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Today my canvas came!!!  I was so excited.  It is amazing!  There are some great deals on canvases out there.  Most of them involve free shipping.  However, every good deal the "free shipping" didn't apply to us.  And it ended up costing more to ship the canvas then the deal.  So I decided to go with a "higher end" canvas place; Canvas on Demand.  It wasn't too crazy, but their canvases usually run about $90 for the size I wanted.  Luckily I found a coupon for 20% off and their shipping was only $14.95!  That is a good deal.  So my coupon took care of shipping.  I still wasn't excited about spending so much,  but that is what we get COLA for stupid stuff like this.  And let me tell you, it was worth every penny!  I LOVE IT!  And it's going to look great on the wall!

I arranged the photos on the floor and here is the configuration I came up with...

Without the pic of me and Nate at the bottom

With the pic of me and Nate at the bottom

I'm not sure if I like the location of the picture of me and Nate at the bottom of the second picture.

I also got a wild hair and decided to put the pictures up.  I quit at this point....

Our usual lighting, just lamps

With flash so you can really see the configuration

I hung the regular frames with command strips so that if I hated it, it would be easy to take down.  I ran out of strips so I couldn't do the rest.  I like this, but I want MORE pictures up.  However, I am not sure if I am going to like the configuration on the floor.   .  We have so many pictures that I want to display them because I personally LOVE pictures.  I love looking at them and remembering all the things we've done and the places we've been.  I NEED more frames.  I especially need another 11*13 for that picture on the left of Nate and I.  I don't know if I want to put different pictures in this gallery wall because I am liking the color combination.  I also flipped the mats over.  They are green, but it was too much green and too dark.  I wanted to see what they would look like if I flipped them and I like it.  I am going to have to get new mats sometime soon because the white side of these ones are torn and ripped from tape. 

Earlier today, I finally got my shit together and called UAA for an advisement appointment.  I'm nervous and scared and excited all at the same time.  I've been out of school for a while again (this has been my longest time without being in school) and I don't know if I remember how to write properly or manage my time.  I'm scared my fitness and healthy eating will take a back seat to my business.  There are running trails all around campus so if nothing I hope I can at least squeeze a few miles in between classes. I'm scared of being that old lady in class and having to compete with kids who are just out of HS again.  I HATE that part of college.  I'm hoping with Nate coming home about a month into the semester and him taking a few weeks of leave that we can get into a good routine and my transition will be easier.  That or all of this change all at once will backfire in my face and we will all crash and burn!  I guess you don't know until you try!

And I lifted weights today.  No cardio.  I squeezed it in before and during Spencer's Tang Soo Do.  This whole kids activities at the Arctic Oasis is really working out well for me.  I started NROWLFW Stage 2.  So I went a little lighter on the weights because a couple of the exercises were ones I had never done before.  Here's what today's workout looked like:

A1--Front squat/push press 2 sets 10 reps 50lbs for 6 of the first set then 40lbs for the rest of set 1 and all of set 2

B1--Step-up 2 sets 10 reps 20lbs
B2--Dumbell one-point row 2 sets 10 reps 10lbs (set 1) 15lbs (set 2)

C1--Static lunge, rear foot elevated 2 sets 10 reps 15lbs
C2--Push ups 2 sets 10 reps 1st set feet elevated 2nd set T-pushups

D1-- Plank 2 sets 60 seconds each
D2--Cable Horizontal Wood Chop 2 sets 10 each side 30lbs first set 40lbs second

It was a busy and productive day for me.  I'm about to go watch some TV and put the 100 4x6's that I just got into their photo albums.  Then it's off to bed!  Goodnight!