September Fun!

Here is my update:



My birthday was on September 4th which was wonderful. I turned 22 and came into work with a decorated office; I had to duck under the streamers to get in!




For dinner my family and I went to the Blossoming Lotus. It was the first Thursday of the month which is very busy because the art galleries around have their wine nights and the place gets packed! After waiting a little over an hour I decided it looked like it was still going to be awhile so I got some food to go and the rest of my family ordered pizza to eat at my parent’s house. The food was WONDERFUL! I love all of the raw options at the Blossoming Lotus. Maybe someday they will have even more, that would be fantastic.

Will and I had a week of vacation and with weekends our days off were September 13th-September 21st. It was so nice to have some time off together. We spent time wandering around down, went to the Saturday Market where there are vendors off all types. If nothing else the people watching is great. There are entertainers everywhere! I got two new toe rings because the one that I have had on for years finally gave out and broke.

Durning our vacation Will and I spent two days camping at Camp Indian Henry. It was a lot of fun and it was just the two of us and one other couple in the whole campground. The other couple was a guy that Will works with and his Fiancé so it was nice to meet new people and make new friends. Stacy is Vegetarian so she didn’t think I was completely crazy in the way I eat, although I did splurge and have some chips while we were there. The chips had only 4 ingredients if that counts for anything. = )

On Saturday September 20th I went wedding dress hunting with my two sisters Kristi (24) and Samantha (11) and my mom. The first place we went I found a dress I liked for $250. The next place we went I found a dress that I liked even more for $1,500. The last place we went and the place where I got my dress which I LOVE I got for $449. I was happy to find a dress for such a decent price, I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on a dress I would only wear once although I did want to love it, which I do. Don’t get me wrong, almost $500 is a lot of money, but wedding dresses are not cheap!

I have been doing great on eating raw. I still love the way it makes me feel. I do know that I need to be eating more dark green leafy veggies and I have not been and do not feel any want to so…I have added in fish once a week. I will be eating fish that is low in mercury and is only wild and not farm raised. I want to make sure that I am giving my body everything it needs. Fish once a week will guarantee all the protein I need so I can continue on eating raw. I have been told that there has never been a deficiency in protein in history but I just want to make sure I am doing what it right for me. I will not be eating any other meat or dairy, only the fish, once a week. We’ll see how this goes. If I find that it isn’t working for me or I don’t like it, I will stop.

That’s about all that is going on with me. How are you doing?

I'm Getting Married!

Last night around 10:45pm Will asked me to marry him! I'm so happy and can't wait to start planning the big day. Tomorrow is my birthday and our 4 1/2 year anniversary so it was the best present I could ask for, spending the rest of my life with the person I love the most!

This is me right out of bed before my shower.

You can even see the shower in the background!

Will proposed with his moms ring. Her name was Linda and she passed away when he was just a little boy so this ring means a lot to both of us.

Needless to say, I'm restless and just want the day to come. We're thinking that we will be getting married May 23rd, 2009. Only 8 months!

Healing Like a Champ!

While preparing for my sisters birthday dinner on Monday 9/1 (Labor Day), I was using one of my moms new Cutco knifes. I don’t know if you have used one of these knifes before but they are VERY sharp. We were having tacos for dinner, so I was cutting up avocado for the family and cutting avocado to go on my salad. My salad was great by the way, I want some right now! Anyhow, in the process of cutting I had the avocado in my hand and I was going to cut it into strips while being in the skin still. Apparently I didn’t understand how sharp they really were because I went straight through the avocado right into my hand! It hurt so bad, not right when it happened, the knife was to sharp to feel it completely but right after I cut my hand it started to bleed and sting pretty bad.

This is a picture of my hand the day after I cut it 9/2

This is a picture of if today 9/3 just two days after cutting my hand. I’m thinking that another observation while eating raw is that I’m healing a lot faster than I would have when eating SAD.

I’m still doing really well, I did have a piece of cake on my sisters birthday, wasn’t worth it. It didn’t even taste all that great like it used to. I won’t be doing that again. I haven’t weighed for awhile; I feel like I may have lost more but if not then my body is defiantly shifting. I love how eating raw makes me feel.