Oh My Goodness… 2 More Days!!!

AHH!! I have 2 days left til graduation!! 

Which of course is why I have not been keeping up with my blogging the past couple weeks!  So much going on and so much to do!! :)

I had my last class and final project yesterday

Thursday I have dinner with my practicum seminar class

Friday is graduation!!! woohoo!!!  :)

PS – the Race Recap Roundup #linkup page has been refreshed as of Monday and you can post your race reports!! :)  If you posted race reports on Saturday and Sunday please feel free to link that up again as well! :)

If You Have a Dilemma… Just Tweet It!!

Well, for some reason I didn’t get my speedwork in today… I was supposed to do 6 miles… just felt blah all day.. hormonal sickness… it sucks…

School starts back up tomorrow (after a 2 week summer vacation lol) and I’m super excited because this is the first quarter that I’m “officially” an interpreting major and will get to take interpreting classes… The only downfall is that I have to start getting up at 5am to make it to school in time… seriously?! I haven’t gotten up that early since… the capital city half marathon in May… and now I have to do it every Tuesday and Thursday! Guess I’ll have to start going to bed at 9pm instead of midnight lol ;)

I am rather excited about going back to school tomorrow though because I am heading to Fleet Feet after I get out of class at 4 to get a new pair of shoes before my Marathon! :)  I knew I needed new shoes, but I wasn’t sure if I had enough time to break them in… since I’m still a “newbie runner” I’m not as wise as some of you… If you ever need to know something… just tweet it… seriously! haha…

I tweeted:

And just a few SECONDS later many of you replied… thank you! :)  I am no longer worried…

So now I’m UBER excited to get an official fitting for shoes… this will be my first time in an actual running store lol… I can’t wait to let you all know how it goes and show off my new pair of kicks tomorrow!  (and of course tell you how my first day of school went… cuz I know you all care sooo much)  ;)

AND… don't forget to ENTER MY YMX GIVEAWAY!! (Ends 9/24)

 

How often do you get a new pair of shoes?
- It’s been 7 months since my new pair… but I ran a total of about 22 miles for May and June combined (hello wedding planning)

What kind of shoes do you get AND do you always stay with the same model?
- I used to be strictly Nike… Glide & Glide 2, but then I got to wear test a pair for brooks and LOVED them… so now I have no clue what kind of shoe I want to run in…

Do you have a twitter? Do you find it helpful or annoying?
- I have a twitter (obviously) and find it very helpful… I’ve almost stopped using facebook altogether

Updated Checklist By Day: I’m getting married THIS week!

This is basically everything I have left to do this week before the wedding… and I realize that this might not be exciting for you all lol… but it’s basically just for me… this is to help me get organized for the upcoming week!! :)  YAY!!!  Also, don’t forget about my giveaway that ends at 11:59pm Thursday night!!  CLICK HERE TO ENTER 

Note to Self:  If something doesn’t get done on the day it’s supposed to, it moves down to the next day… DONT PROCRASTINATE!!                      
                                               

Monday
      - Reception playlist
      - Confirm honeymoon
      - Buy: plates (150 more), stuff for the punch, nuts, pretzels
      - Print and cut ceremony programs
      - Make slideshow for reception
      - Schedule of events for DJ
      - Make schedule for morning of

Tuesday
      - Print out and frame favorite engagement pictures

Wednesday
      - Make favors

Thursday
      - Pack for honeymoon

Friday
      - Pick up rentals
      - Nail appointment @12pm
      - Get rings cleaned
      - Pick up tuxes and dresses (June 24th)
      - Pick up 2 bags of ice
      - Rehearsal @7pm (June 24th)

Saturday
      GET MARRIED!!! :D

 

6 Days Left!!

Good Luck My Friends!!!

It’s so exciting!!  This is my first year as a “runner” so the first year I've been aware of Boston!  I’ve spent the past few months reading all about Boston and I am so pumped and excited for all of you who are running Boston tomorrow!! :)  I’m also super pumped to be following quite a few of you via text message… including Kara Goucher and Ryan Hall ;)  I know you will all be fabulous!  Have fun and run hard!! :)  I’m thinking of you and praying for you!! :)  I can’t wait to read all the race recaps!! :) Love you all ~ Zaneta

75 Days and Counting!!!

There are only 75 days left until I become a Mrs!! I’m so excited!!  The past couple of weeks we have been working on hand addressing 100 envelopes, folding 100 invitations, cutting 100 ribbons, putting stamps on 100 rsvp postcards, stuffing 100 envelopes, tying 100 bows, sealing 100 envelopes, and putting stamps on 100 envelopes… My hands hurt big time after we were done!

  

Saturday afternoon, I dropped them all off at the post office and I’ve had a couple people tell me that they got them today!!!  I’m so excited!!! :)  I really cannot believe how fast time flies by!  I started out with 6 1/2 months to plan and now I only have 2 1/2 left!!

On my way to work a couple days ago, I got a call from the dress place and they told me my bridesmaid dresses are in!!  Everything is coming together!! :) ahhhh!!!!   :)  Ok, I want to share the last of the wedding pictures that were sent to me…  these are from the lovely Carla from I Run, You Run…

If you want to see more about her wedding you can Click Here!  And once again, thank you to everyone who shared your beautiful wedding pictures with me!  I get excited every time I look at other people’s pictures! :)  75 more days til I have my own wedding pictures to look forward to! :)

75 Days Left!

4 MONTHS & 120 DAYS

Exactly 4 months from today, or 120 days, I will be a married woman!! YAY!!!  I’M SO EXCITED!!!  In fact, you know those Disney commercials?!  I feel like the little girl at the end of the commercial! Here’s the video incase you don’t have any idea what I'm talking about… like usual ;)

Ok… and yes, I’m a little jealous of all you gals (guys too?) who get to run in the Disney princess race this weekend!!   Maybe one day ;)  Good luck everyone!! :)

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Remember how I didn’t exactly finish Josh’s valentine’s gift cuz I was a tad sick? Well, I worked on it this evening and it went from this:

To eating DQ ice cream cake and watching CSI:

To this cute little guy!! (Which Alisha guessed!!)

It’s a minion from the movie “Despicable Me” (cute movie… one of my faves!  And yes, I’m 23 lol)  The pattern is one of Wolf Dreamer’s patterns.  My fiancé is going to LOVE the finished product!  He loved it when it was in pieces! haha!  Well, I’m gonna head to bed because I’m meeting a friend to go running tomorrow morning!  I hope everyone does well in their races this weekend!! :D  Can’t wait to read all about them!

 

4 Months; 120 Days Left!

Wedding Update: My Dress!!

ok.. first things first, why didn’t anyone tell me I was getting ahead of myself on Tuesday?! lol… I titled my post “Triple Tangent Thursday” lol… well… today is Thursday.. bummer… but it’s almost the weekend!! :)  Also, welcome to my newest bloggy friend.. Angie from Kansas Runner!! Thanks for following! :)

Now.. on to the wedding stuff!!!  Pretend like it’s December 17th ;)  CUZ that’s when I bought my dress!!! :)

I’m not one of those girls who has known from an early age what kind of wedding dress I wanted or what kind of wedding… Dont get me wrong… I daydreamed about getting married one day, but I never planned the details of a future wedding….  Not to mention that I’m not a very girly girl… I’ll wear the occasional dress, but usually you’ll find me in jeans or running shorts and a tshirt lol…

So, my mom and I decided to start out looking in our little town (which has 2 places that might have wedding dresses… 1 for sure) before we headed to the big city.  Neither of us knew what to expect but were looking forward to the big adventure!

When we arrived, we had to sign in and they took us back to a little sitting area to ask questions like “what’s your budget?”  “What kind of a dress do you want?”  “Do you have anything specific in mind?”  I told them the budget that I definitely didn’t want to go over and other than that, that I had no clue what I was looking for… just that I didn’t want a ridiculously long train.

After that we went through and picked out different styles of dresses that I liked so I could try them on… we had all sorts of things like Ball gowns and A-lines and Mermaid dresses… who knew there would be so many to choose from? ;)  Well I tried on the first one and absolutely LOVED it!!  But, I had about 8 more dresses to try on.  Every time I tried on a different dress we would compare it to the first… if I liked it less we put it back, if we liked it about the same or more we kept it in the fitting room.

After a while I kind of forgot what the first one looked like on me and we were down to the last two dresses which were a different style than the first one all together and I liked them both. They were over my budget by $100-200 but I had told her that was ok, if it was the one for me I would pay the extra mulah!! :)  I really liked the last one the best but forgot what the first one looked like so I tried the first dress on again…

As soon as I put it back on I started tearing up… this was THE ONE!!  I didn’t want to take it off, I was so thrilled!!  I never knew what it would feel like finding “the dress” but it was magical!  It was incredible!  I just knew it was the one! haha.. my mom joked with me that she had been looking forward to going to more than just one dress shop… but since we were both shedding happy tears we knew there was no need to continue searching!

This is the only picture I can show you because I have no clue if my fiancé
peeks at my blog every once in a while lol ;)  sneak peak!!!

After I committed to buying it they put a veil on my head and we took pictures and talked about wedding stuff… eventually they made me take it off ;) lol… I ordered my dress.. paid in full because if I did they would give me a discount… booyah!!   I was told it would be in towards the middle/end of May… hopefully I don’t need too many alterations!  I’m just so excited!!!  Now I just need to accessorize!! ;)

135 days left!!

Garmin Greatness

 

Yesterday I RAN OUTSIDE for the first time this year lol… it was fabulous!!  I also got to use my Garmin for the first time and I LOVE it!  I just need to figure out all the bells and whistles now lol, here’s my excited I finally have a Garmin picture:

Please ignore the mess… I had just gotten home from work and threw all my stuff down to hurry up and get outside before it got dark… but don’t ignore that little date back there on my dry erase board… WEDDING DAY!!! lol… speaking of which… I’ve lost 3 followers!!  I’m sorry if all my wedding talk has offended anyone… ok, I'm really not, cuz I'm so excited and WANT to talk about getting married on June 25, 2011!! lol ;)  Ok.. screen shot of the Garmin:

Then later last night my wonderful fiancé came to my house after he got out of class to surprise me because I had had a rough day at work.  He brought me colorful daisies (daisies are my favorite flower), Reeses cups, and a card to brighten my day!  Isn’t he so thoughtful?!  I can’t wait to marry him this summer!  He’s seriously the best! 

           

Needless to say, I am one blessed chic to have such a
wonderful man in my life…

141 days left!!

5 Months To Go!

5 months from today and I will be a married woman! :D  AHH! I’m so excited!! :)  I can’t wait til I can sit down and hash out an update of my wedding planning for you guys!  I’ve got quite a bit done, but still have quite a bit left I feel like! lol…  I sent my engagement ring back to get it sized down again… I think this time it will be the perfect fit! :)  I just want it to hurry and come back!! lol… February 1st by the latest is what they told me :)

Well, I just wanted to touch base with you all, and tell you that I ran outside for the first time this year! lol… Man, we’ve had some crappy weather!!  But today was about 37 degrees instead of what seems like the usual –5…  I was all excited because I could finally use my garmin forerunner 405cx that my fiancé got me for Christmas and when I went to put it on, I remembered that I hadn’t charged it … drats! Maybe next time ;)

Well, I’m heading to bed… another long day of work for me tomorrow!  Which know that I’m paying for a wedding… doesn’t seem so bad ;) lol Goodnight all!

OH MY GOODNESS, I’M SO EXCITED!!!

I came home from job #1 this afternoon and found this on my kitchen table!!!

Guess what it contained in all it’s cardboardy goodness?!

MY DIPLOMA!!!

If I was excited about graduating this summer… this is 100xs more exciting!  This made it feel “official”! :D

Now I’m off to job #2 for the rest of the night!  Just had to share my excitement with you all! :D

Edit after I got home from job#2:  This may just be more exciting than the buckle that EMZ got ;)  just sayin! tehe!