It has been a little over a year since I have decided to create a list and complete it. In one year we have done a lot and there are still a lot of things that I want to complete.
I do need to keep posting more regularly and I am starting to see that I have more time to do things now that the babies play more independantly.
Currently, I am finding my creative side again!! I missed it. I have finished the drawing/sketching the sihoulette portrait of Madelyn and Grace that I started. Now I just have to paint and seal it. I am all done cutting the fabric for Madelyn's quilt and I hope to sew that while she is gone on a camping trip in the next few weeks. I have also started a scrap block quilt for my mom. I hope to have this done for her by Christmas. I am also working on my Christmas cards - that are clean simple designs. This makes it easy for mass production.
As time passes my kids tastes change. I started a Dinsey mural in my daughters playroom when we moved back into our house - since then Madelyn and Grace have decided to no share a room and toy room is now Madelyn's. Madelyn's new room is going to have a Tiedyed/Peace theme. The wall that the mural is drawn on is now going to be covered with tiedyed fabric wallpaper. So, I am not sure how to go about this part of my challenge. Either I start a new mural or I nix this from this list....I will ponder this for awhile. Also with the girls bedding projects that I started some time back (rather bought the stuff for it) is not being used for their original plans. I am lucky that I did not start Madelyns pillowcases - as now she is not interested in High School Musical anymore. So hers are going to be dyed for her new room. Grace's tinkerbell sheets were started and I think I can still finish those for her as she is young and likes anything girly.
To the weight part of this challenge. I had a very hard time with the Weight Watchers points - I spent too much time durning the day calculating points. With working and the kids and a busy schedule I need to try a different method. I know I need to limit my portions and be more active. I may try the weight watchers again, hopefully I will stick to it.
I hope that I can start posting some of these yummy recipes that I have found. It is canning season again so once all of that is done I will try to post them :)
I am glad that I am still actively trying to complete this challenge even if I am not posting as often as I'd like to. As I go through this next year I hope to accomplish more - I want to see more items in blue in the sidebar.
Thanks for the support!!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
I have started my weight loss journey. I weighted in at 155....not happy with that at all. I know that is not considered 'fat' by any means but I have a cupcake top above my pants line and I hate it. I am okay from the ribcage up and the knee caps down...so I need to work on my middle. I did some reseach and I am following the weight watchers point system based on what I have found on the internet. I am on a 21 point diet. Yesterday I earned 3 activity points and had to use one weekly point because of eating a small ice cream cone with the girls. All in all I feel good. I was a little bummed that I did went over my points by 1. I also noticed that although I had the urge to snack I was not really hungery. Working from home and food being at hands reach I believe has caused me to eat just to eat. Which was not a problem 10 yrs ago...it just is now. I will have been doing the weight watchers point system 1 week on Thursday - so I will post then with the thoughts of my week!!!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Months: 9, Weeks: 40
That is how long I have been on my zero day challenge!! Part of me is pretty proud of myself and part of me is a little discouraged with myself. I say this because I think I have made a pretty good start to my list - but then I think I should have more done already.
Today I am going to spend a little time telling you what I have been doing, what is in the works etc. I am trying to get back into the swing of posting to my stamping/crafty blog. Because it has been hard for me to post weekly to it, I changed the guidelines to that particular line item. My goals is to post 143 times prior to the deadline instead of weekly. It will balance out to be the same number of posts. I did post today.
Over my upcoming vacation I am planning to do either scrapbook or make some christmas or upcoming birthday cards. Speaking of birthday cards - I have changed the guidelines to be something more realistic. Instead of 15, I have changed it to 5 (Matt and Kids) - they are what are most important to me. If I make other birthday cards - yeah for me! There is not reason to stress myself over cards that very few appreciate!
Family Game/Movie night is still a hit here - it tends to be more movies than games - but I think over all it equals out. Geocaching is awesome and great exercise. We have gone out twice and found caches both times. The girls are excited to do this more and I enjoy it too. It can get frustrating when you walk in circles and the darn tootin cache is litterly right under your nose. We have placed a trackable cache in memory of Papaw! The girls hope to see it travel to every state as they would have loved to travel with him. It will be great to see where Rocky the Raccoon ends up next. He has been picked up from the cache we put him in and he is on his way to a new location!
Speaking of traveling - in June we are planning a vacation to the UP of Michigan for a camping trip. We are also new owers of a permanent campsite in Andover Ohio and we will be spending a lot of time there this summer - we can not wait!
Going Green - This has been a topic of conversation in our house lately. This is because we are hoping to sell this house and build a new one in about 5 years. We are going to look into building a 'Green' home. I am going to looking to grant/gov't programs to see if there is funding for such projects. We have heard that there was. To become more environmently friendly home and eat healthier we are now raising our own chickens for eggs (less packaging and better quality eggs) and have a great start to a garden (no chemicals, better fruits and veggies)! We have 7 hens and 1 rooster we believe. The girls love them and they are so tame - they love when we go in the coop to visit. In the garden we have planted so far - strawberries, potatoes, lettuce, onions, beans, squash, zuchinni, tomatoes, broccoli and cucumbers. I still plan to add pumpkin, watermelon, honey dew, cantalope and pickling cucumbers!
Date nights - they are coming together and Matt and I have enjoyed our time together - some nights is just us staying up until the wee hours watching movies! Its great! I will be glad for more time with him once all these projects are completed....but are you ever done with projects?
I am almost done purging for the yard sale - we are tentatively scheduled for June! I can not wait to get this stuff out of the house!! I belive the twins rooms is almost done and what is left is our bedroom. I was going to do the kitchen - but then it turned out that most of the 'extra' went to the camper - it is nice that we have found a use for it and we did not have to buy too much additional things! I have two flower bed by my patio. We pulled up the plants in the one and moved them to the other as there was little in both. One is now a garden and the other is full of flowers. I am so glad that we have one decent flower bed going. We are working on the beds in the front of the house and we will be done!!!
Are you bored yet? Well I have posted a 'missing persons' add on Facebook for my bioligical father - here. I got a response from a lady and she says she knows him - its a long story and now after her messaging me she has never told me anything about him. I am bummed - I feel so close. I will keep bugging this person until she either gives me a response or tells me to hit the road.
Becoming more Frugal is a big thing for me - I want me money to go as far as possible. Coupon clipping is a big thing around here (for me) - I love the weeks where I am saving about $90 or more! I have also done surveys and look for free things online that we as a family can use. I love finding coupons for free things!
Lastly, I am thinking it will be hard to do any Aflec paperwork - my job has switched them out with another company. But I am looking into that. And some of those books that have been collecting dust are getting read - that 9 hour ride to Michigan should help me with that!
Please see my pictures below:
These are our Hens - the Rooster is in there too - but I can not pick him out from the photo.
Their names are Ashley (black hen) Cheesecake (white hen) Rocky and Bullwinkle (gray/black hens) Chocolate, Brownie, Carmel and Praliene (are the red hens/rooster).
These are the 3 BIG pigs....they eat everything....We didn't name them.
This is our new camper - its getting a make over right now.
The Garden - some plants are doing well - some have about drowned with all the rain that we have been getting.
Madelyns Giant Cabbage - its for a scholarship programs that she is growing it for.
Today I am going to spend a little time telling you what I have been doing, what is in the works etc. I am trying to get back into the swing of posting to my stamping/crafty blog. Because it has been hard for me to post weekly to it, I changed the guidelines to that particular line item. My goals is to post 143 times prior to the deadline instead of weekly. It will balance out to be the same number of posts. I did post today.
Over my upcoming vacation I am planning to do either scrapbook or make some christmas or upcoming birthday cards. Speaking of birthday cards - I have changed the guidelines to be something more realistic. Instead of 15, I have changed it to 5 (Matt and Kids) - they are what are most important to me. If I make other birthday cards - yeah for me! There is not reason to stress myself over cards that very few appreciate!
Family Game/Movie night is still a hit here - it tends to be more movies than games - but I think over all it equals out. Geocaching is awesome and great exercise. We have gone out twice and found caches both times. The girls are excited to do this more and I enjoy it too. It can get frustrating when you walk in circles and the darn tootin cache is litterly right under your nose. We have placed a trackable cache in memory of Papaw! The girls hope to see it travel to every state as they would have loved to travel with him. It will be great to see where Rocky the Raccoon ends up next. He has been picked up from the cache we put him in and he is on his way to a new location!
Speaking of traveling - in June we are planning a vacation to the UP of Michigan for a camping trip. We are also new owers of a permanent campsite in Andover Ohio and we will be spending a lot of time there this summer - we can not wait!
Going Green - This has been a topic of conversation in our house lately. This is because we are hoping to sell this house and build a new one in about 5 years. We are going to look into building a 'Green' home. I am going to looking to grant/gov't programs to see if there is funding for such projects. We have heard that there was. To become more environmently friendly home and eat healthier we are now raising our own chickens for eggs (less packaging and better quality eggs) and have a great start to a garden (no chemicals, better fruits and veggies)! We have 7 hens and 1 rooster we believe. The girls love them and they are so tame - they love when we go in the coop to visit. In the garden we have planted so far - strawberries, potatoes, lettuce, onions, beans, squash, zuchinni, tomatoes, broccoli and cucumbers. I still plan to add pumpkin, watermelon, honey dew, cantalope and pickling cucumbers!
Date nights - they are coming together and Matt and I have enjoyed our time together - some nights is just us staying up until the wee hours watching movies! Its great! I will be glad for more time with him once all these projects are completed....but are you ever done with projects?
I am almost done purging for the yard sale - we are tentatively scheduled for June! I can not wait to get this stuff out of the house!! I belive the twins rooms is almost done and what is left is our bedroom. I was going to do the kitchen - but then it turned out that most of the 'extra' went to the camper - it is nice that we have found a use for it and we did not have to buy too much additional things! I have two flower bed by my patio. We pulled up the plants in the one and moved them to the other as there was little in both. One is now a garden and the other is full of flowers. I am so glad that we have one decent flower bed going. We are working on the beds in the front of the house and we will be done!!!
Are you bored yet? Well I have posted a 'missing persons' add on Facebook for my bioligical father - here. I got a response from a lady and she says she knows him - its a long story and now after her messaging me she has never told me anything about him. I am bummed - I feel so close. I will keep bugging this person until she either gives me a response or tells me to hit the road.
Becoming more Frugal is a big thing for me - I want me money to go as far as possible. Coupon clipping is a big thing around here (for me) - I love the weeks where I am saving about $90 or more! I have also done surveys and look for free things online that we as a family can use. I love finding coupons for free things!
Lastly, I am thinking it will be hard to do any Aflec paperwork - my job has switched them out with another company. But I am looking into that. And some of those books that have been collecting dust are getting read - that 9 hour ride to Michigan should help me with that!
Please see my pictures below:
These are our Hens - the Rooster is in there too - but I can not pick him out from the photo.
Their names are Ashley (black hen) Cheesecake (white hen) Rocky and Bullwinkle (gray/black hens) Chocolate, Brownie, Carmel and Praliene (are the red hens/rooster).
These are the 3 BIG pigs....they eat everything....We didn't name them.
This is our new camper - its getting a make over right now.
The potatoes are poking out.
The Garden - some plants are doing well - some have about drowned with all the rain that we have been getting.
Madelyns Giant Cabbage - its for a scholarship programs that she is growing it for.
The new flower bed - with very beat down plants - hopefully in a few weeks I can get a better photo.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Happy New Year! It's about time I get on here and update! (I know its late!)
I have completed 3 more tasks on my list - made a quilt, went one month with no pop and we served Thanksgiving dinner at a soup kitchen.
Grace's quilt!
These are the girls on Thanksgiving eating after their hard work in the Soup Kitchen.
I have also made a bunch of yummy cookies and recipes! I will be sharing them in the next post!
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