This is what happens when you play Wii Fit with drunk boys in the room.

look what i did today!

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How does a dinner of sushi rolls and saki make my weight look so
dramatic on the wii chart?

And yes that's my real weight. Why hide it?

day 3

another successful day on the wii fit has ended. yesterday i did about 30 minutes. i was very sore in the hips all day. but today was much better. i went home for lunch and busted out 20+ minutes. then tonight finished off with 40 minutes of cardio and yoga. based on my weight chart i have lost 1 lb. hooray! i'm really not putting any hope into my weight since i fluctuate 1-5 lbs daily.

but i do feel good. really.

my wii fit challenge

i'm gonna do this. every day. at least 30+ minutes. i need to lose 15 or so pounds before the wedding to get to a happy, skinny weight. so when i get home tonight i will do the "before" pics and keep this blog updated with my progress.

my first day on the wii fit was pretty sad. i had my weight and bmi tracked. nothing was a shocker there but the wii fit age killed me! i am 44 years old. my balance is pretty unstable too. i tried out the basic yoga poses and pulled off a novice ranking. the one fun thing was the hula hoop games. i really liked those. it was interesting to see how my hips would not make a perfect circle motion at the end of the exercise.

this morning i woke up with sore sides. i can thank the hula hoops and the yoga side stretches for that. how funny is it that a video game would get me sore?

matt and i made a pact that no one can play mario kart until you put in 30 minutes on the wii fit. we shall see how that rule ends up playing out ;)

the cherry on top

to make this weekend even better, we bought these bitches on sunday.

i am in love love love with mario kart and wiifit. seriously i cannot wait to go home and play some hula hoop.

matt's 30th birthday

so much fun happened on saturday. first off, i picked up my wedding dress with my mom. it fit perfectly with no alterations needed. what a relief!

then i spent some time with my mom and dad in round rock. they helped me prepare a part of matt's birthday surprise.

then it was fight against time to get to the party site, opal divine's, and get everything decorated.

thanks to nory, we got everything ready in time to surprise the birthday boy!

that's nory and everyone else hiding behind the door, waiting for matt to walk in.

there is the rest of the crew...waiting patiently.

and here is the birthday boy wearing his unicorn crown. happy 30th matt!

want to see the rest of the pics? click here.

It's finally in!

Just got the call my wedding dress has arrived!!!!! I am giddy with
excitement. Now I can play dress up with my shoes and veil.

Ok must stop being girly.

Sent from my iPhone

I love my cat too much

new layout

because i was so bored with the previous one.

big check!

i finally finished arranging my hotel blocks for the wedding. i thought this would be an easy task... make a few phone calls and be done with it. not so. one week later i have managed to nail down 4 hotels downtown. i guess there are a few big conventions going on that weekend so it wasn't a cup of tea.

but it is finally done and now everyone has a nice price range of hotels to stay at.

i'm relieved and happy.

ahhhh it's the beginning of another week. 89 days until the wedding. i'm really glad it hasn't been consuming my every thought lately. having a healthy supply of books has helped. i've been engrossed with the twilight series by stephenie myers.

i am on book 3 at the moment. i'm tired of the plot though. all i keep thinking in my head is bite the bitch already. i'll finish the series though. then i'll complain about it when i am done.

so back to the wedding talk ;)
i'm feeling pretty good about it. i believe i have most everything booked/arranged that i need at the moment. planning a wedding on my own has been quite an experience. i think looking back, i may have wanted to invest in a planner to do all the worrying for me. too late now. now i just sit back and wait.

meh.

4th of july weekend shots

What is this?

Here is my proof that it rained downtown. It was a downpour for over
an hour. I hear some people up north didn't get a drop.

my special matt

just got awarded "best of craigslist"

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/aus/706729174.html

i'm so blessed, really i am.

My favorite lunch

Besides Whole Foods is my Lulu B's!

Finally!!

I've been screwing around with blogger for the past hour trying to get
my pics to post via mobile. Finally I got it working.

That means more blogging from me at all times. Here is happy sunshine
doll to brighten your day.

eeesh!

i haven't blogged in awhile. i need to fix that. i also need to take more pics. i'll get right on that.

i just finished david sedaris' new book. it was an amazingly funny read. just as funny as this week's gay pride onion issue.

thank you again!

to all of our wonderful friends and family! we were so happy to see each and every one of you at our party. we hope you had a wonderful time, because we did!

more e-pics? hooray!

i'm adding the rest of our amazing photos to my flickr account. there are way too many to post here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35468153796@N01/

engagement pictures are up!

check them out: http://roxyandkaiphotography.blogspot.com/

i *heart* sarah. we got these back within 2 days. how awesome is that???

my new colorful flock continues

so i think i have about 200 cranes folded. they have been solid colors and vary in sizes. well today i decided to branch out and buy some small, patterned paper. the folding has been a bit tricky since the paper is tiny but i have managed to get the groove down.

i can't wait to hang these in the trees for the big party.

i'm not sure if i can complete the big 1000. i'm going to try though.

finally some new pictures!

power outage

so we are chilling on the couch, watching SNL and we hear this loud bang. as i pray it's not a gun shot, the power dies in the neighborhood. great.

what a super way to end the night. no power, no feel good, no wireless (thank goodness for matt's sprint card.) but now i have to get off the computer so the laptop battery doesn't die.

i wish we had unpacked more boxes.

my internet friends are funny

they love to make chops of matt and myself. i guess we are easy targets.

is it wrong to be in love

with our new shower?

i am not a shower fan. personally, i hate taking a shower because i have so much maintenance to do. but i am in love. it's like a resort shower, all glass doors and beautiful tile everywhere. can't forget the built in seating area when you get too tired from cleaning your ass and need a break.



the window is a nice touch too.

even colotte likes the bathroom.

moving on in....

this weekend has been incredibly exhausting, yet so worth it! we moved into our new house on saturday morning. we did the smart thing and hired movers. our yelp review will follow shortly. they were great and highly recommended.

thanks to a drunk jake and ryan, we got all our new ikea furniture assembled. i know matt preaches on about buying local, but we *heart* ikea. they really have some interesting and unique pieces.

sue and colotte are adjusting quite nicely. colotte had a rough first day but was doing better that night. both are underfoot at every minute, but they seem to be happy with the new space.

there is still quite a bit of unpacking to do. hopefully we can get it all done by this week. it's been surreal moving into a new place and leaving our old neighborhood. i will miss the far west neighborhood but change is good for the soul.

here are some pics. i'll add more once we get the rooms completed.

my journey begins....

my first crane. now only 1000 more to go!

origami wedding decorations

so i have been tossing around this lovely idea of folding 1001 origami cranes. it's supposed to bring good luck and all that wonderful positive energy to the couple.

http://pukashell.net/kimo/wedding/cranes.html

hooray!!

the ups and down of financial responsibility

ready for a sad blog?

after reviewing our financial obligations to our new house, i noticed the majority of the wedding money we saved will be gone. right now i am feeling a lot of anger and guilt for not being on top of the possible extra charges required to buy a house.

the last thing i wanted to do was put our wedding expenses on credit cards, but that appears to be our best option. it's funny that i am mad at our new house. i don't want it to interfere with my perfect wedding. i was so excited that we already had the money put aside and there would be no issues of financial hardships in the future. no water and bologna sandwiches for us! we could still go out for steaks and pay for our honeymoon in one night!

but now reality has set in. time to grow up and get rid of my monthly strut spending fees and whole foods lunches. *sigh*