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Good Morning Everyone!

What a wonderful day (primarily because I didn't have to wake up to an alarm clock. Sorry I have been so MIA lately... I have so much going on that I just can't get all of my thoughts together into a post. :(

Even though there is so much happening right now, I have to tell you about this giveaway that I have entered. A girl I went to HS with has an amazing blog about her life, cake and her inspiring throughs on her current weight loss program. She is doing it right, let me just tell you...

She tracks her food and her movement, and the deficit of the two, using her BodyBugg. The great news is that she is giving away a BodyBugg (so exciting) on her blog. So, go check it out. Today is the last day to earn entries to the contest, but knowing her, there will be more. Plus, we are strive to be more healthly and I really enjoy reading her thoughts on the subject of healthy eating.

I hope summer is treating you well,

C

How did I miss this?

I lived in Brookline, Massachusetts for 2 years... and I took the green line T from Brookline Village and somehow missed the fact that they taped America's Test Kitchen like a block down the street. How did I miss this???

Ok, technically I cannot remember if I knew what America's Test Kitchen was back then, but I probably did...

Anyway, that is my rant for the day.

Thanks for reading...

C

How do we do it and keep our sanity?

Ever get overwhelmed and think that there is just too much stuff to manage in your everyday life? Between bills and goals and just little every day things that you have to remember to do, or want to try... or cleaning that you have been putting off or a savings plan that you want to build...

But there is just not enough time or energy (more emphasis on the energy), plus there is the time that you put aside to spend with others... or calling old friends, or relatives...

Not to mention a tad bit of alone time.

How is it possible that we keep all of our proverbial balls in the air with no real plan in place (often times)?

AND - I don't even have kids!!! Oye!

Just a thought... Happy Monday.

Thx, C.

All talk...

Hi. :)

We are going to put a little hold on wedding planning chat and talk about DIY projects and things that I have been talking about doing, but seem to be all talk and no action. So, I am going to try to change that. I am going to talk about some of the things I plan to do, and while I know I am not going to accomplish all of them immediately, I am going to work on them. This is kind of a bucket list, but for the more immediate future. :)

First, I need to make a menu and shopping list each week and only go grocery shopping once a week. This is less of a little project and more of a necessity, so I need to do this.

Second, I want to make breads and muffins and hard boiled eggs for each upcoming week. I want to learn to make more things rather than buy them. My goal here is to reduce the number of hidden ingredients that I eat by making my own food staples.

Third, I am dying to re-upholster something. I am thinking about looking for something at a flea market and working on it (Jeremy is thrilled, clearly... hehe). Maybe a chair. I just have to find a good one - and cheap. (I also want to build myself a Headboard and learn to sew pillows and stuff to decorate my condo. Oh, and paint... before Sarah leaves, otherwise I will never hear the end of it.)

I also need to start eating better and getting to the gym...

Ok, that is all for now... I am sure I will add to this. I am also working on a real bucket list, but that will be another post.

Pictures to come... I promise. I just need to find the cord to upload them. Add get organized to this list... :) Actually, that might go on the bucket list. Realistically, I'm just sayin'.

Have a great night.

C

Hello! :) Happy Wednesday - I cannot believe that tomorrow is April! Where does the time go? I was looking at a scrapbooking retreat in September and thinking about how far in the future Sept. and then it occurred to me - it's right around the corner...

Anyway, so lately my life has consisted of the great venue search... still looking at venues and still working on exactly what the wedding will look like. For me, the planning is fairly simple - I have lots of time in the evening and weekends. Getting Jeremy to look at a venue is hard... and getting harder. It's not because he doesn't want to go look at them, but he has been so busy with work and the end of the Antioch Bocce season (Playoffs, etc) and tournaments that have been planned for months. Now we are at UCSF where he is having a surgical procedure done, which will put him out of commission for a few weeks. (The good news is that he has told me to just go look at whatever I like, and then he will see my top few picks plus whatever he decides that he wants to go look at.)

Anyway, other than the wedding stuff and J's activities, I have been spending some time preparing a spring/summer garden with my Dad and we finally got our veggies planted last Saturday. YAY! I am looking forward to continuing to work on the garden into the summer.

I feel like I have so much time, but I cannot seem to get anything done. I have been sick for about 9 days, and look forward to getting some things done once I start to feel better. We are planning for a series of garage sales to get rid of some things that are taking up too much space and other spring cleaning.

So, my energy has been low and my motivation has been non-existent, and I look forward to gaining some control over my time - to actually get some things done.

Oh, also I am looking forward to picking up my scrapbooking. I am thinking about planning some time into weekends and even some week nights to make sure that I do not let it go by the wayside.

Ok, that is my update for now. I actually have some pics from our trip to Disneyland and from our Garden (and even some venue option shots), but I am not on my home laptop, so that will have to wait.

Anyway, have a great day... will update soon.

C

And so it begins...

Tonight J and I attended our first wedding faire event. We went to the open house held at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park. It was very pretty...

http://www.ebparks.org/activities/corpfamily/br/br

It's growing on me the more I think about it and I know that this venue is in high demand, so we may not even have a chance to book it (if we decide to try). We will see. I think we are going to visit additional venues in a few weeks and I hope that as we see more, we will have a better idea for our comfort level and start narrowing in on what we really want.

Also... we found a catering company that really impressed us and they seem very flexible and will work with our budget, so we are excited to do some research to find other options - just incase there is something else that we could be missing.

Anyway, the theme for this post is... the beginning. We still have lost more to visit, research, etc.

Should be fun! :)

Happy Tuesday!

C

Hello!!! :) Sorry for the span of time between posts.

Well, I am very excited to announce that J and I are engaged, which means, like it or not, this outlet might become a wedding planning venting outlet. Sorry in advance. :)

We got engaged on Saturday, February 21, on Peak Hill in Bodega Bay... it was beautiful. Maybe one day I will get the film developed so that I can share how beautiful Bodega Bay is and was on our weekend away.

And so it begins... when, where, including who, what colors, etc, etc, etc...

Now I am thumbing through magazines, making lists of venue pros and cons and trying to get a clear picture of what our wedding will look like... so many options. I have never been good with making decisions and now there are a ton of them to make, and to make matters worse, my mom isn't around to help me make them. The good news is that after 30 years of guiding me, I know what she would have said. The other good news: I have lots of people around me who are excited and more than willing to help, and that's more that I could ever hope for.

Anyway, decisions must be made and I look forward to the process... and to being married to J... I can't imagine being more comfortable and in love with anyone else. I look forward to our life together and all that it will bring. :)

Have a great evening and a happy Tuesday. I get to go to the happiest place on earth soon... :) YAY!

C