It's MARCH

Happy March, yall!

Spring break countdown: 10 days until St. Thomas!! 

Ready to take this little number out of my closet and onto the beach 

Where are you going for Spring Break??

Results

I've set a goal for myself for this semester and also because spring break is coming up... I'm losing some lb's. You may have noticed my gadget on the right sidebar which keeps you informed on my progress! I'm using that for accountability. My fitness pal is a really cool calorie counter website, but it does so much more than just keep track of calories. I've really liked using it so far, and you can look at your friend's progress too if they have an account. 

I'd love it if you guys could leave me a word of encouragement in the comments section, or share with me your weight loss goals. And if you want to join my fitness pal, make sure and add me as a friend!

I've lost 4 pounds so far- love those kind of results! 

Inhale and Exhale

After 86 hours of training, I'm finally a certified Pilates instructor!

I'm teaching one class a week, Thursday night at 5 in Auburn's student activity center, and I'm really excited about it. Thank you to Auburn University for helping me do this! War eagle!

Oh no, I've got LOVE!

Thursday night Joe, Zack, and I drove to Fayetteville to see Brian Regan live. He's our favorite comedian. We actually saw him four years ago when he came to Little Rock, and it was a really fun time so when Zack saw he would be nearby, he got the tickets for us as our Christmas present (for us and for him). I'm so glad he did! His new material was so hilarious. One of our favorite jokes involved him mocking the scoring system in tennis. Here is a video of him performing the joke in Beaumont, TX (skip to 3m mark). 

For the encore he did "lousy in little league" which is my most favorite joke of all... 

Look that one up too. 

Tomorrow morning we head back to Auburn. It has been a fantastic time here, but I can't deny I'm ready to be back in the Plains!! War eagle!

New year, better blogger!

Happy New Year to all!!

I'm very excited about what 2012 holds for me. I know I've been a bad terrible non-existent blogger lately, but as part of my 2012 resolution, I'm pledging to pick it back up! Because I do miss it, and I want to be able to look back through this year in photos and recaps. 

My 2012 Resolutions:

1. Be a blogger again! 

2. Meatless Mondays. I've already kind of failed at this one because today is Monday and I had a turkey sandwich for lunch... I just want to make a point one day a week to eat vegetarian. 

3. Make use of all the kitchen stuff I got for Christmas, and get cookin'! I already love cooking, I just want to get better at it so it starts to feel natural. 

4. Do one thing this year that is out of my comfort zone! Only one, Khani, you can do it. I have a few ideas, I just have to actually do at least one of them... 

That's all I can think of right now, and I think these are very do-able. 

Get excited for 2012!! War eagle, y'all.

What are your new year's resolutions??

ACL recap

Austin City Limits was a week ago, and every day I wish I was back! It was so. much. fun! 

This is us on Friday literally straight from the airport. It was very overcast that day, which was actually really nice because otherwise it would have been so hot! 

This is James Blake. He was one of the first shows we saw, and we were really looking forward to seeing him. He did not disappoint! We waited for a full hour to be at the very front- we were literally on the rails. I was most impressed by his music, especially in "I Never Learnt to Share" (my favorite song!). He sings one line in four parts/ tones and loops them on each other. I thought it was four different people (stupid, I know), so I was surprised/ excited to see the way he makes his music. I really love the way he mixes technology with music. 

Recommended download: CMYK

Our schedule for the weekend included waking up for breakfast, eating lunch about two hours later, and then going to the park and not eating for about 10 hours. They had local Austin food at the park, but it was so expensive, so we didn't want to pay for it. We did pay for Sweet Leaf Tea though for just enough calories to get us through the day. It's the best tea I've ever had, and that's saying a lot living in Alabama! I loved it so much I took two pictures of them. Notice they are all different flavors... If anyone would like to send me the gift of tea, you can do so right here. 

Unfortunately, most of the pictures from Kanye Friday night are blurry. His show was definitely the most theatrical. There were about twenty ballerinas on stage with him throughout the performance, and his show was divided into three acts, all of which consisted of songs with similar themes- a lot like a play.
Recommended download: All of the Lights

TV on the Radio was absolutely the most fun show of the weekend. They were another band we were really looking forward to, and we sang, danced, and jumped around like fools. And it was awesome. They were the last show before the headliner (Stevie Wonder) on Saturday night, so about halfway through the show people started leaving to head to the other stage, so we were able to get really close.
Recommended download: Satellite

My biggest regret of the weekend: Not taking video of me and Joe dancing like fools to Skrillex. That would have been YouTube worthy. I don't understand how people can listen to that for an hour and be seriously in to it. The only way we could bear it was to entertain ourselves by flailing about mimicking the rhythm of the "music". Think an aggressive Bernie...

Here are some of the funny/ disturbing things we saw...

Every girl in Texas wears mom-jorts. I do not and will not understand that fashion choice. 

I was pleasantly surprised by The Walkmen. I hadn't listened to them much before ACL, but their show was very, very good. I loved that they were all dressed so sharply! They played a couple songs they said they had just written which was really cool. I'll be keeping a lookout for their new album.

Recommended download: The Rat

Biggest letdown of the weekend: Iron and Wine

I tried to find a video on YouTube to post to demonstrate how bad this show was, and the only videos I could find pertaining to it were videos of Christian Bale walking around while they were playing in the background. I think that says enough. 

Saturday morning we went to Kerbey Lane Cafe for breakfast with Joe's sister and her husband. We were so hungry, and the food was so delicious I completely forgot to take a picture of my food. Luckily Joe was only half done with his, so here is the french toast.

Yum!!

Notice we're rockin' our ACL t-shirts. I'm so glad we got to spend time with the Schmidt's!

I. Love. Fleet Foxes. Their music is so beautiful to me; it's in the same playing field as Bon Iver (not at ACL, but still I highly recommend you check them out). Their music is very folksy with lots of harmony and a rustic sound which I've been very drawn to recently. 

Recommended download: Helplessness Blues

Arcade Fire. Last show of the weekend. They were incredible performers, and you can tell they really love what they do. This band is so talented, which you can't fully appreciate just listening to their album. Every band member plays multiple instruments and sings, and they switch around depending on the song, which is astounding to me as someone who has absolutely no musical ability whatsoever. I liked their album, Suburbs, before ACL, but since being back in Auburn, I haven't been able to stop listening to it! Their show just made me love their music so much more. 

Recommended download: Speaking in Tongues

We left Austin Monday morning at 5:40am. Oh yeah. Overall, we saw 22 bands and it is definitely one of the most fun things I've ever done, and I'm so glad that Joe and I were able to do this together. 

Can't wait for next year!! I'll have to buy my own CamelBak ;)

Surprise Visit

This past weekend was Labor Day- yay for four day weekends!! It was a wonderful last weekend of (official) summer. Thursday night at 11:30 I got a call from my brother saying he was coming in town for the weekend. Surprise! I was really excited because I've been wanting him to come visit the Plains. Joe drove to Tupelo, MS, on Friday to meet my mom half-way. They got back around dinner time, and we went to one of our favorite spots in Auburn, Little Italy. Saturday we woke up early to cheer on the Tigers as they almost lost to played Utah State. And that's all I have to say about the game... My pedicure looked cute though.

(Sorry if you're one of those that gets freaked out by feet...)

We left at half-time and went back to Joe's house to change into comfy, dry clothes sit in the air conditioning for the duration of the game. 

Joe was excited to watch his Hogs play that night as well. 

Sunday we went to church at Plains Presbyterian, and Joe and Zack spent the afternoon doing guy things while I took a nap 0:) 

We got to sleep in a little bit on Monday before we had to drive him to Atlanta for his flight home to Little  Rock. On our way out, we stopped at the famous Daylight Donuts for a delicious breakfast. I wish I had taken a picture of that glorious box of sugary goodness. Instead, you get this.

Overall it was a fantastic weekend of restoration, fun, and fellowship with friends and family, and I'm so happy to have spent that time with Zack. Hopefully this weekend my Tigers will play a little bit better... war eagle!