Apology

I know, I've been a crappy blogger. It's been crazy where I'm at.

So, my little facebook business is going well. Lots of people like my page and I've got several orders coming in, so that's good news.

I also found out that the place we are getting married, total cost, including the food, and everything, is only $2000. Which is PHENOMENAL! I mean, most place want to change 5-6k just for the site, let alone catering. I'm so jazzed about that.

In other news, I started up my next quarter of classes. Uhg, and I thought this whole going back to school thing would be easy. I'm still taking entry level classes, and I've already got tons of homework. And it's just the first week. Oh well, just gotta keep going. It's good for me, right?!?

Here are a few new jewelry pieces for you to check out, whoever my readers are.

Continuing the dress hunt this weekend, but with my future mother in law included with me and my mom. Should be lots of fun looking forward to it!

So I guess that's all my news for now.

Until next time...

Blessed Be.

The final stretch...

Well, it's official. I've gone into business. Making custom jewelry pieces, made to order. I'm pretty jazzed about this. Right now, it's only on facebook (look up Whimsical Findings). Who knows, maybe I'll start a whole page dedicated to it. I have no false illusions, that this will not boom and take off, but you never know.

Here's a few images of what I've done thus far...

I don't know, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but I think these stuff looks pretty neat, and it's sell-able, I think. The three strand necklace a coworker commissioned, and I have to other orders that I've been asked to make.

That's really my only exciting news for today. Yay business.

Until next time,

Blessed Be.

Up Before the Sun...

I'm realizing, with all my creative titles, I'll soon run out. I guess I'll have to be even more creative. Haha.

So, It's is Thursday, one day left of my work week (Yipee!) and I was up before  the sun. However, this is the time I was up and leaving the house for work every day prior to August 2010. I'm slightly amaze myself I was able to function. I can barely get my brain going, even with numerous cups of coffee, much before 10 or 11 in the morning. If anyone has seen Wall-E, the scene where Wall=E first wakes up, and before he gets his dose os sunlight for the day, he is running into things and can't get his tire-things on? Yea, that's me.

So, I've discovered I have a real nack for making jewelry. who wouldda thunk? I can't post a picture, because what I made is a surprise to who it's being given to. But I'm planning to make a few more, that will be for myself, and I'll post those. I mean, wire wrapping stones, chain work, the whole shabang. 

Nothing really else is new. Just same old. Can't wait until I can sleep in this weekend.

Until next time...

Blessed Be.

Hump Day...

Well, last night sucked. Big time.

Haha, yes, that's all I'm going to put about that.

I'm decided, I'm changing the tone, per say, of this blog. I've started it off pretty negatively, and lets face it, no one wants to read negative crap all the time, even if it is written humorously. My inspiration for this change came from two sources. I read, fairly regularly, my friend Brittney's blog, which is always so upbeat and happy, which it turn makes it wonderful to read.

My second inspiration is my wonderful Fiance. We had a discussion last night, and as I'm laying in bed, processing what we talked about, I realized something. While I hate having drama in my life, I tend to create a lot of it, consciously and subconsciously. First goal = stop creating drama. I think to help me do that, I've got to stop feeling so negative. Some negativity is fine, and normal. But not all the time, and not about everything. I just need to learn to let stupid little things go. It will make me a happier person.

Also, I realized, with a little prodding last night, I'm WAY to emotional. Sure, I can come up with reasons and excuses as to why things upset/hurt/frustrate/anger me, but question should be why.Why do I let these things bother me? Will they matter in 10 years? Most of the time, no. Not really. Well, then why am I holding onto them and letting them effect me to the point it upsets those around me? Answer: I shouldn't. And I won't.

It's going to be a tough journey, but hey, I had to make it sometime. Who knows, maybe I AM finally "growing up".

So, to end on a lighter note, I've lost 6 lbs now, down to 154lbs. And I'm feeling really pretty proud of that. Sure, it's only 6 lbs, but I've lost it, and dangit, it's staying off this time!

Until next time...

Blessed Be.

Is it Friday yet?

So, not a whole lot is new. I've been feeling very...I'm not even sure what word to put. Disgruntled, maybe? I just seem to have a short fuse lately (And my apologies to the Fiance for that one), and I'm not entirely sure as to the cause. I'm frustrated with work, and dealing with the people I have to deal with, I seem to be tired a lot of the time, and just over all very blah. Could be the fact I'm not losing as much weight as I want to be, only down 5 lbs so far. Could be I seem to be having a lot of frustrations and am feeling overwhelmed with this whole wedding dress issue, which is silly because I still have about 6 months.  Could just be I'm not sleep as much. Who knows. I'm just feelin pretty low today, and feeling bad for snapping at the future hubby a few times today. Hopefully I pull myself outta my funk, and soon.

Until next time...

Blessed Be.

A new week begins...

So, I realized this morning, I had full intentions of posting yesterday, and was just too exausted by the time I got home. So today will recap yesterday.

Wedding dress shopping = stressful. That pretty much sums up yesterday, in fact. Spend most of the day trying on and looking for my wedding dress. I never thought it would be so difficult. I usually don't have a hard time finding a nice dress that I end up falling in love with. Apparently, my wedding dress will be my demise. I'm finding some really cute stuff, but it seems my dilemma is they are all more than I'm willing to shell out. I've never been one to spend a lot of money on my clothes, I love thift stores and bargains, to the point I never pay full retail price for pretty much anything I buy. To me, there is no point. Well, will a wedding dress, they are all , at least here in Reno, around $800-$1200, and I'm sorry, I'm not willing to spend 1/4 of my total budget on a dress. Sure, I plan to reuse it for stage performances, since I'm not getting a "white" dress, but still. That is a lot of money for one piece of clothing.

The other option I have played around with is either buying online, where I an get it for $200-$300, or renting. With all of this time, and energy, I'm spending looking and trying on dresses, I'm actually leaning away from renting it. I'd rather own something after all this work I'm putting into it. And as for online, the only problem isI'm worried I wont love it once I put it on. I haven't found a dress yet that I love, so whose to say I'll buy the dress online and love it? Things always tend to look better on the hanger then on my body.

There are a few dresses that have been offered to me, which I'm very excited to try one and look at, that would in fact be free for me to use. However, again, things always look better on the rack than on me. So I'm looking forward to that possibility, but I'm also worried at the same time, it wont be something I "love", and for this day, I feel I should indeed love my dress.

Haha...and I thought my wedding would be easy to plan. 6 months out and I'm already getting stressed. Time for me to talk a little step back. It's more important about why there is a wedding, and not the wedding itself. It means I'm starting my life with Chris, which is a very special and momentous day, and I shouldn't let little crap ruin it.

Until next time...

Blessed Be.

The dreaded Saturday...

Let me just say, I HATE working on Saturdays. Sure, it's only for 4 hours, and I got 4 hours off earlier in the week, but it doesn't matter. Working Saturdays means I only have one day off instead of two, and that is just no bueno with me.

On a lighter note, Chris and I, well, mostly me, got a new mattress topper a few days ago. It's one of those nice memory foam ones. Well, last night I had finally adjusted to sleeping on it, and lets just say I didn't want to get up this morning. Looking forward to many more sleep session like that.

I've been trying, desperately I might add, to lose weight, and for a while I wasn't having a whole lot of success. I've tried South Beach, and I revert back to my old way of eating once I've lost the weight, therefore gaining it all back. I've tried just counting calories and fat, and I lost a whopping pound in a months time. Next adventure for me is Alli. I've been on it for almost 2 weeks now, and I'm continuing to watch my calorie and fat intake, and low and behold, I've lost about 5-6 lbs. The thing I really like about Alli is I don't feel like I'm taking anything. I've played around with those "other" diet pills, you know the ones. They make you feel like your having a heart attack because your heart is racing and you all really jittery like you've just snorted crack? Well, let me just say, after one day on those I threw away the bottle and avoided them like the plague. Back to Alli...I don't feel like I'm taking anything, and I know they are working, which is starting to make me feel a little better about my physical appearance.

I'm also taking Yoga classes twice a week, and those are seriously killing me. I'm still sore from Thursdays session. Granted, I went to one that was a little bit above my skill level. But I'm proud of myself, because I didn't give up, didn't get frustrated (until I got home anyways), and I stuck it through. However, I'm sticking to the mid level class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings...until I get back up tot he high level that is.

I know, this entry is going on and on and on....and it's probably super boring, unless you're me. But, I had a lot of thoughts last night, and I don't want to become the super obsessive blogger that writes multiple times a day. So I'm just going to cram it ALLLLLLinto one itty bitty session.

I'm started to get overwhelmed with this whole wedding planning thing. And that's pretty pathetic, seeing as how it's still 6 months out, give or take. I have a lot of things lined up, and initially I felt I had a good handle on everything. Now that my Mother is involved, I just feel I forgot about a whole lot of stuff. Big shocker there, I always an forgetting something. I just don't feel like I've got a handle on it anymore. I'm probably overreacting, and I just need to take a step back, which I will. I just feel a little lost at this point. Ha...and I thought planning my wedding would be EASY...

My current outlet has become Fable 3. Played for about 4 hours last night (Yes, I know, I'm a nerd. Moving on...). I just hope it helps easy my frusterated, confusing, lost little brain for a while.

Anyways, that's about all for today. Until next time...

Blessed Be.