ONE YEAR UNTIL WEDDING!!!!!

You read that right friends. In 365 days I will be looking my most beautiful and getting maaaaarried!!!

Here's what that means... Over the next 365 days I need to:

1) Grow more hair. Alright, I'm always trying to grow more hair, but I will increase my efforts by trying to remember to take a multivitamin every day, and also maybe not styling it with hot tools so much (that will mean lots of mangy "beach" hair).

2) Become a gazelle. In order to become a gazelle I obviously need to lose weight (the goal is to lose at least 17.6 pounds... preferably 22.6 pounds). I have decided to do that I will...drum roll.... exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY until my wedding. That could mean just a ten minute walk on some days, but at least it's SOMETHING. I'm pretty excited about this. I will also try to be very careful about what I eat and make sure that if a splurge situation comes up, it stays a splurge only in that moment and doesn't carry over and turn into a week of binge eating. WWBE? What would brides eat? That will be the new motto.

A second part to becoming a gazelle is being more graceful, and for me that translates into better posture. Even though I get very bored with it, I'm going to force myself to do some yoga. I can't have slumped shoulders walking down the aisle!

3) Get uber organized. With working two jobs (and picking up extra shifts to earn more money for the wedding), exercising every day, and eating bride food, I will need to be suuuuper organized... those things alone require lots of planning in order to be successful, but on top of that I'll be planning the wedding too!

I guess if everything goes right, in one year I will be an organized hairy gazelle. Hmm... doesn't sound quite right, lol! Ok let's say I'll be the spitting image of Kate Middleton! That's better. ;-)

Before...

... and After!

Alright back to reality. I actually decided about a week ago that I would make a one-year wedding resolution to exercise every day, and when Monday rolled around I thought, why wait? Which has given me the incentive to try to get moving as much as possible.

Yesterday I rode my bike to work, went for a walk during my lunch break while having a phone date with Rebecca (I miss you Rebecca!!!), then biked to the tanning salon, then biked to the grocery store, biked home for dinner, then biked to the gym for Zumba, and biked back home. I am a biking fiend! Honestly my legs are very tired and my butt has definitely felt better. But it's still pretty fun.

Red Rosey and Rotisserie Chicken

Red Rosey making friends at the gym

Zumba last night was so much fun. I still can't do everything I used to be able to do (stupid knee) but I can do a lot more that I have been able to do since surgery (and before surgery), so that felt good. I also enjoyed watching Sarah shake her butt and it made me remember how I started stalking her and made me feel glad we are friends now. :-)

Zumba Sarah!!!

You will notice in the mirror in the picture I have my helmet on...ready to ride! Just so you can all be impressed like I was, Sarah ran 12 miles earlier that day, and the class I went to was the second class of the day she taught. Damn girl!! In addition to being an exercise enthusiast, Sarah is also an excellent baker. After class I was the lucky recipient of some of her homemade muffins. Yay!!

Andy approved!

I haven't tried one yet but they got the Brown "seal of approval" last night.

Currently I'm at work - after work I'm going to my first yoga class in who knows how long. I'm sure it will be unpleasant but I'm already proud of myself for going (and I haven't even gone yet!). Not sure what we'll be up to tonight, but I feel like Andy and I should do something fun as this date will be very special to us every year after this one. On Saturday I'll be working job #2 and then heading out for a Brown family gathering. No plans yet for Sunday... hoping to get lots of unpacking done so I can take pictures of other rooms for your viewing pleasure!

Hope you all have a good weekend too. :-)

OH! One more thing. This weekend my Mema is celebrating her 80th birthday down in Texas (even though she turned 80 back in December). Mema... I hope you have a GREAT party!!! Wish I were there to celebrate with you. :-)