Doodle Kisses

So when we were getting Butters, I did a lot of research before hand.  I wanted to know everything there was to know before I got him.  I wanted the right food, the right toys, the right bed, crate, collars, leashes... everything.  I found this website..http://www.doodlekisses.com/!  What an amazing site, it's specifically for labradoodles and goldendoodles.  They have it set up like facebook, but they have groups and forums and photos and videos.  Super cute.  I think Adam and I spent 3 hours looking at it last night and I posted my first group discussion.. Why does my puppy like to put his foot in his water bowl?  I think we are a little obsessed but he's our baby.

So I had to write a talk for church tomorrow, so i put Emma down for a nap and started typing.  Everything became silent so I turned around and this is what i found.  With everyone sleeping peacefully, I continued typing and turned around again to see Butters and Lilly.  They are the cutest little cousins!

long day

So today has been the longest day.  I woke up at 4:20 in the morning thinking that it was 7:00.  Then I couldn't ever get back to sleep.  Looking after my mom's shih tzu's and having my new puppy was a lot harder than I thought.  You just can't keep an eye on all the dogs.  And, you had to take them out individually or there was too much chaos for anyone to be able to do their business.  SO... I gave up.  I sent mom's pups to Bethann's house and I went home with mine.  We went to the store, took a trip to the vet and finally came home where Butters slept ut my ind was still racing over everything that I still needed to do.  I was so happy when Adam came home tonight and took me off duty.  I think this is going to call for a strong sleeping pill and an early goodnight!

Blogging

So... so may people's blogs are so cute.  Why am i so bloggly challenged?  It's not that hard, but for some reason for me it is!  Why is this?  Why isn't my blog cute?  Why do I have such trouble getting pictures on here? Why can't I do a following, that shows the blogs that I like?  These are things other people have.... why can't I find these things... I guess I'll have to keep trying

Day 19

Well, I almost quit yesterday, but I'm glad that I didn't. I lost two pounds from yesterday!!! HOORAY!!! I'm so excited. I guess that's what I needed to continue through the next week. Maybe I won't reach my goal but I can get as close as I can.

Day 18

So we are on the last week of the diet... I honestly don't know if I can make it. I mean I have made it this far, but it still really sucks. I have only lost seven pounnds and am not going to make my goal by the end. The dieat does say that you can do an apple day... are you kidding me, there is no way that I can do that, I'm already dying.

I guess we'll see what happens

Day ?

I have completely lost track of this diet. I went to New York with my mom and sister this weekend and I'm exhausted. So I kept taking my drops and I was just going to have some bites of the great food there is to eat.

Thursday night when we got there I had a McDonalds grilled chicken sandwich and took off the bun and maynoise and a couple of bites of tiramisu from the local deli that Adam found the last time we were there. Friday morning, eggs from the same place, and a shrimp pasta only eating a couple of pasta's but having a piece of pizza... delicious. Then some bites of cheesecake Friday night. When we got back to the hotel i discovered that I was getting a canker core on the underside of my tongue where you put the drops. Saturday, no drops, eggs in the morning, three pieces of pizza from Giradeli's, and a bite of cupcake. Sunday, put medicine on the canker, took drops in the morning, cinnamon cake for breakfast, couple of bites of hamburger, then a whole hamburger for dinner. Monday, medicine again, no drops, banana for breakfast, and shrimp taco when we got back to Dallas.

I weighed myself when I got home, I had gained half a pound back. This morning I went back on the drops, still have the canker sore.

Day 12

I tried on my jeans. They are still pretty tight. I fit into the bigger size, 29 but not into the 28's. I guess as long as I have something to take with me to New York. I am consistantly losing a pound a day which is good.

Adam and I have kind of been in bumm moods lately. I'm hoping that when I get back from New York we will both be destressed!

Day 11

So I was able to start taking the drops again yesterday. I also got to hang out with my sister. It was a fun day and I suprisingly didn't feel hungry at all. I think there might be something to being busy and avoiding the hunger.

So when I woke up this morning and weighed myself, I broke the 150 barrier. It feels really good. I think tomorrow I will try on my jeans to see if I can wear them to New York. I'm so scared that they still won't fit. I really need to be able to wear them because I can't go to New York in the sweats that I wear here everyday. Luckily, I have my dance classes tonight and I'll work out Wednesday and Thursday before I go so hopefully it will give me the added inches that I need!

Day 9

So I didn't lose any weight this morning. That kind of sucks. But I have to realize that it's a timing issue. I just really want to break that 150 barrier. I can't seem to get past it. I have to say that I think about it all day long. It would feel so good to be back in the 140's. That's were I have been most of my life and that's were I feel very, very comfortable.

I do have to say that I have had a very bad image of myself the past couple of months. I know that I am already skinny but it's hard to see it in yourself sometimes. When I was working out yesterday, I looked in the mirror and saw the old Emily, the skinny one that I always was very self-confident about. It made me feel good. I saw it last night as I was brushing my teeth too. I haven't tried on my jeans yet, because I'm afraid that they will still be too tight. Once I break that 140 something I think I may put then on just to see.

I aslo applied for a couple of jobs last night. One was for the Boys and Girls club and the other was for a homeless shelter. They are both secretary positions, which I think that I can do something other than, but both wanted more experience than I actually have. It kind of sucks because I have qualifications and skills that I know I can do something worthwhile with, but feel that no one will look at me because I'm young and haven't kept a job for a year. I guess we'll see what happens.

Adam wanted to add that he loves Emily. He is so funny.

Day 8

well, i can't take drops today because...ummm... girl issues that would not allow me to take a pregnancy hormone. So i'm suppose to stop taking the drops for two days and then continue on. But, i'm suppose to stick to the diet... ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So i'm taking dexatrim to keep my hunger at bay. I actually think that I like the dexatrim better because it works better at not making me feel hungry and it has caffine so i am able to get up and go a little better. But dexatrim has no proof of results.

Adam and I ate eggs this morning and then went to the gym for an hour. When i came back from the gym I had lost two pounds. That feels good. Adam is now cooking us scallops which is making the apartment smell like gross fish..... oh well. My stomache is growling but i don't feel that starving sensation that has been presistant over the last week.

Day 7

So I have gotten to the point where I am trying to decide if I want to continue to be hungry or if I want to just gain weight and buy new clothes.

Adam seems to be doing ok, I think he eats a lot more than me. My problem is that I don't want to eat an apple thre times a day.... I want a cupcake!!! But I have lost five to six pounds and that feels good. It will feel better when I get back into the 140's. So Adam came home for lunch and brought lettuce wraps from Pei Wei!!! I do like that... but what are we going to do for date night, we usually go to the cheesecake factory and a movie... that's not happening!!

I wonder if I was working and didn't just sit home, if I would be so hungry. You know, have something to take my mind off the hunger. I did look for jobs today. I did look at a couple of websites this morning. But, I have never been called back from a Monster.com.... how do you find a ligitimate job that will actually look at your resume?

Day 5

So today starts day five. I have lost four pounds!!!! It feels really good. but I admit that I am hungery. The drops taste disgusting.... because it's a pregnancy hormone, i'm having issues. My face is breaking out and i'm rapidily fight off gingivitis that i can't seem to keep up with. It kind of makes me wonder if it's really worth it.

I am hungry but i stuck to my diet pretty well. Last night Adam cooked us some tilapia and I made some pico to put on top of it. It was really good. Adam was still hungry and wanted to keep eating but I was pretty good about stopping. Sometimes I wonder if i'm even getting in the 500 calories.. I'm sure I am! I have to admit that by the time i'm ready to take more drops, I'm starving and craving sugars.

Day 3

So today is the first starvation day. I can eat, but it requires effort and cooking. So today i ate an apple, drank water, then ate gross getting old salad for lunch, drank water, and I have a headache. I'm doing ok hungerwise but tired and have a headache.

So the missionariers are coming over for dinner tonight. Great, feeding someone when we just started this diet. Oh well, guess they will get lots of left overs. I don't really know what to talk to them about though. Hope they are interesting kids!!!

Day 1

So the drops came and we started the diet. The first two days you eat what ever you want. We ate waffles for breakfast, Chipotle for lunch and Cheesecake Factory for dinner. And cheesecake for breakfast this morning.

Adam and I talked about what is going to start on Monday. I think the hardest thing is going to be the no eating out. I'm an eating out junkie. But the drops are suppose to help you not be hungry. Maybe it's time to really start looking for a job to keep my mind off the food!!!

So have you ever noticed that when one part of your life falls apart everything else does too? I have been sick the last couple of days/week and a half. Now the house has fallen part, my teeth are having issues, and other personal things. I hate waiting for everything to come around, but I just slowly have to get everything on track again, which inevitably means that in a month it will fall apart again :)

Weightloss

So i'm skinny and I know it. But I have to admit that since i have been married, i have gained fifteen pounds. Not bad, but not exactly what I want.

So Adam, completed a triathlon today. He was amazing, but I feel a litle bad about myself.

My parents just finished a round of HCG. It's a diet supplement drops that keeps you to a very tight dietary schedule. My mom lost a lot of weight and looks amazing. My aunt did it as well and looks great. My mom, sister, and I are going to New York in a couple of weeks and I would like to be able to by the same size clothes that I always but no longer fit in. So I bought the product, I've got the membership which gives you recipes, menu's, shopping list and tracks your progress. I'm very excited, not so much for the no more eating part, but i only have to do it for 26 days, which also creates a habit. Hopefully, I'll be able to learn to cook some good healthy meals by then and I can keep my body that I have always loved.

I'll keep an update.

budget

So I went to San Marcos with my mom and sister to go shopping. Adam and I discussed a budget, because lets face it I need to be reigned in. So did I stick to the budget?!?!?! Pretty close, i only went over by 20% so I think that's pretty good. I tipped myself for shopping, haha.

Lets see I got two pair of shoes, five shirts, a couple of sweaters, and two pieces of jewelry... and a pair of jeans for Adam and five shirts for him!!! I made out pretty good, everything on sale and tax free weekend! We may have to take so of adam's shirts back, he's so picky :)

Still waiting on wedding pictures

hmmmm...

So, i read a lot of blogs online. Well, i should rephrase that... i read alot of reviews online. I read reviews at walmart, target, yelp.com and everything else.. but i never write reviews. Well, i decided that i am going to be better. I need to update my blog, write my reviews... like i have bought four different beddings for our bed and have returned all of them, I should share what i discovered.

Sometimes, i feel that i have to have pictures to blog, but I haven't gotten my wedding pictures yet. So i neglect it. I think i could get good at this if i just sat down and wrote... and guess what i definitely have the time to do it!

Such hard work

So I have to say that getting an apartment together, writting thank you cards, looking for a job, and taking care of my husband who acts like he is 5.... is hard work. I'm exhausted. I would rather be doing CPS work.

I think that the hardest thing is designing. I have to pick out colors and color schemes. And I have to find everything for a price that doesn't make Adam faint. Luckily, I have become a fan of discount websites. The funny thing was that I was so looking forward to going into a store and shopping and I find myself shopping online more than I did in Vernal!!! Crazy, pictures of wedding and home are to come.

Rain Rain go away

So June 11th finally came..... and it was rainy!!!! My family, Adam and I got up early in the morning to start setting up the reception space. (Hire someone) That was in Park City and I had to leave to drive to Provo to get my hair done. Of course there is construction traffic and i'm running late.... which makes the hair appointment run late, which makes me get back to Par City late. Then i have 15min to do my make-up grab my stuff and drive down to Salt Lake. Since everyone and their dog is getting married there is no parking. We are now 5 mins. late for our time to be at the temple and we are parking under the convention center. We ride up the elevator and we are on the north side of the convention center, not the South!!!! So we run around the convention center in the pouring rain and still have to run across the street to the Temple, all the while my mother is on the phone with me saying "where are you?". So by the time that we get to the temple we are ten mins. late, I can't breath cause i have been running in heels and we are almost soaking wet!!!

The ceremony goes well and I have to say that I love my dress. The other girls have mothers doing up the lace on their corsetts and I easily step into my dress and get zipped up. 2 seconds!!!! Then we go out for pictures and everyone is soaked from the rain. We do a quick group shot and I tell everyone we will do pictures at the reception. Everyone leaves and it stops raining, which was perfect because Adam and I got some great pictures at the temple.

It rained for the rest of the night, but I didn't care. I married Adam and it was the best day of my life.

A sad goodbye

So Adam and I are almost ready. We have one week left!!! Marriage license and temple recommends gotten, that's really all we need.

So I am leaving Vernal this weekend. Who would have ever thought that I would be sad leaving here. I have met so many wonderful people! I have gotten to make many friends here. I will not miss the freezing cold, the three hour car ride to the airport or the mexican music from the above apartment.

But I will miss hanging out at the CJC making inapporpriate comments. I will miss the long car rides to La Point when you really get to have a good conversation with someone. I will miss hiding from my phone in Brenda's office catching up on everyone's problems to make myself feel better. I will even miss Scott pulling me into his office make me cry and tell me that I'm not perfect!!!!

But, I get the man of my dreams!!! I am so excited to finally have the rest of my life with Adam. I don't deserve him but I will try for the rest of my life. I'm excited to learn how to cook and burn all the food so we have to eat out :) Can't Wait!

Ordering Pictures

So, I am ordering pictures like crazy. I know that it might be easier to wait til I know what my apartment looks like and make a decision later .... but that just wouldn't be me!!!!!

Luckily, I do have an apartment to move into, Thanks Adam!!! He has been so sweet and stressed through this process. It's amazing how much there is to think about instead of just wedding reception stuff. How do I get my stuff to Texas? Insurance (car and health)? Apartment? Furniture? ... I think Adam and I will be sleeping on a mattress on the ground for a couple of months :)

Meet the Tripps

So Adam and I met a year ago on the side of the road in the pouring rain. I got in an accident going to meet him and some friends to go to the Dave Matthews Band concert. We ended up leaving my car on the side of the road and going to the concert anyways.

Our first date was going to the TX Rangers v. NY Yankies game. It was so much fun and Adam and I felt so comfortable together. The kiss at the end of the night was PERFECT!!!

Our second date was him and I driving all my stuff from Dallas to Vernal ... I dropped him off at the airport in Denver. We had the best time! He didn't find me crazy and actually started to fall in love.

The rest is fate.. and hopefully well docuemented on the blog :)