Weekend Recap

Hey everyone! It's Monday. Wah, wah, wah! 

Time for my weekend recap I suppose. 

First of all, Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. I hope you all got a chance to celebrate it the way that you wanted to this weekend. 

My weekend was kind of busy, but fun at the same time. Friday night I left work and headed to the gym. I did upper body, some core and some cardio. It actually ended up being a great workout. I felt really good afterwards which is always a plus. 

After I left the gym I went to go meet my Brother, my SIL and my Nieces for dinner at Olive Garden. We had a really good time eating and talking for a few hours. After dinner I headed home and went to bed. It had been a long day and I was exhausted. 

Saturday morning I got up and made myself some breakfast and then got ready to head to the gym. At the gym I went to my Saturday morning Zumba class. It was a great workout and definitely a great way to start my day. 

I headed home afterwards and vacuumed out my car. The drivers side seat and the back of the car were starting to get a little dirty. And of course being who I am, I have been really anal about keeping it clean, so I cleaned it out. After that I headed upstairs to take a shower and get ready to go meet KB. 

I headed over to KB's around 1 pm so that we could go downtown to a restaurant called 503w. The Colorado Rapids season opener was on Saturday, so we attended the watch party at 503w. They had great food too. The Rapids ended up tying with New York, but it was better than a loss. 

After the game I dropped KB off at her place and then headed home. We were supposed to have our cooking night, but she hasn't been feeling good, so we decided to postpone it. When I got home the Hubs and I started dinner. We chose a new recipe that I found on skinnytaste.com and it turned out really good. It was the Taco Stuffed Zuchinni Boats. I have seriously fallen in love with this website. Her recipes all look so good.

After we were done with dinner we headed to Target to do some browsing. I ended up with two CD's and a new planner that I intend to use for blogging and the Hubs picked out a new movie for himself. After our Target shopping spree, we headed to ITop It for some frozen yogurt and then headed home. I spent the rest of the night laying in bed and watching Harry Potter. 

Sunday I spent the whole day cleaning up around the house and grocery shopping. We have been pretty lazy lately and haven't been keeping up with the cleaning around the house. It was getting out of control. I couldn't handle it anymore. I cleaned the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, the upstairs bathroom, and our room. Not to mention I washed all of our bedding and vacuumed the entire house. Like I said, it was out of control. But I have a clean house now and it feels amazing. 

It was a short weekend once again, but it was fun and productive. I am glad that I got all of the cleaning done around the house. And I am glad that Soccer is back. It is what fills the void that Football leaves behind. At least for a while anyways. 

I hope you guys had a great weekend. Thanks for stopping by. Hope your Monday goes by quickly and without anything ridiculous happening. 

Is It Football Season Yet?

I know it hasn't even been two months since that embarrassment of a game called the Superbowl, but I am already itching for the new season to start. 

I seriously CAN NOT WAIT! And with free agency starting this past week, it has made my anticipation of the upcoming season even more on my mind. 

Now there have been some great things that have happened and some not so great things to happen in these first few days of free agency. Let's start with the sad news. The Broncos cut Champ Bailey! Why??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I understand why. From a business stand point, I get it. But as a fan, I don't get it. He was the heart and soul of our team. I'm still crying sad about this one.

We also lost Eric Decker. This one sucks too, but I knew this was coming. Ultimately it came down to money and the Broncos couldn't offer him what he wanted. So instead of taking a pay cut and sticking with a team that could potentially get you to another Super Bowl, he signed with the Jets. Really? The Jets! The team where you go to let all your dreams die. Just ask Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez. Just saying.

Let's get to the great news though. We signed three huge defensive players. And I mean huge!!! Welcome to the Broncos Aqib Talib, Demarcus Ware and T. J. Ward. Our defense was the one area that we needed an extreme amount of help in. And apparently John Elway and John Fox figured that out and aren't holding anything back. 

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I can't wait for the season to start! Hopefully the Broncos can keep making some great improvements on both Offense and Defense. I can't wait to see what this season brings! Is it August yet?

DIY Headboard Inspiration

Recently I have had this itch to do some updating to our bedroom. I go through this all the time. I get bored with the placement of the furniture or the color of our bedding. I like to change things up all the time. Is that so bad? Nah! I don't think so anyways. 

Our master bedroom is one room where I am itching to change things up big time. We never really finished decorating our room since we have moved into our house, so I would really like to finish it. Ya know, get some pictures up on the wall, make it look like we actually live there. Stuff like that. 

One piece that our room is really missing is a headboard. We have talked about buying a new bedroom set, but we can never really find anything that we like. Everything is too modern for our taste. We very much like the vintage look. Which is something that is very easy to create too. 

So I of course went to Pinterest to find some vintage headboard inspiration. I mean duh! Where else would I go to look for DIY inspiration?!

I found quite a few different headboards that I absolutely loved. Some were completely outrageous as far as a DIY project is concerned, but others were definitely more attainable projects. Here are a few of those. 

I absolutely love this one. I love the vintage look. And I love all of the frames on the top as additional decor. This one is probably the one that would be the easiest to make on my own. I would just have to find the right headboard.

This fireplace mantle as a headboard is absolutely gorgeous. If I can figure out how to do this, I would love to create something beautiful like this for our room. My only concern is whether or not I would be able to find an old fire place mantle big enough to be a headboard for a queen size bed. I am sure that I could figure out the rest though if I could find the mantle.

This last one is really cute and very simple. I could easily do this by finding these old windows at the Habitat for Humanity Restore. My only concern with this one is that it isn't really a headboard and would act more as piece of art. And I would worry about them falling on us and busting in the middle of the night. Our kitties after all love to try and knock things off the wall.

These headboards are all beautiful and gorgeous in their own vintage way, which is why I absolutely love them. I am hoping that I can find something that works for our space that I can turn into a beautiful vintage looking piece. 

Weigh-In Wednesday

It is already Wednesday! This week is flying by. Thank goodness! Since it is Wednesday, it is time for this weeks Weigh-In Wednesday Post. 

Not going to lie, this last week has not been a very good one. With having my wisdom teeth pulled last Thursday I wasn't able to eat a whole lot. The few things that I was able to eat were of course not the best for me either, i.e., Mac & Cheese. But when you are starving and can barely chew, you eat what you can. 

Now that I have been able to chew a bit more, my eating has gotten back on track. Which is good because I felt so freaking guilty the whole time that I was eating all the stuff that I shouldn't have been. And now that I am getting back on track, I want to find some new recipes. I am getting bored with all the foods that I normally eat. I found this amazing website called skinnytaste.com that has all of these delicious low calorie recipes. And some of them are for desserts and some other delicious things that I can't really have anymore, so I am very anxious to try some of these recipes out. 

A few months ago I mentioned that my friend KB and I wanted to start doing a cooking night once a month to try out new recipes. Well I am happy to announce that we are FINALLY doing one this weekend! And we are going to try one of the recipes that I found on skinnytaste.com. I can't wait to share with you guys how it turns out. 

My workouts this week have been non-existent for the most part. I went to the gym last Wednesday, but I haven't been able to workout because of my stupid teeth. Who would have thought that it would take this freaking long for those suckers to heal. It's annoying as crap, I can tell you that much. I attempted going to Zumba last night, but my teeth started throbbing and I wasn't about to risk getting dry socket just because I wanted to workout. So after about 15 minutes, I left and went and just walked on the treadmill for half an hour. At least I did something I guess, but I am definitely looking forward to getting back to my regular routine of working out. 

My weight as of this morning is 184.00. The exact same as it was last week. But ya know what, I will take it. For not being able to exercise for almost an entire week and not having a whole lot of control over what I was able to eat, I am just happy that I didn't gain any weight back. I call that a win. But you can bet your ass that I will be working extremely hard this week to get back on track with losing 2-3 lbs a week. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking in. Happy Hump Day everyone!

Babies, Babies Everywhere!

It is the season of babies. Seriously! I know five people who are either pregnant and due soon or have already had their baby within the last week. It's crazy!

One person I know had her beautiful little girl on Friday. And then yesterday, one of my best friends, Victoria welcomed her beautiful little girl into the world too! I can't wait until lunch time today because I get to go meet her! And from all of the pictures that I have seen, she is absolutely adorable and has this super thick dark hair which I think is just so cute. Eeek! I can't wait til lunch time. 

I am more anxious than ever for the arrival of one these babies in particular, my Nephew, Hunter. He isn't technically due until Friday, but I honestly don't know if I can wait that long. And if he hasn't come by then, they have scheduled for my SIL to be induced on the 18th. That is still seven whole days away. Aaaagghhh! I just don't know if I can handle the suspense anymore. 

So Hunter, this is your favorite Aunt of all time telling you that it is time for you to make your entrance into this world. We can't wait anymore. And you are driving your Mom absolutely crazy. She just wants to hold you and not be uncomfortable anymore. And those sisters of yours are just absolutely going nuts because they want to meet you so badly. I know having three older sisters probably doesn't sound like the best thing in the world right now, but I promise you that they will be the best sisters ever. They will drive you nuts at times and probably try to dress you up in frilly things and make you play with dolls, but I promise you that they will love you more than anything in the world and will always have your back no matter what. 

There's one more person who I think is more excited to meet you than anyone and that's your Dad. Don't let him fool you either, he may look all big and tough on the outside, but really he is just a big ol' softy. He has been looking forward to having a son for years and now that you are almost here, he is more excited than ever. He will be tough on you at times, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't love you. That is just how he is. 

So Hunter, please come soon so that we can all meet you. We can't wait to hold you and love on you and just be excited that we are finally adding another person to this huge family of ours. I promise I will give you lots of candy and sweets and stuff too when you get older. No, I am not opposed to bribing you. I am your Aunt after all. It is my job to fill you up on sweets and then take you back home to your parents. It's in my job description as an Aunt. 

So yeah, there's that. Like I said, babies are everywhere. And K over at Down at Fraggle Rock is getting close to having her little man too! And I am sooooo excited for her. I know she is getting anxious to meet him too. So all of you babies that haven't come into the world yet, hurry it up already! We are all soooooooo anxious/excited to meet you!

Weekend Recap

Well hello Monday. I would say that I am happy to see you, but that would make me a liar. And nobody likes a liar. 

This weekend was well, not fun. It started on Thursday when I had all four of my wisdom teeth pulled and also had a dental implant done at the same time so I spent most of my weekend laying around with my mouth in pain.

Thursday morning the Hubby took me to my dental appointment and sat around and waited for me while they did my procedure. He then drove me home because I was completely out of it from the anesthesia. I remember them telling me that they were bringing in a wheel chair to take me down to the car, but I don't remember actually getting in the chair or the ride down to the car at all. I remember sitting outside the hospital and the guy asking me what color our car was and I told him silver, but I don't remember getting in the car, any of the ride home or even getting home and getting up the stairs and going into our room to lay down. 

I do remember however once I was up in our room. I was sitting on the side of the bed and Aran was trying to give me my medication that I needed to take. I put it in my mouth and took a drink of water and my mouth was still so numb that the water just spilled all over the front of me and completely soaked me. And then I proceeded to cry like a little girl. Yeah, that happened. Haha! The rest of the day I spent sleeping. I woke up to take my medication and that was pretty much the extent of my day. 

Friday was spent almost the same way as Thursday. I stayed in bed for most of the day. I got out for a little bit in the afternoon with my friend Victoria and her two little girls, but for the most part I laid in bed and watched Harry Potter and just relaxed. 

Saturday we got up and took Louie to the groomers and then headed to the Egg & I to have breakfast. At this point I was really tired of not being able to eat real food. So I thought I might try some French Toast, so I asked our waitress if she thought it would be squishy enough to eat and I explained why I was asking and she looked at me and said, "Well, we do have oatmeal." I was ready to kill her. When all you have been able to eat for two straight days is pretty much a liquid/mush diet, the last thing you want someone to tell you is that they have oatmeal when you are asking about French Toast!

Needless to say I was in a grumpy mood the rest of our breakfast. I ended up getting a pancake which with enough syrup was squishy enough for me to eat. After breakfast we headed to Bed Bath & Beyond to pick up some new shelves for the bathroom and then it was off to shop for a new toilet for our upstairs bathroom. It was a very romantic morning. Just saying. 

The rest of the day I spent laying down and sleeping. My mouth was really bothering me and laying down was really the only thing that helped.

Sunday I finally felt kind of like myself again. After sleeping in for a good portion of the morning, I decided to get up and try and get a few things done around the house. So I cleaned the living room and dining room up and then decided to head outside and soak up some of the beautiful sunshine that we had here in CO. I sat outside for a good hour and a half. It was so nice that I just couldn't fathom spending my time any other way.

After a while though I knew that I was probably getting sun burnt, so I came inside and did some more cleaning around the house. I also did massive amounts of laundry. Apparently it had been weeks since I had done any. Oops! After some more cleaning I ran out and did our grocery shopping for the week and also made a few other stops on my way home. The rest of the night I spent folding and putting away the rest of my laundry and tried to relax for the rest of the night.

It was a long weekend, but it definitely wasn't a fun one. I am so glad that I will never have to experience the whole wisdom teeth thing ever again.

How was your weekend?

Weigh-In Wednesday

Raise your hand if you just realized it was Wednesday and you haven't posted since last Thursday! *Slowly raises hand* Yep, that would be me. The sad part is that I didn't even realize that I hadn't posted since last week. Yikes!

Let's get on with it, shall we? It's time for Weigh-In Wednesday.

This week definitely has felt better than my previous weeks. I kept up with my eating healthy and clean and only missed one day at the gym which was Friday. I decided to take a break and go out with some friends. It was a much needed break. 

I had a session on Monday with my personal trainer. Over the next few weeks he wants me to try and build more lean muscle to help burn extra calories. In order to do this I need to be consuming extra protein and I have to up my weights but decrease my sets. So that is the game plan for the next couple of weeks. 

My weight as of this morning was 184.00, I am down 2.2 lbs since last week's WIW post. Although it isn't the 3 lbs a week that I was losing, I am staying pretty consistent with 2 lbs a week and I am not going to complain. That is still awesome. And hopefully I can keep up with that. 

This week is going to be kind of rough with working out and eating. Tomorrow morning at 8:45 am, I am going in to have all four of my wisdom teeth pulled and I am also having my dental implant done. So eating anything that isn't pretty much liquid is going to be out of the question for the rest of the week. I prepared myself for this though when I went grocery shopping. I got lots of yogurt and applesauce and good for me soups. I also bought some smoothie mixes and am going to eat those with a spoon, no straw for this girl for a while. Don't want to get that dry socket. But at least this way I will still be getting lots of fruits and veggies. 

And working out will be interesting. I am not sure how much I am going to be limited, but I am going to try my hardest to try and get some exercise in, even if it is just walking on the treadmill. 

That is all that I have for you in regards to Weigh-In Wednesday. 

Real quick, I want to say Happy Birthday to my best friend in the entire world, Lou! You are the most amazing friend that any girl could ever ask for. I don't know what I would do without you. We have been through so many things together and have always come out of them together. You will always be the Wayne to my Garth and I can't wait to see what other memories we make throughout our life. Love you Lou! Happy Birthday!