Project 52: Reflections

This weekend I was able to get 3 topics for the 52 week challenge done!! So spreading them out a little so it is only one a day, so for today I present the beautiful pond we found on our father daughter photoshoot!! The sun was just right to get the amazing reflection off the water! I think this is one of my favorites!

For complete list of all pictures from my Project 52 follow this link to Resolutions which has links to all of my project 52 blogs

Project 52: Animals

 

This weekend was the American Rodeo. Although it ended up being more of a show like a circus we would go see in the states. It was still fun. And Kyra truly is loving horses!! She rode a little brown one that was her size, and she petted the big grey one!! She loved it! So for my animal picture I chose the one I took of her petting the horse!  

For complete list of all pictures from my Project 52 follow this link to Resolutions which has links to all of my project 52 blogs

Fun facts about me

31 things you probably didn't know about me. 

1. I am an overachiever. I love to have a full schedule and do really well in everything I do. Proof of this is in my school work I am always one of the first people to finish my homework.

2. I am super lazy, given the choice between exercising, cleaning, and sleeping, I would choose to take a nap any day.

3. I am a total animal lover; I want to adopt every sad alone dog or cat I find. I am also slightly obsessed with both Rabbits and Horses. Guess that is because I grew up around them.

4. I love love love to draw, paint, scrapbook, and do any craft I can. Just the resources out here are a little bit harder to find and more expensive, so I don't do it as much as I wish. As you probably all notice since that section on my blog has been lacking quite a bit. But I do have one lined up just gotta find the time to do it!!

5. I love to drink wine it is my poison of choice!! It is so freaking tasty and I am spoiled in we live in the Riesling area of Germany!!! Riesling is my favorite!!

 6. I am also very addicted to Dr Pepper. I am a non-believer of addictions but sometimes wonder cuz I will get cravings for it. I know its terrible for me but It tastes so good.

7. Christmas is my favorite Holiday. If you have been following along for a while you could probably tell as I did a whole 25 days of Christmas Series this last year. This coming year I get to spend it with my family for the first time in 5 years. Although sadly I will miss the Christmas Markets and Gluwien while I am there.

8. My male celeb crush is either Gerard Butler, or Skylar Astin. And my female celeb crush is either Mila Cunis or Zooey DeChannel.

9. Sniffling is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves, unless you are on a run with a cold and have no choice in the matter, just freaking find a tissue and blow your nose.

10. I have a closet full of scrapbook stuff and I am obsessed with the IDEA of scrapbooking. But I never sit down and do it like I want to because I am afraid once I start I will never put it down. I really need to since Kyra is already almost 1.5 and I haven't finished her first year book!!!

11. I hate trying on jeans, so I am down to only 2 pair that fits and doesn't have holes.

12. Family is very important to me and I would do just about anything to help them out.

13. I have a very bad sense of  what looks good, so I have a hard time trying to decorate my house, or put together nice outfits.

 14. I love to blog. I don't know if my blog is very interesting or what people like to read about, but it is such a good way to express myself and I have a lot of wonderful people who follow and read my blog every time I post.

 15. I actually like watching a lot of Kyra's shows, and have been known to sit and watch them even when she is asleep.

16. I am bit OCD in that I have to write down everything into lists and have on going lists for chores, schedules, meals, and even what blogs I wanna write about.

 17. I find cooking very relaxing, specially when I am not rushed, and get to try new recipes. I think trying new stuff is just too much fun.

18. I LOVE German Festivals and Markets, even tho each pretty much has the same thing, there is NEVER a shortage of amazing food and drinks. So I just love going and enjoying the food and people watching.

19. Since graduating from high school, I have lived in 6 different places. Haha that is a lot considering it has only been 6 years haha.

20. I am shy. I don't like to make calls to people I don't know, and like to have Dustin do that talking with people I don't know well. I think this can come off as stuck up, but really I just am a big baby. Haha. I dunno why I have regressed back to it so much more. In College I was so different, tho alcohol makes me less shy so that could be it since I think I was drunk most of college hence why it only lasted a year. 

22. I despise folding clothes, and washing dishes. All other chores are bareable. But those two are always the last things done.

23. Traveling is the spice of my life. I am so thrilled by all the places I can say I have been, and I have a whole list of places we plan to hit still before we move back to the states.

24. I absolutly love to do my hair and makeup and try out new styles!

25. My life wouldn't be the same with out music! I love country music mostly and it just reminds me so much of being home and of my family.

 26. I love to exercise even if its not the first thing I choose to do. I do it because I love the way I feel afterwards at least on time when I don't over do it!!

27. I often think when people ask what your hobby is I should answer Dancing. Because anytime I hear a good beat I just wanna get up and dance. My daughter has gained this trait from me.

28. I am also an avid reader too, well when I have the time, that isn't taken up by school work.

29. I have 3 little tattoos. One is a rose in a secret place haha, that is for my family. One is the stars on my shoulder, the only one that was just because I liked it. And the 3rd is the Celtic heart on my arm which stands for wearing my heart on my sleeve.

30. I have a hotheaded temper. When things make me mad I don't know how to just calm down and get over it, I tend to blow my fuse when people piss me off.

31. If we were to get pregnant today I would want it to be twins. A boy and a girl!

What is going on around here.

Alright just as a really quick update on our life...I am writing this after just having written a 3 page response to my Psychology homework. So if I seem a bit formal in my writing that should explain it.

So what do I have going on currently?

Lets start with my Physical goals: I am trying to run a mile 2 times a week and increase not only my time but how much of it I run. This is a simple goal and helps me to de-stress a bit from school, and everyday life. And it takes less than 15 mins of my day. Along this same area I am trying to make sure that I put in an average of around 2 miles a day. This includes walks with the dogs, and Kyra during the day also. Learned my lesson last week tho and will only be walking in sneakers my feet are all sorts of blistered from doing so in other shoes.

Now onto my goals with Kyra and Shade: Kyra and I are working on her using her words. She knows a lot more than she says but has been doing much better about asking for what she wants. Though even though I don't use signs with her for much, she does sign somethings which always gets me pumped up. Starting in September, MAYBE depending on where we are and what is going on, I want to start potty training and hopefully it will go smoothly As far as Shade, she has a long ways to go. She is your run of the mill average puppy and acts accordingly. She needs to be socialized more so I have planned out a dog park visit once a week with her friend Dexter. They both just love the chance to run around and play in the mud. But during the evenings is her big training time. Her and I go on a long walk and work on heel, sit, and stay. She does well until we come across another dog and she looses her focus. Also trying to work on her peeing in the house and chewing on things she shouldn't. My mom just sent a box full of toys for her so hopefully that will help with the chewing thing!!

School and household: I think my biggest challenge in all this is time management. I have never been able to manage my time well and with the invention of Facebook I spend far too much time wasted. I fully intend to get 100s all semester and pass my classes with high remarks. But at the same time I have to make sure I don't just let all the housework go to the way side, as a messy house is not a productive one. Plus I wanna keep coming back and talking with you all!!! So you are gonna get my late night after class ramblings haha!!

So If all of that wasn't enough the army just threw us a nice curve ball, that I intend to hit out of the park. This one leaves Dustin headed on a mission for 6 months in the states at very little notice....which of course means RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of my stinking semester. Which is gonna be a pain in the neck when it comes to term papers and finals. But I know with help from my awesome neighbor and other friends I will be able to pull it off. Him leaving for 6 months also gave me an opportunity to go home for an extended amount of time. And I am so excited to start making the plans soon. The only challenge to this is going to be deciding if I should take a class next semester and if I do which one would be best and will I be able to either take the final while I am stateside or if I will be back in time to take it here?

For my Wine Lovers

So to my dear friends and followers,




A friend of mine just the other day showed me this wonderful site where you can design a tee-shirt and make it as personalized as you like. Than if you are able to reach your goal of how many you would like to sell, you can get them printed for a really cheap price.

The cool part about it is not only do I get the shirt I made that is really cool. But I will also make a small portion of the profit!! Which would be so great since getting a job around here and being able to spend anytime with Kyra is really hard to do. It wouldn't be much unless I sell like 100's but my goal is at least 30 for now.

So if you want to be able to help me make a few cents, and get an awesome shirt out of it, just click the link below and press buy now. If I don't reach my goal all money will be refunded and the order will be cancelled....which would be sad to me. We have 2 weeks to reach this goal, I think we can do it!

http://teespring.com/winelove

I would love to do a blog of pictures from everyone who bought them wearing them!!! So buy one and you get a MAJOR shout out on my blog :D I love you all and hope that this being my first "business" attempt will be a good one!!

Sabrina

Starting school

So I started class Monday. And I have to say ahhhhh....that is a breath of fresh air. Although I feel like I am constantly needing to work on something. I feel like more of my life has a purpose instead of just sitting around the house doing nothing but cooking and cleaning. So far I have gotten all my work done for the week and it is only Wednesday!! So now I can move on to the reading for next week which is awesome I hope to stay ahead of the game for the next 7 weeks complete these classes with high remarks!

I am currently taking Psychology and American History. I am expected to read anywhere from 3-6 chapters a week total between the classes. And than answer 3 or so questions a week in regards to what we read. Than in Psychology I am expected to be involved in class discussion which means responding to at least 8 other students replies to the questions. So far the classes are very easy to me, but I do feel like I am learning. Really the only thing I am worried about with these classes are the two research projects. Mainly because being online classes I am afraid finding reference material may be a little more tricky also using it properly. I am so used to going to the library nose in the book and doing research for a few hours and I don't know how well I would be able to do that with our small library here.

But for the most part going back to school has been a wonderful choice. It may be keeping me busy, but its a good busy.

Hey also guys so I don't have to write a whole other blog Candice and I were able to cut off a whole min from my mile time!! So excited!! We run again Friday. So maybe I will be able to push myself even further this time :D

1 mile goals

So as to not to overwhelm myself during my first semester back in the school game, I am transferring my normal high intensity interval training which can take anywhere from 20-60 mins to get through to simply going on a run after Kyra goes to bed! For the time being it is going to be just a mile until I am able to run the whole mile. This is more challenging than it seems as the route I am running is on a hill so part of it is up hill. Last Monday I ran it in 12 mins but did walk quite a bit. I am hoping having my friend Candice running with me will help me to push myself to another level. Once I can run a mile non stop or manage to get my mile under 10 mins than, I plan to extend my run to a different 2 mile route.

I am hoping the running will help me continue to burn calories without taking as much time as a full workout would. Maybe doing all cardio workouts will just burn off the fat like I need it to than when school is over I can work on gaining muscle.

All this while trying to maintain as close as humanly possible to a 4.0!!