Aisle Runner

So tonight I finished my asile runner! I just traced it from a big piece of computer paper and then copied it. I am really happy about how it turned out and happy that it turned into a cheap detail!

Check!

So this weekend was the release of tickets for single games this season. My fiance got Red Sox tickets to give to his groomsmen as their gift for being in the wedding! It is very exciting to me to see things getting crossed of the list! :)

Scheming and such.....

So I got my pictures back from Melissa Robotti and I am very excited about how they turned out! These are a few PG-13 ones that I really like! What do you think? One of my friends did my hair and my fiance loves my hair curly so I know he is going to love it! I am only sad that I cannot do this one wedding day because I literally took out my curlers when I got there at 11:00 a.m. and my hair was flat by 1:00 p.m. I love my hair up just as much though so I will love it just as much!

On another note, my uncle, men and their big mouths asked his daugther in front of me if she wanted to "ask me about the thing they got in the mail today" and her daughter didn't say a word. Then he goes, "maybe I wasn't supposed to tell you that" SO guess what that means, MY SHOWER is coming soon!!! yay! This means my wedding is getting so close :) very exciting...

No Sweets

So I have decided that this is the only way! I have been eating sweets like crazy and I am the type of person that has to be all or nothing so as of today, I am done with sweets until after the wedding! This means only 4 months, which came and went on Friday... Ekk its getting so close.

My fiance and I went with our flower girl to order her dress. Her it is! It will be in white with a brown sash because the pink that this company had was way off from the pink of my bridesmaid dresses.

We also went to Carl Anthony Tuxedo to pick out the tuxes and then went well... Lots of checks this weekend.

Now what to do on this snowed in afternoon

Rehersal Dinner Invites:)

So with some inspiration from a fellow knottie, (2BMrsMurph) my lovely fiance made these invites for our rehearsal dinner! I am so excited at how they turned out. It really is so much fun to see things coming together!

Boudoir

So I had some boudoir pictures in December on the 14th right before Christmas. It was a marathon session where the photographer, Melissa Robotti, who I absolutely loved out of Boston shot me. My friend Anne came with me and helped me with all my outfit coordination and such. Well I was busy until New Years but now I cannot help but stalk my email and her blog for pictures! I am dying to see them. She said at the she would do them by wedding date and I am not until May so guess what, I am near the end. Sad face. Hoping Melissa sends me them soon....

Florals

So yesterday my mom, fiance and I went to see my florist because I have changed my colors since the last time I had seen them. I was a bit of an over zealous bride and got things done a little to early! :) It okay but now some things I have to do twice! Any who I was taking out red and adding in brown, so now I am a pink and brown bride with accents of ivory.

Well I wanted to take out the reds roses and add some touches of brown but I really wasn't too sure how I was going to make it work. So the florist told me about curly willows which look like branches and add height and just a fun and different touch! I am really excited about them :)

French Vanilla Iced Coffee

So I have been drinking french vanilla iced coffee ever since I was like 13 and my mom turned me on to Bess Eaton iced coffee. Well, Bess Eaton no longer exsists so I have switch to Dunkin Donuts and up until I started eating healthier, I used to get my coffee extra cream and extra sugar...which is more like milkshake!! I am proud that I have weaned myself down to skim milk and equal! I know artifical sweeteners are not that good for you but I don't like it without any sort of sugar in it at all. Any suggestions?

Anyways it is my afternoon "pick me up" and it satisfies me!

Today I did a new yoga workout after my Turbo Jam and Ab Jam workouts. I am really excited about it! It's called Yoga Fitness Plus and since doing it this morning, I am feeling a little sore which I am happy about because it has been a while since anything has made me sore! I found it on Exercise TV ON DEMAND...which I LOVE! It comes with most comcast packages and you should check it out if you get a chance.....

Lazy Day

So today was my first day back from vacation because I work in a school system. I was unaware that there was a delay because where I live it was really icy! So I got up at 4:50 and did my Turbo Jam workout and then did my yoga workout like I usually do. Then I decided since it was the first day back from va-k I would go in early. If I had only known I was 3 hours early! So instead of using my time wisely, I talked with one of my co-workers that is getting married and talked wedding craziness the whole time. It was a lot of fun!

Then I can home and did RIPPED series, Slim and Lean Series. I really feel lean from this workout. I would reccommend it to anyone who is trying to tone. I got it off Amazon and it was only like 8 dollars :) Got to love a bargain!

Push Ups

So, this morning I was doing my RIPPED 1000 workout with Jari Love which i LOVE! Its a high impact workout that has intervals of high impact cardio with a step and then intervals of strength training. It an hour long and the claim is that you can burn 1000 calories during the workout. I doubt that I burn that many but I think it might be close because boy is it tough!

Anyways on to push ups....

Almost all of my workouts have a push up sections and since we Wedding is in May, I have been really consistely working out since last May. Well, I have been doing push up since then on my knees and I feel like even though I have been doing them consistently for say, 8 months I am not getting any better at them!?! I feel like I still do them like this baby! I have no idea what I am doing wrong, but I do know that I have noticed that my shoulders and upper arms are more cut, so I guess I shouldn't care that much... I just wondered if anyone had any suggestions for me

Day 2

Today I did Perfect Body Workout and I ate pretty well...

I had a reese, bad girl, but it was only one :)

The Beginning

Hello all! It is a new year and I am ready to start it off right with some healthy eating and exercise. Right now my eating definitely needs to get under control becuase my sweet tooth is going from Christmas! I do have the exercise under control though. I work out six days a week and I am actually looking to change up my routine to get some further results. If you guys have any ideas, let me know. I exercise at home because I do not have a gym memebership.

I current use Turbo Jam, which I love. Its mostly kickboxing with a dance feel to it and I use it mostly for cardio.

I use the RIPPED series with Jari Love for strength training and I feel like since I have started using it I have seen some great results.

I use the Jillian Michaels Kickbox workout as a high impact cardio once a week and I really like it to change things up!

I also use the FIRM Shape Up workout which has intervals of both cardio and strength training.

I do yoga Fitness Fusion which incorporates traditional Yoga with some little cardio bursts and it really relaxes me and gets me ready for my day which I love.

And last but not least I do Perfect Body Makeover with Amy Dixon from Womens Health which has a cardio and strength training section but my favorite section of this video is abs, its KILLER!

I used Weight Watchers and lost about 15lbs so I really am looking to maintain and really work on my arms, legs and abs. It will be fun to share this!

More to come as the days go on........