Thankful Thanksgiving Postings Update!

  I totally failed at my Thankful Thanksgiving posts I only got 10 done but there are 30 days in November, so after calculations, I did not complete 20!!!! Eeek, I promise I had full intentions of completing 30 days of what I'm thankful for! Not sure what I was thinking, knowing I would be completing my student teaching semester and all of my end of semester projects and papers but honestly on November 1st when I started to post about my thankfulness I did not see "time" getting in the way of my posts, oh well such is life huh? So I planned on catching myself up and completing my 30 days of Thankful Thanksgiving posts but I have decided to just move on from it.. So better luck to me next year! 

Thank You to those who commented and were interested to follow along! 

I have so much to be thankful for and could posts something all 365 days of the year, I'm beyond blessed!!!! 

So I will begin doing my thankful Thursday postings again to keep up with what I'm thankful for each week!

Thankful Thursday #28: BD- My Love!

I'm not one to be too cheesy and all lovey dovey on my blog...
But I'm due for a Thankful Thursday update and well today just deserves this one :)

Thankful Thursday #28 is for my lovely fiance , BD!

Today we celebrate 4 years of dating! I realize more and more every week how much I appreciate him and his patience with my never-ending fast paced lifestyle that I enjoy living (not that he is one to just sit around, but I"m always on the go..)

Thanks to a family I'm super close with, we are able to celebrate our Anniversary together in style again on a budget friendly trip (aka no room and board, just food and fun is on us.)

Here is last years pre-celebration post,basically doing the same thing just adding some extras in!

Here is last years 3 year celebration post!

I was up for just hanging out with friends this weekend or even going fishing with my parents, but I'm so glad BD suggested we go spend some time togehter. Were together every weekend but seldom ever alone, so this quality time is much over due!!!

I'll leave you with a recent picture my mom snapped of us having a moment on the boat!


(sorry for the bathing suit pic, I don't like doing that.. But this picture makes my heart happy)

Hopefully next year at this time we will be celebrating a few months marriage anniversary rather than a dating anniversary!

Thankful Thursday #28:

Thankful Thursday #28: Opportunities

This can be a very broad term. But this Thursday some opportunities I'm thankful for:

*Time with family
*A flexible schedule
*Good times/Fun times
*Vacation
*College
*Working with children
*Spending time with those I love and who love me in return
*Working this summer
*Student teaching in the school district of choice

Thankful Thursday #27

I have neglected my 'Thankful Thursdays' for far too long! I have SO much to be Thankful for and I'm a very appreciative person so this is one blog ritual that should not be neglected!

Thankful Thursday #26 was America's Freedom To Vote.. I guess I did this post related to voting elections coming up soon.

Thankful Thursday #27 seems it's right in line and only appropriate to be Thankful for at this moment but also something to always be Thankful for...

#27: Our Troops and Our Freedom- If you live in America and your any sort of a civilian, this needs no explanation...

I'm Proud To Be An American- Soldiers Tribute

Thankful Thursday #26

My last Thankful Thurs. was on July 29th (yes that was 11 Thursdays ago) and I explained how Thankful I was for my Girlfriends! If you would like to read back further on Thankful Thursdays please go to the left of my blog under "Labels" and click on the topic!



Thankful # 26: America's Freedom To Vote

Today's Thankful dates back to 20 years before I was even born when the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. I do not want to get into politics on my blog so I am just going to leave it at exactly what I said I was Thankful for stated above, nothing about which political party you belong to, who you are/want to vote for, and nothing about what you feel is right/wrong.

God Bless America

Thankful Thursday #25

When I first started "Thankful Thursday" I said I was thankful for my girl friends, but I can't say it enough! Everyone says they have the best girl friends in the world, but I am willing to put up a fight on this one to see who wins, ha!

A few things that make me thankful for my girl friends this week:
* Their unconditional support through life and the curves that I get thrown with
*Their concern for my health as I still struggle with what's wrong with me
*Their ideas/help with the planning of our engagement party
*Cooking me dinner, drinking some wine, and having great laughs last night!
*Checking up on my blog often and questioning me as to where my Wed Wedding and Thankful Thursday posts are :)
*Returning my emails often and making me feel loved
*Running errands with me

Those are just a few to mention for the week, I'm sure more and more are to come!!

I know some of those things may seem like the littlest things and are silly to be so thankful for, but when you come from some of the friendships I have had in the past.. You learn to appreciate what you have now!

Thankful Thursday #23

Thankful Thursdays are back thanks to the support from Jenn @ Munchkin Land Designs!

So I went back to my Thankful Thursdays and think I left off on #22

here are the last few:
Thankful 18: My brother and his willingness to fight his problems everyday
Thankful 19: The Doctor's that are going to help me figure out what is wrong with me
Thankful 20: Ok I've said my best friends.. But I'm thankful for ALL my friends!!!
Thankful 21: Having family to spend the Holiday's with
Thankful 22: The faith God has lead me to

I was doing my Thankful Thursdays around last November, a lot of things have changed since then with my health, got engaged, made more friends, etc but I'm still Thankful for SO many things

Thankful #23: That hurricane Alex did not hit Houston, or even end up close by for that matter. We had our far share with Ike 2 hurricane seasons ago... Also thankful that not many people were hurt in Mexico and South Texas and not too bad of damage was done

Photos and Memories, Thankful 17

I am beyond obsessed with displaying memories rather it be photos, letters, brochures, whatever it may be! Problem is there just isn't enough shelf space... So look at this Chandelier I found new on Pottery Barn!!
Whats your thoughts and opinions? Tacky cute? Modern?
What about possibly hanging it over the sweetheart table at your wedding with things from your childhood, his childhood, and your time together?

Let's hear it ladies, be honest!

Thankful 17: The people I have met and grown to know in 2009!

Thankful Thursday and Thankful 11

*So excited about the next 4 days.. Thur: Nutcracker Market with my mom, then to the Children's Museum to volunteer, Friday: Pack and head to Seguin with my brother and the beau for Lindsey's Rehearsal dinner, Saturday: Bridal luncheon, pics, WEDDING, party! Sunday: San Marcos outlets!

*Other things I'm looking forward to.. Dinner with Lindsey @ Longhorn in Houston next week, Zac Brown Band @ the Woodlands Paviollion, Fishing with Bekah, Dallas for Thanksgiving, UH vs RICE.. That basically sums up the rest of my November.. What are you looking forward to?

*My trainer has been out with the flu all week, so I haven't been trained this week :(

*I have SO much do for school next Monday and Tuesday, eek!

*Got another wedding invitation and Save the date in the mail this week.. 2010 seems like the year for Weddings, I have 5 so far...

Thankful 11: All of Brian's wonderful family, Love them!

Weekend ReCap and Thankful 8

Friday:
Saturday: Lunch with the rents.. Mr. Brooks service with the fam.. Ulta and Garden Ridge with mom...

Cheesecake factory with my ♥
after wards we worked on this...


We did a couple pages in our scrapbook, ok I'll be honest, I did a couple pages, he assisted with his thoughts and opinions while playing with my dogs.

Yes Danielle and Megan, this is Christmas 2007 we are 2 years behind....

Sunday: Church..
School work..
Shopped with Megan..
Met Brian for dinner!

Thankful 8: All that my parents do for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Personal Christmas Touch, Thankful 10

So Brian and I won't be exchanging gifts this year due to the debt we will be in with our cruise Janurary 9th 2010 but I wanted to make him something from the heart..

I got a precious idea from Catalog of Love to make a "Card Catalog" like the card catalogs we used to use in libraries to search for a book..
Here's a few pics she posted on her blog

As the catalog # you put a date and then of course a title and a short summary or story of why that day is significant to you and your ♥

To top it off she also shared a website that makes them for you, how much better can it get?

After searching high and low (trying to avoid spending a lot of $) I found this box on ebay, the box is from the 1920's!
So here is where you come into play, I need opinions..

Should I paint it a pretty color or leave it antique looking?

Any ideas of dates that would be cute to use besides the expected?

Any other thoughts or ideas?

Thankful 10: All America's Veterans

Fit Point and Thankful 7

Since I recently started working out more and started with my trainer, I decided to take advantage of some of my gyms free things, so I did my "Fit Point". As I susspected I am not exactly where I want to be :(
here is everything it measures...

Height: 5"3
Weight:...
Cardiovascular: 32.0 = POOR 36.65-39.52 is good, 39.53-44.14 is excellent
Bicep Strength: 41= Average, 29-58 is average, 59-75 is good
Sit and Reach: 12.2 POOR, 12.7-14.5 fair, 14.6-15.8 average, 15.9-18.7 good
Body Composition: 31.8 Overweight :( 29.1-33.0 is over weight, 23.1-29.0 Moderate, 18.1-23.0 is Good (this is my goal within 2 months)
Overall Fitness: 37.5 Fair, 21-40 Fair, 41-60 is Average, 61-80 is Good

So my Age is 24
Body Age 31 eeeeekkkk!!!
Obtainable Body Age 18 :) I can do it!

I found this very helpful to do before I started my hard training to help me see how far I have come in a couple months, I look forward to doing it again!

You should def look into if your gym does this...

Thankful #7: All the time and effort people volunteer at their local church. I really enjoy playing dodge ball with the kids on Wed. and also teaching Bible study, I was very nervous to teach bible study, feeling like I do not know enough about the bible but it has really taught me a lot and brings joy to my heart every time those kids walk in my door

Thursday Thoughts and Thankful: 5

*I want a new "Thursday Thoughts" logo, any ideas?

*Another crazy week done, as me and the girls in class were saying yesterday, "Week 11, November 4th" ha we were just being silly!

*Blogging everyday has been fun (minus Tuesday, please forgive me)

*I'm ready to start Christmas shopping!!! I already got my list of people and ideal gifts :)

*Finally a weekend with no plans, except the funeral on Saturday :(

*Me and my school girls decided to do an Ornament exchange/dinner this year! Made the evite last night, super excited!

* I want to make something for Brian that's homemade and sentimental for Christmas like a book or box or something.. Any ideas?

Thankful # 5: I am extremely Thankful for my wonderful girlfriends!

Go Shop NOW!

My best friend Megan already posted about this on her blog, but I had to copy cause this is OUR favorite store!
She is my personal shopping buddy, we get mad at each other when we hear of each other shopping or finding good deals without one another (not literally mad)
As a matter of fact we will be attending the Sugar Plum Market this weekend hosted by FBJSL (Fort Bend Junior Service League)
Megan and I both have a lot of things in mind we are looking for, I have a list written out of what and who I need to be shopping for!
So if you live in the Houston area and have never been, you must go! It is at the Stafford Center right off 59 South!

In other news:
Sad new... Mr Brooks a family friend who we have none for 16 years passed away last night around 1120.. I know all people say this about someone who has passed but this man was literally the sweetest most caring man ever! He always always gave me big bear hugs when he saw me, I will miss those!
So we will be celebrating his life this weekend at some point..

I missed yesterday (darn it) I'm gonna post twice today to make up for it so I can continue with my daily postings for the month of November!
I have a good excuse, I only slept 3.5 hours the night before and was at school for 8 hours then came home went to dinner with Brian's Dad and family then came home and crashed!


Thankful #3~My oh so wonderful, loving, caring, funny, loveable (etc etc) BOYFRIEND!



So more to post later :)

Day 2 of Blog Month: Wedding Ideas

Today is my 2nd day of

Not sure what to blog about today....

I think I'll share some wedding ideas I LoVe!
*Special personalized cards to ask your Bridemaids to be a part of your big day!

*How cute are these save the dates?!?!

*The boyfriend and I love all things Rustic... We've talked about incorporating it in our wedding one day, this tin bucket would be cute to use!

*My dream is to have a photo booth!

*Love the chair letters!

*Would this not make the cutest dress pics?

*Perfect for your Thank You cards!

That's it for today! I need to come up with some creative blog posts so you ladies don't get bored the next month!

*I am Thankful for... My Brother's Life