Happy Halloween!

It has been a

Very.

Busy.

Week.

I got put on this project for the Army and while it is exciting and interesting, there is SO MUCH WORK involved. The test only runs for a month and it is a huuuuuge DoD project, but I got added on late, so I've been playing catch-up all week. I've already put in over 30 hours this week and I still have two more days of work to do.

Whew.

The rest of the week doesn't get much easier. Tomorrow I'm working from home because I'm going back to my alma mater NMSU to give a speech/presentation to a journalism class. My mentor invited me to speak to the class as a professional writer... it's so weird! The last time there was a speaker in the class, I was sitting in the class taking notes. This time, they'll have my resume in front of them. So weird! But so exciting. I just hope I can do justice for my mentor. He's the best!

Then Friday (which is technically an off Friday for me), I have a ton of stuff to do, so I'll be working again. Friday night, we head to Phoenix to see Kevin Hart (our favorite!), eat, and visit with Fiance's mom. We're SO EXCITED. We LOVE Phoenix and I bet the weather is beautiful. Plus, we get to have Lolo's Chicken and Waffles and Oregano's Pizza again. YUM!


Our roommate will be here to watch Shadow and take care of the house (plus it's only for a small weekend getaway). He's looking forward to having the house to himself, I'm sure!

Hope your week is much less stressful than mine is!

Sundays

Today is a day for...



THIS pasta that my mama made...

A little of...


via

THIS game...


And a lot of this adorable face...

Happy Sunday!

Sunshines/Dark Clouds

Sunshines!

• It's almost the weekend!
• Fiance surprised me with 10 more XXX vitamin waters! I LOVE vitamin water, particularly the zero calorie kind, and ESPECIALLY the XXX flavor (which is like, pomegranate acai berry or something). He is so sweet.
• We are going to Phoenix next weekend. Our roommate will be at the house to take care of Shadow, which is SUCH a relief when one of us goes out of town, because then the dogs don't have to get uprooted.
• We are going to Phoenix to see our favorite comedian Kevin Hart. WE LOVE HIM. I'm so excited.
• We are also going to Phoenix to see Fiance's mom and I'm excited! She moved over there this summer for an amazing job with Amazon and she's about to be CRAZY busy, so I'm thrilled we can spend some time with her before they go into peak season (fiance, too!).
• We are ALSO going to Phoenix to get MORE photos taken. Our other engagement photos (from my friend Mel) were necessary because we needed photos for our save the dates. With this trip, we found out we can see our wedding photographer and it might work out. If not, we'll try for February.
• In Phoenix, we get to eat our favorite foods WHICH INCLUDE Oregano's Pizza, Lolo's Chicken and Waffles, and Sprinkles Cupcakes. YUM!
• Next Thursday, I'm going to be a speaker at a PR class at my alma mater, NMSU. I'm SO nervous and happy to do it. My old professor invited me back due to all of my experience with my column writing, my technical writing, and my freelance writing. I'm totally honored. This professor is the BEST and I always thought that if I got invited to speak at one of his classes, it was a sign that I "made it". I guess I made it!
• Fiance and I have a fun weekend planned. We're going to see a movie and then going to a friends' costume party. It should be a fun Saturday!

Dark Clouds!

• I feel like I haven't seen my friends in FOREVER, particularly my bridesmaids. Other than Val last Thursday and my sister last weekend, I haven't seen the other girls in a while! (Granted... they mostly live spread far and wide. Val/Blairre are here, Jess in Albuquerque, Dani in Chicago and Steph in Ft. Worth).
• It's been COLD. I'm bracing myself. Is it spring, yet?
• We are broooooke until next payday. But, we are paying down our (small) debts. So it's better to be broke than in debt, right? Right.
• I'm going through one of those periods in which I want to spend money. Unfortunately, that's money I don't have right now. Sigh.

Have a great weekend!

Back on the Wagon

I know I have some bad days as far as my healthy lifestyle goes. I mean, I like to think of this as a "lifestyle change" and not just a diet... particularly since I'm not really dieting. I can eat whatever I want, but I just feel better when I'm eating things like salmon, brown rice, veggies, chicken, etc.

But I have REALLY been slacking. And it's not that I'm eating badly... I'm just eating too  much, I think. And not working out hard enough. So this week, I'm back at it! (Even though I skipped on Tuesday to go visit my grandparents! I've been trying to go more often... they're both in their 90s and they are slowing down. Plus they are hilarious and I love them. My grandpa gave me $10 and a pear for my upcoming birthday. Then he said he let me win at gin rummy three times, as part of the gift. Ha! I won fair and square.)



I feel like I look like a "Who" from the Grinch in this picture. But it's pre-workout so here it is.

Wish me luck as I jump back into this.



Also wish me luck as I try to convince Fiance to let me dress Shadow up as Michael Jordan again. LOOK HOW CUTE!

Peanut Butter and Parties

So Fiance has had a crappy week. He got up every morning at 4:30 am to eat and get ready for work at 5:00. He got off work at 9:00 am, when he would come home and do stuff around the house and work out and study for his certifications, and maybe nap if he could. Then he would go back in and work from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. By the time he got home, ate, and showered, it was close to 11:00 or 11:30 pm. So even with a nap that day, he was only getting 5-7 hours a day, but all spread out. It was rough.

So we figured we would spend this week just lounging. Fiance worked Friday morning and when he came home, he wanted breakfast. A LOT of breakfast.

We made French toast and bacon. And not just some French toast. Almost an entire loaf into French toast. I think like, 12 pieces of bread. And then entire package of bacon. I had two pieces of French toast and one piece of bacon, and Thomas and Fiance ate the rest. Yes, each had five pieces of toast and almost half a package of bacon.

Normal breakfast when I was single and living on my own was a bowl of cereal or maybe an egg and a piece of toast. Now? I make food for an army. If we have boys, I'll have to triple my food production. Lol!

My sister came in on Friday night, so we went to dinner with her and Kylie and my parents. Yesterday, we worked out and participated in my mom's school's "Toss No Mas" event, which basically entailed us pulling weeds and moving bricks. My boss's birthday party was last night and he had a jumpy balloon. Fiance and I were sitting with my coworkers Gina (and her boyfriend Nick) and Louie (and his girl Liz), plus an engineer John (and his wife Marissa), and at one point, we all just looked at each other and then make a run for the jumpy balloon! All the kids were out at that point, so we ran in and jumped around and then went down the slide attached. It was so fun but HARD! How do kids do that for six hours? We were tired after 15 minutes!

Today, we went to my parents' to say goodbye to Jess and Kylie, who gave Shadow a mostly empty jar of peanut butter, his FAVORITE!



And now, it's Football Sunday and we don't plan on moving from our spots until 5:00 tonight. Boom.

Hasta!

Friday!

Dark Clouds:

• My house is dirty. I need to clean clean clean... later. Lol!
• Fiance and I have both been soooo sleeeeeepy. I think a nice, long, late morning tomorrow is in order.
• The dogs (or one dog...) keeps LICKING the couch until there is a big wet spot. Only when we're gone. Maybe it's a nervous thing? I hope it stops soon, i HATE it. 

Sunshines!

• My sister comes into town tonight. YAY!
• My boss's b-day party is tomorrow! Fun fun fun.
• I finished my side freelance project for Amazon. I really liked the way it came out!
• We're ALMOST DONE getting addresses for our Save the Dates. So ready to send these bad boys out.
• I'm down 5 sizes now... at this rate, I'll hit my goal weight before the end of the year. Wha? So exciting.

Enjoy your weekend!

Ready for the Weekend!

Yay, my weekend starts TONIGHT and I have tons of exciting things planned this weekend. Bullet list? Bullet list.

• My sister is coming into town tomorrow! YAY!
• My boss's birthday party is Saturday. It will be fun to see my engineering coworkers outside of the office... I always wonder if they will still try to talk about technical writing with me...
• I'm down another three pounds... woo! Just 20 lbs until I'm at my goal weight! :o)
• The new Glamour came in my mailbox! I love magazines.
• Fiance has been working some overtime with his new position but he's done after tomorrow... which means that we have the whole weekend ahead of us to enjoy together.

Ready for the weekend... right after this workout. Blah.