2 Saturday Cell Phone Mosiac-Memorial Weekend Edition

From 2010-05-30

Hope everyone had a great Saturday!  It was sunny and hot here, started the day off doing some work getting the pond ready and ended the day with a graduation.  Have a Graduation party today and then plan on chilling the next few days that I have off and doing some more cleaning around the house.  Click on the above photo and check out how my day went.

Have a great Memorial Day everyone, remember all of those soldiers who have fought and continue to fight for the United States.  Praying for those who are away from there families for a safe return home!

27 You capture-Sky

The flowers drink up the sun that shines down from the bright blue sky.  

The birds fly high above doing a sort of wind dance with the smoothest of movements 

against the thin fluffy clouds.

Old, cold steel seems just a little more beautiful against a clear blue sky.

The variation of blues fade away and are reflected in the waters below, 

only seperated by the green of the grass across the way.

Sometimes its not the sky that takes your breathe away, 

its the way the sky surrounds everything else that you see.

11 Weigh-In Wednesday

It's Wednesday already? Wow what a quick week it has been.  Unlike last week when I almost wanted to vomit and thru my scale out the window, I felt good this morning as I stepped on the scale.  Sure my fingers were crossed and I peaked thru one squinted eye but I was more confident with how I handled my food choices this week.

I'm down 1.2 lbs this week.  That's 8% of my summer goal of losing 15 lbs!

High five!  A step in the right direction...finally.  I started walking on Monday and will do another 2 miles tonight, wanted to start C25K but once I started walking, I had to be realistic with myself.  I'm not ready to start running just yet, even if it's only for 30 seconds at a time.  I'd rather walk for a few weeks, get my stamina up and then start C25K.   I am not setting myself up for failure this time.

A new challenge is underway over at Shrinking Jeans...go check it out and join us if you need some extra motivation this summer!

3 Bring it on

Ever have someone say something to you that lights a fire under you and makes you want to push even harder to prove them wrong?  Well the fire has been lit my friends, and it only fuels the hunger to get back on track that I found last week.

It's time to get reacquainted with a few friends that I have been neglecting the past few months. Hello friends!  Thanks for being so patient with me! 

I walked 2 miles last night, sure my legs are tight this morning and I make a grunting noise when I get up from my chair, but I did it..  It feels good.  That pride, as self-centered as it sounds, is what keeps me going.

So to those who are lighting my fire...I say bring it on.  It's only going to push me closer to my goal!

3 Saturday Cell Phone Mosiac

Happy Saturday friends!  It was a relaxing day, after a busy wedding last weekend, I feel like it's been 2 weeks since I had a few days off.  It was supposed to be a beautiful day but we had some pop-up showers which kept us indoors until evening.  But that's ok, got alot done and I'm sitting in a clean house as I type this post.
My husbands best friend came down to visit so I'm sure we are probably going to hang out and watch a movie in a bit.  I've had a few glasses of wine so I actually could probably fall asleep in about thirty minutes, but I'll do my best to stay up and hang for a bit.  I'm such a fuddy dud already in my old age!

From 2010-05-22

Click on the photo to browse thru images. Hope you all had a great weekend.  Stop over and see what everyone else was up to this weekend at If You Think Round is Funny.

5 A Nice Day for a White Wedding

My dear friend Amber got married last Saturday.  The whole week before was rainy and cold, but when we woke up to beautiful blue skies and 60 degree temperatures, we knew it was going to be a beautiful day filled with love, family and friends.

We met at a local hotel where we had Mimosas and chocolate covered strawberries while the wedding party got their hair and makeup done.  We then went to the church and finished getting dressed in the parlor and waited patiently, enjoying her last hour as a single woman.

There were laughter and tears as we sat and waited for the guests to fill the church.  Smiles for the wonderful life she was about to begin with her true love.  Tears for the father she had lost less then 2 years ago who wouldn't be able to walk his oldest daughter down the isle.  His best friend did the honor of giving her away and I know her father was smiling down on both of them the whole day just grinning and saying thank you and I love you.

After the wedding, we made our way to the reception where we had the best chicken ever and enjoyed some yummy champagne as the brother of the groom and sister of the bride gave their heartfelt toasts.  The cake was amazing, it had an almond filling!  Each table had their own cake that was filled with raspberry!  Yum! It was a dancing crowd, so it didn't take long for the dance floor to fill up.  Somehow I missed The Cupid Shuffle, but made it out and shook my money maker for a bit.  Fun times!

Maybe it's just the love and romance that surrounds us women at weddings, but when the newlyweds danced their first dance as husband and wife.  I couldn't help but get tears in my eyes.  I tried to hold them back, as we were still sitting at the head table and all, but a few may have slipped down my cheek as I listed to the words to their song,  Lucky in Love by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.  "You make it easy when life gets hard. I'm Lucky I'm in love with my best friend.  Lucky to have been where I have been."  Doesn't that say so much!  I sent my husband a text from the head table during that song, telling him that I loved him and he was my best friend. I couldn't wait to go be in his arms.  No matter what life throws at me and no matter how stressed I tend to be about things, my husband is always there to remind me that as long as we have each other, we will be fine.  We'll get thru it when and if the time comes, so stop stressing about it now.  I need to try to live that more often, I think we all do.  Just enjoy now and everything you are blessed with.

It was a beautiful day and I am so happy for my friend and her new husband.  I am blessed that I have so many good loving people in my life and that I got to spend such a special day with some of them.  Congratulations!

20 You Capture -DOF

Somethings are worth waiting for. All the rain has the peonies ready to bloom, and I can't wait to have some color in my flowerbeds again!

Stop over and check out the awesome DOF pics at You Capture this week.