Another day down and what did I do? I spent more money! So here is the low down:
In the last two and a half weeks we have replaced the battery in our van ($40), Mike had emergency appendix surgery (over $18,000, if we didn't have insurance, not sure what our portion is yet), replaced battery in truck ($100) only to put it back in and have it still not start, so now it's something else, and our vacuum pedal broke and when I called to ask how much it would cost to have it fixed, they said they discontinued that model and there is no way to get a pedal to fix it, so we had to trade it in for new vacuum ($500), what a crazy month! On top of all the craziness, we are trying to finish the shed and build a built in entertainment center. Life could not be more fun!
I did pretty well with my Vi challenge yesterday. I feel like the shake for breakfast and dinner is working out well. But we had pizza for lunch, since Mikes dad, brother and nephews were here helping us put roof panels on the shed, we decided the least we could do is feed them lunch. But then just a shake for dinner and then after shopping for a vacuum, we found a little frozen yogurt place nearby called Menchy's. It was very yummy! We loved it.
So life is just crazy, busy and stressfull most days, but I am loving it and enjoying the roller coaster ride! So until Monday...keep on living!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Challenge: day 20 & 21
My challenges have been going really well. With my 90 day challenge I changed things up and started eating lunch and doing shake at breakfast and dinner. Surprisingly I have been fine with this. I am not even that hungry in the evening anymore. I did have a little snack last night, but just a little one. I feel good and look forward to the rest of this challenge!
We went to the Brigham City temple open house yesterday first thing in the morning. My kids weren't very happy that we needed to leave by 6:45 to get there on time. It was very nice though. We didn't have to wait for a lot of people. We were able to get right in and right out. It such a beautiful temple! There is even a painting inside the front door of a lady picking peaches! I just loved it and can't wait to do some temple work there!
As far as my dressing your truth challenge, it has been hard to pair some of the clothes that I currently have, since it's just a random assortment of things at the moment. I even have to revamp my shoes, since most of them are black. I need more browns and grays and definitely colors! I am still loving being able to be myself and wear things that make me feel good!
I also feel like a little chef lately! I have baking up a storm, especially today, but I did make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and banana chocolate chip muffins the other day. I double the batches and then put them in freezer bags and stick in the freezer. My hubby likes to take a couple to work and it's great for something quick for the kids for breakfast. I have also been trying to revamp recipes, so i will post them later, I'm trying to healthify my baking some. So until next time...
We went to the Brigham City temple open house yesterday first thing in the morning. My kids weren't very happy that we needed to leave by 6:45 to get there on time. It was very nice though. We didn't have to wait for a lot of people. We were able to get right in and right out. It such a beautiful temple! There is even a painting inside the front door of a lady picking peaches! I just loved it and can't wait to do some temple work there!
As far as my dressing your truth challenge, it has been hard to pair some of the clothes that I currently have, since it's just a random assortment of things at the moment. I even have to revamp my shoes, since most of them are black. I need more browns and grays and definitely colors! I am still loving being able to be myself and wear things that make me feel good!
I also feel like a little chef lately! I have baking up a storm, especially today, but I did make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins and banana chocolate chip muffins the other day. I double the batches and then put them in freezer bags and stick in the freezer. My hubby likes to take a couple to work and it's great for something quick for the kids for breakfast. I have also been trying to revamp recipes, so i will post them later, I'm trying to healthify my baking some. So until next time...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Challenge: day 19
I did pretty well yesterday for my challenge, considering everything. Did my shakes, but then made some fresh salsa, which is all veggies and spices, so very good for you, until you add the salty, fried corn chips to the mix, then you can't just stop at a couple, right? Oh how I love salsa! Usually I have made and enormous batch by now and we have canned it, but my tomato plants looked awful this year and never got fruit. Then my garden has become overrun with weeds this year anyway and I haven't taken the time to keep up with it, so the only produce I really got to enjoy this year, was peas. Oh and my hubby decided to mow down all the weeds in the garden and shoot them with roundup, yeah well, he mowed down my carrots and tomatoes, so they just had not possibility of being fruitful anyways. I am not concerned though. My father in law has been bringing me tomatoes here and there and I finally had enough to make a good size batch of salsa. I also got 7 jars canned a few weeks ago.
So my canning this year will come from Brigham City where they have the most yummy peaches and tons of fresh produce! I need to can peaches and salsa for sure this year!
Anyway, I made salsa, so I had to try it! For dinner my hubby and I talked of going to Chili's since they had free kids meals this week. We love Chili's! I wasn't wanting to go spend money, so I thought we could just stay home and make our own Chili's with salad and quesadillas. Mike, having been stuck in the house for a week now, with me and the kids, and other people's kids, was going stir crazy, and said we just needed to go. It was very yummy! They have changed things there and have even added some to their menu. One thing they added I decided to try, is called roasted red pepper grilled chicken. It was a huge piece of chicken with melted cheese and this very yummy roasted red pepper sauce with rice and steamed broccoli. It was so yummy! Had just enough kick. And the chicken was grilled, so much better for you! I feel I chose well. I even ate less and took some home for lunch tomorrow.
The one really bad thing, was that we had to get the paradise cookie. It is to die for, especially if you are a coconut lover! It is a bar that has a crust, chocolate chips and then a coconut cookie dough, all cooked together into one bar. Then they top it with ice cream and caramel and chocolate and nuts. I was good and split it with Mike, but let him eat my ice cream, but I did eat have the bar and some caramel and chocolate. Boy was it good.
Didn't make it to the gym. Since I had eaten such a big dinner, I didn't want to go exercise that way. We really need to finish painting the siding for our shed and we were going to do that, but it was so hot yesterday and I have kids that need to be supervised at bed time for some reason. They can't just go to bed and stay, they have to continually come in and bug us, and if we aren't there to acknowledge them, they start to get into things, usually food in the pantry, so we decided to watch our disc of Criminal Minds instead. Which was fine, I like just relaxing and enjoying time with the hubby.
I have decided with my challenge that I am going to try something a little different. I am going to try doing shakes at breakfast and dinner and eat lunch and see how this does for me. Maybe I can burn a few more calories this way and not be so famished by dinner time that I over eat, so wish me luck and I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes.
So my canning this year will come from Brigham City where they have the most yummy peaches and tons of fresh produce! I need to can peaches and salsa for sure this year!
Anyway, I made salsa, so I had to try it! For dinner my hubby and I talked of going to Chili's since they had free kids meals this week. We love Chili's! I wasn't wanting to go spend money, so I thought we could just stay home and make our own Chili's with salad and quesadillas. Mike, having been stuck in the house for a week now, with me and the kids, and other people's kids, was going stir crazy, and said we just needed to go. It was very yummy! They have changed things there and have even added some to their menu. One thing they added I decided to try, is called roasted red pepper grilled chicken. It was a huge piece of chicken with melted cheese and this very yummy roasted red pepper sauce with rice and steamed broccoli. It was so yummy! Had just enough kick. And the chicken was grilled, so much better for you! I feel I chose well. I even ate less and took some home for lunch tomorrow.
The one really bad thing, was that we had to get the paradise cookie. It is to die for, especially if you are a coconut lover! It is a bar that has a crust, chocolate chips and then a coconut cookie dough, all cooked together into one bar. Then they top it with ice cream and caramel and chocolate and nuts. I was good and split it with Mike, but let him eat my ice cream, but I did eat have the bar and some caramel and chocolate. Boy was it good.
Didn't make it to the gym. Since I had eaten such a big dinner, I didn't want to go exercise that way. We really need to finish painting the siding for our shed and we were going to do that, but it was so hot yesterday and I have kids that need to be supervised at bed time for some reason. They can't just go to bed and stay, they have to continually come in and bug us, and if we aren't there to acknowledge them, they start to get into things, usually food in the pantry, so we decided to watch our disc of Criminal Minds instead. Which was fine, I like just relaxing and enjoying time with the hubby.
I have decided with my challenge that I am going to try something a little different. I am going to try doing shakes at breakfast and dinner and eat lunch and see how this does for me. Maybe I can burn a few more calories this way and not be so famished by dinner time that I over eat, so wish me luck and I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Challenge: day 18
What a great day! My kids went back to school yesterday! Yay! They were all so excited! My 1st grader was nervous that he was going to sleep past the bus coming, but he got right up and was ready to go.
Now to focus on myself and the kids I watch for a few hours each day. My hubby is even getting better. He is getting antsy to get out and do stuff. I am enjoying just being me and dressing my truth! I feel incredible! My hubby said it will take some getting used to with the gold jewelry, which I am really coming to love! He also wonders how he will be able to shop for me anymore. He loves to buy clothes for me, and he is actually pretty good at picking out cute outfits! I'll just have to teach him about fabrics and shapes and colors. He will do fine.
My challenge day was pretty good. Got in my shakes, and a pretty good dinner of pulled pork on whole wheat buns with pasta salad and broccoli and cauliflower. I didn't even eat anything after coming home from the gym last night! What? Yeah, I actually went to the gym last night? And by myself no less. I just park myself on the aliptical in front of the food network and watch people cook. I love it! I get some pretty good ideas from there. One of these days I want to go to culinary arts school! I love cooking, and obviously food, since I have a hard time getting off weight! I love to concoct new dishes and recipes, some of which can be found in the recipes tab on the side. I love to try to cook healthy, that is a huge thing for me, even though I love sugar and don't use a lot of organic or whole wheat items all that often, I try to make it as healthy as I can, with what I have!
So I feel I did well yesterday and hope for a little pay off from my gym excursion last night. Hope to go again tonight or at least mow the lawn, if you 10 year old won't do it, that will be my exercise tonight. But that's what's great is we can get exercise in little things, like house work and yard work, especially if you are breaking a sweat like I do most of the time. So, until tomorrow...
Now to focus on myself and the kids I watch for a few hours each day. My hubby is even getting better. He is getting antsy to get out and do stuff. I am enjoying just being me and dressing my truth! I feel incredible! My hubby said it will take some getting used to with the gold jewelry, which I am really coming to love! He also wonders how he will be able to shop for me anymore. He loves to buy clothes for me, and he is actually pretty good at picking out cute outfits! I'll just have to teach him about fabrics and shapes and colors. He will do fine.
My challenge day was pretty good. Got in my shakes, and a pretty good dinner of pulled pork on whole wheat buns with pasta salad and broccoli and cauliflower. I didn't even eat anything after coming home from the gym last night! What? Yeah, I actually went to the gym last night? And by myself no less. I just park myself on the aliptical in front of the food network and watch people cook. I love it! I get some pretty good ideas from there. One of these days I want to go to culinary arts school! I love cooking, and obviously food, since I have a hard time getting off weight! I love to concoct new dishes and recipes, some of which can be found in the recipes tab on the side. I love to try to cook healthy, that is a huge thing for me, even though I love sugar and don't use a lot of organic or whole wheat items all that often, I try to make it as healthy as I can, with what I have!
So I feel I did well yesterday and hope for a little pay off from my gym excursion last night. Hope to go again tonight or at least mow the lawn, if you 10 year old won't do it, that will be my exercise tonight. But that's what's great is we can get exercise in little things, like house work and yard work, especially if you are breaking a sweat like I do most of the time. So, until tomorrow...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Energy profiling
In my last post I talked a little about Dressing Your Truth. Some of you may have heard of this and some of you probably have no idea what I am talking about.
I have a sister in law that lives by this! About a year ago she let me borrow a book, that I started to read and then just put it aside, it was a little over my head and I didn't want to give it a chance. I wasn't much into reading at the time (I tend to go in spurts) and so I gave it back to her. And really I didn't want to have anything to do with anything or anyone who was going to tell me how to dress. I felt that I dressed nice when I wanted to and the rest of the time, I just wore what looked ok with whatever pants I was wearing that day.
The Olympics started a while ago and I saw a post that shared on Facebook by one of my friends and it had a picture of one of the USA Olympians and it asked "what type do you think she is". At this point I am curious, it's been long enough, I didn't know what it was, not that I did before, because I never read the book.
I clicked on the link and the next day I had emails in my inbox that were quite intriguing! She goes through an energy profile of how you act and react to life. This was quite fun to learn about. So this was exactly what my sister in law was trying to get me involved in a hear ago that I just brushed off. I was being stubborn.
So I am a type 1, very much so, and I love how watching these videos made me feel. It has been a long time since such strong confidence in myself and a desire to be happy and be all I can be. That combined with the 90 challenge, has just made feel incredible.
After watching all of the energy profiling videos, I purchased the Dressing Your Truth course and have discovered that I have been dressing the wrong way! No wonder I feel so frumpy and like I
never have anything to wear, but I have a closet full of clothes! So I got my materials in the mail and
have been having fun going through and cleaning out my closet and everything that I wear. I have
been wearing the wrong colors, and especially the wrong jewelry! After going through my closet and
knowing I will not wear black anymore, that took out half my skirts and half my skirts! By the time I
was done going through clothes I had about 4 shirts that were still ok.
I have a friend that is very clothes savvy and she told me a while ago that she was going through her
closets and had some clothes for me, so I was desperate. I called her and said I needed clothes, so I
came home with two trash bags full of clothes. I went through them with my color card and trying
things on and didn't keep much of what she gave me, and adding that to the ones I pulled from my closet, I have about 3 trash bags full! That's just clothes!
Then I started on my jewelry! I should wear shiny gold jewelry, plus lots of colors. I have mostly silver, so this has been the hardest and biggest change for me! I did have a couple items that are gold, so I went and bought a couple more. Now I need to have a clothing and jewelry swap with some friends so we can all revamp our wardrobes!
I have not had so much self confidence or loved myself for who I am in I dont know how long. It is great to finally feel that way! I am loving life and myself and it all started with the energy profiling videos that Carol Tuttle has. If you need a change in your life and don't know what, I encourage you to start here. Go to www.myenergyprofile.com and see for your self what type you are and what this program can do for you. Until next time...
I have a sister in law that lives by this! About a year ago she let me borrow a book, that I started to read and then just put it aside, it was a little over my head and I didn't want to give it a chance. I wasn't much into reading at the time (I tend to go in spurts) and so I gave it back to her. And really I didn't want to have anything to do with anything or anyone who was going to tell me how to dress. I felt that I dressed nice when I wanted to and the rest of the time, I just wore what looked ok with whatever pants I was wearing that day.
The Olympics started a while ago and I saw a post that shared on Facebook by one of my friends and it had a picture of one of the USA Olympians and it asked "what type do you think she is". At this point I am curious, it's been long enough, I didn't know what it was, not that I did before, because I never read the book.
I clicked on the link and the next day I had emails in my inbox that were quite intriguing! She goes through an energy profile of how you act and react to life. This was quite fun to learn about. So this was exactly what my sister in law was trying to get me involved in a hear ago that I just brushed off. I was being stubborn.
So I am a type 1, very much so, and I love how watching these videos made me feel. It has been a long time since such strong confidence in myself and a desire to be happy and be all I can be. That combined with the 90 challenge, has just made feel incredible.
After watching all of the energy profiling videos, I purchased the Dressing Your Truth course and have discovered that I have been dressing the wrong way! No wonder I feel so frumpy and like I
never have anything to wear, but I have a closet full of clothes! So I got my materials in the mail and
have been having fun going through and cleaning out my closet and everything that I wear. I have
been wearing the wrong colors, and especially the wrong jewelry! After going through my closet and
knowing I will not wear black anymore, that took out half my skirts and half my skirts! By the time I
was done going through clothes I had about 4 shirts that were still ok.
I have a friend that is very clothes savvy and she told me a while ago that she was going through her
closets and had some clothes for me, so I was desperate. I called her and said I needed clothes, so I
came home with two trash bags full of clothes. I went through them with my color card and trying
things on and didn't keep much of what she gave me, and adding that to the ones I pulled from my closet, I have about 3 trash bags full! That's just clothes!
Then I started on my jewelry! I should wear shiny gold jewelry, plus lots of colors. I have mostly silver, so this has been the hardest and biggest change for me! I did have a couple items that are gold, so I went and bought a couple more. Now I need to have a clothing and jewelry swap with some friends so we can all revamp our wardrobes!
I have not had so much self confidence or loved myself for who I am in I dont know how long. It is great to finally feel that way! I am loving life and myself and it all started with the energy profiling videos that Carol Tuttle has. If you need a change in your life and don't know what, I encourage you to start here. Go to www.myenergyprofile.com and see for your self what type you are and what this program can do for you. Until next time...
Challenge: day 16 & 17
Did anyone else's kids start school today or last week? It is such a nice feeling to send my kids off to school and know I don't have to worry about them until after 3! I have been looking forward to this day for a couple weeks now! It's finally here!
My weekend went well, I think because of looking forward to today, plus the fact that I haven't gained weight in the last week, which is good, but I seem to not be losing much. I'm sorry if my posts seem to be so bland and boring lately. I don't have many exciting and life changing experiences every single day, so you get the monotonous day to day things I do. So Saturday we decided to start on our entertainment center. We are so excited! We decided that since Mike is laid up for a week and cant do much, that we could start on this project inside that won't take lifting, and most of it I can do, with his math skills.
We have a dear friend who works for a woodworking company who cut the shelves for us and stained them. They are going to look great. We cut the supports on Saturday, so I sent them back with him to stain the ends, so as soon as we get those back, we will be in full swing! We can't wait! I will post pics when it is all finished!
I am so blessed with such great people around me and for those in my ward who help me so much. I decided it wouldnt really work well to make my kids try to sit with someone at church while I lead in sacrament meeting, so I called and asked someone to fill in for me. She was so willing to help out. Mike wanted to go to sacrament, so he was there with us, but he can't pick up our 2 year old or try to get kids to settle down, he just can't do much. The best thing I have ever made was file folder games! I made these years ago before I even had kids, and they have been well used! They are fabulous for church, they keep the kids quiet. I decided my daughter was probably old enough now to play them, and it entertained all the kids so well at church, I was actually able to listen for once!
As far as my challenge, I am doing pretty good. Trying to eat more veggies, but that is kind of tough some days. Loved dinner last night! I made eggplant and spaghetti! Yum! I just slice my eggplant, dip in egg and then cover in bread crumbs and fry in a little oil. Put some spaghetti sauce over top and oh, it's so yummy! And carrots later for dessert. I am planning to do more exercising this week, then maybe I can start dropping pounds faster. I already feel better and now that I am Dressing My Truth, I am looking good to, even if I'm not the skinny minnie I want to be. But I am on my way! Thinking positive and having lots of support from everyone helps out so much!
Thanks to my friends who text me out of the blue, just to say way to go, you are doing great, keep it up! And those who always compliment me, even on the days I don't feel my best! If it weren't for all of you, I would have given up a long time ago! Here's to a new me and a most wonderful life, full of challenges and rewards! I am truly blessed!
My weekend went well, I think because of looking forward to today, plus the fact that I haven't gained weight in the last week, which is good, but I seem to not be losing much. I'm sorry if my posts seem to be so bland and boring lately. I don't have many exciting and life changing experiences every single day, so you get the monotonous day to day things I do. So Saturday we decided to start on our entertainment center. We are so excited! We decided that since Mike is laid up for a week and cant do much, that we could start on this project inside that won't take lifting, and most of it I can do, with his math skills.
We have a dear friend who works for a woodworking company who cut the shelves for us and stained them. They are going to look great. We cut the supports on Saturday, so I sent them back with him to stain the ends, so as soon as we get those back, we will be in full swing! We can't wait! I will post pics when it is all finished!
I am so blessed with such great people around me and for those in my ward who help me so much. I decided it wouldnt really work well to make my kids try to sit with someone at church while I lead in sacrament meeting, so I called and asked someone to fill in for me. She was so willing to help out. Mike wanted to go to sacrament, so he was there with us, but he can't pick up our 2 year old or try to get kids to settle down, he just can't do much. The best thing I have ever made was file folder games! I made these years ago before I even had kids, and they have been well used! They are fabulous for church, they keep the kids quiet. I decided my daughter was probably old enough now to play them, and it entertained all the kids so well at church, I was actually able to listen for once!
As far as my challenge, I am doing pretty good. Trying to eat more veggies, but that is kind of tough some days. Loved dinner last night! I made eggplant and spaghetti! Yum! I just slice my eggplant, dip in egg and then cover in bread crumbs and fry in a little oil. Put some spaghetti sauce over top and oh, it's so yummy! And carrots later for dessert. I am planning to do more exercising this week, then maybe I can start dropping pounds faster. I already feel better and now that I am Dressing My Truth, I am looking good to, even if I'm not the skinny minnie I want to be. But I am on my way! Thinking positive and having lots of support from everyone helps out so much!
Thanks to my friends who text me out of the blue, just to say way to go, you are doing great, keep it up! And those who always compliment me, even on the days I don't feel my best! If it weren't for all of you, I would have given up a long time ago! Here's to a new me and a most wonderful life, full of challenges and rewards! I am truly blessed!
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