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Monday, January 30, 2012
Project 365 - January: Week 4
And finally, week four.
January 23
I meant to take a photo of Lauren and I eating lunch at Phonomenal, but I forgot! I guess forgetting one day out of an entire month isn't that bad.
January 24
I dog-sat for Lauren, she brought her schnauzer Murphy over for a play date with Dash. But he got sick all over the house and she had to come get him at lunch!
January 25
Dash taking a nap. I sent this "Where's Waldo" picture to Ryan at work, heehee.
January 26
Me with my winnings at the Dave and Busters VIP sneak peek party.
January 27
I had purchased a massage for Ryan for Christmas. We decided to go get a couple's massage on Friday. For the amazing price of $57 each, we had an hour and a half massage. I think that in heaven, people probably get massages every day, all day long.
January 28
I hit the road to Tulsa to visit one of my favorite people in the world, Rhiannon. That night, we got crazy at Main Street Tavern with some chocolate cake shots.
January 29
Rhiannon finished my invitations for Jana's baby shower and they are the most darling invitations I have ever seen.
January 23
I meant to take a photo of Lauren and I eating lunch at Phonomenal, but I forgot! I guess forgetting one day out of an entire month isn't that bad.
January 24
I dog-sat for Lauren, she brought her schnauzer Murphy over for a play date with Dash. But he got sick all over the house and she had to come get him at lunch!
January 25
Dash taking a nap. I sent this "Where's Waldo" picture to Ryan at work, heehee.
January 26
Me with my winnings at the Dave and Busters VIP sneak peek party.
January 27
I had purchased a massage for Ryan for Christmas. We decided to go get a couple's massage on Friday. For the amazing price of $57 each, we had an hour and a half massage. I think that in heaven, people probably get massages every day, all day long.
January 28
I hit the road to Tulsa to visit one of my favorite people in the world, Rhiannon. That night, we got crazy at Main Street Tavern with some chocolate cake shots.
January 29
Rhiannon finished my invitations for Jana's baby shower and they are the most darling invitations I have ever seen.
Project 365 - January: Week 3
Still want more? Here is week three.
January 16
Ashlie at my house before boot camp.
January 17
Mal and I saw War Horse at AMC. It was good! Really sad.
January 18
Danielle and Meg at our January PRSA meeting. We heard a lady talk about how they market the city of OKC. I just go for the food and the people :)
January 19
Attempting to stick with my healthy-eating plan....this is a delicious salad that I didn't mind making/eating.
January 20
Date night was Abuelo's and then to Best Buy to get my new iPhone! Yay!
January 21
Katy Jo and I with our puppies at the AEP volunteer event at OKC animal shelter. I hate this picture, we rushed over there after boot camp and look like crap. But I'm trying to not recycle pictures from past blog entries.
January 22
I ran a lot of errands on Sunday. Bought Valentine's Day cards for the fam at Target.
January 16
Ashlie at my house before boot camp.
January 17
Mal and I saw War Horse at AMC. It was good! Really sad.
January 18
Danielle and Meg at our January PRSA meeting. We heard a lady talk about how they market the city of OKC. I just go for the food and the people :)
January 19
Attempting to stick with my healthy-eating plan....this is a delicious salad that I didn't mind making/eating.
January 20
Date night was Abuelo's and then to Best Buy to get my new iPhone! Yay!
January 21
Katy Jo and I with our puppies at the AEP volunteer event at OKC animal shelter. I hate this picture, we rushed over there after boot camp and look like crap. But I'm trying to not recycle pictures from past blog entries.
January 22
I ran a lot of errands on Sunday. Bought Valentine's Day cards for the fam at Target.
Project 365 - January: Week 2
And we continue...
January 9
A giant pickle from a jar of movie pickles we bought at Sams. I was trying to retain water for that night's weigh in at boot camp.
January 10
AEP January meeting at Bolero. We had drinks, schmoozed with people and heard a guy talk about his charity, the Wishing Well.
January 11
It snowed for the first time all season the night before. This is Dash on his morning outing in the backyard.
January 12
Four years ago, the mayor put the city on a diet. It was one of my first PR campaigns. Today, we finally hit the million pound mark! We held a press conference at the OKC zoo, and Mayor Cornett was interviewed by the Rachel Ray show. It was very exciting!
January 13
Jenny arrived for a weekend visit! Here she is explaining my Christmas present to me (the scrapbook kit).
January 14
Jenny and I shopped all day Saturday....one of our stops was Pinkitzel, where I had to take a picture of all of their bacon-flavored randomness. I texted it to Patrick and he said he has the bacon toothpicks!
January 15
After I dropped Jenny at the airport, I joined Ashlie, Katy Jo and Betty for a Barons hockey game. We had a ton of fun! They were playing a team from Canada. Barons won. :)
January 9
A giant pickle from a jar of movie pickles we bought at Sams. I was trying to retain water for that night's weigh in at boot camp.
January 10
AEP January meeting at Bolero. We had drinks, schmoozed with people and heard a guy talk about his charity, the Wishing Well.
January 11
It snowed for the first time all season the night before. This is Dash on his morning outing in the backyard.
January 12
Four years ago, the mayor put the city on a diet. It was one of my first PR campaigns. Today, we finally hit the million pound mark! We held a press conference at the OKC zoo, and Mayor Cornett was interviewed by the Rachel Ray show. It was very exciting!
January 13
Jenny arrived for a weekend visit! Here she is explaining my Christmas present to me (the scrapbook kit).
January 14
Jenny and I shopped all day Saturday....one of our stops was Pinkitzel, where I had to take a picture of all of their bacon-flavored randomness. I texted it to Patrick and he said he has the bacon toothpicks!
January 15
After I dropped Jenny at the airport, I joined Ashlie, Katy Jo and Betty for a Barons hockey game. We had a ton of fun! They were playing a team from Canada. Barons won. :)
Friday, January 27, 2012
Dave and Busters Come to OKC
Thursday night Ryan and I attended the VIP sneak peek party at Dave and Busters. It was a blast! Thanks to Ashlie, who got me an invitation, we were the first in the city to experience what I refer to as Chuckie Cheese for adults.
There was tons of free food, and we each got two drink tickets and $20 in free play.
Ryan enjoying the buffet.
My comrades.
We played skee ball (sp?), Ryan shot some hoops....then we all discovered the coin machine where you drop a coin in at the top and try to get it to push the other coins off the edge. For every coin you got to drop, you earned 8 tickets....we built up a lot, fast.
In the end, our winnings got us a coffee mug, a few drink glasses, an angry birds stuffed pig, a giant ashtray for Ashlie, and some candy. Not too shabby.
Dash really liked the stuffed pig.
We had so much fun and will definitely be visiting again when it officially opens next week! :)
There was tons of free food, and we each got two drink tickets and $20 in free play.
Ryan enjoying the buffet.
My comrades.
We played skee ball (sp?), Ryan shot some hoops....then we all discovered the coin machine where you drop a coin in at the top and try to get it to push the other coins off the edge. For every coin you got to drop, you earned 8 tickets....we built up a lot, fast.
In the end, our winnings got us a coffee mug, a few drink glasses, an angry birds stuffed pig, a giant ashtray for Ashlie, and some candy. Not too shabby.
Dash really liked the stuffed pig.
We had so much fun and will definitely be visiting again when it officially opens next week! :)
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Project 365 - January: Week 1
Project 365 is something a lot of people attempt to do. Take a picture a day for an entire year. I decided to try it this year, since my iPhone is always with me and that makes it pretty easy.
Ready to see what my day-to-day life looked like in January?
January 1
Happy New Year! We celebrated at Patrick and Mallory's, then came back to the house for the ball drop.
January 2
Deeda at Fox interviewed Ashlie and I about the "New Year Revolution" at boot camp.
January 3
Sunset at Lake Hefner. Ryan and I attempted a secret shop at Hefner Grill and botched it.
January 4
Tried to take a relaxing bath and Dash was not having it. He has to be everywhere I am.
January 5
We got our back door replaced. The old one had warped and was letting in cold air at the top and bottom. We need to paint it back to the purple color that it was.
January 6
Rachel and Matt broke up, so Ashlie and I went to her house to spend some time with her. We all ended up at Louie's with Larry and his friends. Hilarious times ensued.
January 7
Dropped my laptop off at Best Buy. It had been running slow and freezing up for a few months and it was time for a diagnostic check.
January 8
Katy Jo and I at Hideaway Pizza. I mock interviewed her, then we took advantage of our last "free" day before boot camp began the next day.
Ready to see what my day-to-day life looked like in January?
January 1
Happy New Year! We celebrated at Patrick and Mallory's, then came back to the house for the ball drop.
January 2
Deeda at Fox interviewed Ashlie and I about the "New Year Revolution" at boot camp.
January 3
Sunset at Lake Hefner. Ryan and I attempted a secret shop at Hefner Grill and botched it.
January 4
Tried to take a relaxing bath and Dash was not having it. He has to be everywhere I am.
January 5
We got our back door replaced. The old one had warped and was letting in cold air at the top and bottom. We need to paint it back to the purple color that it was.
January 6
Rachel and Matt broke up, so Ashlie and I went to her house to spend some time with her. We all ended up at Louie's with Larry and his friends. Hilarious times ensued.
January 7
Dropped my laptop off at Best Buy. It had been running slow and freezing up for a few months and it was time for a diagnostic check.
January 8
Katy Jo and I at Hideaway Pizza. I mock interviewed her, then we took advantage of our last "free" day before boot camp began the next day.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Weekend Review
Let's recap!
Friday night, I cheated on my diet and Ryan and I went for dinner at Abuelo's. I can't remember the last time I went there. I had queso and beer and fajitas...and then promptly felt guilty as soon as we walked out the door.
Next stop, Best Buy for my long overdue Christmas present.
Tada!
She's beautiful. And seriously fun. I Facetimed my whole family over the weekend, told Siri to set my alarm clock and remind me about appointments, and stayed glued to my faster Facebook and email accounts. I also bought this today to go with it:
Saturday I was up bright and early for bootcamp, then Ashlie and Katy Jo and I went to the OKC Animal Shelter to volunteer with the AEP group. We bathed puppies and dogs, and played with them in the observation rooms. It was heartbreaking.
Katy named this one "Fiona."
A few hours later, Ashlie needed help creating table centerpieces for her company's party that night. We met her over at the Jim Thorpe Museum and made them out of top hats, roses, hydrangeas, feathers and gold swirl sticks. They turned out great!
DJ working his magic...
The final product:
I was exhausted when we were done, so I came home for awhile. Ryan made plans with Josh and Jana that night, so we met them at Republic to watch the Thunder game and catch up. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday was a waste of my life...I spent half the afternoon at Best Buy, so they could try to figure out why my laptop was shutting off every time I tried to sync my new phone. I ran errands at Target and Walmart, then rented Midnight in Paris and cooked dinner at home.
Friday night, I cheated on my diet and Ryan and I went for dinner at Abuelo's. I can't remember the last time I went there. I had queso and beer and fajitas...and then promptly felt guilty as soon as we walked out the door.
Next stop, Best Buy for my long overdue Christmas present.
Tada!
She's beautiful. And seriously fun. I Facetimed my whole family over the weekend, told Siri to set my alarm clock and remind me about appointments, and stayed glued to my faster Facebook and email accounts. I also bought this today to go with it:
Saturday I was up bright and early for bootcamp, then Ashlie and Katy Jo and I went to the OKC Animal Shelter to volunteer with the AEP group. We bathed puppies and dogs, and played with them in the observation rooms. It was heartbreaking.
Katy named this one "Fiona."
A few hours later, Ashlie needed help creating table centerpieces for her company's party that night. We met her over at the Jim Thorpe Museum and made them out of top hats, roses, hydrangeas, feathers and gold swirl sticks. They turned out great!
DJ working his magic...
The final product:
I was exhausted when we were done, so I came home for awhile. Ryan made plans with Josh and Jana that night, so we met them at Republic to watch the Thunder game and catch up. It was a lot of fun.
Sunday was a waste of my life...I spent half the afternoon at Best Buy, so they could try to figure out why my laptop was shutting off every time I tried to sync my new phone. I ran errands at Target and Walmart, then rented Midnight in Paris and cooked dinner at home.
Saving For Paris
I bought this cute container over the weekend so that I could start saving for my big 30th birthday vacation to Paris! I'm going to put away a little bit each month, and save my birthday and Christmas money this year to go towards it.
Cute, non?
Thursday, January 19, 2012
It's Working
The numbers on the scale are starting to go down and I'm so excited.
I've been following the eating plan along with boot camp 3 X a week, and it's only been a week and a half but I've already lost 2-3 lbs. It might be more, but I'm allowing a little wiggle room because I know weight can fluctuate throughout the day. I always weigh myself in the morning though, so those are the numbers I'm comparing. I should probably stop being a freak, and only weigh myself once a week but I can't help it. It gives me motivation to keep going!
I've been following the eating plan along with boot camp 3 X a week, and it's only been a week and a half but I've already lost 2-3 lbs. It might be more, but I'm allowing a little wiggle room because I know weight can fluctuate throughout the day. I always weigh myself in the morning though, so those are the numbers I'm comparing. I should probably stop being a freak, and only weigh myself once a week but I can't help it. It gives me motivation to keep going!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Girls Weekend in OKC
Jenny found a cheap plane ticket from Dallas to OKC, so on Friday I picked her up at the airport after work. It's been awhile since she was here, and I was so excited to see her!!
We started our weekend of fun with dinner at Upper Crust. I realize that's not in line with the boot camp diet plan, but what the hey. We shared a bottle of wine and a "Numbers" pizza, and it was lovely.
We headed home to open Christmas presents at the house. Jenny got me the coolest scrapbooking kit - it's premade cardstock that you can use as inserts for scrapbook pages that have little pockets for the cardstock. Some of it is cute filler, or you can write in the text inserts, and they give you suggested layouts to create. I LOVE IT! Perfect for my Project 365 (which I have been doing now for 17 days!) She also got me a gift card to Half Price Books! Jenny liked her presents, I got her a gift card to Teaoli, Philosophy lip gloss and bubble bath and some cute stationary.
Just after we finished opening presents, we discovered something terrible. Jenny had to check her backpack last-minute at the airport, because while she was going through security she realized she had some expensive face mist in it. She realized she left an envelope of cash in the backpack, and when she opened it to check if the money was still there....it was gone. TSA had stolen the envelope. It was about $80. She was furious, I was furious. I got on the phone to try and report it, but of course I got a message that said they only work M-F and to call back then. That was a huge bummer.
The next day, we were up early and went to brunch at SophaBella's. We had a creepy waiter, and we both ordered semi-healthy egg-white omelettes and $1 mimosas. Yum!
Then we shopped at Half Price Books (where I bought two Frommer's books, one for Seattle and one for Alaska so I can start planning our May/June vacations!) We hit the mall, stopped by Teaoli where we sampled all the balsamic vinegars, olive oils and teas, looked around in The Paper Lion and Pinkitzel and after I dropped off my library books, we finally we headed home to pick up Ryan for dinner at Lottinvilles.
After dinner, we continued drinking and watched The Last of the Mohicans. Jenny loves this movie, and I think it was good....actually I think I had too much wine and martinis, because I don't remember much of it. We went to bed pretty late and were moving kind of slow the next day.
We watched Grey's and made one final stop at Schlotzsky's (where else) before I had to drop her off at the airport.
What a great weekend! It flew by. I am already planning my trip to Dallas to see her soon. :)
We started our weekend of fun with dinner at Upper Crust. I realize that's not in line with the boot camp diet plan, but what the hey. We shared a bottle of wine and a "Numbers" pizza, and it was lovely.
We headed home to open Christmas presents at the house. Jenny got me the coolest scrapbooking kit - it's premade cardstock that you can use as inserts for scrapbook pages that have little pockets for the cardstock. Some of it is cute filler, or you can write in the text inserts, and they give you suggested layouts to create. I LOVE IT! Perfect for my Project 365 (which I have been doing now for 17 days!) She also got me a gift card to Half Price Books! Jenny liked her presents, I got her a gift card to Teaoli, Philosophy lip gloss and bubble bath and some cute stationary.
Just after we finished opening presents, we discovered something terrible. Jenny had to check her backpack last-minute at the airport, because while she was going through security she realized she had some expensive face mist in it. She realized she left an envelope of cash in the backpack, and when she opened it to check if the money was still there....it was gone. TSA had stolen the envelope. It was about $80. She was furious, I was furious. I got on the phone to try and report it, but of course I got a message that said they only work M-F and to call back then. That was a huge bummer.
The next day, we were up early and went to brunch at SophaBella's. We had a creepy waiter, and we both ordered semi-healthy egg-white omelettes and $1 mimosas. Yum!
Then we shopped at Half Price Books (where I bought two Frommer's books, one for Seattle and one for Alaska so I can start planning our May/June vacations!) We hit the mall, stopped by Teaoli where we sampled all the balsamic vinegars, olive oils and teas, looked around in The Paper Lion and Pinkitzel and after I dropped off my library books, we finally we headed home to pick up Ryan for dinner at Lottinvilles.
After dinner, we continued drinking and watched The Last of the Mohicans. Jenny loves this movie, and I think it was good....actually I think I had too much wine and martinis, because I don't remember much of it. We went to bed pretty late and were moving kind of slow the next day.
We watched Grey's and made one final stop at Schlotzsky's (where else) before I had to drop her off at the airport.
What a great weekend! It flew by. I am already planning my trip to Dallas to see her soon. :)
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