HAHA oh the calories

I was at starbucks this morning! In front of me a woman who I'm assuming is a regular ordered her nonfat drink and then got a pastry the checker asked her why she no longer got the zucchini muffin she usually gets and the woman said I didn't realize it had so many calories! I wanted to laugh out loud, now that starbucks has the calorie count on their food you get an idea exactly what you are putting in your mouth, and are not deceived by the sound of a something being low in calories I'm sure that woman thought she was eating the healthiest thing on the menu. It is important to remember that if you are looking at just the calories of an item you are really missing the more important thing what is the nutrients if you have something low in calories but has zero vitamins nutrients or fiber well you really aren't doing yourself a favor check the calories but when making the decision ask your self is this nutritious will this give me some of the vitamins my body needs and have that make your decision. Because your metabolism does need fuel to work!

Thing's have gotten out of control

If you have not heard from me in a while, it's because I have too much on my plate right now! I am going to try to reorganize things and get organized tomorrow so maybe by friday I will catch up on blogging! Only because I love sharing what's going on with me, with all of you who I love and miss! As of right now these are the things I am juggling that are starting to wear on me as we speak.

1. Praise the Lord I found a man that wants to marry me haha so I've been attempting to plan a wedding. (trying to buy into the idea that this is fun don't know that i'm convinced)

2. Woohoo I was able to get into all the final prerequisite classes I needed! (ill fill you in, so in order to be accepted into my grad program I agreed to finish the prerequisite requirements in the first year in order to continue taking my grad school classes, all I had left was 1 psychology class and 1 studio art class left thought I could spread it out unfortunately due to overcrowded community colleges I was waitlisted for both fall and spring finally got accepted the day the classes started!!!! talk about stress! at least I'm in)

3. In addition to the two community college classes I am taking I am also registered for 5 graduate school classes which is 12 units (this may not seem like alot for undergrad but for grad school this is like instant suicide)

4. Attempting to apply for some kind of internship practicum for next year (this should be number one on the list I need to find a really great place to fullfill 750 hours of practicum for next year)

5. Looking for and volunteering at some place to complete the 30hours of field work necessary to sign up for practicum.

Only 5 things on the list but my eye is twitching as we speak. Pray that I survive this semester!!! and spring and summer. For all of you who read this and think that I am ridiculous and crazy I will agree with you! currently considering dropping one of my grad school courses to lighten my load some. Also my wonderful amazing fiance has been a huge help to me with all of the wedding planning thank you Tim!

Christmas Lights!!

Don't you just love Christmas lights. I really believe there is no such thing as too many Christmas lights.

Classic Movie Cafe

Well it's been a while since I've made any classic movie recommendation I'm not sure if any of you even enjoy classic movies, but I absolutely love them and there are so many christmas favorites that I am going to recommend many movies over the next few weeks so here are a few of my favorites!
The Shop Around the Corner

In Ernst Lubitsch's charming, Budapest-set romance -- later remade as the Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks vehicle You've Got Mail -- Klara (Margaret Sullavan) and Alfred (James Stewart) fall in love, even though they've only met before as pen pals and don't even know each other's names. Over Alfred's objections, Klara is hired in the shop where he works. But as they continue their loving correspondence, they embark on a combative working relationship. This film is one of my many christmas favorites!!

White Christmas

For me nothing says christmas like hearing Bing Crosby sing White Christmas!!! Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye play war buddies turned entertainers who fall for a pair of sisters (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen). The boys follow the girls to a resort, which is owned by their former commanding officer, and he's in danger of losing the place. What better reason to stage a show than to keep the resort out of hock?

Christmas is here lets wrap some gifts

I'm going to try to be intentional about blogging these next couple weeks because so much is going on but I don't want to neglect this festive season.

So today's post is about a little project I am doing with my preschoolers but it's so great I want to share it with you! I don't know if any of you are big into recycling but i've been collecting paper bags from Trader Joes everytime I get one I think well I should reuse this so I found a project that allowed me to do just that and get rid of all those bags I've been holding onto. This is a DIY wrapping paper project you can do if you want to do something different! So basically you take your paper bag and open it along the seems so you have just one large piece of brown paper, if it's super wrinkled pull out the old iron and flatten it out a little. If you don't have any paper bags you can get a roll of packaging paper from pretty much anywhere. Then go ahead and have fun decorating it use christmas stencils, paint, sponges, etc get creative. My preschooler's did red and green hand prints. You can even use stickers like the bottom photo.

Then use some pretty ribbons for finishing touches tie on a candy cane or some jingle bells if you want or if you are feeling really crafty you can do what I will be doing with my preschoolers and make some of these cool yarn pom poms click here for instructions on that!

My Engagement

Alright so I've been meaning to do this a while ago but transitioning always takes me a few days haha.

Well as many of you already know I am engaged I couldn't help but post it all over facebook the day after it happened. So here's my story. The week of Thanksgiving I said goodbye to Tim on Monday we had a nice dinner together and then we said good bye planning to spend our Thanksgiving apart due to the fact that Tim had to work. I had class on Tuesday night and Tim had an away basketball game he was going to work that night for USF (what he was really doing was flying down to San Diego, to be picked up by my sister to drive to my house in hemet and surprise my mom and dad and ask for their permission)

I went to work on Wednesday and then went straight to the airport after work to fly to San Diego and enjoy a great holiday with my family. My mom grandma, cousin Maddie and Isabelle came to pick me up from the airport. My mom was so excited to see me she hugged me and started crying (could it have been because her daughter was about to get engaged) I just thought wow my poor mom really missed me while I was up in San Francisco. As we started driving away from the airport my mom asked me if we could show Isabelle my undergrad campus because she had never seen it at night, so me being the tour guide I love to be agreed.

I wanted to make a stop before and show her this lookout of San Diego also. My mom not wanting to waste anytime said no let's do that later so we drove onto campus at PLNU. I was a little confused why my mom was bypassing the campus and heading straight down to the cliffs that overlook the water since it was night and you couldn't really see anything down there, but she played it off like it's just part of the tour and I of course believed her, on our way down we passed the security office and my mom pointed that and only that out to Isabelle I thought this was strange out of everything to show my cousin why that. My cousin Isabelle has always liked to play games and she asked me if her and Maddie could show me a new game they learned, they said we have to blind fold you though I being on the gullible side believed this. When we got to the parking lot they opened the door and I began to think that this is really strange.

As I thought that Tim grabbed my hand and said surprise, yes I was surprised ........wait what?!?!?!?! I was so confused wasn't he in San Francisco? A little bewildered and confused I followed him blindfolded I began thinking is this it he's not proposing wait what..... is he proposing wait ok slow down hold on don't get too excited wait I think he's proposing what if I get engaged tonight umm ok stop stop stop don't get too excited maybe he's not. (haha yes those were my exact thoughts) Tim began leading me down the hill to the cliffs he fell on the way down haha so I followed I could feel him shaking a little trying to keep his cool. He finally took of my blindfold and I found myself on the cliffs where he had all these beautiful candles and flowers set up.

I was so amazed he said some wonderful things about us and then asked if I would marry him got down on one knee. I don't think I could speak at first I think I just shook my head then said yes I was crying and smiling it was so overwhelming.
I looked down to receive the ring but to my surprise he was holding a ring pop HAHAHA I was really confused by this I didn't want to be disappointed if he couldn't afford a ring but then at the same time I wanted a real ring. I looked at him and asked is this true haha! He threw it aside and said just kidding!!!
Then he pulled out this beautiful ring!!!! Which I absolutely love!!! It is 60 years old it's from the 1950's a beautiful antique from a small antique shop in OB. I fell in love with it immediately could not have asked for a better choice. I believe that this ring was waiting just for me too because he went the morning that he proposed to buy a ring and found this lovely waiting for me. I look forward to having this be my something old on my wedding day!!

So there you go that's the story loved sharing that with you!!!

Have an Attitude of Gratitude

I'm thankful for YOU!! What are you thankful for today?
The point of Thanksgiving is to remember the things we have to be grateful for. It's our special time to give thanks... not just for the obvious, like food, but for the thousands of fortunate moments, the multitude of blessings that we receive each year.
That's not always as easy as it sounds. We tend to remember the bad things much more easily than the good. That's where this article comes in. using the tips below,