Remodel...

Over the course of the next few weeks... I will be posting pics of before and after. Thanks to the help of my bf and my bro the muscle behind the magic I will be doing some diy projects throughout my house. And my yard. Yay!!!

Internet Sites.

Have you guys used www.freecycle.com at all? I'm currently looking into doing some diyp for my house... My brother used it to help furnish his basement when his in-laws came to stay for an undetermined amount of time. I just don't understand I fill in my information and then It's like I hit a wall and don't know what to do next.

And, Christi, Jules, or anyone else have you used Amazon at all... I posted some old school books on there months ago but had nothing come of it. I'm wondering if I did it correctly.

Christi - When are you coming this way?

Tips

Bra Fit Tips...
I'm posting this because even though I'm supposed to be an expert I learn new things every class and thought some I should share with the other women in my life.
1. Each bra wearer should have 7 different bras. One for each day of the week. If you wear a bra more then one day the fabric actually stretches and you've ALREADY ruined it. Each day when you take your bra off it has a chance to mold back to it's original size. Also you should be rinsing your bra out after a day of wear.
2. Never put your bra in the dryer (I know most everyone knows that). The heat stretches the elastic = ruining your bra.
3. You should hand wash all your bras. Longer life.
4. You should be able to put two fingers and trace them under your straps above your shoulders.
5. You should be able to hold out the band of your bra = where it hooks in the back about an inch if it stretches longer then that a) You need to go down a band size (ex. 38 to a 36) or b) the bra you have on now is already stretched to far and is damaged. You need a new bra.
6. Those lovely areas of fat beside your breast area under your arm are infact Breast tissue when you put your bra on move it forward and put it in your bra.... (I'm not kidding)
7. You should never wear a sports bra as a regular bra..... Why? Because it has actually flattened and smooshed you in there and your breast tissue begins to grow differently after extended wear.... Yikes!
8. If you band rises up in the back instead of going around in a perfect oval you are wearing the wrong band size or it is stretched out and you need a new bra.... Your back tissue will actually start to mold to that band and you'll start to get a side ways C imprint of fatty tissue growth.
9. In most front clasping bras you need to go up a cup size.
10. If the underwire is poking you under your arm you either need a bigger band or a horse shoe shapped wire bra for the cup.
**** Remember bras should be comfortable and feel like they are molded to you!

Reminder to me

No more eating out...
Starting today
no more unnecessary spending.
Time to tighten the purse strings.

That girl back then

If you'd known me 5 years ago...

So much has changed. Some has stayed the same. I just had so much stress back then . . . and everyone notices I'm not that same girl anymore. I'm not so shy... gah. I'm not stressed (not really). My personality is completely different. I'm even more carefree then I was in highschool . . . those first few years. But I had a grandmother with Alzheimers btw. I recommend everyone watch the tapes from The Alzheimers Project on HBO. I know some towns actually have been playing it in their movie theaters. It's good some parts are a little drawn out. But it has claimed the lives of more people then I'd thought. And it's interesting to hear about the reasearch and to see people who are affected differently. Back to me and changes - So I've set my new goals and I'm excited to see them unfold. . . I'm not going into details because I STILL like surprises. And I think you guys will be surprised. Have a wonder-filled Wednesday!

It's a new day bring on the rain...

I'm still on a good buzz from the fun weekend with Jeff and hope we can do something similar again soon (like with in the next month or two). This weekend I work though and next weekend we're going with his parents to see his brother and his family. An adventure within itself! I've never been anywhere close to where they live so I'm excited!

I've been thinking alot about major changes that I might do. Some with work, some with school, others lifestyle (they're mostly in this category), just lots of things and new goals. If you haven't noticed I live on lists/ goals. Anyway... I'm doing a lot of thinking, reasoning, and praying, and I hope that the changes I make are for the best; we'll see!

A whirlwind weekend of events and emotions.

So this past weekend was some festival thing where a shit load of my family goes off and goes camping... It looks like everyone had a good time so I'm happy for them.

This past weekend for me Jeff took me to Charlotte. We walked around downtown went to my favorite bar/restaraunt, went and saw ghosts of girlfriends past, had a romantic walk in the rain. :) Then we went and got all dressed up and out to dinner. :) Lots of other fun stuff then lunch at the Cheesecake factory. And we brought cheesecake home for dessert. We planned to eat with Aunt Helen but she's back in the hospital. So we went on back to Jeff's parents, then the Wilsons, then back here where we watched a movie till the power went out then we spent a candlelit night playing boardgames.

And today at work well that's another adventure I don't think I can post. :(