More wedding pics!

Wedding photos are here!

I will post some that I like... There are so many to choose from! I usually dislike how I look in photos - however - I love these :)

Some good, some bad and sad.

Today I went to the "Star of the North" meeting. It is Minnesota's state dental convention. Woo-hoo - I know. Six coworkers and I went to a 3-hour lecture called DNA and Dentistry. We learned a little about forensics. It was pretty interesting, but I'm kind of a nerd, so that is my thing. Afterwards, our doctors met up with us and took us out to lunch at a very nice restaurant. I am still full from all the great food I ate!

So I got some exciting news first: A coworker had her baby girl very early this morning! Everything went well, baby and mom are healthy. Yay!

Then I got some bad and sad news. My mom texted me during my class a message that our friend (and our aerobics instructor) has lymphoma. This hit me like a ton of bricks. That sounds so cliche, but how else can I describe the feeling? She noticed a lump in her neck about a month ago. She went to a few different doctors for it to check things out. She was put on antibiotics to see if that cleared things up. It didn't. So they did the most recent test/biopsy on Wednesday. We were all pretty optimistic that it was nothing. This is such shocking and sad news. She is feeling good, though. Ugh. I am just so upset.

Onto the next cycle!

Woot, woot! The provera worked, and I'm finally onto my next cycle. I didn't miss the cramps, though. I got my results from the blood test and all is normal. Yay!

M and I went running again last night. I am really feeling jiggly... I wish I had the motivation to exercise more and eat less. Sigh.

So tonight, we're celebrating a friend's 30th birthday. I volunteered to sober-cab, because I have to get up early tomorrow for our state dental convention. I hate how everyone questions my reasons for not drinking. Ugh. "Is she 'sober-cabbing,' or 'mommy-cabbing?'" I guess I'll just have to deal with questions and comments like that.

We are FINALLY getting our final wedding pictures on Monday. It has been almost 8 months. We saw the previews on Easter, and they looked pretty damn amazing. I normally hate how I look in photos, but I think I look good in (most of) the wedding pics. Yay!

It's a beautiful day

It got up to around 70 degrees today. We have needed this weather so badly - the winter has been so long. So on my way home from work, I was hoping that M would be home and wanting to go for a walk with me and Ecco. I get home, and he is getting ready to go for a run. Ugh. Running is something I am NOT good at... But being such a nice day out, and me feeling fat, I decided to go. It wasn't that bad! We ran/walked for about 2 miles! I am so proud of myself. To top it all off, I made a healthy chicken and veggie stir-fry for dinner. MMM...

In other news. I went to the doctor last Friday for my "absent menses." He gave me a Provera Rx, and I had a blood test. He wasn't very worried about anything - he said I didn't even need to take the Provera if I didn't want to. I haven't heard back about my blood test yet, but I'm not to concerned about that. I did start the Provera on Saturday. It is a 10 day Rx, so I will hopefully get my period mid to late next week. Hopefully that will get my body back on track - we'll see!

Tomorrow it begins!

M and I are starting the "50 million pound challenge" tomorrow. I said my goal is to lose 20 pounds, but now I'm wondering if that is realistic. Maybe 15. Or 10. Ugh. I need to go grocery shopping today to get the food that we're supposed to eat. The website is pretty cool - they give you weekly meal plans complete with shopping lists. I wonder if I can do this. I have been hating my body lately. I feel so flubbery and fat. It doesn't help that my aerobics class doesn't meet this week due to spring break. Grrrr.

The first two pictures there are the "after," the bottom three are "before." I need to figure out how to rearrange them better. While we're at it, I'll add a pic of my darling dog, Ecco, checking her email.

This is my first post!

As I sit here on my couch, writing this first blog entry, I can't help but feel a bit lazy and kind of pathetic. I should probably be doing other household chores, considering our house is a pig-sty. I also wonder who in the hell is going to be reading this? Probably nobody, but I don't care that much. Sometimes it just feels good to write/type things out.
I am happy to announce that our kitchen remodel project is damn near complete! M and I had the messy task of grouting the tile backsplash yesterday. I'm not gonna lie - it looks damn good. The only thing left to do is put the crown molding around the cabinets, and install new baseboard. I am thrilled. We are planning on having a big party once everything is finished. We have lived here almost four years and still haven't had a housewarming party. Once I get more into this blog thing, maybe I'll figure out how to post some before and after pics of the kitchen project.