So many wonderful things going on!

Some good things have happened since my last post!!

Josh got a call last week saying that he passed his interview and that he will be going on to the next step!! We are seriously so excited :) He is booked for his psychological evaluation today and then some time after that is the lie detector test, a home visit, a meeting with the psychologist and a full physical!! It is so real and so close right now that we are just overjoyed!! Can't wait for the final results and hopefully in a couple of months he will be starting the training!

I've been spending a lot of time cleaning and doing laundry lately, it just never seems to end!! But I know that the house needs to be clean so that when they call and say they want to do a home visit then I don't have to scramble to get things clean and ready. It seems that the house is always the worst after holidays. But I guess I will keep on going, then I can reward myself with some more scrapbooking time! I have spent some time, just have no photos to share because the project is a secret! hehe


My cell phone plan is up now and I desperately needed a new phone!! I had to charge my phone every night after work because it doesn't hold a charge anymore!! So I decided to go out on a limb and get the coolest phone I can get instead of my usual boring phones that only make calls and send texts. I got an iPhone 4!! So excited for when it comes in, can't wait to play with all the features!!

This past Saturday I spent a couple hours getting ready and then me and mom met Kinsey Holt down in the riverbottom to take some bridal photos!! She wanted to get one bridal shoot done and I've always wanted to do a 'trash the dress'/'high fashion' photo shoot of me in my dress!!! And since I can actually fit into my dress now, not like a year ago I said I would love to do it!! My oh my was it ever cold thought!! -20 outside, and with a little bit of a wind chill!! I could barely feel my fingers and elbows after the photo shoot but it was totally worth it :) Here is one picture that she had finished with, just to give us a sneak peek, and here is one of the pictures that my mom took while Kinsey was shooting too.  I know that there are going to be so many more photos that are amazing! I just can't thank her enough for doing this for me! And on the plus side it crosses one more thing off of my 101 in 1001 list - have professional photos taken.

We did also take photos the past two weekends! Here are #2 and #3 of my 52 photo challenge.

Even though this doesn't look like a self portrait....it is, we had Sarah hold the camera but this new camera has a 2 person self portrait timer feature where it doesn't take the picture until it is looking at 2 people!

I need to be more creative, but the last photo was an after thought as we were getting into bed! Oh well, next week I guess!

That's all for now :)

Progress!

Well it is 6 days into the new year and I think I'm doing pretty good on my resolutions already!! Yesterday I booked myself into a Full Body Pilates class at the college! I'm so super excited for this class.  The description says that I should notice a difference in toning, my core body should be stronger and smaller and my flexibility should improve!!! YAY YAY YAY Because this is my flexibility right now....basically non existant.  I think I might be the least flexible person on this planet haha, this is seriously as far as I can go!!

I've worked out 4 times since the start of the year and this Saturday is our last weigh in at Jenny Craig (so so happy that this is coming to a close!) Also I have be trying to watch what I'm eating, trying less carbs, although sometimes I just get a craving and it won't go away until I satisfy it.  Oh well, I can't totally deprive myself all the time, can I? ;)

I've spent more time with Jossy working on wedding stuff and we seem to have everything under control. Although she leaves tomorrow and so I think that while she is gone it might get a bit crazy! We will have to see!

I have a huge pile of our clothes and shoes that are getting donated to Catholic Charities this weekend! A big pile went to my mom so she has something 'new' to wear.  And I have a whole bunch more which I'm going to try to sell! Maybe pad our bank account a little bit!

I have yet to scrapbook this week, but I'm hoping to get time tonight to do that, or possibly tomorrow night depending on how things go.  I have a couple cards that I need to make and I have a page in mind for my secret project!

Josh had his big interview yesterday!! OMG I was so nervous and I wasn't even the one going to the interview haha. I know that we had prepared so much for this so both of us were confident that he would do well! When it was all done he stopped by my work and he was all smiles.  He said there wasn't a question he couldn't answer and he felt very at ease and very confident through the whole thing.  The recruiting officer even said that he did really well! Now it will be hopefully only a couple of days before we know how he did!! Fingers crossed :)

Lots of good things to look forward too!! Can't wait! :)

1.1.11

First day of the New Year!! Had a great day....slept in, had a great breakfast with Jocelyn and Jared, visited Josh's parents, stopped by Walmart, came home and had a nap, worked out and then went for supper and games night at Sarah and Mikes. 

Here is the first of my '52' photos:

Better go and get some sleep...my to do list just won't wait for me tomorrow! :)

2011 Resolutions

Since we are headed into 2011 I thought we could choose 11 projects or goals to focus on in 2011.  Some of them are physical tasks, some are emotional/mental tasks and some are combinations.  But if we can accomplish even some of these things (or all of them :)) then 2011 has the potential to be a great year! I'm sure it will be anyways but it is always a good feeling to cross things off your list! :) So here it is:

11 Goals in 2011

1. Maintain our healthy lifestyle choices;
a. Start doing weekly meal plans
b. Join a workout class at the college
c. Make weekly schedules for working out and for walking Molly

2. Complete all necessary home renovations in order to sell our house;
a. Painting/Staining everything that needs it
b. Finish the Deck
c. Finish the Garage
d. Start and finish Basement

3. Help Jocelyn and Jared plan their wedding with as little stress as possible;

4. Better organize our time so that we have time for keeping our house the way we like it, time for family and time with friends

5. Make time for Scrapbooking – Spend at least 1 hour per week (more would be better);
a. Finish our “Vacation 2005” album
b. Start and finish my “secret project”
c. Start and finish at least half of our “Year Before Our Wedding” album
d. Start our “Wedding” album
e. Start our “Honeymoon” album
f. Start our “Vacation 2009” album
g. Do some individual ‘one off’ pages too

6. Do everything in our power to give Josh the best chance possible of getting on with the Lethbridge Regional Police;

7. Continue using the “cash only” budget and continue to reduce debt and save money;

8. 52 Photos – Take one couple photo per week (on Friday or Saturday) more photos are good but no less than 52;

9. Fix up and sell my car, find a suitable replacement;

10. Give more (financially, emotionally, physically, and time wise);
a. Give to each other
b. Give to family
c. Give to friends
d. Give to charity

11. Do a complete overhaul of our paperwork (bills, certificates, warranties, personal papers etc.)

This year I want to 'create'! I want to create a healthy life, I want to create fun things with my hands, I want to create lasting bonds between friends and family, I want to create a very useable, beautiful and comfortable house, I want to create a sense of security in our finances and I want to create many happy memories. :) 

I want to create our best life! :)

Our Christmas Celebrations 2010

First things first....we celebrated my mom's birthday on December 18 and had so much fun. Me and Josh baked a birthday cake at home

then Joceyln decorated it when we got to my parents house.

We got my mom a bracelet and ring set and a beautiful leather jacket! It looks so good on her! So happy she has something nice to wear now!

Then came Christmas. We celebrated early (on Monday Dec 20) with Josh's parents and Sarah and Mike because they were going to Vancouver for Christmas to see Mike's family. We had a wonderful supper and then we opened presents and played a very fun game of things! Love that game.

Then we had Christmas dinner with Josh's family on Christmas Eve. Such good food, almost too much haha, and we watched Josh's cousin Benjamin open his presents and just hung out and chated. It was a really nice night.

 

 

We stopped by my parents house for a few minutes and then we headed home.  When Josh went to unlock the passenger side door of my car to get in because the automatic locks weren't working he broke the key off in the lock. We ended up fiddling with the locks from the driver's side and eventually got the door open, but the key is still in there, not sure how we are getting it out yet.  We got home about 11:30 to find that someone had parked in front of our house so we had to park down the block and carry our stuff into the house.  Josh still had all of my presents to wrap so I got ready for bed and fell asleep almost right away.  He tells me he didn't get to bed until about 12:45. 

Christmas morning I was up at 6:45 letting Molly out of her kennel.  She was barking to get let out, and I'm sure she knew that it was a special day :) I wrapped two last gifts for Josh for his stocking while Molly sniffed out the treats in her stocking. Too cute :)

Once Josh was awake we opened our stockings and unwrapped all our presents.  We both did really well this year!! We went to my grandma's house for breakfast at 10:00, then we went home to feed Molly lunch and change our clothes.  We headed over to my parents house at 2:00 and stayed there for the rest of the night.  We had such a great time! We got some great family pictures! Oh and I got to finally meet my cousin's baby girl, her name is Kennedy. What a cutie!

All in all we had a great Christmas.  It went by too fast like always but that's okay, because it always seems to be a lot of work too :) haha

I went to the mall on Boxing day with Jocelyn, Justin and my mom.  We got some great deals and it wasn't even that crazy out.  I sent Josh over to Best Buy late in the morning to scope out cameras and I absolutely love our new camera.  It is a Sony Cyber Shot which is waterproof, shockproof and coldproof!!! And it is super tiny! I'm still discovering all the features, there is so much to learn!