Spring Spring..

Spring: In Maine it's pretty close to being perfect when it's not raining!

I cant wait for the plants to start to bloom. I love that.
This spring, I want to clean up the house.... we have tons of cardboard boxes around the house and in the garage from when we moved in and it's time to get rid of that clutter.

Plus I'm graduating college and well, yeah what a good fresh new start.

This chicky is giving away some way cute nail polish. The colors are perfect for spring.
The purple reminds me of a color that I got on my toes during a pedicure after Willie and I got engaged an decided to use purple as our color at our wedding. It just got me right in the mood to start the planning!

Oakley, D&G.... maybe Prada?

YUP, I met my intermediate goal!!!!!!!!
I've lost 17 pounds since I decided to diet and exercise.
And do you know what that means?
It means I get my intermediate reward.
And that is a pair of nice new sunglasses.
Nice, good, more than I've ever spent on on sunglasses, sunglasses.
And a case. So those precious gems don't get smooshed.
And the sunglasses, they will not be like these in this picture. That would be silly.

O.k., so...any advice for pushing through the rest of my goal?
I hear to drink a glass of water when you're hungry before you eat anything.
What's you favorite thing to do at the gym or house to exercise? Aerobics class? Cardio Machines? Weights? Wii fit?

One thing I'm also struggling to do it to like the healthy foods that I'm eating. I crave and desire bad stuff so bad. I just feel like things just aren't as good without being breaded or deep dried or made with chocolate and sugar. What's your favorite wonderfully delicious thing to eat when you want to be bad? So far.. I like yogurt.. and Cutie clementines.

These would be perfect for Vaughan's Woods

I really am wanting to get better at our small family doing something outside on Saturday mornings. We've succeeded so far when we set a plan to go out and play with Kiefer.

I have hiking boots, but not something that would be good for romping around where we live.

These would be perfect.

http://canadian-natural-mama.blogspot.com/2010/03/merrell-chameleon-arc-gore-tex-xcr.html#comment-form

and Canadian Natural Mama is giving some away.

Giveway something to me!!!

I'm more than a little obsessed with trying to win a giveaway!

Looking for a great giveaway? Just pull up one of your barstools and head over to injaynesworld.

Check out these darling bracelets.

I'd love to have the dark purple one. It reminds me of my wedding. The purple.. and the pearls. Awww.

And they're so one of a kind.

http://fairyxbec.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-blog-give-away.html

Perfection. An exciting schedule...

It's been fun lately.
Colby and Camille had their baby. She's a doll. Brynne Louise Thayer.
The weather has been purrfect.
Last Friday we went to a Maine Red Claws game.WIN.. against the #1 team.
We had stake conference last weekend.
Monday. 2 perfect things. House. 24.
Tonight we went to a Portland Pirates game. WIN.. in a shoot-off.
Tomorrow.. well class...
Thursdays: We hang out with the Thayers and watch Idol and Survivor.
Friday- Youth activity
Saturday- a break and I think it's supposed to be beautiful. Maybe a walk with Willie and Kiefer??
Next week: Spring break- nothing too special in the week but for the weekend we (Willie, Me, Anita, Ryan, Ashley, Nikki, Will, and Melanie) will head to CT. We're staying at the Mohegan Sun and going to a Bon Jovi concert. We'll go to Ashley's cheer competition in RI. Then we're going to an indoor water park in CT. It should be alot of fun. We dont get to do things often all together and I think everyone is really happy to be going together.
Then a week after that and all in the same day is my bday, Easter, and General Conference. That will be a wonderful day!!

And did I mention that the weather has been perfect?

!!

Ok- So I'm gonna have to take a picture like this soon~!
And it makes me REALLY happy.
Last year when we were visiting our friends Greg and Mad in San Francisco, I put on this pair of shorts that I had.. and the button popped right off. That was really upsetting.
That was August.
At the end of August, and the beginning of September, I started asking my sister in law, Ashley to go to the gym with me. We went to Zumba and Step class or would just go to the gym. And then one day I got on the scale. And it was a scary scary number that I had never seen that was looking back at me.
I mean.. that number has haunted me. I never want to see it again.
Right then and there I turned to Ashley and I said, "We're going to do something about this. We're gonna beat "the flab".

And just to let you know, since then I have lost 16 lbs.

I bought some new jeans at the end of July (when I couldnt really fit into some other jeans.. ) and now I can pull them away INCHES!!

I just had to share that I am really really proud of myself. My husband has encouraged me alot and I have alot of people around me that are also working on their image and they're great to talk to. The iPhone app Lose It has also been a great tool to use. You can even add friends and they can see if you're sticking to your exercise and calories and meeting your goals. When I lose another 1 1/2 lbs, I'm celebrating with some new nice sunglasses. And when I hit my target weight there's gonna be a party!!