What we won...

We won our wedding bands! Yeah... can't wait till we pick them and show them off!!

Waiting on approval on posting the sponsor and brand, so till then..... YEAH!

These aren't them... but these are pretty.... no?

I got NEWS!

 This weekend Hubs and I spent some quality time together....

We went shopping at CVS, ate at his favorite restaurant and visited another Wedding fair. We actually got lucky and found a few good venues. We'll be visiting them in the next few weeks. One place... The Social Club is only giving us til Friday to book to get $500 off. We drove by after the fair but they were closed. Take a look... it's pretty fancy! 

There was so many giveaways and chances to book with great savings... And guess what?! I won one of the grand prizes! I will tell you about that later, hint (we might have the most important thing paid!)

Out of the Box

I love to be different, I love to do new things and that's what I want at our wedding as well. As I've been telling everyone about my theme and what I want it to be like I get lots of odd looks, like, "That's different." Good, I say! lol I was going through some wedding blogs and I ran across Kimberly on Facebook. She was talking about a wedding she had just attended, she lives in South Korea. To live in any other country than your own is amazing. So I asked her if it was okay to share some photos and her post about it and she was more than happy to share with ya'll. I love the traditional dresses but I also want it to look chic and put together... What do you think?

A Korean wedding is very modern from the very long, flowing white dress to the basic ceremony of prayer and well wishes. However, there is a lot of cultural and traditional elements that occur on this special day. Before going into the details of the wedding, first you need to know that when a female is married, she keeps her last name. When she has children though, they will carry the husband's last name. Her name is also moved to his family tree. The name is written in black like the rest of the names. If a Korean passes away, their name is written in red. This is one of the reasons you should never write a Korean's name in red since it's saying that they should have an early death (this is actually based on a Chinese tradition).

Like any wedding day, family members come to celebrate the joining of the happy couple. Many Koreans will have their wedding usually in their hometowns to have less traveling for their families. Hardly any of them run off and do a "Vegas style" wedding because of their respect for tradition............. READ MORE of Kimberly's experience and a cool video too!!

Slim Me Down Weekly Weight Loss Challenge - Week 3

I almost BOMBED this week! But thanks to all the dancing we did this week... I shed some weight! We also got a visit from family and we went out to eat, but I did pretty good. I'm proud of myself. In a few minutes I'm ganna work out with more dancing with Dance Central that is. I'm planning on doing some reviews in the weeks to come, I think I mentioned that earlier. Lets get down to the numbers..

What I WEIGH:

Starting Weight: 189.6 (my highest)

Last Weeks Weight: 184.6

Current Weight: 183.8

Gain/Loss for the Week (+/-): -.08!

Total Gain/Loss: -5.8

First Goal: 180 by March 19th (my daughters birthday!)

Week 1: +0.4

Week 2: +1.4 

Week 3:  -0.8

*I'm only putting my weight on here so that i can make myself accountable. It's extremely embarrassing and that helps me want to change the number!*


What I DID:

Monday: 15 minutes EA Sports Active, 30 min walking

Tuesday: 30 minutes walking

Wednesday: ZUMBA PARTY!

Thursday: 45 minutes Dance Central

Friday: housework

Saturday: Laundry, 1 hour walking @ the mall

Sunday: 1 hour walking in the HOT sun!

 What I ATE:

Mon: No breakfast, Tuna Salad Sandwiches, Chicken Salad

Tues: Biscuits, Chicken Tacos, Chicken n Rice Casserole, Leftovers, Snack: Popcorn

Wed: Sausage n Eggs, Chicken Terriyak w/Mushrooms & zucchini! (it was good), Sandwiches

Thurs: I FORGOT!

Friday: No Breakfast, Jambalaya, Leftovers
Saturday: Pizza buffet (I had salad first), Snack: fruit smoothie, Hotdog n chips

Sunday: Egg n cheese tacos, Cheeseburger, taco salad

What's My INSPIRATION:

I want shoulders! I'm addicted to buying sleeve-less or spaghetti straps! I try to avoid them with my ugly arms, but sometimes I just can't resist. I hope to get back into them SOON!

 

THIS WEEK:

I wanna focus on eating breakfast and working  out at least 15 minutes a day!! AGAIN!

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How to Participate:

1. Each week, we'll have a linky where you can link up your post. Tell us your starting weight, last weeks weight, current weight +/-, and goal. Then we'd like to hear about your week - struggles and successes. You do not have to state your actual weight, if not then post you'd like to lose ?? pounds as your starting weight. Be as open and honest as you can! This isn't a place of judgment. We're all here with the same goal in mind, lose weight.

2. Link up your own blog post below. Please use a direct link to your post, not your blog

Make sure you include the Slim Me Down button.

<a border="0" href="http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a433/jenniferlebeda/weightlosscllng.jpg" /></a>

3. Visit others that are linked up and offer support. If they lose weight, congratulate, if they gain encourage. Please NO negative comments. We're all here for support.

Hope you'll link up and join us! It doesn't matter what week we are on ... just jump in and get started!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

I think...

I think we have picked our VENUE!! AHh, how exciting. Price is the only thing holding us back from picking the one I WANT! lol The more expensive one is MY choice because of the fact that nature plays a roll in the decor! Hubs first choice is ONLY because it is closer and easier to find. It also is an outdoor venue, but it's enclosed by walls, there is no roof. I want to say who it's going to be, but I don't want something to happen last minute..... but just imagine.... tinkly lights EVERYWHERE!

I'm also excited because we've got our engagement party scheduled as well and we will officially release our wedding date and then we will send out our Save the Date video that we won!

For those planning a wedding locally, make sure you don't miss:
 

Rio Grande Valley Quinceañera & Wedding Fair
Sunday, March 6, 2011
McAllen Convention Center
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Admission $10.00

Slime Me Down Weekly Weight Loss Challenge: Week 2

Week 2 wasn't that much of a disaster, but only cus of those birthday parties... but I did walking and some dancing! It was fun. And this week will be just a busy but only one birthday, yeah!

What I WEIGH:

Starting Weight: 189.6 (my highest)

Last Weeks Weight: 183.2

Current Weight: 184.6

Gain/Loss for the Week (+/-): +1.4

Total Gain/Loss: -5.0

First Goal: 180 by March 19th (my daughters birthday!)

Week 1: +0.4

Week 2: +1.4

*I'm only putting my weight on here so that i can make myself accountable. It's extremely embarrassing and that helps me want to change the number!*


What I DID:

Thursday: Zumba Party & walking at wedding venue!
Friday: Walking @ Wal-Mart with Hubs
Saturday: Birthday party madness!
Sunday: 1 hour of Sing Star & 45 minutes of Sport Champions (PS3)

What I ATE:

Thursday: Breakfast: toast with butter, Lunch: Fruit salad, Dinner: Beef tacos
Friday: Breakfast: Nothing, Lunch: Leftover salad, Dinner: Loaded baked potato!
Saturday: Breakfast: Oatmeal, Lunch: Chicken Salad Sammies n chips, Dinner: Pizza with Pizza!
Sunday: Breakfast: Peanut butter n apples, Lunch: Homemade chicken soup, Dinner: Chicken salad

What's My INSPIRATION:
I want better HAIR!!

I'm always messing with my hair. Right after Eli was born I cut my hair and I loved it... then we were scrapped for cash so I had Hubs cut my bangs, BIG MISTAKE! I've been wanting to get them fixed and a new do. I'm thinking about giving myself a TREAT when I lose 10lbs?!

 

THIS WEEK:

I wanna focus on eating breakfast and working  out at least 15 minutes a day!! I thought I would have lost at least a pound, better luck next week!

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How to Participate:

1. Each week, we'll have a linky where you can link up your post. Tell us your starting weight, last weeks weight, current weight +/-, and goal. Then we'd like to hear about your week - struggles and successes. You do not have to state your actual weight, if not then post you'd like to lose ?? pounds as your starting weight. Be as open and honest as you can! This isn't a place of judgment. We're all here with the same goal in mind, lose weight.

2. Link up your own blog post below. Please use a direct link to your post, not your blog

Make sure you include the Slim Me Down button.

<a border="0" href="http://lebedafamily.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1035.photobucket.com/albums/a433/jenniferlebeda/weightlosscllng.jpg" /></a>

3. Visit others that are linked up and offer support. If they lose weight, congratulate, if they gain encourage. Please NO negative comments. We're all here for support.

Hope you'll link up and join us! It doesn't matter what week we are on ... just jump in and get started!

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Parties!

I love taking my girls to parties but not when they serve this:

I have to confess that I think I ate like THREE slices of pizza and some cake. I came home and did laundry, but didn't work out so tomorrow... WORKOUT before weigh-in in the evening!