Getting My Butt Back to the Gym!

Now that we are pretty much moved into our house, I have finally ran out of reasons why I can't make it to the gym. Well, I ran out of reasons that aren't completely pathetic. So today the hubby and I hit the gym!

Being that we have moved to had to go to a different gym- well it's the same gym company but a different gym location. This gym location just opened a few weeks ago and they have different scales than the other locations.

When I saw this scale all I thought was "Isn't this the type of scales that they weigh cows with?". Nothing better then feeling like a cow when weighing yourself... not.

It's not the worst number I've seen on the scale, but I liked it better when it was in the 170's.

My hope is that if I want to wear a bikini come the cruise in March that I'll be comfortable enough in my own skin to do so. What it says on the scale is second to how I feel. And currently I feel like I sit on my butt for 8.5 hours at work, come home and sit on my butt some more, and then go to bed- so getting up a moving more is going to help make me just feel better.

Wish me luck!

Getting Older & Growing Up

October has been filled with a lot of excitement within my group of friends. Let start with some wedding news...

My friend (and former bridesmaid- who caught my bouquet) Anna is engaged! I remember is wasn't too long ago we were having dinner and she said "Stacy, you know when people say 'you'll know, when you know'. Well I think 'I know"- he's the one". I'm excited for them and if last night was any preview, this will be one really fun wedding.

Last night my girlfriends and I attend a birthday party for Anna's fiance Angel. 

He was turning the big 4-0! 

Even though he was turning forty- this group still knows how to party. In the middle of bar, they began having their own dance party- why? Because they could- that's why!

Anna found a place to make a very cool cake for her man's birthday!

Additionally, Anna didn't forget about her friend birthday either-

Alison's birthday is this week so Anna got some special cupcakes made just for her!

Alison is a huge Star Wars fan, so needless to say these cupcakes went over really well. 

Last night was a great night with some great friends! I'm so glad I get to share in the lives of these wonderful people!

A Year Ago Today...

A year ago today my dad decided to give me one of the biggest scares of my life- he had a heart attack 20 days before my wedding. I knew how important walking me down the aisle meant to my dad, so to see him laying in ICU just a few weeks before my wedding was a very scary.  You can read about the whole ordeal here.

However, he wasn't going to miss my wedding, so he bounced back very quickly and was home in less than a week after first going into the hospital.  Heck, he was feeling so good by the time my wedding came around that he was whipping me around that dance floor. At one point I even had to tell him to slow down because I was getting dizzy.

My dad said something over the weekend about that how it's been an year since his heart attack. The ironic thing is that he had said that right before him and my mom where going to head out for a walk- and that's what they were doing last year when he had the heart attack.

I know that I'm a luck girl that my dad and many of the most important people in my life were around to share in my special day. Days like today remind me to be grateful for all the blessings that I have in my life. I have wonderful people in my life and I couldn't ask for anything more.

We're not lame... or maybe we are.

This weekend has been an action packed weekend filled of... nothing. We really did nothing. Well, I guess that's a lie- here's some the pictures from my weekend.

We are so fun that Saturday night we work on cleaning and organizing our bathroom. That's our new shower curtain.

Sam built our shower organizer.

While I finally emptied out my make up bag. I haven't had my make up out and in drawer since I lived in my undergraduate apartment. I give it month before this drawer is a complete mess.

That was our crazy exciting Saturday night!

Did you have an exciting weekend?

Vacation Booked!

You may or not remember that for our honeymoon, Sam and I went on a cruise with a brunch of our friends.

While on the cruise we kept saying "we have to do this again" or "we should do this every year" or "this need to become a tradition".

I didn't want just to have those words to become empty hopes, so I over the summer Sam and I did some searching and blocked off some rooms for our next group cruise. However, for months no one has jump on getting their money in to go on this next trip. Until this week... so if no one else goes, at least Sam and I will go on vacation come next March.

However, I do hope that some more people decide to join in on the fun!The best thing about having the vacation booked is that we have something to look forward to. I'm a true believer in needing things to look forward to. I think it's good for the soul to have something to get excited about.

I hope everyone has a great and relaxing weekend! 

Breaking up is hard to do...

Breaking up is hard to do... with my shoes.

I love shoes. Some girls are purse people, but I'm a shoe girl. And these were one of my favorite pairs. They worked for going out, going to work, or just to slip on to run a quick errand. Now that I've worn through the bottom, I guess that means I got to go find their replace. Man... a girls work is never done!

One Month House Anniversary!

I can't believe it's October already. Also, I can't believe that Sam and I have owned the house for a month now. It has taken almost this whole month for the house to really start feeling like mine (okay- ours). With it being our one month anniversary (well it was yesterday, but close enough) in our new home I thought I would share a few more pictures...

In front of our house we have a bunch of these rose bushes. Even with the cooler fall weather, the bush keeps blooming. I don't think we are planning on keeping the bushes, but for this year we just going to leaving them be for now.

With the weather still being pretty nice, Sam has gotten some work done on the roof. Some of the job on the roof were better then others.

While on the roof, Sam decided to clean the gutters. It really needed it- the front gutter was completely clogged. If you can't tell by his face in this picture, the smell for the rotting leaves was not so pleasant.

Finally, I also have started to decorate the house. Being that it's fall, our wedding pumpkins seems like a good decoration to put on the mantel with our wedding "thumb" tree.

Here to one month down and many many many more to come!