Oh the twists and turns of life

I’ve been slacking on updates lately, but I have a good excuse I promise. We’re buying a house! We are officially under contract and have an inspection today and a meeting with our loan officer as well. Things at home have been a little crazy and have taken many twists that we weren’t expecting. We’re super excited, but I’m totally fretting over the financing. Carl is totally cool and calm, while I’m the ball of nerves, up wide awake at 2:30 this morning.

Weight Watchers: This week I weighed in at 145.2lbs. I’m pretty happy with only losing a pound this week. I have definitely fallen off the past week. Eating Chick Fila, Wendy’s, cupcakes, ribs and queso at the Super Bowl Party, and Dr Peppers didn’t help the weight loss plan. I’ve been a little stressed with the house buying and my go to foods when stressed are high fat and high salt. Even though they taste amazing and I needed a little taste of the goodness that these foods provide, I didn’t need them all in one week. Next week is going to be a non-Weight Watchers Week for my Birthday/Bachelorette weekend to New Orleans!

Wedding: My dress came in!!!!!!! I have my first fitting tomorrow. All of my bridesmaids and my mom will be there. No one has seen the dress except for my mom. The rehearsal dinner is in the final stages of being planned. Thank goodness! More decorative items are being completed including our reserved seating signs, bar menu, aisle décor, and menu board. The invitations are nearing the final stages and should be out the door on March 15, which is also our closing day. Things are finally starting to come together and I’m getting really excited for the wedding in 92 days! Holy cow it’s coming fast!


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WWT

It’s WW Tuesday already! I’m pleased to report that my weight for the week is 146.0 lbs, down 9lbs in 5 weeks! I have met my first WW goal of losing 5% of my body weight. Now we’re onto 10%. The weight to hit is now 139.5 lbs. The mid-130s is where I would ideally like to land at the end of the weight loss. The sad news in all of this is that I lost a food-point for reaching this goal. Boo…

But some more good news, I’m officially down a jean size from a 10 to an 8. The 8s are even getting loose on me. I tried on some of my jeans in a size 6 hidden in the back of my closet. Surprisingly I can fit in them. They don’t look great yet, but they would work if I was slacking on laundry duty.

Here’s to loosing more weight, being healthy, and praying my dress arrives before Feb 17 so I can get a fitting in before my girls-only trip to the Big Easy! There’s no WW in New Orleans.


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Life update

Last week there really wasn’t much to update everyone on. Things were calm, cool, and collected around our house two weeks ago. We very much enjoyed it. So much so that I put off doing any house work or laundry, which is what consumed my precious weekend. This past week was a total change from the previous week. I made steady head-way on the wedding front (details coming Wednesday), cleaned the house-ish (I got everything picked up and put in its place. The house just needs to be vacuumed and moped, which shouldn’t take too long.), and attempted to drive myself nuts.

Here’s how to make Kristin crazy:

Add the following ingredients and you’re bound to make any person crazy.
1 part wedding nearing the 100 day mark
1 part interviewing for a new position at work
1 part second interview for new position
1 part financial review and budgeting overhaul
1 part deciding to buy a new home (this lead to the financial part)

There you have it, the perfect concoction to make anyone loose it for a little while. To say the least I am attempting to change just about everything to do with my life. We are getting everything together and will hopefully be putting in an offer on a house this week. Exciting! We’re super excited but still really nervous and trying hard not to get our hopes up. The same with the job position at work, which I’m pretty sure I won’t be getting. It’s a little bit of a bummer, but I had to make it known that I am interested in moving up in the company and want bigger things.

The next few weeks and months are going to be a little crazy and definitely hectic, but I’m ready for it. I’m ready for the change (normally I would be fairly against) and want it.


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