It's Been A While

So, I know it's been forever since I last blogged. I'm sorry :( I've been all over the place lately. 2 weeks ago, I went to see Rob in Lanett with Mrs. Pat and Mary Anne. We had lots of fun and made lots of memories. Got to stop along the way to see Mrs. Pat's sister/brother-in-law and then on the way back, I got to meet her brother. It was wonderful, of course, to get to visit Rob for a couple days. He took us on a tour of Auburn and showed us lots of neat places around the town! We ate at a Cheeburger-Cheeburger (I had never been to one, but it was awesome!!) I don't get to see Rob again until we go to the beach :(, but as they say: Absence makes the heart grow Fonder!

After we got back to Hendersonville from being in Lanett, I spent the night with the Phillips, and then got up the next morning and made my trek to Louisville for the week. Got to spend the week with my wonderful brother, sister-in-law, and absolutely precious nephew! What a treat! :) We made tons of memories! We had a full week: got to visit the splash park at the Louisville Zoo, did Jillian's 30-day shred videos with Liz, went swimming in Mr. Jay's pool, hung out with some of their friends, taught Davis how to blow bubbles, and SO much more! I could go on and on about how incredibly cute he is and how he is the sweetest most precious child in the whole world, but I'm sure those of you reading this already know that! haha. Davis Walker is truly a joy to so many people's lives! I am very grateful to be his Lala!

Left Louisville Friday morning and got to stop in Nashville to eat lunch with Shaunda and Kayleign. It was good to be able to visit with them for a bit-I sure do miss them being around! I then made my way to Hendersonville to pick up Morgan to go to Wes and Marcy's wedding Friday night. We got ready and made our way to the chapel. What a beautiful wedding, bride, bridesmaids, etc! Marcy looked absolutely breathtaking! So happy for their new life together :) It was good to be able to visit with some friends from school that I hadn't seen in a while. Also found out that the one and only Lindsey Jenkins McPherson is an avid reader of my blog. I was super pumped to hear about that! Hope she is proud of her shout out! haha. Got to spend the night with Ginny and her parents in the hotel Friday night and then spent the day with Ginny in Cool Springs.

Went to see Grown-Ups last night...wasn't impressed at all :/

Back to the Y this morning for 45 minutes of strengh training then 30 on the eliptical! Gotta get back on my routine!

P.S. Still waiting to hear what grade I will be teaching! Lots to do and so little time already to do it all in.

Down 6!!

YAY!! I went to the gym again this morning, not even thinking that today was my weigh-in day! I weighed before I showered and I am down 6 pounds! Today marks my first week, so if I can keep it up then that will be good! Woo Hoo!

So since I joined the Y on Wednesday, I worked out Wed/Thurs. I was obviously extremely sore after Thursday, but a good sore of course. My parents were going out of town this weekend, so I was told that if I had their yard sale for them then I could keep the money! I was all on board for this idea :) So, Molly and I spent Thursday afternoon/Friday night pricing everything and setting it out under the carport. Going to bed at 4:30 Friday night/Saturday morning and then waking up at 6:30 for the yard sale was tough-believe me! We worked all morning in the BLAZING sun. I decided I pretty much got a work-out in Saturday too because of how much I sweat. As the day went on, we were all about making a customer a "deal"-just to get rid of it! Sold one lady something for $.30. haha! Molly and I had packed up everything that didn't sale, gotten it into the house, and were pulling out of the driveway at 1:30. I thought that was quite the accomplishment! Meant to take pics of the before and after, but I forgot my camera. Can't forget this important detail: $627 dollars later, I consider my sale successful! :)

This week, we have 6 girls staying at our house for work camp at church! This morning was fine with them waking up on time and being ready, but we'll see how that progresses the rest of the week! haha!

I am more than ready to get back into the gym this morning! Go at 9:30 for strength training! Woo Hoo!

Y-M-C-A

So, yesterday morning I joined the Y! I'm so excited! I even went to my first class their yesterday-Strength Training! It was tough, but still worth it. I'm very excited about the results that this Weight Watchers + the gym is going to equal. I'm expecting big results! It's just amazing to me how good you can feel after exercising. I never experienced that before Ashton made me go with her Memorial Day morning. I am thankful though, that I am discovering this now in my life, instead of 20 years down the road. I never knew I could enjoy (even the slightest bit) exercising! Glad to have learned differently :)

New Happenings...

So, since my first post, I have gotten a job! It was actually the day after my first post that I got "the call". I will be working with the Dyer County School System. Haven't been told what school/grade yet, but will hopefully by the end of this week. I'm SO excited! I knew something was going to work out, just had to continue to be patient. I cannot wait to start getting my classroom all put together! This is kind of a dream come true :)

Also, Sunday night I went to a surprise birthday party for my friend Ashton. I spent the night with her afterwards, and she informed me that she had started going to the gym in the mornings, and that I was to go with her! I was not real excited about this. Actually, pretty nervous. I had never been to classes at a gym. I didn't bring tennis shoes to her house either. Ashton had a plan for me though! She made me go buy a nice, lovely pair of "Starter" men's tennis shoes. Believe me-they were stylish! Needless to say, we left her house a little before 8:00 the next morning! An hour and a half later, I have to say I felt incredible! We did a cardio/strength class and an abs class. Looking back, I'm very thankful she made me go with her. I'm going to look into classes here in Dburg to continue with! The morning at the gym was a great start to my plan for myself for the rest of the summer. New Job = New Beginnings!

This morning when I woke up = SORE....SORE....SORE! I barely made it down the stairs-haha. Mom text me and told me to call her, so I did. Only to learn that this morning as she was leaving for school and looking at the flowers we planted yesterday, she backed into my CAR!! She felt so bad for it. I let her know it was okay, but afterall it is kind of funny!