So I have just under two weeks to try and lose some weight! Lol! I usually do better when I'm down to some scrunch time. Makes me feel like I can actually make it all the way! We have family coming in to town and we're going to be spending the weekend at a cabin up in Lake Lure with a pool! I want to swim so I need to lose a few pounds so I look decent in a bathing suit! Plus I've noticed my clothes are getting a little "tight" again....ugh! It's a never ending cycyle and battle. But I am looking forward to seeing family again....this is from my hubby's side and we don't get together much so this will be nice. Kinda late 4th of July and early Mother in Law's birthday celebration. It'll be fun!!!
Anyone want to help me stick to my diet? Lol!!! I need encouragement and inspiration!!!!
It's a beautiful day outside! The sun is shining and the birds are chirping! Lovely day for a wedding! I am attending an outdoor wedding at a local "plantation" this afternoon. It's the wedding of a guy I dated briefly years and years ago but we moved past that a long time ago and I hardly remember dating him at all. He kinda became a family friend after we ended out short term "relationship". I am thrilled for him and his bride! She seems like a super sweet girl and they've been together for four years now. I think it's going to be a lovely, HUGE wedding and I'm looking forward to it. I think it will have all the southern charm it can hold! I love weddings, any kind really! The romance and tenderness, good wishes, etc. It all just makes me wanna tear up - I'm a helpless romantic!
My dear husband comes home today - I am so excited! Even though he just left on Monday I feel like he has been gone forever. He'll be home for a week or two I think before he's gone again for two weeks. We have family from his side coming up in two weeks, we're going to spend some time with them at a cabin up in Lake Lure. I'm very excited to see them again! It's kinda an early celebration for my mother-in-law's birthday too. It'll be nice to have a little "mini" vaca with them though....
Gianna is in her "big girl" bed now! After searching and pricing toddler beds I realized I needed to find another route for us. So I started analyzing her crib and realized I could remove the front sliding rail and it would be a toddler/day bed for her! So with a little help from my sister and a lot of wrangling with my screw driver I got if off and set up for her! She has been thrilled with it, since she can get in and out of it by herself! She seems so grown up now, so far she's napped and slept in it and she hasn't fallen out or complained or anything! Next we're off to get underwear for potty training and a booster seat so we can get rid of her high chair which she just seems to big for lately! It's so neat, and a little sad too, to see how fast she's growing and changing everyday. I see now why people keep having kids, because they love that baby stage so much they just want to keep reliving it over and over! Lol, but I am looking ahead and seeing what the future holds and I don't want to be dealing with a little baby while trying to see Gianna through whatever lies ahead! I have never once regretted my decision to have my tubes tied after her, and I don't forsee that ever happening. I realize with the life style we've chosen (Beej being on the road alot and hopefully me with him one day.....) one child is plenty!!! Gianna is the light of our life and we enjoy every minute with her and we will for the rest of her life!!!!
Beej is away right now....and well, I'm feeling pretty crappy this week. I've been fighting some sort of "bug" thing, my dad seems to have a touch of it too. I don't feel sick enough to stay in bed (couldn't anyway) but I feel sick enough to make me feel yucky and out of sorts. Gianna has been on edge today as well and that's not helped my mood. I think she just needs to go home (we've been staying with my parents) and she's ready to see her daddy too. The guys are at a camp this week and they have NO cell signal and NO internet. The internet thing didn't surprise me but I wasn't counting on no cell phone usage. I'm about to go nuts, I didn't realize how much I count on those phone conversations to keep me "going" every day. This has been the longest week! When he does get somewhere with a signal he is usually in a hurry and they rest of the guys are making so much noise I can't hear him much anway! I'm not even really sure where he's at....sad, I know. Somewhere in God-forsaken Virginia.
Spent some time by the pool today, soaking up sun. A good tan makes me feel so much better about myself! Lol! Tanned fat is always better I guess!!! Lol! I am planning to get the P90X Dvd's soon, I want to start that ASAP. I've actually seen and know people who have used it with great results and I'm ready for some great results! It's a little pricey though and I haven't had the money to get it so far. I'm hoping by the end of July we can get it and Beej and I can both do it. It would be nice to loses some weight before my birthday at the end of August. Not that I'm doing anything special - Beej will be out of town. But still, I wouldn't mind it!
I finished my last book by Dean Koontz - Intensity. Great book!!! Not my favorite by him but still very captivating! I started Odd Thomas today by the same author. My brother in law thinks it's Dean's best work and so far I'm throughly enjoying it! It's a series though and I hate reading the first book in the series and not having the next one to read....but since we buy most of our books at thrift stores you aren't guaranteed series!!! Lol!!! So I'm going to finish this one and hope we find the next one soon! Or I'll have to make a run to the library......
I am currently awaiting my husbands arrival home. Although he hasn't even left where he is yet and probably won't for several more hours I am still waiting, patiently! Gianna didn't take a nap today and she's still up and going strong as of right now! I'm hoping if she stays up super late she'll sleep in a little!!! Hoping is the key word there! I'm going to put a dark blanket over her window too so that the sunshine doesn't awake her any early then need be!
I did some yard work for a lady I know today, my little sister helped. We were trying to earn a little extra cash! I need a new dress for a wedding this weekend. Nothing worse then going to a special event dressed in the same ole same ole!!!
Beej leaves again on Monday for the week. We'll miss him terribly but I'm glad he's getting to do what he loves! I am hoping we can get some basic tracks laid down for my song. We decided to record an older one I wrote that I still like! Lol! But I don't think I like the lyrics anymore, they seem a bit boring. So I'm thinking I may try to re work those here in a little bit. I have a few ideas, keeping the original idea of the song just trying to bring a few more complex ideas in maybe!
I have recently started watching a new show on Thursday nights - it's called The Listener! Very cute show and very cute actor too! But it comes on at 10pm and most of the time I give out half way through and go to bed! Oh well! Perhaps I will watch the whole thing tonight, I'm kinda wired at the moment!!!
Well today was my first day "out on the road" with Beej and the rest of the guys from Jupiter Wind....it has been a long day and I haven't done anything compared to them. But sometimes I think just sitting around is more tiring then actually doing stuff. It's been raining all day and I hate that, it puts me in a dreary mood. And for some reason this time out I really miss Gianna already. She is so cute and has such an adorable personality! She's getting so grown up too. Anyway, back to the band and camp....they did a taco bar for dinner tonight, that was good. The service went well. The guys did about four songs, of course my perfectionist hubby/drummer wasn't pleased with his performance because of a couple "mistakes" they made with the structure of a couple of songs! He'll forever be that way and it's a good thing really. Sometimes though I think that they are trying to hard for the wrong market.....The Christian market isn't open to anyone new or anything fresh or out of the box. I really wish they could totally put aside the whole church/youth group thing and really start playing some cool places. And writing some amazing stuff, I know it's in them! Constantly having to think "worship material" really limits you. I think Beej is destined for things much bigger then the Christian market can imagine...I don't think I want to market any of my stuff (whenever that may be) in the Christian radio market. They is no room for experimenting or trying new stuff. It's all by the rule kinda stuff and that gets old, thus I don't even listen to christian radio anymore - Christian artists yes but not the radio. They are still playing nothing much Steven curtis Chapman, Twila Paris and MercyMe. But who knows, right?!!! I'm really tired and I think I'm going to call it a night soon.....
Today is really sunk it that one of my dearest and long time friend, Rebecca is really getting married Saturday! I am so thrilled for her! I know that this has been a long time coming and even though she's had a rough few weeks planning her big day I know that come Saturday she'll be so happy to see it all come together! She will be beautiful and radiant bride....I wish her and her hubby-to-be, Jamie, all the best! I grew up with Becca, we talked many hours as young girls about our wedding day.....I didn't have a wedding and Becca is realizing how hard it is to put one together! I guess this is probably the closest I've ever been to a bride....Becca of course asked me to be in the wedding and I agreed at first but realized that right now I couldn't do it financially or time wise and I didn't feel I could put all the effort into being a good Matron of Honor as I should so I relinquished the position to someone else....*sniffle* I'm a little sad I did though now....but I know it will be a galent and wonderful wedding party! I am eager and thrilled for Saturday to be here! Tonight we had her Lingerie Shower, and even though most of her guests didn't show, we had fun! I had my first alcoholic drink (thanks, Becca!!). It was Ok, I'm not the drinking type though....it was something like Gin & Tonic with a big of Sprite for taste! She had me try her beverage spiked with rum and I nearly gagged on that!!! Haha!
Tomorrow I get the awesome privilege of going on the "road" with Beej and his band for a couple of days! They are going to be doing music for a camp this week in Boone, NC. I'm going along for the ride and a mini vacation! Gianna is staying with her Janou while we're gone and I know she'll have fun playing in the pool and spending time with her aunt and uncles as well....I thank God that my mom is so willing and able to keep Gianna all the time for Beej and I. I don't know what I would do without the breaks! And they are even better when I know I can trust who she is with!
I'm tired and ready to call it a day already at 9pm! I think I'll go relax and watch a little TV or read......
