So remember how I was debating about whether I wanted to date one of my friends or not. Well I've finally figured out my personal decision and honestly as of late the guy has become annoying. Like there has been an increase in text messages and facebook chatting, but seriously he seriously hasn't made any real effort to see me in person or talk to me verbally since he asked me if I wanted to be serious??? I told him let's go on another date and see where it goes .... you know the first few dates I thought were the hey, you wanna do this and since you happen to be my friend and a girl we'll call it a date, kinda dates, now I needed to kinda look at him from a different perspective ya know????
But my question is- he wants to become serious, and yet we've been within a couple of miles of each other and yet he's made no effort to see me face to face? How can you be serious with someone if you don't actually see each other for a few months? His interest is still there, and he still brings it up, but usually more in asking what I'd like to do and I told him to plan something, *be a man and actually plan the date- I didn't say this but I wanted to. But honestly now months later I'm just not feeling it.
I did actually see him this weekend. He actually helped me move some furniture from my old place to my new place. But there were 2 other guys over helping too, and really I wasn't to focused on any of them of them. And honestly, it kinda felt like a couple of them were both kinda doing the see how masculine and tough I can be. I'm trying to impress you thing. And then afterwards he texted me saying that he was would be there for ANYTHING and ANYTIME- Seriously those words were in caps in the text message.
So how do you break it off (when it's not even really on????) easily with someone you've been friends with forever, but that seems to have taken an intense interest in you of late and yet you still have only seen him in person like once since Thanksgiving? How is it possible for someone to be extremely interested in you, and yet, they still can't get around to planning a date? I honestly don't want to tell him by facebook or texting, because honestly, that would be a lot easier, but I think this guy needs to hear it to his face and I want to give him some pointers to save the next girl some trouble. Should I just basically plan a meeting/ DTR and just be honest with him or put up with the texting/ chatting until he finally gets a date together? And then after that just be honest with him? I'm leaning towards the later idea, but seriously he popped up on Sunday and asked me how church was and what our talks/ lessons were on. And I really didn't want to tell him- they were Repentence and ---- LOVE--- in Sacrament Meeting Class was on "Choose Ye this Day" and Joshua- and I've basically made the choice about him, and then the ultimate no topic with a guy you've decided your not interested in Pres. Uchtdorf's talk from Conference- "Happily Ever After". Those were not topics I wanted to chat about. So I just said Joshua and a talk given by Pres. Uchtdorf. It was the truth... sort of....
So yeah any advise would be helpful!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Small World
So yet again I'm discovering how small a world it is, especially in the church. So today I did a little bit of facebook stalking I guess you could say... I saw that a friend from my first ward up on campus was in a relationship. So I decided to go to the guy's profile to just see what kind of guy she was dating. On his profile I also found a link to his blog. . . Yes I wasn't kidding when I said I was a facebook stalker. I've got to say I am totally impressed by this guy's blog. It appears that he's a convert to the church and served his mission in Ogden, Utah.
He had a posting on there about the movie Blindside and then compared the difference that the family in that movie had made for Micheal Oher. Then he talked about a family that had done a similar thing for him, just by welcoming him into their home and treating him like another member of their family. He had gone to day one of a weekend debate tournament or something for school and had needed a ride home. So he had asked a guy for a ride home. Since they'd be going back to the same place the next day his friend just offered to have him stay overnight and they could ride back the next morning. This was how Jared had got invited into the home of the Hydes'. He got to know the family and then the next school year he ended up having several classes with one of the sons. And he just really got to know this family and he was welcomed like another son.
The funny thing is that Jared, grew up and was introduced to the Church in Memphis, Tennessee. And the family that he was talking about were the Hydes. Well as I read on he ended up talking about the different members of that family and the impact they'd each had on his life and one of the members of that family was Ben Hyde, who strangely enough was the 2nd year teacher who ended up being my cooperating teacher at Jefferson Elementary where I did my practicum.
I just find it really funny that with a guy that I'll probably never meet, that I've actually got at least 2 connections with him. - My friend who's dating him and Ben Hyde. But because I found this guys' blog I was also able to find a link to Ben's blog. Where I got to see pictures of his precious cute little girl! He wife was about 4ish months along when I was helping out in his classroom. And now his baby is like 3ish months?
Also while I was on this guy's blog there were several likes to his favorite youtube videos that had made a difference on his life. And I found this one that I'd seen a couple of times before as well, entitled Small and Simple things. One of my old roommates had shown us this clip for FHE one night and everytime I see it it just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
It just reminds me of what a difference each of us can make in the lives of those around, whether we serve a mission or not. The missionaries ultimately taught this guy the gospel, but they play a small part compared to what happened before or what should happen after the missionaries taught and baptized him.
I hope that I have the opportunity to share the Gospel as a missionary, but if not I know that there are a lot of opportunities to share the Gospel just by example and being a friend. So often I think the friendship aspect is missed and new members are brought into the church and they're name is added to the ward roster solely for the purpose of another tally mark to say look we had this many baptisms.
The Church should not be this way. People should be our friends and welcomed and invited out to things whether or not they are interested in the church. You never know what kind of influence you might have on someone, but you also shouldn't be interested in their friendship just because you want to get them baptized.
And this guy Jared, who's blog I had found, I know that the Hyde family had welcomed him into their home, not because they saw him as a potential convert, but because they truely loved and cared for him as a friend. It was their example I think that taught him more of the precepts of the gospel than any missionary could ever fit into a series of discussions.
I encourage each of us to teach and share the Gospel through friendship and example.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Daring to dream
Why is it so easy to dream when your little, but once you get older, it becomes so much harder, because now they're not wishes you're daring to dream, they're wishes your daring to LIVE!
I've got a good job. It's basically the same salary as a teacher, but when I leave for the day I'm basically done. I don't have to take a pile of assignments home nor do I have to prepare for the next day. In that aspect it's great. And I currently have a fabulous apartment, however I'm moving at the end of the month to a bigger 3 bedroom townhouse in the same "complex" and one of my old roommates is going to be moving in with Hada and I.
But currently I'm trying to figure out what the next step is going to be in my life.
Obviously I hope for marriage to be somewhere on that list, but right now I don't appear to be heading that way. Mr. Right has a lot of hoops to jump through and bars to meet.
Graduate school?? Maybe.... when I get over the last 20ish years of schooling! I need a break... and to figure out what I'd study? Occupational Therapy? Social Work?
Mission! --- This is high up on the list, but need $ and at the moment with my grandpa's health I don't really want to leave at the moment. Not to mention I've at least got to make it though the audit at work before I even consider skipping the state.
Vacation--- YES!!! Hopefully! I've got a couple in the works, but at the moment they seem months if not years away. So until that time I'm going to be going on short day trips like I did last weekend where we drove throughout Central Idaho- hopefully I'll get some pictures up on my next posting.
SO I'm still not sure what dreams I'm daring enough to live... I guess only time will tell. Hopefully all of the above.....
I've got a good job. It's basically the same salary as a teacher, but when I leave for the day I'm basically done. I don't have to take a pile of assignments home nor do I have to prepare for the next day. In that aspect it's great. And I currently have a fabulous apartment, however I'm moving at the end of the month to a bigger 3 bedroom townhouse in the same "complex" and one of my old roommates is going to be moving in with Hada and I.
But currently I'm trying to figure out what the next step is going to be in my life.
Obviously I hope for marriage to be somewhere on that list, but right now I don't appear to be heading that way. Mr. Right has a lot of hoops to jump through and bars to meet.
Graduate school?? Maybe.... when I get over the last 20ish years of schooling! I need a break... and to figure out what I'd study? Occupational Therapy? Social Work?
Mission! --- This is high up on the list, but need $ and at the moment with my grandpa's health I don't really want to leave at the moment. Not to mention I've at least got to make it though the audit at work before I even consider skipping the state.
Vacation--- YES!!! Hopefully! I've got a couple in the works, but at the moment they seem months if not years away. So until that time I'm going to be going on short day trips like I did last weekend where we drove throughout Central Idaho- hopefully I'll get some pictures up on my next posting.
SO I'm still not sure what dreams I'm daring enough to live... I guess only time will tell. Hopefully all of the above.....
Monday, May 3, 2010
Testimony of the Book of Mormon
What a powerful testimony! I want you all to know that I know the Book of Mormon is true. It was prepared for our day by ancient prophets and through its words and the power of the Holy Ghost it can provide guidance and direction for each of our lives. It has given me strength and peace and I know that if you read it with an open heart you will feel the blessings of Heavenly Father in your life.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
To date or not to date that is the question?
*To protect the innocent, names have been changed or just altogether left out of this blog.*
So I have a guy friend, who would like to be more than just a friend with me. And honestly, I can't bring myself to commit one way or the other.
And if circumstances were different I would probably feel differently about this whole situtation.
Honestly, we are close. We know a lot about each other and when we are together it's comfortable and easy to talk to him. And we have fun together. So on the good guy friend scale he's pretty high up there, which is where you would like someone who you're considering dating.
But see like any girl there are a few things that I'm kinda looking for, some are more important than others, but some in my opinion are really unnegtiable- unless there is a sincere and honest reason for why they didn't happen. And until he started asking me if I'd like to take it to the next level, I honestly didn't want to know/ feel it was really my right to know some of this stuff.
And I'm afraid that if I were to get into a relationship that I could fall into love. He does have some good qualities. But here are some of the reasons that I'm really not sure it would be a good idea to put myself into circumstances that could lead to something as eternal and binding as a sealing.
*he hasn't served a mission- from an old conversation I remember him saying medical reasons, but talking to a mutal friend it sounds like it was a matter of a few pounds that prevented him from serving. And I'm not judging but a matter of a few pounds to me, could later mean a few dollars later off of a full tithe or I came close to fulfilling a calling etc, but _______ prevented me. If you want something enough you will do everything you can to have it. Not to mention there's just the fact that guys generally grow and mature a lot on their missions.
Not to mention I still want to serve a mission myself when I have enough money to go and when the time feels right. -Now I think it would seem to much like I was running from this situation.
*Still doesn't know what he wants to do with his life- he graduated the same year as me so he's been out of school for nearly 5 yrs and tried school for about a school year I think and then flunked out when he couldn't decide what he wanted to do/ didn't put the needed effort in.
*When he quit school he moved back home and lives with his parents still and as far as I know doesn't plan on moving out anytime soon. He is trying to get back into school, but I'll believe it when it happens.
We still keep in touch, but communication is by texting and facebook chatting- Hello?? If you can't call a girl up on the phone, especially if you're considering a relationship there's a problem!
I know girls can be intimidating, but that's one of the risks you have to take.
And then there's the fact that the last time we spoke he was like did I ever tell you what my mom said after she met you? Quoting him: "She thought that you were so cute and that she decided that you and I were going to get married one day." And you know his mom is great, a real sweetheart, however I don't want him to use that as some kind of string to get my interest in some strange way? And maybe if the circumstances were different I could honestly consider it, like that's why this is so hard......
He still has potential. Like personality wise and he's way up there on the guy friend scale, and he is temple worthy, it's just the grown up, maturity scale that he's lacking.
And I've had some roommates say to at least date the guy and just work on developing that type of relationship in preparation for the future.
But at the same time I know that if I seriously were to become more commited there is interest that could lead to a lifetime of supporting a guy who still hasn't really figured things out for himself or prepared himself for life....
Would it be bad to give him some of these reasons. I told him that I wasn't sure that we hadn't dated enough for me to really to have even considered taking it to the next level. So we're going out again when he figures out some fanatstic "girlfriend winning over date" of some kind probably. So like after that date, when I'm sure this will come up, should I be honest and give him some of these reasons or just say, I'd just prefer to remain friends.
Cause honestly I think a lot of this, is changable. Even the mission part, it would take a lot of effort, but odds are he could still be able to go. And if he were to figure a lot of this stuff out, there's really wouldn't be a reason for me to worry about being in a relationship with him.
And if I tell him these things honestly, when he does find a girl who is SERIOUS about him, when he is SERIOUS about his own life and what he's doing, he'll actually be better prepared then???
So I have a guy friend, who would like to be more than just a friend with me. And honestly, I can't bring myself to commit one way or the other.
And if circumstances were different I would probably feel differently about this whole situtation.
Honestly, we are close. We know a lot about each other and when we are together it's comfortable and easy to talk to him. And we have fun together. So on the good guy friend scale he's pretty high up there, which is where you would like someone who you're considering dating.
But see like any girl there are a few things that I'm kinda looking for, some are more important than others, but some in my opinion are really unnegtiable- unless there is a sincere and honest reason for why they didn't happen. And until he started asking me if I'd like to take it to the next level, I honestly didn't want to know/ feel it was really my right to know some of this stuff.
And I'm afraid that if I were to get into a relationship that I could fall into love. He does have some good qualities. But here are some of the reasons that I'm really not sure it would be a good idea to put myself into circumstances that could lead to something as eternal and binding as a sealing.
*he hasn't served a mission- from an old conversation I remember him saying medical reasons, but talking to a mutal friend it sounds like it was a matter of a few pounds that prevented him from serving. And I'm not judging but a matter of a few pounds to me, could later mean a few dollars later off of a full tithe or I came close to fulfilling a calling etc, but _______ prevented me. If you want something enough you will do everything you can to have it. Not to mention there's just the fact that guys generally grow and mature a lot on their missions.
Not to mention I still want to serve a mission myself when I have enough money to go and when the time feels right. -Now I think it would seem to much like I was running from this situation.
*Still doesn't know what he wants to do with his life- he graduated the same year as me so he's been out of school for nearly 5 yrs and tried school for about a school year I think and then flunked out when he couldn't decide what he wanted to do/ didn't put the needed effort in.
*When he quit school he moved back home and lives with his parents still and as far as I know doesn't plan on moving out anytime soon. He is trying to get back into school, but I'll believe it when it happens.
We still keep in touch, but communication is by texting and facebook chatting- Hello?? If you can't call a girl up on the phone, especially if you're considering a relationship there's a problem!
I know girls can be intimidating, but that's one of the risks you have to take.
And then there's the fact that the last time we spoke he was like did I ever tell you what my mom said after she met you? Quoting him: "She thought that you were so cute and that she decided that you and I were going to get married one day." And you know his mom is great, a real sweetheart, however I don't want him to use that as some kind of string to get my interest in some strange way? And maybe if the circumstances were different I could honestly consider it, like that's why this is so hard......
He still has potential. Like personality wise and he's way up there on the guy friend scale, and he is temple worthy, it's just the grown up, maturity scale that he's lacking.
And I've had some roommates say to at least date the guy and just work on developing that type of relationship in preparation for the future.
But at the same time I know that if I seriously were to become more commited there is interest that could lead to a lifetime of supporting a guy who still hasn't really figured things out for himself or prepared himself for life....
Would it be bad to give him some of these reasons. I told him that I wasn't sure that we hadn't dated enough for me to really to have even considered taking it to the next level. So we're going out again when he figures out some fanatstic "girlfriend winning over date" of some kind probably. So like after that date, when I'm sure this will come up, should I be honest and give him some of these reasons or just say, I'd just prefer to remain friends.
Cause honestly I think a lot of this, is changable. Even the mission part, it would take a lot of effort, but odds are he could still be able to go. And if he were to figure a lot of this stuff out, there's really wouldn't be a reason for me to worry about being in a relationship with him.
And if I tell him these things honestly, when he does find a girl who is SERIOUS about him, when he is SERIOUS about his own life and what he's doing, he'll actually be better prepared then???
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The End of An Era
After 5 long years I have reached the end of my path at BYU-Idaho! I graduated on Saturday April 10, 2010.
So here are some statistics of my last few years.
Apartments:
Riviera 6- Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, and Winter 2007
Riviera 15-Fall 2007 and Winter 2008
Brooklyn 208- Summer 2008
Danbury Manor Apt. 4- Fall 2008
Mountain Pines 309- Winter 2009
Mountain Pines 110- Fall 2009
House in Arizona
Apartment in Idaho Falls Winter 2010
Roommates: Lizzie Anderson, Emily Anderson, Andrea Merrell (Roerig), Whitney Kriser, Erin Zane (Pitcher) Lorinda "Dori" Smith (Allred), Heather Moss, Mallory Douge, Abby Salmond, Jenna Trentman (Price), Ashley Willman (Greene), Maria Ricks, Abby Simpson (McGrew?), Allyn Harker, Kristie Muir (Kasperson), Jodi Goodwin, Marlene Nelson, Tracey Lockwood (Leder), Tiffany Bird "T-Bird", Elizabeth Field (Cowan), Kacia Field (Moser), Stacie Marquiss, Stacia Hullinger, Daisy Heiner (Hegstrom), Charisse Gardner, Katherine Fleming, Amy Benkenstein, Tori Dickson, Mikyla Powell, Annette Mickey, Hillary Kohler, Angela Richardson (Neilson), Bekah Pingel, Erin Bee, Jamie Harrington, Ashley Zollinger, Laura Denton, Elizabeth Lovell (Valentine), Heather Grant, and Hada Aroch.
Holy Snap!!! I've lived with 40 different girls!!! I actually didn't realize how many roommates I've had until I just counted them. And the majority of these fabulous girls can be seen in the pictures to the right!
Not to mention the friends/apartments that I've had that might as well have been roommates (you know who you are! there's not enough room to list everyone!)
Wards: BYU-Idaho 1st, 20th, 82nd, 6th, 19th as well as Eden Park in Mesa, and the IF 1st YSA Branch and the St. Leon 2nd YSA Branch.
More FHE siblings that I care to imagine and sadly more than I can count and probably name and numberless friends from classes and wards that I've been in.
18 credits- the most credits I took in a single semester
14 credits-the least amount of credits I took in a single semester
140 credits! Including 1 Associates Degree and 1 Bachelor's Degree!
I'm so happy I decided to walk for graduation! Originally I wasn't going to, but after I'm glad I did, it was a good conclusion to my time at BYU-Idaho.
I got to go to the Commencement Speaker with Elder Jay E. Jensen and I got to sit next to Heather Moss one of my favorite old roommates who might as well be a sister!
Here's a picture of us afterwards!
I was also lucky enough to have my parents come to the Commencment Address as well as the actual Convocation.
For Convocation I was emailed before hand and because my GPA was one the of top 5 in my major I was asked to take part in the program so I got to pick my part (O or C. Prayer, Scripture Reading a Talk or a Musical Number) so I chose the scripture reading because I figured it was the one I could mess up the least :D. The scripture was the theme of the ceremony which was D&C 88:118.
"And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning, even by study and also by faith."
Happily my friend Crystal Johnson was also selected (she gave one of the talks) and we got to sit on the stand in the Hinckley together. And then because we helped we were the first people to walk across the stage and receive our diploma covers.
My cousin Danielle Kauer Anderson also graduated this semester with her Associates degree and we were in the same Convocation so we were able to get a picture afterwards.
One of my old roommates Maria Ricks also drove up from working in Jerome, ID to attend my convocation and she stayed with me Friday night and part of Saturday night.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity I had to go to BYU-Idaho and for the friendships that I've formed and the blessings that I've received because of my experiences there. I've learned things there that I would never have had the opportunity to elsewhere.
I am very happy however to have reached the end of my time at BYU-I and I look forward to other adventures that I'll have in life after college!
So here are some statistics of my last few years.
Apartments:
Riviera 6- Fall 2005, Winter 2006, Fall 2006, and Winter 2007
Riviera 15-Fall 2007 and Winter 2008
Brooklyn 208- Summer 2008
Danbury Manor Apt. 4- Fall 2008
Mountain Pines 309- Winter 2009
Mountain Pines 110- Fall 2009
House in Arizona
Apartment in Idaho Falls Winter 2010
Roommates: Lizzie Anderson, Emily Anderson, Andrea Merrell (Roerig), Whitney Kriser, Erin Zane (Pitcher) Lorinda "Dori" Smith (Allred), Heather Moss, Mallory Douge, Abby Salmond, Jenna Trentman (Price), Ashley Willman (Greene), Maria Ricks, Abby Simpson (McGrew?), Allyn Harker, Kristie Muir (Kasperson), Jodi Goodwin, Marlene Nelson, Tracey Lockwood (Leder), Tiffany Bird "T-Bird", Elizabeth Field (Cowan), Kacia Field (Moser), Stacie Marquiss, Stacia Hullinger, Daisy Heiner (Hegstrom), Charisse Gardner, Katherine Fleming, Amy Benkenstein, Tori Dickson, Mikyla Powell, Annette Mickey, Hillary Kohler, Angela Richardson (Neilson), Bekah Pingel, Erin Bee, Jamie Harrington, Ashley Zollinger, Laura Denton, Elizabeth Lovell (Valentine), Heather Grant, and Hada Aroch.
Holy Snap!!! I've lived with 40 different girls!!! I actually didn't realize how many roommates I've had until I just counted them. And the majority of these fabulous girls can be seen in the pictures to the right!
Not to mention the friends/apartments that I've had that might as well have been roommates (you know who you are! there's not enough room to list everyone!)
Wards: BYU-Idaho 1st, 20th, 82nd, 6th, 19th as well as Eden Park in Mesa, and the IF 1st YSA Branch and the St. Leon 2nd YSA Branch.
More FHE siblings that I care to imagine and sadly more than I can count and probably name and numberless friends from classes and wards that I've been in.
18 credits- the most credits I took in a single semester
14 credits-the least amount of credits I took in a single semester
140 credits! Including 1 Associates Degree and 1 Bachelor's Degree!
I'm so happy I decided to walk for graduation! Originally I wasn't going to, but after I'm glad I did, it was a good conclusion to my time at BYU-Idaho.
I got to go to the Commencement Speaker with Elder Jay E. Jensen and I got to sit next to Heather Moss one of my favorite old roommates who might as well be a sister!
Here's a picture of us afterwards!
I was also lucky enough to have my parents come to the Commencment Address as well as the actual Convocation.
For Convocation I was emailed before hand and because my GPA was one the of top 5 in my major I was asked to take part in the program so I got to pick my part (O or C. Prayer, Scripture Reading a Talk or a Musical Number) so I chose the scripture reading because I figured it was the one I could mess up the least :D. The scripture was the theme of the ceremony which was D&C 88:118.
"And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom, seek learning, even by study and also by faith."
Happily my friend Crystal Johnson was also selected (she gave one of the talks) and we got to sit on the stand in the Hinckley together. And then because we helped we were the first people to walk across the stage and receive our diploma covers.
My cousin Danielle Kauer Anderson also graduated this semester with her Associates degree and we were in the same Convocation so we were able to get a picture afterwards.
One of my old roommates Maria Ricks also drove up from working in Jerome, ID to attend my convocation and she stayed with me Friday night and part of Saturday night.
I'm so grateful for the opportunity I had to go to BYU-Idaho and for the friendships that I've formed and the blessings that I've received because of my experiences there. I've learned things there that I would never have had the opportunity to elsewhere.
I am very happy however to have reached the end of my time at BYU-I and I look forward to other adventures that I'll have in life after college!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Perks of Being a Packrat!!
I tend to be a packrat when it comes to well everything... Although I've moved like what feels like a million times* in the last couple years. I still tend to be a packrat because you never know whe you might be in the mood to paint or read that one book or refer to that old assignment and if you don't take it with you you won't have it when you really do want or need it.
Needless to say I've keep a lot of stuff and hauled it around just in case. Well the same goes for some clothes that were my favorites!
Even if I outgrow *I refuse to say become to fat to wear* some favorite pieces of clothing I tend to stick them in the back of my closet (however once I started moving every semester I started to leave the outgrown clothes in my closet at my parent's house) as motivation so to speak to lose weight. Because some items are just to darn cute to part with! Cases in point these adorable items:
*Okay I may not have moved that many times, but needless to say I think I've moved a lot
Well I am happy to report that I am now again wearing those precious pieces of cloth!!! Which mind you I could fit in when I was 17/18/19 yrs old. The black and pink skirts I wore for High School and Seminary Graduations. And the Blue floral dress I had as a Freshman in college. So be impressed folks! I am back to the same sizes I was wearing five years ago!
Thanks to the fabulous diet/workout system that I've recenting been applying namely eating on the run! (yogurt, granola bars, string cheese, etc) in between working 8am-6pm 4 days a week, and singles activities starting at typically 7 pm like almost every night of the week (FHE, ward activities, Institute, etc) Family stuff and doing Pilates and/or Yoga once or twice a week. (And eliminating the stress of college (projects, lessons, tests, etc) and diet of a college student (quick, cheap, easy and reheatable) and of living at home(bigger and more frequent portions of food). I've been able to lose a few inches gain muscle and hopefully lose some actual weight.
The one sad thing is that now most of the cute clothes that I had from the majority of my college years are TOO BIG! Gosh darn! And although I am pulling some clothes out of the hopeful closet (aka the clothes that I saved), I'm actually having to buy some new clothes, and since I am actually making an okay.... correction.... rather amazing paycheck compared to the pre Bachelor's position I don't feel quite as guilty buying new clothes. It's not exactly helping me save for the future, but I figure it is an INVESTMENT, right? Can't attract a guy if I don't look cute! :o)
And speaking of new clothes- Mom and I are going shopping tomorrow (I have Monday's off) for my graduation gift- a new dress for graduation!!!
Needless to say I've keep a lot of stuff and hauled it around just in case. Well the same goes for some clothes that were my favorites!
Even if I outgrow *I refuse to say become to fat to wear* some favorite pieces of clothing I tend to stick them in the back of my closet (however once I started moving every semester I started to leave the outgrown clothes in my closet at my parent's house) as motivation so to speak to lose weight. Because some items are just to darn cute to part with! Cases in point these adorable items:
*Okay I may not have moved that many times, but needless to say I think I've moved a lot
Well I am happy to report that I am now again wearing those precious pieces of cloth!!! Which mind you I could fit in when I was 17/18/19 yrs old. The black and pink skirts I wore for High School and Seminary Graduations. And the Blue floral dress I had as a Freshman in college. So be impressed folks! I am back to the same sizes I was wearing five years ago!
Thanks to the fabulous diet/workout system that I've recenting been applying namely eating on the run! (yogurt, granola bars, string cheese, etc) in between working 8am-6pm 4 days a week, and singles activities starting at typically 7 pm like almost every night of the week (FHE, ward activities, Institute, etc) Family stuff and doing Pilates and/or Yoga once or twice a week. (And eliminating the stress of college (projects, lessons, tests, etc) and diet of a college student (quick, cheap, easy and reheatable) and of living at home(bigger and more frequent portions of food). I've been able to lose a few inches gain muscle and hopefully lose some actual weight.
The one sad thing is that now most of the cute clothes that I had from the majority of my college years are TOO BIG! Gosh darn! And although I am pulling some clothes out of the hopeful closet (aka the clothes that I saved), I'm actually having to buy some new clothes, and since I am actually making an okay.... correction.... rather amazing paycheck compared to the pre Bachelor's position I don't feel quite as guilty buying new clothes. It's not exactly helping me save for the future, but I figure it is an INVESTMENT, right? Can't attract a guy if I don't look cute! :o)
And speaking of new clothes- Mom and I are going shopping tomorrow (I have Monday's off) for my graduation gift- a new dress for graduation!!!
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