31 for 31: Day Two

I'm feeling much better today. :o) This is a good thing. I hate being sick. I have the hardest time being okay with staying home sick and not doing anything. I started watching GOSSIP GIRL. I think it's going to be my guilty pleasure show while Allan is gone. :o)

ANYWHO....here's outfit numero dos:

Top: white downeast with my pink lace top
Bottom: Brown skirt
Shoes: white heeled sandals
Accessories: metal filigree headband, brown beaded bracelet,  and a multi-chain pink/gold necklace (i almost never wear this necklace and have almost gotten rid of it on several occasions. I am happy it works today!

One of the reason I went with this outfit was because Allan and I are going to the temple this evening and I didn't want to wear two different outfits today. :o) I'm lazy like that....anywho, have a great day! Ciao!

PS. My friend Hilary is playing with us! Make sure to check out her outfits too! :o)

31 for 31: Day One

So, I am home sick today, but I still wanted to do an outfit! Here goes:

Top: grey t-shirt

Bottom: black dress shorts

Shoes: grey kids

I will confess I changed back into pjs after this ( which doesn't count as part of the challenge :) ) because I felt too icky to go to work. C'est la vie. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow. Ciao!

31 for 31: The Items

So, I am really excited about this challenge! I have picked my items and am ready to get the ball rolling!

Without further ado - my 31 items!!

1. Blue heathered slacks

2. Black dress shorts

3. Jean shorts

4. Brown cargo capris

5. Black strapless dress

6. Black lace pencil skirt

7. Green a-line eyelet skirt 

8. Brown pencil skirt

9. Pink a-line skirt

10. Teal damask maxi skirt

11. Grey empire shirt

12. Coral button up

13. Orange lace top

14. Blue top with button accents

15. Red t-shirt

16. Black downeast top

17. Teal downeast top

18. Teal patterned empire top

19. Pink tank top

20. Grey t-shirt

21. Gray striped button up

22. Orange downeast top

23. Cream lace mock wrap

24. Pink lace top

25. White downeast top

26. Floral shirt dress

27. Pink peep toe shoes

28. White heeled sandals

29. Grey keds

30. Coral sandals

31. Teal sandals

There you go! I M excited to do this challenge. One rule I have told myself that I have to keep in mind is that I need to create 31 completely different outfits. Just changing out my shoes OR accessories does not count. Here goes!!!

31 for 31 Challenge: Introduction

Hey y'all! So....if you read yesterday's post then you know that I have a ton of ambition in completing five different tasks while my husband is gone. :o) One of these goals is to do a 31 for 31 Challenge. Have no idea what I'm talking about? Well, let me tell you what this is....

So, this challenge is to take 31 items from your closet and make outfits out of these items every day for 31 days. There have been a variety of ways people have done this (as seen here, here and here).

I have decided that I am going to do my own version of this challenge. I am going to take 31 pieces of clothing and shoes. I am not going to count accessories as part of this challenge - although you can if you want to. I might try another challenge another time using accessories in it, but really this challenge is about me making use of my clothes as they are and finding new ways to wear things! :o) I haven't decided on my 31 pieces of clothing yet, but I will do that this weekend and post that by Monday. I am starting this July 1st, so this is a challenge that will be started w/my husband here and finished with him gone. :o)

While doing this challenge I am going to try and not go shopping for anything. HOWEVER, I have already told myself that I want a pair of colored, skinny jeans AND my husband is going to be gone, so some shopping might happen. The rule for me though will be that I can't wear said new clothes until the challenge is over. :o) We'll see how that goes.

So now the question is....will you join me? :o)

Ambition

So, if you have talked to me at all recently then you know that I am about to live out being an "army wife." In t-minus 10 days, (not that I'm counting or anything. ;) ) my lovely Army Reservist husband will embark on his two-week Annual Training (aka AT) that will cause him to be gone 27 days.

But wait, you say, you said two-week training but that your husband will be gone for 27 days! The math doesn't work you say! And in that, you are correct. See...normally AT is only two weeks out of the summer. However, my lucky, lucky husband's section got put on the advanced party AND the clean-up crew. Therefore, he's going to be gone for 27 whole days AND still have to do his normal weekend drill the weekend he comes back in August. So it's almost like he'll be gone for 28 days (I won't really see him that Sunday after he gets back...)

I knew this would be the life, and really 27 days isn't that bad especially when he could be deployed at any time for a long, long time. This will just be a taste of what it could be like....but that doesn't mean I'm excited that he's going to be gone for so long so quickly after getting married. sigh

ANYWAYS. I have all this pent up ambition of things I want to do while my dear husband is off gallivanting around an Army base in another part of the country. I have made 5 fairly lofty goals for myself to do while he is gone and I'm telling them to you to help me be accountable for them or something. :o)

so, without further ado I present my 5 Goals to accomplish while the husband is gone:

1. I have been given the opportunity to participate in a little mini-dance workshop put on by one of my colleagues/friends in the dancing world. We're going to get together twice a week in the month of July and then have a little performance at the end of the month. I'm really excited about this!


2. I am going to make my own 31 for 31 fashion challenge. There will be more details coming on this by the end of the week (I hope!) and you can totally participate with me if you want. ;)


3. I am going to re-do our Master Bedroom. We are still using the same bedspread from when I was single...and while nice it is showing some wear and tear. SO I am going to redecorate! This will include making new pillowcases, duvet cover for said bedspread, painting the nightstand and hanging some pictures and such. I MIGHT just buy a new sheet/bedspread set....but only if I can find what I want for a good price. I will post more on my plans on this at the beginning of July. I have a Pinterest board on it and everything and I'm really excited at the prospect of this project.


4. I have a ton of recipes that I have printed off from websites and such and I want to compile ALL my recipes into one place. I'm thinking that instead of a book I'm going to do a box w/recipe cards. BUT that's subject to change. I plan on working on this project all month long when I'm not dancing and watching all of my guilty pleasure shows. ;)


5. Finally I have been collecting ideas for crafty projects to do for a long time and have a dozen or so on a Pinterest board. My plan is to complete at least THREE of these ideas while Allan is gone. I'm not sure which ones yet, but I'll post about them when I figure that out. I plan on doing these on the weekends. 

Whew. I'm going to busy! I also want to work out on a regular basis and possibly work on our Wedding Album...but we'll see how that all goes down. I do know that it's going to be hard, but so rewarding at the same time. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, right? :o) ANYWHO....if anyone wants to play with me let me know! I'll definitely be wanting to play with my girls!

Happy Father's Day!!

I am so lucky for the several great men in my life, but today I want to give a shout out to two of my favorites. ;)

First, my daddy.

My Dad is amazing. He is definitely the best dad I could have asked for and I am so blessed to call him mine. :) He has been my rock during the tough times. He makes me laugh and is always there when I have questions about life things. In love you dad!!

Second, my handsome husband. 

Allan is an amazing father to Lindy. He is so attentive, loving, and kind. Seeing him interact with his daughter was one of the many reasons why I knew I wanted him to be my husband and father of my children. I know he is going to love our kids to the moon and back.  

So there you go, I love the fathers in my life. Happy Father's Day!!!

life in general

Life is crazy. I kind of feel like I've been through a good processor this week. Granted, the moments when the food processor has been stopped have been great ones. :o) But I am so ready for the weekend and everything it is bringing me!

We've had Lindy for the past week or so while her mom was out of town. We potty trained. :P Let me tell you what, I never expected to get married and then 4 weeks later trying to get a very strong-willed 3-yr old potty trained. It was fun times. :) Lindy is on her way, not perfect at it yet, but on her way and that's a good thing.

In other news I am officially associated with the military with my spousal military i.d. and being put onto Allan's health insurance. It's good times.

This weekend Allan and I don't HAVE to do anything so we're going to fill the weekend with loads of fun things. We're going to ride around on his motorcycle, take a walk/hike (probably to Bridal Veil) and go dancing up in Salt Lake. The weather is supposed to be just perfect and I am so stoked to take full advantage of the sunshine. My emotional well-being needs an overload of Vitamin-D.

That's about all I got - next week I'm hoping to get some wedding posts up - our vendors were seriously AWESOME and I can't wait to tell you everything about everything. ;) So look forward to that. In the mean time, eat some swedish fish. That's what I'm doing. ;)

Ciao!