Life as of Late

We've had a fun couple of weeks lately.  We got to go see Brian Regan, which was soooo awesome.  We were the first raised row on the ground floor and only 4 rows from the stage (that was probably confusing).  Our seats were perfect though.  the non-raised seats had to look up the whole show, however, for our row, he was right at our eye level and we were smack in the middle. :)

(sorry about the terrible lighting, I obviously had no control over that)

Man he's awesome.  I'm so glad we got to see him.

I also did something drastic.

Why did I do this you ask?

I just needed a change... and my hair grows so quickly anyway that I figured if I didn't like my short hair, my long hair would be back in a couple months.

But I do like my short hair.  A lot.  I do miss my pretty melt though.

One of my friends from my Vegas days (Victoria) lived and Provo and used to do my hair before she moved to New York... I've let very few people touch it since then, even for just a trim.  I'm not quite ready to let anyone color it...  I guess I just have trust issues.

And I'm still hurt that Vic left me alone to fend for myself... (I'm needy, plus it's hard to find someone who just gets your head.)

Buuuuut..... there's a light at the end of my tunnel.  A cute girl in my ward has gained my trust when it comes to her scissors, which is why I decided to take the plunge and chop off all my hair.  And I was not let down.  She did a really cute a-line long bob... It's hard to see the a-line from these pictures, but it's cute.

Also, life lately has been trying to get my body good and healthy.  I've been working with a lady at my work.  She weighs me once a week and takes my measurements.  That, combined with the fact that my back is feeling pretty dang good, has been incredibly motivating.  Stephen and I got passes to the rec center by our house and we've started swimming several times a week.  I also discovered that my gym offers an aquatic zumba class.  Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds.  I've also started going to cycling classes.  The first time I went I made the mistake of wearing normal work out pants... an hour and half later I was ready to cry.  Without getting too graphic on you, I'll sum up my experience with saying this: padded pants=an absolute necessity. 

I love working out.  My struggle is eating clean.  Seriously, why do all my favorite foods have to be so void of nutrition/fattening.  This little meme sums up my feelings perfectly.

Sigh...  in a perfect world...

Since I'm out of school this semester, I've tried to take advantage of my free time and play around with food.  I've made some pretty tasty things and tried some fun new foods.  This week I will be trying homemade sweet potato chips with an avocado dipping sauce.  I'll let you know how it turns out.  Also, I'm make spaghetti squash tomorrow for the first time.  Hopefully it turns out yummy.

Here's one of my favorite breakfasts... I find that I'm starving in the mornings, especially if I've had a good work out the night before, this breakfast has a good mix of carbs/proteins.

ps. that egg mixture is half of the following: 1 whole egg + 2 egg whites mixed with chopped veggies.  Delicious (the other half makes a sandwich for Steve)

We've been doing pretty well at eating clean... well... we were doing pretty well until Friday... That's when our girl scout cookie order showed up.  Curse those delicious little cookies.  I think next year I'll be crazy and not order any (assuming I've mastered self-control in the face of junk food by then).

Also,  tonight my cute parents took Stephen and I out to dinner to a Thai restaurant in Salt Lake.  It was super delicious.  I think I found a new go-to place for us.  I wish we had gotten more pictures, but we were all too busy stuffing our faces full of deliciousness.

My cute momma and I.

Well folks.... those are the happs with us lately.  Have a good rest of the weekend!