Arr Matey!

So last night was my much anticipated Bachelorette Party. Like I said here we had to have it a couple months in advance because my Maid of Honor is moving to California in the next month to pursue her acting career. Here is a pic of me & her from last night.

She planned a Pirate themed party where we dressed up as pirates and all the decorations were Pirates of the Caribbean.

So the party started off meeting at my house for a before the party drink. Then we headed to the Marq*E center where we had dinner at Cafe Adobe. After dinner my maid of honor told us to get into 2 groups and handed us a list of things that we had to go find for our scavenger hunt. We had 30 minutes and I have to say it was not easy. More information & pics on this later!

Then we went to Drink Houston where we got in for Free and received two FREE bottles of Champagne. We danced the nite away and had a blast. Ayana Mack was there from Houston's local radio station 104 KRBE. She came up to me and my group and asked me what we were doing there and what mine and my fiances name was. YES I was on the radio last nite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was amazing!

So I have to say that I had a blast last night!!!!!!!! Thanks to my maid of honor for putting together such a great party and to all my friends who came and celebrated with me last nite!

In Memory of My Dad

With my wedding a little over 3 months away, I have been thinking about my dad a lot. Next month will be four years that he passed away and this month would have been his 48th bday. See my dad a serious drug problem which I found out about when I was just 10 years old. He had his good and bad days. My dad was really really smart but just got mixed up in all that stuff.

We were really close growing up for the most part, when he wasn't in jail. I was always known to him as his first born and I know I really made him proud by doing something with my life. I am fortunate that Joey and I dated three years before my dad died so he got to spend some time with Joey and very much approved.

So now that hes not here to be able to walk me down the aisle, I wanted to do something or have something in memory of him at the wedding. At first I was gonna have a memorial candle and then I found a bouquet charm that I can put a picture in and place on my wedding bouqet. I thought this was perfect because it would be like he was with me when I walk down the aisle.

This is the pic that I chose to put in it.

I miss you deepely dad and wish you could be here on my BIG day!

Guest Blogger

Today you can check out my guest blog that I did for my blog friend Eyegirl @ Life As Eye See It while she is away with The One on vacation.

This is my first time to guest blog and Eyegirl asked me to write something about how I met my fiance and how we got engaged. Go ck it out and leave some love!

Promotion

So I have been at my current job for a little over a year and a half and today I received my second promotion!!!! When I first started at Communities In Schools Houston I was hired to be sort of a go to person. Any time anyone in the Development department needed help with anything I was there to help. I didnt really have a lot of tasks that were my own.

Then after being there for close to six months, I was writing the articles for our internal and external newsletters on a regular basis and was the social media liason. Then our department decided to restructure and decided they needed a database/Raisers Edge person. This person would be responsible for entering all of our gifts into our system, producing and mailing thank you letters and updating the system when necessary. I was asked if I wanted this position and to continue doing the smaller tasks I was already handling. I took and have been doing that for a while now.

Our Communications Coordinator decided to take some time and teach abroad in Chile for a year. Her last day is the beginning of Feb and I have been asked to take her position. I was very pleased and excited as this position is more of what I got my degree in! I will be learning more of the ins and outs in the next month like vendors contacts and that sort of thing and will be focusing on becoming more confident.

I am ready for this challenge and hope to bring something new to the table and work hard at doing the best I can!

Tisk Task Tuesday

Countdown: 109 days!!!!!!

So this weekend is my bachelorette party and my bridal shower!!!!!!!! I am super excited! For my bachelorette party my best friend and maid of honor has planned a pirate themed party for Friday nite. Ay Ay Captain!

 

We will be dressing up like pirates and going to dinner at Cafe Adobe. Then were off on a treasure hunt then back to my house where the real party begins!

On Sunday, my cousin and matron of honor along with my other bridesmaids have planned a shower for me. It will be held at the community center in Baytown and everything else is a surprise to me. Let me tell you how hard this is for me! I like to be in control of everything and get a little uneasy when I have to depend on other people. I know, Im working on relaxing more and letting things go. So Im looking forward to seeing how it goes and yes of course the gifts!!!!!

Then next week I mail my invitations and make reservations for the rehearsal dinner. Its gonna start getting very busy for me as I only have 3 1/2 mths left.

Ck back next week for pics from this weekends wedding festivities!

A New Year, A New Me

So as far as new years resolutions go I am not that great about following through on them. They tend to always be about my weight since my weight is always fluctuating. I am not fat by any means but I since I am only 5'4" the more I weigh the bigger I look. I always range from 130-155 lbs and right now I hate to say that I'm at the top of that range.

And since most of you know I am getting married THIS year, 113 days to be exact, this year is no different about my new years resolutions. But this year I am only going to make a resolution until our wedding day and then I will reassess what I would like to do for the rest of the year. So from now until April 24, 2010, I plan to up my working out from 2 to 3 days a week to 5 days a week. I would like to loose 20lbs for the wedding. My last resolution until April is to give up sweets until we eat our wedding cake with the exception of cake at my shower next weekend. Sweets is my biggest weakness.

I do have one resolution to last for the whole year and that is to be more self confident. Not only to be more self confident personally but also professionally. I need to learn that I am not ugly and just because I have a little stomach doesnt mean I should be so hard on myself. As for professionally I will be starting a new job duty starting in February when one of my coworkers leaves that involves speaking more with our CEO.

So to a new year and a new me! I will keep you updated on how the weight loss goes and any encouragement you can give is always helpful!

2009 at a Glance

First I have to say that I kinda hate to see 2009 go. It was a great year for me with only one exception. My 17 year old cousin passed away from diabetes. He was a great kid and it was really hard. His death did bring awareness to how much of a major problem diabetes really is. We walked in the Step Out Walk for American Diabetes Association and raised over $4,000. Here is a pic of him.

Now to the great parts of 2009. In February I got engaged to my long time boyfriend of 6 years. We had already started saving for our wedding prior to being engaged but I had no idea when it would happen. He said it wasnt gonna be on Valentines Day so I wasnt expecting it at all. It was great.

 

So of course we started diligently planning our wedding and then during the summer we decided that since our lease was up at our apartment it was time to buy a house. So we started looking and decided to have one built. The process started and then on Sept. 23 we moved in.

So hats off to 2009 and I'm looking forward to what 2010 brings me and my future husband.