Dress up and drawing

Went over to hangout with Sierra and baby Ziggy after work. Such a fantastic decision! I love both of them so much, and I had such a great time playing dress up. Sierra did my makeup - quite dramatic which I never do so it was a cool change. And then she busted out the wigs! Please indulge.

At work I drew these little ladies just to see if I could draw. One of my biggest dreams is to work for Epipheo studios and I know my drawing skills need to improve immensely before that can happen. So I drew these girls, from my head! I didn't look at anything else, which for me is very impressive even if the drawings aren't.

As you can see the final product ended up looking quite different from the drawing but hey! I was still really proud of myself. I think she is pretty =)

Meats and fairies

My diet continues to go well! I have lost almost 11 pounds now, probably more. And that involves a lot of weighing food! And as much as it sucks I kind of like preparing food in advance, its so much easier to stay on track with a diet plan if you have everything ready to go! So whenever I tell myself I'm going to wake up early in the morning and I don't, everything is ready to go! Shrimp and buffalo have been my favorite meats so far =)

Went to Whole foods to get buffalo and the super nice butcher cut me up some stewing meet right there =) something about fresh meat that just makes me happy for such amazing service!

Its been really cold, like single digits cold. And I wear my coat and scarf like this all the time, I normally don't ever take it off, especially at the office when the heat is out!

These girls have my whole heart, seriously. I love babysitting them so much! they are so loving, and also have such horrible attitudes haha crazy how little girls can be. They had these on when i got there and told me all about their fairy wings and playing dress up. To be as innocent as that again, what we would all give.

My charger apparently melted to something...not sure what that is yet but I need to invest in a new charger before something catches on fire...but honestly I'll probably just keep using this one until it quits on me, because chargers are like $100 and I hate the new ones..

Bought some waters for the office, seriously water just tasted 10x better coming out of this bottle! AGH! its awesome. We may have went a bit overboard =D

Sound a little less dead

Well to start the day in more of this freezing cold weather I tried to enjoy some iced coffee, which I do no like very much at all. But I like everything better cold! So I braved through it and kept my gloves on in order to drink it. I got some of those starbucks instant coffee pack things, they still are just as bad as regular coffee =/ this diet with no creamer thing is killing me. not that I like coffee with creamer much anyways.

Worked today in Flash all day, I love learning new things and even thought coding isnt my strong suit I just feel so empowered when I figure something out, even if it is as small as making a bitmap a graphic. Such an awesome feeling. Today Isaac came into work. He lived with the Armstrongs when I first started working for them in 2011I didn't talked to him much other than in passing but said hi to him when AG was showing him around. He told me him and Daniel had been talking about me bcs Isaac needs a Business admin to do what I did for Daniel. Invoices, scanning, stuff like that. He said "Yea Daniel just couldn't stop praising you" and that just really made my day =) Its so nice to hear good things about yourself but especially from people who you really care about.
Which reminds me of when we were at the Castlemans the other night for dinner! And matt went around and said something he thought about everyone and he told me that during SFL in the summer I was the person who always asked the questions everyone was thinking. Which made me feel awesome bcs all summer I thought I was the stupid one who didn't know anything.. but he said that he always wanted to say when he was confused "I think mariah has a question" Idk but it made me feel good =)

Favorite quote of the day from Leslie about the VO I did on Monday when I was so weak from my diet I almost couldn't walk up the stairs. I tried my best so sound fun though!

Talked to Gina tonight about my diet, found out I can get off 3 days sooner than expected! So I am over halfway done! Just need to go get some more buffalo and I can make it. Around 10 pounds down! Had book club tonight, such a dense book but really has some great stuff in it. I really do love reading and wish I did it more, having two groups reading books during the week definitely helps though =D

I also got in a sweet ab workout before we discussed the book. Turns out Ryan is a great personal trainer. When I went to get in the shower when I got home though I was reminded of that awful feeling when your feet are super cold and they meet with hot water. AGH I should've worn thicker socks but its times like this I am so thankful for a warm house, shower and bed to come home to. I am so incredibly blessed.

21 hours

I have now been awake for 21 hours. And instead of going to bed I decided I would start keeping track of my days even if no one else finds it interesting or reads this.

This morning I braved the freezing cold at 3am to pick up Olivia and take her to the airport. She was going to see kory in Oklahoma for the first time! And she is moving there soon so that's sad :/

After going to the wrong airport I finally got her there in time for her flight. Whew. Then I went into work at 630. No traffic at that time luckily and wAtched the sun come up through our windows. After doing a demo reel and part of a flash presentation ( in AS2 I might add, who still uses that!) I got to leave at 3:30 to go meet Brenda!
I am going to be her bride for her pretend wedding photoshoot and I am so excited! We went to pick out the dress which is really unique. Not my taste per say but it is beautiful and it does fit! Which helps when borrowing a dress. Those things run so small!
After an hour And a half of searching for "the dress" I got to go home to my delicious buffalo stew I had made in the crock pot. Idk why but everything tastes better from a crockpot. I only used water,buffalo and garlic and it was one of the best things I've ever made.
As far as my "diet" goes I am losing weight slowly but surely ( ill admit I don't have too much to lose) but I'm excited to be able to eat dairy again :) I miss cheese. Soon! Already almost halfway done and now that I got some good meat recipes I think I'm golden.. As long as he cravings stop :/

God talk - I finished the book of Leviticus today. Wow the old testimate is something crazy but I understand why it is so important to read it. I think people forget how jealous our God is and how much harm he can do to us. I feel he needs to be respected at all times. Yes he is loving and that is why he is protective and jealous. I am so thankful that Jesus came and died for us. Like wow. All those rules are crazy but needed for the people at that time. I think we could use some of those today. Always trying to remember how insanely blessed I am. Kinda crazy my heart change over the past 9 months. Before I wanted to save all my money for myself and while I think saving is a smart thing to do with what God has given you. I think it should be invested in life change and I plan to do that.

India:
Raised 825$
Need 2575$

God is good