I have survived!!

Thanks to you all for your comments! I survived my ridiculous week of freaking out and stressing out! I feel a bit more prepared to battle my next few days before we leave on vacation! So this will most likely be my last post before we leave on Thursday morning! Again, thank you all for your sweet comments and I promise LOTS of pictures when we get back! Connecticut, Rhode Island, Boston and Upstate New York, here I come!!

Freaking Out...

Do you ever wake up and know that you are just going to have one of those days?? Well that is how I felt on Monday when I awoke and it has continued throughout this week and I haven't been able to get out of this funk that I'm in. Maybe it's because Jeff and I are going on vacation in T minus 1 week and I feel totally unprepared and adding a stressful workload on top of that.

Anyways, I need some suggestions to help myself out of this hole I feel like I'm in....

Tagged...

Thanks to my dear friend Trev Denton ...I have been tagged...it's been a while since I have been tagged and because I cherish Trev OH SO MUCH, I decided to give it a whirl!!

Here we go...

5 things I am looking forward to:
1. Getting to finally spend a weekend with my cute husband. He's been gone on weekends for the last month or so and I am missing him terribly!
2. Next week only having to work for 2 days. Monday is memorial day and then I leave for vacation on Thursday!
3. Going on vacation on Thursday for a week and a half!! And getting to see family and places that I have never been to!
4. Getting my hair cut and colored on Friday by my amazing sister-in-law Jel.
5. Going to see the new Indiana Jones movie on Friday with all my favorite peeps.

5 things I am grateful for:
1. Good friends. Even though they don't live close, and you all know who you are, I love you just as much as I did when I saw you everyday! You girls are an inspiration to me and I love you all to pieces!
2. A Testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ. Life just wouldn't be possible without it.
3. A good pair of shoes. Nothing can brighten my day, week, month or year like a GREAT pair of shoes!
4. Awesome parents and parent's-in-law! I couldn't be luckier to have amazing parents that bend over backwards to help me. Also to have in-laws that do the same!
5. Of course this wouldn't be complete without a shout-out to my sweet husband! Life just wouldn't be as sweet without you in it. You make everyday wonderful!

5 things I wish I could do:
1. Take amazing pictures! I love being able to look at amazing pictures and wish that I too could develop that talent!
2. Be crafty and learn how to digi-scrap. This is one talent I do not posses and wish I did.
3. Be more confident. I wish I loved myself as much as Jeff does! I wish I could look in the mirror and be happy with the way I look. I'm working on it though!
4. Loose my last 10 - 15 lbs. of weight and fit into my "skinny" jeans again!
5. Have a baby! I am feeling that maternal instinct kicking in and I am wanting to be a mommy SO bad. All I have to do is convince Jeff that this is a good idea!

5 things i would do if i suddenly became a oodles of money-aire :
1. buy a new wardrobe for my hubby. Slowly but surely I am getting there, but he needs LOTS of help! 5 shirts to wear just doesn't cut the mustard for me.
2. hire a personal chef to cook for me...i like to cook, but I hate to cook, does that make sense to anyone?
3. go to Disneyland. I used to be a Disneyland whore and went all the time. And now I am feeling a major void for the happiest place on earth!!
4. fill up my gas tank for a year without worrying about prices.
5. save my oodles of money for a rainy day and do whatever I feel like!

i wanna read some answers from everyone. and just to name a few...

Kristy, my awesome sister who can make and do anything and make it fabulous!
Jen Ray, my fellow Bunco Chiquita and old co-worker from Ned's Krazy Sub
Brianne, my oh so sexy friend from back in the day
Jel, my sweet sister-in-law with the cutest kids in the world
Melissa, my other sweet sister-in-law whom I LOVE to laugh and giggle with because she is SO fun!

Here are the rules: you can change the "5 things" categories to anything you'd like, but you have to keep it classy, and don't be afraid to offend a few people along the way. j/k

A Day Off Just for Me!

I usually have Wednesdays off, but lately I usually have to fill them with appointments for this that and everything else so I never really feel like I get to have a day just to myself. So yesterday when I woke up, I realized that I had nothing really "planned"! So first off, I got to SLEEP IN...OH HOW I LOVE SLEEPING IN! I think it just starts off any day just right when you feel like you've had enough sleep....

Next I got to talk on the phone with my amazing friend Michala! She lives in the great state of Utah and I rarely get to talk to her as much, it was a great conversation as usual about married life and growing older and fun things! I love Michala! She is an amazing woman and friend! LOVE YOU LADY!!

Next I got my pork roast in the crock pot and cooking for dinner...smelled so yummy all day

Got in the shower and was able to take a nice long relaxing one! I love when I can take my time and not feel rushed!

Went to California Pizza Kitchen with my cute hubby!. I totally cheated on my diet for this but it was SO worth it. I had the BBQ Chicken Pizza! If you haven't tried it, please do! SO DELICIOUS!

After a yummy lunch I got to finally get a massage! I have been meaning to go and use my pre-paid massages for months now and I finally got one! It was an hour and a half of pure relaxation! I highly recommend it.

The I got home and decided that I should do a little house work so I dived into my HUMONGOUS pile of laundry and got it all done!

After I finished the laundry, Jeff and I ate our yummy pork roast, mmm. Watched a little American Idol and headed off to bed! I felt so grateful for an amazing day! Nothing special, but it was so nice to not have to be anywhere or do anything specific!!

Weekend Ramblings

Friday afternoon Jeff packed up my truck and his toys and off he went Turkey Hunting... He desperately tried for 3 days to shoot one of these stupid things...

but unfortunately he came home empty handed...

So with Jeff being gone all weekend, he left me to fend for myself. He took my truck and made me drive this ...oh yes, that is the bitchin camaro...it wouldn't have been so bad had it not stalled on me 4 times during my weekend travels. I had to take Chowder to the groomers in it on Saturday and let's just say it's not his favorite ride either....but we shaved Chowder down for the summer and you might think he looks kind of silly, but I still think he's adorable... ...so after Saturday was all over and done with, I was feeling kind of sorry for myself being childless and husbandless, then my sweet sister-in-law Lisa and brother-in-law Andy called me and asked me to go to Texas Roadhouse with them, and boy was it some Yummy food!!

Afterwards I had a weak moment and went to Target and bought myself a mother's day gift...

they look exactly like these, only they are Giraffe print and I LOVE them!! I wore them to Church on Sunday, by myself, and felt like a million bucks. I will try to remember to take a picture of my shoes because I couldn't find them online.

Jeff came home early Sunday afternoon and boy was I grateful because I hate being alone in my house and I missed him a lot....it's just not fun when he's gone!

Skinny Update and other stuff...

So I haven't done a skinny update in quite a while because I have been going up and down in weight because of this Thyroid issue I am having. However...in the last week or so I have started to notice a difference...being sick again has helped because I haven't eaten all that much, but I am now only 10lbs away from my goal weight! YEAH!!!! I felt like crying this morning when I got off the scale, but crying for good reasons!!

Yes, I am sick again, I have a cold....again...no fun. So I am just trying to make it through the week. Jeff is getting ready to go Turkey hunting this weekend and got to buy a new shotgun, which he is SO excited about!

I would like to send out a big Congratulations to my big brother Aaron who is graduating from ASU tomorrow and will soon be heading off to Dental School. I am so proud of all of his accomplishments! Love you brother!!