Christmas

This year was a great Christmas, probably because it snowed...first time since I was about 7 that I've had a white Christmas.

I'm a Horrible Blogger

Since I said I was going to start blogging again...and I lied (oops), I figured I'd try and get back in it with something easy...

So I stole this from Liz (go visit her):

A. Age – 23.
B. Bed size – Double, and it's tiny.
C. Chore that you hate – Vacuuming, I hate getting the vacuum out of the closet.
D. Dogs – my little Wendy (when she's not living with my parents).
E. Essential start to your day – The Today Show while getting ready.
F. Favorite color – umm, that depends on my mood, I've been digging purple lately though.
G. Gold or silver – I flip flop on that one a lot, depends on what my favorite piece of jewelry of the day is.
H. Height – 5’6"
I. Instruments you play – Used to play the clarinet in band. (I was horrible) 
J. Job title – In a few days (hopefully) I'll be a front desk receptionist at the Y. 
K. Kids – Oh no no no.
L. Live – Abilene.
M. Mother’s name – Charla:)
N. Nicknames – Hay, Hales, and whatever else anyone calls me...there are some really random ones at times.
O. Overnight hospital stays – never.
P. Pet peeves – When people clear their throat in that gross hocking a lougy way. Grosses me out. 
Q. Quote from a movie – From one of my favorite movies, Love Story.
Jenny: You're gonna flunk out if you don't study. 
Olliver: I am studying. 
Jenny: Bullshit. You're looking at my legs. 
Oliver: You know, Jenny, you're not that great looking. 
Jenny: I know. But can I help it if you think so? 
R. Right or left handed – Right.
S. Siblings – Older brother.
T. Time it takes you to get ready – Depends. I can be ready in 10 mins or up to an hour and a half, depending on how pretty someone needs me to look.
U. Underwear – yeah, no thanks. Skip.
V. Vegetable you hate – I'm not a big fan of brussel sprouts.
W. What makes you run late –  Sleeping in the morning, lately I haven't been able to drag myself out of bed.
X. X-rays you’ve had – I've had so many it's not even funny: ankle, foot, shoulder, thumb, pelvic (broke my tailbone snowboarding).
Y. Yummy food you make – I think I'm a horrible cook, but I can make a mean chicken spaghetti.
Z. Zoo animal – Oh my, the otters. I love otters...I can watch them for hours and hours, even if they're just sleeping. 

And done...

Link up if you want me to read yours! And go read Liz's as well! 

Hard Work

I let myself go a few years ago...
wow. Feels good to actually come clean and say that. My freshmen year of college I stopped working out and starting eating/drinking crap. I had always grown up eating very healthy (My mom has Juvenille Diabetes so she didn't keep sweets or cokes in the house). I didn't think I was eating particullarly healthy, it was just what I knew. And since the 7th grade I had played all kinds of sports.

Well with all that freedom I gained weight...alot of weight. I had some bad influences in my life and wasn't caring about myself.

Last August I started attending spin classes and fell in love. And even more recently (in May) I started doing Muscle Pump classes and I'm now hooked. Ive dropped 2 sizes and I'm working on more.

I don't ever want to go back to that weight.
I'm not at my goal yet and I still make mistakes and skip workouts but I'm much happier with the way I look and feel.
(And that feeling is magnified when someone tells me how great I look).

I'm going to my consultation for CrossFit next week and hopefully I won't be too scared to join.
But isn't that what this whole journey is about?
Putting myself in "scary" situations...if it was all about being comfortable then I wouldn't have changed.

(Left-2008; Right-2011)

(Sorry about the scary camera phone eyes)

Total Slacker

I'm a horrible blogger.

There, I said it.

I could give you a ton of excuses but I'm just going to jump right back into it. I might post once or twice a week because things are very hectic right now. But I promise I will post!

Now to what's been keeping me so busy:

The day finally came...my best friend is now a Mrs.  She was absolutely beautiful and calm and it was a weekend full of love and joy.

I am so happy for the two of you. :)
And thank you for letting me wear such a pretty dress and that amazing flower in my hair!

New Adventure...

Since I've been having a rough couple of days, my mom and dad decided to let me have our puppy, Wendy, with me at school.

She is the best cuddler.

M.I.A

Things have been crazy around here...

Sometimes things happen that we can't control and I'm just trying to get a grasp on that and not breakdown entirely.

But since I can't control certain things I've decided to focus on the things I can control such as:

My Fitness-
Spin: Tues, Thurs, and Sat
Muscle Pump: Wed and Fri (occasionally Mon when I'm not going on a 30 min walk with the puppy)

School-
My last semester started on Monday and I'm going to kick it's butt!

Best Friends

My best friend, Andie, is getting married in less than a month (I can't believe it). So I will be going down to the coast for her Bachelorette Weekend.

Andie is one of a kind; we met our freshmen year of college, lived together that summer and have been best friends ever since. I love her fiance and wish them the best of luck in their life together.

 {2007}

 {2009}

 {2010}

 {2011}

{2011}

Wordless Wednesday

Lazy Days

I have been a complete slob the last few days.
IF I showered I didn't do anything except put my pj's back on.

oops. Oh well!

I've become obsessed with Mad Men and in less than a week I've watched all of season 1 and half of season 2.
I don't know if I like the show or if  I just like the clothes.

{Like I said...amazing!}

Vacation Time

Since I take summer classes starting as soon as classes end in May I'm just now starting my summer vacation! I'll be spending most of it drinking tons of iced (and hot) coffee, reading, watching my new favorite obession Mad Men and hanging out with my wonderful boyfriend.

Fall, I want the cooler weather and the football but I don't want the tests and papers that come with classes starting in a few weeks.

Summer Sunrise

This morning I was happily snoozing away when my text messaging ringer went off about 14 times. I angrily looked at my phone to see about 10 texts from Alecc telling me to get up, go outside, and take some pictures of the clouds/sunrise. We haven't had any rain in my West Texas town since last September and finally we got a little bit of rain late last night/early this morning. I'm so glad that I got Alecc's texts in time to see this:

{And the puppies }

So Crafty

I have gotten on a bit of a craft kick the last few days...and that kick has already come and gone (oops). But here are some things that I've made :

{My apologies for the awful Iphone self potraits...}

{If anyone wants tutorials please let me know!}

Beautiful

{Found this picture on Pinterest and I couldn't help but post it.}

These are beautiful and I hope this picture brightens your day, if even just a little bit.

Mother-Daughter Love

I love my mom.

It's that simple.

Fall Cravings

It's the 9th day of August and the 59th day of 100 plus degree temperature in my little Texas town. To say that I'm melting and dreaming of cooler weather is an understatement. I know it won't start to cool off til probably late October but right now I'm dreaming of amazing fall fashion and pumpkin and spice flavored foods.

{PS: All pictures are from Pinterest}

Creativity

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not creative...or very coordinated. But after becoming infixed into the blogging world I decided that I needed to take on a few projects.

Project 1:

{Poppy Headband}

{This is also my first attempt at shooting how-to pics...I promise I'll get better}

{And this is an attempt of me trying to get a picture of my creation, I was super excited and couldn't find my tripod so this is what you get.}

Obsessions

{I love my new camera. LOVE.}