Weight loss and 6 days in

Today is the last day I'm eating whatever I want as tomorrow i start my diet. I'll be pigging out on crap food today to a) get it out of my house and b) have one last hurrah.  

Currently I'm munching on bottle caps...theyz mah favz.

I'm going to start running tomorrow. Even if its just to the corner and back, at least its a start. I'm also going to do the 100 burpie challenge.

Its going to be a long hard road, but I'm determined.

In other news...

How's 2013 going so far? Sticking to your resolutions?

I feel that I've been doing real good on decluttering so far. I've rearranged my upper cabinets and need to work on the lower ones. I've also cleaned out the "junk drawer", cleaned out my makeup drawer in the bathroom and the medicine cabinet.

I got a new mixer for Christmas from my mom. I used it for the first time this morning. I made these egg muffin things I found on pinterest.  I also made corn bread.

The eggs came out ok. To much salt and pepper, so I will cut back if I decide to try them again.

I'm making Mac and Cheese today, although, I'm not quite sure if I'm going to it baked or in the crock pot.

I'll weigh in tomorrow and do a post about it.

Later
-e

Happy New Years!!!!

Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone. Too quickly if I may say so.
Hopefully in 2013, I will be able to enjoy them more. This year it was all go, go, go and no enjoyment. I mean, I enjoyed it...just not as full as I wish I could have.

I have a lot of things I want to work on in 2013 and hopefully blogging will keep me in line and honest with it. Here are some things I would like to do in 2013:

1. Work on our house.
I mean, B has boxes from when we moved in from 2008....that still haven't been unpacked. I want to redecorate our bedroom. Finish all the projects that were started: the bathroom, the kitchen and...the basement.
Oh and that darn office....with all the crap in it.... *shudder*
We need to de-clutter....badly.


2. Work on me.
I want to lose weight. I say this often, but I need to make it a reality. I'm overweight. I've about lost all of the weight I gained when I was pregnant, which puts me right where I was in 2011 when I said, "Well, if I'm not pregnant this month, I'm going on a diet for that wedding I'm in...."
Well we know what happened with that.
This also goes for my "attitude". B says I'm negative....I tend to agree, but it's hard not to be (for me anyway). But I would really like to turn this around.

3. Work on crafting.
I really want to open an Etsy shop. I'm just having a hard time with what I would want to make to sell. I feel like I have good ideas....I'm just having a hard time putting them into motion.
Also, I've always wanted to re-purpose furniture that I find out for the trash. I think it would be so fun to do.
I'd also like to get better at sewing.

4. Work on us.
B and I have been together for almost 9 years. Things are usually good between us, but they could be better. I think we can make this happen.

5. Work on my blogs.
This one in particular. I also have my son's blog about his journey with Spina Bifida and a blog B and I started devoted to trying new cocktail recipes.


I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Years.

See you in 2013!

-e

Thankful

C crawled last night.

It's been a hell of almost 14 months. He's behind...obviously...but we knew that.

He's been doing one little crawl here and there before spreading out and army crawling. Last night I caught him on video crawling in the kitchen, a few more crawls before transitioning into army crawling again.

I made him crawl to his room last night. Our hallway is about 15ft long and I got him to crawl after a ball.
He crawled the entire hallway.

And I cried.
Because of the hard, long, uphill, in the snow both ways road we took to get to this point. Because I wad so proud of him for finally accomplishing this goal. Because I'm so thankful that we will start to move on to new adventures.
Because we just showed Spina Bifida who is boss.

I've been a bipolar rollercoaster of emotions the last 24 hours, partly because of this, the rest due to other things going on in my life. So when I got home today, I was spent. Done. If I wasn't a mom, I would have Nyquil-ed it up and went to bed.

Except, there was a card in the mail. With a gift card in it. Just for me. From a secret Santa.
I can't share it with anyone at home. It's to a salon. Now a days, I receive a gift card, I spend it on C and B, instead of myself.
As selfish as this may sound, I a bit glad that I can't use it on them.

I plan to get a couple of mani's with it. Something that I haven't been able to get in a very long time.
To whoever you are who sent that to me: thank you. You can't even imagine how much this means to me.

<3
-e

Crap

Yeah, yeah.

Oops..I did it again....

I THINK about posting all the time... really, I do. It just doesn't happen. Ever.

Something always comes up, or I think about stuff in the car and by the time I get home, I forget.

I've had a busy few months and now the holidays are here...ick. Bah humbug.

My love for the holidays diminishes more and more every year. I don't know if its because the older I get the busier I get and I can't really even enjoy them, or what.

This year, I put up my tree...and some random nick nacks...thats it.

I somehow gained this fabuolus idea that I am going to make our stockings and pj pants as well..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAA

HA.

O_O

They are great intentions, they are. But the intentions don't realize that there are other priorities that stand in the way, like cooking and cleaning and laundry and everything else in between.

5 stockings and 3 pj pants....by 12/24

The clock is ticking...tick tock....

Oh. Hi.

Yeah. I knew it. I'd slack.

And I'm thinking that this whole "structured" post of the day junk is defeating the purpose of "unpredictable ramblings”. o_O

So. I’m going to do just that, unpredictably ramble. Just like the blog says. No more, Mama Mondays or Did It Work Tuesdays. I’m horrible at schedules, obviously. So, I will just write posts about what is on my mind at the moment.
So. …

My son will be 12 months old tomorrow. Well, more like at 2:03am. For those of you who don’t know about my son, he has Spina Bifida. The journey that I’ve been on for the past 12 months has been a rollercoaster of emotions. Ups and downs. Twists and turns. With a blindfold on. And no direction.
We weren’t prepared for this journey, as we didn’t know he was going to be born with Spina Bifida. But, it is what it is. He’s here. He’s doing great. We’ve climbed that mountain and reached the top.
Is our journey over? No, it’s just beginning. But what I can say is that we’re fortunate to have so many people riding this roller coaster along with us. You know who you are.

Thank you <3

Does it work??

Pumpkin Spice Latte

I found a recipe on Pinterest to make PSL's at home.

A friend of mine found a recipe on Pinterest to make PSL's at home, she tried it and said that it came out really good and that she added more sugar than the recipe called for.

I decided to try it for myself, and I did so on Sunday morning.

Here is the recipe I used, however, I used skim milk, splenda and instant Folgers (because that's what I had in my house).

IT WAS GLORIOUS!!!!

It was so good that if I had the extra time in the morning, I would make it every day!! (I'm not sure what extra time entails, but if you know where I can find some, let me know!)

There was enough for 2 cups (I didn't share, not that B drinks coffee anyway. He thinks it's gross...blasphemy!!!))

I decide to compare to a Starbucks PSL, but with skim milk and splenda, just to see if there was a variation.

I ordered it skinny, and it tasted the exact same!!!!

So, if you are a PSL lover like I am, try it out. It's not that hard to do!



So, does it work? I would say - YES!

-e

Mama Mondays

Happy Monday!

How was your weekend?

We were busy this weekend. We went to a wedding. Did some shopping. Prepared for the big party this weekend. All in all it was a great few days.

I was happy to have a day out with my little man:

For those of you who don't follow our other blog you may not know October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month.

Follow us on Facebook to learn facts about Spina Bifida all month!

<3 e