I just love the conductor hats this year! They are so cute and easy to pair with a simple outfit. I got a new one two days ago ....for FIVE DOLLARS!
Jon and I are off to Amarillo today for the muscle walk!!!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
iPod
I received my first (and only) iPod was a gift from my brother for Christmas 7 years ago. OMG! I can't believe it has been 7 years! It is an original mini iPod, literally the first little version they made. I was so excited, but I knew no one that had one ... I played around with it a lot. Fast forward, this silver mini was my music lifeline it began my running journey with me, I had the adapter so that it could be a nike+ option, LOVE It!
Well, Jon got a new iPod touch two Christmases ago and gave me his old one. :) So, off I go to the touch it was amazing, and together we got three years out of it before it went ka-put. I tried to get it fixed at the Apple store over the holidays and the store told me sadly enough it had just been used up. Disappointing but not horrible, I had trusty silver waiting at home. Monday I was talking about how the original products are made so much more sturdy and durable.
Packing up for the gym this afternoon and Jon let me know he was a sweetheart and plugged my pod in this morning so that it would be charged for me today. WOO hoo! Except I go grab it from the charger and it will not come on.... wait. WHAT!
I tried everything, even the magic button business, no worky. It apparently joined my last touch and went ka-put. Apparently I put the done-zo in each ipod I use.
I tried to use my phone at the gym tonight - it lasted a whole 2 songs from Pandora... my battery is ick.
I looked up ipods online and then we went to the store and I got a Nano, named Ash's Nanner! It is FANTASTIC and PINK and so little!
Here's to 7 years, hopefully.
Well, Jon got a new iPod touch two Christmases ago and gave me his old one. :) So, off I go to the touch it was amazing, and together we got three years out of it before it went ka-put. I tried to get it fixed at the Apple store over the holidays and the store told me sadly enough it had just been used up. Disappointing but not horrible, I had trusty silver waiting at home. Monday I was talking about how the original products are made so much more sturdy and durable.
Packing up for the gym this afternoon and Jon let me know he was a sweetheart and plugged my pod in this morning so that it would be charged for me today. WOO hoo! Except I go grab it from the charger and it will not come on.... wait. WHAT!
I tried everything, even the magic button business, no worky. It apparently joined my last touch and went ka-put. Apparently I put the done-zo in each ipod I use.
I tried to use my phone at the gym tonight - it lasted a whole 2 songs from Pandora... my battery is ick.
I looked up ipods online and then we went to the store and I got a Nano, named Ash's Nanner! It is FANTASTIC and PINK and so little!
Here's to 7 years, hopefully.
Friday, April 22, 2011
A first for Jon and I
Today I got off work at 3! WOO HOO GOOD Friday! *A friend posted that today is THE day that is the most humbling in the entire year, I agree.
Back to the FIRST for Jon and I. We joined a GYM. A little history to how we came to this decision. It has been 1 year and almost 1 month since I broke my ankle and tore it up for 7 months, I am 7 months out from the injury and being back on both feet. I have tried and TRIED and TRIED to get back into running, but every time I got out on the sidewalk I am afraid I am going to tear my ankle up again, so I run with a certain hesitancy. 2nd- each time I have gone out I make it about 1 mile before my ankle starts to hurt and after each run (I've only gone about 2.5 miles per) I get home and sure enough my entire foot is swollen. When I got out of the boot in August my ortho told me physical therapy (which was a JOKE) and no running on sidewalks. Well, I went to my physical therapy - 2 times - (and the PT said I was O.K. and didn't NEED to come back) <---- REALLY? I can barely stand on my left foot but you are right I don't need to come back.
So, off I went to the parks so that I could walk/run on the track. Well it was scary and it was depressing because in 7 months of being immobile, I obviously LOST every bit of my endurance and stamina. So, I let it all get the best of me until about November. I decided to try again - it's just a much slower process than I feel like it should be and therefore discouraging.
So, back to getting to this decision I have been looking into gyms for awhile now, price shopping, equipment shopping, to find the best deal. Literally looked into getting a treadmill for the house *WHOA are those expensive clothes racks, looked into the gym I used to go to (had a free membership through my apartment complex) and ummmm if it hadn't been FREE I wouldn't have been there- ouch! It was expensive. Looked into the gym where I did my WHOLE two sessions of PT and it was OVER.THE.TOP. $$$ and fairly small. So, Premiere is a gym that Jon belonged to in high school - formerly know as Nautilus here- I looked it up online, no prices but they have GREAT classes. I love love LOVED spin and I want to go back.
Hello, Friday afternoon at 4pm we head to the gym to see what it is all about. For LESS than the price of ONE membership at any of the other gyms in Lubbock we BOTH have a FULL ACCESS membership. It is 80,000 sq feet of gym. It has a pool :). It doesn't require a 'sign up fee.' We got gym memberships! This should be interesting. :)
So, tomorrow begins our journey in the gym. I am SO EXCITED. SO VERY EXCITED.
Not to mention we are getting married in 169 days <--- WHAT:?!!? That also influenced our decisions to BOTH get a membership and get FIT.
I am going to get Jon to take a 'before gym' picture of me and then we will see Oct 1st a 'pre-wedding' picture. See what I can accomplish in 22 weeks and 2 days.
oooooo and we got new shoes- neither of us had any SOUL left in our shoes. Will post pictures soon, they have squiggles.
Back to the FIRST for Jon and I. We joined a GYM. A little history to how we came to this decision. It has been 1 year and almost 1 month since I broke my ankle and tore it up for 7 months, I am 7 months out from the injury and being back on both feet. I have tried and TRIED and TRIED to get back into running, but every time I got out on the sidewalk I am afraid I am going to tear my ankle up again, so I run with a certain hesitancy. 2nd- each time I have gone out I make it about 1 mile before my ankle starts to hurt and after each run (I've only gone about 2.5 miles per) I get home and sure enough my entire foot is swollen. When I got out of the boot in August my ortho told me physical therapy (which was a JOKE) and no running on sidewalks. Well, I went to my physical therapy - 2 times - (and the PT said I was O.K. and didn't NEED to come back) <---- REALLY? I can barely stand on my left foot but you are right I don't need to come back.
So, off I went to the parks so that I could walk/run on the track. Well it was scary and it was depressing because in 7 months of being immobile, I obviously LOST every bit of my endurance and stamina. So, I let it all get the best of me until about November. I decided to try again - it's just a much slower process than I feel like it should be and therefore discouraging.
So, back to getting to this decision I have been looking into gyms for awhile now, price shopping, equipment shopping, to find the best deal. Literally looked into getting a treadmill for the house *WHOA are those expensive clothes racks, looked into the gym I used to go to (had a free membership through my apartment complex) and ummmm if it hadn't been FREE I wouldn't have been there- ouch! It was expensive. Looked into the gym where I did my WHOLE two sessions of PT and it was OVER.THE.TOP. $$$ and fairly small. So, Premiere is a gym that Jon belonged to in high school - formerly know as Nautilus here- I looked it up online, no prices but they have GREAT classes. I love love LOVED spin and I want to go back.
Hello, Friday afternoon at 4pm we head to the gym to see what it is all about. For LESS than the price of ONE membership at any of the other gyms in Lubbock we BOTH have a FULL ACCESS membership. It is 80,000 sq feet of gym. It has a pool :). It doesn't require a 'sign up fee.' We got gym memberships! This should be interesting. :)
So, tomorrow begins our journey in the gym. I am SO EXCITED. SO VERY EXCITED.
Not to mention we are getting married in 169 days <--- WHAT:?!!? That also influenced our decisions to BOTH get a membership and get FIT.
I am going to get Jon to take a 'before gym' picture of me and then we will see Oct 1st a 'pre-wedding' picture. See what I can accomplish in 22 weeks and 2 days.
oooooo and we got new shoes- neither of us had any SOUL left in our shoes. Will post pictures soon, they have squiggles.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
5 months 2 weeks 3 days
Until we get married! I feel like just the other day I put the counter on this blog and it was OVER A YEAR . Now it is a mere, wait for it, 22 weeks away. Did your heart skip, because mine did , EEK!!!! I AM SO EXCITED . I have a lot to get done, but I cannot wait to marry my very best friend, the man God made just for me. I am so blessed .
Now, I just need a florist that doesn't want an insane amount of $$ , a dj, a limo, and we are good. Woo!
I need to get back on the workout wagon.
Ps. I love sweet home Alabama. Watching it right now. Proposal is awesome and it is amazing how every time I see a proposal it makes me think of mine and love how it is every bit me and Jon. Every piece of it , my prefect proposal .
Love him.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Sunday Night
Just a quick photo shoot of the pooch. I can't believe he is almost SIX years old. Eek!
Love our Mr. Big, he is the sweetest, most excitable , loving pup ever.
Mr. Big and his monkey
Mr. Big got this monkey for Xmas from his dog grandparents , he absolutely loves it!! It is constantly ending up in the bed.
Love that I finally got a picture of him where he doesn't have alien eyes.
Today @ Church
I was simply AMAZED by the power of the music, the sermon, just the feeling of being there and being a part of this community, and being reminded that Christ died for MY sins, and saved my soul. Just a huge WOW moment.
Happy Palm Sunday, Easter is next week!
Happy Palm Sunday, Easter is next week!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
J*A*G
I LOVE LOVE LOVE J*A*G! I think I am one of a few people that loved it while it was on, for TEN years, and now I own the entire series!
It all started at T.arget about a year ago- they had two of the seasons, 2 & 3 I think, budled together for $15. That's a steal! So, I picked them up and put them away with plans to keep my eyes peeled for season 1 for cheap and more bundles. Well, if you wait long enough T.arget did it again a few months later ~ seasons 7&8 were bundled for $15, so I snagged them, too. Eventually I saw season 1 for cheap and now at least I could start watching the show, right?
With the kind of schedules Jon and I have that didn't happen for quite some time- until January 2011 to be exact, I ended up home sick one day so I popped in JAG and curled up in the bed, and started at the beginning *boy am I glad that had Catherine Bell joined the cast ~ I was not a big fan of the blondie Harm started out working with.
Well, I wasn't sick forever so I have watched an episode here and there for the past four months. Today I finally watched the series finale, sad times, LOVE that Harm and Mac end up together, do not love that the show is over. :*(
My guilty pleasure of loving a military show ~ I will have to take a photo of the seasons all lined up. Jon walked in one day and said " I bet not a soul owns EVERY season of JAG, except you!" :)
It all started at T.arget about a year ago- they had two of the seasons, 2 & 3 I think, budled together for $15. That's a steal! So, I picked them up and put them away with plans to keep my eyes peeled for season 1 for cheap and more bundles. Well, if you wait long enough T.arget did it again a few months later ~ seasons 7&8 were bundled for $15, so I snagged them, too. Eventually I saw season 1 for cheap and now at least I could start watching the show, right?
With the kind of schedules Jon and I have that didn't happen for quite some time- until January 2011 to be exact, I ended up home sick one day so I popped in JAG and curled up in the bed, and started at the beginning *boy am I glad that had Catherine Bell joined the cast ~ I was not a big fan of the blondie Harm started out working with.
Well, I wasn't sick forever so I have watched an episode here and there for the past four months. Today I finally watched the series finale, sad times, LOVE that Harm and Mac end up together, do not love that the show is over. :*(
My guilty pleasure of loving a military show ~ I will have to take a photo of the seasons all lined up. Jon walked in one day and said " I bet not a soul owns EVERY season of JAG, except you!" :)
Easter 'boxes'
Since our nieces and nephew live so far away from us, we have to ship the Easter baskets to them and they have become Easter boxes :) but they were so much fun to put together this year. Last year we did an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard for Jordyn and Charlee wasn't here yet. Nick was Eastering it up in Houston. This year hopefully all three of them will love their boxes of Easter fun. Want to see? :)
Nick's basket ~ since we can't ship candy to Houston we sent two MONSTER trucks!!
Nick's basket (again) the yellow is a Cars cup for the little guy! We also included a rubber ducky and some silly putty! Hopefully some fun for the Easter weekend! For our ring bearer a Lightening McQueen ribbon :)
Charlee blue-eyes Easter basket/box! LOVE the camo eggs. Not a ton of candy, but in each of the eggs is some change for her Charlee's Angel piggy bank. Also a stuffed dog-bunny that reminded us of Big, a mirror :), some nail polish (non-toxic) smells like berries and a rubber ducky with reese's pieces attached. Hope the chocolate doesn't melt.
Jordyn's Easter basket/box~ her uncle Jon found the Tinkerbell cup! Right before they moved to Washington Jordyn wanted a Tinkerbell cup because her grandparents neighbor had one, so off we went to find the perfect Tink cup for our niece. Of course her aunt had to include a large box of Peep Bunnies :) and a tink ribbon for our flower girl. Camo eggs full of change for her piggy bank, some silly putty, a mirror, nail polish, lipstick, rubber ducky, and Mr Big look-alike puppy/bunny!! I can't wait for them to get there!!
HOPPY EASTER! *almost
Nick's basket ~ since we can't ship candy to Houston we sent two MONSTER trucks!!
Nick's basket (again) the yellow is a Cars cup for the little guy! We also included a rubber ducky and some silly putty! Hopefully some fun for the Easter weekend! For our ring bearer a Lightening McQueen ribbon :)
Charlee blue-eyes Easter basket/box! LOVE the camo eggs. Not a ton of candy, but in each of the eggs is some change for her Charlee's Angel piggy bank. Also a stuffed dog-bunny that reminded us of Big, a mirror :), some nail polish (non-toxic) smells like berries and a rubber ducky with reese's pieces attached. Hope the chocolate doesn't melt.
Jordyn's Easter basket/box~ her uncle Jon found the Tinkerbell cup! Right before they moved to Washington Jordyn wanted a Tinkerbell cup because her grandparents neighbor had one, so off we went to find the perfect Tink cup for our niece. Of course her aunt had to include a large box of Peep Bunnies :) and a tink ribbon for our flower girl. Camo eggs full of change for her piggy bank, some silly putty, a mirror, nail polish, lipstick, rubber ducky, and Mr Big look-alike puppy/bunny!! I can't wait for them to get there!!HOPPY EASTER! *almost
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Love my brothers
Have I told you all one of the reasons I am so blessed? My big brothers. Craig and Frankie are my heroes , they have always loved me, taken care of me, looked out for me, and protected me. I am truly one of the luckiest girls I know.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Walking
So, in the last few weeks Jon and I have started walking together in the evenings. It's the 'perfect' evening weather in Lubbock, as long as we aren't having a dust storm. Do you and your spouse or significant other walk? If not you should try it!
It is so nice to end our busy days with some time just for the two of us. And Mr. Big LOVES it. :)
It truly is nice to do a couple of miles, catch up on our days, usually discuss what we want for dinner and just enjoy each other and being outside. We have no distractions and no interruptions- no cell phones, no television, no computers, no blog (sorry lovely readers) and no facebook. WHY ON EARTH is FB so addictive?? It's just us, sometimes we talk the entire time, oh you all KNOW ME ;) sometimes we walk quietly and JUST sometimes we talk to the dog! I really hope we keep it up while it is still nice enough to justify it, and who knows maybe even when it is 100 degrees we can still hit the neighborhood for a few miles.
It really is pretty awesome. Especially as we lead up to the wedding to think about the fact that 5 years and 8 months into this relationship we are still finding new fun things to do together, and we still enjoy each other enough to just go on a walk. Maybe it is because our nuptials are EXACTLY 178 days away or maybe we are just blessed to recognize it, but no matter why we are definitely still having FUN together and LUCKILY we both still talk about (and recognize) how lucky we are to one another.
Not that this is probably 'blog' worthy but the other night- Sunday - we were cleaning up dinner, joking and laughing, and I stopped and said, "look at us having fun doing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen! Do you think everyone has this much fun doing these chores?" For each of you I sure hope so. Isn't that what makes this work? Still having fun doing the mundane every night stuff? Almost 6 years seems so amazing, but in the grand scheme of things and our marriage 6 years is a pebble compared to the lifetime we are promising to each other on October 8th. I am so glad that our pebble is STILL fun and exciting and makes me smile to think about all of our silly times.
Now that I have been super mushy- I am going to see if my fiance will join me on a walk!
XOXOXO~
Ash
It is so nice to end our busy days with some time just for the two of us. And Mr. Big LOVES it. :)
It truly is nice to do a couple of miles, catch up on our days, usually discuss what we want for dinner and just enjoy each other and being outside. We have no distractions and no interruptions- no cell phones, no television, no computers, no blog (sorry lovely readers) and no facebook. WHY ON EARTH is FB so addictive?? It's just us, sometimes we talk the entire time, oh you all KNOW ME ;) sometimes we walk quietly and JUST sometimes we talk to the dog! I really hope we keep it up while it is still nice enough to justify it, and who knows maybe even when it is 100 degrees we can still hit the neighborhood for a few miles.
It really is pretty awesome. Especially as we lead up to the wedding to think about the fact that 5 years and 8 months into this relationship we are still finding new fun things to do together, and we still enjoy each other enough to just go on a walk. Maybe it is because our nuptials are EXACTLY 178 days away or maybe we are just blessed to recognize it, but no matter why we are definitely still having FUN together and LUCKILY we both still talk about (and recognize) how lucky we are to one another.
Not that this is probably 'blog' worthy but the other night- Sunday - we were cleaning up dinner, joking and laughing, and I stopped and said, "look at us having fun doing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen! Do you think everyone has this much fun doing these chores?" For each of you I sure hope so. Isn't that what makes this work? Still having fun doing the mundane every night stuff? Almost 6 years seems so amazing, but in the grand scheme of things and our marriage 6 years is a pebble compared to the lifetime we are promising to each other on October 8th. I am so glad that our pebble is STILL fun and exciting and makes me smile to think about all of our silly times.
Now that I have been super mushy- I am going to see if my fiance will join me on a walk!
XOXOXO~
Ash
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Travelling home
Mr. Big has a new portable home:) loves it.
He also loves that monkey is already making it feel like home.
Loves to play
Mr. Big loves to play with Jon. Also, very excited about Easter with our Reester bunny eggs
Saturday, April 9, 2011
6 months away
I can't believe we are getting married I'm less than 6 months !!! It will be here before we know it! Eek!!!!
Lots to-do, lots to do ...
It was a beautiful day, sans the high wind. Jon and I had a great afternoon with his aunt and uncle and then dinner with his parents. Impromptu family day.
New pictures coming soon.:)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Dinner with Dad and Mom Sunday
Super super Yummy! Grilled lobster, steak and sauteed mushrooms, spinach casserole , salad, and RED WINE! It was ah- mazing. The company was great, too.
Loved the weekend at home, it just goes by too fast.
Wedding
The wedding is moving right along, will do a better update soon! Love my new app Doodle here is one of my designs!! Hehehe
Blogging from my PHONE!
I don't know how great this will be, but so excited to blog from my phone :)
Maybe this means I will have more posts!!
Went for another walk with my two boys tonight, two miles twice this week! It's fun to have someone to talk to, it's also nice that Jon and I can catch up on our days with no phones, no tv, no internet, no interruptions. Mr. Big is surely loving it, too.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Dallas Weekend
Had so so so very much fun this weekend in Dallas!
I got a GREAT Saturday with my bestest friend and my Maid of Honor and a FANTASTIC Saturday night and Sunday with my Mom & Dad, Parents of the Bride :) !!
The weekend was absolutely beautiful! Some said it was windy, but in my opinion you CANNOT beat a breeze that doesn't involve instant dirt in your mouth, eyes, ears, etc. IT was not windy! :)
Super fun Saturday afternoon on the patio at Duke's!
No pictures from the fun with my parents, boo. But we had the BEST dinner last night- lobster, steak, salad and spinach! It was SUPERB! The company was wonderful, I love going home and spending the weekend with my parents. Tax season is a drag, but at least we got to do breakfast and dinner and Sunday! It was just what I needed after last week.
Last week was an emotional week, Jeff/Amber and the girls moved to Washington state; and I was reminded that life is precious and nothing is guaranteed. A firefighter died in a plane crash and left behind his wife and three small children. He was talented, funny and put his life on the line in his career to save others every shift. The 'why' is not apparent, but the message that life is precious and fragile is very ~ very apparent. So love your family, give lots of hugs, tell them you love them, and live EVERY single DAY ..... ENJOY every single day... make the MOST of your days. God is good, God is Great. Remember we are not guaranteed anything.
Although last week was an emotional one ~ we got to spend some GREAT time with Jeff, Amber, Jordyn and Charlee. I have some fantastic photos and we made some great memories. Will have to update later!!
Love you ~ XOXOXOXO
I got a GREAT Saturday with my bestest friend and my Maid of Honor and a FANTASTIC Saturday night and Sunday with my Mom & Dad, Parents of the Bride :) !!
The weekend was absolutely beautiful! Some said it was windy, but in my opinion you CANNOT beat a breeze that doesn't involve instant dirt in your mouth, eyes, ears, etc. IT was not windy! :)
Super fun Saturday afternoon on the patio at Duke's!
No pictures from the fun with my parents, boo. But we had the BEST dinner last night- lobster, steak, salad and spinach! It was SUPERB! The company was wonderful, I love going home and spending the weekend with my parents. Tax season is a drag, but at least we got to do breakfast and dinner and Sunday! It was just what I needed after last week.Last week was an emotional week, Jeff/Amber and the girls moved to Washington state; and I was reminded that life is precious and nothing is guaranteed. A firefighter died in a plane crash and left behind his wife and three small children. He was talented, funny and put his life on the line in his career to save others every shift. The 'why' is not apparent, but the message that life is precious and fragile is very ~ very apparent. So love your family, give lots of hugs, tell them you love them, and live EVERY single DAY ..... ENJOY every single day... make the MOST of your days. God is good, God is Great. Remember we are not guaranteed anything.
Although last week was an emotional one ~ we got to spend some GREAT time with Jeff, Amber, Jordyn and Charlee. I have some fantastic photos and we made some great memories. Will have to update later!!
Love you ~ XOXOXOXO
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