Party Overload…

One week from tomorrow is my Girly Girls big day, it’s her 80s Neon Costume Party.  She will be turning 11 on Tuesday and her party is the Saturday following.  Let’s just say that I’ve had lots of fun coming up with cool ideas and crafts, but I am one tired Mom.  It’s been a lot of work and more of which I placed among myself, but I want her to have an awesome party.  A party that her friends think is cool, the parents enjoy themselves, and everyone has smiles on their faces.  Now I have a gazillion projects to finish and get my costume pulled together, wish me luck!

The last couple of days

 Have been all over the place and at this very minute, I have a few minutes to update. 

• Party Supplies Arrived (291 Balloons) 
• Helium Shortage (291 Balloons)  
• Feelings Overloaded 
• UTI 
• Work Work Work 
• Trip to Hobby Lobby 
• Busy Busy Busy

More details and explanations soon

“Taste Everything, Eat Nothing”

It’s amazing how a moment in time takes you back in time, no matter good or bad.  Being a woman that loves herself 90 percent of the time, I’ve found that sometimes the 10 percent can really weigh me down.  Emotions are a huge part of a woman’s life and I know I am not the exception. Some days are better than others but all in all I do truly love myself and I’m happy where my life is.  With that said, I have times where emotions get the best of me and I may not like myself for a little while.  Being honest with myself, I know there are some things I need to change.  My husband and daughter love me and I’m extremely thankful for that, but in the end I have to be the one that loves me and feels good about myself.  Let me get down and dirty or should I just say honest for a few minutes about how I’m feeling.

I have gained weight, Feel as though I don’t have any close friends, Need to find a job, Exercise more, Stop overeating, and Write more.

Now that all of that has been put out there, I can take the small steps needed to rejoin my amazing life with a smile on my face.  Life gets tough/hard but we are the ones that have to look past what might be driving us crazy and know that just around the corner is a whole new block of adventure.  I am in charge of making myself happy and I know that I can do it. 

I’ve started watching The Bethenny Show and I must say that I like the layout and overall feel of her show.  I know she has been on reality television and wrote books but after seeing her on something one day, I haven’t been a fan of hers.  Maybe it was on one of her off days but I didn’t like her attitude and didn’t care to have her take up any space in my life.  Well after stumbling across her talk show, I’ve come to like her and the way she expresses herself.  She seems to be someone that I would enjoy going out to dinner with or walking around town just talking with.  Today on her show she talked about “Taste Everything, Eat Nothing” and it was the moment that I was slapped upside my head.   Let’s go back to 2007 and I thought I had my eating in check, meaning I wasn’t over eating and I felt good about myself.  I had lost about 60 pounds and was feeling amazing.  At first I had been on a very strict and sad diet that I was hardly eating any food that I enjoyed.  After losing the first 10 pounds I came to the conclusion that if I was going to really lose weight and keep it off, I had to make big changes in the way I ate. Therefore I started eating a lot of different foods but only a small portion of each.  If I wanted pizza then I would have a small slice or even a half of slice, if I wanted ice cream I would have a few spoons, if I wanted cheese then I had a couple of bites.  During that time, I felt so good about myself and I was super confident.  Fast forward to October 1, 2013 and I feel as though I am back in the rut of feeling bad about my weight and it’s making me sad.  With that said, a change has already started and I’m going back with the motto of “Taste Everything, Eat Nothing”.  That way I will not be on a strict diet and I will still be able to eat what I like, just in a whole different aspect.  My next adventure has started and I’m looking forward to what is coming my way.

Raised Bed Ready & Waiting…Fall Garden

Just about the time that I published my last post, lazy Sunday, my Mother-in-law came down to our house and wanted to know if we were interested in working in the garden.  I might have said something like “to be honest no Ma’am I am not interested” but that was followed by me changing clothes and heading up to the garden.  There is something about eating food that you have personally had a hand in growing and since our summer garden did great, we are now ready to plant our fall garden. 

The Hubs pulling up old tomato plants

 

 Out with the old

 Ground broken up

 Chicken "Magic"

Evening sky

 

 

After working in the garden, we noticed how amazing it felt outside and took several deep breaths and enjoyed it while we were out there.  Then we came in and resumed our lazy Sunday.  :-)

Lazy Sunday

Today has been a day of rest, or should I just say laziness. With this lazy day I have been able to catch up on recorded TV shows which include the following:

• The Pioneer Woman
• Law and Order
• Trisha's Southern Kitchen

I did venture outside to do some watering and to let Pepper Ann run around. I pulled together lunch which ended up being barbecue shredded chicken and cheese subs. There is a sink full of dishes that have not found their way to being washed and my hair is nappy but all of that will have to wait. Since today in our lazy day.

Pushing through writers block an opening up.

Growing up I was a little girl that loved

• attention
• making people happy
• singing and dancing
• getting lost in a good book
• expressing myself through the written word
• being surrounded by friends and family
• daydreaming about my future life
• playing with my imaginary friends
• arts and crafts
• planning my next big adventure

Now as an adult I find myself reverting back to a lot of those items. I have always been very interested in the blogging world and have been following several people and their blogs for years now. It has always been a dream of mine to have a blog that people look forward to reading every day. Inside of me I know I have the words to put together that would bring people back to my blog day by day. Though, I have been dealing with a major case of writers block. I know that a blog has to be updated several times a week for people to actually look forward to visiting it. I'm working on overcoming the block and being able to express myself more freely. With that said, I plan to update my blog at least 3 times a week. This has potential of being great or it could be a major let down. I am optimistic and love a great story or adventure so therefore I am holding myself to this challenge no matter how long or short the post may be.

Just Add Water…

I have found liquid gold, better known as veggie and fruit smoothies.  Last November for my birthday I asked for a NutriBullet, to some that may be a weird request.  Don’t get me wrong, I love purses and cute girly things, but I had other things in mind.  As a woman I feel as though I get bogged down and get into ruts sometimes, and therefore it starts making me feel bad about myself.  I need to drop a good amount of weight but with that I also am looking to feel better along the way.  Netflix was what put it in my mind to start with; I watched a movie called “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.” 

 

It was life changing, though I knew for long term effects I could not go full blast like he did.  For it to be something that I looked forward to more less something that I say I enjoy, I had to do it my way.  With that said, after watching the movie twice, and making my kitchen blender smoke, along with watching an info commercial late one night, I wanted to get started on a healthier me.  The info commercial was where I found out about NutriBullet and it has been a staple in my life for the last several months. 

 

Granted I have used it more sometimes than others, but on a regular basis I have three smoothies a week.  Though the other night it hit me, why not prep and freeze so they are ready to go.  That way I wouldn’t have a reason not to drink one and I wouldn’t have a bag of kale going bad before I got around to using all of it.  After getting my supplies and spending about 45 minutes this morning, I now have a bowl of happiness waiting on me in my freezer.  The bowl holds 11 bags of veggie and fruit smoothies and the only thing I need to do is…grab a bag, add water, and enjoy!!

 

Veggie and Fruit Smoothie

1 cup of kale

1 green apple

1 whole carrot

1 stalk of celery

Dash of lemon juice

Whole flax seed (a generous amount)

Water

There are several different recipes out there; this is just the one I went with this time.  I can’t wait till in the morning when I can just open up my freezer and enjoy.