So last night I went to my first ever Pilates class, it was AWESOME! Seriously a hard workout, but worth every minute of it, my sore abs are screaming at me today!

I was actually really nervous to go to this class, random thoughts of “gosh, I can’t do that” filled my head and then the “What if I’m bad at it and everyone notices?” Do you ever have those thoughts? I decided not to let my fear of doing something new and different win over my desire to push myself to new a level and turn my “I can’t” into “I can.”… and let me tell you just how rewarding it was! I felt accomplished, empowered and overall confident about myself.

Talk about a great feeling. Have you ever pushed passed your fear or anxiousness of something and afterwards the results were so rewarding? Amazing feeling!

Just thought I’d share my little story.

Filed under: Life and all that jazz, Random acts on December 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

it’s officially…

DAYS until our WEDDING!!!

Filed under: Random acts, Wedding on December 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This weekend Rodney and I celebrated Christmas early so that we could have a “Christmas Date” together.

Here’s some pictures from the weekend:

We continued our tradition of making a gingerbread house…

Prep work

And TA - DA!!!

then is was on to presents, one of my favorites, it the pink boxing gloves I’ve been waiting for a while, I got Rod the black ones, not knowing I was getting the pink ones. Love it!

After our boxing battle, we had some Refresh Tea!

Yeaa for Christmas Festivities!

Filed under: Life and all that jazz on December 14th, 2008 | 7 Comments »

So the fabulous Kristin at We are THAT family wants everyone to link up and share their Christmas Tree decor.
So I thought I’d share my decorating skills. Here is a picture of the Christmas Tree I decorated at my darling Fiance Rodney’s office at Eleven2.

Note: Ms. Palin wanted to be festive too… she got to wear the Santa hat

Filed under: Life and all that jazz on December 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

In Houston, Texas YA’LL!!!…

The top of my car, it just keeps on snowing!

Filed under: Random acts on December 10th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It’s super chilly outside. We’re in the 30’s! That’s so rare here in Houston, Texas.
But it definitely makes it feel more Christmas-y out.

Can you imagine if it was this cold on February 21st when Rodney and I get married? That would be nuts.

So for now, I leave you with some pretty Winter Wedding pictures:

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So my cake card box I’ve been working on, it’s really coming together!! I’ve found the perfect ribbon that I’ve been hunting for for weeks. (Walmart…who’d have thought?)
I haven’t glued the boxes together yet and haven’t made the slit for the cards to get into the box, but the look is coming together. Take a look, tell me what you think!

Filed under: Wedding on December 8th, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Wedding Invitations have been ordered! YEA!!! Little did I know, that most vendors suggest that you order the invitations 2-3 months before the wedding… I’m only 2 months and 16 days away, so we’re good right? Right. With a little screaming, kicking and begging, the vendor just gave me a nice little smile, and they should be here within 3-5 business days.

Cheers everybody! YEA!

Filed under: Wedding on December 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

My amazing Fiance Rodney has his own blog. Today he suprised me with a tid-bit about me. I LOVE HIM!! He’s so completely sweet in every way…

You’ll have to hop over to his blog (click here) and leave him some comments about how he’s such a sweet man and Lauren is so lucky to be marrying him and all that fun stuff. hehe!

That made my day.

Filed under: Life and all that jazz, Random acts on December 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’d love to write a million posts right now, because the Holiday and this past weekend was jammed packed with all kinds of fun!! But… I’m swamped today… and on top of all that… stuffy and and sneezing, bummer huh? So for now, consider me out of comission for the day. Sorry!! But feel free to tell me all about your weekend

Filed under: Life and all that jazz on December 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments »