My Man is On a Roll

Not only did Chris get a promotion, but yesterday I came home and found this on the bed...

And inside it was this...

It is the cutest little sweater and a necklace with matching earrings. Isn't he sweet? Just wanted to brag on my baby a little. Tomorrow is Friday!! YEAH!!!

OMG!!! NEW HILLS TRAILER!!

Yes friends that is right, the new season of The Hills starts March 24th and I will be glued to the tv like all of the other teens. Oh wait...I am 28!!! Holy cow I need a life!!!!

My Wednesday is starting off splendidly

Well first of all, my friend Ashley (aka Ingram Gang) found my blog on the blog world. I am so excited that she has a blog. I have not known Ashley that long and had not worked up the nerve to ask her if she had a blog, but I totally thought she needed one. Yeah another blog to divert me from doing work!!!!

In other WW news I lost .8. I am starting to get really frustrated. I think I am mainly frustrated just because I know I am not doing as well as I should be, but still think I should loose more weight. I just can't believe that my rationalizing all of my poor health decisions is not paying off?!?! I was super bad this weekend. Saturday, I called my grandma and asked her if she wanted me to bring her lunch. She of course wanted Sonic. Even though I did get a grilled chicken sandwich, I also got onion rings and ate most of them. Then Chris and I were forced into eating lunch with some other couples in our Sunday school class at my most un-favorite restaurant, Pei Wei!!! Then I let Chris decide were he wanted to go out to eat to celebrate his promotion and he picked Hummers (For those who don't live in the beautiful metropolis of Amarillo, Hummers is basically our local version of Hooters). I know that I have not been making this whole weight loss thing easy and if I would just stop lying to myself, I might do better. Pray for me this weekend, I have a wedding shower, lingerie shower and UFC fighting party to attend. I need strength badly!!!!

Ok that is enough rambling for one morning. I am off to read more of Ashley's Blog.

Love.

I am so proud!!

Well not necessarily so proud that my husband finds great amusement in taking pictures of himself, but that he got a promotion and a raise yesterday!!! He is an insurance agent with Nationwide Insurance. He has been there almost 2 years and about 6 months ago they started asking him to fill in and train new agents because they were short on trainers. He taught about 3 months of training and they posted an opening for a trainer. Chris applied and was VERY disappointed when he did not get it. Last week they posted another training position and Chris found out yesterday that he got it. I am so proud of him. He has worked so hard and has moved up a lot faster than any of the other agents who started when he did. Along with more money and a job that he loves, he will now have normal work hours from 9-5:30 Monday-Friday. I am so used to him not getting home until 8:00 and being home alone on Saturday's. I don't know what I am going to do with him home all of the time.

I can't believe it is already Thursday

My week has been all messed up with Monday being a holiday and I just have not been able to play catch up and now it is already Thursday!! I have not blogged in over a week so I will try to catch you up on all of the stuff going on in my world.

First, I wanted to mention that Charlie Hall performed a concert at our church on Sunday, February 3rd. It was amazing. If you have not heard of him I encourage you to check him out.

I did not do so hot at WW last week. I gained 1 pound. I dont know what I did wrong. Actually, yes I do...I only worked out once that week. Anywho, I was really bummed about it but also motivated to do better and be more diligent with my workouts and it paid off. This week I lost 2.8!! Technically with my gain from last week it should really only be 1.8, but I was still pumped about it. I am aiming to meet my 10% goal by the time Chris and I go to Dallas in March.

Last Friday (the 18th) and yesterday, I observed at several elementary schools. I learned alot and was so grateful for the experience. I think that I am going to talk to one of the teacher's about being my mentor. She has been teaching for 21 years and I learned more in 4 hrs. in her class than I have in all of my other observation hours combined.

Saturday (the 19th) Chris and I went to dinner with our friends, Brad and Ashley. They were able to find babysitters for their 2 little ones so we got to have a really nice long dinner filled with great conversation and encouragement. Brad is the High School Youth Pastor at our church and has been such a blessing in our lives and the lives of the students. They are amazing people and we are blessed to be able to call them friends. Here is a cute picture I stole of Brad and Ashley from Brad's myspace.

I think that is about all I got for now, but hopefully I will have more for you later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYANN!!!

Today is RyAnn's Birthday!! I think today is also the anniversary of her ACL Surgery?? Anywho, I met RyAnn 10 years ago when we were seniors in high school. We both had traveled to Hardin-Simmons to try out for the cheerleading squad. We instantly hit it off. I remember the first night of try-out's we met in my hotel room to practice. We were both so nervous but made the squad and from there our friendship continued to grow. RyAnn has seen me through so much. She has taken me to the ER when I was sick, laughed at me for all of the stupid choices I made when it came to boys and was by my side on one of the most important days of my life, my wedding day. Even though we live 6 hours away she is always so good to call me and check in every week. You could not ask for a better friend, mother, wife and Christ follower. Love you Ry!! Hope you have an awesome birthday.

Jesus Paid It All - Kristian Stanfill

We have sang this song a couple of times in chruch and everytime I hear it, it brings chills all over my body. I grew up siging hymns and to hear them revamped gives them a whole new depth. Anyway, I just wanted to share.

CAUTION VENTING SESSION AHEAD

Ok I am not a person who forwards very many emails. I usually only send forwards if it something I find generally interesting or funny or it is a get to know you quiz (I love those). Call me a party pooper if you want to. Forwarded emails annoy me especially when the sender never sends me any emails other than forwards!! As annoyed as I get at forwarded emails I have hit my limit with forwarded text messages. A girl I know, who will remain nameless, sends both Chris and I text forwards. I just got 2 from her in the last 10 minutes while I am at work! She has also been known to send them late at night and at generally other inappropriate times when I don't want my phone ringing. Usually, I can tell by the title that they are not even worth my time and don't read them.

Ok problem solved. I sent her a text and asked her to remove me from her forwarding list. It sure did feel good to get that off my chest.

Weekly Update

Well it has been another pretty slow week in the Bunch household. Friday night we had made plans to have dinner with my parents but Chris got sick so we had to cancel. Luckily, he was feeling better by Saturday night so we went to our new friends, Jacob and Crystal's, house to watch some UFC fighting. A couple of other people from church came and we had a great time. Sunday of course we watched the Super Bowl. I really did not care who won because I hate both teams but I was glad that it was an interesting game in the second half.

I lost another 1.4 lbs!! Yeah!! I have decided that my weight loss might be more if I just cut those 2 Diet Dr. Peppers out that I drink a day. I may be fooling myself but I am going to try it and see if it makes any difference.

I have a hair appointment after work and that is pretty much all of the excitement in my life. Sad I know. OH!! I know what else has been going!!! Allie is in heat! Even though we have no plans to breed her, we have not had her fixed yet. The whole thing totally grosses Chris out which I find amusing.

I will leave you with a couple of Ski Trip pictures that the girls in my small group took. Happy Wednesday to everyone!!

If I saw Heidi Montag on the street, I would...

punch her, slap her, kick her...is that to harsh?? Ok I am sure that I have lost about half of my readers now that you know that I watch The Hills religiosly and despise Heidi Montag. Yes, I am aware that I have issues but that girl and her looser boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend), Spencer, make my skin crawl. However, I did find her debut music video to be hillarious. I pray to God she is not serious about having a career in music and that NO ONE buys her album.