This weeks adventure

So as time continues to fly by and we are at the 8 month and 3 week mark there is lots to do. I want to avoid having a lot of things to do last minute. So the current task is sorting out address for the save the date cards. If our wedding wasn`t on a holiday weekend I wouldn`t have even thought about sending out these but because it is, we thought it would be nice to give people some more warning since some people make plans early. So I have managed to gather a good number of addresses so far. Just need to get Tom to track down addresses for some more friends and then get his mothers address book. So that is the task. I am trying to work with my printer in printing the addresses on the envelopes...the first try not so good. I`ll wait for it to be happy again before trying again.

Also need to finalize invitation inserts because they need to be printed before craft day in November. So lots to do and I am very excited because with each project that gets crossed off the list it means we are getting closer and closer to the big day that leads to our lives together forever!

Busy Bee!!

Life is busy!

Work is busy!

When do I find time to just be?!?

Lately I have felt like the world is spinning a million miles an hour and that I am struggling, grasping at the earth to stay on. I find it very hard to take time to do things that I want to do and that I enjoy. This fall I am going to make time for me. Time when I can and will consciously do things I enjoy - more than just sleeping in and wasting the days away. It's very hard to believe that I haven't had time to do this during the summer but I haven't. This summer has felt like the craziest and busiest summer yet! So hopefully once things get up and running in September at work, I hope it can happen - at least for me own sanity.

Easy Does it Now!!

Day 3 down of the 32 day shred! I did the DVD yesterday and felt good. I used real weights - no more cans of food or waterbottles. So looks like my body is getting used to it! yeah!! So in no time I will be shredded!! Yeah!!! Day 4 just complete and still feeling good. Broke a nice sweat! Felt the burn!!! It will be interesting to see if in 28 more days (assuming I stick with this) there is a difference in my level of 'tone-ness' if you will. I should take measurements or pictures or something to document this and if it really works.

For now though, I can smell me and it ain't pretty! Time to hit the showers!

Plans!

So lately wedding plans and diy projects have taken a back seat. Not on purpose I just haven't felt like doing anything. Nothing really excited me. But today I have plans!! Not that I'll share with you but it will be interesting. I feel like I've hit a wall in a lot of ways with this whole wedding planning thing. A lot of the big things are taken care of and now its small details. Which I am excited to do but I feel like I have been lacking motivation....similar to my lack of motivation to going to the gym.....also didn't do day 3 yesterday of the now 32 day shred!! So today is day 3!!! Here we go!!

day 3.......of 31

My 30 day shred is now 31. There was no way I could do that video again today. I was in so much pain!! Which is a good sign! I think that by taking today off (having played baseball last night and volleyball tonight) that I will be ok to go again tomorrow. My body hasn`t done much physical activity in awhile so it`s taking a beating!

So again don`t tell Jillian but I think we`ll be ok. I have been eating healthier lately too which is good. All three meals!! plus 2 small, HEALTHY snacks and no food after dinner....most days! So here`s hoping for long healthy life with a killer bod!

30 Day Shred....day 2

I hurt!!!! man!! After getting back from holidays I had the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred dvd waiting for me in my mailbox (as well as other wedding things! yeah!!!). Jillian Michaels is the female trainer from The Biggest Loser.

I got this DVD because I've been lacking motivation to go to the gym but had wanted to work out and would do things at home. It was $12 I had heard good things about it - why not!! So after day 1 I am dead! My entire body hurts!!! which is good because it means i'm doing something but man!!! So here I sit waiting to start day 2 at 9:30 pm.

here goes.......

my but was kicked again!! I know that I will feel that tomorrow. It's amazing how much I can feel the burn in 20 minutes!!!

Now my plan in doing this workout is that I'll get toned. I joined in the gym last August but i think its likely been about 4 months since I went consistently. I feel upset at myself for spending money but finding time is hard. I want to get on a goo

d schedule and go in the AM early but that doesnt work. Tom works till 11PM so if I want to see him (which I obviously do) he comes over after work sometimes. Meaning I go to bed late. This does not lead to waking up early for the gym. Now with this 20 minute workout I can manage to get it in either quickly before or after work. Will it be enough to get me toned? Maybe....I just want to look more toned! come on that is possible!! It's my moment of being vain but I want to look back at pictures from my wedding and honeymoon and think, ' wow I looked good!' Not that I don't now...of course I do. I'm fine the way I am. But I want to be healthier. So that is that!

My new goal will be to be able to blog everyday for the next 30 (or more) about how this 30 Day Shred has gone!

....today it is followed by beer.....shhhhhh dont tell Jillian - she might be watching!......oh gosh she is!!!

another day....

So I clearly failed at posting last week....making it one less blog till the wedding! So exciting!!!
But I have an excuse for not posting. Last week I was on holidays!!! Yeah! I visited family in PEI! So nice! It was a busy week and I now wish I had a vacation after my vacation but life goes on.

My favourite part of the Island is the scenery it`s so beautiful and peaceful there. I love the red cliffs you can see all around the Island. I also am a big fan of lighthouses. When I went to PEI in January, my sister and I visited a good number. We visited our favourites from that trip again this time and they are even more beautiful in the summer - not surprising. We visited some that we had never seen before too which was cool. In particular we made it to Seacow Head Lighthouse which is the one from the start of Road to Avonlea.
It was used to do all the long shots of Gus`light house. I looked into it and they built a replica in Uxbridge for the actual taping. The view from that point on the Island was amazing!! The picture on the left is of one of the views. Just to the right of the cliffs if the picture was clearer you could see the Confederation Bridge. It was pretty cool. It was my first time going over it. It was a neat experience too. So weird to think about how high you are and all the water below you.

Our trip to the Island centred a lot on our family. We had 6 days on the Island and spent 3 of them with my grandmothers family. We are blessed with such a warm and loving extended family. My sister who lives on the Island has become like a second daughter and grandaughter to all of them. It is nice to see. While we were there, they talked about having another large family reunion in 2012. So here`s hoping. It would be nice to see everyone again. So that is what we are planning towards now as a trip for 2012!!

Now here we are halfway through August, work is continuing to speed on - faster than I wish. I feel like things NEVER slowed down this summer. But I do enjoy my job most days! Who knows where life will take me though. I know that I won`t be at this job forever. It`s not practical to do this job while raising a family so I have been thinking about what comes after. What comes next in the life of Katie jobwise.....only time will tell!! All I do want out of life is happiness :)

Who am I?

A weird and morbid question that has popped into my mind at a few points in life (and likely everyones at some point) is, "if I was to die today who would come to my funeral and what would be said for my life?"

When my time on earth comes to an end, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived, loved and was loved. In the end no one will say, "Wow she was really rich! Do you know how much money she had?!" I hope instead they will say, "Wow she was really rich! Do you know how much she loved and was loved?"

Assuming my life is long and healthy I hope to be a wonderful wife, a great mother, grandmother and maybe great-grandmother (should we dare say great-great??). I hope I have been and will be a great daughter and an awesome sister.

I hope to make a difference in the lives of those I meet. I may never know this and that is ok. But I hope that I have been able to faithfully use my talents and gifts from God to help others to know and love Him, and to learn more about themselves.

Above all, I hope that who I am is a happy woman with a great husband, an amazing family and great friends! For now I am a happy woman, with a great fiancé, an amazing family and great friends. Only 290 days till mission complete!

Inspiration Needed

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