A sad, busy, loooong day!

This morning, I awoke to the very sad news that a family friend had passed away around 4:30 this morning. He was diagnosed with cancer a few weeks ago now and due to overly high calcium levels, among other things, he passed early this morning. To add to the sadness, today is his son's birthday. I know he is now in a much better place, no longer in pain, and is looking down on us, but its very sad to me...and I can't even imagine how his family feels. Please send good wishes and prayers.


Work today was super crazy busy and long...I didn't get outta there until about 6:45. Due to the sadness of our friend's passing and the frustrating day at work, I decided to treat myself to In-n-Out for dinner, despite the fact that it put me about 200 calories over my daily goal AND I'm not working out today. I've done very well food and exercise-wise the past week, so I know one day won't kill me.


Saturday, we went to a wedding (as I mentioned we'd be doing in a previous post) and had a great time with great friends...here are a few photos from the day/night:

our adorable name cards!

centerpiece

beautiful cake&adorable cake topper

During the wedding, the couple had a interesting take on the "clinking the glasses so the bride and groom kiss" thing...each time the glasses were clinked, guest couple's names were pulled and the guest couple had to kiss...then the bride and groom had to kiss the same way. Guess who the first couple was! Yup, Kev and I! Unfortunately, no one got a decent picture of it :( It was funny though to see all the couples and some of the older couples REALLY got into it!

And Sunday was my friend, Tierra's baby shower:

Me, Tierra (and her baby bump!), Shannon, & Maria

Well, Tierra and Shannon are coming over tomorrow evening to check out the new house and catch up (besides yesterday's baby shower I haven't hung out with either of them in awhile), so I need to do some tidy-ing up and dishes!

<3 Jenni



FINALLY!

Well I finally sucked it up and took some photos of the house this evening...its not as clean/neat as I would have liked it to be for blog pictures, but in all honesty, I'm not sure when it will be! ...and since I promised pictures this week, I am finally delivering!

One view of our living room

and another living room shot (taken from the stairs)

our downstairs half bath

"my" room...that stuff all over the floor is my futon that has not yet been assembled because apparently we're missing a few bolts and have not had the chance to get them yet

"Kevin's" room...the panda is from the fair weekend (won by Dustin) and the futon cover is not on the futon because I have been slacking on washing it

Some of (a lot of) Kevin's Giants stuff that needs to be hung up/displayed in "his" room

a view of our closet

our bed...with the bedding set I bought specifically for the new house and totally love (PS I definitely just threw the bed together in like 2 seconds for this picture, rather than making it correctly, which is why it looks so messy)

a view of our bedroom

and our bathroom

As you can see, there is still much to be done...especially on the painting/decorating front...but that will come in time. Right now we are just trying to figure out what our bills will be, how we will split them up, etc. We also REALLY wanna figure out a plan for the backyard, even if its just a cheap, temporary plan, as it is nothin' but dirt right now!

I was too lazy to get to the gym tonight. Instead, I did two different workouts from "Exercise TV" on my cable network. One was a 20 minute cardio thing and the other was Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred Phase 1. Both were hard, made me sweat, and wore me out! I was a little sore today from yesterday's gym workout and will no doubt be even more sore tomorrow!

Anyway...gonna watch the boob tube and relax and then head off to bed!

<3 Jenni

August Arrives!

Well I cannot believe its already August! Where has the summer (and year, for that matter) gone? I have so many things going on this month, its nuts...
This weekend: a wedding on Saturday and a baby shower on Sunday
Next weekend: a game night party at Chris and Danielle's house and Lauren moving into town (and therefore Kevin and I helping her) on Sunday
The following weekend: another baby shower on Saturday
And the last weekend: Maria's 25th bday party on Saturday
All that plus Kevin has softball every Sunday evening AND continuing to try to get everything in the house cleaned/put away/put in order. It is just plain madness!

My lovely parents, sister, and her boyfriend came over this past Sunday and helped put up all the blinds. It is so nice to not have to hide in the shadows when getting dressed each day and I am hoping it will help on our energy costs as well. What totally sucked, however, is that I spent a large part of this past Saturday cleaning the entire house and then when they put up the blinds, dust/wall shavings got everywhere...so now I need to vacuum and dust all over again! Oh well, it was definitely worth it!

I will definitely get to posting pictures of the house ASAP/this week...my days are so busy between work, dinner, cleaning/laundry/etc. and, today (and hopefully most weekdays in the future) the gym! Yes, ladies and gents, I FINALLY got back to the gym today! I worked decently hard, but also didn't push myself tooooo much due to the fact that its been probably two months since my last workout. I will most likely be sore tomorrow...which is always a sign of a good workout but also kinda sucks, haha.

Alright, time to end this since one of my (many!) guilty pleasures, Pretty Little Liars, has just begun :)

<3 Jenni

Slacker!

Hello lovelies! I know, I know, I've been totally slacking on the updates...and pics of the new house now that we're all moved in (well...there's obviously still some boxes and other stuff in the garage and elsewhere, but you know what I mean)! Sadly, this post will not contain house pictures as I need to do a little tidy-ing up before I take pictures to post!

Everyday since we've moved has been full of busy days learning/working at my new job, and taking care of house stuff. I seriously don't even know the last time I went to the gym, but I have actually been eating decently ever since we got our fridge delivered, so at least I'm doing well on one front!

We are still without blinds for all the windows, so trying to get dressed/undressed each day is a challenge, as every single room (including my walk in closet), except the downstairs half bath, has at least one window in it! My parents and I went to Home Depot yesterday and got all the blinds and my dad and Kevin will be FINALLY installing them on Sunday! Thank God!

Last weekend, we did a lot of house stuff, but we also made time Saturday afternoon/evening/night to head to the California State Fair! So although I don't have house pictures, I do have a few from the fair!

Kev and I sharing a delicious corn on the cob!

Our who group! Israel and Paul look so mean in this picture, but I promise they're not! Lol

The girls and I posing on top of a gold CA bear :)

My man and I <3

 In other fun news, my friend from Fresno, Lauren (I've mentioned her a few times before) recently applied for and got hired for a job here in Sacramento! She is moving here in the middle of next month and I could not be more excited!!!

So far I am loving my new job, though it is crazy how much there is to learn and how busy the office is. All the people that work there are so nice and fun and I feel like my decision to take the job was a great one!

Anyway, gotta get to some cleaning and catching up on some DVR-ed shows. I swear, house pictures are coming soon...hopefully next week!

<3 Jenni

I'm alive, I promise!

I have not been able to keep up with reading the blogs I follow, nor have I been able to update due to no internet at my NEW HOUSE yet and being so busy!!! A full update will hopefully be coming next week with pictures of the house!

<3 Jenni

Ps...I did this post at lunch today and it didn't post...
I came home from work to sunflowers (my favorite) and goldfish (another favorite) on the kitchen table from my love! Isn't he a doll???

Mania!

So I completed my first week at my new job yesterday...and what a week it was! There is still SO MUCH to learn, but am starting to get into the groove and learning the new language I have to learn for a dental office. I've been told it will take me a few weeks to really feel like I understand what I'm learning, so I keep telling myself to chill when I freak out about not knowing enough. The girls in the office are all really nice. One of them, who's position is the same as mine, is named Jenny. We thought maybe it'd be a good idea to go by our middle names so as not to confuse the patients and whatnot...but we also both have the same middle name! What are the odds?

And some super fabulous news on the house!!! We get to sign closing documents tomorrow at 8:00 AM!!!!! Weird that they're able to do it on Sunday and ANNOYING that it is so early on a weekend, but it is worth it. Our final walk through will be Thursday morning and once we sign off on that (assuming we don't need them to fix/change anything), we should get our keys by the next day sometime! I am BEYOND excited! Sooooo many new things/changes going on in my life right now...kinda stressful, but also so exciting at the same time!

So...since I'm essentially probably moving NEXT weekend, I got a start on organizing, getting rid of, and boxing up stuff today (while Kevin is at a Giants game with some coworkers)...Went through tons of old pictures and school stuff and organized them all which took forever, but it was fun looking at all my old pictures! Also have been washing my new towels and new (EGYPTIAN COTTON!!!) sheets so they're ready for the new house...and of course boxing up some stuff that isn't already in boxes (my new dinnerware, pots and pans, etc. are still in their original boxes so I obviously didn't have to box up those types of things) Packing, moving things, and unpacking things are not my favorite pastimes, but the excitement of being in a new house with the man of my dreams makes it all a little better. :)

As far as working out goes, I have not done it a single time this week! Due to my new job being about an hour or more with traffic from my parents home (but only about 10-15 minutes from the new house), I just don't feel like I have time. I am so exhausted after the long workday and just would rather eat dinner with my family and relax before going to bed early to do it all over again. My eating was okay this week up until yesterday and today (it also seems to go decently well during the week and I just lose all focus on the weekends, something I definitely need to work MUCH harder on), but I just feel so bloated and blubbery and like I'm losing muscle tone due to no gym-age. Once we are moved though, and my gym is literally a block away and the bf working so much, I will seriously have nothing better to do after work than work my butt out! So hopefully, I will stop feeling so fat, and instead more fit, in the next few weeks, Hopefully is definitely the key word there.

Anywhoooo...time to figure out if I am doing anything this evening and if so, get ready to do whatever it may be, so I'm outta here!

<3 Jenni

Long, fun weekend and first day at the new job

Well it took me quite awhile to get up to date on all the blogs I "follow" as I have not had a chance to do so since Thursday. Now time to catch you all up on what I've been up to since then!

Most of the weekend consisted of eating and drinking and I feel like I've gained about 10 pounds but its probably more like 2-4...but my weight typically fluctuates in a 2-4 pound range anyway so hopefully it'll go away rather quickly.

Friday was my love's birthday AND our pre carpet walk through....oh AND my Fresno friend, Lauren came into town!

(Part of) the master bath

View from the stairs into the living room

Half bath (downstairs)

(Part of) the kitchen (floor is covered by paper to avoid being wrecked by construction workers' foot traffic)

There were a few more photos taken that day but I only bothered to post the most fun ones.

That night we went out on the town for Kevin's birthday...I don't have many pics of that night (or the weekend for that matter) as they are all on Lauren's camera like last time...here's a funny one of the three of us though:

(Kevin got an SF Giants toaster for his bday and felt the need to show it off)

Saturday was spent being hungover until noon or so and then doing some shopping! Later that evening, Kevin, Lo, and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings and watched the UFC fights and had dinner...then went to a friend's house for some beer pong but didn't stay out too late due to being tired from the night before and running around all day.

Sunday we did a little more running around, then went over to Maria and Karl's for a "3rd" of July/Kevin's bday party BBQ. We had a slip-n-slide, kiddie pool, squirt guns, beer pong, lotsa food, fireworks, and more. It was a super fun time!

Then on Monday we slept in and then Lo headed home :( Later in the afternoon some of my family members, as well as Kevin's parents, came over for a 4th of July BBQ and also to celebrate Kevin's bday some more. We ate way too much and played lawn darts! Finally that evening, we headed over to a friend's house to watch a local fireworks show (as he has a great view from his house)! The show was pretty good but we didn't stay very long after it ended as Kevin and I were both exhausted and had to be up early this morning for work.

OH! My sister also came home and visited this weekend :) She, her boyfriend, and her roomie also came to Maria and Karl's house for the BBQ Saturday!

Today was my first day at my new job...to be honest, I am a little overwhelmed but I expected to be (as I mentioned in an earlier post), but I am sure I will be able to get it all figured out over time. All the girls in the office seem to be very nice and get along well with one another, which is awesome! It was a very long, fun weekend, plus a long first day at my new job, so I am exhausted....I will not be attending the gym tonight. My workout routine will most likely be a little touch and go between now and when I move as I get off work later now than at my old job AND it is at least an hour drive home (once I move it'll be more like 10-15 minutes)...so hopefully I don't get too pudgy...am definitely going to at least try to do well food-wise (and am only about 50 calories over my goal for today and do not plan on eating anything else before bed).

Anyway...it is time to let my brain relax and unwind, so until next time...

<3 Jenni