Oh Happy Day!!

Today was a good day. I stayed home from work and spent the day with Kelly. We didn't do too much, just ran errands. After we were done with that we went to my parents. We spent the afternoon visiting with my mom and dad.

I made everyone dinner tonight (shocking, I know!!). After dinner we were all sitting around talking. My mom grabbed her camera. She said she wanted to take a picture of us sitting in front of the fireplace to remeber the day I actually cooked. Kelly was standing up but I started to sit down. I stood up and asked "Do you want to sit or stand?" He said "Well, I was thinking I could do this..." And then he got down on ONE KNEE!!!! He proposed to me in front of my parents!!!!! I said "YES!!!"

I am so happy we are getting married!!!!! And I loved that my parents were there when we got engaged. That was really important to me and Kelly. I can't wait to start all the planning. We are planning on next summer... YAYAYAYAYAYA!!!

Upcoming weekend

I am so excited for this upcoming weekend! For Christmas Kelly bought us a trip to LA, and we leave on Friday. I can't wait to get there and see sun =)

How excited am I to go?? So excited that I took Thursday off too. Just kidding. I took Thursday off so I could spend time with my dad. We don't have the specifics yet, but he will be leaving soon (hopefully) to have surgery and then recover. It is a long process and he, and my mom, should be gone for about a month. I adore my dad and I know I will miss him so I wanted to spend some time with him before he is gone. I love my mom too, but she is healthy and I will be able to call her as much as I like (yay for Verizon Wireless and unlimited IN calling).

Today was to be my last day of the month at work. But after working for about 2 hours this morning I got SUPER SUPER sick and had to come home. I felt really bad because we were so busy and there was some year-end stuff I had to rush thru with my manager that had to be done by end of month. I am starting to feel better. I have been sick off and on all month and it is really annoying. I had my yearly physical with my doctor 2 weeks ago and I am all healthy, so my never ending cold needs to go away =)

So now I am home with my dogs relaxing. I love being home with them. They are so much fun. Buster is calm and happy to lay around with me all day. Maddy is CRaZy but makes me so happy. She is always ready to play. I have already let her out 8 times to chase squirrels. She seems to be able to sense when I am bored or wanting to play because as soon as I realize it, she is bouncing up and down and getting ready to jump all over me. I love that she jumps all over me, snaps at me (playfully) and lets me push her around and never bites me. I think her favorite time is when I dance around like a crazy person (that happens a lot), she gets really excited and tries to bite my knees.

I am really looking forward to getting to LA on Friday. We are having dinner with my friend Michelle and her hubby Chris at their place that night. Chris made a tiki bar a little while ago and IO have been wanted to see it for a while. I just saw Michelle and Chris at their wedding in September, when I went down with Megan & Melissa. We didn't get to see them much because they were so busy with the wedding and honeymoon. It will be nice to spend time with them. Michelle is a great photographer and I am hoping she'll be able to get some nice shots of us while we're there.

Weight Loss Week 2

Second Week's results:
Kelly: -2.4 pounds!
Whitney: -3.9 pounds!

Total weight loss:
Kelly: -5.9 pounds!!!!!
Whitney: -15.7 pounds!!!

Harrison Hotsprings

For Christmas my sister booked a trip to Harrison Hotsprings in British Columbia, Canada. The room had 2 queen size beds so I took today off work & tagged a long. Harrison was super pretty. The hotsprings were really warm.
We drove up through Sumas. It was a really pretty drive. We saw 36 bald eagles in a 15 mile space. Harrison is nestled between tall mountian peaks & Harrison Lake. We swam until 11p & star gazed. I saw so many constilations.. including the one that looks like a scorpian. The kids had a great time.
Right now were stuck in traffic in Custer, WA beacuse of a car fire. We pulled off into the rest area. Yay for mobile internet!

Weight Loss Week1

So Kelly and I weigh in on Sunday mornings.

First Week's Results:
Kelly: -3.5 pounds!!!!!
Whitney: -11.8 pounds!!!

I am super proud of us for losing weight this week. We both worked really hard at kicking our old eating habits to the curb. We have been keeping a food journal of everything we eat and how many calories we are taking in. I find it made last week easier because when I would crave a candy bar, I wouldn't want to admit I ate it and didn't want to write it down, so I would just not eat it.
I did have some Jujyfruits and Pringles last night at the movies, but I still had 600 calories left for the day, and I went on a mile walk with Tali so I figured I could eat them. I got a small tube of Pringles and only ate half and only about 1/4 of the Jujyfruits. I was so happy I stopped eating them. Self control is not something I normally have, so it made me proud that I stopped.

Weight Loss

I have a goal to lose weight this year. I would love to say I decided to lose the weight because I was motivated to start out the new year healthier, or because I want to get fit, or because I want to look better for summer... but that is not the case. Even Kelly's "cardiac event" wasn't motivation enough. My life is never a simple choice, because what is the fun in that?

My motivation came last Friday at the Barnes and Noble bookstore by my house. I had received a gift card for Christmas from a co-worker and was ready to spend it. I saw a food diary that caught my attention (because it had an awesome picture of a beach on it), and picked it up. I had heard they helped you lose weight... Who was I kidding, I would never stick to it, but I picked it up and carried it around anyways. I found Kelly in the cookbook section and showed him the diary. He said it was a good idea but I didn't need it. That made me want it more. He said that if we followed his diet we would lose tons of weight... blah, blah, blah... I hate it when he gets that way... Typical New Yorker thinking his way is always the best way. So I got irritated and basically told him to put him money where his mouth is.

So, after a few ground rules, we came up with a competition (YAY!!) to see who could lose the most weight in 60 days. Winner gets $100. GAME ON!! I love to complete and win. So we started on Sunday and I can't wait to step on the scale on Sunday to see who is winning.

I like this competition because no matter who wins, we both lose (weight). We both need to get healthier and I am glad we are finally doing something about it. (By the way, I didn't but the diary... why spend $$$ on that when I have a nice notebook at home??)

I have set a healthy goal of 3 pounds a week for 8 weeks, bringing me 24 pounds closer to my goal weight... which is still a long way away. My long term goal is to fit into the clothes I have from college in my storage unit again. So I traded in candy for carrots, McDonald's breakfast for yogurt and apples, and Diet Coke for water and Crystal Light. 3 days in and I'm not sick of it yet!!