The kitchen window

Today I got home around 430pm and suddenly it got really dark, the thickest of clouds were going over my house. Weird considering it was fairly warm here in San Diego, as usual. The kitchen window looked so beautiful though, it reminded me of afternoons in Bogota, always gloomy, always cold, always beautiful. So we snapped pictures as dinner was cooking, and here you go!

Books to read

So as you know I started pursuing a master's degree at PLNU and it has been really interesting and fun. I think I am one of those people that love school. Anyways for my next class these are the four books I have to read (which I gotta get on it because they have to be read by Oct so i can go ahead and finish my assignemtns) and I just thought it was interesting that those were the books. For those of you who believe in God I definitely think He's trying to say something to me. For those of you who don't believe in God, He's definitely trying to say something =D.

I am excited to keep learning!

Recording weight

These are K's feet

This is Kris.

I blurred the image because I haven't asked K or Kris about putting their weight out in the web for all to see. I'll ask them and I might update the pictures. Bottom line is we decided to start recording our weight last night and we will be recording weekly. K and Kris want to lose weight, I want to keep mine.

I gained weight after I got married and then I lost way too much, now I gained some again and I like the way it is right now. We are keeping each other accountable and as soon as Kris and K are all for it pics will be up and you guys can keep us accountable too! I think I will start recording measurements too, we'll see if the guys like that idea!

My picture is not up because K took it and it is completely out of focus, we will take new ones and I'll upload them all!

Happy Birthday Alayna!

Our Friend Alayna had her birthday today so we went to dinner with her. We dined at Urban bar & grill and the food was great, the service was wonderful and we had a great time celebrating Alayna.

Just because every night has to end like that we stopped at yogurtland on our way home and my K got himself a treat.

Happy Birthday Alayna, we love you!

Dessert is awesome

Last night we went to Extraordinary Desserts with other 3 couples. It was so nice to talk to have amazing food with great friends.


Brandon and Mel had an amazing meringue tart kind of thing with fresh fruit, it was so good.


Jon and Christina had lemon bread pudding that was outstanding (my second favorite)

Sam and Jen are goofballs, ordered a chocolate cheesecake but made sure there was chocolate in their teeth before we took a picture.


K and I had a lemon napoleon and it was our favorite. It was tart and sweet and amazing. If you are ever in San Diego you should go to Extraordinary desserts and have one.

Unlimited soup and salad

My K and I love Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana with their amazing bread sticks and yummi salad. So Sunday right after church we decided we didn't want to cook and istead we wanted to visit Olive Garden. I had two bowls of soup and I wish I would have been able to have a third, it's just sooooo good.

More shopping

I arranged the clothes for the kids at church today. We are still missing a few things but all in all we were able to get them most everything. I love God's church, it's just so wonderful to see people come together to bless others. I will divide the clothes and put them in fun gift bags and we will give them to the rightful owners this weekend.

I love that I can't shop for myself yet I have been able to go shopping!

Shopping for kids

So K and I were asked if we wanted to bless some of the kids that go to our church by buying them some school clothes, and since we love kids and we have built a relationship with the church kids we decided to do it. There is nothing more gratifying than blessing someone else, especially a kid. Since we are in a bit of a tight financial spot right now we asked pool momma to help us out with a little bit and she gladly agreed. She's so wonderful.

Here we are shopping for them and having fun. We'll show some clothes soon, and we'll show the kiddos too! They are just amazing little people.

Thanks pool momma and thanks little people for teaching us lessons all the time!

A pedicure from a challenge

My hubby and started a 30-day challenge today. Nope it has nothing to do with our plan to lose weight, instead it has to do with our marriage.

A couple of Mondays ago K and I were in LA and we got in an argument where he said I don't really listen to him and sometimes I don't even remember the things I've said. We talked it over, got frustrated, threw fits, stomped our feet (ok I am the only one that does that), apologized to each other, kissed and made up.

A few hours went by and we were in the car listening to music and singing. A song I have never heard came on and I started making up the lyrics, I wasn't really paying attention to what I was saying and suddenly K said "I love you." I looked at him and asked him where that came from.

-Honey, you just told me to tell you I love you.
-I did? in my song
-Yeah, see you don't remember the things you tell me
-It's different love, I wasn't paying attention I was just making up lyrics
-Just thought it was interesting you didn't remember
-Ok whatever, you are mean sometimes

And just like that I was frustrated all over again! It was a rough day for the Luehmann's alright, we just weren't getting along.

We argue every now and then, sometimes we focus on what the other is not doing, hasn't done, or is annoying and we forget that there are so many other things the other is doing, has done and is amazing.

And then Tuesday night we watched Why did I get married? a movie by Tyler Perry and they mentioned the 80/20 rule. In most cases, in marriage you get 80% of what you want, but since you are not getting the other 20% you focus on that instead of encouraging more of the 80%.

That happens in my marriage, that Monday we argued and got frustrated, we both were so focused on that 20% we completely forgot about the other 80%. So I remember I had read this 30-day challenge on The Marry Blogger, told K about it and we decided to try it out.

For the next 30 days we will make an effort to comment only on the 80%, comment only on the positive things each other does and has. We will build each other up and we will encourage one another. We want that to become our habit, we want to be able to focus more on the positive than the negative. Neither one of us is perfect but we are perfect together.

K stepped it up when he got me a pedicure gift card as his first way to encourage me, I thanked him the way a wife should and so far our challenge is going great, we'll keep you posted!

(The late summer heat in San Diego is making my feet so swollen and weird looking haha gotta love it)

Yumm

K and I have been trying to lose weight together. Since we got married we've both gained weight, and even though my Mom is loving that my pants don't fall off anymore I don't like it (specially considering we aren't buying clothes for us). So I've been cooking healthy food and we've been working out together. Today I made garlic lemon mahi mahi over a bed of farfalle with a garlic, tomato sauce. I was impressed, it turned out pretty good!

I think this idea of us doing it together will work out and we will welcome 2011 with our desired weight.