National Ice-Cream Day!!!!

Today is the 3rd Sunday of July!  What is so absolutely amazing about this day?  In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared the 3rd Sunday of July to be a National Holiday!  What kind of National Holiday are we celebrating here?  Only one of the best!  See if you can guess:

All spotted on We<3It!

Did you guess a holiday for IceCream?  That's exactly right!  Yes, it is National Ice Cream Day!!!!  What an awesome holiday.  We're supposed to celebrate it so you better get your fill today.  You can't use the diet excuse either because, afterall, it is a National Holiday!  Hahaha!  Enjoy it friends!

Loves!!

Day 1 of 30 Day Shred. Weightloss. First week of School.

Yesterday was an amazing day!  I went swimming for an hour and I also did my Jillian Michaels' DVD!  I ate healthy but yummy foods, and when I got on the scale this morning....it said I had lost weight!!!!

I must say, that DVD was pretty tough!  It has 3 levels and I did the "easy" level.  In addition to that, there are two different levels within that easy level, and I did the "easy" level on that as well!  It was far from easy!  You should have seen me trying to walk down the stairs afterwards!  I was stumbling because my muscles were so tired in my legs!  Awesome! 
The first week at school passed by.  Classes went alright.  I am speechless at the amount of money I have to spend on supplies though.  So far I have bought a small portion of supplies for one class and spent $100!  I still have a ton of supplies to get for that one though.  In addition to that, I also have three other ones that I have to buy supplies for, and I am not talking about the textbooks that I already bought!  Hahaha!  Education is so so so expensive!  I have a ton of homework already as well.  Yikes! 
Well, I'm off to do my DVD again and then we are heading to WalMart for some supplies on my list.  The great part about getting all that done is that once it is done, Dakota is taking me to the movies tonight! Wohooo!
Loves!

Are you ready to take 30 days of your life and see what can happen???  You should join us on Jamie's adorable blog. 

There's strength in numbers and I hope you'll join us!
Beginning July 15th, for 30 days, I'll be doing the 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michaels.  Jamie started this all up at her blog and I decided that it is time to jumpstart my get fit plan.

I have been suffering from the symptoms of Hypothyroidism for three years now. After the military doctors told me there was nothing wrong, I did research myself. I thought it might be hypothyroidism and asked the doctor about it, but he assured me that it was nothing. A medical discharge for mental health and three years later a doctor finally listened and sure enough.... hypothyroidism. I had actually begun to believe I was crazy and making up the symptoms! So, here I am starting to get my life back and trying to loose some weight as well. I have stuggled with my weight. Recently I began a doctor supervised nutrition plan called MOVE. The hypothyroidism played it's part in me gaining 55 lbs in the last year and a half. I had lost hope completely of being in my recommended healthy weight range. Now though, I see that the weight gain had a cause, and now I can be treated. As I begin treatment for hypothyroidism, I am hoping that a balanced diet in combinatinon with excercise will help me reach a healthy weight again.

If you haven't heard of the 30 Day Shred before, it's a 20 minute workout that combines strength training, cardio and abs. It's HARD and it WORKS. I want to challenge myself and accomplish this.

Anybody else in?????

Here's what you need to do if you want to join Jamie and several others:

1. Take a before photo.

2. Take your before measurements.

(I'm going to measure hips, thighs, arms/biceps and waist.)

3. Go to Jamie's blog and comment

4. Purchase the dvd or borrow somebody's.
5. Once we're finished with our 30 days, we'll celebrate our accomplishments together!!!!

Loves!

A couple Drawings from Class

Hey all!  I can't believe that today was the first day of class for Summer semester!  So exciting!  I really think that I am going to enjoy my Architectural Drawing class.  It seems like the structure will be pretty laid back.  Being that I'm starting some new classes though, I guess I should post up a couple more pictures from last quarter.

These were from a basic drawing class.  I'd taken drawing classes in highschool, but wow, that was 8or 9 years ago that Itook them.  It might have even been 10 years ago.  Okay, I just had a "I'm getting older" moment!  I can't beleive it has actually been that long.  It seems like only a couple years have passed since graduation.  I graduated in 2003.  Yikes!  I guess I did pretty good considering it's been so long since a formal drawing class!  Hahaha!

I have one more post either tonight or tomorrow morning for you.  If I don't post it up tonight though, I hope your night is pretty and full of lucky stars to wish upon!

Loves!

I love summer!

Since I had to go up to Michigan during my giveaway to meet my brand new nephews, I am just now sending out the prize for my summer giveaway.  I just wanted to show a picture of the prize....

What I love about Summer

Sunshine

Swimming

Building castles in the sand

Ice cream

Refreshing drinks

Picnics

Flowers

Cotton dresses

Pretty ribbons and bows

Fireflies

Bumble bees

Dragon flies

Watermelon

Bare feet

Bikini tops

Tan lines

Vacations

4th of July

National Cherry Festival

Sparklers

Looking for shapes in the clouds

Hot weather

Boating

Sitting on the dock

Warm breeze

Baby animals

short skirts

Long days

Pool parties

Smell of suntan lotion

Sand between my toes

Butterflies

Sunglasses

Playing cards outside

Grilling out

S'mores

Vitamin D

What do you love about Summer?  Even though the giveaway is over, I would still love to hear what makes Summer wonderful to you!  Loves!

Back in town!

Hello! I had so much fun on vacation! I just wanted to share some of the fun with you through pictures....

Family and friends built this for the 4th of July boat parade

We saw the Blue Angels at the National Cherry Festival

Walking downtown to enjoy the festivities

Swimming in the "pool!"

Playing horse-shoes

Little sister thinks she is hot stuff!

Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes!  450 ft drop into Lake Michigan

Mashell's big belly the day before giving birth to my twin nephews!

I'll be back again soon!  Loves!

Enjoying Family Timejjj

Dakota and I are really enjoying time off. So far, we have spent a lot of time with my mummsie, my sister Tiffany, and my grandpparents.  We have had a lot of fun at the beach, and spent time cuddling our new nepphews.  Tomorrow we are going to the sand dunes!  I haven't been there since I was a little girl.  We also have to go see my father's side of the family because everyone is actually here in town, and heaven forebid we don't get a picture of everyone together.  my poor sister...she just got out of the hospital on Saturday after having the twin babies, and they are expected to be in the picture.
We switched beds today because we are half-way through the trip.  Now we are staying with my grams and gramps.  We can actually keep Kkaye inside here instead of in the garage.  I feel so much better about that.  She seems much happier already. She even learned a neww trick today. She can give highvfive now!

I am an Auntie now!!!! Twins!

My little sister had twin baby boys today!  They are big and healthy and handsome!  I am so excited to be an auntie for the first time.  Welcome to the world little ones!  We have Parker Christopher and Oliver Ronald in this world now! 

Giveaway Winner and Happy Summer!

Happy Summer everyone!  I'm so excited! I just love love love summer!  To celebrate summer, I had a little giveaway here on the blog.
katiebug92 says that she loves swimming in the summer because it's too hot to do anything else. I love swimming too.  Today I bought my swimming suit.  I'm visiting my family right now. My little sister is having twin boys oon Wednesday! email me your address info and I will get your box of goodies out to you as soon as I get home.  ZoiHoku143(at)yahoo(dot)com

Hurry to enter the Summer Giveaway!

Don't forget that the Summer Giveaway ends in just a couple of days.  Make sure to leave a comment on the post about what you love about summer.  Share the giveaway with friends and you'll have an even better chance at winning.  So far there are only 2 entries.....  it's gonna be cute!  I promise that you don't want to miss out!  Oh, and tomorrow starts my Summer Vacation!  That's what I love about summer today!
Night friends!

Do you like cupcakes?

Final Project for my design class this quarter!  Each piece of the tryptic contains 697grid squares.  Each square contains two pieces of cut paper making the "X" shape.  Then I used machine sewing to finish off this "cross-stitch" made from cut paper!  Do you like it? Oh, and each piece is a 14 x 17 inch piece framed in a shadow box.  The professor thinks I need to sell it.  What do you think?  Is it something you might consider buying for the right price or do you know others who could be interested in something like this.  If so, I might put it up on ebay.

Finals Week (and more giveaway clues)

Oh my goodness I have been busy!  The last two weeks have literally been insane!  I've been consumed in final projects.  Normally I am one to go to bed around 11, but these last two weeks bedtime has been closer to 2am if I slept at all.  Tuesday night I pulled my first all-nighter in a very long time.  I woke up Tuesday after only 5 hours of sleep and didn't go to sleep until 530 pm on Wednesday!  Yikes!  The good news is that I got everything done and turned in!  I only have one more presentation on Saturday, and then I will be done until July.  I met my goal of a 4.0 for the quarter!  I am so excited about that! 
As soon as I get out of class on Saturday, we are heading to see my sister.  She's having twins!  It's going to be so much fun being an auntie!  The twins are 7lbs 11 oz, and 8lbs 4oz!  Yeah!  Huge twins.  They are due on July 12 but she is scheduled for a c-section next Wednesday before her belly explodes.  I can't imagine what would happen if she kept them inside until then! 
I wanted to leave you today with another picture clue about the GIVEAWAY!
Do you love Traveling?

Spotted on Weheartit

Don't forget to check out the giveaway and leave me a comment telling me what you love about Summer.  Tell others about it and you'll be entered to win twice!  The winner will be chosen on the first day of Summer! 

Love you all!  Have a lovely evening!

Do you love ice-cream? giveaway!

Summer is almost officially here!  I love summer!  In order to celebrate summer finally arriving, I am doing a giveaway.  What am I giving away?  It's a secret, but I am posting pictures to give you some clues.  The first clue is....

Make sure you check out this earlier post and leave a comment telling me what your favorite thing about summer is.  If you tell others (through your blog, your twitter, your facebook....) leave me another comment and you'll get double entries.  The winner will be drawn on the 1st day of Summer!  Love ya'll!

Summer giveaway

Did you know that my absolute favorite season is Summer?  Well, it is!!!  I love everything about Summer!!!!  To celebrate, I want to give away a little prize to one of my followers. I don't have too many yet, but I'm hoping that this fun little giveaway, will get the word out about my new blog!  So, here is the deal...leave me a comment telling me what your favorite thing about summer is, and you can be entered to win.  Stay tuned for cute pictures!  Yup, that's how I'm going to do this giveaway...it's a surprise for now!  I'll post pictures between now and then as clues.....

Tell your friends, tell your blog readers....leave me a comment to tell me that you blogged about this, or twittered....or whatever....you'll get an extra chance!  The winner will be drawn on the first day of Summer!

Love you guys!!

Pretty Yard-Sale Finds

Here are some pretty photos for your eyes to enjoy on this beautiful June Thursday!

and lastly....I didn't find this at a yar-sale, but I had to get it when I found him!  He is adorable!  I cannot wait to put him in my craft studio when it gets finished!

Hope your day is bright and sunny!

Renay

Weekend in pictures!!! (lots of pictures)

So the weekend of pictures every hour on the hour, did not happen perfectly.  I couldnt find my watch with the beeper!  But...I did the best that I could.  I forgot some pictures and was a little late on others.  However, we had a super fun weekend.  In consisted of two days of yard-saling, class on saturday, time with the pug, watching starwars, eating yummy food, grocery shopping, working out, and a few other things!  As I was going through the pictures to save and post them, I realized that many of them were similar and some were even boring.  I decided that instead of showing one for each hour, I would only show off the fun ones!  Here is the weekend in pictures!

Really cute yard-sale

Fire Hydrant

Getting home

Working out

Yummy chicken Dinner (we had it over rice)

We have a projection clock getting ready for bed and playing a brain game on my phone to wind down

Leaving for school

Looking for more yard-sales

Out yard-sale-ing (I was stopped)

Stopping at the goodwill

Leaving for the gym

Homework for Interior Design class

Cute puppy

Printing Sunday coupons

Watching starWars

Bringing as many grocery bags up the stairs in one trip as possible!

Looking at my yard-sale pretties!

Dakota made an easy dinner. I coached him through it!

Pretty finger nails step one.  I later polka-dotted them

Puppy yawns

Laying out our new rug!  Isn't it pretty?

Hanging up laundry in the closet

I had to repair this.  The light bulb had been broken off during the move.

Math homework is so much fun when you go to an art school!

Dakota was painting my other hand for me!  Sweet of him!!

Okay, that was our Memorial Day Weekend! 

I just want to say thank you to those who have served, are serving, or will serve, and thank you to the people that support us through your love and strength!!