new hair

here is my haircut...not much diffrent...it is shorter and has more layers, matt says it look like a mushroom..ohwell :)

ok here it is..

Well things are going really well lately. I have been doing really well with eating and exercising. I have worked out an hour everday for four weeks. There were two days I didn't work out but other then that I have done really well. I have totally seen the results. That love handle area is getting smaller and my arm muscles are showing. The only thing with this is that I really want to eat those foods that I used to eat. I babysat on friday night which was great but they ordered pizza. I ate so many peices I almost wanted to cry. I felt so bad because I have worked so hard lately. It is really sad to think that I wanted to cry about eating pizza.

Well school is going great!! I love my job. I am trying to get a part time job since I have so much free time. I mean I lay here on the weekends doing nothing and during the week my afternoons are all free. I applied at harris teeter which would be great. I could walk to work and be there and not have to think about what I am doing. I hope they call. If not I am going to apply to blockbuster and Kohls. I don't want to work at kohls because I WOULD NOT WANT TO HANG UP all those darn clothes the people throw on the floor when they have those huge sales. I don't even put my own darn clothes up. Ohwell.

Today is a new day..

Well last night I had a blast playing Bunco with the other teachers. It is a dice game which has tables and you play and then the loser team moves. It was so much fun. The only thing is that there was tons of few. I was so piggy last night. I really have done well. I lost the inch and then last night blew it. I really wanted to eat the food though so I had no reason to stop till today because I really feel bad. Ohwell today is a new day and I am going to workout harder today to make up for it. I did a Tae Bo tape and burned about 600 calories and now I am off to the treadmill to walk while watching Remember the titans!! Lifeis great!! Also my bestest Jodi is turing her life around. She is trying to lose weight and be healthier. She was diagnosed with Polyscistic something. It has effected her ovaries. I know if my heart that when she loses the weight she will be healthy. Her body was trying to tell her something. I can't wait to come to Charlotte a weekend and see her tiny!! I am sooooooo proud of her. I want the best for her and I know this will help her get there. She is an amazing person and I can't wait till the day that she smiles knowing that her life is the best that it can be!! Off to work out!!

fell off..

Let me tell you how it feels to wake up weigh yourself and be three pounds less then what I started at. I felt so good. My legs feel thinner my abs are showing and my waist is a half inch smaller. This is all great and then it was Sunday night date night and we go to the movies. Which would be ok but we ate popcorn. No butter of course but it was still two buckets. Which means I bet you I ate one full bucket. Yes me the person that has done so well these two weeks ate a whole bucket myself. I am sooo mad at myself. I see how people can get into a rut while trying to lose weight. I mean I messed up big. I am so proud of myself for doing this and then look I mess it all up. I am going to wake up and do better tomorrow. This weekend I also ate sesame chicken insted of my steamed meal and that made me mad. Why oh why...

On another note we went back to check out the model home for our house and we were a little worried. It wasn't exactly what we wanted. We really thought there would be more room and there wasnt. So we went and talked with our sales lady and she showed us the next house up from our and we had looked at it before but we couldn't afford it with the basement. The thing is though we were going to add a morning room to the house we got because there wasnt alot of room. While adding the morning room would cost us another ten thousand we thought about the next model up and it was only ten thousand more from where we were. The reason we didn't get it the first time was because we weren't sure how much we would be qualified for but now we do and we could get it if we wanted. So on monday she is going to get our paperwork and we are going to redo a contract so we are getting the remington. The floor plans is on the post below. It is only the first floor. The second floor has three bedrooms and a laundry room. I am happier now because its better then what we got the first time. I know I was happy beore but now I am really happy because we will have more room and its really what matts wants. The only thing about this house that I sort of don't like is the kitchen because it was tinier then the other. We will see.

great week..

Well today went really well!! This week has flown by. The reason is because I am in a diffrent room each day so I have something new each day. The teachers are all so great!! I love them so much. I worked out hard core this week. I am soo proud of myself, and you know I can actually see my stomach muscles again. I honestly can say that I havent had my stomach muscles since highschool!! I can't belive it!! I hope that in the end this work pays off, but with that said I told myself that when we go to Charlotte I was able to eat what I want since we always seem to end up eating out. The thing is I am going to try to eat healthy and since mom and dad have a treadmill I am def going to use it while I am there, I mean why not. I can't wait till tomorrow because we have date night!! We are going to go see Glory Road. I really want to see it because I am such a sucker for those sports motivation movies that always end good and make you teary eyed. I also get to eat popcorn so I am def going to eat a light lunch so I can pig out on popcorn!! I love life right now. I was born to teach and there isn;t anything that I don't like about it. I mean I def haven't dont alot of it yet but I love what I do. I wake up each morning excited to come to work!! I can't wait to have my own room and to have my children!! Well I am off to bed since I am tired and hungry but I don't want to eat!!

I am hoping..

THese are pictures of the land that our house is going to be built on. The pictures with the trees are what our back yard looks like :)!! I CAN"T WAIT!!! I am hoping that I keep this working out thing because it really makes me feel good. I really like the way I feel when I work out really hard and get those bones moving. I love my school by the way. I was thinking today that being a teacher is such a great job. I coudn't imagine doing anything else. I mean I get paid to change lives and to teach these youngs minds about things they don't know. I am so excited because I get to take this reading course which makes me happy because teaching reading is my hardest area. I am very weak when it comes to grammar writing and reading always have been. Math and science come really easy to me so that is a plus. I also got a copier number today which means I can make 1500 copies a month free :)!! Those simple things in life are great. Today I stayed till 4:45 which felt good because I was earning those big bucks. I love my school and my team. Now that I have spent a day with each of them I am really excited about spending the next week with them because htey are all so great teachers and I am learning so much from them. I just hope that when I get my own room I will be able to remember all those things I learned. The house thing is put into place she turned the paper work into the people yesterday which means we are really truely doing it!! I also wached the Bachelor yesterday night and I think this season is going to be good because he seems like a really great guy.

WE DID IT!!

Yesterday at two thirty matt and I signed the last paper to start building our FIRST home!! I am still in shock. I want someone to pinch me because I still can't belive it!! I am so in love with this house and the neighborhood is great. We get to go in about four weeks to pick out cabinets and flooring for the house. We also get to pick out the color of the walls and the trim type and anything else we want. We can also pick out appliances for our new home. If you look at the front of the house in the picture our house is going to be similar to what ours looks like. Our home will only have half brick and the rest siding. The shutters will be brown and the door will be a dark red but it wont be a BRIGHT or pinky red but a dark deep red. I am soo excited we took pictures of the lott where our house will be. THe other thing is we get a basement which I am sooo excited about. When we get a puppy they can pee on the concret and not on carpet. Then one weekend Matt and I are going to fix it up and put drywall and carpet down and make it into a lounge type place with a TV and our workout equipment. Another great thing is we get four bedrooms which we don't need but when we do decide to have children we have plenty of room. I can't wait to paint the walls and put our new couches in the house. They say they are going to break ground on FEb. 23 which would mean the house will be done on July 23. That is if the weather is good but it could also get done earlier if they make good time. This is a dream come true. Matt and I never thought we could get a house around this time. We have been saving but it still hard because houses are big things. Pictures will be up soon.

Another great day!!!

Well today was a good day!! I had a great time in class and the kids were great. If some of you don't know I am going to let you in on some GREAT news!! Tomorrow matt and I are going to go to a neighborhood we found and sign a contract to start building our first home!! I am jumping with happiness right now!! We didn't think we would get a house much less build one!! I can't wait!! We still arent sure what neighborhood to build in yet. I want to build in this one place but you have to have a basement on it which is fine but its a little more and that means we would have to cut something out. We will see tomorrow it just depends on if they even have a lot open for us!! If they don't then we are building in the other neighborhood that is not near as developed. So we will have to see tomorrow. This is a dream come ture though. I mean we have been wanthing this so bad and now its here. It should take about six months to build and then we will have the keys!! I am so excited I am also happy because I am starting to like working out. I like it now because I can take a book and read and walk and do the eliptical. I have so much more energy and I am so eager to wake up in the morning. The only bad part about building a home is that we wont be able to go to Charlotte as much and we wont be able to go out to the movies near as much. I LOVE the movies and we go at least once a week and now we wont be able to do that because we are saving every penny so that in case something happened we would have the money. The other think about a home is that means we are going to be here awhile which is ok I just wish that I had my family and friends up here because its really hard to not have those girlfriends around. The two pictures up top are the way the front of the house COULD look if we choose that front but they have twenty other ones so we haven't decided. The right pic is of the bottom floor. I couldn't get a pic of the secod floor but it will have two bedrooms, master bedroom, loft, washer dryer room, and closets. I can't wait to have pictures of the lot and the building process. Well I am off to work out to lose that inch. I promise I am going to do it!!!

Two days and counting

Well today was my second day as a third grade teacher and it was great. I really like my school and the teachers that I am working with. Tonight I am planning a turn of the century lesson and I am so excited. I love being a teacher. I am also so proud of myself because I am working out like crazy!!! I am also watching my cal. intake and I am eating around 1000 to 1200 cal. which will make me lose weight because I am burning more then I eat!! I can't wait to measure my waist and see if I can do it!! Right now life is great!! I really want to keep up with the exercising because it feels great and it movtivates me to eat better because I don't want to ruin what I did!! I also love teaching and where I am at!! I get a desk tomorrow and I can't wait to put my own calender on it. It is the really small things in life that make me happy!!! I love life right now!! There are also other happy things in my life but I dont want to right about them because I dont want to get to excited because that always seems to ruin things so I am going to wait a little while till everything is official...and no I am not pregnant!! :) I wish though!!!! I def would not fit into that dress!!!

Again today!!

Well today I just wanted to report that i worked out again and burned 395 cal. I am so proud of myself I know I know it has only been two days but that is a start. I feel good about this time. Its hard though because I love food so much. I am an emotional eater or I shoudl say I eat all the time. I really struggle with that part. So this year I am going to do better, taking one day at a time and not think about the future. I have a short term goal and that is to lose ten pounds by Feb 14th. I hope that that will help take an inch off my waist. One more day I can mark off the calender!!