to stay on track and work hard to get it back! I say we're living a healthy lifestyle with exceptions!
Nicole got an A in her Group Communications class and has started Psychology of Social Processes which she feels comfortable about! Lots of test and quiz taking, but she's good at that! :)
Work has been the same and steady for both of us; we're so grateful. Last month we were able to pay 800 on our RC Willey and have just 900 left! 500 this month and 400 next and we're done! I'm so proud of us! The no Starbucks has really contributed along with dieting because we just rarely dine out. I can say now that Starbucks daily is a thing of the past for me. Last time I filled my Starbucks card up was in April! Hard to believe, but now I can't believe I didn't do it sooner!
August will be an exciting month for us! We're going to put our first deposit down @ the Hyatt and take Nicole's family to check it out with us! Good news about that also... we don't have to use our Savings\Emergency Fund for it. We can afford it!
Hard work is paying off and things are just amazing in this household. We are so blessed!
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