Five more days until the big day!! I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'm not afraid to say that I am voting for McCain and Palin. I know more this time around...I have done my research and although the person I originally wanted is no longer in the race...I will go with whom my heart believes will lead this country to a better place in the next four years. And though I am strong in my vote...it does not matter who you vote for...just vote. I am especially voicing this opinion to women everywhere. Today women have the right to do many things, but we are still paid less and treated differently. So do the right thing and vote! However, if you are voting know who you are voting for...know what they stand for and believe in. Don't just vote to say you have voted...know what you are doing for this country. Be smart and vote!

Snow in October!

There was snow here today...and it's still October! And what makes me more upset...it has delayed the World Series for yet another day!! But this passed weekend we finally got our pumpkins!! What a better experience and a better farm! We had a wonderful time going through the haunted houses, watching the pig races, and petting the goats and other farm animals they had on site. This place will definitely be our traditional pumpkin picking farm to go to every year!

Wedding Blogging!

I have to say that I am having a great time searching and finding wonderful wedding/bride blogs. At first I tried to google "Wedding Blogs" and only came up with a few sites. But some how I landed on http://with-this-ring-i-thee-obsess.blogspot.com/ and she has an amazing list of resources as does http://classicbride.blogspot.com/. Now my list of wedding blogs I am following is nonstop! I just want to thank the ladies at both these great blogs. If you are a bride 2 be or just want something interesting to look at please check out these wonderful wedding blogs that have great links to other blogs. So inspired by these wedding blogs...I will post some of the bridesmaids dresses we are thinking of: All can be found at http://www.alfredangelo.com/ in "tealness".

Keep it Going

I am very proud of myself and very proud that my fiance and I are doing this "new lifestyle" thing together. I have not worked out or continued to keep up a work out routine since I was in college. A few times throughout the last couple of years we started to work out but then just never kept our promise to ourselves. It's not hard to stop eating junk food and eating late at night and it's not hard to work out for 30 minutes to an hour 3 to 4 times a week, it's just hard to get your mind set to a new lifestyle when you have been living a certain way for so long. I see things at the store that I couldn't have when I was younger because we couldn't afford it and I just want them. And then if we get junk food like oreos in the house...well who eats just one cookie! I know I have to live a little and if I want something I can have it...I just have to work out a little harder that day. And if I do eat something that taste better than it is healthier, I eat one...not ten! There are some days when the alarm goes off in the morning and I just want to turn back over...but I tell myself that I want to work out...not that I need to...but that I want to. It makes for a happier me...a more energized me...a less moody me!

Tell me...what do you do for yourself each day...what helps keep the stress away...what makes you feel better about yourself?

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Wedding Dress Work Out

Two weeks down and many more to go...more like a life time to go! I don't want to say that I've started a diet...because diets don't work! So I say this...I have started a new lifestyle and I am determined to stick with it. Last week, since it was still nice outside, I got my exercise clothes on and walked around our apartment complex three times for three days. And now that it has been raining since Sunday I have gone inside to the complex gym to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes to an hour based on how much I can force myself to keep going that day! I have also started to lift 10 pound weights for 20 reps, these I do at home, as well as 20 crunches. I finally began this new lifestyle because as of next April I will be trying on wedding gowns and I would like to lose weight before I have to get anything altered. I would also like no flabby arms showing up in our wedding album! After just two weeks of exercising I feel great and I wish I would have done this a long time ago. I am now getting the girls involved because every family should exercise together. Last Sunday my fiance and I got his daughters to go down to the gym with us and I'm pretty sure they had a good time! I hope to continue this routine with them every Sunday...and every afternoon I get my fiance out of bed to work out with me! It's great to work out together and to set a goal together.

Here are pictures of some of the wedding gowns I hope to try on in April: The first two dresses are Alfred Angelo, the third one is Sincerity Bridal, the fourth one is Raylia Designs and the last dress is by Moonlight.