A list of 101 things to do in 1001 days
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This morning was the first day of boot camp and it was invigorating! Malek and I woke up at 5am to get ready and were out of the house by 5:30am. We had gone shopping the night before and bought new warmer workout gear for the event so we were prepared for the 44 degrees weather. We arrived right ontime, 6am, and found our group. Since most people were still on vacation and only 5 of us showed up, we did a 30 min workout instead of a full hour.
We started with 15 (3 count) jumping jacks, then 2 laps around the soccer field, followed by lunges up a hill! Then we did 2 sets, 15 reps each of pushups, tricep dips and step-ups….then back to more lunges up the hill and ended with 15 more jumping jacks. My arms were killing me after all the pushups and tricep dips. I can already tell I’m going to be sore. My upper body is definitely my weak link. I really enjoyed the workout this morning and I’m looking forward to more! Since I was so close to work I brought all my stuff with me to get ready at the Dell gym. I also did 100 crunches at the gym before my shower.
Next session is Thursday morning! Bring it!
This will help with #44 and #45. Not to mention get me in shape before the wedding. 
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Tuesday morning Malek and I flew up to MI, we arrived around 1:30pm and went straight from the airport to a bridal consignment shop. Poor Malek, he made do by finding a bar down the street while I tried on dresses with my mom. For dinner we went to an celtic pub where we enjoyed a large pizza and pitcher of beer for only $10!
Wednesday morning I put in a quick 1 mile run. Then my mom and I went back out to two more consignment shops. And yes I found a dress and I LOVE it! Super excited. 
We finally made it back home around 4pm and started making pies and other food for Thanksgiving (#15 – cooking!). Stephen and Christina showed up around 7pm, just in time for dinner. I finally gave everyone their Alaskan gifts that I had brought back from my trip in July…yes yes a little late on my part. Malek and I also gave our xmas gifts to Steve and lil’C since we won’t see them at xmas this year. Afterwards we played some cards and relaxed.
Thursday – Happy Thanksgiving! This day was filled with cooking, eating, napping and football.
Friday morning mom, lil’C and I all went to David’s Bridal to try on dresses. I’m a bridesmaid for my brothers wedding and was determined to get all the dresses out of the way by the end of this trip. So glad I found a dress, now just need to order it here at the Austin store. We made it home for a late lunch before heading back out to the airport for our 5pm flight home.
Saturday was a very busy day. We started the morning off with a 5k around the neighborhood. Then Malek and I went to Home Depot to buy xmas lights and various other household items we needed. Then we stopped at HEB for some groceries and our storage unit for a mattress. Once we got home the Christmas decorating commenced! Malek worked on the outside lights while I set up the tree and decorated inside, even got out the xmas dishes! This completes # 9 - xmas lights for the house! By 4pm we were exhausted and had to rest before getting ready for Karen’s bday celebration. For Karen’s bday we dined at Z’Tejas downtown then hit up Max’s Wine Bar. After several glasses of wine we headed to Maggie Mae’s rooftop bar and danced until 2am! I think we finally made it to bed around 2:30am.
Sunday was a late start. I was up around 9am but Malek didn’t move until 10am (late for him). We had lunch at Pluckers and then went to see 2012. I liked it. When we got home we finished up the decorations and caught up on a few DVR’d shows. Then it was off to see New Moon with Amanda and Jenn. I thought it was much better than Twilight and Taylor (the werewolf) was totally buff and made us girls drool!
What a great week/end!
I also finished reading 1.5 books (Sookie Stackhouse/Trueblood series) on the trip (#40)
The Christmas cards I ordered arrived in the mail as well! Planning on mailing those out this week (#99)
Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day! Just perfect for our engagement pictures. Randy worked with us for 3 hours, 4 wardrobe changes and 4 different locations. It was a blast and we can’t wait to see all the pictures. We should have them back in 2 weeks. Randy even sent us a few of the shots he already worked on, they are awesome!
So I’ve finally started using my teeth whitening kit. Not sure how well it will work since it’s now about 4 years old. Malek even bought some teeth whitening strips himself.
Fingers crossed it works and there’s a noticable difference by wedding time! (As long as I’m consistent and keep up with it right?…)
Year after year I receive these cute Christmas cards from family and friends…the whole time thinking “I really need to do that!”.
Finally, this year I will! I just ordered 25 Christmas cards today via Webshots. I can’t wait for them to come in and send them to family and friends. Funny to get so excited over Christmas cards.
I’ve also been ordering a lot of pictures lately from Webshots and even filled up a photo book that I had my friend Renee make for me. It’s so cute! Hot pink and black zebra print. This sorta fits into #39. I still plan on printing off photo books of all my trips (Germany, Cozumel, Australia, Alaska, Costa Rica) and making an engagement photo album for the wedding. Whew! So much to do.
We had a blast this past Saturday for Amanda’s 30th birthday celebration! Our day started at 10am with mimosas and muffins in the car as we headed out to Wimberly. Our 1st stop was the Wimberly Cafe for lunch, then it was off to our adventure! We picked Wimberly Ziplines for this event based off one of the items on Amanda’s 101 (#101 -Do something I’m afraid to do). We had a great time hanging from wires and the weather was perfect, though we had an interesting time trying to find the place. Seven girls whipping out their phones to look up directions and a GPS in the car and still lost – priceless! After the ziplines we snacked on prosciutto, salami, cheese and sipped on some wine as we headed to our next destination, Mandola Winery. We made it just in time for the 4pm wine tour and then sampled 6 of their wines in the tasting room. I think everyone’s favorite wine was the Canto Felice. What a great way to unwind after zipping across the land. Around 6pm we all changed into our finest and dined at Trattoria Lisina. The cuisine was amazing, the wine superb, and we even received a free appetizer and gelati/sorbetti. It was a wonderful trip with the ladies, with a very interesting drive home. 
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Well, I just signed up with Renee to do a bootcamp. 2x’s a week from 6-7am! This should be interesting as I’ve never done bootcamp before. And starting in Dec! Hope it’s not too cold since this is all outside…..
What have I gotten myself into????
Whew! I ordered the invites, RSVPs and Thank You cards today. It’s amazing how many times I read and reread them to make sure everything was right, nothing misspelled…even sent it off to a few others to proof read. Here’s hoping everything comes out correct and looks good! I’m just glad they are done.
*** Woohoo! we got free shipping on the order too! ***
Saturday was the 49th annual Wurstfest celebration! There were quite a few of us out there this year enjoying the food and beer. Good times! This time we even rode the ferris wheel!
Food eaten: wurstkabob, potato pancakes w/ apple sauce, blooming onion (ate considerably less food than last year)
Beer consumed: 4 pitchers (I think….)
