3 months??? Oops!

Yeah, so it's been hella busy since I last posted here. So let's start with the catch up...

September 24, 2011- The wedding was amazing!! I couldn't have asked for a better day. It started off a bit drizzly out, but by the time we headed outside for our pictures, it had warmed up and stopped raining. It was great.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

 
We had about 65 people attend and it was really nice to have the ceremony and reception fairly small. Our cake was beautiful (made by our friend, Andrea), the DJ was awesome (our friend, Jim), and the photos were totally awesome (taken by our friend, Justin).

Red velvet cake and cupcakes. So freakin' delicious! Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

The tall cake topper. :) Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

The ceremony was beautiful and went smoothly. Our Justice of the Peace, Jeanne Pounder, was awesome. She helped us through so much with process of planning as well.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

We are so appreciative to everyone who helped us through the planning and such. We couldn't have done it without you. You guys are great!

Here are some of our favorite moments:

My dad and I. Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Then the fun started:

Rock Lobster! Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

Photo taken by Justin Manteuffel.

After the wedding we went to Orlando (which I will post pics later since I've put so many up this time). We had a blast! We went to Harry Potter World and drank so much butter beer! It was great!

Now we are back to normal (as normal as we can be) and are settling into married life. It's been pretty freakin' great. :)

I will try to update here more often now that the wedding frenzy is over. Finishing up my school semester in a week and a half so I will be able to post a little more over the holidays.

~Jenn C.

Thar She Blows!

As of today, Mike and I are only 3 weeks away from total, complete chaos. 3 weeks from today is our rehearsal dinner. 3 weeks from tomorrow is our wedding. And lastly, 3 weeks from Sunday we will be on a plane heading to sunny FL on our honeymoon. Why do I still have so much crap to do?!

Not too much going on recently besides wedding planning. Oh, except Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. That was fun. We lost power for 40 hours. Which, I guess I can't complain too much, cause some people still don't have power. But you know what? I am going to complain. It sucked. Big time. All I wanted was to take a nice warm shower, and clean my work uniforms, but nooooooooo. Irene had other plans.

Eh, that was about all I could come up with for complaining since the power is back. If I had written this while the power was out, it may have been a different story. We decided to go out like 5 minutes after the power went out cause we were already bored. We went to Target to get a battery operated radio. Got there and found one and then got ready to leave. As we walked towards the front door after paying, the power went out and massive gusts of wind and rain were flying by the door. At this point we were thinking that maybe it was a bad idea that we had gone out. So, we start running towards the car (which was only like 3 spots away from the door) and by the time we got there, we were both drenched.

We get home, Mike unwraps the radio and pulls out the directions. "Only clock operates with battery power. No other functions operate." Are you freaking kidding me?! So, I went down to my car once the winds died down to call family to give an update. 5 minutes later Mike comes down and says "I'm going to Walmart to get a real battery powered radio, some board games and beer. I can't deal with this anymore." And he did. We set up the radio when he got back and cracked open a cold one while listening to classic country. Then a couple of our friends came over with some amazing cheesecake and it ended up being a pretty awesome night despite having no power.

That's pretty much been the extent of my week. I'm still not caught up on sleep from having to listen to two of the loudest "quiet motor" battery operated fish tank pumps ever in existence. It was fantastic.

~Jenn

So it begins....

So, here I am. Writing a blog in which I'm openly admitting my struggles with my weight. I'm not being negative in this sense, I am being honest. I need to be honest with myself and see where I need to improve in order to reach my goals. And I mean, what better way to do that than share all my failures on the internet...(Great idea, Jenn.)

Actually, I got the idea from a friend of mine who also has had troubles with weight loss. She has a blog as well and lists her struggles so that she can be totally open about it. I thought it was an awesome idea. Even if no one ever reads this, it's there for me to read back on and see where I went wrong.

Although, this blog isn't all about my weight, but also other things I'm going through. However, most of them stem back to my weight and how it affects other aspects of my life. This just shows me that I need to lose more weight to feel more comfortable in my skin.

I'm getting married in September and my dress is a bit snug. I'm confident I can lose the weight before then, (whereas it's only a few pounds I need to lose) I'm just afraid of not being able to keep it off. My fiance, Mike, and I eat fairly decent, with an occasional treat. However, this week, we went out for ice cream (which we haven't done in a very long time). That was Saturday and now it's Tuesday and I still feel crappy. I've realized this is the second time I've gone out for ice cream this year and my stomach couldn't deal with it. So apparently I'm partially lactose intolerant. Yay.

I've been unemployed for over a month now. I'm broke and can't afford to eat as healthy as I'd like. That doesn't mean that I only get junk food, it's just that I get the same stuff all the time. Good thing is that Mike and I have cut red meat, pork, ham and all that junk out of our diet. We still eat chicken and fish but that's about it.

Anyway, I spend a lot of my time looking for recipes that are cheap and healthy. As I find some I will add them here.

I'm also getting more into finding information on my family tree. I've been doing a ton of research and have found a lot of info. Actually found some of my distant relatives at a local cemetery yesterday, and I'm going to the local town hall for more info. It's just cool to know what your family was like 100 years ago. A hundred years from now, my relatives will find this......Ugh.

~Jenn