i'm famous!

so brandon and i are famous.  it's true.  our picture is in the Anna Maria Island Sun publication in the wedding pages!  check check check check it out!  see if you can find us.  it's a fun game.  like where's waldo.

(clue: page 1, bottom left picture...)

beautiful dress!

i know, i know. i've already had the wedding of my dreams. however, how adorable is this dress???


i think i've found my dress for my vow renewal ceremony... which isn't even planned yet... or even in the cards for the next 5 or 10 years. but seriously. love. this. dress!

{image courtesy of jessica claire}

2010 Goals Update

so far 2010 is going swimmingly! well, mostly. things are crazy busy at work, home life is fabulous; however, i have been fighting a wicked case of homesickness. boo on that! although, living a ridiculous number of miles away from your friends and family can make one feel sad from time to time. so i guess the feeling is normal?

on a lighter note, i am cruising though my goals! yay for me!

we tried a new dinner recipe this weekend: chicken stuffed with goat cheese (with herbs). it was pretty good. i've discovered i'm not a huge goat cheese fan, but it did taste yummy with the chicken! probably not a recipe i'll be jumping up and down to make again, but it was a new recipe!

i've been eating more fruits and veggies by eating a banana or apple in the morning and broccoli with hummus in the afternoon. woot.

took 2 dance classes this week: jazz and hip hop. loved the hip hop, but i'm feeling meh about the jazz dance class. the choreography wasn't really my style; it felt more like modern dance with jazz hands (jazz hands jazz hands jazz hands!) instead of jazz dance. so i'm thinking about jumping into ballet this week. it's always good to get back to the basics of dance.

i started the office clean-up! holy cleaning batman! but, i can now see the floor and my desk, so i call that progress! just need to find a few organizers, touch up the paint (possibly change the paint color...), add an area rug, and figure out how to decorate the blank wall. any ideas?? my sewing machine is the only thing on that wall.

i haven't yet started a budget, but i have started being extremely cautious of how we're spending money. i think that's a good start.

so there's the update! so far so good! let's hope i can continue this progress into next month.

new years goals 2010

i'm not one for making new years resolutions. i never stick to them and usually forget what the resolution was my mid-january! so instead of making a resolution, i'm going to make a list of goals and monitor my progress throughout the year. i'm hoping that by posting my goals, i'll be able to hold myself more accountable and actually remember the goals i made. so here we go!

for 2010, i will take better care of myself: mind, body, and soul.

Make a real budget and stick to it.
Read the Bible in it's entirety.
Make at least one new recipe per month.
Try snowboarding.
Be more patient by remembering that people are doing the best they can with what they have.
Eat more fruits and veggies.
Take dance classes twice a week.
Audition for the dance scholarship in August.
Finish my office/creative space.
Stop complaining about things beyond my control. Instead of complaining about things within my control; change them/make those things better.

i think that's it for now! it's a pretty solid list, i think. i'll be updating as i complete goals :) maybe make some new ones mid-year of i'm making good progress!

Happy New Year everyone!! Make the most of each day, you never know when your time is up :)