1st day of the rest of my life!

Hi Dolls!

Ok so today was my first day of school!

It went pretty good!

I have biology in the morning and English in the afternoon.

Biology for the most part will be ok.....I wont say easy because it wont be. It will be a lot of memorization.

But english on the other hand......Jeesh! I forgot how much I disliked english!

I am starting out with the Non-Fiction section, and reading and then answering questions, where you have to dig deep to find the meaning of why the author chose to write in such a way....or what you think the author was feeling when he wrote something......may sound easy but I dunno it is going to be hard for me to wrap my head around some of this stuff!!!

Anyway I am beat!

But one good thing is......When I got home from work and school today I had SO much energy!!

Usually when I would get home from work I would be tired and just plain lazy.

My mind got some much needed "exercise"today!!!

Good Night Ya'll!!

XOXO,

Me



Working on my list

Hi Dolls!

So Tomorrow I head back to school!

And I am terrified......but also excited!!

I am going back to school to upgrade my Grade 12 Biology, English and Math.

So I have my binder filled with fresh loose leaf paper, a new pack of pens, and even a new lunch bag.

One good thing about going back to school is I wont be home all day and be able to go to the fridge or cupboards, just out of boredom.

So for this I am happy!!

Anyway wish me luck!!

I will fill you all in how my first day went tommorrow evening!!



My list of Goals

Hi Dolls!

A Blog that I follow, Skinny Jeans Dream, suggested making a list of goals you want to accomplish. And as you accomplish them cross them off and continue to add new goals!

So Here I go....

My Goals

*Lose 5% (of my body weight)

*Lose 10%

*Lose 25 lbs

*Lose 50 Lbs

*Lose 75lbs

*Lose 100lbs

*Hear the words "Wow, You lost weight!!" from more then 5 people.

*Weigh in under 199 (ONEderland)

*Reach my goal weight

*Share my sisters clothes!

*Blog about my weight loss to motivate and inspire people the way Krystle @skinny jeans dreams  inspired and motivates me

*wear shorts

*Wear (and look good in )Jeans

*wear a bikini

*fit into and wear knee high boots

* walk 5 km

*Walk 10 km

*Learn to Run

*Run a mile

*Run 5 k

*Run 10 k

*Become a Zumba Instructor

*shop(and fit into sizes) at Garage

*Upgrade my Grade 12 English, Biology, and Math

*Get accepted to Holland College, Practical Nursing Program

*Graduate with high marks

*Become an LPN and get hired.

I listed these in no particular order (for the most part)

I will come back and cross them off as I accomplish them! 

I am already working on getting my first ones crossed off!!

XOXO,

Me



Love is in the Air {M & T} Engagment Session

Hi Dolls!

On Sunday, I had the oppurtunity to photograph this young couple for their engagement photos!

They are so Clearly in Love!!

They have 5 month old twin boys, and are getting married in September.

I am also photographing their wedding!!!

We got a ton of great shots, but here are a few of my favorites!

Hi Dolls!!

Remember I said a few posts back we were getting a new puppy?

Well we got him!!!

He is just the sweetest little thing I ever did see!!

I am so comletely in love with him.....

and so is everyone else!



Such a Sweetie!

Snuggling with momma

takin a snooze

I love how cuddley and snuggly he is!!

Baby and our new "baby"!!

All tuckered out from playing in the snow!

Princess & Fynn

Even Auntie loves him!

Fynn passed out in big daddy's arms!

We are really enjoying having this little guy as part of our family!

Family games night!

Hi Dolls!

Last week my husbands family ( his mom, sister, brother-in-law and neice) came over from Newfoundland for a visit.

My MIL has been here 2 times since we moved into this house, but the rest of them haven't so it was nice to show them our house, and out town.

We did lots of shopping, and lots (too much) eating out at restaurants.

I am also happy to say that I gained 2 pounds while they were here, but lost those 2 lbs in only 2 days.

So it was worth it to be able to spend time with them and not worry (too much) about what I was eating.

That being said.....I DID NOT eat one potato chip!! I haven't eaten any since I gave them up well over a month ago!!!

And Let me tell you I have definitly been tempted!!

Hubba Hubby still buys chips and has them in the house, but I noticed he is snacking on healthy things at night now!

While our company was here we had a family games night!

We played Guesstures!

This game is like Charades on 'Speed'. The active player gets four cards. Each card has two words on it, one easy, one difficult. The harder the word, the more points it's worth.

The player picks one word from each card and loads them into the timer device. S/he then has about a minute to communicate the words to teammates; when a word is guessed correctly, the card must be snatched out of the timer.

The timer, meanwhile, will "eat" the cards, one at a time, if they aren't snatched. You get points for each card successfully rescued from the timer.

It was so fun!!

2 of my (4) sisters and their boyfriends came and played with us too!!!

Here are some pics......

 

If you have never played Guesstures, I suggest you go buy it and have a games night!!

It is so much fun!!

Newest Edition!

Hi Dolls!!

When I got home from work yesterday Hubba Hubby said he had something to tell me...

Like seriously as soon as I walked in the front door, he is waiting there for me and this is what he says to me.....

Kinda had me worried that it was bad news....

So he goes on to tell me that when he was picking the girls up from school one of the other parents was there with a new puppy, that their female dog had had about a month ago, and that he just fell in love with this puppy and it needed a home!

So guess what!!!??

We are getting a new puppy!!!

This is him!!

We have decided to call him Fynn.

We can't bring him home for another week or 2 but I am so excited!!

We went to visit him yesterday after hubby filled me in (and i  got over my freak out thinking it was bad news)

His dad is a shitz zu, and his mom is a little bit bigger then a shitz zu and is a mixed breed.

So I don't think he will be all that big.......

But I can't help thinking how much he resembles a Saint Bernard.....Like the dog in the movie Beethoven !



Livinng room before and after

Hi Dolls!!

Today I am going to show you my living room before and afters.

I am trying to get all the rooms of my house on here, so as I (continuosly) change them I can post again to see the changes.

I don't know about you, but I love when people post pics of the rooms in there houses, and how they decorate.

I have gotten (all) alot of my ideas from the many fabulous blogs, and from sites such as HGTV's Rate my space, and most recently and my new favorite Pinterest!

It challenges my inner decorater! Ha!

Ok this is the before......

This is the color the living room was when we moved in.....

I made due and stuck a whole lot of stuff in the living room.......

Way to much stuff!!!

There was just way to much going on in this room......

Sorry for the poor quality and lack of focus on the next picture.....it is the only one I have of that angle of the room

And this is the after!

I got rid of alot of the stuff that was making the room looked cramped and dated....

I switched the glass coffee tables (which were terrible to keep clean) out for these ones ....

They are actually 25 years old......lol

My mom bought them new 25 years ago, they are the coffee tables we had in our living room growing up!!

 She gave them to me, I painted the tops black and distressed the edges and Hoila! (is that how you spell that?? ha!!)

I also swapped the dark and dingy brown curtains for cream colored ones!

And I also painted the ugly red brick around the fireplace black!!

It looks much better now!

Hi Dolls!

I am so sick of this friggin long winter!!!!

It feels like this is the longest winter ever!!!

I am so glad it is March 1st! That means only 1 month left to winter!!!

I can't wait for April and the beginning of Spring!!

For those of you reading this .....I live in Eastern Canada.....SO we are still up to our eye balls in snow

And freeze your but off temperatures

:(

Anyway now that I got that rant outta the way....ha!

I have so many spring projects planned!

And I am very excited about every one of them!!!

I told you about my plans for my kitchen, well now I am going to share my plans for my entry way.

This is what it looks like now.....

Very boring.....in every way... and too similar in color to the dining room

This is the view looking in from the front door.... See how similar the color of the dining room walls is to the hallway......there is nothing wrong with them being close in color.....I just like a little bit more color

Forgot to move my purse off the chair for that pic :)

This is where the kids are hanging there coats right now.....

But it is directly behind the front door, so it is very crammed.

And this beauty below is what I am gonna do to the wall with the stars on it!!!

I have a really nice 'Country Plum' color picked out for above the white board and batton.

Can't wait to get started!!