Friday!

It's Friday!  And due to the snow my work was delayed so I got to lay in bed and watch the Today show for a little bit. 

This evening we are packing up and heading to the Greenbrier for the weekend.  I am kind of excited to do a getaway.  They were running a great special for the winter months so we got a great price on the room.  We are also doing a bunker tour and going on a horse drawn sleigh ride!  I have been to the Greenbrier several times for lunch and the husband worked there in the summers for about 6 years.  However, I have never stayed there.  I think we have a nice getaway without breaking the bank too bad.  We also have some good friends going with us so we will have good company too. 

I'm kind of  worried about the snow though.  Three weeks ago we were going to my in-laws house on Friday evening which is close to the Greenbrier.  The drive normally takes 3 hours.  We left at 4pm and at 6pm we got stuck in traffic due to accidents.  16 and a half hours later we were moving again!  It sure was an experience.  We finally got a hotel room on Saturday afternoon and made it the remaining hour drive on Sunday morning.  Let's just hope the snow is kinder to us this time around and we make it to and back safely without a nights stay in the truck!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Christmas Decor

So I know it is January and my Christmas decorations and tree have been down for over a week now, but I am just getting around to posting some of my Christmas decorations.  We didn't do too much this year because we were not home much in December.  But, without further do, welcome to my home!

Corner cabniet in dinning room

Table in living room

Nativity that I have had since I was a littl girl

I love snowmen!

Snowmen tree

Tree

So now it all away until next year.  However, I do leave some of the snowmen stuff up (including the snowmen tree) during the winter.  But maybe if I put them away all this snow and freezing wheather would go away??

Good TV Time

The best part about the holidays being over is that good TV is back on!!  I hate the lulls between seasons.  I have gotten a collection of shows over time and could not watch them all without DVR and them being commercial free. 

This is my current list:

Monday-The Bachelor; Cake Boss
Tuesday-Biggest Loser
Wednesday-Mercy
Thursday-Grey's; Private Practice

I will say I have come to be a sucker for reality TV.  In the past I have liked Dacing With The Stars but kind of fell off the band wagon last season.  And I am also a fan of American Idol.  Not sure what I am going to do when it comes back on because I think it will be TV overload! 

What are your favorite shows?

A New Year

Happy New Year!!

2009 was a good year and it flew by!  Some highlights:

• The husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary!  What a great first year!
• I started and completed 6 graduate classes-only 2 left before I have my MBA!
• The husband and I took a cruise and had a blast.  I can't wait to go on another one!
• Was Matron of Honor in my friend Rachel's wedding.  It was a lot of fun and so nice to see a friend that is so happy.
• Did a lot of traveling to see family.  I believe we were gone at least one, usually more, weekend each month.  It can ware a person out that is for sure, but we do enjoy visiting our family.
• Spent a day on the lake with some friends.  This was a first for me.  I got to water tube and had a failed attempt at water skiing.

I have a few goals for 2010:

• Complete my MBA
• Do several weekend trips and one nice vacation with the husband
• Do several home improvement projects around the house including new carpet in the bedrooms, finish replacing all baseboards and update all doorknobs and door hinges
• Continue working out and reach my weight loss goal
• Grow in my faith
• Watch our spending on groceries and eating out to work towards our goal of saving more each month
• Do something "fun" each month.  We have January (weekend getaway) and February (concert) planned already.

So not really any resolutions per say but just some goals to look at as we head into another year.  Here is to a great year!

A Little Catch Up

Only 9 days to Christmas!  So much to do and so little time.  So much has been going on so I am going to do an update in a list form:

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  This is my last week of work before Christmas.  I am off all next week and will be doing LOTS of traveling!  I will be visiting my grandparents, my parents, Jeff's parents and some family in Alabama.
  
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  Holidays are hard when your family is so far away.  My parents are 6 hours from where we live and the husband's parents are 3 hours.  The only positive note is that his parents is the half way point to mine so it makes it slightly easier but for a lot of miles on the car!
  
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  I recently won a giveaway from Pepperoni.  I'm so excited!  It is the first giveaway that I have ever won.  I am thinking about doing one in the future but I need to figure out what to give away first.
  
  
  
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  I am done school for the semester!  I finished last Thursday and now just waiting for my grade to be finalized.  I only have 2 more classes left and then I will be an MBA!
  
  
  
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  I am almost done with Christmas shopping.  Just a few presents left.  I still am not sure what else to buy the husband.  I had plenty of ideas but my mom took one and my mother-in-law took some of the others.  So back to square one!  That is what I get for sharing my ideas. 
  
  
  
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  My kittens have found the Christmas tree.  The new thing for Ollie to do is see how far he can climb up the tree!  I also have some wrapping to fix thanks to some nosy creatures!
  
  
  
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  The holidays and yummy food are not friendly to my figure.  This week we have went to dinner with friends, I had a Christmas party for work today, another party tomorrow and then I will be traveling and eating out a lot for the next week!  Not helping with the weight loss!
  
  
  
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  Minus all the traveling involved I am excited for Christmas.  I will get to see lots of family and old friends.  I will be in my home town for 3 days before Christmas and 1 day after and I am booked every day.  I think I will need a vacation when this is all over!
  
  
  
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  My house chores and laundry have taken a back seat to our busy schedule.  My husband attempted to do laundry this weekend and I came home to 6 loads of laundry dumped on our spare bed.  I hope he likes to iron or likes wrinkled clothes!
  
  
  
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  Jeff and I went on a date night a few weeks ago and saw the Blind Side.  I highly recommend the movie.  I think Jeff was a little embarrassed as I was crying at the beginning.  But it is a great movie
  
  
  

Well I have so much to do before I leave to go on all my traveling.  I have so many posts I need to do to catch up including a tour of my Christmas decorations.  I promise to get to it soon!  Have a good one!

Weight Loss

So before the husband and I went on our cruise in September we decided that we wanted to do some kind of workout program.  So after some research of local facilities we decided to go to a place called the HIT Center.  HIT stands for Huntington Intensive Training.  We both wanted to loss weight and get into better shape.  So at the end of September we began our venture at the HIT Center

We did some testing which showed your BMI (WOW-not a number I wanted to see), your daily calorie burn and your heart rate range.  The heart rate test gives you the range that your heart rate should be when your body is putting forth effort (the low number) and the maximum rate where you are to the point you need to stop (high number).  The husband and I share a trainer.  We started with 15 sessions and we are about 1 session away from being done.  The trainer works you so hard that you are about ready to DIE at the end. 

We do cardio, weights, legs and abs in every session.  While a lot of people are fine going to the gym on their own and knowing what to do-this method of working out works best for us.  I would say eventually we will go on our own but the trainers REALLY push you.  And since I know I am paying for it and have an appointment for every session I know that I have to go and can't go home and put my sweats on like I would like to do!

So with that said I am happy with the results.  Of course along with the workout we are trying to stay under so many calories per day.  I am not religious with my calorie counting but I do try.  I have cut out some of my previous bad habits (like my daily sweet tea every morning) and snacking a lot during work.  While I know I could do better you got to do it in baby steps-right?

So this morning when I got on the scale I was surprised at my weight number.  We didn't work out at all last week because I wasn't feeling very good.  But my number this morning was the lowest I have probably been since my 2nd year or so in college.  My original goal was to loose 20 pounds at first.  Of course I would like more, but 20 pounds sounded like a resonable starting goal and would put me back to where I was probably before college and have me feeling better about  my self.  Since the end of September I have lost 11 pounds.  I know that is not a whole lot, especially in 2 months, but for me who hasn't lost weight in years it is.

 I have a ways to go and I plan to work hard at it.  We are going to continue with the sessions and I hope to add a few boot camps in to for good measure.  Some of my pants are getting too big and I feel better.  The hubby has also done pretty good himself.  It does help that we are doing it together and motivate each other.  So may the weight loss continue!

It's Friday!!!

It's finally weekend time and I can't wait!  Tonight the husband and I don't have any specific plans yet.  We might go see a movie or rent one.  I am sure that we will go out to dinner if we decide to go see a movie.  It is nice not to have any exact plans and we can do whatever and just spend the evening together.

Tomorrow I have to be up bright and early.  I am going with a few other people on a day trip to Dresden, Ohio to the home of Longaberger baskets.  I have a few of them and like to find ones that can be useful around the home.  I have one that serves as a tray on an ottoman and one that holds mail.  There is nothing that I am looking for in particular.  I just heard that it is really pretty at Christmas time and I have been wanting to go.  I also hope to make my own basket and maybe get a few liners for a few baskets that I have that don't have one.

So Saturday should be fun but tiring, so on Sunday I am sleeping in!  Nothing else really on the agenda.  I do hope to do some school work and the gazillion loads of laundry that are waiting for me!  Hopefully I can curl up on the couch and watch some Christmas movies!

Hope you have a great weekend!