The Weekend Low-Down

Well, the wedding was a success!! It didn't rain which was a minor miracle after all the rain we have been having, as well as the awful storms! But the weather was perfect...well, pretty much perfect except for the heat. It was pretty hot while we were taking pictures, but had cooled down for the ceremony, so that was good! I ended up going with the low, loose bun to the side. I started with the ponytail, but decided that the humidity would make the curls fall out in no time, so my friend Shanna pinned up the pieces into a bun. It looked great!!

Unfortunately, I have no pictures- I'm not a very good blogger since I usually rely on other people's pictures instead of taking my own. I just hate to bombard someone with 3 or 4 cameras to take a picture when I can get them from my friends. So, when all of my friends return from the beach (yes, they're all on separate beach trips- I'm definitely jealous), I will have pictures to post.

So, Friday night was the start to a wonderful weekend. On Saturday WEG and I slept late and then he watersealed the fence while I did the Shred and laid out for a bit in the yard. That didn't last long, though, because I need some sort of body of water to cool off in. After that we had a late lunch and lounged around watching the College World Series until we decided to go to an early movie. We went to see The Hangover- HILARIOUS- and feasted on popcorn and candy. By the time the movie ended we weren't hungry enough to go to dinner anywhere, so we went to WalMart and got some fishing stuff for WEG and then went home and grilled hamburgers and had baked potatoes, watched more of the CWS and went to bed.

On Sunday, WEG went fishing at 4:00 a.m.- yes, you read that right- dedicated he is! I got up later and went to early church at 9:00 then grocery shopped and cleaned the house. When WEG was done fishing, I met him out at his grandmother's on the lake to lay out while he did some household things for her. Then we came home, watched more of the CWS, and ate pancakes and bacon for dinner- yum!

It was one of the best weekends I've had in a long time because not only did one of my best friends get married, but I also got to spend a lot of relaxing time with WEG, which is a rarity on the weekends.

I hope everyone had as great a weekend as I did- now it's back to work for another week.

Wedding Weekend

Starting today at 3:00 I am off work until Monday for my friend Julie's wedding! Tonight is the rehearsal at her mother's house and then we're going to the Sheraton Rooftop Bar downtown. It's very new and I'm excited to go there and see what it's all about!

Tomorrow I have a pedicure at 9:00 then hanging out/brunching with Holly & Carolyn who are also bridesmaids before we head to the salon at 2:00 for lunch and to supposedly get our hair done. However, I am opting to do my own because in this humidity, some version of a ponytail is my only hope, and the salon was going to charge around $45 for that. I just can't justify paying $45 for them to put my hair in a ponytail.

So, if anybody has any tips or pictures of really cute ponytails, let me know! I was going to do a low one to the side, but the girls I work with at JTT vetoed that and said I would look too 80ish. What do y'all think?

Then, the wedding is at 7:30 tomorrow night followed by a reception which is all at Julie's mom's house. Should be fun, and I am excited for the future Mr. and Mrs. Price- Congratulations, Julie and Nick!!

After Friday night, I have no plans for the weekend, but I hope the sun is shining and I can get some needed sun to help out my tan (or lack thereof).

Have a great weekend everyone, and if you have any hair suggestions, send them my way!

I'm calling in sore!

My first day with The Shred went well. I managed to make it through the workout without stopping- always a plus! By the end I was sweating like a pig....and I never sweat! No really, I don't sweat when I workout usually, but man did I ever yesterday!

I thought 20 minutes would be a breeze, but Jillian works you hard! I can definitely feel the burn today. My arms are so sore in my tricep area- I had to ask WEG what the muscle was because it is killing me today- he told me that was the tricep and working it would keep down the flab. And yes, I have some flab in the arm area.

My arms hurt so bad that I have only noticed soreness in my legs when going up and down stairs and that's saying something!

This morning when I woke up I told WEG that I hurt and his response was "Well, I guess you'll have to call in sore!" Yeah, if only life worked like that....Sorry I'm not coming to work, I'm sore from working out!

I can definitely see where this video will help tone me up and maybe as an added bonus, lose a few pounds. Mainly I'm interested in the toning up! Thunder thighs, be gone! Therefore, I must stick to this, so I'm holding myself accountable by writing it on a calendar at home. I feel like that will help me stick with it- and really I can't say I don't have time to fit in a 20 minute workout. So, I'll update y'all on my progress periodically and hopefully have some good results in a few weeks!

Come on ride that train

The Shred train, that is. Yes, ladies, I am jumping on the bandwagon and starting The 30 Day Shred today. I'm not promising I'll be able to do this 30 straight days, but I'm certainly going to try to do it at least 5 times a week.

Could someone hold me to that?? I need to be accountable! I have been feeling blah lately about my body and need to do something to remedy that. I can't stand going to a gym, nor do I want to pay for one. I have always one who, if working out, likes to get it over quickly. So, 20 minutes a day is perfect for me. I may be regretting those words after Jillian kicks my ass, but I just want to see results! I would like to lose a few pounds and tone up- thunder thighs are my nemesis, and even though I know that I can't change my genetics, I can at least get rid of the jiggle.

So here goes! Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated- I'll let y'all know how it works out for me!

This 'n' That

As promised, here are some pictures from the Bachelorette weekend for your enjoyment! The night we went out, Julie requested that everyone wear some form of blue because that is one of the colors she is using. It turned out really well and was different than the usual everyone wear black except for the bride. So, without further ado.

**Yes, that's Carolyn with me in the above picture- she ended up getting to come along for the weekend which was wonderful!!

Friday evening is the wedding, so I've got a short week at work! Please everyone say a little prayer that it doesn't rain because the wedding is outdoors. The weather around here has been so unpredictable lately!! I have several things to do in preparation including pressing my dress, purchasing a necklace, getting WEG's suit dry cleaned, pedicure appointment, etc, but I know it will all come together!

Today I am tired after a long weekend of work. We had our annual Alumni Reunion down at the coast this weekend, which meant waking up at 6:00 on Saturday and Sunday. And to top it off, at 3:00 I have to leave work for a visit with my favorite women's doctor. Okay, the doctor is wonderful, but the appointment- not so fun. The worst part for me is getting my finger pricked. I'm such a big baby, so if you read this before then, send good thoughts my way at 3:30 which is about when I'll be facing the needle.

And in other news, the ice cream turned out okay. It wasn't completely firm enough, even after 60 minutes of churning. I think it is because I used 1% milk instead of whole milk so it wasn't quite thick enough. It tasted good, though, just was more like ice milk! Ah well, you live you learn :-)

Finally, a great big congratulations to Erin over at Blue Eyed Bride. She and Todd welcomed John Matthew Hudson Carroll into the world at 4:39 a.m. EST on Friday, June 5th after she was induced on Thursday morning- quite a long day for Erin & Todd, I'm sure, but the picture Erin posted on her Twitter is just adorable so I'm sure he was worth the wait. Baby Hudson made his entrance into the world at 9 lb. 5 oz. and 21 inches long. If you get a chance, pop on over to Erin's blog and congratulate her!

Hopefully I will be a better blogger this week, but with wedding stuff, I don't know- your guess is as good as mine!

Summertime's Callin' Me

I remember when I was younger, one of the best treats at a family get-together during the summer was homemade ice cream from the churn. Vanilla has always been my favorite. Well, WEG brought it up the other day and he has some of the same memories of his childhood, even going back to when they had a hand-churn, not electric. So, we have been talking about this for several days, making us more and more hungry for some good ol' homemade ice cream.

So last night, we went to Walmart and bought this little beauty (in black):


It's a Hamilton Beach ice cream maker. It doesn't require rock salt, though, so we will see how it works! Tonight we're making our own homemade ice cream and I can't wait! Summer can officially start!

Do any of you have memories of homemade ice cream from the churn?

Monday Funday

If you're reading in Google Reader, you may have noticed I already deleted my post from earlier this morning. I just needed to vent, but figured I better go ahead and delete! So thanks to those who commented and shared in my ranting. I'm glad that I'm not crazy and that many of you share my feelings on the situation!

In other news, this is going to be a crazy week at work. We have our big alumni weekend that is out of town starting Friday so we'll be doing major preparations for that, so my posts may be few and far between if I am not up to posting when I get home from work. I'll still be trying to read yours and keep up, but if I happen to not comment as often as I'd like, know that's why!

I'll post pictures from our bachelorette weekend as soon as I get some! I didn't take many because I figured there were multiple other girls getting pictures and we could just share. I hate to make people take 15 of the same picture when I can just borrow from others :-) So, stay tuned for that- we've got some really cute ones!!

Have a good week blogging friends :-)