Ok, so I've been noticing that lately people seem to be blogging more about fitness, diets and weight loss. So I figured since it seems to be working for others, maybe it will work for me! I started a no sugar (as in desserts) and no soda diet about a month ago and tho it seems like it's taking forever, I'm actually starting to lose weight. Very slowly, but that is the only thing I've changed. If anything, I'm not being as careful as I should be with the rest of my diet as in eating too much pizza and fatty foods lately. I think since I'm not eating desserts and curbing my sweet tooth I'm having a harder time being strict in the other area's of my diet. So starting tomorrow I'm going to be trying a little harder in that area. Mon-Thurs I can do great, making sure I've had my fruit and veggie servings throughout the day but Fridays and the weekends are hard for me. Working full time has taken a bit of a toll on my workouts lately too. I am having such a hard time making it to the actual gym once I've come home and all I want to do is sit down and eat dinner. I've been doing ok with working out at home doing Jillian Michaels or P90X but I figure I'm paying for the membership I need to be going more! Plus I get a better and harder workout it seems at the gym.
So yeah, just wanted to write this to kind of keep myself accountable with my eating during the weekends. If I continue to lose like I have been the last 2 weeks or so I'll be down to my wedding weight by May!! I think I can do it!
Things at work have been going good too.. Finished up my 3rd week there, soo hard to believe that!! It was a pretty good week too. Every day is looong, but it is getting better every day I'm there! I think it can only keep getting better! God is so good in providing like He did.. I'm so thankful for this job! Thank you Lord!
Graduation is less than 2 months away! I can't believe it! I remember finding out that we would have to wait till May to graduate and thinking.. that is SOO far away!! My parents are coming out too! Wahoo! May is going to be a busy month! We are adding another sister to our Christensen family! Tim is getting married May 28th to the lovely Heidi Cardoza! So thankful for my inlaws, I've been truly blessed!
Well, I'm off to go get ready for tomorrow!
<3 Beth
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
New Job!!
First of all.. I got the job!! I started last Monday the 21st! And man, it is a looot of new stuff. I think I'm finally getting it tho... Thank goodness, too many more days of wanting to cry at my lunch break from a rough morning I don't think I could take! It's going good tho, everyone is so nice and helpful, even tho I'm new and still learning they have all taken me under their wing and made me feel at home! I really like it! Can't wait to have a few months under my belt so I can actually sound like I know what I'm talking about!
Apparently there was a discussion at work over how old I was lol!! Oh man.. I guess I don't age. Just recently saw a pic of myself at 16 and I literally look exactly the same!! GAH! Don't know how to change that tho?? I didn't start wearing makeup till I was like 17 so that old pic I wasn't even wearing any! So I guess my makeup job needs to be a little better... Maybe update the hair.. Any ideas?? I'm thinking maybe shoulder length, some bangs and a darker color or the highlights/lowlights with the red? I looved that.. I might do that. Can't decide on the bangs tho.. Kinda nervous to try anything too new or too short!! I just might end up looking 16 until I'm 30! haha!! I do plan on using my college I.D. until people start catching on...
So I've been working on my diet lately, went on a sugar fast with my mom till my graduation May 7th! So far so good, no cheating! Which is amazing for me since I have a major sweet tooth! I've also cut out soda which is another huge deal! No results yet, still working on the rest of the diet haha! I have about 9 weeks till they are here and I would love to see some change. It is SO hard to workout when working full time... I've been pulling 10 hour days all week and I'm beat by 6:30... It's so hard to get the energy to go to the gym or jump on the spin bike.. I gotta work on that.. So far this week I've got 2 workouts in. Still trying to get my usual 5 days in! It's going to take some time I think to get into the habit. Have to do it tho! My body does not respond well to no exercise.
Broke our washing machine last weekend.. UGH. Hopefully we can just fix our old one, poor Chris had such a fiasco with the repair place today. He was going to have it all fixed up and ready for me when I got home. It was so sweet!! But he got it home and it DUMPED water all over the floor... They didn't fix it. So he has to take it all the way back tomorrow and tell them they better fix it for free or give him his money back!! Hopefully it all works out! I need my washer! lol!
Oh... tired tonight.. I already feel like falling asleep and it's 9:30!! I'm so old.
Beth
Apparently there was a discussion at work over how old I was lol!! Oh man.. I guess I don't age. Just recently saw a pic of myself at 16 and I literally look exactly the same!! GAH! Don't know how to change that tho?? I didn't start wearing makeup till I was like 17 so that old pic I wasn't even wearing any! So I guess my makeup job needs to be a little better... Maybe update the hair.. Any ideas?? I'm thinking maybe shoulder length, some bangs and a darker color or the highlights/lowlights with the red? I looved that.. I might do that. Can't decide on the bangs tho.. Kinda nervous to try anything too new or too short!! I just might end up looking 16 until I'm 30! haha!! I do plan on using my college I.D. until people start catching on...
So I've been working on my diet lately, went on a sugar fast with my mom till my graduation May 7th! So far so good, no cheating! Which is amazing for me since I have a major sweet tooth! I've also cut out soda which is another huge deal! No results yet, still working on the rest of the diet haha! I have about 9 weeks till they are here and I would love to see some change. It is SO hard to workout when working full time... I've been pulling 10 hour days all week and I'm beat by 6:30... It's so hard to get the energy to go to the gym or jump on the spin bike.. I gotta work on that.. So far this week I've got 2 workouts in. Still trying to get my usual 5 days in! It's going to take some time I think to get into the habit. Have to do it tho! My body does not respond well to no exercise.
Broke our washing machine last weekend.. UGH. Hopefully we can just fix our old one, poor Chris had such a fiasco with the repair place today. He was going to have it all fixed up and ready for me when I got home. It was so sweet!! But he got it home and it DUMPED water all over the floor... They didn't fix it. So he has to take it all the way back tomorrow and tell them they better fix it for free or give him his money back!! Hopefully it all works out! I need my washer! lol!
Oh... tired tonight.. I already feel like falling asleep and it's 9:30!! I'm so old.
Beth
Monday, February 14, 2011
God is a faithful God!
So much has been happening, I really need to get better about blogging. It's so weird to get on here after a few weeks off and see just how much has changed since I last posted!!
I WAS actually hired at my extern site! I was only able to get one full time day a week but it has been giving me more experience and I'm getting more and more comfortable there.
So I have been crazy stressing lately, work has been dead for Chris and since I haven't really had steady work yet I felt like a noose was just tightening up. I would think about it and just feel this heavy burden settle over me.
Lately at church the message has been about putting on your full armor of God to withstand the devil's advances. It has been SO encouraging to me to realize that when I feel down and frustrated and starting to lose hope that I can be protected and cared for and that God DOES answer prayer and WILL take care of those who put their trust in Him. WOW. I feel like God has been stretching and testing our faith, mine especially. He has daily been answering prayer tho. I had the opportunity to interview for a position last Monday and hadn't really heard anything solid from them and then BAM, they want me! And then a few weeks ago I had an interview and hadn't heard much from it but then they want me to come back and have a second interview with them this week too! When God blesses, He does so abundantly! So I will have a job by the end of this week and I can't believe it! He just dropped these into my lap and He is GOOD.
Yes, I'm super nervous about starting at a new location with all new people. But you know what? I can do ALL things through Ch
rist who strengthens me!! I WILL have confidence in myself knowing that whatever I put my mind to, I can do.
My trip to Colorado was.. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. It was so wonderful to have Chris come with me this time, everyone missed him so much! We were able to catch up with everyone and it was lovely.
I've never had such a hard time leaving before. I couldn't stop crying. For some reason being away from my home for so long and then finally seeing it and being there and driving those old streets just pulled at me. So to leave it again was just so hard. I know that God is in control and that no matter what, where Chris is, that's where I am. I chose him and I choose him every single day but it is hard to be away. My siblings grew into giants while I was away. It was so hard to see them so big and ADULT. That's not my little sister and brother! lol!! Miss them.. :(
Things have been good tho, God is continuously showing me His character and goodness.
I'll try and post more frequently, maybe with pictures etc since that seems to be the popular thing haha! I'm kinda boring.
Looking forward to the next couple weeks to see what's in store next!
<3 Beth
I WAS actually hired at my extern site! I was only able to get one full time day a week but it has been giving me more experience and I'm getting more and more comfortable there.
So I have been crazy stressing lately, work has been dead for Chris and since I haven't really had steady work yet I felt like a noose was just tightening up. I would think about it and just feel this heavy burden settle over me.
Lately at church the message has been about putting on your full armor of God to withstand the devil's advances. It has been SO encouraging to me to realize that when I feel down and frustrated and starting to lose hope that I can be protected and cared for and that God DOES answer prayer and WILL take care of those who put their trust in Him. WOW. I feel like God has been stretching and testing our faith, mine especially. He has daily been answering prayer tho. I had the opportunity to interview for a position last Monday and hadn't really heard anything solid from them and then BAM, they want me! And then a few weeks ago I had an interview and hadn't heard much from it but then they want me to come back and have a second interview with them this week too! When God blesses, He does so abundantly! So I will have a job by the end of this week and I can't believe it! He just dropped these into my lap and He is GOOD.
Yes, I'm super nervous about starting at a new location with all new people. But you know what? I can do ALL things through Ch
rist who strengthens me!! I WILL have confidence in myself knowing that whatever I put my mind to, I can do.
My trip to Colorado was.. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. It was so wonderful to have Chris come with me this time, everyone missed him so much! We were able to catch up with everyone and it was lovely.
I've never had such a hard time leaving before. I couldn't stop crying. For some reason being away from my home for so long and then finally seeing it and being there and driving those old streets just pulled at me. So to leave it again was just so hard. I know that God is in control and that no matter what, where Chris is, that's where I am. I chose him and I choose him every single day but it is hard to be away. My siblings grew into giants while I was away. It was so hard to see them so big and ADULT. That's not my little sister and brother! lol!! Miss them.. :(
Things have been good tho, God is continuously showing me His character and goodness.
I'll try and post more frequently, maybe with pictures etc since that seems to be the popular thing haha! I'm kinda boring.
Looking forward to the next couple weeks to see what's in store next!
<3 Beth
Thursday, January 6, 2011
DOOOONE!!!
Holy Cow..
DONE!
I am officially DONE with school!! I finished my extern on the 4th and man.. what a weird feeling to really have nothing to do and no where to go! Hopefully not for long tho, on the job hunt I go!
In great news.. We are going to Colorado in a little over a week!! I can't believe it!! It's finally here! Almost a year since I've seen everyone and Chris hasn't been there since we left! Oh my gosh, can you tell I'm excited?? We've got a packed week and I can't wait to see everyone!
Once I get back it's on to the job hunt! I wasn't hired at my extern site, despite the fact they really wanted to.. :( They just don't have any open positions and no funding to make one.. (they are a non-profit, medicaid only office funded by grants and fundraisers, hence.. no extra funds for another assistant) I am a little sad about that, having become familiar with the office and the people and the dentists. Needless to say I'm a little nervous about looking for another position. I've decided dentists are truly some of the most picky, finicky people. They all do things differently and it takes time to really get to know how each individual does it! I'm also nervous to get out there and really be on my own. I hope I'm able to have a week or so of training before they give me my own "column" of patients. Either way, I'm going to try and not stress about it and know that God is in control over all and has something out there for me and I just need to "suck it up buttercup" as Ms. Lisa would say, lol!!
Our Thanksgiving and Christmas were wonderful! Aside from not having any time with my folks to celebrate the holidays, it was perfect! We partied at the Christensens for a few days over Christmas and it was a blast! Mom C. always plans the best little games for us. It's such a good time! Chris loved all the presents I got him, hurray! Aside from some drama with an online order everything was awesome. Soo much better than last year when all I got him either didn't fit or they shipped the wrong thing to me, etc. So yeah, awesome Christmas! Had some friends down for New Years and that was fun, stayed up far too late and I'm still kind of recovering from all those late nights.. Does that make me old??? Gah!
Super excited for Colorado!!! Only one more week!
Love,
Beth
DONE!
I am officially DONE with school!! I finished my extern on the 4th and man.. what a weird feeling to really have nothing to do and no where to go! Hopefully not for long tho, on the job hunt I go!
In great news.. We are going to Colorado in a little over a week!! I can't believe it!! It's finally here! Almost a year since I've seen everyone and Chris hasn't been there since we left! Oh my gosh, can you tell I'm excited?? We've got a packed week and I can't wait to see everyone!
Once I get back it's on to the job hunt! I wasn't hired at my extern site, despite the fact they really wanted to.. :( They just don't have any open positions and no funding to make one.. (they are a non-profit, medicaid only office funded by grants and fundraisers, hence.. no extra funds for another assistant) I am a little sad about that, having become familiar with the office and the people and the dentists. Needless to say I'm a little nervous about looking for another position. I've decided dentists are truly some of the most picky, finicky people. They all do things differently and it takes time to really get to know how each individual does it! I'm also nervous to get out there and really be on my own. I hope I'm able to have a week or so of training before they give me my own "column" of patients. Either way, I'm going to try and not stress about it and know that God is in control over all and has something out there for me and I just need to "suck it up buttercup" as Ms. Lisa would say, lol!!
Our Thanksgiving and Christmas were wonderful! Aside from not having any time with my folks to celebrate the holidays, it was perfect! We partied at the Christensens for a few days over Christmas and it was a blast! Mom C. always plans the best little games for us. It's such a good time! Chris loved all the presents I got him, hurray! Aside from some drama with an online order everything was awesome. Soo much better than last year when all I got him either didn't fit or they shipped the wrong thing to me, etc. So yeah, awesome Christmas! Had some friends down for New Years and that was fun, stayed up far too late and I'm still kind of recovering from all those late nights.. Does that make me old??? Gah!
Super excited for Colorado!!! Only one more week!
Love,
Beth
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