Wearing a smile?

ABOUT ME

My name is Jamie. I am 32 years old, married going on five years and no kids... just my dog, Buddy, a five year old German Shorthaired Pointer. He loves water and chases anything that moves.

I have two sisters- I'm the middle kid, say what you want about that- older: Terri and younger: Mary. The picture below is Terri, Mary, Mom and I in NYC Central Park June, 2012. We took us a little girls' trip! (Another blog coming about NYC trip- SO MUCH FUN!)

My dad is retired US Coast Guard and now works for an oil company in Houston. My mom is now retired from office work for a plastic surgeon. My parents just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in Hawaii (see below). AinaKai Photography (same photographer who did Mary's wedding pictures in Hawaii) took my parent's pictures. They are beautiful!!!

I'm an Aggie- graduated with a degree in Animal Science from Texas A&M in 2002. While I was at A&M, I rode on the NCAA Equestrian team in English Equitation (flat and fences). I worked in corporate America for two years and then earned my Alternative Certification for teaching. I taught middle school science for several years before leaving the classroom as a curriculum specialist. This past year, I earned my Masters in Educational Leadership from Lamar University and I just got a new job as a district science coach for middle school.

I met my husband, Brandon, through a friend of a friend of a friend. Literally. We hit it off as friends, hung out a bunch and somewhere in between, started dating. We got married in Lake Tahoe, CA/NV in 2008.

Here is a picture of my bridesmaids, Terri and Mary (sisters) in Lake Tahoe for my wedding.
I loved my photographer and would highly recommend him should you decide to get married in Tahoe as well. Check him out, Matt Theilen.

 Here is another great shot of Brandon from our wedding day in Tahoe. We could not have asked for a more beautiful day.

Brandon worked in real estate and mortgages for a long time and wasn't satisfied with the desk job aspect so he is now a fireman for the City of Houston and works for a volunteer fire department as  duty crew (paid during the day) as a side job. He's much happier.

As for my personal interests, I enjoy cooking and baking (follow me on pinterest: jgricketts) as well as movies and television amongst so many other things. I love being active especially working out and I would like to use this blog as a platform to organize my thoughts, my research and my goals to get in the best shape of my life. 

WEARING A SMILE

I believe that one of my best attributes is finding the positive hence the blog name: Wearing a smile. I make it a point to greet people with a smile. I think of it as I can smile at someone and they in turn smile at someone else, it's my version of paying it forward. In my blog, I aim to help achieve my own fitness goals by publicizing and receiving support from my followers. Motivation is like bathing... do it daily! :D

Think. Work. Achieve.The choice is yours.