Spending freeze

Christmas is over and now it's time to stop spending money!!

I spent way too much money lately! 

So for the next two months I'm going on a spending freeze,.... Only buying the necessities and not things like that cute black dress at my work for $10.00. I so want it!! That's the downfall of working in retail!  

What are your resolutions or changes for the upcoming year?? 

2013 Is going to be great! 

The new year is upon us!

Honestly I never stick to new year resolutions.... This year I just want to make some life changes.

1. Go to the gym more. Get fit and make that time for myself without excuses

2. Stress less 

3. Enjoy the little things in life

4. Give people a chance that have hurt me in the past

5. Go on more vacations 

6. Enjoy my mom and have a girls day once a month

7. Book more events

8. Find another winery or hotel to work at

9. Just work ONE job

10. More family time 

This year we made a new tradition of  writing notes on mugs for Christmas morning.it was so fun and cute and its by far my favorite mug. ( it already came with the chalkboard paint) 

Our Christmas was so amazing and I feel so blessed to have the people I have in my life. 

The gift of life

As a mother the recent tragedy has really hit home for me. Our family is praying for all of the

families that have been effected and it breaks my heart.

 

We have to be so careful and watch our back constantly, this is something I didnt have to do as a kid. Poor Khloe is going to grow up with that hanging over her head. It is so sad what this world is coming to.

 

I am so thankful for Khloe and Wyatt. It makes me hug them a little tighter and pray a little harder.

Me and coffee are like bff's

These next two weeks will be madness... I'm working 4 night during the week and then at the winery during the weekend. We have also extended our hours at my retail job so I will be getting home at 11:30 every night then waking up at 6 with Khloe.

 

Anyways enough sob story from me.. I want to talk about the amazing health benefits of coffee!

 

1. caffeine

2.caffeine

3.CAFFEINE

 

4. Less likely to have type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and dementia

                      5. Have fewer cases of certain cancers, heart rhythm problems, and strokes

The last two are actually facts. The first three are just known benefits!

 

 

But honestly Starbucks is going to get sick of me hanging around like an addict.. but I am sure they will love taking my money! Well off to work & coffee in hand!!

Dear December

Seriously you are already here?? One of my favorite months of the year! We are doing elf on a shelf for Khloe and I am having so much fun with it already! 

If you have kids or even if you don't elf on a shelf is so fun! 

Were having a really busy day here in the Roose household! 

I am

Off to clean the house and do laundry before I go to work..

Then maybe a walk at the park. Happy Monday and an even slower and happier December! 

My life

As of lately this shirt just says it all!

Night 2&3 of Khloes bed have gone a little smoother!!

 

The only thing that ever stays constant in life is change

Our household is full of change constantly...

 

Today we are converting Khloe's crib into a toddler bed.. big moment!!

 

She keeps jumping out of her crib and I just know it is time.

 

I have been looking for some new bedding for her since she is getting into her toddler bed and its a big deal. I want her to feel like a big girl.

 

I can not find anything that I am in love with, all of them are so cheap looking unless I want to spend $200.00 like we did on her crib set...

 

decisions decisions...

 

I have also started my" Chanel bag fund" I have wanted a Chanel bag for forever!!! They are so expensive! So a portion out of every wedding I plan is going into my fund. I may not get there for a couple years but I will get there!!

 

Originally I was going to use my last settlement check to buy one but I decided getting into our apartment and buying new furniture was more important.. Damn responsibilities!

 

 

I want a classic black one. Something that will stay classy and timeless. I plan on handing this bag down to Khloe so I have to choose wisely especially since one bag is a down payment on a car!!

 

 

This bag is my favorite!

 

It is good to have goals right??

 



Thankful

It's never too late for a thankful post right?? We had an amazing thanksgiving, lots of family and food. I'm on a super strict diet and so I didn't eat much but I did cheat a little. Being down 17 pounds is a total help because it shows I'm making progress and I don't want that to slow down. I have so many things to be thankful for this year.. We have moved into our new apartment, bought my dream car, kept our marriage partially normal through all these big changes and we have a healthy and happy little girl who is the most beautiful and special part of my life. One thing I have learned in this year is that Wyatt and I can get through anything together. We have moved states, lived in a fifth wheel for six months struggled beyond belief to find jobs ( now I have 4 part time jobs) we both started side businesses in our dream job field, and we are even helping each other get business! The wedding I'm planning is using my husband to video their wedding. Talk about convienence! We have had some low points this year as well but those we got through with lots of tears and laughter as well. I am so thankful for the man I married. He has gotten me through some of the darkest days of my life and we have come so far in this one year. God has truly blessed us. I still can not believe that one year ago this week we were moving from Nevada and taking a huge leap of faith. I mean neither of us had a job and we are not rich by any means. I am truly blessed to have such an amazing man by my side through all of this. I think that we should count our blessings daily because even though bad things happen there are more good than bad usually.

Hope you all had a fabulous thanksgiving! Our Christmas tree is already up and I am so excited for this month.. It always goes by way too fast! Also Black Friday shopping was so exhilarating, I stood in that line at toys r us and I saved $170 on toys for Khloe. Lets just say she's getting a lot of stuff for Christmas!

Trend alert

Aztec Sweaters...

 

Im sure everyone has been on this trend for a while now but I have just jumped on this one...

I fell in love with this Aztec cardigan at my work a month ago but it was super expensive so I waited for my big discount days and then got it.



This is the pattern of the sweater but its open in the front with a toggle.

It is so different and nothing like I already have and thats what made me gravitate to it.

Its almost Thanksgiving!! I can not believe it!

What are you thankful for?



Organizing obsession

It is November and I just ordered my Erin Condren life planner for next year!

 

I am starting to book weddings and I need to have one to set appointments up for next year!

 

2013 Is going to be a great year. I am so excited to work on getting more wedding clients and quitting both of my Jobs to work for myself.

 

Back to the amazing planner though.. It has been updated and some pretty cool little additions have been added to it. I could not be so organized without this planner. It honestly has saved my sanity on a number of occasions.

 

 

I decided on the Paisly print but in light grey and pink.

 

 

 

This is the colorful one but mine is a little more girly.

 

I am so excited to get my new one but my old one and I still have a month and a half of love... Geez this year is almost over...

 

So if you have a crazy busy schedule like I do and need some organizing go HERE and pick one up for yourself... you will not be sorry with this amazing product!

 



Well Hi there!

I have been MIA lately but I am now back!!

 

Took some time off because of how crazy life has gotten but its all good crazy stuff!

 

Here are a couple of pictures from the last two weeks...

 

 

Halloween was so much fun and Khloe had a blast.. She also let me put a headband on her!!

 

 



The day after....

Honestly I was not thrilled about the outcome of the election, BUT I believe we all need to stand up together as a country and support our president and pray that he does the right things for our country. So many of my friends got all crazy about this election and I just don't really state my side to avoid these stupid conversations (fights).  What is done is done and now hopefully all of us can just move on and live our lives!

Whirlwind...

I am awake at 12am and I need to go to sleep but insted I am blogging...

 

Things have been a whirlwind lately. Working two jobs, enjoying my beautiful daughter, helping my grandma with stuff since she had her hip surgery , having a ton of family in town and trying to save a little time for my husband...

 

In one word my life has been INSANE.

 

 

Also the crazy things that run through my head this late at night are redic!

 

Like seriously Jef and Emily from the bachlorette should have not split up.. Maybe I should follow her on facebook and offer some relationship counsiling. or not... thats creepy.

 

 I found the most amazing faux fur bag at my work and I want it so bad but it will look like im carrying around a bunny... who cares im gonna get it.

 

Also freakin work sucks and why do we always spin our wheels and work so hard and it hardly seems worth it when we get our paycheck... BOO

 

Another thing why do I work in retail... I just bought a bunch of watches that just went on sale and spent more money than I probably made the whole night of work.

 

Why am I craving raisins... thats weird...

 

I have to work at the winery tomorrow and I really would just love to call in but I will not because I need the money...

 

I have all my family in town from out of state right now and they are all very opinionated so I am kinda glad I am working so much... seeing them a little is great ... seeing them a lot... not so much.

 

Khloe is being a lady bug for halloween and I am so excited to walk around with her! she is the cutest thing ever!

 

Ok enough of my rants for the night me and my night guard need to get to sleep.

(its the thing you put in your mouth when your sleeping so you dont grind your teeth, not a sexy guy standing outside of your door making sure you dont get kidnapped or killed...  I wish it was the second one though...Just kiddng love you Wyatt!!!!!.) 

So Freakin....

CUTE!!!

 

I thought this costume is so cute it needed its own post... END OF STORY

 

Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

This weekend was so fun. Very festive and feeling more and more like Halloween.

We went to Knotts Scary Farm on Saturday after Wyatt got off work. My mom bought us all tickets and we all got together and went down there. It was a blast! We ate dinner with the "Monsters" then got into the park early.

We also went to the Pumpkin Patch downt the street from our house last night and it was so much fun. Khloe had a great time picking out her pumpkin. She had a really hard time picking which one she wanted!

 

 



Lusting over these items!

 

Seriously is this not the cutest Aztec cardigan you have ever seen???

 

 

And this one...

Loving fur vests for fall

 

This is just gorgeous!!

 

These winter leggings are soooooo cute!

 

All of these are on Pinterest and you can find them here!

I am back

I took a week off from blogging because I have had so many things going on in our lives this last week. I am back now!!

 

I got a new haircut today and it feels great to have shorter hair... I have been growing out my hair for so long and it was so thick I got really sick of it and decided to chop it off!

 

 

This is what I went for and I love it!! She also took off some of the heaviness of my hair... I've got some thick hair!

 



Plain and Simple

 

I really have no creative thought or anything wonderful to say.... It is a blah kinda day.

 

Also I have been working so hard lately I have no energy left.

 

Bottom line I am tapped out.

 

Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with something more interesting!

Fall is HERE

This morning we woke up and it was cold and overcast.. Hallelujah its Fall!

 

We have already decorated the house for Halloween. I usually go with a kid friendly halloween theme... like sparkly signs that say "Spooky" and sparkly skulls and pumpkins.. Needless to say Wyatt hates it because he loves all that bloody stuff...

 

Imagine going to the bathroom in the middle of the night to find this...

 

 

This would scare the S#*t out of me...

 

 

And it is finally SCARF SEASON!!!

 

 

Happy Friday!

I believe

I believe in God

I believe in marriage

I believe that children are the greatest gift on this earth and I have met too many people lately thinking differently about that

I believe in the power of pink

I believe that being nice to people is not a weakness but a strength, too many people are mean and judgemental.. get over your insecurities and be happy for others.

I believe in reading the word of God daily...

I believe in hugging your baby so tight that her eyeballs might pop out of her head before you go to work...

I believe in fun

I believe that God does great things

I believe that marriage is hard work but the most amazing thing in the world

I believe in smiling at strangers

I believe in making others important before yourself

I believe in trusting people till they give you a reason not to

I believe that hugs really do make you feel better

I believe that moms are the best

I believe in love..

 

 

What do you believe in??

Hi October.. I missed you

I love October... One of the biggest reasons is that Halloween is when Wyatt proposed... One of the happiest days of my life.

 

Which led to this wonderful day in May...

 

 

 

Today Khloe and I are going to go get more Halloween decorations and probably decorate tonight! So excited!

 

That is if she will get out of her dresser and come with me... This kid has been crazy lately!

 

 

Happy Tuesday! Finally have a day off! YAY

 



Hurricane Khloe

 The last couple days with Khloe have been insane! Seriously Hurricane Khloe is the perfect name for her. From getting into the fridge to opening up the dryer and climbing inside I just cant seem to keep up with her.

 

I havent been sleeping good either, getting home at 10:30 and not really going to sleep until 12 is having a horrible effect on me. I heard about this stuff called melatonin and it helps you sleep.



It says it helps you get more restful sleep and relaxing sleep. Maybe this will help with the horrible teeth grinding I do at night! Has anyone tried it??

It is looking pretty good to me right now!

The Healthy Life: Its not always easy

Being healthy is not always easy. I used to workout 4 times a week and I ate pretty good. I was also super skinny. After I met Wyatt I started gaining weight.. I blame him but I know it is all me. It is so hard to be on a diet when you see your husband eating 18 chili dogs and not gaining a single ounce. I am not that way, I look at a bag of chips and gain 5 pounds.

 

Im learning that it is all about how your body works and not any one elses. I judge myself based on others way too often. This has been a huge challenge for me but I am learning to just focus on me and not what is working for other people.

 

I know I will never be a size 2 but I will continue to work my butt off to be healthier...

 

I love this picture because this girl is GORGEOUS and she is not a size 2!

 

 

 

 

So true.. making little changes will effect the rest of your life!

All in the details

Lately I have become super lazy with the house cleaning. Normally I am super crazy about it and I will freak over a little thing of dust. But lately Im trying to take a more laid back approach to life. I havent cleaned in a week and the house is starting to get a little dusty but honestly I dont want to take 2 hours out of my life today to clean the house. I found an amazing solution!!

 

 

This cleaning Calender will help me get all my cleaning stuff done each week but not take a full day to obsess over everything and It will give me more time to be with Khloe. I think this is awesome and since I work till 10pm every night this week Wyatt can do the stuff at night! ( I have the most helpful, amazing, wonderful husband ever)

 

The only thing that is not on this list is dusting the house.. I would suggest doing it on Monday before you vacuum the house.

 

 

And on the days I fee ambitious and decide to clean the whole house...

 

 

 

I like the last part about the celebratory drink of choice... maybe champagne and cranberry juice.. or drinking it while your cleaning!



Struggle...

There is so much struggle in life and you can get so caught up in it that you aren't thankful for the great things in life.

 

I always focus on whats wrong instead of whats going good.. BIG PROBLEM...

 

These quotes I found on Pinterest and It is just what I needed to hear.

 

 

 

 

Life is full of ups and downs and I am learning to just go with it.. It is a liberating feeling.

 

Happy Friday! Go count your rainbows!!

The Healthy Life: 100 Calories

Burn 100 calories right now!

 

If only I did this twice an hour...

 

 

Via

 

A 9 minute workout that burns 100 calories... umm yes count me in!

 

Breast Cancer Awareness

I have the breast cancer gene on both sides of my family. Breast cancer is something that is so scary and I want to be here for my daughter as long as possible. Cancer takes so many things from people. My grandma was one that died way too early because of cancer. So todays post is all about Cancer. Here are some of the things to look for and if you see any changes in your breast please please please go see your doctor immediatly.

Lump, hard knot or thickening inside the breast or underarm area

Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening of the breast

Change in the size or shape of the breast

Dimpling or puckering of the skin

Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple

Pulling in of your nipple or other parts of the breast

Nipple discharge that starts suddenly

New pain in one spot that doesn’t go away



If you have any of these signs check with your doctor.

 

Also self breast exams are so importatnt! Here is the link to the website I got this information from and it also has a step by step home breast exam walk through.

 

I dont know why...

But this makes me laugh so hard...

 



Monday

Why did you have to come so fast... I didn't even get a weekend!

 

Khloe has been something else this morning.... Here is just a glimpse of whats been going on in the Roose household...

 

 

 

She has decided to start to climb into EVERYTHING now .. Pretty exciting stuff

 

 



Theres nothing like...

* Drinking lemon water and doing pilates to start your day

 

*Making a good chunk of money in tips and coming home with cash

 

*More hours at work because a girl just quit

 

*Watching the show that your husband used to be on and laugh because its gone down the SH***er

 

* My husband doing his hair and it looking so good I wish i wasnt going to work but instead a date with my sexy man.

 

*My beautiful little girl playing and laughing.

 

My weekend has been crazy but I am so thankful for my beautiful little family... I love them tons!

 

Happy Sunday all!!

High Five for Friday

This week has flown by! Here are my five favorite things this week.

 

1. Wyatt officially signed his papers for work so he will be full time on his route.

 

2.Took Khloe to Gymnastics and she loved it!!

 

3. Going on a girls night with my friend Jessee and drinking too much so the boys had to come pick us up.. this NEVER happens I never drink anymore so it was fun to just let loose for a while.

 

4.Making a big sale at work for an event!! yay me!

 

5. I came across this on pinterest and I love this quote!

 

 

Have a happy Friday everyone!

The Healthy Life: Lemon Water

I have heard from many people that lemon water has some great health benefits.  I didnt really listen to them and then this morning I ran out of coffee and just so happen to pick up some lemon juice at the store the other day so I thought maybe I should try it and I am super happy I did.

 

The benefits are amazing and its a light and refreshing way to start your morning. I warmed mine up for only 30 seconds then threw in some lemon juice.. SO EASY!

 

Here are just a few health benefits:

 

1.Boosts your immune system... who doesnt need that!

 

2. Balances Ph

 

3.Helps with weight loss.. So this is a big thing for me and a huge benefit of drinking it .. this will become my new morning routine.

 

4.Aids in digestion... If you have problems with that let me tell you ... It will NOT be a problem after you drink this stuff.

 

5.Is a diuretic... nuff said.

 

6.Clears skin. Now I have kinda bad skin and have major breakouts so I am hoping that this will help with that.

 

You can find out more here about lemon water and more benefits.

 

So go grab a mug, water and lemon.

 

 

 



Quality time

This weekend was crazy again!! Sunday we were supposed to go grocery shopping and do the mundane stuff but instead we went to Laguna!!

 

I have a crazy obsession with Laguna. It is the place that I feel happiest. When we go there I just feel like nothing else matters. This is why I want to move there so bad. Wyatt and I have made a 5 year goal to move either to Laguna or Carlsbad. Wyatt wants to move to Carlsbad but even if I get closer to Laguna I will be happy.

 

 

Come on who wouldnt want to live there... It is GORGEOUS!!

 



Simply Stunning

Fall outfit for a lunch date!

 

Food!

So I was going through Pinterest this morning and I found some great healthy recipes that I want to try!

 

Sweet Potato Fries... OMG have I been obsessed lately and here is a healthy recipe for them!!

 

Zucchini boats anyone?? these look so delish!

 

 

These are fries .. yes but you soak them in cold water before you BAKE them! Low cal and healthy!!

 

 

Sweet Potato Burger with avocado.... yummm

Looks like I have some cooking to do!!!!

 

Happy Friday !!

 

Toddler clothes

 Khloe has turned into a toddler too fast and it makes me miss the days where she would just lay there and we could just ooh and awe over her.

 

Plus the tiny baby clothes which are always so adorable!!

 

Well toddler clothes are pretty adorable too and here are a couple of things I want to get for my little bug for fall.

 

 

Is this not the most adorable outfit ever!!

 

 

Maybe a fall fur coat... don't worry Peta its fake!

 

 

For winter all the Holiday parties she will need this dress

 

 

Seriously Lollipop moon has the most adorable children's clothes!!

5 Things you might not know about me

1. I went to Christian school for a huge chunk of my life.

 

2. I use pink staples on everything... yes even my work stuff...

3. I love watching my husband sleep.. it sounds creepy but he just looks so peaceful ( I am staring at him right now as I type this)

 

4. One of my favorite movies is Never Been Kissed...

 

5. I have one tattoo of a bow on the back of my neck and I have been itching to get another one sometime soon! I just need to figure out where I want it.

 

 

Invisible

Family is a touchy subject for me.. My mom is amazing and is always there to talk and super supportive with everything... She was the first of my family to find out about my tattoo. That says a lot. But my Dads side is so judgemental and if you don't do things the way they want you to do them or what they think is right then you are basically just a failure. I'm sure a lot of people have these same situations in family and it sucks. We went to a BBQ last night with my Dads side of the family and honestly Wyatt and I felt invisible. Any time we start to say something someone else talks over us and we never are respected. This has been this way for a while, my brother is always the one that they worship and me .. well I have always had different ideas than them and done things my own way. I  leave these family gatherings always feeling shitty and like I am nothing. I got the same BMW as my step sister and my dads wife just went on about how her daughters rims were bigger than mine. Everyone else is always better than me or has something better and I am left feeling invisible and insignificant.

 

Bottom line it stops today.

 

I am done with feeling like that around them and I am taking a break from them for a while. I have always been the black sheep of the family and that will never change.

 

But I refuse to be blatantly ignored when I talk or ask someone a question.

 

I have more self respect than that and just because I dont do everything the way they think I should does not mean that I am a horrible person.

 

My dad still does not know about my tattoo and I have been too scared to even tell him but I dont care anymore. I am my own person and I am breaking this cycle of  that side of the family and I will be my total self and be the way I am when im with my mom.

 

I dont need to carry their baggage and mean spirit with me so I choose NOW  to let it go.