Softball & Soreness

Apparently when you haven't played Softball in three years and then you play two games back to back, you get this thing called soreness. And let me tell ya, it's a bitch!

Yesterday afternoon I got an email from a co-worker asking me if I would be interested in playing Softball that night. They were short a few girls(coed team) and they had to have enough girls to play so that they didn't have to sit guys. So I said sure.

I got to the park around 7:30. It was freezing cold and it was raining. Awesome!  Another co-worker and I started warming up. Finally it was time to play. 

The first game I played 2nd base which isn't normal for me. I am usually put in the outfield or catching. I actually did pretty well at it. It was interesting that is for sure. And the one time I did bat, I had a nice single to the short stop area. I couldn't believe I even hit the ball, but even more I couldn't believe that I hit it as far as I did. This isn't the norm for me. We ended up only playing 3 innings of that game because of the 20 run rule. Yeah, we lost horribly, haha!

The second game they put me at 1st base. Again, not a position I am used to. I actually did pretty good with it too. I was pretty impressed with myself. And this game I got to bat three times and got on base two of three times. But I hit the ball every single time. I just wasn't quick enough to get on 1st for one of them, haha! We lost this game too, but not as badly. Only by five runs. 

It was actually a lot of fun to get out there and play again. Hopefully I can do it again sometime. And hopefully next time I won't be so damn sore the next morning. OMFG I can barely walk today. My legs hurt so bad. No pain no gain though, right?!

Weekend Recap

Good morning everyone! I hope you guys had a great weekend! 

Friday night was probably the best part of my weekend. Every now and then my work hosts these concerts along with the local radio station for up and coming country artists. And even though these concerts are free to the public as long as you have a ticket from the radio station, we get to go as well. I have met some pretty amazing artists that are now pretty big deals(Joe Nichols, Chuck Wicks, Justin Moore) at these things so I always try to go. The three people performing at this particular one were Austin Webb, Dakota Bradley and Jaida Dreyer.

I showed up about an hour early to see if our staff needed help setting anything up. While we were hanging out waiting for the show to start, I got to meet one of the radio DJ's from a country station in town. I absolutely love this lady so I was excited. And she is even more awesome in person!

While I was hanging out with her and the other morning show DJ, Dakota Bradley came up and just started talking to us. He was super nice and was really fun to talk to. He also told me that I rocked because I went and got him and the other two artists some bottled water. I thought that was pretty cool. Just saying. And when I handed Austin Webb his water, he looked at me and asked if we had met before. He said I looked really familiar. When I told him no(I am pretty sure I would remember if I had met this hottie before), he asked me my name and shook my hand. 

The show finally got started and they each sang 4 or 5 songs. They were all amazing! I think out of the three I liked Austin's style the best. They were all extremely talented, but I definitely think Austin was the most talented out of the three. And the most gorgeous!

Left-Austin Webb Right-Austin Webb, Dakota Bradley & Jaida Dreyer

After the show I got to hang out a little bit more with the two radio DJ's and then I got to do a meet and greet with each artist. I got a picture with each of them and a signed picture. So when they are all famous and stuff, I can pull those suckers out and be like "Yeah, I've met them. No big deal!" Haha!

Saturday I was up early to go help a friend of mine move into the new house that her and her Husband just bought. So there was lot's of heavy lifting. Well from her Husband her Brother and her Brother's friend. I mean we helped, but we definitely left the heavier stuff to the guys. 

Saturday night I headed over to another friend's house so that we could go downtown to watch the Rapids game. I ended up winning an awesome Rapids shirt! I was a little nervous though because it was a women's large and I wasn't sure if it would fit, but when I got home I tried it on and it fit perfectly!! Whoop whoop! 

Unfortunately the Rapids game ended in a tie, which was complete BS! They should have won that game. The refs were absolutely horrible. They weren't calling anything on the other team who were practically tackling the Rapids any chance they got, but if the Rapids even barely touched the other team they were calling all kinds of fouls! And one of those fouls(that shouldn't have been called) led to the other team scoring  the tying goal. Complete crap I tell ya!

Sunday was pretty uneventful. I woke up around 10. Had breakfast. Went to the grocery store. Came home and did massive amounts of laundry and had dinner. That was pretty much the extent of my day. Pretty crazy stuff, huh?!

I hope that you guys all had a great weekend too! I know that I am looking forward to next weekend and with a short and busy work week, hopefully it gets here quickly! Have a great day everyone!

Friday's Letters

 Dear Laura,

Congrats on winning the $25 gift card of your choosing!!! I sent you an email this morning, so please let me know where  you would like your gift card to! 

Dear Weather,

Thank you for finally being nice! Spring has actually arrived. I appreciate that you finally made up your mind.

Dear Friday,

Please go by quickly today. I have something fun to do after work, so I would appreciate it if you wouldn't take your sweet time today. K? Thanks!

Dear Grass That We Are Trying To Grow,

Please please please come in. I am tired of that spot in the yard being bare while everything else looks super nice. Please start growing soon. I  have been watering you as much as I can and I would appreciate it if you would cooperate with us!

Dear Duck Dynasty,

I don't know how I ever lived my life without you. I am obsessed and proud of it. I know that I am always in for a good laugh when I watch this show and I love that. 

Dear Hubby,

I know that the budget we set up for ourselves to follow for the next year is strict, but I know we can do this and the reward for our super saving will be amazing!!! I have all the confidence in the world that we can do this! 

Dear Budget,

Prepare to be adhered to! We are going to kick some serious butt and pay off so much stuff AND finally have a down payment for a car!!! Aaaagghhh! I can't wait to see all of our hard work pay off!

Dear New Car,

I promise we are coming for you within the next 6 months! I can't wait to be able to pick you out and drive you home! 

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Dear Self,

Way to go with keeping up with your healthy life decisions! You are kicking ass! Keep up all of the hard work! It will definitely be worth it in the end. 

Dear Disney World and Universal Studios Orlando,

Oh we are coming for you! Not til 2015 because we are waiting until after the new expansion to Harry Potter World is open, but we are coming. We have already set a budget and are starting to save for this trip!! I CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!!

Okay lovelies, that's all I have for today. I hope you guys all have a great weekend! 

Bringing Sexy Back Week 8 Link Up

It's Thursday which means it is time for Bringing Sexy Back! with myself and K from Down at Fraggle Rock! Grab the button and link up and tell us how you Brought Sexy Back this week!

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I think I am really starting to get the hang of this whole healthy eating thing. Almost as if it is part of my regular life style now and not something that I am trying to change. I find myself making better decisions with my food. I am not craving fast food anymore. And when I am I usually talk myself out of it by the time I drive over there, so I just keep driving until I find something healthier. This is a huge deal for me. Fast food has always been my downfall and now that I seem to not have the appetite for it, I am really picking up steam and it feels amazing!

Since it is Week 8 which means 2 months since we started this link up, I decided it was time to share progress pictures with you guys again. I am definitely starting to see a difference. Which is awesome! And I am seeing where I need to start concentrating on more, a.k.a my mid section. So here are my progress pictures from Week 1 to Week 4 to Week 8.

Now I don't see a ton of change from Week 4, but I see a whole lot from Week 1 to now! And like I said, I am seeing where I need to concentrate more on. I really need to be doing more and more core stuff, but for some reason I just haven't wanted to. I think I am going to try my Hip Hop Abs videos out for a while and see if that helps some. And maybe throw in some good old fashion sit ups or crunches even!

Okay, so now for my measurements! I am particularly happy with this weeks measurements!

I am down another 2.2 lbs this week and 16.4 lbs overall since my heaviest weight of 232.6! And some inches came off too! Keep on dropping! I also thought it would be fun and motivating to see my overall change since last October. So here are those numbers.

WOW!!!!! When you look at it like that, I feel amazing about the progress that I have made. It may not be going as quickly as I want it to, but I am making progress nonetheless! And that feels amazing!!!

I can't even begin to tell you how much this link up has helped me with my goals. Knowing that I have to report something every week has really made me hold myself accountable and has really helped me change my ways. Now, do I still have a slip up now and then? Absolutely! I am human, but I feel like I am on my way to making more positive changes in my life! And I am loving that feeling!

Okay, now for some goals for the week. Continue with my healthy eating and tracking of my food and continue my workouts at the gym and after work walks with my friend. Also, I definitely need to introduce more core workouts into my other workouts this week! It just needs to happen! I am still trying to accomplish being down to 210 by next Saturday! Yikes! I don't know that it is going to happen, but I can still keep pushing for it! And of course I need to keep up with drinking lots of water and I want to start doing the stairs at work more often again!

Okay guys, that is all for today's link up! Don't forget to head on over to K's blog and see how she did this week too! 

How did you guys do this week? We wanna know!

6 Years Ago...

 I went on a first date with my Husband. Six years ago!!! Although we have a new anniversary to celebrate, I still love this one and will always remember it. 

Happy date-iversary sweetie! I love you so much and I am so glad that I said yes to that first date!

The very first picture we ever took together!

Celebrating our 1 year anniversary

Celebrating our 2 year anniversary

At my Graduation in 2010

At his Graduation in 2010

Our Engagement pictures in 2011

On our wedding day in 2012

Christmas Cards in 2012

Day at the Ball Park

Last Thursday the Hubby and I took the day off to go to the Rockies/Yankees game. Hubby is a big Yankees fan and I love the Rockies, so we always try to make it a point to go if the Yankees are in town. We headed up to the ball park around 9:30 so that we could get there early for batting practice. Well, due to traffic, we missed batting practice by a few minutes, but it was okay, because for the first time ever, we were in our seats early and weren't going to miss the start of the game.

The game was supposed to start at 1:10 pm, but due to some light rain that we had prior to the game, it was delayed by a few minutes. And of course as soon as the game started, it started raining. They played through it for the most part. That was until the 5th inning. I had just put my hoodie and my heavy winter coat back on because I saw a huge black cloud approaching, when they decided to pull the tarps back out on the field. It wasn't raining at this point so we were kind of confused, and then it started pouring down rain. 

And guess who didn't bring an umbrella because ours was deemed "too big"? Yeah, that would be us. So we sat in the pouring down rain for a good 15-20 minutes. Everyone else had decided to take cover up underneath the stands, but we figured since we were already soaked that we might as well just stay where we were and not go up and have to stand in the massive amounts of people. And then it started hailing, so we decided to go up and go to the bathroom. That alone took about 30 minutes. There were so many people that you couldn't move.

Sitting in the rain

And apparently I dropped my sunglasses in the bathroom while we were up there. My $400 prescription Coach sunglasses to be exact. AND I didn't realize that I had lost them until almost two hours later. And when I did realize it, I started freaking out. I don't like spending that kind of money on a pair of sunglasses, but when you have to have them to drive, you kind of have to make the investment(and it helped that they were half off at the time, but still!) so when you lose something like that, it makes you feel really stupid. Luckily somebody found them and turned them into Guest Services! So to whoever that person was, thank you so much! You have no idea how much I appreciate that you did the right thing!

Once the sunglass fiasco was over the game got back under way. Luckily all of the storms had moved out and the sun decided to show it's face. Not only did it warm up, but we also started to dry off a little. And we didn't have to wear our heavy coats anymore!

And the best part was that the rain held off for the rest of the game. The Rockies were losing, which was unfortunate, but something that was pretty cool to see was how excited everyone(including Rockies fans) got when Mariano Rivera came out to close the game for the Yankees. He is retiring after this year, so the fact that we got to see him pitch was pretty cool. Hubby was geeking out. I kind of was too. I mean he is the last person in MLB to wear the number 42 and not only that but he is really good. So it was definitely cool that we got to see him. Unfortunately the Rockies lost. Hubby was of course okay with this though. 

Something fun that I like to do when we go to Baseball games is listen to the home teams intro songs when they go up to bat and choose who had the best song. That honor went to #14 Josh Rutledge. As soon as I heard his song, he was hands down the winner without having to hear anyone else's song.

He had Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" as his intro song. Clearly the winner!

The game was finally over, so we made our trek back to the car. Once we got there I immediately took off my shoes and socks so that they could dry out and so that I could warm up. Once my feet got warm, I actually wasn't cold anymore. And by the time we got home, I had almost completely dried off!

I put my socks on the vents in the car to dry!

We had a pretty great day together, even with all of the rain. It was fun to get away from work and everything else and just spend some time with my Husband.

 ***Don't forget to comment on yesterday's post for your chance to win a $25 gift card to a place of your choosing!***

The Yard Sale Itch & A Chance to Win Something

With the weather here in Colorado finally starting to warm up and with summer fast approaching, I am getting the itch. The yard sale itch!

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I have been dying to go to some yard sales. It has been so cold on the weekends though that there haven't been many going on. But now that it is finally starting to warm up, they are popping up everywhere. And this past weekend, we were driving out of our neighborhood and spotted one up the street. I of course stopped, and the Hubby rolled his eyes, to which I replied, "You married me, so deal with it!" He laughed and said, "Yeah, I know." Unfortunately we didn't find anything, but the sight of one just made me giddy. 

Yard sales are one of my favorite things about Spring and Summer. I love going from sale to sale to see what kind of bargains I can find. And I especially love when big neighborhoods or communities hold big sales. It makes it so much easier to go from place to place. And you never know what you might find. I have found some pretty incredible things at yard sales for dirt cheap. And when I know people that are having babies, I love hitting up yard sales to see what I can find for them. You wouldn't believe the amount of baby clothes and other items that you find at yard sales.

And this year I am excited because we get to participate in our communities yard sale in a few weeks. I have been going through the house like a mad women and deciding what is going up for sale. So far we have a pretty big stash of things in the garage that are ready to be priced and taken home with someone else. It's kind of funny because we want to get rid of all this stuff, but I am also wanting to check out everyone else's yard sales. So of course, I am making the Hubby take that Friday off of work so that he can sell our stuff, while I go look for more stuff, haha!

Okay, now for the fun part. I want to hear from you guys. I want to know what one of the best deals you have ever scored at a yard sale has been? Or what's the craziest thing you have ever seen someone selling? Or what is one of the craziest things you have sold? Tell me about your yard sale finds in the comment section below and I will draw a random winner to win a $25 gift card to a place of your choosing!!!!

 I will draw the random winner on Friday, so you have to comment by midnight on Thursday. And please leave an email address with your comment. So sound off in the comments below for your chance to win! Good luck everyone and I can't wait to read about your finds!