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Sprang forward into an amazing weekend!

March 9, 2014

Hey guys! I hope you all are enjoying your weekend, and if you live in a state that lost an hour of sleep today (I do), I hope that it is not effecting you too much. I for one have had the best weekend! My work and training are my two priorities throughout the week so on the weekends I like to really make the best of my time and go have fun!

Friday when I went for my B12 injection, I weighed and lost 1 pound! Normally I would bummed with one pound, but last week I lost 5.2 so I knew this would probably not be anything, so 1 pound was a welcome surprise, especially with my RLS complications. Once work was over on Friday, Kels and I went to the mall then uptown with her boyfriend Drew to the Epicenter. We went to "Studio Movie Grill". We had a glass of wine before the movie at the lounge and once seated, we ordered dinner and the wait staff brought the food during the movie. It was an awesome time, I have only done something similar to that one other time. I loved the way the theater was decorated! There were pictures of famous movie stars everywhere. I had to snap Marilyn!






Saturday morning I was up bright and early. I had an awesome work out. I did 50 minutes of cardio and upper body weight circuit. Friday was so rainy, deary, and cold. Luckily yesterday was absolutely beautiful. A light breeze, upper 60's, and the sun shinned bright. I was happy to be able to walk to the gym again!


After I got home from the gym, I got ready then Kelly, Drew, and I went to Gold Hill, NC to "Morgan Ridge Vineyards". We had tickets for a tour and wine tasting. I was so excited because though I love to drink wine, I have never really been to an actual vineyard. I was looking forward to this all week - can't you tell! Ha.


We had the absolute best time. The vineyard and farm are so, so beautiful. It would be the perfect place to have a wedding or fancy party. We had a lot of different wines, the staff was extremely friendly, I loved being out in the country like that again. My favorite type of wine was a peach type wine they offered. Drew was not much into the wine so he kept to his beer flights, ha!








I got home from the vineyard around 8:30 PM. I had dinner and was exhausted after. However, since I have been on the go the last couple of weekends so much, I have neglected giving my apartment a deep scrub. It was driving me crazy so I made myself do it. I cleaned for an hour and a half and really wore myself out so I went to bed shortly after.

This morning I slept in until 10, had breakfast, and got ready for my favorite activity - hiking. Unfortunately, my friends who were supposed to go with me were really hungover. Ha. But that didn't stop me. I am on a mission to become better than I have ever been and though I am not there yet, every day I am getting closer, so I had to go! I normally would not recommend anyone to hike alone, but I know the trails very well and go a lot, so I knew I would be OK. I still called my mom and gave her a detailed description of what I was wearing and that I would call her when I am done. I then, took off! 

It was an amazing hike. I actually prefer going alone. I blasted my music, prayed, talked to God, thought about life, and it was so freeing. Hiking is so hard to me and every time I get to the top of the mountain, I am so proud of myself!




Once I made it to the top, I said a little prayer. "Dear God, I know I complain to you... a lot...but today I wanted to say thank you so much for two able legs, a strong heart to push on even with I have fallen on top of a huge rock, tripped over 56 smaller ones, tripped over 46 tree roots, and almost puked the last quarter mile to the top". Ha. Like I said, it is hard to me, but I love it. I enjoy it so much. After I finished, I put the top back, blasted my country music, and relished in the 45 minute drive home. I am beat.



I just got in from grocery shopping, now I am going to soak in a bubble path, then get food prepped for the week. After that I plan to veg out with all of the amazing TV shows that are on tonight. I am so excited REVENGE is back! That show is like crack to me. I also excited for the show coming on before it, "Resurrection", it looks really interesting. I have to ice my knee too - I was not kidding when I said I fell on top of a rock. I tripped (because I am so graceful) and fell right on it. Go figure! Have a great week!

20 comments

  1. That vineyard does look gorgeous and a perfect place for a wedding! I love seeing movies when they bring you dinner before the show! Also, good for you going on your hike even though your friends couldn't!

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  2. Your weekend looks like so much fun!!! I love your outfit from the vineyard, super cute! I've always wanted to do a wine tasting, just haven't gotten around to it yet. How do you like your Polar watch? I've been thinking of getting one but I want to get peoples' opinions before I spend the money on it.

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  3. You are just to gorgeous women! You know when I am focusing on losing weight any weight off is happy time! Be pumped that you are so dedicated!

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  4. What a wonderful weekend! And you are kicking butt with the weight loss!!!

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  5. What a great weekend. I love that it included so many outdoor shots, beautiful!!

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  6. I wish you lived closer! I totally would have gone hiking with you! I am really so incredibly excited for spring to come up here in NY, I want to hike so bad!!

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  7. Looks like a great weekend! I love cupcake wine and your beautiful hair of course!

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  8. i LOVE LOVE hiking trails. we run our trails and those hills are KILLER but you burn some serious calories and it's a great full body workout.

    -kathy | Vodka and Soda

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  9. I LOVE your pink hair! I so wish I would do that!

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  10. That winery and hike look beautiful! Looks like an amazing weekend!!

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  11. Beautiful scenery on your hike! That has to be the best movie theater ever! I would love to have something like that around here!

    ~Ashley @ A Cute Angle
    acutelifestyle.blogspot.com

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  12. Thaqt winery looks amazing! I love being able to sample and find new wines! You looked amazing! I LOVE hiking. We still have too much snow to go but I am hoping this weekend it will be all melted so I can go. It is such a good workout.

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  13. so two things. 1) your hair & makeup at the vineyard look amazing! 2) your view on that hike is spectacular and i'm mega jealous...

    thanks for linking up :)

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  14. Girl you are so gorgeous! and hey! losing 1 pound is always better than gaining that 1 pound! You go girl!
    Showered With Design

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  15. Looks like a great weekend, love wine tasting! And your hair looks fabulous :)!

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  16. What a great weekend, nothing better than hiking in Gods beauty! Your hair looks FAB!

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  17. Sounds like you had a great weekend and a killer hike! The only winery that I have been to was in Gatlinburg TN. I would like to visit more, but I am more of a beer person myself and like hitting up breweries. However, I think wineries are so beautiful!

    Hope you have a great week!

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  18. Sounds like a perfect weekend!!!

    I wish we had a place like that to hike around here it's beautiful!

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  19. Sounds like an amazing weekend!! You go girl. I wish I had that much motivation.

    Wish we lived closer so we could hike together! Happy Monday!

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  20. What a fun weekend! You look amazing and I'm so jealous of your hike. Can't wait for the snow to melt off so I can get some hikes in. My all time favorite thing to do! A pound is a pound, right!? It's worth celebrating. Congrats!

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