OOOPS!

I almost forgot this blog existed with how busy we have both been.

Colton got a new job. & goes to school now.
I stopped teaching.
We are enjoying the summer together.
Our home is coming together beautifully.
I am becoming a pro cook.
We realllly enjoy our hot tub and neighbors.
We leave on a 10 day vacation; spending 3 nights in New Orleans, and then 7 nights on a Carnival Cruise that visits - The Bahamas and Key West, Florida. CANT WAIT.
More in love than ever before - <3

weight loss.

I'm not going to cry to everyone and tell them how fat I am. Because...I'm definitely not fat, and I know that. However, I've had body issues my whole life. I remember thinking I was fat at age eight (when really I was stick thin). I will often tell myself how fat I am and then realize I'm acting irrationally. I think it has to do with being a dancer. I fear for my daughters one day because damn it sucks. Maybe every girl feels this way? I hope that I'm not the only insecure woman out there like this. Well living with someone ultimately they know everything about you. So as Colton watched me rip through our closet because I feel "fat" in pretty much everything I wear he told me - you'll only feel good about yourself if you work out harder and eat better. And he was right. I can't sit here and complain while I'm eating like crap and working out but I wasn't doing cardio hardly enough. Well kids, I think this journey is going to be even easier than I thought. My starting weight was 123. I want to feel like one hot mama standing next to Colton's killer body while we are in the Bahamas so I am doing it! I have been eating freakishly healthy and working out even harder the past week. I have already dropped 6 lbs Which is crazy. I've never ever been this thin. Just in one week? I now weigh 117 and my goal weight is 113. I am short, like really short so don't forget that 113 is a reasonable weight. Once I get there I'm piercing my belly button! If my body can change this much in one week I can't even imagine how killer it is going to be by the end of June!!! :)

On the left is me at 123, and on the right is me at 117. I will keep posting each weeks progress! :)

Six days

Until I get a day off.

I get to get all dolled up.

Wear a new dress.

With heels of course.

And spoil my man on his birthday.

Can't even wait!

Addictions.

I have a few. I was thinking about it and it's possible I could be featured on TLC's "My Strange Addiction"

-sweet potatoes and brown rice. Mann my go to!

-hot sauce. Anything and everything I can put it on. I will.

-working. Some people think i am on crack for having three jobs. I might be considering I'm scheduled for the next eighteen days straight!! Yiiikes. I love money though. Too much.

-painting my nails. I have to change them out at least every three days.

-keeping out house clean. Yes I might have been known to have a messy bedroom for 21 year but my home is always 100% perfectly put together or I will have an anxiety attack.

Everything Always Falls Into Place...

I am the truest believer in "The Secret" I've read it over a dozen times and it has definitely been sort of like a religion to me (not honestly - because that would be weird). What I'm trying to say is if there is something I believe in, it's that you get what you give. If you put out positive vibes you will receive a positive outcome and if you put out negativity you will in return get negativity.

Thinking with positive intentions has given me a lot in life; it's helped me; score jobs, get over heartbreak like it was nothin', get solo pieces in dance concerts, complete school with great grades, make extra money, and receive lots of extra blessings along the way.

Colton and I always tell each other to be positive and it's paid off. He has been stuck on what he wants to do with his career in life. (I am currently stuck now also, considering I'm not looking towards teaching another year). And he has just been blessed with an amazing opportunity. My dad is an electrician at Rio Tinto (Kennecott, and some other companies I don't know the names of) and has offered to hire Colton on as an apprentice where he will work full time and make good money, receiving $1 raises every six months. He will also go to school for four years to be certified on Tuesday and Thursday nights which would be paid for. When he finishes the program he will start to make excellent money. This is a huge deal. They never hire anyone on who has absolutely no history with the electrical field (okay, maybe not never, but it is certainly super rare). Colton hasn't decided on anything yet - it's a huge life long decision. But it's something awesome to think about it and I'm just excited he has the opportunity to begin with.

Colton and I have been staying positive about him finding a steady job that could allow me to go back to school and work part time, and eventually one day allow me to stay home while he works (far in the future). This could be it!!!

love you, Colty.

Good News Minute

Well I promised I would be positive. (to those 3 whole readers out there...)

-This week is teacher appreciation week. Holla! It's nice. Really.
-Tomorrow is Valentines day and I'm in LOOOVE
-Colton and I scored big on our taxes and are getting those SOON
-Move in day = almost 18 days away.
-I get to hang out with Colton all day on Saturday before he goes to Wendover.
-I bought 3 cute travel coffee mugs for us today (sorry Colty, they were only $3 each)
-My dance I'm choreographing competes in 9 weeks and we WILL be ready.
-I am going to the gym in 8 hours because I don't want to have to spend Valentines evening at the gym.
-I have a buy one get one free shoes card from Forever Young that I can't wait to use!
-Colty and I found OUR couch now we just have to decide on what color; red, beige, or chocolate.
-I am working at the spa for extra money, and I picked up a shift this Sunday for the hells of it. I love Sunday's there.


GOOD NIGHT! I better get some sleep if I want to wake up early tomorrow! Love ya'll!