I Feel the Change In the Air

So recently I have felt some change in the air for me. The job that I have been waiting for at TSTC has finally opened! I applied for it that same night :) I luckily have some connections at TSTC now from already applying for a job there and she was able to get me a first round interview. I am still waiting for the call to set it up, but at least I know that it is coming. If you would please pray for me that my interview goes well and that I will be picked for a second interview. I am really just trying to think about this one step at a time and hoping that the end result is that I do get the job.

There is also some other personal life changing things that are happening as well, but I do not want to put anything out in the internet world until I know that something is really going to happen. No I am not pregnant I swear. As soon as I know that what I am working on is really on the home stretch then I promise I will let you all in on the secret.

The last thing I am working on is myself. I am a distributor for ACE and I also take it myself. I have just recently started taking it regularly again and I have also started to track my calories again. I plan on starting to work out regularly again, but since my current job schedule isn't very consistent it is hard to get a work out routine going. I know everyone looks at me and says you look fine! What are you trying to lose! And my response is always, I am doing this for me! Every girl has a picture in their head of what they want to look like on their wedding day. I also really know how to dress my body and hide a lot more than people realize. Me losing this weight is for me and me only. I have told myself if I haven't lost what I wanted to by the time I start looking for my dress I will be fine with it and find something that will make me look absolutely beautiful. Besides weight I am just working on my skin, teeth, hair, nails, just because I want to look the best I ever have on that day.

Later on today I will be posting a post more about my ACE weight loss journey with pictures and stats. I am doing this because I want people to see that it really does work and to promote the business. That way if someone has been hesitant about trying it hopefully my story will help them with their decision.

Love,

M.I.A No More

Sorry that I have been M.I.A so long, but I am really going to try and make my reappearance blogging. Nothing very exciting has happened to me since the last time that I blogged.

I unfortunately did not get the job I was hoping to get at TSTC, but things happen for a reason so I am taking it in stride. The lady did inform me that there is another job that is supposed to open up soon there that she thinks I would be perfect for. She already talked to the supervisor in that department for me and he said that I would get a first interview as long as I applied. I am just trying to be patient in waiting for this job to open. Working at HEB is not as bad as I thought it would be and everyone is actually pretty nice.

I know I promised to write about my trip to Vegas, but I honestly forgot :/ We had a good time, but our resort was way off the strip so I felt like I did not really get to experience the "Real" Vegas. I was super sore when I came home from dancing the whole time and probably would have lost some weight if I did not eat bad.....opps.

Before I moved to West I signed up under my cousin Sandra Mikula to sell ACE. It is a natural appetite control and energy supplement. I wanted it for myself, but I figured why not make a little money off of it as well. I haven't really pushed it at all and therefore haven't really been that successful with it. I myself was taking it pretty regularly and seeing results, but then stopped because I got a cold and did not think it was the best to take while I was sick. I have decided to start it back up and start trying to get others on the band wagon. I am going to make a blog later today to start to documentation on my progress.

I am looking for a good blog trend to get on so if anyone has suggestions that they have seen that they like I would greatly appreciate your input!

Oh and for those of you who are wondering about my progress with wedding planning it has slowed way down just because I have been busy working and Gary and I are trying to take care of some other things, but I plan on starting back up soon because all the time I wanted to have is passing me by.

Love,

The Latest News

Hello Everyone!!! Sorry I have not posted lately, but I have been working at HEB and nothing spectacular has really happened. I am still working on my post about Schlitterbahn so keep watch for that one.

I have my interview tomorrow for the job that I would really like to have so please any last minute prayers you can say for me I would greatly appreciate it. I leave for Vegas on Friday for a dance conference and I am super excited about that. I will definitely be posting about that trip in a blog later. This will be my first ever trip to Vegas so I do not really know what to expect. We are staying at the Red Rock Resort.

If you are not my friend on Facebook then you did not see my status about my first experience wedding dress browsing. There is a small shop here is West that we just went to look at and see what they have. I have heard it is good to go to smaller places just to look and try on because you can find out things you definitely do and do not like. Things I learned on this trip is 1. I need to starve myself till the wedding. 2. Sweet heart necklines give me no help in the boob area (made me flat as a board) 3. I do not like lace up backs. I did learn good things and had fun, but I think the don'ts are good things to remember.

So there is an update on what is happening with me. Be on the look out for my post about Vegas and Schlitterbahn that are to come!!! Thank you all for reading my blog. I am glad to hear that people are enjoying it!

Love,

Bad Groupie

Gary and the band he is in, Frizt Hodde and the Fabulous Six played at West KC Hall on July 7th. It is so nice when his band plays closer to home (especially this close!) we do not have to drive far and can get to bed at a decent time. I forgot to take pictures and videos at this one because I was too busy gabbing with my cousin Brianna Lytle, which I loved getting to do!

Here is a video and picture that Gary's mom took and sent to me.

Also, here is an update on me and my job search. I have been hired with HEB and I have worked two days now. Even though HEB has growth in the future they are unable to hire someone full-time immediately and I am looking to get a job where I am able to have benefits immediately so I am still looking and interviewing for other jobs, I am also looking for better pay. I had two interviews at TSTC for two different jobs. I was recommended to a second interview for both of them. Unfortunately for one of them the second interview day fell during mine and my family's trip to Schlitterbahn and because of this I was not able to have a second interview and was phoned today that they had chosen someone else for the position. I have a second interview with the other job next week before I leave for Vegas. If you have been praying for me I ask that you please continue those prayers because this is a job that I think I will do a really good job with and I like the growth that I could have in the future with this job.

SOOO unfortunately I have to work this weekend at HEB while Gary plays at two different places this weekend. I might be able to make the gig on Saturday, but it depends on how tired I am from the day. I am going to tell Gary to try and take pictures and videos, but we will see how that goes.

Be on the look out for my next post about our trip to Schlitterbahn! We had an awesome time and if you have never been I am going to put my opinions and suggestions about different things to do while there!

Love,

July 4th Weekend aka Hayleigh Fest!

Where do I start with this long July 4th weekend?

Wednesday night we stayed up pretty late because guess who was on their way to us?! Miss Hayleigh Don Roberts and of course we could not wait to see her. Hayleigh is my God-Daughter and future niece and the best baby girl ever!!! The next day we planned on going shopping and I knew I was going to get to hang out with Hayleigh quite a bit that day, but her Uncle Wayne would not. So when I woke up I went to find her and brought her to lay with him for a little while.

 

Are they not the sweetest????? Hayleigh loves to cuddle and take pictures as you will see throughout this post.

 

When Hayleigh, Gina, and Haze come to visit we always end up shopping because Gina and Haze live in Sanderson, TX which is towards the Big Bend area of Texas. So there is not really any shopping malls to entirely close to them. This trip was very special though because we went and got Miss Hayleigh's ears pierced. She did an amazing job and was such a big girl (she did cry, but not for very long).



 

Look at that bling bling! She is such a big girl already :( Since this day was the 4th we did not shop for very long because some stores we wanted to go to were not open. We went shopping as well the following day. Instead of showing ya'll things that I purchased on this post I am just going to continue to show cute pictures of Hayleigh :) I did purchase an awesome chair (it is a super ugly green) at a garage sale for a steal, $8!,  and I plan to reupholster it at some point.

This is an outfit that I bought for Hayleigh before she was even born hehehe! I found the matching bow at a shop here in Waco called Little Monkey's. They have bows, jewelry, and some clothing. This bow has a button on it that just happens to say "My Aunt Spoils Me". I thought it suited me very well.

The last thing we did this weekend was attend the Support West Baseball game on Saturday. The Rangers donated quite a bit of money to both the City of West and the West Youth Baseball program. They also did a really awesome dedication to the city and lives that were lost to the explosion. It was very heart touching and brought me and others to tears. Gary and his Step-Dad got to walk on the field and had their hands shaken by Nolan Ryan and David Murphy. Our seats were luckily in the shade which was very nice. Now here are some pictures of the cutest Ranger fan ever!!!

Isn't she the cutest!!!!! I really love getting to spend time with her whenever I can because she is just growing so fast!!!

I had a wonderful July 4th weekend. I hope everyone else's was just as fun!

Love,

First Wedding Tutorial-Will you be my?

Get excited!!! This is my first of many wedding tutorials I will be posting as I craft different things for my big day!!

This is an invitation way to ask your maids to be in your big day with you. I got the idea for this from watching a video on I believe theknot.com, but I cannot find it anymore or I would give credit where it is due.

This is how I asked my Maids of Honor and Bridesmaids to be in my wedding (I am having two Maids of Honor).

I first made 4 signs out of heavy duty cardstock. One that said Will You, the next Be My, the third Bridesmaid, and the last Maid of Honor. I am not posting the how-to on this part, but I am posting a picture so you can see them a little closer. If I had time and was ok with spending more money on paper I would have re-done this with the letters being smaller so I would have had more pictures.

The next thing that I did was take pictures with all of these signs. I decided to take these pictures outside and at different locations that I thought was fun. I took my last picture at the local catholic church so it was like I was traveling to church. This gives you lots of room to be creative!

Now for the tutorial.

Gather your supplies!

The quantities for these all depend on how many MOH and Bridesmaids you will have in your wedding. I am going to personally have 5 in all so I will be posting the quantities with that as the amount. Besides what I already had at home I purchased all of my supplies at Hobby Lobby. Besides things being on sale every week remember you can always get one regularly priced item for 40% off at Hobby Lobby. I use an app called RetailMeNot on my phone and it always has the code that is good for that week. I also use this app everywhere I go to see if there is any sort of deal I can get!

10 sheets(2 sheets of each kind) of scrap book paper; I used this because you can get really cool patterns and it is light weight so will not make your letter so heavy if you plan to mail, which I did. I also chose colors that compliment my wedding colors.

15 4x7 pictures-5 (Will You), 5 (Be My), and 5 (MOH or Bridesmaid); if you would have more pictures if you did the sign smaller of course you would have more or if you have more girls.

5 large invitation envelopes; the ones I bought were from Hobby Lobby and were 5.25 x 7.75 in. They were also a color that compliments my wedding colors.

Ruler, Pencil, Scissors or Paper Trimmer, Glue Stick; I used the craft bond one
 
Step 1: Take two sheets of matching scrapbook paper.

 

Take one of the sheets and glue it to the other piece by putting 1 inch of glue on the top of one and overlapping the other.

 

Step 2: Trim your scrapbook paper so that it is able to fit inside of your envelope. I like to use whole numbers for everything and wanted to make sure that I had space in my envelopes; I wanted you to see what kind of back it has.

My envelopes were 7.75 in wide so I measured for the paper to be 7 in wide. I measured 7 in all the way down the paper then drew a line connecting all of my dots.

I used scissors to cut the paper, but I would have much rather used a paper trimmer. I think it would have made this process a lot easier.

 

Step 3: Next we need to measure for the height of the envelope. My envelopes were 5.25 in so I decided to measure 5 in. I made a pencil mark 5 in down on both sides because this will later be your guide to fold.

Step 4: We are now ready to place a glue our first picture. Place your picture in between the top of the paper and where the mark you made is. Make sure to put enough glue on the back of the picture so it will be secure.

Step 5: Now we are ready to make our first fold. First I made sure that I had measured correctly and the picture was positioned in the correct spot on the paper by putting my envelope on top of it. This way you will be able to trim off paper at the top if you need to.

Then I pinched the paper at both of the pencil marks and folded the paper all the way across.

Now repeat steps 4 & 5 depending on how many photos you have. Please note that if you have more pictures you will possibly need more scrapbook paper as well.

Once I glued my last picture I needed to trim off some paper at the bottom.

Here is the final product after repeating the steps as needed.

I also included a special letter for my maids that I made personal for each of them.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! There are many more to come. If you have any comments on how I can make them better I would greatly appreciate it!

Love,
 

 

Wedding Shopping Round Dos!!

On Monday Dinker and I went to Dallas to do some thrift shopping as well as go to some other stores. In my post "First Round of Wedding Shopping" I showed you pictures of candle sticks/holders that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I am looking for lots of them so I figured I need to start looking for even cheaper ones and at more places. We went to 3 thrift stores in the Dallas Area. I also went to Ross (on Wednesday) and got some as well.

Starting from left back row: Cream-I got at a thrift store for $5.49, Gold-Ross was $16 now $7.99, Turquoise-Ross was $15.00 now $7.99, Cream- thrift store for $4.00, Cream-Ross was $16.00 now $7.99 front row: Wood- thrift store for $1.49, Cream- thrift store was $4.49 but was 50% off so I got it for $2.24, Brown-Ross was $11 now $5.99, Clear- thrift store $3.49, Brown Gold-thrift store $4.00

All of these guys will be getting a facelift except for probably the turquoise one. So stay tuned for that post!

 

The next thing that I got (I think it was last week actually) was from Hobby Lobby. Every time I go there I always look at those Gold letters they have to see if they are on sale. Well now they have them in this dark wood color as well and guess what?! They were 50% off so I picked me up a G (would have probably got more, but there was only 1) They were previously $10 and I paid $4.99. He is going to stay just the way he is for now. If anything he will be put onto material that's in a frame which I have been seeing on Pinterest lately. 

The last items I purchased were some frames. I am also slowly trying to gather these guys up at good prices because I can redo anything and I would like to get interesting shapes and big sizes for good prices. The large pink one I got at a thrift store it was $5.99. Definitely getting a make-over. The cream one I also got at a thrift store. It was $5.49, but I got it for $2.74 because it was 50% off. The black frame I got at Ross. It was previously $10 and I got it for $5.00. All of these frames will be getting a make-over in the future so stay posted. 

If you are someone that is hesitant about thrift store shopping for things and redoing them I have this tip. You have to be able to picture what it is you are going to do to them. Everything can be spray painted one way or another so let your imagination run wild.

 

 

Be on the look out for when I redo all of these beauties. My plan is to give tutorials with all of them so if you are a first time redo-er you can see how to do so yourself.

 

 

Love, 

Band Wife For Life

OMG! I am so behind with my blog posts and so much has happened, but I won't overload you in one post I will just have to catch ya'll up each day :) This past weekend I had a job interview on Saturday. It was not with the people that I talked about in "And the Journey Continues", but a different job with HEB. This position is not something that I am looking to do for life, but it is a way to get in with a good company and somewhere to start. I had another interview on Tuesday with someone higher at the store and should hear something soon.

On Sunday Gary had a gig with the band that he is in Fritz Hodde and the Fabulous 6. I have been always meaning to document these things on Facebook, but what better place than my blog! This gig was for Granger's Church picnic and they played with the Ennis Czech Boys. We were supposed to help some of Gary's band members move something at their house, but that didn't happen so we could have left later. Gary forgot to redo the math in his head and we still left at the same time if we would have went to their house and helped them move something so lets just say we were very early.......it all ended up ok though because Gary took me to Sirloin Stockade in Taylor, TX. I have never been to this place, but Gary said it was like Golden Corral with better food. I really liked this place because there were lots to choose from and best of all there was a chocolate fountain!!!!! After our awesome lunch we went back to the hall to unload the band trailer and get ready for the dance.

The dance went great was a fun time like always. Here below are some pictures and videos that I took during the dance.

 

Love,

And the Journey Continues.........

So I got a nice surprise this morning. I was beginning to wake-up when my phone started to ring and it was a Waco number. I answered the phone and to my surprise it was someone contacting me about a job I applied to YESTERDAY!!! Thank you to everyone that has been praying for me about getting a job because it is at least getting me one step closer to getting one. I am now filling out a personal history profile for this job and dang is it extensive!!!! I will be sure to let you all know if I get called for an interview and what all happens. Again thank you so much for all of the prayers.

 

Love,

 

Check out my signature

Hey Guys!!!! I am testing out my new signature I just created for my blog!!! Trying to make this thing awesome and beautiful for all of my lovies who read my posts! Here is the link to the blog that helped me figure out how to do this. I want an awesome signature like Kara's. They have lots of different fonts and a whole bunch of other stuff to make your signature personal. Let me know what you think.

Love,

I Hate Rejection

In my prior post "On a Pontoon" I said that I had an interview that day and was supposed to find out on Monday whether or not I got the job. I felt like the interview went awesome and very well. I called on Monday because I had not heard anything yet and they said I would be contacted in 24 hours by the selection team. Well today I am still sitting here and not hearing anything so I decided to email the HR person at the company. Not too long after I sent the email I got the generic email back that they have decided to go with other candidates. I know it is kind of silly, but I was almost in tears because I just felt like this was going to be my lucky chance. I just do not understand how I am supposed to get experience to be able to get a job, but I cannot get a job to get experience in the first place. Ok I am done ranting for now. Please put me in your prayers that I am able to find a job hopefully before the summer is over.

Love,
Future Mrs. Greener

First Round of Wedding Shopping

About a week ago Gary's mom (Dinker) and went to Waco. I was not really looking to buy anything just mainly looking. Well that did not last for long. We went to Hobby Lobby and we always enjoying looking at the clearance isle because you never know what you are going to find there! I have been thinking and thinking what am I going to do for my center pieces not only for the main table, but for the guests table as well. I have found some pictures on Pinterest of some things I would really like to do, but I do not want it to break the bank.

 

While on the clearance isle I found some awesome candle holders similar to these. I was thinking they were going to be $15.00 or more even though they were on the clearance isle, but guess what? They were at the most $8.00!!!!

 

 

The tall pink ones were previously $40 each and I got them for $8.00 each. The red ones were previously $28 each and I got them for $5.60 each and finally the black ones were previously $16.00 each and I got them for $3.40. I saved $134!!!!!! If I can continue to find these guys at good prices they will definitely be all over the place. These will all be getting a color change and possibly glittered. I am thinking about clustering them or spreading them across the table. We will just have to wait and see!!! I will be sure to post when I give these guys a face-lift!!!!

Also on this shopping trip I found some letters as well on the clearance isle. I am wanting to have the letter G everywhere as decoration so this to me was an awesome find because I am starting to collect G's of all different sizes and fonts.

These were all previously $10.00 each and I got them for $2.00 each. I also got a K because I have not decided what I am going to hang off the back of mine and Gary's chairs at the wedding. I am either going to do Mr. & Mrs. or G & K plus these guys were cheap!!! They are definitely going to get a make-over, but I am not sure what I am going to do to them yet, but I will do a post for that for sure.

I also got one other item at Hobby Lobby. Like I said before I am collecting all different sizes of G's so I found another G that I just had to have.

This guy was previously $20.00 and he was 50% off so I got him for $10.00 and he fits into my color scheme so he needs no face-lift.

We also went to Kirklands and if I haven't said before this is an awesome time of year to find wedding items I guess since it is wedding season. The first thing that I found there is probably something that I could have made myself, but I loved it so much that I just had to have it plus it gave me the inspiration for the header of this blog.

It was only $12.99 and I'm thinking I might add a little something to it, but again not sure yet. The next thing I found is the beginning of my collection of frames for the entrance area.



 

I got this guy for $10.00 and he was previously $15.99. That's only a $5.00 difference, but it was so cute I couldn't pass it up. One of the last things I purchased was something that I found on the clearance rack. It was something that was on one of the front shelves as a new item so I was wondering what it was doing back there. I quickly found out that it was broken, but not badly and it was marked down for $5.00. I believe almost anything can be fixed so I was like heck ya I can spend $5.00 on you.

Can't even tell its broken right?? It's only one of the small clasps that help keep the two pieces together definitely an easy fix.

The last thing I got from this shopping trip was an idea of something to make.

We thought this was so cute and would be awesome to have on the snack table, but I thought I could put it on something a little bigger and this guy wasn't on sale.

 

Make sure to look back and see when I post all of these D.I.Y's I plan on doing. I'm going to try and do everything step by step in case one day someone else wants to make these.

 

Love,

 

Future Mrs. Greener