Single Gal Behavior

You know you think I'd get it after awhile. Bri, when you work out you feel good and the rest of your life is affected in a positive way.

Yeah, yeah this time it's not really my fault that I've been slacking in the exercise department. What with the illness and all, breathing and adequate oxygen exchange was kind of a necessary skill to have and that ability was greatly diminished by my evil illness.

But since I feel better finally, I headed back to the gym today. I tried a new boxing class at the same studio where I do boot camp and I LOVED it. It turns out I love to punch things. I don't really know what that means exactly but I'm going to take it and embrace it. What an awesome upper body workout.

When I got home I was euphorically happy. Working out makes me so giddy it's ridiculous. That is reason enough to try to do it most everyday. Why then does it seem like such a chore sometimes? Well, I am hoping to get out of that mindset soon and make it a part of my everyday life again. Tomorrow I'm going to yoga. Maybe variety is key? Stay tuned.

Jason is out of town on business (how swanky is he now?!) so I had the house to myself after working out. All that post workout euphoria got me into some kind of psychotic cleaning frenzy and I attacked the kitchen like woah. For those of you who know me well, I am not known as Mrs. Clean n' Shine...in fact I have quite the opposite reputation. So when I do get into a cleaning mood it's both a welcome surprise to myself and others and chances are I won't stop for hours. I spent 5 solid hours cleaning out every single cupboard, wiping everything down, reorganizing, and throwing away crap we don't use. Man it felt good. Along with some loud random music, I allowed for a few little cleaning breaks where I moved the furniture out of the way and re-hashed some old ballet/dance moves in the living room (wood floors are great for pirouettes) and I had myself a nice little evening. Don't worry, the shades were closed.

Whenever I dance around the house it reminds me of the episode of Sex and the City where they talk about their ''single gal behaviors''...things they wouldn't do if their man was around. And dancing in the living room like THAT is definitely one of those behaviors. I'm all for a random dance party or a slow dance in the kitchen with my man, but this dance experience is a whole other level of embarrassing. Gotta love it.

I think that whole section above was proof enough that one workout can affect my mood in an incredible way. I plan to keep that going.

After I finished cleaning, I watched a little TV and updated my photography website. I am feeling incredibly blessed on the photography front these days. I have 6 sessions scheduled this week alone. That is certainly a record for me...and I am so excited about it. A few of those are mini sessions which I have gotten a great response to. Tomorrow night I am photographing twin babies (a boy & a girl!) and I have been looking forward to it for months! : ) Stay tuned for those photos. I am sure I will have to go through them right away tomorrow night, I won't be able to wait.

I also have gotten some inquiries for senior pictures as well as weddings. It's such an exciting time and I really can't wait to see where my business will be by the end of the summer. It's been so fun to watch it grow this year so far.

If you know of someone looking for a photographer, pass my name along : )

This last weekend we went out to our boat and found out that we needed to make a repair and couldn't use it for the whole weekend (see...cursed!). I had made meals and planned everything out so it was kind of a let down but luckily Jason's aunt and uncles have boats on the lake so we tagged along with them on Saturday. That didn't stop us from sleeping over on our boat on Friday night right there at the dock. It was kind of embarrassing but we embraced it and drank some wine and ate dinner on the deck of the boat and watched the sunset. I couldn't sleep very well since I had worked nights the night before so I layed outside while Jason slept and watched the stars, waves, and a few drunk people boating by. Besides the drunk people it was incredibly relaxing a beautiful. It was a good night. 

We had a great time on Saturday boating with a few of his uncles, aunt, and cousins. They are awesome. Here's a few pics from my point and shoot : )

Staying the night on the boat at the dock : ) Jason wasn't interested in having his picture taken ; )

Jason's lens fell out of his sunglasses so he popped the other one out and went with it.

Spent all day rafting and swimming

Everyone tried to get on this knee board kayak...it is for kids but no one was willing to give up easily. Not even super tall Craig.

Or hipster Jason

Jason's aunt Lisa cooling off : )

niiice

Jason's cutie cousins McKenzie and Danielle tubing

or shall I say tube surfing...

then the whole family got on the tube!

the start of a gorgeous sunset....little did we know what was ahead...

sunset adults only booze cruise : )

this was the opposite side of the sky of the sunset...it was like a mirrored reflection...

of THIS! isn't that stunning?!

gorgeous night.

 On Sunday, we went to my mom's pool to cool off and relax. That was nice and refreshing. And then we went to Jason's brother Danny's birthday dinner with his family and enjoyed some yummy burgers. The weekend was topped off with some kick ass thunderstorms which really satisfied Jason. Good weekend all around! : )

There are a few videos I was hoping to put on here so I will work on that and hopefully get those to work soon.

For now I will leave you with the videos of the songs I was dancing to in my living room tonight. You'll see why I say random...don't judge. 

James Morrison, I love you. You gave us our wedding song : ) As well as this great song...just listen, it might make you want to do a lyrical dance around your living room as well. ; )

 

And this song...well its just stuck in my head. I love country music in the summer time. It makes me happy. And lets face it, Josh Turner has a sexy deep voice...and isn't bad on the eyes either. We listened to this a bit when I was in Florida so it's kind of reminiscent of that too I guess. : )

                                   

Hope everyone is having a great week so far and stay tuned for cute kidlet pictures!

Boating & such

Well, it's getting old sitting here on this couch. I am generally one that enjoys loafing and doing nothing when given the opportunity but I've been here for about a week now and I am officially over it.

Oversensitive me is also oversensitive and just plain allergic to lots of antibiotics and one of the few options that is left for me has almost made me feel worse than the bug itself. Fevers, aching, and feeling just plain exhausted are some of the fun side effects of this med for me. Luckily though I only have one day left of the med and I can hopefully move on with my life. I sure am ready to!

I have spent most of my time sleeping, eating, and watching TV. Insert feeling like slug.

When I came back from Florida I was feeling ultra motivated to get my work out on but after one day at the gym I quickly realized whatever illness I was dealing with needed to be gone before exercising. I was not very agile nor could I breathe without the use of an inhaler. Bad idea. So I am greatly looking forward to getting back to boot camp when the time is right.

Yesterday I thought I was feeling better for a second (how wrong I was) and went shopping to buy my new camera that I have been saving for. It was very exciting but by the time I got home I felt like I had run a marathon. I retreated to my couch with my token pillow and blanket and read the manual for the camera cover to cover and took some practice shots of my wallet and keys. Lame, lame life right now. But I love the camera so far and am so excited to officially use it for the first time. Very sadly, I had to cancel/reschedule my photo shoot with newborn twins today due to my fevers...I can't wait to get those done!! : )

Also sadly I missed Jason's cousin's birthday party today that was bowling/laser tag. I love laser tag. And when Jason came home and dubbed it ''one of the coolest birthday parties ever'' I felt some serious jealousy pangs. I will be forcing him to take me there someday soon. See, we aren't ready to be parents, we still want to just play laser tag ourselves! Haha.

And since I have all this free time I wanted to share some pictures of our boating adventures thus far. And waa waa, poor Bri had to miss out on boating this weekend too. I'll get over it eventually.

So here's the basics of our boat. It's old. It's awesome. It's 24' long. It's a money pit (we are quickly realizing) but we still think it's worth it. We sleep on it. We eat on it. We pee on it (when Jason allows it). Pooping is not allowed unless it's a dire emergency. It holds a lot of gasoline. Gasoline on the lake is f***ing expensive. It's our move-able lake cabin. We are still getting comfortable driving it (or Jason is...I'm next in line). We think it might be cursed. But it really is awesome.

We've talked about wanting a boat since the day we met I'm pretty sure. So when the finances allowed for it, we went for it. It's so awesome and so stressful at the same time. There's so much that can go wrong with a boat, especially an older boat and those things ain't cheap. But to be honest, I'm pretty sure we both love it too much already to ever let it go.

We have only had guests on it one day because we wanted time to get comfortable driving it, and because of problems we've needed to fix, or weather, or illness...but we are bound and determined to get as much use out of it as possible. I'm willing to stay on it til the lake freezes. No vacations for us til winter it's lookin' like : )

The best part has been this group we joined which owns part of Big Island. We can dock there overnight and whenever we want. They have bathrooms, a showers, and a full kitchen under a pavilion. You just pay a fee for the summer and you can use it all. Including wifi and plugging your boat in for power. It's my kind of camping. The other boaters that stay there are mostly older than us but all incredibly nice and welcoming. They certainly aren't afraid to have a few drinks and sing songs around the campfire. It's been so fun.

Anyways, we are loving boating despite all our drama (something goes wrong pretty much everyday) and I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer has in store for us.

Here are some pictures from our adventures so far. As usual, some are from my SLR and others from my point and shoot camera : )

Our first meal on the boat : )

V-berth in the cabin of the boat

Getting ready to go out for the first time : )

view from our dock space

first music choices : )

Captain Jasey

underway!

This is the life!

love this picture! just sitting out in the middle of the lake : )

first night sleeping in the boat

the deck with the camper top on at night

me!

whiskey gingers for the fire

first morning breakfast...nice work chef Jason!

last weekend, hooking up to Jason's uncles boats

doing some swimming

getting ready to jump in!

haha

the storm that rolled in that night at the island...

some creepy ass swirly clouds...Jason was loving it!

We took shelter in the bathrooms at this point....

storm 2, watching the downpour from the pavilion

the next morning...another yummy breakfast!

Christopher...having a Leo moment

Jason's dad and two of his brothers...our first boat guests

yes!

and yes!

Chris

Danny

me

favorite spot

love these boys!

let the summer begin!!