The first of many..

I'm not sure where I want to begin my blogging journey but I might as well introduce myself.

I'm 24 years old and I work as a Marketing Assistant (but I call myself a Marketing Specialist) for a manufacturing company. My job is pretty easy, I have to say. It's everything I learned about in my Marketing classes in college, so that's good I guess. I'm looking for something more though, this definitely isn't a job I plan on staying in for years (I've already been here a year and a half). I'm looking into getting an Interior Design certificate from a local college because I've always loved interior design. I even started a degree in it when I first went away to college, but that school wasn't working out so I had to find a new major as well.

I'm engaged and will be marrying my fiance in June, so that's coming up pretty quickly. Things are busy now and will only be getting busier by the time the 13th rolls around. It's exciting though, and we're going to Hawaii for our honeymoon so we're super excited about that! So many people are engaged right now, it's crazy! But I guess i've been out of college for 2 years, so that's normal. Pretty soon everyone will start popping out babies too! Not me though, I plan on waiting at least 4 years.

I have a serious dream about building a home and Alex's parent's farm provides the land, now we just need to save the money to buy some of the land and build the home! It's a pretty daunting task but really that just means I need a higher paying job so that I can save the money, the job i'm in currently is under paying me which.. I know the economy is in a recession and all but I haven't gotten a raise since i've been here, oh other then the .25 they gave for cost of living or something.. what's a quarter going to do for me? After taxes it's about 18 cents an hour!

I'm also determined to drop 10 pounds by my wedding day (shouldn't be hard) through utilizing the South Beach Diet. I lost 10 before Easter which I gained about 3 back because of the chocolate.. i really can't resist mini peanut butter cups. But I really need to buckle down since the wedding is about 6 weeks away. I need to look good for Hawaii! The South Beach Diet works though, so i'll outline all the stuff i'm doing to drop the weight, including Pilates which i'm adding into my diet/exercise regimen. Last time I took off the 10 lbs I did it without exercise, so pilates should help expedite the droppage!

Well that's a bit of a preview of my life.. elaborations to follow!