It's Almost March....YIKES

Warning this post is full of randomness

I feel as though this year is already going much faster than last year! It's ALMOST MARCH people! Justin and I have had a very busy past two months! Between school, work, and trying to plan a family vacation these past weeks have just flown by! I am very excited to say that the whole Selby clan will be vacationing at Fripp Island (http://www.frippislandresort.com/) for a whole week together in August! YAY! Just the thought of this vacation helps get through this snowy weather........BRING ON SPRING/SUMMER.....I'm over all of this snow!

Speaking of snow, my classes got cancelled for almost two weeks in a row! I couldn't believe it! When I was at IU - Bloomington there could have been a blizzard outside and classes never got cancelled. IU East - Richmond has delays and cancellations!


Why is it everywhere I go lately there are a ton of pregnant women? Maybe I'm just more observant than before? Not only do I feel like most of my friends are pregnant and or already have kids, but I feel like this is the season of boys! Every person that I know is expecting is having a boy, including my cousin Lindsey and her husband Luke (Congratulations!).

February is a busy month for birthdays in the Howard family. Linda's birthday was on the 1st, Tom's on the 14th, and Ella's is this weekend (the 28th). I can't believe that my little niece is going to be 4!

~Weight Loss Update~: I'm down 15.1 lbs! I'm soo excited but I wish it would come off FASTER! I do not exercise everyday but I try and at least get in 3 workouts each week. I'm trying to increase the frequency but between work, school, studying, laundry, etc. somedays I'm just tired!

Weight Loss Update

This past week has flown by but I already feel soo much better. I forgot to mention in my blog last week along with my new exercise regimen, I also joined Weight Watchers. I had my weigh in last night and I lost 3lbs! At first, I was a little disappointed because I was hoping for a little more since Jillian Michael's tries to kill me EVERYDAY, but I'll take it! Hopefully, next week's weight loss will be the same or even more!

Does anyone have any wonderful low fat/calorie recipes to share?

On another note, my photography website is updated and up and running. Feel free to visit the updated site at www.sitphotography.net!

The Selby Christmas 2009

The pictures are uploaded! Please follow the link below to check out the Christmas photos:

http://sitphotography.smugmug.com/Portraits/The-Selby-Christmas-2009

~If you don't remember the password, email me~

To All My Best Friends

Today I was thinking...I really miss all of my friends. When I moved back to Indiana from South Carolina I was soo excited to get to spend some quality time again with all my favorite people. Some of my best friends live in Indianapolis (1hour away), Lafayette (2 hours away), & Kansas (9 hours?). Yet I hardly see anyone either due to school, work, family functions, etc. One of my other resolutions this year is to see all of you more regularly. You all mean so much to me!


~I just want all of you to know that I think about you often and just because I don't see you or talk to you everday, please know that I am here for you no matter what. I miss you and love you all and hopefully we'll see each other soon~

The New Year

I know I've been a major slacker blogging lately, but I promise I will make more of an effort to let all of you know what we are up to! We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with our families (I'll post some pictures later). This year we ended up switching up the rotation and we were actually at my side for Thanksgiving and Christmas; this way we can be on the same every other year rotation with the rest of my family members. It was soo great to see all of family especially my cousins on Christmas Day. We aren't those little kids anymore that had sleepovers all the time at Grandma's (one of my favorite memories) but we each have grown up and and our making our own lives. Some have kids, expecting a baby, and or making their way into the real world. It amazes me everyday how close our families are to each other; I'm so grateful for our incredible families and our amazing friends, so life is good.

The New Year…. I love that feeling of a new start. One of my resolutions is to get into shape and feel healthy again. I hate that I despise shopping for clothes and just feel unhealthy in general. While I am not bold enough to announce my weight or post a picture of my increased waistline...I am here to say that I would love to lose 60 pounds.

Therefore, with the New Year underway and my life on the path it should be I feel like I am finally at a place where I can really invest some time in me.

So, at 6 a.m. (yes, you read that right - AM) I woke up and began my thinning journey. I busted out the 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels and I got to it. As a previous high school athlete & a regular exerciser in college, I thought I would always have SOME type of physical ability...no matter how long I went between workouts.

WRONG.

Apparently, if you let yourself go for 5+ years, you actually lose everything - including muscle tone, endurance, stability - all of it - gone.

So, watching me and Jillian this morning wrapping things up at 6:30 a.m. was rather humiliating. She kicked my butt and I could do nothing but weeze and pray to God that I didn't pass out or die...And, at 10 a.m. I am already feeling stiff and sore...which only leads me to believe that day #2 of the 30 Day Nightmare will be just as hard as day #1.

No matter how hard it gets I am determined to MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Busy December

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our families up north. It was so great seeing both sides of my family, playing games, and just spending time with everyone. We have soo much to be thankful for and we are very blessed to have such amazing families. We can't wait to see all of you again for Christmas!

*****Congratulations to my cousin Lindsey and her husband Luke as they are expecting their first little one in June*****

So its only December 6th and it seems as though this month has been crazy busy. Justin had another biopsy on his head this past Tuesday and we go back in for the results on Tuesday, December 15th. My dad is having surgery this Thursday (December 10th) on his neck due to the horrible accident he was a victim of over a year ago; they will be fusing cervical disc three and four. Please keep both of them in your prayers! I will keep you all updated on how the surgery goes and Justin's results!

Justin and I are keeping really busy between work, school, and Christmas shopping. We are almost completely done, but I love going shopping this time of year just to look at all the decor. It is kind of a bad habit to get into because I always find something I just HAVE to have. Well, there isn't much else that is new! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Love and Hugs

SOOO I'M CRAZY......

about Christmas that is! I love buying & wrapping gifts, the holiday parties, decorating my house, watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation a million times, and of course seeing my friends and family for the holidays! I always feel like we put our Christmas decorations up and in just a couple weeks have to put them all away again. This year I decided I wanted to decorate early. After convincing my husband that I wasn't THAT crazy for wanting to decorate before Thanksgiving, he gave into my wish and brought up all of the decorations from the basement! Here are some quick pictures from this past Sunday!!!! Justin is such a good sport he even helped me during the Bengals game and to top it all off he put on the Santa hat :) How cute is he???

P.S. I love you babe....don't kill me for showing this picture :)

Drum Roll Please.....

TA DAAAAA...Okay so it still needs a topper and some work but it's BEAUTIFUL at night!

After some extensive Christmas decorating Justin was out the door to go to the Colts home game against the Patriots! Here is a picture of Justin and Tom before leaving for the game! They got matching hats as an "early" Christmas present. The game was amazing to watch on TV so I can't even imagine how incredible it was to be there! I know these two had an AWESOME time!

Colts 35 Patriots 34...GOO BLUE

I really thought about changing my blog background to something Christmasy, but I guess I'll wait until after Thanksgiving to do that :)