life as I know it.

Folks, it's been a while. But I want you to know I'm back, I've slept for a week straight, and I am ready to go. Dance has slowed down. It's not over, but it is incredibly less stressful. February was the first time that I was actually able to do something I wanted to do [besides sleep all day Sunday]. It's crazy what a wonderful feeling it is to be able to do something fun. Do something selfish that is purely for my enjoyment. The past 2 weeks I have lazily watched tv without falling asleep within the first 2 minutes. I have started working out once again. [something my body has been in desperate need of] I have painted a canvas that has been sitting blank and lonely for almost an entire year. I got to take a weekend trip [I haven't had a weekend off since August] home to Idaho to see my family. And I haven't broken down into tears every night! [yea]

Looking back on my past 6 months of teaching at Weber high is good old Ogden, Utah I have been on such a roller coaster. I honestly don't even know how to explain the trip I've been on. It's not just leaving my home, my family, and my friends and coming to a new place that may not have been my first choice, to a scary new job, to an even scarier coaching position. It's the emotions and the lessons I've learned. I have pushed myself mentally, emotionally, and physically harder this year than ever before. I have never been so exhausted in my entire life. I have never been on the verge of tears so many days in a row. I have never learned so much either. I feel like I have learned so many life lessons. What's important. What isn't. What is worth stressing about. What should never be given a second thought.

I know there was a reason I came here and did what I did. I feel like it was a training ground for the post Rexburg bubble life training me to be able to handle and enjoy what's to come. These past months I have been able to enjoy my husband. We were forced to only spend time with each other [since we are now friendless in Ogden] We rely completely on each other. I could not have pulled it together this year if Ryley didn't listen to me vent. To force me to calm down and take a hot shower. If he wouldn't have hugged it out with me instead of yelled it out. It takes one strong man to deal with one mentally unstable woman.

Now the future looks bright. I am working 50 hours a week instead of 80. I actually am able to sign, and paint, and be happy. Ryley is graduated and working with a photographer he loves. We have lots of big ideas/plans for summer and for life. I make no guarantees, but you may find me in Alaska or California soon. Maybe neither. You may see me rolling up in a new [well newer] car. One that, cross your fingers, won't break down every other month. You may find me with a new job, or no job. Honestly I'm not quite sure, but I know whatever comes is gonna be good. I have spent the last 6 months stressed and unhappy and I am done with that. I am now on a strictly enjoy life policy. Regardless of where I am or what I am doing I am going to enjoy life. [if possible I would love to enjoy life by an ocean] I have a man I love more than life. I have a roof over my head. I have some pretty clothes to cover me, and enough love and blankets to keep me warm. I am done wishing for the future. I am ready to sit back and relax. [if you know me, you understand how hard this is for me to do. I'm an obsessive overachiever] Life will be happy if I live in Idaho or Hawaii. Life will be happy if I don't loose 10 pounds. Life will be happy because I choose to be happy.

What a year

Where did 2011 go? I feel like I take a nap and 4 months go by. Well, maybe not take a nap. I wish I could take a nap. More like I'm running around and around and run through each month until the year is over. 2011 has had its ups and downs. I would like to think more ups then downs. We stared out the year in our old burnt orange countertop apartment. We would work and school all day, cuddle and watch Jimmy Fallon all night and ski every weekend. Nothing huge happened, just life. This summer I finally got my first legit job with insurance and retirement and a salary. This was a big deal for us. We moved away from Rexburg. We miss it so much but also realize that it wouldn't be the same if we moved back.

We started our life in Ogden. We now have granite countertops and our house is warmer than 65 degrees [it's 74 right now...yea!] We have 2 friends instead of 20. We are each others best friends. Moving to Ogden has really been a climactic and also an anticlimactic event in our lives. It's hard to explain. When I think on our move it feels like nothing had changed in our lives. We live in a place that is 5 degrees warmer than where we used to live. We don't have our friends and family to party with anymore. We do the same things. We eat the same food. But then at the same time I feel like moving had completely shaped our lives. We aren't college kids anymore. [my sweet man is a graduate after a big sacrifice of moving for his last semester and taking a million insanely crazy online classes <3 ] We rely on each other more. We have each other and that's it. We aren't living our lives from semester to semester anymore. But it goes deeper than that. Maybe it's the mood of our lives, or relationship. I am really at a lose of words to explain, but just know it's a good thing. I have never been more happy. Even though I have a crazy schedule and I'm stressed and tired. Even though Ry isn't in love with his job. Even though we miss having friends and I miss the sunshine. Those things don't really matter. Ryley makes all those problems ok. We have been married for 2.5 years. I already love him so much more that I did on our wedding day. It makes me so excited for the years to come. I'm sure the years will just keep getting better and better.

2011 was a great year. I have high hopes for you 2012. Maybe a new home, new jobs, new adventures. I have already make a big list of resolutions both personal and with R. I feel ready and excited to get started and check a few things off. I say bring it on 2012. I'll be ready. Ready to party. Ready to laugh. Ready for whatever crazy adventures come our way. I have a feeling it's going to be a big year!

Instead of making my own art...
I come up with ideas for art projects for my students.
Not as relaxing or inspiring but still fun.
Hows this for step one of an self portrait poster?

re.inspired

First off, I want to say thank you thank you thank you for all of you support. I write on my blog to clear no thoughts and have a minute but am always so uplifted and surprised at the support I get. It's a small thing, but I appreciate knowing that I have people backing me.

So lately, because of the schedule, or at least what I blame it on, I haven't been creative at all. This is a no buenos because my body and being runs on creativity. So as I was relaxing in front of the tv doing not much of anything tonight I decided to get off my back and take a sit in front of the computer. I'm so grateful I did because I was re.inspired tonight. By this lovely person. This lady is a wife, a mom, and a designer. She works hard and loves hard. I got the desire to create. Even though I'm beat down and can fall asleep in a mater of 15 seconds [R has timed me]. Hopefully I stick to it!

check out her art here

Update

I swear every time I decide to set more goals and take my life in a certain direction something changes.....

So here I was at a new teacher meeting. I had to get a substitute for my class. [the first time that I have been gone from my classroom]. Kimmie [my only friend at Weber, she's the jewelry teacher] and I were at the district office for the morning learning about different teaching strategies. It was the first really cold day of the year and it was Friday and I was so done with the week. On the way back to my classroom to finish up teaching for the second half of the day I get a text message from the principal telling me to come talk to him as soon as I got back to school. Ummmm even though I'm not a student it still made me nervous to have to principal text me. It honestly felt like a cop just flipped around behind me. Ohhh I hate that feeling.

So I get to the school and Velden comes and tells me he let the dance coach go and that he would like Morgan and I to take over. Now people who don't know dance let me fill you in on what it entails. 18 hours of practice each week. That's every morning at 6 am, 2 nights a week for 4 hours, and Saturday mornings from 8-12. This doesn't count competitions, cutting music, choreography, fund raisers, football + basketball games, costumes, parents, parents, parents..... Let me just tell you. It's a lot. A whole lot. My first thought was to scream NO NO NO! I can't. I''m too tiard! I don't know what I'm doing! But I didn't. I said yes. I said yes because I knew that the girls needed us. Not that we are all amazing, but because we have a slight clue on what's going on and we have competition in 6 weeks. Yikes!

I have only been a coach for 12 days. I am already exhausted. I have already felt every emotion at least 100 times. I have already spent 14 hours straight locked up in my windowless school dancing, teaching, dancing. I go to school when it's dark. I leave when it's dark. Yes, it has been so hard. Harder than teaching. I am both mentally and physically drained to the bone. But I would be lying if I didn't like [on my way to love] it. In 12 days I have already learned so much about being a coach. About motivating people. About how to treat people in general. Morgan and I are in a tough spot. The girls have so much to accomplish before competition, and what they know falls on our shoulders. We have had to crack down hard on them. They run laps if they talk. They run if they're late. We push them every day to perfect and clean each dance. I've been worried that they were going to hate us. They haven't. They are working so hard and they have such great attitudes. They make me want to work harder for them. They make me want to be a more positive person.

I know I have so much to learn about dancing and coaching and teaching. I know that these next 3 months are going to be so hard. I will be so tired and stressed and I'm sure I'll want to quit at least once a week, probably more. But I won't. I might not be around to blog. I might not get to work on my art and my individual passions. I may not get to spend all my time with R. But I know I'll learn and grow. And I hope hope hope that I will be able to make a few girls lives better as well. When we moved to Ogden neither of us really wanted to be here. I knew that I was supposed to take the job and I did. Every day I have been trying to be positive and to figure out why I'm supposed to be here. Maybe this is the reason. Maybe I'll be able to make a difference with these girls. Maybe it will teach me what I need to learn to prepare myself for whats to come. I'm not sure. I will probably never be sure. I do know that I'm going to try my hardest and see what happens. Who knows how much I'll be blogging. Who knows how much of anything I'll be doing but teaching and dancing. I'll try hard to update because I could use the support!

are you for reals?

Today was lame.

From Tuesday to Thursday

the weather dropped 40 degrees. 40!

Monday I wore shorts and sandals.

Today I wore 3 shirts and a leather jacket all day.

Boots are coming out.

Rainbows go to the shelf.

I'm looking forward to another 7 months of cold feet!

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not a winter hater.

I love snow and skiing and layers.

I do not however liked to be introduced so abruptly.

I guess I better embrace winter soon.

lofty goals

This weekend I was lucky enough to be enriched for 8 great hours.

It was general conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

I was uplifted and enriched and I will be honest,

I got a good little nap in there at one point.

Besides all that I did get a good date night/day in with R too.

There's always time for R...

Because I was so uplifted this weekend,

last night I decided to write down some weekly goals.

I tried to touch on all areas of my life.

Living a happy life is living a balanced life. Therefore I need work in all areas.

Some goals are a bit lofty for me.

Others I'm already doing,

but figured with the extra busy from the other goals I should put them in and keep up the good work.

I'm sharing my goals

1. to inspire any of you who feel like you need a life lift,

2. Mostly because I feel that if I share my goals with the world that I'll actually get er done!

1. Read scriptures + pray with R 6 times a week

2. At least 1 personal spiritual study time a week

3. Complete at least 1 project each week to turn our apartment into home

4. Do 1 creative thing a week [besides #3] This is for my sanity

5. cook 1 great meal a week [make enough for leftovers]

6. Plan 1 cheap + fun date each week

7. Exercise 4 times a week

8. Less tv! [disclaimer: it's so HARD not to cuddle up to R as he unwinds in front of the tv each night. I'm asking all of you what YOU do? Do you spent time with you hubby even when he is watching tv or do you just go do something else enlightening that you like? I can never decide what to do. Love my man and lay on the couch for a few hours or ditch your love and do something productive? help.

If you have read this post you deserve a treat. Which is exactly what you will get if you check out this random/amazingly funny video. R showed it to me and I laughed so hard. Can I just say it reminded me of me bro-in-law Hayden!

What a DAY!

I'm sitting in the commons area at Weber High.

sitting, sitting, sitting....

It's parent teacher conferences today.

I love seeing the faces of parents when they see me sitting behind the

big PHOTOGRAPHY sign. I can tell they're thinking,

"Now wait.... did she steal the teachers chair or what?"

No. No I didn't. I am actually the real teacher.

And no I am not 19.

Please enjoy the photo comic relief of my being board out of my brain!

sweet words

Can I just throw this out there that it has been a rough few weeks.

Life has been handing us lemons so fast I haven't had the time to squeeze them all into lemonade. And I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to run to the store and buy some more sugar to throw in just to sweeten it up!

Luckily I have had 2 wonderful things to help me out...

1. R hugging me and loving me and letting me cry without getting annoyed and trying to solve the problem. Just letting me feel sad and be there for me.

2. Listening to the sweet words of Presidnet Uchtdorf at the General Relief Society broadcast. His entire talk brought tears to my eyes. Here's one of my favorite parts.

You are not forgotten.

Sisters, wherever you are, whatever the circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. No matter how dark your days may seem, no matter how insignificant you may feel, no matter how overshadowed you think you may be, your Heavenly Father has not forgotten you. In fact, He loves you, with an infinite love.

—President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I'm back

I'm finally back.

In the past 3 weeks I've been home 3 days.

I feel like I have so much to post I have no idea where to even start.

Since we've been gone we've been in....

California: 1 time

Bear Lake: 1 time

Utah: 2 times

Rexburg: 1 time

Driving: millions of times

This photo was shot during an amazing Idaho storm in Bear Lake.

We drove out away from Paris and R took some amazing pictures.

I just watched.

I'm feeling a little bit frazzled,

frazzled like lightning...?

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but you get what I mean.

We have so much to do with moving + school + internships + new scary jobs + saying goodbye.

Instead of doing any of that stuff I think we're going to watch a movie.

Ya.... watch a moving and eat chocolate chips (the only form of chocolate in our house at the moment)

I'm going to cuddle on my man and worry about it all tomorrow.

That's what Mondays are for right.

PS I've missed you all.

I've missed reading about your lives.

I've missed my online friends.

Hope to chat soon!

my mind is scared

This past week I've had much weighing on my mind. One of those, and the biggest I would say is accepting my new job. At first I was torn with should I take it. Should I stay? How will this effect our lives. How will this effect R's school? I was so stressed and scared that I made myself sick, like doubled over sick and was completely exhausted. I've finally made a decision [of course with the help and support of R] and we're going. But I still have a nervous/sad feeling in my guts. I'm scared for many reasons. In less than a month we are going on vacation. We are looking for an apartment and moving everything we own. I will have to figure out exactly what it is I'm teaching and gather information and curriculum for who knows where so the students [who apparently look the same ago as I do as I was told by the principle who hired me] don't think I'm an idiot and not take me seriously. I have to do a whole bunch of other things to be qualified for the job and to get my teaching license. I keep telling myself every few hours to not worry. It's going to get done and it won't help to worry. But sometimes I still worry.

I have also realized how sad I am going to be to leave Rexburg. I know I can't believe I'm saying it either, but we have made some pretty amazing friends here the last while and I don't know if I'm ready to leave them. We also live close to both sides of our family whom we are really going to miss seeing all the time. When you're in college you're surrounded my young people whom you have a bunch in common with. It's a great time for friends. I'm not so sure it will be that easy in Ogden even though I am crossing my fingers.

For now I'm going to push every though of new jobs and a new home out of my mind [or at least try my very hardest] and go on a trip with my most favorite person in the world and have the best time possible. We will be gone for a week. I'm not going to bother with blogging 1 because this time is just for R and 2. we won't have internet so I couldn't if I wanted to.

no camera...? WHAT!

Seriously I can't seem to ever have a camera with me these last fews weeks. I feel like I've been going and going and I want to share but then I think hmmmm I haven't a one pretty picture to post. Sometimes it gets lame just reading boring words. Sorry that's all you're getting tonight. But here's a super top 10 of what I've been loving lately!

1. Just finished boating with some lovely friends. Since I usually wake board last and get terrible water everyone gave me first dibs. I glided through glassy water. Best way to relax after a frustrating day of work. [**side-note** Usually when I board it starts storming crazy hard. Like waves blowing and curing over you in the water. No so much fun. I'm pretty sure I'm a curse to Ririe Reservoir. But right when I was finishing up the wind started blowing. Lightning started sparkling and rain came pounding down. Crazy Idaho with crazy storms!]

2. R and I went bridge jumping this past week. So fun. 1st time = scared and sliding off my butt over bridge into water. 2nd time = more brave and jumping. yea.

3. Went long boarding 2 whole times! Did a front slide. Fell on my face. No take that back. Fell on my arm. Have battle scab to prove it. We tried a new hill in Idaho Falls which we loved and I'm sure we will be back to soon. We also got to skate with some of our favorite people... Amy + Daniel. Yea for good friends!

4. Went swimming at this cute pond with a wooden dock and an island with a light house on it. We canoed around, dove off the dock, and spent some love time with R.

5. Sunday consisted of sleeping in until noon. Going to church. Taking another 2 plus hour nap. Heaven!

6. Went on a camp out with our church Friday night. Meet some new people who I hope become new friends. Guess what. We have the same name! Chelse + Dallen are sweet. Dallen wants to design his own theme park. He asked R to help him with the graphic design. We will help only if we can always go to the front of any line we want.

7. While we were camping and getting into out tent to snooze for the night we heard an animal outside our tent. I was scared thinking "I'm sure it's a mountain lion or perhaps a creepy man come to get me." No. Raccoon. In the middle of the night little raccoon came scratching on the door of our tent. He scratched my foot which was against the edge. I then proceeded to have dreams that a puppy was outside. He was the size of an iPhone. We got to keep him. I'm so sad he's not real.

8. I got news today about a job! I'm going for an interview at Weber High in Ogden Utah tomorrow morning. I don't have high hopes but at this point an interview makes me feel super.

9. I've been planning a baby shower for a good friend. I love designing things. I'm excited to finish it off and have a party on Wednesday. [hopefully I won't forget a camera]

10. only 2 more weeks until summer semester is over and my husband won't be stressed or grumpy [hopefully] and we will have time to play and laugh and giggle without having a dark homework cloud looming over our heads. Yippie!

Summer Bucket List

I've said this before but, I love lists. I have about 4 lists I've been writing slash crossing off the past few days. My favorite list being R + my summer bucket list. I've decided to share.

Bike rides

Longboard [work on my front slide and master before fall]

Fishing

Golfing [more like the driving range]

Fishing in the dark with R [so different than day fishing]

Picnic

Canoe ride

Eat at all the food wagons around Rexburg like taco wagon, teriyaki wagon, Greek wagon, Pacific Island wagon ect ect ect

Get snowies

Bridge Jumping

Wake board lots and lots

Camping with friends and also with just my R

Pick asparagus

Huckleberry picking

Spend time in Bear Lake

Read many lovely books

Shooting [more R than me, but it should be fun]

Take pretty pictures [but really, better my photo skills]

Go to the fair and eat tons and tons of greasy fattening fair food!

Skinny dip

Midnight bike rides

Tennis

BBQ [and actually do the grilling instead of R]

Outside dinner party

Road trip to Newport Beach

Take a nap in a hammock. Does anyone have a hammock I can borrow???

Go see the BODIES exhibit

Plant a garden and eat yummy veggies

Swim somewhere with water slides and diving boards [actually hard to find in Idaho]

Go to a outdoor concert. Preferably John Butler in August in I can convince R...

Drive in movies

Hike the Tetons

Hike somewhere in Southern Utah

See an many friends as possible

Be outside as much as possible

Relax and smile definitely as much as possible

So what's on your summer bucket list?

Any other good ideas for me?

mediocrity

me·di·oc·ri·ty/ˌmēdēˈäkrətē/Noun

1. The quality or state of being mediocre.

2. A person of mediocre ability.

Is it ok to just be mediocre?

This idea has been winding through my thoughts the past week. You see I've been on a family trip and then to the funeral of my grandpa the past weeks. It has provided me with the opportunity of relaxing, reflection, and family.

All my life I've been a hard worker. I've had goals and dreams in mind that I have worked hard to achieve. Some I have and some I'm still working on. Sometimes I have so many goals and desires to "make something of myself" that I don't enjoy life as much as I could. I definitely don't relax much. Instead of sitting with my husband I'm painting or blogging or running or something "productive." I'm not saying this is a bad thing. It's probably more good than bad, but as I enjoyed my family and pondered the meaning of life. What it's about. What's most important. One word kept coming to my mind. Ryley. aka Family. I love Ryley so much. He calms me. He pushes me. He soothes my heavy heart and mind. He makes me smile and laugh. He makes life happy. He makes me happy.

Now family and love is not a mediocre thing to find. It's very unusual to find, to have, and to hold on to. But sometimes I want more. I want to become a respected artist and designer. I want to build a career and become someone respected. I want this because I feel like every person is great and needs to continue to push themselves and become the greatest person they can become. I feel like I have something to share with the world to make it better and I don't want to waste my time watching tv when I can be bettering myself and perhaps/hopefully helping and inspiring others. I see others who follow their dreams and succeed. I want that.

I feel so torn. When I started writing this I felt like I just wanted to focus on family. Now I want both. Sometimes this is such a hard thing to balance. To figure out which is more important. To do what you love and inspire others, and still have time to love and be inspired by your family, your true love. Sometimes I wish I felt content to be mediocre, but some times I'm glad I don't.

There is nothing wrong with being mediocre. Most people in life are. It's hard to become that famous actress or artist or lawyer. I have decided I won't feel bad if no one ever knows my name. I won't because I know that I will constantly be striving to become better and more than I am right now. Mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically stronger. I hope I can always keep this drive, but that I will be able to find the balance between pushing myself and being able to sit and breath and enjoy.

I want to be able to inspire others, but mostly I want to always be inspired. I hope I can always look at life with a positive eye and see the beauty all around.

I feel like my favorite quote goes along with my thoughts today...

Live vibrantly not perfectly

Home again. Home again.

I'm FINALLY home after 2 long weeks.

I'm in my baggy sweats.

R is doing homework.

I'm making a book.

Life is good.

We returned home last night from sunny California

where we went to my grandpa's funeral.

I saw cousins I haven't seen for 10 years.

I played with brother + sisters + nieces + nephews

that I normally get to see only once or twice a year.

We got together to celebrate our amazing grandpa.

I just wish he could have taken part in the celebrating as well.

He probably is in heaven.

91 years is a long time to be on earth.

You're probably wondering why I posted a picture of me

acting like I'm all "Vogue" and such.

Well the day we left for CA I got to help a friend with a photo assignment.

She did such an amazing job, because.... I don't really look like that.

Seriously. I keep looking at the picture wishing I really looked like that.

Anyways, she's amazing.

Kiersten Sterling deserves a shout out.

Look her up.

She'll make you look pretty.

Post-it-note Feelings

My heart on a post-it-note

Today was not a happy day. My heart was singing the blues for many reasons. One reason is that our mini vacation out of Rexburg is over. We are back to the real world of school and work and work and work. No more being with R 86,400 seconds, 1440 minutes, or 24 hours of the day. Not for another 4 long months.

Besides the crash to reality I've been hit with a few blows that are making me want to think of everything but reality. Life never seems to work the way you imagine. The thing to remember is that when things don't go your way they usually turn out better than imagined. The hard part is accepting it. I'm in the process of accepting right now. Please give me a few days.

(R's picture of our Amaryllis)

Top 6 weekend moments

1. Not having to waitress Friday, Saturday, or Sunday! Can you believe it?

2. Spending time with R + my family going to The Savior of the World play and then to an extremely entertaining local indie film.

3. Spending Saturday afternoon with R in the great metropolis of Idaho Falls eating Great Harvest bread, shopping the clothing sales, and grocery shopping. ( I LOVE grocery shopping with R. It's so much better than going alone)

4. Catching up with one of my favorites, Mckenzie. It's been too long.

5. Going swimming with R. It was my first time ever swimming laps and it felt so good. R also helped me perfect my dive, AND we played a little PIG basketball in the sallow end. R won, but I don't even care.

6. Sleeping in until 1 on Sunday and then taking a 2 hour nap while also squeezing in Church, a steak dinner, and 2 movies plus so yummy oatmeal coconut cookies I whipped up.

Oh it was such a great weekend. I feel completely refreshed to start my Monday.

Asparagus on my mind

Asparagus you ask? Yes. It's Delicious and newly in my fridge which means we'll be having it for a week straight for dinner. Plus it's green just in time to wish you a happy St. Patty's!

As a little side note to green and leprechauns I'm feeling very sharey right now so maybe I'll just share a few randoms most people don't know.

I eat cinnamon toast every morning for breakfast. {it's because I crave sweets as soon as I get up and I don't feel too guilty if it's on wheat bread}

I have a phobia of walking over drain grates and man holes. Who knows when you're gonna fall in

The only time I like feet are when I'm in bed with R and he rubs his feet on mine as we fall asleep

I'm terrified to have kids

I try to dance naked around the house as much as possible. It keeps the heart free {and the husband happy}

feeling chubby?

Ok people. Are you feeling a little like me and wanting to get rid of that nasty winter chubbiness? I have a great solution. One word. Insanity. Insanity is a 10 dvd workout set designed by Sean T. Sean has made a killer workout that only lasts 40 minutes, but somehow leaves you in a pile on the floor when it's over. It's an interval training workout that targets every muscle, legs, butt, stomach, arms. Is it hard? Yes, but who can't do anything for 40 minutes? Plus after warm-ups and stretching you're half way done.

Insanity has a workout 6 days a week and comes with a nutrition guide which is a little more lenient than P90X. Because it has so much cardio you get to eat more. Perfect for me. I'll have to be honest, I don't really follow the nutrition guide. I eat healthy, but I eat lots more grains + carbs then they want. But guess what, I'm still gaining muscle and loosing fat + weight. I've done Insanity for about 3 weeks and have lost maybe an inch on my legs. I would show you a before and after picture, but the thought of a picture of me posing in my swimsuit for all to see sounds a bit awkward. You'll just have to take my word and try it out yourself. You can go to here to learn more. {if you buy the videos from the website it's a little more pricy. You could check ebay or craigslist ect for better deals}

Start now so your body will be ready when it's actually warm enough to wear a bathing suit. {which is June around here}

Date of Perfection

I have the recipe for the best date and no, it isn't dinner, a movie, and a cupcake. It's way more exciting than that.

It starts with snowboarding with just R + me. *oh so fun!*

Next we drive to beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming to meet some friends.

We eat. We walk. We look at art. We look at sexy man undies in the store window,ya know, the usual.

Then we end the night at a hockey game full of beer, blood, and intensity. Mix in Mckenzie giving the crowd a little half-time dance (she should have beat that 8 year old!) and you've got yourself a good time.

I love R for always having exciting ideas and dates and not just eating dinner and cupcakes every Friday night.

Goodbye for now. Best wishes for all your weekend dates