315 more days!!!!!!!!!

Oh how I am thankful for some amazing friends I have. I'm so excited about this upcoming year...with my wedding and a handful of friends weddings. It's going to be filled with showers, dress shopping, and lots of traveling. It's going to go by so freaking fast and I'm just so excited!

After talking to my friend Rachel today about her Prince Charming I realized that his characteristics are just like James. I think EVERYONE should realize that he is out there and there is someone that will tell you you are beautiful every day no matter what you look like, open your car door for you, pull your chair out at a restaurant, and let you pick the movie you want to watch because he loves you and he will do anything to see you happy. I love how James praises me in everything I do and calls me princess. I am truly the luckiest girl in the world and to know that my friend Rachel has that also I'm just so unbelievably happy for her.

I know I know...there are people out there thinking "gag me with a spoon" haha...but its honestly how I feel. I love the women out there that have been married 5, 10, or 50 years and say that they are madly in love with their husbands and love them more now then they ever have. I hope to be like that years from now also. Every day I learn more and more about James and it just makes me love him more and more. I can't wait to be Mrs. Arnold!!!!!!! 315 more days!!!!!

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18

Black Friday

So I hope everyone shopped till they dropped today...I know I did. I'm exhausted.... I've ate my weight in turkey and spent all my money in the past 24 hours. I think tomorrow I'm going to take it easy. Tomorrow I have a coffee date with my good friend Rachel and I can't wait to have a good gossip fest. Plus I need to get out of the house for a few hours without being with ANY of my family.

I'm missing James terribly today. I've actually missed him since he left. I think this is the longest we've been apart since we've gone out. So its hard and I'm sure he's having a blast back home being with his family and friends...probably hasn't had time to miss me...boohooo. Ok enough of my sad story.

Anyways, I got everyone's gift bought except the people I'm getting gift cards for. So I got a lot accomplished today. I have a couple paintings I need to start and get finished since they are going to be gifts. I got my outfits and pretty James picked out for our pictures....thats a relief. I got the cutest Christmas cards today that me and James can put our pictures in.

This week I also managed to paint my moms WHOLE house...yes thats right...the WHOLE house...it took me a long time and lots of taping and moving furniture. I'm pretty sore so I'm hoping that I got a good work out and burned off all that Thanksgiving food. It's been a very productive Holiday weekend and now I'm ready to spend the last of it sleeping and doing nothing. :)

Sneaky Peek

Look where I went today....hehe....

Yes, my FAVORITE store EVER!!! I absolutely LOVE this place and I could spend probably tons of $$$$$$$ there. Especially this time of year...its like Christmas overload in there but I love it!!! Me and Lori got some super cute ribbon and had a bow made for our tree...here's a sneaky peek of what we got for our group tree...

Well tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I'm so ready to stuff my face with Turkey and spend time with my family. This will be the last Thanksgiving I'll be single...and speaking of which I'm so sad....because James is going home today to Nashville and I won't see him UNTIL Monday!!!! Hmmm what am I going to do??? Probably be bored....

Oh get this...my trainer Andrew told me to stick to my diet for Thanksgiving...can you believe that??? Haha...he must be crazy...lol. After my session with him last night he went over a new diet plan I need to follow. Its going to be harder then what I'm doing now in that its a lot more scientific with how many carbs, proteins, and fats I should eat daily...but better since I'll be eating 1000 more calories then I am now so I should be fuller. He "says" I am GUARANTEED to lose TWO pounds a week if I stick to eat. So we'll see if this joker knows what he's talking about....

Happy Thanksgiving to EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Look what I did last NIGHT!!!!!!!

Ok so I'm a total copy cat...there's this lady that does custom art work as a buisness from her home. She has a lot of GREAT ideas and I totally stole her Christmas one. She charges $50 for this set and I was thinking...I could make them cheaper...well now I know why she charges that...it cost me $33 for supplies and then it took me about 4 hours to do these. Thats a lot of time and money so she really is giving you a good deal. Check her out...click HERE! Here's a picture of what she did and then all the rest are the ones I did. What do you think???

What I've been working on...

Ok so I finally got this project done! I did this for my FUTURE sister-in-law. She just had a baby and she named him obviously MARCO...so cute! He has a western cowboy themed nursery. I'm working on a Christmas project now for my boss...hopefully I'll finish it tonight and I'll post pictures tomorrow!

I need to get a digital camera so I can take better pics and post them...my camera phone is lame...haha.

Ohhh and lastly check out these ornaments me and my manager made today!!!! We saw this on a blog today so we got the supplies to make them and now we are going to use them for our Christmas Tree decorating contest!!!!!!!! How cute are they???!!!! Thanks Kelly!!!!

"Dude it's not even Thanksgiving"

It offically feels like Christmas! Me and James went and saw the lights at the Fayetteville town square. It was REALLY cold but it was totally worth it! Good thing we went to Starbucks to get hot chocolate before we went! Surprisingly everyone we knew was going to be there BUT we didn't see ANYONE we knew...there was just TOO many people there. It was great though...even the little parade they had...haha. James totally thinks I'm nutso though...with Christmas decorations up and wrapping presents...he sent me a facebook bumper sticker that said "dude it's not even Thanksgiving"....haha!

I feel like Thanksgiving is totally being passed up this year but I am totally looking forward to TURKEY and Black Friday of course. I'm hoping that I can get a good deal on James Christmas gift. With the economy the way it is and everything and how all the stores are starting early on Christmas I have a feeling they will either have really really good deals or no sales at all because they can't afford it. Anyways, I'm totally excited that this is only going to be a 3 day work week....yeah!!!!!!!!

So I cannot believe its going to be 2009 SOON...like seriously...where did the year go??? I keep telling James ever since we've been together time has just went super super fast. Like this upcoming year so much is going to happen. Life changing events!!!!!!! Most of my friends are graduating and moving on to the next step of their lives, quite a few are getting married, and some are even having children....and of course I'll be getting married :) yay!!!!!!! It'll definitely be a year to remember. I know its going to fly with wedding preperation, graduations, weddings, showers, and bacherlette parties!

Anyways, here are some pictures of the lights at the square....

3 down a million more to go!!!!!!!!!!!

So I've lost 3 of those suckers!!!!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!!! Ok Ok...I know I have lots more to go but I'm pretty excited SINCE I'm actually back motivated again. Tomorrow is our weigh in day though...so hopefully I don't gain any from now till then...haha.

I've been so tired after exercising this week that I haven't had like ANY chance to paint. I gotta get on the ball and finish up. Maybe tonight I can motivate myself to work on ONE project at least.

Crazzzzzzzzzy Dayyyyyyyy....

Today is one of those days that I want to pull my hair out....its soooo extremely busy at work that you can barely breath. So if anyone has a job that includes doing nothing let me know. I'm interested!!!! :)


Ohhh its Tuesday which means I'll meet with Andrew AND Biggest Loser is on tonight!!! Yeah!!! I'm so proud of myself...I've done pretty good on my diet and I exercised last night...and obviously will do tonight with Andrew. I really want that Biggest Loser cookbook for Christmas!!!! Its supposed to have healthy cheap recipes to make for families...which is right up my alley since I need some new healthy recipes to make me and James. He's pretty sick of baked fish with vegetables...haha!

I need to get busy on my painting projects tonight and finish some things up. I now have 3 projects in the works and 2 of them are for Christmas presents. I'll post some pictures as I get them done.


Ok so mine and James engagement pictures are being done December 12th and I need some ideas on what to wear...like color combos and how I should do my hair....and ect ect. I'm going to get my hair recolored at Pink Papaya this time and I think while I'm there I'm going to check out the eyelash extensions they do.

Busy Busy...

Ok so I've been busy... I've started a new hobby painting. I'm working on some projects and I'll put pictures up as I get them done. First thing I did was a name wall art that I've seen in a lot of nursery's BUT people charge a LOT to do them and I thought to myself..."I can do that" so I made one for my friend Nikki. Her baby is do like any day so I had to hurry and finish it. So here it is...

I wish I could of gotten better pictures but I took this with my phone. But anyways...I hope she likes it! I'm now working on letters for my aunt that spell Q U I L T and she wants me to make them look like fabric blocks...here's the letter I for example...

I'll post the whole set when I finish it. I'm also making a name wall art for my future sister in law. She just had a baby named Marco and his nursery is cowboy themed so I can't wait to show you what I'm doing. Its going to be so freaking cute!!!!!!!

Ok now on to other things...my diet is going good...I'm hoping I can at least exercise daily this week. I really want to win this biggest loser contest...AND I want to be able to get any wedding dress I want and look good in it...AND of course I want to get in better shape and be healthier.

I also bought James a entertainment center thing for an early christmas gift this weekend. Well unfortunately when I got it home there was several HUGE pieces missing. So I had to return it and get another one. Then it ended up taking him about 4 hours if not longer just to put it together. Haha...soooo MERRY CHRISTMAS James...lol. Anyways...I got it at this place in Lowell called Bev's and its this place that gets damaged products...like the actual products are damaged but the boxes or packaging are. So they sale them at a fraction of the price. Like for example they have this desk at Walmart for $250 dollars and you can get it at Bev's for $30 dollars. Its ridiculous how cheap they sale things in there...also they have LOTS of toys...and they had this margarita machine me and James have been wanting...its originally $350 dollars and they are selling it for $75. So everyone should go check it out...HOWEVER...don't buy their knock off purses...so fake and they still cost $100 there.

Well anyways...I'm almost done with Christmas shopping. I'm glad I got an early start.

Home sick...

Well today I'm home sick. I hate being sick...not just because I feel terrible but because I feel like I should be doing something rather then laying down in bed all day. I'm not even sure what I'm sick with....hmmmm....

So last night Brady got voted off Biggest Loser and I can't tell you how excited that made me. Amy is now my favorite! Haha...and Vicky is next to be voted off. She is such a mean person!

Ok well thats all that I really feel like blogging for now...I'm going to go back to bed and see if I feel better. If not I guess I'll have to make myself go to the doctor....ugh.

Good Mood Monday...

So its Monday...and I'm actually in a good mood...and having a good day...SHOCKER??? Probably because Christmas is getting closer and I can't wait (notice the background???)!!!!!! Tonight I'm going to setup a Christmas tree at James place...hehe...he'll probably think I'm crazy...but he'll go along with it anyways.

I've started a painting project this past weekend and I can't wait to post pictures when I get it finished. Right now its a surprise and I'll later explain why. I'm so excited!!!!!! :)

Ok so are department is starting a Biggest Loser Competition this week. I'm hoping some good old fashion competition will help motivate me to lose the weight. Nothing better then sweet victory!!!!! I'm probably one of the most competitive people you'll meet also.

Tonight THE HILLS is on!!!!!!! Yay!!!!!! I can't wait to watch it tonight...thats IF James lets me...he's been a remote hog lately...haha...he's going to read this and NEVER let me watch any of my shows again. I love you James!!!!!!!! :)

So has anyone started Christmas shopping? I've actually gotten a pretty good start already...almost finished!!!!! I don't think I'm going to spend as much on friends this year. I usually go all out and then spend little on my family...terrable I know...BUT this year I'm not going to do that. I'll be sending out Christmas cards though of me and James :) . We are going to have our engagment and Christmas pictures done at the same time by http://www.calotype-photography.com/ . They are AWESOME!!!!! Check them out!!!

ALMOST FRIDAY...YAY!!!!!!!

Today is one of those days that I feel like I am in a haze. Life is in motion but I'm standing still. Does that make sense? I get like this when everyday seems like the same day... Wake up, shower, eat breakfast, go to work, lunch, get off work, go home, watch tv/surf the internet, and then go to sleep. Nothing really exciting happening and too lazy to do anything...haha. Not motivated to workout, call friends or hangout with them, and its become so bad that I haven't spent that much time with James either. I think I'm getting depressed. Maybe not depressed...but whats a good word for it...ummm...numb??? This is why I NEED to exercise...to get those great endorphans that I'm obviously lacking. I think the majority of it is....I've never worked a full time job and here recently I've taken a break from school and now I feel like BAM BAM I'm in the real world and those fun carefree years are OVER. I miss being in school, football games, sleepovers, and just campus life all together. I don't really even think its about school itself. Its just the thought that I'm an adult and I'm getting married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like thats a HUGE life changing thing and any change is hard at first...its just something you have to get used to I guess. I remember going through this after high school. I think its just ME and how I deal with change. Like my mom and grandmother are the same way...so maybe its just genetics haha. I am very happy though that I'm engaged and getting married!!!!!!! I just have to get adjusted to it...lol!

So now that I've gotten that off my chest...haha...I can move on to other things.

Tonight I'm going to Jose's to meet work friends for drinks...yay!!! Then tomorrow night my good good friend McKenna is coming home for the weekend from med school so we're supposed to have a girls night. I think James is going home to Nashville this weekend to take care of his grandparents pool since obviously his paw paw cannot since he just had major surgery. So I'm expecting to have a quiet weekend...which is fine since I only get one day off. I hate working for someone because it screws my schedule up BUT I know that someday it'll be me asking them to cover for me so I gotta suck it up...haha.

Also, I got a head start on my christmas shopping. I got my moms gift, grandmothers, and part of James taken care of. I just have my Aunt and brothers to get and I'll be done...well done for the family at least. I'm trying to think if I am going to send christmas cards out this year...and if I'll do a card with James...and what kind of cards I'll do....anyone have any ideas???

Long Tuesday...

No Biggest Loser tonight...ugh :(. Only thing that keeps me going every Tuesday. Haha...well I still have to meet my trainer tonight at least. This week feels long already...thankfully McKenna is coming to town this weekend!!!!! Something to look forward too! YAY!!! I am in desperate need for a girls night out...or just a night out period. I've been stuck at the house for 3 nights in a row now. I have no social life anymore. Mainly, because ALL my friends keep leaving me...moving away. I want to move away...wouldn't that be awesome? Start a new life...new job, new surroundings, and new people. Maybe someday...however, I'd probably hate it and get home sick...haha.

In other news TODAY is the day to vote. I'm wondering who will be our next President...will it change anything...will the economy get better or worse...ect ect. Only time will tell I guess...

Also, my moms company went out of buisness last week and she is yet again jobless. I'm praying that she finds another job SOON and its even better then the last one. So everyone please pray for her. Jobs are always scarce at this time of year and with the economy the way it is...it's just NOT a good time to be looking for a job.

Update on wedding plans....so me and James are deciding on where we want to go for our Honeymoon. We are going to decide on the photographer this month AND we are going to finalize where the reception will be held. I think I've decided I want a simple casual reception. Why have a HUGE reception??? It costs so much money and I'd rather not have to worry about being stressed out because of money and enjoy just the months leading up to the wedding. My wedding dress diet is still going blah....NO WHERE! I need to get motivated....but HOW??? I need my best friend Michelle...thats what helped me last time...it really really helps having a work out buddy and someone to keep you accountable. I should put a ad on craigslist for a workout buddy....haha...

The Hills...

The Hills is on tonight at 9pm!!!!!!! Don't miss it!!!!!!!

Its November already...

Wow can you believe that its November? This year flew by! So I hope everyone had a good Halloween. Me and James carved pumpkins and watched a scary movie. To my surprise James had NEVER carved a pumpkin before...hard to believe I know...but he did a GREAT job! In other news I got my ring back today...YAY! I have missed it so...haha. Also, my very best friend and MOH got engaged on Friday evening. Its weird but EVERYONE is engaged and getting married. Its exciting to see all my friends growing up and how I've grown up and who we've chosen to spend the rest of our lives with.

So tomorrow is church and then a birthday lunch with my brother. Then I'm going to this bridal show in the afternoon. So a very busy and eventful day tomorrow. I'm definitely NOT ready to go to work on Monday. I really hate working...I complain about it all the time to James also...haha...and the thing is...I'm not going to be able to quit this job ANYTIME soon unfortunately. I don't know if its the actual working or what I do that I don't like. I mean who likes recruiting truck drivers??? Psh NO ONE! I know I know...I'll stop complaining...haha I'm actually really thankful for my job. I'm just lazy...I told James I was made to be a trophy wife...lmao. He agrees though ;).