flashback friday: before the wedding.

friends! what’s shakin? happy friday :D this week has gone by faster than a speeding bullet. and we are talking a bullet from a 5.56 mm assault gun, which travels at a rate of 920 meters per second. yeah, that’s fast, people. (thanks, google.)

 

guess WHAT? my best friend and hero, momma b, lent me her old point and shoot camera to use until my DSLR is back and functioning properly! she saved the day! this isn’t the first time she’s lent me this camera. when i went to the foodbuzz festival in san francisco last november, i FORGOT my camera.. um, hello? janetha? who leaves their camera home when going to a blogging festival? yeah. this girl. anyway, i am happy to say momma b has come through in the clutch once again and i have a temporary camera.

the photos are nothing to write home about, i have become a bit snobby when it comes to food photos now that i have had the luxury of a DSLR camera, but hey.. they get the job done ;)

how about i talk about yesterday? sure, ok.

i went to the gym for the first time in over a month (!!!) yesterday. i know, i was going to go on wednesday, but life got in the way.. so we walked the dogs instead. marshall was working late last night so i was able to make it to the gym. i go to gold’s gym so this was my first time trying out the new location, since i’ve moved to a new town. i am a little bitter because my old gold’s gym is the largest one in the state.. so i know i am downsizing with this new location. i hope i don’t hate it. so far, so good.. i got a tour of the gym before hitting the treadmill. it doesn’t have all the perks like i am used to, but it also is not horrible. once i have worked out there a few times, i will do a full pro/con review.

here is the (short) workout i did yesterday:

back in the saddle HIIT routine. (on treadmill)

minute #	speed (MPH)
0-1	5.5
1-2	6.0
2-3	6.5
3-4	7.0
4-5	7.5
5-6	5.5
6-7	6.0
7-8	6.5
8-9	7.0
9-10	7.5
10-11	5.5
11-12	6.0
12-13	6.5
13-14	7.0
14-15	7.5
15-16	5.5
16-17	6.0
17-18	6.5
18-19	7.0
19-20	7.5

total time: 20 min, total distance: 2.15 miles
i want to say this was easy, but it really was actually pretty challenging. not horrible, but not super easy like these speeds used to be. chalk it up to not running in a very, very long time. it is crazy how quick you can lose endurance. but, luckily, endurance is also built back up quickly. i think i will be back to 10 MPH sprints in no time ;)

after my run i did 10 minutes of ab work. i am feeling it today! the upside of taking so much time off from the gym is i am actually to get DOMS in my abs.. which is a rare occurrence for me. but i LOVE how that feels, don’t you?

last night i made the first meal in the new house! now, we still don’t have pots & pans and haven’t unpacked all the kitchen items, gadgets, dishes, etc.. so we had to get creative and make a meal using what was on hand. solution?

paninis!

you may recall, danica got me a panini press for my birthday. so, last night, danica not only saved the day with a guest post.. she also saved the day with my dinner. she is basically the most amazing person on the planet. there, i said it. i used grandma sycamore’s bread (the best white bread on the face of the earth), deli mustard, black forest ham, colby jack cheddar & avocado.

i was pretty stoked to use my professional knives! they have been hiding under my bed for over a year. marshall got them for me for my birthday last year, but i

decided not to use them until i had my own home :)

i am in LOVE with deli mustard. the mustard seeds totally make it.

i buttered the outside of marshall’s sandwich bread and left mine dry.

into the press they go!

came out perfectly pressed :)

you may have noticed the can of tomato soup in the photo above. nothing goes better with paninis than tomato soup. it is prime dunking material. since we have no pots, i had to warm the soup in the microwave (in the pyrex we received as a wedding gift).. and then, for bowls (since we have no bowls yet), we used the ADORABLE houndstooth mugs that emily got us as a wedding gift! (yep, emily came to the wedding, don’t you all miss her?! it was great to see her.)

i also added some diced melon to the dish.. mmm.. melon.. our makeshift table:

yeah. what a disaster. a work in progress, for sure! marshall is picking up our kitchen table today. (hooray!) CHOMP.

i look my best after working out and unpacking boxes all evening ;)

SO! there you have it. an actual post with actual meals & moves. not gonna lie, i’ve missed these types of posts.

oh, wait, is it flashback friday?? yeah.. that’s right, it is!

well, i still don’t have my professional photos back from the wedding, so i am kind of delaying that post. but i do have photos of the wedding day, leading up until the actual ceremony. i thought i would flashback to saturday, july 17, 2010. my wedding day.

woke up bright and early around 9 AM and got myself dressed. yep, been doing it for a long time now, folks. i am pretty good at it. i then went to meet my maids & my good friend katie (who was in town from oregon) for pedicures.

before the pedicure appointment, nourishment was necessary. kristen & i stopped at a nearby bagel joint, rich’s bagels. best bagels in salt lake city, if you ask me. kristen made sure to let the staff know it was my wedding day. it made me giddy every time i heard that! wedding day! yesss.

i got a turkey & egg sandwich on an asiago bagel with plain cream cheese and, of course, an iced coffee.

devoured.

then we got our pedicures! fun.

after the pedicures it was off to get my makeup done. my old school friend erin offered to do my makeup for me and she couldn’t have done a better job.

then i raced off to my hair appointment. geez, this wedding beauty prep is serious business! kristen, my mom & 3 sisters all met at the hair salon.

 

i definitely had to wear my hair up because even when it is curled, the curl falls out less than an hour later! it’s the pits!

after my hair was done, i got dressed in the back room of the salon. secret: i stuffed my bra with my mom’s socks. it was my something borrowed. ;)

my corset kept peeking out of the top of my dress, it was a minor emergency. we NEEDED double stick tape. it was a wedding miracle when the receptionist at the salon came up with a whole roll! i was excited to say the least.

once i was dressed & ready to go, we headed off to memory grove, where i met marshall & the pups for photos. to be continued :) that wraps up this week’s rendition of flashback friday! did you participate? let me know so i can link back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hope you all enjoy your weekend! check ya later alligators.

Qs~

1. what is your favorite meal to make without using pots, pans or many dishes? ideas needed here, folks!

2. your hair: naturally curly, wavy, or stick-straight? it doesn’t get straighter than this head of hair!

xo. janetha g.