new year...new blog.

SOOOOO...it's been a while! Sorry I took a little break from the blog. Been a little busy with the wedding, moving to DC, and life in general! Don't get me wrong...it has been amazing time - just busy!

Here is a recap...got married to the most wonderful man ever -- Mr. Jordan Hahn. We had a beautiful wedding surrounded by all our family and friends (thanks to all who could make it and be a part of it). After the wedding we went to BORA BORA for our honeymooon and that was just a once in a lifetime thing...soo beautiful. Definitely recommend it if you have a couple thousand to blow!  :)

After all that wedding business we packed up (well the movers did)..and now we live in DC officially..well technically Bethesda, MD. We have a cute little townhouse/condo right by the metro and we are loving it. I have set up my home office and work remotely as of now. My new coworker isn't very talkative unfortunately..she just sleeps all day (ohh sersh!)

Jordan and I have had a blast thus far. We have been navigating the ins and outs of trying to become residents of maryland. Never an easy task must i say. I think we are almost at the end and able to get everything squared away. Today i found out that my tint on my car is too dark for the front 2 windows..wtf? who even cares?!?!? i guess the MD police do...anywho they told me i have to take it off by just peeling it and some rubbing alcohol...blah! Then it will pass inspection and then i can be licensed/registered/inspection pass in MD. If you ever move to MD..be prepared...not fun.

well anyway..i am trying to be better about bloggin from now on..there is always adventures now since i have no idea of anything here...but nevertheless very fun!

stay tuned..

One week.....

One week till my first birthday!!! Such happy and sad
feelinngs...happy that I am better and that transplant worked for now
but sad that I had to go thru all that. I still think about it
everyday and how there is someone somewhere sitting in a hospital bed
getting a transplant and just hoping and wishing it will work.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones..looking at stats and all. Out of
those patients with leukemia receiving a stem cell transplant, the
survival rate for 2-5 years is 40-80%. That's not including all the
crazy side effects that this procedure has. We are looking at effects
like: infertility, muscle problems, bladder control, failure of
transplant, organ complications, etc.

My Craftiness!!!

I spent all day making these super cute invites for my future sister
in laws bridal shower that we are throwing!! Pretty proud of myself
for this one!!

obsessed with hair

soo i can't get hair off my mind..all i can think about is having longer hair! BLAH!!! I think all this wedding business just makes me really really miss it! i think its one of those things when you imagine walking down the aisle you don't imagine having boy short hair...

soo if anyone knows anything about hair extensions that are safe and will be able to be hid easily -- let me know! Girl needs some help..or at least something to calm my mind about it!

Cancer candy!!!

I hid candy in this bag..this was the bag I took to every appointment
while going through cancer!!

Love me some SMARTIES!!!

Work it girl....

This is why we are friends....

Why America will stay fattt....

Three words: Starbucks happy hour

Just bc it is half price, it doesn't mean it is half the calories

Julie

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1 year later....

So its officially been one year since I was diagnosed with Leukemia....and just thinking about everything that has happened over the past year is just plain C-R-A-Z-Y!

Chemo, losing hair, being infused with all sorts of different bodily needs, taking steriods, body blowing up from the steriods, had a transplant, lost all my muscle, kept some sort of external line in my body, didn't work, barely could get up some days, and significantly lost alot of weight....whew! there is probably so much more but just all that makes me tired thinking of it.

At first thinking of this day coming made me sad because of all the horrible memories of finding out and not knowing a single thing about what was going to happen. But as i got to think of it, all of this CRAP that i had to go through just made me STRONGER and that much of a better person. Don't get me wrong me, those memories will stay with me the rest of my life and i will always remember how horrible i felt and how NOBODY should have to go through what i had to. I would have to say that the worse "emotional feeling" i felt personally was when i lost my hair. I remember that day like I am still there. I remember going to the bathroom and not feeling the greatest and sitting there started running my fingers through my hair and it just started coming out in big clumps and falling to the wayside of the toilet. I cried and then i screamed to only find my mom running into the restroom to pull me out of there. That's when i decided i just need to shave it so i would NEVER have to have that feeling again.

This disease let me see that even though I almost lost my life, that I can come out better than I was. All the stupid crap that I use to worry about is just nothing and not a big deal. What is a BIG deal is living your life to fullest and always doing things that make you happy. Life is too short to do things that don't fulfill you.

Sooo i am OFFICIALLY a one-year cancer survivor -- YAY me! May it never come back and may I keep living my life to the happiest that I can!

love you all..thank you for supporting me this past year..it has meant the world to me to know that there are soo many people out there that care.

Birthdays = cake...and lots of it!

So I had a small celebration with family on Sunday with my usual
delicious bake shoppe cake and had a surprise celebration at work with
the cake above. My coworkers are awesome and sure know how to make a
girl feel special!

Now I feel fat though...cake overload!

Doing things you don't recall...

So I am sitting at work, just finished drilling through a spreadsheet
and eating a donut. I look over at my water bottle and it is
empty...where did it go????? I don't even recall drinking this
morning...weird

Unfortunately, I do remember that donut I just ate...

Heaven in an EGG!!!

My boyfriend...a lifesaver!!

So I am here at MD Anderson all day for various appts. Have a big
break right now so Jordan decided to give platelets! What a lifesaver!

I have never seen the process from this end so it's cool to see how
the platelets come out and within 48 hours will be used here at MD
Anderson!

I must say I am the luckiest girl in the world to have someone who
will give on behalf of me in order to save a life! :)

SHARPIES!!!

Never realized how many sharpie colors there actually are..

Well in case u didn't know...there are 30..couldn't find that pack and
couldn't decide on a smaller pack of colors so I bought the 24 pack!

I have a thing with sharpies right now. Ultra fine point that is!!! :)

Gas prices---AHHH!

So as the gas prices are going up yet again...i came across this interesting article from yahoo.

Gas Saving Tips that Don't Work

Basically it talks about all the myths people say help with fuel efficiency like turning off the AC, fill up your gas tank when its cold outside, additives, tire pressure, etc.

I would like to point out the BOTTOM LINE in this article:

"In the end, best fuel economy comes from a calm and safe driver, something that's a good thing regardless of the price we pay at the pump."


Also known as - - - ME! I consider myself very calm and safe driver and like to think I get excellent gas milage even with my SUV. So just remember this article next time you are in the car. Reviving up your engine when you release the break and step on the gas pedal at a light will only cost you more money (and possibly a ticket if you are a speeder) and honestly you are not going to get there any faster! :)

My book!!

So I printed off my caringbridge journal so I can put it in my
scrapbook and it's like a book. I was like holy schmokes!!!

Note- those are half page of a regular computer sheet.

Only with Adrienne...

Yay for holidays!!!! Adrienne and I having fun in Target! Couldn't
help but dig thru the dollar section there!!!

Note: this is right before we convinced this little girl to wear bunny
ears with us!! We may have scared her too...

GLEE-BER FEVER

Soo its official. I have GLEE-BER FEVER!!!

I am not a big Justin Bieber fan but I do like the songs that GLEE covered on their last episode that are from Justin Bieber. Actually LIKE is an understatement...let's go with LOVE. (check it out below)

I guess I also like it because the guy singing this song is like 22 and not 16. AND GLEE IS AMAZING!

Enjoy the song..because i have been singing it in my head all weekend!

Red Velvet Cake BALLS!!!!

This is what happens when your boyfriend tries to help you make cake
balls...he ends up eating it!

I decided last night we should make these. Quite a process but turned
out well. They are little round balls of red velvet cake and cream
cheese icing. They are then dipped in chocolate!

I guess these are sorta valentines-ish even though I am not very into
valentines day.

SHOESSSSSS!

I am totally in love with these Naturalizer shoes I found out at DSW on sale a few weeks back! I have realized this is nothing better than a good comfy pair of shoes for work that are still cute!

So I have them in brown and decided to buy the same shoes in a black tweed..and i also decided to buy a 2 inch black heel shoe so i can wear some pants that are a little longer on me. Reviews say they are super comfy as well..soo hopefully they work out as well!

yay for sales! :)

check them out! (if you can't tell, i am into round toe right now!)

Black Tweed Naturalizer Shoe

Madden Girl - Black Tweed

My bubble!!!!

This is my office/closet/bubble at work! It is literally that table and thats it. This way I stay away from all the germs in the office and not get sick. One day I will make it to cube world...one day!