seh-bun-dee days!!

Ahhh… at my favorite place on earth!  BMB!  Getting down to the wire here with the wedding countdown.  This is our last trip before we arrive for the wedding weekend.  BABs and I met with our photographer for lunch today for a walk through of the photo schedule.  Tomorrow we are going to head to "church at the Rave" and say hi to Pastor Eric.  "Pre" wrap-up meeting on Tuesday with our wedding coordinator!  I had to pretend that I didn't see a sample example of the "day of wedding schedule." As organized as I am, I didn't think even about "when the florist needs to start decorating," "when the caterers need to start cooking," "when the bartenders need to start chilling the beer… or bring ice!" {all all of that is on a schedule}  It's going to be enough to know where I have to be and when much less coordinating all of the vendors!  Like I said… I am just going to pretend I didn't see it :)

thank.God.for.CW!!

I got to FINALLY use my new Garmin today too {one of the Christmas presents that was about to get dusty}!  BABs and I went for a "quick" 3.5K walk today and I was able to download the whole thing online!  It.is.awesome!  You can see for yourself HERE.  What I did learn is that walking 4 mph in real life is much more difficult than on a treadmill.  I SWEAR it felt about the same… but Garmie didn't think so!  I was also able to start accumulating {stealing} the FREE visitor map guides for the "goodie buckets."  I figure, 5 here, 7 there… we'll get enough eventually!  {Even though they are FREE I am pretty sure that is not an invitation to walk off with 60 at a time} :)

Then there is the "wedding diet" WHILE on vacation!  And I don't even like saying "I'm on a diet!"  {disclaimer} I am COMPLETELY "content" with the way I currently look… but know that I don't always feel great after I overindulge and under stress that happens more often than not.  I know have some "room for improvement" and am lucky to have BABs playing along with me!  {# for # he is kicking my butt… don't you hate it that guys can do that?}  Serioualy though… I just had my cholesterol checked and to my surprise it was not "perfect."  The numbers that were very VERY slightly "off" are linked to dietary indiscretions and not enough exercise.  {note to self… don't have your cholesterol checked the week after you get back from New Orleans}  I have discovered that I can survive on MUCH less food than I was eating before… and that post-french-fry-cheese-dip guilt is gone!  Also now that the gosh awful shoulder pain is currently resolved I working on my fitness too!  As I brag about how "good" this diet is going, I look up to talk dinner plans… and BABs says "I want tater tots" and it kinda sounded like this...

"I WANT TATER TOTS" :)

Chicken, Salad, and Spray Ranch is what will be on the menu tonight!

{a.k.a. TWFT}

come on baby make it hurt so good

First of all I want to say thank you for the personal comments, texts, and emails to make me feel better… they are working!  I have had 2 PT sessions now and though I didn't think I was much better today, BABs reminded me that I did 45 minutes of YogaX last night, was able to get on my Spinner and take a solo Group Ride class in my living room Sunday {during the Falcons meltdown}, and completed the Insanity Fit test on Saturday…


Insanity Fit Test:  If you have 25 minutes and think "that is not enough time to push yourself beyond any limits" you are WRONG!  In this 25 minutes, there is a 4 minute warm-up, a stretch, then 8 one minute "test" where you count how many you can do, write it down, wait a minute, and then do the next test followed by a 4-5 minute "cool down" {or in my case was "lay face down on your living room floor for 4 minutes"}.  I added it up and it is a total… a TOTAL of 12 minutes of "real" exercise!  Well friends… twelve is all you need!  Let me put up a BIG disclaimer that I am NOT attempting to complete the 60 day INSANITY program {it's truly insane}.  I did feel it would be a good place to start and measure change and hope to do it again in 2 weeks… even if the only change is "lay face down on the floor for ONLY 3 minutes".  Here are the results… {to be posted Wed AM since they are in the notebook I left at the office}
Switch Kicks: 70
Power Jacks: 38
Power Knees: 65
Power Jumps: 25
Globe Jumps: 9
Suicide Jumps: 12
Push-up Jacks: 21
Low Plank Oblique: 52
(I had to add an extra 45 second of "rest" in between the Globe Jumps and Suicide Jumps or there would have been ZERO Suicide Jumps)


So that is where the "hurts so good" title comes from!  I am at the level of sore where it is hard to sit down on the toilet without having to hold on to the wall and therefore MUST be getting results!  I "like" this kind of sore and am happy to be sweating instead of crying again!  


Heading to the beach in 72 hours for birthday celebration, wedding day scheduling, and vow finalization!  can.not.wait!


I will be leaving you with my comment from "soul sista's" blog about a few confessions she had to make…  She ended her post with "So tell me, what are your confessions tonight?" …and so I did… and this was my confession…  
-I "found" a half dozen frozen Gigi cupcakes in my freezer from my parents 35th wedding anniversary party (in August) so I took one out, let it thaw, and ate the whole thing. 
-I put my pedometer in my purse in hopes it will make it look like I took more steps… and it DID!

It's sad but they are both SINCERELY true!  Do YOU have any confessions!?

P.I.T.A. {neck}.

I am sad… Sad Sad Sad… and I REALLY don't like blogging about sad stuff but this blog can't nap anymore.  {Last time I had an "ugly" post I was pissed at the Target guy for not letting me go over the STUPID six.item.limit in the dressing room while bathing suit shopping.}

I have an active trigger point causing a pain in my shoulder/neck that is nearly indescribable.  My guess is that everything I have been "carrying" on my shoulders the past 3 months FINALLY said "you are done".  I am thinking this is my body's way of giving 2011 a big EFF-U.  The knot in my left shoulder is the size of a golf ball and has inhibited me from using 54% of my Christmas presents and jump starting the "KCB bridal fitness plan"!  I was told today "that little sucker is pretty stubborn… one of the tightest knots I have ever seen… you are not going to like me for what I am doing to you now later tonight"

I have been on 4 different muscle relaxers, received narcotics in my "stocking", then was prescribed my own since "you shouldn't steal drugs from your "cancer-ridden mother" {-says Dr. Mac}, anti-inflammatories, cortisone shots, electric stimulation, 3 massages, 19 days of prayers…. and can only manage to get myself "stoned" enough to sleep for 4 hours at a time until the meds wear off and I wake up in tears.  Needless to say this is not how I wanted to start twenty-twelve.

~I want to blog about how BLESSED we are that mom was declared JASMINE FREE on December 29th and then went to Olde Towne to CELEBRATE! {which is ironically the restauarnt we were at when I knew "something wasn't right" with mom; where dad and I ate as she was transferred from the OR to the neuroICU after her back surgery on no sleep for nearly 48 hours; and where you can see us RADIATING with happiness as seen below one week ago today!}

~I want to tell everyone what a wonderful Christmas break I had organizing and cleaning my house as I prepare to turn my guest room in to a "man cave!"

organizing is a turn ON for me!

~I want to go on and on about the new position I will be starting at work after I get married! {If you work at Kaiser and are reading this… just wait until the 10th to ask me about it}

~I want to discuss how funny it is to compare NYE 2005-6 with NYE 2011-12!

2005-2006
biggest concern: Jana devastated that I may {or may not} have thrown up all over my pretty red silk dress… NOT the $88 cab ride home, 2… I repeat TWO miles from park tavern!!}

2010-2011
biggest concern: Dick Clark remembering how to count down from 20 AND staying awake past 11:15!

~I want to state that this year I will {again} NOT read Atlas Shrugged, NOT stop bitting my nails, and TRY to keep flossing every Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday {and after eating ribs and/or corn on the cob!}

~I want to share that I am excited to finally WANT to exercise {again} with Insanity {a few select DVDs}; P90X {yoga, ab ripper X, & core synergistics}; DIY groupStep, groupRide, groupPower, and groupCentergy; run with my new SHOES, GARMIE, and LULU clothes.  …but I effing CAN NOT with my shoulder in its current condition! {side note: funny how you do nothing but make excuses for months on why you will wait until 'next Monday' to 'start'… 9 Mondays later I am laid up on Percocet and a heating pad}

~I want to tell everyone how truly truly truly extatic I am to be marrying my best friend in 2 and a half months {he brought me flowers yesterday} and the checklist is gettin' done!!

~i want to be so happy that in 7 days I will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the night I took SEVENTEEN shots {i.e. the reason I will not drink jagermeister or anything blue}.  & hopefully NOT be frozen in my house again eating 4 month old "'irth 'ay" cake!

Happy 21 to ME!!

…but here I am... sad and not feeling good for the 5th day in a row :(  crying because there is NOTHING that makes me feel better {even blogging hurts}.  So maybe a glass of Pinot Noir will do the trick and take the edge off {or will make me cry more}  Who knows?… I am willing to give it at try!!

This week's favorite thing: The ESTROGEN BOWL: New episode of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice

a pinterest christmas

So much to blog about, so much to be thankful for, so running behind to get to the new years eve "party" of football, steaks, {pinning}, and hopefully staying awake until midnight!

Wanted to share some of my Christmas pins I completed!  BABs says "Pinterest is fantasy football for girls."  Much is true about that statement!  I wanted to make it a reality this season!  Sharing my "accomplishments!"  Will be back next year with blessings, updates, and resolutions :)  

Thanks for being almost over 2011!!  

homemade red velvet cheesecake cake

the pin
 

the yummy inside!

someone may have just scored "dessert duty" for the rest of their life!!

the pin

Strawberry Santas!  I even made homemade whipped cream!

the pin

REINBEER!!!

I have decided that you can put googlie eyes and a nose on anything and its cute!!
p.s. this wine is also one of my favorite things :)

the 13 years of "christmas dinner"

"About" 13 years ago there were some college kids that decided to start a little tradition.  Everyone cooked something yummy and brought it back to Athens for a break from the family on Christmas "break."  At that time we were lucky to have enough plates and forks for half of the guests… we had more beer than food… and there was definitely creative seating for everyone!  We have certainly matured, found new recipes, and GROWN in size!  Happy thirteenth Christmas Dinner ya'll.  Here is a look back.  I am missing a few years… {2006 and 2009}… if anyone has some shoot me an email and I will complete the collage!

1999 "first" Christmas Dinner @ 135

1999: still thinking of you GTIV

2000 @ 117

2001

2002

2003 

2003: with rudolph the "i burned my nose getting too close to a fryer" reindeer

2003: sethy-poo's first christmas dinner (maybe?)

2003: back in l'ville 

2004: i don't think this was official christmas dinner… but close enough!  "Crimus in Augusta"

2005

2006: unofficial Crimus dance party! "the ladle's mine"

2007

2008 

2010

2011… great success!

seventy seven & one hundred

it's hard to believe it was just 77 days ago that our world turned upside down!  yesterday marked a milestone!  we finished the third treatment of "round-up."  mom has been nothing less than a complete ROCKSTAR.  i am so incredibly proud and amazed by how my parents have dealt with all of this!  i could not be more blessed.

we celebrated yesterday by watching "the Help."

mom and i were going to see this movie opening weekend back in august…  she called me on that tuesday night and said "i don't think i can go to the movies this weekend because my back hurts too much to sit up for 2 hours…"  little did we know then what that really meant.  so i thought it would be a wonderful early Christmas present!

it was not NEAR as good as the book… and mom and i chatted, and made dinner, and looked at jewelry, and gave about 50% of our attention to the movie!  {and now i can tell BABs where i get my "i can't sit still for a movie" from}

it was a favorite favorite favorite Wednesday if you ask me!

in 100 days my world will change again!  ...and my last name!

i am looking forward to it more than ever.  each day "something" gets checked off {or gets closer to being checked off} the "to do" list

our 2 to 1 mentors have been amazing tools to show us that this day is SOOOO much more than flowers, favors, and signature drinks!

it is seriously impossible to think i could barely breath ~75 days ago

and now our wedding day will be here before we know it!

a couple quickies…

this cute little man made his appearance to the world VERY early yesterday

Cole Alexander Williams, born at 2:16 am, 8 lb 3 oz, 19.5 in long

i can not wait to kiss his little cheeks and hug his momma's neck

and please lift up my aunt and uncle carol and buddy.  last weekend {after the SEC game} uncle Bud got an emergency helicopter ride to pensacola when they found a baseball size aneurysm in his belly AFTER a dislocated shoulder!  all are well now but seriously… can we have a teensy little break!

these will be some of the most blessed holidays EVER!

like it, pin it, do it, blog it: christmas!

hello… my name is Kim, and i am addicted to pinterest.

a friend of mine has the SAME "problem" except she started actually executing her pins and blogging about them.  
so why re-invent the wheel? 
{isn't that the nice way of saying "i'm copying"?}

as promised though…. the christmas decor post!

so my house is ALWAYS freezing, my thermostat says 73 {liar}, my fireplace-starter-lighter is dead, and i have no long matches.  i was cold and wanted to build a fire…

THE PIN

SPAGHETTI!!!  VOILA!

i have so many pins on my "holiday cheer" board that it really motivated me to put them in action!

if you have ever been to my house the week after easter, or 2 weeks in to spring, you will find that the beautiful flowers my MIL-2-B usually brings me are nothing more than a pot of dirt!  

this pin allowed me to do "something" with the pot of dirt that:
 a.) won't die {again}
b.) is simple and not expensive
c.) is CHRISTMAS-Y

THE PIN

THE STARTING POINT

yup… that is my year round pot of dirt!!

THE FINAL PRODUCT

{surprisingly the pine cones smell like cinnamon too}

that is all i have for {completed} pins right now… but i do want to show off the rest of the holiday decor!

this is my pretty little {pre-lit} tree!  

one of my favorite christmas presents ever.  {back story: i had to work CHRISTMAS DAY during my residency 5 years ago.  my mom came over to Augusta a few weeks before and "gave" me christmas decorations for christmas… sad times when you are out of town and working on christmas day.  but it was really really one of the best.gifts.ever}  

i was raised with REAL trees but on the one hand i can count the # of times i have seen my parents "argue," 3 of those times were probably over stringing lights on a christmas tree!  its pre-lit for me all the way!  {that is what pine "flavored" candles are for}

i made this in kindergarten

beautiful stained glass cross.
the absolute most FAVORITE ornament i have

the cutest UGA christmas ornament
i gave to BAB's on "our" first christmas

my pharmacy school roommate made this about
10 years ago out of birth control pill boxes!
she was/is so crafty

i bought this nativity in Haiti on a mission trip.  

its a coconut and little clay people!  i wish i bought 50 of them for gifts!

the mantle.  i am starting to accumulate some of my mom's santa collection on the left!  

"won/stole" the big pink ball at last years' "Girls' Dinner Christmas Ornament Fight Exchange"

99% sure i got those little reindeer beanies out of a happy meal 25 years ago!

speaking of 25 years ago and never throwing away christmas stuff…
part of my christmas decorations present 5 years ago was the box of all our childhood ornamanents.  i use several still {walnut/strawberry} but most don't really "go" with the tree now.  

some of these little wooden goodies are older than i am
who can throw away a 30 year old rocking horse ornament!?


I got this idea all on my own!
No Pin Needed

plain wreath + hot glue gun

+ 30 year old christmas ornaments

= sentimental christmas wreath!

 the cinnamon-y smelling entrance!


don't forget to keep your Bailey's warm in a sweater

Exciting week ahead!  
last round of "round-up" on WEDNESDAY (#3)!!  
i am taking the day away from the office to run the jasmine cab {and MAYBE get a hair or two trimmed myself}.  i also have a surprise for mom… which will be our favorite thing on top of PICC line removal and so much to be THANKFUL for!!


Merry Christmas!