Friends Visiting (Day 660)

Hi all!

Happy Saturday! How are you all today? It has been such a fun weekend so far with my friends! Last night we went out to dinner to HuHot Mongolian Grill and I had some amazing stir fry and showed Ashley and John my wedding dress. Ashley cried :). And then this morning we went on a hike in Seven Falls... I have a bunch of pictures that I'll post later. Tomorrow they want to go hiking again at Garden of the Gods... I swear, those two are going to kill me. I'm not much into hiking but they are, so I'm nice and go with them. How about a nice walk instead? :)

So let me start out with dinner, it was delicious! I made my stir fry quite healthy... lots of vegetables in the first round with a little pork. But the second time around I had a vegetarian stir fry and it was so delicious! I would definitely go to this place again.

Now onto the good stuff... my wedding dress. I freaking love this dress, it's definitely not my style but it's absolutely perfect. :) This dress was the wrong size so the actual dress will look a little different but you get the idea... Surprisingly, I love the lace and I'm not really a lace kinda girl. Oh well, it goes absolutely perfectly with my romantic theme.

It was amazing, I put the dress on, walked out, and Ashley's eyes started watering. Ashley has seen me try on wedding dresses before and she has never cried but this one she did... even more of a sign that this is the dress. :)

Ashley also tried on bridesmaid dresses while we were there and I found one that I absolutely love! Sadly, I did not take a picture of it but you can check it out here in apple: http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Style-Satin-Wide-Strap-Tea-Length-Dress-F14556
It is so gorgeous... tea length, wider straps, sweetheart neckline and I want to add a black sash to it. :)

On to today... the three of us went hiking at Seven Falls, it is absolutely beautiful! Here is Ashley and I in front of one of the areas we hiked to. The pictures do not do it justice!

Let me tell you, I felt like I was going to die during part of it... I am getting an upper respiratory infection so the change in altitude and climbing upward really took it's toll on me. Thankfully toward the end it got better and we were able to hike a second trail. My legs are on fire now though.

But then of course we had to take some fun pictures :)







Tomorrow we are planning on going hiking again after church. Hopefully I'll be able to make another few hours of hiking tomorrow and not be hurting too much. But I am determined to keep up with exercising after they go home tomorrow. I always feel so exhilarated after a great workout. Maybe I'll restart the 30 DS again...but who knows. Something will be started though.

I have a paper that's due tomorrow so I really need to get it done. Have a wonderful evening! So until next time!

~Sara~

Non-Scale Victories (Day 644)

Hi all!

Happy Thursday! How are all you lovely people doing today? I am doing well on this beautiful and hot Colorado day. Sitting at Starbucks again, working on homework and of course writing to all of you. :) Any exciting plans today?

I had a second interview at a university yesterday about at Admissions Advisor position and I'm feeling unsure about how it went. But I've also been applying to somewhat similar positions with other universities as well. This type of job would be absolutely perfect for me right now and I'm praying that I will be able to get one of these positions. I know that God will provide something for me and I am sure this is a learning experience for me, but within a few months the money that I have will run out. I'm not all that worried right now but no matter how cautious I am with my money it will run out. So please  be thinking and/or praying for me and that a job will be provided for me soon.

It has been really nice, Abid and I have been able to have 2 decent Skype dates the past 2 days. He makes all of this a little bit easier but good Lord I miss him so much. I really wish that he was here with me, hopefully later this year we will be together. Oh, did I mention that I tried on wedding dresses the other day? My friend Ashley told me to get out of my comfort zone with dresses and try on some that I typically wouldn't. And I found one that is absolutely not me at all and I fell in love with it. At this moment, that is the dress.... it is so gorgeous. I wasn't able to get a good picture of it but it is a floor length, a-line halter dress with an lace overlay and beaded embroidery. When Ashley and John come visit me next month I will be trying it on again for them, and hopefully I can have one of them take a picture of it. If any of you know me, you would know that I'm not a crier and I almost cried in this dress. It goes perfectly with our romantic wedding theme. Ahh! :)

Since it is Thursday, it's time for some NSV's! I know I haven't linked up in a while but I thought I would today.

1. I'm staying positive even though my original job did not work out.

2. I am not eating emotionally as much

3. My eating is getting more under control in general

4. I'm drinking more water again

If you have some to share, make sure to link up with the lovely Katie and Ashlee and then go and visit others to read about their NSV's. 

Time to get back to my homework. But I hope you all have an amazing day! So until next time!

~Sara~