Weekend Recap & Some of this weeks goals

It's Monday... I was not particularly happy to be getting out of bed this morning.
But I've decided to swap that attitude out and be excited that I'm going for a run tonight!

I had a JAM packed weekend!
Friday night, Kayla, Natalya and I all hung out and just vegged before our run on Saturday morning.
Poor Kayla was sick, but she pretty much kicked ass that morning.

This run, was a BLAST.
Everyone colored bombed each other, everyone high fived and whooped it up for each other...
Plus, the run route was beautiful! It was slowly climbing up, temp wise the further we got into the run.
By the last km or so, we were all ready to quit... but we just pushed ourselves even further!
There were a few stations throughout the race that color bombed you, one of which threw color directly in my mouth... Cornstarch might be edible, but it doesn't taste good at all.


5Km's + Cornstarch in my mouth + many dirty looks from strangers + 45 minutes later...

I'm at one of my best friends wedding...
Watching her walk down the aisle.
Sobbing.

 

I cried when Jeff walked down the aisle, then when Dionne, Laurenne and Lauren walked down the aisle... Then through their vows... then, my next tipping point, Dionne, Carleen's sister... SANG.

Just the most beautiful song EVER...
I distinctly remember this moment when Carleen and I were talking about this song.

We both agreed it would be beautiful if sung at our weddings... but only by Dionne.

The wedding was spectacular, and the reception was SUCH a blast.

The Spratt/Reiniger's put on one.hell.ufa.partay!!!!!

Carleen and Jeff did rounds during dinner to speak with their guests.

The minute her arms hit me, I sobbed all over again as she whispered "Hi... I'm married now." in my ear...

I'm so incredibly lucky to be apart of Carleen/Jeffs's special day, and Carleen's life.

Thank you.

 

 

I went from runner to wedding ready in 45 short ass minutes!

 

The reception got a little wild with this dude...

 

Meet some amazing people... Chris and Kristen!

 

Went home with my boys... Thank goodness someone dragged me home!

 

 

As for my week goals this week:

~ I'm going to stick to Ali's run schedule she made for me...

 

~ Eat clean, cook clean, everything clean please!

 

~ Try a new recipe for dinner

 

~ Focus on ABS all week!

Favourite Day of the Week!

Um, have you noticed how ADORABLE my page is?
Thank you, Hubby Jack!
Today sure started off with a bang...
As some of you know, I'm a receptionist for a commercial real estate company.
I get some really interesting phone calls.
This morning, was no exception.
All I can say, is just remember that people's intentions aren't always what you might think they are.
I'm shakin that one off...

This will be happening tomorrow morning!
Just wait for some photos... all I'm sayin is there are some pretty awesome tights making an appearance!
Then, one of my best friends gets married tomorrow.
It's SO crazy how quickly time flies... I swear we were just sitting in her car talking about boy problems and trying to sort out life together.

Can't wait to see you in your beautiful dress marrying your best friend, Car!


I know, I'm stupid blonde here... never again, I promise!

That's pretty much it for today!
Nothing hilarious, or anything out of me today...
Maybe next week!
Happy Weekend, y'all!

I'm baaaacccckkkkk!

Hey Y'all!

I am back from a few weeks away.

I was on vacation for Julia's wedding on the East Coast, and then came back with terrible pneumonia and an ear infection. (womp womp, but who cares?)
I had this little one to cuddle with...

how can you not love that face!

Well, first things first...
Congratulations to my beautiful cousin on her wedding!
Everything went off without a hitch... kinda ;)
I have zippo pictures yet, but can't wait for them to come back/uploaded to facebook!
Everything we did was amazing.
I'm going to do a seperate post on just the wedding details.
It deserves it's own post. ;)
I seriously cannot describe how awesome my trip was.
I loved every second of being with all my family, making new friends and just loving and enjoying life with everyone!
Maritimer's are just the sweetest people. Honest.
Everyone says hi to each other, everyone helps you, it's the greatest feeling.
I LOVE going away where no one knows you and only your family is around.
No one to judge you and you just get to be you!
I digress.

Bachelorette... Holy Sh*t... nuff said.
Maritimers Party. They party harddddddddddddddd.
But this little Alberta Girl kept up with everyone.

Started off like this....

then tequila came...

and got passed around...

no words...

The week leading up the wedding, was just perfect.
Lots to do, of course, but in the end, every minute we were laughing as we tried to get stuff done.
There was no shortage of laughs, that's for sure!
When Colin and his best man arrived in the middle of the week, we all jumped into a few cars and headed to the beach one night...
Such a perfect evening...



Melmerby Beach

My parents walking together at sunset

Colin, Julia, myself and Joel

Scott and Lindsay

The Stang crew

the sweetest brother and sister combo

my beauty of a cousin

My parents were set to land in Halifax on the friday before the wedding.
But they both hated that they were away while Peter & Linda were scrambling to do things before the wedding. So they showed up and surprised them, earlier in the week instead!
Just the sweetest set of Best Friends hey?
Check these cuties out!

All in all, I had the greatest vacation.
I made some awesome new friends across this beautiful country.
We all want to do a reunion next summer!
Marriage, Bitches & Boats N Hoes! ; )

 

Because I'm a super sappy, super lovey dovey person.
I just want to mention, how freakin in love I am with life.
And EVERYONE that is in mine.
I'm SO SO grateful and SO SO lucky.
That's it. Nuff said.

Also, I came back from vacation, and had LOST weight...
BOOOO YEAH!
I did run a bit while I was away... but the humidity was KILLAR!!!!!!

 

And this weekend is Color me Rad!
I'm going to pick up my race bib with the bestie today!
Annnnnd a best friend gets married this Saturday!
Holy craaaaap, Carleen! It's happenin ;)

Sorry for the verbal diarrhea..
Next post is dedicated to the Wedding... YAY!

Head First

Do y'all remember my post about Miss Ali, running across the finish line?
Well, Ali is like my running celeb... it's like super exciting to me when she gives me a pat on the back or a high five after I've accomplished something.
She's like my biggest running inspiration.
So I get this email yesterday, and she says "SIGN UP FOR THIS"
... It's the Disney Princess Half Marathon ...
Over the weekend my mom said, "I want to come watch you finish a race"
To which I replied, wait for the half marathon, that'll be the big one...

Then this pops up... It was like a sign, prices are reduced, it's a limited offer, it's right in my face... I have time to train, really what's stopping me?
In my life, the best of things come in moments like these (twss)
I am extremely happy to report, that I am a runner in the Disney Princess Half Marathon.
February 23, 2014, I will be running my first half marathon... with a bunch of Disney characters!

I can't wait.
Thank you doesn't say enough to all of those who got me here...
I haven't ran it yet, but I never thought I would be running a half marathon.
I am running a half marathon.
GO ME.

This is a pretty emotional thought for me.
I've honestly been through SO much over the past 2 years, I can't believe I've come out alive.
I did this for me.
When I get to say, I've created this healthy lifestyle for me... It gives me chills.

"I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul"

Family time is better when it's forced!

Hi Friends,
I'm lacking on posting lately.
I've been busy getting ready for Julia's wedding and really have nothing thats worth posting.
I'm taking off Thursday night, and I am already vibrating in my chair.

See, I LOVE to fly. Anything to do with airports and flights. I'm THERE.
I don't know what it is, but I just adore it.
I really want to go one Christmas with a coffee and just watch people be reunited with their families.
So I'd be the crazy ass lady, sitting with a Timmy's, crying my face off, staring at you.
That wouldn't be weird right?

Anyways,
My living room looks like my closet blew up.
But nicely blew up, like it's all in neat little piles.
Shorts, pants, leggings, t-shirts, cami's, long sleeves, running gear, bridesmaid outfit... you get the idea.
Also in my suit case, is my mother's Wedding Hat.
My Mom and Dad were married in 1984, just celebrated 29 years of marriage.
Julia's Mom, my auntie Linny, also wore a wedding hat when her and my Uncle Pete were married.
Julia and I decided that we would wear these amazing hats out on the night of her bachelorette to pay tribute to this fashion statement.
So check. us. out...

However, this weekend, was a blast!!!
We drove up Friday night to FM to see my parents.
Seriously, I've never seen so much rain in my life. It rained the whole way there, all day Saturday, all morning Sunday and the whoooollleeee way home.
But that didn't stop the Stephenson's/1 adopted kid.
On Saturday morning, I weighed in (Down 2.0 lbs, BOOO YEA!), then mom and I went for a coffee together and took a little drive.

the size of the line for Coffee.. boooo!!!

When we got home, everyone was just waking up.

So they all made some breakfast and hung out for a bit.
I decided that the rain wasn't stopping me, so I ran.

MOFO's... I RAN... Check it...

There's defs something wrong with the pace there...
 

After that, I got dressed and ready and we headed out to the Discovery Centre.
WOOOP WOOOPP!!!!
It was actually informative, but if you gave me a test today, I would fail.
Still though, it was pretty neat.
We got to drive a simulator 797... Which is a giant ass truck. Pretty cool, Friends!

Karrone and I in the simulator

Karrone in a 1 ton bucket, these things are now 60 tons.
 

When we got home, we made pizza's and dispersed throughout the house for naps, book reading, and TV watching.


And puppy cuddles

 

My Dad fired up the BBQ (one of my favorite parts of coming home, is Dad's cooking and Mom's cuddles... I didn't just admit it though)
We had steak, shrimp and delicious salads!
Then we dove into the wine... played some outdoor lawn games in our basement and watched a movie at midnight.

Basically, I'm just saying... I love my family.
No matter what we get into, there's always a few laughs.
We have our ups and downs, we argue, we pick... but bottom line.
I love em. All of em. Especially our fur baby.
Hug em tight friends, you never know!

XO

Oh this has gotta be the gooood life!

 

 

 

HEYO!

It's Friday. Can I just say, that was THEE hardest work week for me in a while!

I'm blasting #thatPOWER this morning, sippin the sweetest nectar that is Starbucks.

We are packed up and headed north at 4pm this evening...
I did not get any sggestions for car games...
probably because no one plays car games anymore, or just the fact that no one reads my blog.

I joke.

Thanks to anyone whose reading right now....

WOO, okay, I'm linking up with some fab ladies for 5 on Friday!
This is such a cool link up! I rove it.

Une:
~ Anything realty TV... I wasn't feeling well Tuesday afternoon, so I headed home late in the afternoon to catch some extra Zzzz's... which I did, and then I also watched some Real Housewives of OC... my fave. Anyone know a good spot to watch these online? I find them incredibly difficult to find. Remember I'm Canadian y'all.

Deux:
~ I bought plastic multi colored cups from Michael's. I get nervous taking glass cups/wine glasses on my balcony, so I could some fun pink/yellowish cups for dranks. LOVE. I have a slight obsession with cups/mugs/travel mugs/water bottles and anything that holds a liquid. Like Vine2Go... totes want one!

Trois:
~ I'm diggin spinach smoothies. My lovely sister in law informed me that it tastes just as good if you make it the night before. That's a lie. Well not entirely, it's just a little soupy-ier. That's a word, urban dictionary that shiz. I just don't add as much fruit the night before, then add in one cup in the morning to make it thick, like I like em ;)

Quatre:
~ Family time - especially in the car. I'm ridiculous. Hands down, flat out, straight up... RIDICULOUS. Sometimes, on car rides, I'm almost positive my brother wants to leave me on Highway 63. I can get a little out of hand and excited about things quickly. I just really want everyone to have fun, especially when it takes 9 billion hours to get there. Hence my car games... or this happens...

Cinq:
~ I got in 10K+ yesterday from a power walk at lunch and a run with Natalya.
I struggled through the run, majorly. It was so freakin humid. But... you never regret a work out!

Happy Friday!
XOXO



is anyone there?

heyo!

It's Wednesday, which means, I only have to struggle through 2 more days of work!
The Terrific Trifecta that is The Stephenson Youngin's are heading to Fort McMurray to tear up the town for the weekend!
We are celebrating 29 years of marriage for my parents, Happy Daddy Day for my Pops & Happy very belated - but we still love you tons - Mommy Day for my Ma!
I freakin LOVE road trips - but as I've said before, the road to Fort McMurray is not so lovely.
I'm trying to think of some ridiculous things that we can do to make the car ride interesting...
I'm open to suggestions peeps!


This past weekend was a lay low weekend - it was somewhat rainy here in ETown...
I did NOTHING for activity.
Which I could tell made a huge difference in how I felt going into Monday.

Monday was our company golf tournament.
Every year we have a bunch of clients out to Blackhawk Golf Course.
It was a beautiful day on the course, and a great excuse to be out of the office all day!
There's sponsors for different holes, and we give all the money to charity!
It was my first year, I worked the BMW hole.
They had a 320i parked at the hole and whoever got a hole in one, got 50,000$ towards a BMW at a local dealership.
The shot is pretty damn near impossible... so really it's just a tease!
I posed for some pictures...

Now... I'm just gunna brag a bit here...

I'm pretty damn sure, I have THEE best, best friend a girl could have!

 

She brought me these this weekend! She knows how to make me smile.

Also, she rocked her weigh in last night and lost a whopping 3.8 lbs!!!
sorry nat... I had to tell people!

 

I needed to hear that she did that. I am SO SO proud of her.

And selfishly, it brought me back to where I needed to be!

I fell into a bit of a rut over the weekend, on the golf course and I was almost going to let it continue...

Until I realized that I wanted to have success this week too!

I love my girl for being there, even when she doesn't realize she does it, she brings me back and grounds my ass!

 

Happy Wednesday, Humpers!