960 CALORIES

= 4 Oreo cookies and the new Wunderbar that has two smaller sticks in it (what I ate in one hour, while sitting on my but watching a movie.)
or
960 calories
= 1 apple, 1 banana, 1small piece of chicken with no sauce, 1 medium bell pepper, 1 cup of fresh asparagous, 1 cup of brown rice, 2 pieces of whole grain bread, 1 egg, one glass of skim milk (What I have been eating in a typical day except for lunch and another snack, which adds about another 600 calories to my daily total)

I love that in one sitting of eating unhealthy food, I can eat almost as many calories as I eat in a typical day. Thank you Period for making me crave insanely unhealthy food and make me feel crappy the rest of the day and have no desire to do anything.

On a positive note I went for a run last night with my friend Royall ( we are doing the Climb of Hope Run together) and it felt absolutely awesome.

THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!!!

And they are good, I totally PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not stop smiling I am so happy. I kind of cheated though in finding out, I still have not got my results back yet, but I called the Alberta Opticians Association today, because if I want to take the cl's course I need to be registered by this Monday. I called and asked when the results were going to be in, they said they were in just not mailed out yet. She asked for my name and three seconds later she was like, ya you passed. It took all my power to not scream in here ear with excitment. Finally I can relax and maybe get a good nights sleep. There is definately going to be some celebrating tonight.

CLIMB OF HOPE PLEDGES!!!

I am officially registered for the Climb of Hope 5 km run, know I just need to raise some money and get a better running time then 28 minutes. If anybody is wanting to donate I would really appreciate it, it is going to a great cause (cancer research). Mark is being sweet enough to take some pledge forms to his work for me, but anybody else that would like to donate online it is super easy. the website is www.climbofhoperun.ca. Just go to the donate now button enter in the participants name and follow the rest of the directions. Nobody is obligated I am pretty sure Mark will be able to get the $100 minimum donation fee from work, but the more the better. Thank you in advance though to anybody who does.

BARRHEAD!!!!

This Friday and Saturday we had the opportunity to visit Mark's Aunt and Uncle and Cousin in Barrhead. It is a small town about 1 hr NW of Edmonton. We had so much fun, they are such a neat couple. Friday night we went to a demolition derby ( my first ever ) and had such a blast. The people driving these cars though are completely out of there mind. Then Saturday we did some mini golf ( better be ready Harkers), let the little kids jump in our Bounce House and ate some really good food. I have to say spending time with family this summer has been so much fun, but has not been good for somebody trying to lose weight. Burgers, Hot Dogs, Pizza, Chips, Ice Cream. All foods that just love to go right to my belly. Thankfully there is only one family trip left and that one involves climbing bears hump in Waterton so hopefully that will burns all the calories from all the fattening food we eat. Here are some pics of our fun filled weekend.

CLIMB OF HOPE!!!!

I finally found a marathon to run, as I was chocked out of my Magrath Tri-Athalon. I have been perusing the internet lately trying to find one in August or September that is not on a Sunday or a weekend I work and I could not find one anywhere. Well today I was finally successful. I am actually really looking forward to it because it is a charity one so I have to go and raise money for it, which is always a good cause. So time to hit the pavement and maybe know I can convince my husband to buy me new runners.

Our True Identity

Our True Identity

SUNDAY PICNIC!!!

Good Food









Great Friends










Beautiful Weather










and two very warn out puppies

SOMETHING NEW!!!

So my something new, different, exciting goal is going great. I am almost 100% successful, and if there has been a day that I have not done something it is because I have been to busy, which is a good thing because that was the point to the goal in the first place. Get Busy and Get Active. Some of the highlights included, going and playing in the rain, sleeping under the stars on our deck, making friends with a girl at work that I never thought I would get along with. These coming up weeks are going to be full of I think even better ones. Going and getting a membership at the Kitscoty Library, doing a 8 km run, visiting family in barhead, and hopefully try wakeboarding. If anybody out there is board with there life right now give this a shot, it is so much fun, I have found interests I never knew I had and for the most part have kept my life pretty busy these past couple of weeks.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

Yay 6 years today. I can't believe how fast time flies, What is even funnier is how at every anniversary I say this. I guess I just have to realize that life is only speeding up and not slowing down.

I have to say they have been 6 wonderful, crazy, exciting, challenging years, and I would not want to share them with anybody else but Mark.

I thought it would be fun to remember some of those moments.

Year 1. Went on Honeymoon to Mexico, moved to Lloydminster after 9 months of marriage, traded in my neon for a Jeep. Found out that living with relatives is never a good idea.

Year 2. Bought a 2005 cobalt, and a 1 lb cobalt ( this cobalt is our cat the other cobalt is our car), went to visit my parents on there mission for Christmas.

Year 3. Mark got a Job with Devon, Bought our first house, got in a crazy accident on the highway and totaled our Jeep, also bought our sweat, adorable Lily.

Year 4. Went on a trip to California, bought our 2nd house (which we currently still live in), bought Molly.

Year 5. Went on a trip to Colorado, bought our truck, put a deck and hot tub off of our bedroom, and did not buy any pets.

Year 6. Went on a trip to Florida, both finished some schooling, had my appendix removed, and again did not buy any pets.

Year 7. Hopefully get pregnant, find out I passed my schooling, finish our basement, and again go another successful year without buying any pets.

FOREVER YOUNG!!!

On Monday we were graced with one of the craziest rainstorms ever. It just kept raining and raining and raining. However even with all the wind, rain, and hail it was still pretty warm outside.
So with there being no power on in the house, and two people bored to tears, what did we do to make us happy, go play in the rain and jump in puddles. Who knew a couple of garbage bags and a lot of rain could make for such a fun night.