Bally's + Burger King = ME!

Growing up, I was teased for being terribly skinny. I was underdeveloped and my peers reminded me anytime an opportunity presented itself. Never in a million years did I expect to struggle with weight. NEVER! Actually, I used to DREAM of bigger hips, calves and all that jazz. While some girls were working to lose weight, I was looking for ways to GAIN.




(Before Burger King took over my body....)
(Before Chik Fil A joined him....Burger King that is...)
Well... becareful what you wish for. God heard my prayers and he opened the gates and they have not closed yet! LOL Up until the birth of my son, I never struggled with anything weight related. I ate whatever I wanted when I wanted...and exercised when I felt like it for fun. I remember working out hard in Bally's and stopping to grab a whopper as I left the gym. Who does that?! I could eat burgers, fries, cakes...whatever I wanted and my abs remained in tact.

Well....something happened when I gave birth. Along with a baby, I welcomed a life of dieting and watching what I eat. Unfortunately, as of late, I have zero self control...so watching what I eat is literally watching myself eat all this wonderful food and then watching myself look horrible in my clothing. LOL

Well with a wedding approaching and a tropical honeymoon immedicately following...this can be no more. I am NO stranger to working out and weight training so it's time to jump back into it...this time minus the Whopper! :-)

Today marks the beginning of my modified life style. I suppose I should blog about it for accountability eh?

DIY Save the Date Cards

Being that I have champagne taste and beer money, a lot of our wedding will be DIY. I have completed my first DIY project, my save the date cards and magnets. I am somewhat proud of them.

I hope the other projects flow as smooth as these babies did in the end.

Update: Wedding planning...new job...and a phat @$$

I have been doing a horrible job of updating my blog. I have been SO busy...but I could better. I am planning to start planning each hour of my day. Atleast for the next 6 months...it should make ALL of these flow a little better.

Wedding planning:
The wedding is still in Memphis. :-) Throughout this entire process, so much has changed. At one point I wanted to write MYSELF a prescription for Prozac. I mean, I always knew that a wedding was a big deal but my GOSH. Who knew it was so complicated! :-)
At any rate, to date, I have completed the following for th wedding:
Confirmed my venue (A Golfcourse...oh lala :-))
Booked the honeymoon and started payments
Created a Wedding Website (bare bones)
Created a Honeymoon Registry
Submitted my application for my passport
Selected and began payment on my gown
Designed, created and mailed 50 of my 90 Save the Date Cards and Magnets
Ordered Tissues for my tears of joy packets
Loved on my FI :-)
Selected my cake
Booked my photographer

Whew! At times, I get a little overwhelmed. I feel SO batty like I am driving ALL of my friends insane. BUT, I must say, I am seeing progress! :-)

School
I have 5 classes and I will COMPLETE my bachelors degree. WHOO HOOO! Now, why I selected a wedding date 2 days after my last final, errr huuhhh.... not sure. :-) I WAS inducted into ASL last week (National Honor Society). I am very proud. My FI, son, mother and future mother in law came out to show some support. It was a very happy night. My little family and I celebrated by having dinner at Houston's immediately after.

Hair
OK, so my hair is in this short pixish cut. It is growing pretty fast but not fast enough. My sweetie loves this cut and I must admit I feel pretty fly. However, after the wedding, my transition back to natural hair will begin.

Weight:
Ok, so I lost about 25 pounds a little bit ago. For the most part, I have kept it off but I am still too.darn.big! With a wedding dressed ordered for my special day, I am determined to get down to a size 6! Esp with baby plans in the very near furute. I can NOT walk aroud looking like the koolaid man. Not.a .good.look! I am going to start working out next week (I hope) and continue with my portion control. Hopefully the two of these are enough and I will not have to disturb my daily wine escapades...T loves the wine. LOL!

Starting weight: 169...
Oh what a fatty! Seriously. My butt is HUGE! I remember about 5 or 6 years ago I actually WANTED more weight in the hip/butt area. My gosh...be careful what you wish for! LOL

Ok...I must go. My two guys and I have been in the streets all day...and this Cabernet is talking to me. :-) I promise to do a better job journaling these next 6-12 months. I am very curious to see how much my little world changes.

TTYL

He did WHAT?!

My my how I miss the days when my son was this age.....


Now, he is a nine year old fourth grader that is giving me the BLUES! Over the past few years, we have had our good and our bad times but lately there seem to be more BAD. This little rascal just will NOT behave. It never fails. If I am having a bad day at work or I am not feeling well, I get a call from his school. This is his LAST week at this school and I get a call yesterday that caused my blood pressure to sky rocket. " Hi, Ms. ____ Mom... Guess what your baby did...."

Ok pause. First of all, I am at work. No time for guessing games here. Get it over with please...

"He stole a book from the book fair."

Well....I am angry for several reasons. Here are the biggest two:

1. I can not STAND a thief.
2. All he had to do was ASK for money for the book fair.

My son has been disciplined in the past for similar issues. I am really getting frustrated and I am not certain WHAT to do. I have tried several different methods of disciplining and taking him the difference between right and wrong. The bad part is...he KNOWS that what he is doing is wrong when he does it...and he knows what will happen when he gets home... But he does it.

That part...I do not understand. As a child and at times even as an adult, I am afraid of my mom. :-) I respect her enough to not upset her...when I can avoid it. I just don't understand WHAT I need to do to get through to this child of mine.

Perhaps it is time for some praying and fasting. :-)

You want me to pay HOW much?

My last post, I mentioned deciding on a venue for my wedding/reception next March. Well quite a lot has happened since my last post. Let's see...

1. I had a melt down after feeling I did not have ANY support from my MOH and Mother.
2. Called my FI and told him let's just elope.
3. Decided to have a get married at the courthouse and take dreamy honeymoon.
4. Moved up the date.
5. Got depressed because I wanted SOME form of a wedding
6. Decided on a Destination Wedding/Honeymoon.
7. Decided on the location.
8. Got FREAKIN excited.

When I called my sweetie in tears, he did the best possible thing. He listened. He let me get it ALL out and when I told him I no longer wanted a wedding. After MUCH conversation...we decided that a destination wedding would be best. When I shared the news with friends and family, everyone asked was I sure I wanted to do it that way. Well the answer came when we received the contract from the venue we'd selected before our change of plans. The contract listed a price significantly higher than quoted during our consultation. Welp...it's set in stone!

Destination wedding...here we come! I couldn't be more excited. I have already contacted a travel agent and we plan to pay our deposit to get the ball rolling.

Next up....Engagement pictures! :-)

A Special Place for a Special Ceremony

My sweetie and I are currently planning our wedding for March of 2012. I am starting to get really serious about wedding planning and I decided to start with my venue. Early in, I had an idea of this beautiful venue. Although I heard the location was rather expensive, I just had to go and see for myself. Well, I sent an email and received the rate package. The ballroom rented for $1800...not bad right?! I immediately made an appointment for my sweetie and I.

Well when we walked in, I was sold before I even spoke to a sales agent. The decor of the venue even agrees with my colors! It would not have been better. I gave the sales agent a few more details (number of people, type of food, dancing, etc) and sat back to wait for my quote. Well about 2 weeks later, which was rather slow for me, I finally received the quote. I was VERY disappointed to learn that my dream venue was WAY over my wedding budget. We were looking at almost 8K just for my venue and food. What about flowers, photography, attire, video, etc? So...back to the drawing board we went.

I decided to check out our local Racquet Club, a couple of Country Clubs, a local Bontanical Garden, a hotel and a Civic Center. One of these was elimitated right away. Two are still top contenders....

I am STILL waiting to hear back from one of the vendors after calling AND emailing on Monday. Which one will I finalize? I can not wait to see. I am ready to get this portion of planning under my belt so I can start the search for a dress!

Until Later!
T

Ok....Let's get started

I started out blogging about fashion, my first love. Then, I became obsessed with my hair. I decided to blog instead about natural hair. Well, I eventually relaxed my hair and the natural blog was no longer relevant. I decided to anonomously blog about weddings (see first post). That did not work well either. I have finally decided to just post about ME and my life. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a very RANDOM person. It was foolish to expect to stick to one subject as a blogger. I am curious to see how Hot Pink Delicay measures in comparison to the others.

Today has been a LONG day. I just finished my evening chores:
Cooking dinner, loading the dishwasher, and typing a paper for class.
Can you say tired? I would LOVE to blog about the latest development in my wedding planning...but if I do not pay Sweet Honey Man some attention...there will be no wedding to plan. I will return tomorrow to blog about three important things....my son, my new job and my "potential" wedding venue.

TTYS
T