Wedding Video HIGLIGHTS!!!

Hey Everyone!!!!!!

Yes you read right!!! I FINALLY got my wedding video!!!!! We watched the whole thing last weekend and it was soooooooo magical! I think everything happens for a reason and there is a reason it took almost a year and a half for me to get my video... its so that I would appreciate it even MORE!!!!! Watching the video made me fall in love with Harold all over again... ohh.. its such a beautiful thing! The video also did a great job capturing what a great time we had and how much love was involved on our big day!!! Everyone looks BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I just wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU AGAIN for being part of our life and sharing your love with us... we love you!!!

Here is a highlight video that the videographer put together... As soon as I get some time I will try and upload some clips from the actual video so you can get an idea of how awesome my video is =) You can either click the link below or watch it here on my site.... just a little advice.. let the video load at least half way before watching it because it was bouncing around for me and it was nice to watch the whole thing straight! ENJOY!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNx-ofmcemo

RUN FOREST RUN!

Hi there!
I don't know if you all were aware but I started weight watchers about 7 weeks ago. In February we are planning on going to Trinidad and Harold and I will be part of CARNIVAL!! We have skimpy outfits to wear and I got all inspired to lose weight! (plus I wanna make BABIES!! lol) So I started my weight watchers journey online. My first two - three weeks were hell.. I was hungry all the time... little by little it got better and I'm feeling pretty good for the most part and actually sticking to the plan! I wish I could say that I've already lost 20 pounds but if you have ever done weight watcher you know its not a quick fix diet... I'm dealing with this as best as I can! lol

When I got on the diet I also started a running plan called "Couch to 5K." Its a progressive program that is done three times a week. I started jogging for 60 seconds then walking for 60 seconds and week by week I ran a little more and a little longer.. As each week went by I was more and more excited to go for my little jog of 30 minutes and even got Harold to join me. When I got really excited about the jogging thing Harold took me to get a nice pair of shoes because mine were giving me nasty pains.. The day we got our new shoes I was all excited and did my regular run/walk for 30 minutes and had only gone 1.5 miles... i started to jog back the 1.5 miles back home and some how didn't stop! I was listening to my Wicked CD and got all inspired and tingly all over and just kept going!! I felt that "high" I thought was total BS! People... its not BS!!!!!!! Its AWESOME!!!!

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy to say that yesterday I ran my first FOUR MILES STRAIGHT!!!!!!!!! No walking in between or anything!!! 4 miles!!!!!!!!!!! I felt great!!! I ran for a little over an hour and was in total shock when I was done!! Harold did even better and ran almost 6 miles! How exciting!!

Here is the website that I used to get me going... http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml I also used a free podcast I found on Itunes called Chubby Jones... she basically has music and every so often tells you to walk and run and YOU CAN DO IT! It totally helped me!!! I am seriously trying to make this a new lifestyle change for me... it feels so good I have no excuse not to make it part of my life. Its a great stress reliever and its good for you... AND I got like 10 activity points for my run yesterday!!!!!!! SWEEEET!!!!!!!!!

Peace!

9/11

Today has been 8 years since that tragic day... where does time go?!? So everyone always wants to know what you were doing on that morning when everything changed... here is my story...

It actually starts the night before... Harold and I had some argument about who knows what... whatever it was I was pretty pissed when I left his house that night. In the morning we had a Judo class at FIU. I remember parking next to Harold's car and giving him a meaningless kiss hello... I was still pissed off at whatever had happened the night before and was ready to take care of business on the mats...

The car next to me had their windows down and I heard them announce on Power 96 that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. We didn't think anything of it at that moment... we had just been to New York City that summer in July and had just stood on top of one of the buildings. I remember telling him how crazy it was that we were on top of a lot of the little airplanes passing by. We thought that one of those little airplanes had crashed into the building and it was probably just a little bump... how wrong were we!

When we walked into class there were people sitting around a little TV our teacher had brought out. Since we had already heard the news we got ready on the mats and started stretching and fighting. I remember totally releasing the stress of the night before on the mats and wanting to kick his ass. I don't know at what point the teacher finally said that we should "come and watch what was going on because history was about to be made right before our eyes..."

I think we watched the screen for about 2 minutes before the first tower went down. Everything was so still in the room... I don't think anyone took a breath... Then went the second building... at that moment I had no idea what any of this meant or how bad any of it could really be. I think I was walking to my car when I got a call from my mom... she was very quiet and asked if I knew what was going on. I said yes and then heard her crying... I remember asking why she was crying... All she said was that this was a very sad thing. That just goes to show how immature I was at 20 years old.

From FIU we went to Harold's house and watched TV for hours and hours and hours... I think it was sometime that night something clicked inside me and I said to myself "this is BAD" - I can remember that empty feeling inside and the sadness that took over my body. We sat on Harold's couch and he held me while I cried and cried to make up for all the tears I didn't know to cry. I remember telling Harold how stupid it was whatever we were fighting about the night before and that you just never know what is going to happen.... everything can be there one second and gone the next.

It was such a sad time... it’s so sad that it ever happened... but in all bad things there is that little piece of sunshine... I also remember being proud to be American and feeling closer than ever to family and friends... when I said "I love you" to my parents or my sister or anyone it was meant with real emotion. I was thankful to be alive and to have so much... these are the things we need to remember and never forget.

I'm attaching a video of a song that always takes me back to this time... I think it says everything that went through my mind at that time... enjoy...

I LOVE each and everyone one of you like I did that day and am grateful to have you in my life.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Graduate School!!

Yup! You read right!! Harold and I have started graduate school and are on our way to a Masters in Nursing. We will be Family Nurse Practitioners and should graduate May 2012. Since we graduated with our bachelors we have always said we needed to go back and one thing led to another and last Thursday was our first day of class. I'm pretty scared because they keep saying we're not undergraduate any more and we're "ADULT LEARNERS"... yea right.. I'm a child!!! We're pretty much the youngest in the class or at least part of the younger ones in the class.... Its a part-time program so we will continue working and go to class one day a week for the first year. VERY EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have also been on weight watchers for about a month now... I'm actually doing REALLY GOOOD!! Of course i'm not losing weight as fast as I would like but i've lost a pound here and there. The important thing is that I've been sticking to it and charting everything I eat and this has really made a difference for me. Yesterday at work for the first time my thoughts weren't consumed with FOOD (at least not the whole day!) I was content with my apple snack and had a SUPER YUMMY chicken with veggies for dinner =) One step at a time... one meal at a time!!!

During the weekend I was a very grumpy person on a diet... I was all bitter because everyone was eating and being normal while I had to say no to everything... I don't know why I wasn't more proud of myself but I will admit I was a giant pain in the ass!! SORRY!!!! I am feeling MUCH BETTER today!!!! WOO HOO!!!

Its also been super sweet that everyone has been asking for more blogs!!! YAY! Thanks for caring!! Or maybe your all being chismosas ;) lol... I would be too if you were writing something!! But thanks again for reading =)