I almost forgot to tell you all to go check out Paula from Big Picture Scrapbookings blog. She's doing a giveaway of some scrappy stuff. Head on over now. Good Luck!
January 2009
January 29, 2009
Thank you Per Annum
Ok, seriously someone at Per Annum must have tapped into my brain waves a little while back or something. For the last few months I've been needing a new planner. But, I couldn't find any planner that would work for what I needed. Since I have my iPhone, and outlook for work, I don't really need a planner for appointments. Everything I found had two pages each day or I just didn't like the design. I wanted something mainly for my major to-do lists and to see my month in a glance. I even went so far as to create my own which was okay, but I didn't love it.
Then one day I get home and I grabbed the mail. There was a little package in there for me. I rip it open because I don't get packages too often (at least I don't get ones that I don't have to hide from the hubby too often!!!) and inside is the most perfect planner for me. It was the 2009 My Book Planner from Per Annum.
It's simple and customizable and everything I need it to be. I set aside everything I was supposed to be working on and customized my planner with pictures I love (it even came with the picutre paper for it!), decorated the cover, added monthly tabs and a little ribbon and have been using it ever since. This is with me everyday and it makes me so happy every time I look at it.
I'm mainly using it for my BPS deadlines, page calls and dt calls that I want to submit for. I have a goal to do more scrapbooking this year and this little planner is helping me keep it straight and inspiring me all at the same time. Seriously, how cute is this planner. (oh, ps...no one asked me to write or post any of this...I really do love this as much as I'm saying!)
Thank you Per Annum for making the cutest planner ever!
January 22, 2009
The night is gonna kill me...
I managed (barely) to get through the whole time at work doing amazingly and they even had Belt Line Bar (a local Mexican restaurant) brought in, which I love.I didn't eat any of it. Oh, I was tempted but I resisted. I stuck with my brown rice and veggies. I even chocked down the plain nasty oatmeal that I messed up cooking for breakfast. I drank about 90 ounces of water. I even ran up and down the 4 flights of stairs a few times just for fun.
But then I get home and I go just about crazy thinking about how hungry I am and how badly I just want some real food...and I cave. I ate almost 1/2 of Katelyn's pot pie. I feel terribly guilty and really mad at myself. I will be stronger tomorrow. I will. I will be okay eating brown rice and steamed veggie's for 5 more days. I will.
I have reasons for wanting to this. Reasons that mean I can't give up. Okay, so I cheated a little. I'm moving past it. My goals for doing this challenge are:
1. Lose Weight so my clothes fit and I can wear shorts this summer
2. Feel better and not always complain of a stomach ache
3. Have more energy
4. Be healthier and live longer
5. Get back into the exercise routine...I love the high of exercising
5 more days...I can do this!
January 21, 2009
Detox Day 1...a success!!
A couple of post back I mentioned that I was going to do the Body & Soul Challenge. I knew that since I was going to be on vacation last weekend there was no way I'd be able to stick to a cleansing diet, so I decided to wait until today when I would have a better chance of success. This means I'm a couple of weeks behind on the challenge, but that's not going to stop me.
I did okay during the day, but right now I'd love a bowl of cereal with a side of toast or the left over peanut butter cookie dough that's in the fridge! But, I'm going to stick with this. I am I tell ya! I've never been able to diet. NEVER. I like to eat all the things that are never on a diet plan. Things like cereal, red meat, beer, big ole' chunks of bread and butter, beer, peanut butter cookies, cheese...all of those things that I am craving right now. The trouble is, I can't do that anymore.
I've put on a little too much weight and I can feel it. I don't have the kind of energy I used to have. My stomach is almost always upset. My clothes don't fit like I'd like. My thighs are starting to rub together. It's time for some change, so I will be sticking with this cleansing diet. It's only 6 more days...I can do anything for that long!! Next week will be easier!
Here's how the diet went today:
No breakfast because I hadn't shopped yet (will do better tomorrow)
11:20am - Pear
12:45pm - Brown Rice, Steamed Veggies, Chick Pea Salad & Spiced Orange Tea
3:20pm - Carrots with Hummus
6:30pm - Brown Rice & Steamed Veggies (and two of the kid's McNuggets...opps!)
8:30pm - Lemon Water
11:20am - Pear
12:45pm - Brown Rice, Steamed Veggies, Chick Pea Salad & Spiced Orange Tea
3:20pm - Carrots with Hummus
6:30pm - Brown Rice & Steamed Veggies (and two of the kid's McNuggets...opps!)
8:30pm - Lemon Water
The food is all good and I really don't mind it. The problem is, it's not filling and it doesn't stick with me for too long so it's going to be hard not to cheat. And I'm having a hard time not thinking about wanting food. I think that since I can't have it, I want it more and I just need to knock that off. Hopefully starting tomorrow with some oatmeal and fruit will help instead of skipping breakfast.
I've broken out my weight loss journal again and I'm really going to use it this time. Every time I've tried to use it since I made it, I've never made it past 1.25 days! (sorry about the language on the cover!)
January 20, 2009
Back from vacation and a sneak...
I went on vacation with 2 of my sisters and my mom over the long weekend and we had a blast. I had planned to post updates from my iphone, but somehow I managed to leave my cell phone at my sisters house for the whole time...major bummer!
We went up North to Boyne, MI and even though it was freezing and snowy we had a blast. We just relaxed and took some time to ourselves...which for all of us was well needed! We did leave the resort for a little shopping and some tubing (which was a little pathetic especially for a ski resort!), but the majority of the time we simply sat on our arses watching movies, playing Yahtzee or Scrabble (which I kicked some serious butt...not to rub it in our anything!), dranking lots of winter Ale, laughing lots and sleeping in!
Here are some of my favorite photos from the trip (unfortunately, I was so relaxed I neglected my camera a little too much so the pictures aren't the greatest and I haven't had a chance to photoshop any of these).
Don't ask!
And here's a little sneak of my new class that is coming soon to BPS.
January 12, 2009
A girl and her room...
Do you remember growing up and playing for hours in your bedroom? Do you remember what you used to do? I remember coloring a lot (my favorite coloring books were Woody Woodpecker and Mighty Mouse)! I also remember playing dress up and with Barbies and dolls! I wish I could remember more!
We spent all day yesterday getting Katelyn's room organized and put back together after all the stuff she got for Christmas. She loves her room and while most people think it looks like Pink Panther threw up, she thinks it's not pink enough!! She'll play in here for hours! Right now she's really into Disney Princesses and having imaginary friends over to play with her. She's got her room setup with a Kitchen, a dinning room, a toy room and a bedroom. She loves to play house and she'll rotate between having new brothers and sisters or friends over. She loves to color and play in her kitchen and have tea parties and play with play doh and do puzzles. I love it when she's playing in her room all quietly and every five minutes or so she'll holler..."Mom, I love you!". She definitely loves being a girl and having all things be very girly and pink!
Too soon she'll grow up and not be into all the things she loves right now, so I try to record as much of as it as I can before the fleeting moments of childhood are gone and long forgotten...that's why I love scrapbooking!!
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