An Oldie but a Goodie

One of my favorite reruns to watch is Home Improvement. The reruns are in the afternoon when the kids lay down for their naps. It's my little time out. I love this show. I should probably be cleaning or doing something productive, but then again . . . we all need a break once in a while. One of my other old favorites . . . Cosby. What's one of your old fav shows?

Gut Flush Be Gone

Okay . . . it was a bit over the top. After five days of following the Gut Flush plan. I conceeded. However, I'm still trying to stay away from lots of sugar, and limit my coffee intake. Yesterday I had my first coffee in a week and honestly I'm not wanting to make that a habit again. I really do want to incorporate more veggies into our meals, less sugar, less starches & more water. Which is going to take pre-planning. So, on Saturday I sat down and did some menu planning. That definately took some time because I'm not disciplined at it yet. And might I add . . . I definately want to give tea a shot. I know, I know . . . a tea convert? You never know. In a couple months I could be writing about the best place to get coffee again. Only time will tell.

5 Months

Our baby is five months. Sniff. Sniff. She actually turned 5 months on the 3rd. I love it when they can sit on their own. It makes going out much easier without lugging the baby carrier around. And quite frankly, she's close to sitting all on her own. So there is a plus side to our "Little Social Butterfly" (as daddy calls her) growing up! This picture was taken last week and I swear the child has changed since then. How do they do that so stinkin' fast?!

21 Day Gut Flush

It sounds horrific, and some of it is. However, this 21 day plan is very interesting to me. My mom was diagnosed with celiac disease a couple years ago and since then has been off of wheat and gluten. When I started reading this book and recognizing all the benefits of being off of some of the foods that trigger food sensitivies, I knew I wanted to try it. Baker and I are off of sugar, sugar substitutes, wheat, gluten and almost all dairy. My fridge is stocked FULL of veggies. Seriously, it's hard to find room to put anything else in the fridge. AND there are veggies on the counter too. AND I'm eating veggies at EVERY meal as well as snack time. It's only day 3 and I feel really good. This plan is suppose to increase your energy, and minimize your cravings. For the first two weeks, fruit isn't even allowed. I miss fruit. However, I'm looking at this adventure as eating what is good and healthy for me instead of what I want to eat. There are so many food choices that confront us all day -everyday, and this plan is helping to eliminate those choices by deciding for me what is healthy and wholesome.

I'm definately not following this plan to the letter of the law due to:

1. The fact that the weekly shopping list given for the week was missing key items on the daily menus.






2. There are a lot of homemade items that require time and preparation in the kitchen.






3. I'm willing to try some veggies, however I will not be eating radishes anymore.






4. I do not even want to try sardines. 'Nuf said.






5. My family and I will not continue to live our life according to this diet. Therefore it's a temporary thing and needs to be modified to fit our needs.

Thought I would share our little venture. If anyone has good gluten free recipes send them my way . . . will 'ya?

Preparing the kitchen

To start my weight loss, I decided to clean out my pantry, fridge and cupboards this last week. I knew I needed to get rid of any prepackaged foods, outdated items or tempting junk food. Therefore I ate the purple bag of sweet & spicy dorittos (I can feel the pounds falling away), threw out the old food, and sent the remainder of the food to work with Patrick for everyone else to eat (insert evil laugh here). Later in the day I sat down, opened the paper and whola! Check out the paper. Too funny.

Things B loved

I've been randomly thinking about how there are many things I love that start with the letter B. So here's a list.

1. Baker
2. Babies (my own).
3. Blue jeans
4. Bare feet
5. The Beach
6. Blankets (big, warm down filled blankets)
7. Books
8. Brown hair - it's soooo much better than gray! And who says blondes have more fun???
9. Baked goodies - chocolate chip cookies & cinnamon rolls - mmmm . . . yummy.
10. Brothers - I have two and each one favors a different baby. SO CUTE!
11. Boots - my uggs are so warm & comfy.
12. Birthday celebrations.
13. Bling - especially diamonds. So pretty. The bigger the better. I made a deal with Baker. One carat for every baby. So far he's a carat behind.
14. Being the Boss. 'Nuff said.
15. My pink Bible. It's worn and comfy like a good pair of jeans. I always feel at home when I open it. I feel lost using other Bibles.

I'm sure there's more, but this list took me long enough and since I've started it, the 25 Random Things on Facebook has been circulating and this post seems a little like a copycat. OH WELL. It's not.

It's about time

• Time I get off my arse and start movin'.
• Time to loose the baby belly fat (since she's almost 5 months).
• Time to get up before my 2 year old (his current wakeup time is at frinkin' 6:50 AM).
• Time to figure out what type of exercise I like most.
• Time to have a regular devotional time EVERY morning.
• Time to find a paint color for my bedroom.
• Time to get my ring cleaned (nuts shoulda done it at the mall tonight).

I gotta find some time to get some stuff done. I'll start Monday.

Simple Mom Giveaway

Check out Simple Mom's blog for a week of giveaways. Today's giveaway is from Angie Warren Designs and is a set of mommy cards. My SIL April ordered some of these cards this fall and I must say, they are pretty darn cute. These little cards might just come in handy!

7 Years

Happy Anniversary Baker! We got married seven years ago at 7 o'clock in the evening. It's been a wonderful ride. Good times, lots of laughs, a few tears and many hugs & kisses later oh yes! And the two babies (plus the one we'll meet in heaven). The most incredible, productive & happiest part of you and me. I can't imagine my life without you. You continue to amaze me. Thank you for loving every part of me. I love you. Here's to another fifty plus years!

Friday Night Madness

In high school Friday nights were meant for sporting events and dances. In college it was dates or nights out with friends 'til 2 in the morning. Now, as a mother of two I found myself at the grocery store hitting up the good deals. SAD. VERY SAD. Just kidding. It ain't sad ladies! I have a life, and a great one at that, but when the opportunity comes to hang out with my sis and hit up some great deals, and it happens to be on a Friday night . . . so be it. Here's what I scored last night.

First it was off to Safeway. Had to take baby #2 seeing as how she cries when left with her daddy at night. Plus, I used the car ride to put her to sleep for the night. (he, he . . . whatever works)! Got free South Beach bars - YES $0 out of pocket. That's OOP for the non-couponers. Plus I grabbed some cheese, 2 pizza crusts dough and breadsticks for $6.86.

Total spent at Safeway $6.86 (plus I had to grab a few ads for the double coupons to use next at Albertsons).

Next, after dropping of sleeping baby home to bed was Albertsons. I SO scored. If I would've had my handy calculator out, I would've realized I needed to purchase something to get me to the $5 mark and I could have used a catalina from my diaper deal and paid $0 OOP. But, didn't think that thru and paid $4.40 on one transaction. Learned my lesson and that was all I paid at Albertsons. Look at the picture, I have two cartons of vanilla soy milk which is what baby #1 drinks in place of milk. I got those FREE. Yes, FREE. I need to go back to pick up the free quaker oatmeal that is the screaming deal of the week, however they were extremely picked over, and almost completely out. If they are out when I go back, then I will be getting a raincheck for oh maybe 10 or 20 boxes. And yes, they will be free.