Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Month Two - Sweets
Last month the small change I made to lose weight was drinking nothing but water.
Here are the stats -
January 1: 182 pounds
February 1: 178 pounds
Drinking nothing but water was only difficult for me because I crave milk. Seriously no booze, coffee or pop is a breeze, but I need my milk. However, milk was not what I drank when I cheated in January. I drank a beer before a flight (I'm a very nervous flier), and I drank a few Gatorades when I had a 24 hour stomach bug.
A lot of people have asked if I will continue only drinking water. No. I will go back to drinking my cup of milk in the morning and will seriously limit drinking other high calorie beverages.
For February my small change is giving up sweets. Being pregnant gives me a major sweet tooth, so I am in the habit of eating desserts now. During the month of February I will not eat (or drink) any desserts/candy/chocolate/etc.
I'm already craving a brownie sundae.
Here are the stats -
January 1: 182 pounds
February 1: 178 pounds
Drinking nothing but water was only difficult for me because I crave milk. Seriously no booze, coffee or pop is a breeze, but I need my milk. However, milk was not what I drank when I cheated in January. I drank a beer before a flight (I'm a very nervous flier), and I drank a few Gatorades when I had a 24 hour stomach bug.
A lot of people have asked if I will continue only drinking water. No. I will go back to drinking my cup of milk in the morning and will seriously limit drinking other high calorie beverages.
For February my small change is giving up sweets. Being pregnant gives me a major sweet tooth, so I am in the habit of eating desserts now. During the month of February I will not eat (or drink) any desserts/candy/chocolate/etc.
I'm already craving a brownie sundae.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Copy Cat
Brett just told me the following story. After school the other day he had the following conversation with our oldest son, Peter.
Brett - Did you learn anything new in school today?
Peter - I learn new words by copying what other people say.
Brett - That's interesting, can you give me an example?
Peter - (mimicking Brett's voice) That's interesting, can you give me an example?
Brett - Did you learn anything new in school today?
Peter - I learn new words by copying what other people say.
Brett - That's interesting, can you give me an example?
Peter - (mimicking Brett's voice) That's interesting, can you give me an example?
Friday, February 1, 2013
Pinterest Worthy?
When I created this blog my goal was to incorporate a few elements of my life...
1. Day to day nonsense that happens in our life. Funny stories, milestones, and rants that go along with being a mom.
2. Daily photo. Just to capture a moment from our day.
3. Parenting commentary. Tips and observations that I've learned on my journey.
4. Progress reports as I struggle to get back my girlish figure.
And last but not least -
5. "Pin-spirations" - projects, recipes and more that I found and tried on my favorite time suck website, Pinterest.
Obviously, if you have been following this blog you know that I haven't done #5 yet, but I'm working on a project (a felt rug made out of fabric scraps) and will be posting about it when I'm done.
In the mean time, I thought I'd post about a project I did this morning. It wasn't inspired by Pinterest (actually I got the idea from my kids' pediatrician's office), but it seems like something I would find pinned on my "Party Ideas" board.
I am Co-Hosting a baby shower tomorrow and (like most showers have) we will be playing some games during the shower. At most showers I go to there aren't enough working pens to go around when those "Unscramble These Words About Baby" quizzes start circling the room.
At the last shower I threw I made sure to bring a cup full of pens with me, but this time I wanted to jazz it up a bit. At my kids' pediatrician's office their pens are taped to flowers so no one will steal them. Brilliant!
I headed to the $1 Store and picked up fake flowers, three glass vases and pens (I already had duct tape at home, or that also would have been on my list).
All I had to do was cut the stems of the flowers off of the bundles of flowers, and tape them to the end of each pen:
Finished product
Once I was finished I had three centerpieces (I used 40 pens). I didn't take a photo when I was completely finished, but I also added a ribbon around the next of each vase and glass marbles at the bottom to make them look a little more festive.
1. Day to day nonsense that happens in our life. Funny stories, milestones, and rants that go along with being a mom.
2. Daily photo. Just to capture a moment from our day.
3. Parenting commentary. Tips and observations that I've learned on my journey.
4. Progress reports as I struggle to get back my girlish figure.
And last but not least -
5. "Pin-spirations" - projects, recipes and more that I found and tried on my favorite time suck website, Pinterest.
Obviously, if you have been following this blog you know that I haven't done #5 yet, but I'm working on a project (a felt rug made out of fabric scraps) and will be posting about it when I'm done.
In the mean time, I thought I'd post about a project I did this morning. It wasn't inspired by Pinterest (actually I got the idea from my kids' pediatrician's office), but it seems like something I would find pinned on my "Party Ideas" board.
I am Co-Hosting a baby shower tomorrow and (like most showers have) we will be playing some games during the shower. At most showers I go to there aren't enough working pens to go around when those "Unscramble These Words About Baby" quizzes start circling the room.
At the last shower I threw I made sure to bring a cup full of pens with me, but this time I wanted to jazz it up a bit. At my kids' pediatrician's office their pens are taped to flowers so no one will steal them. Brilliant!
I headed to the $1 Store and picked up fake flowers, three glass vases and pens (I already had duct tape at home, or that also would have been on my list).
All I had to do was cut the stems of the flowers off of the bundles of flowers, and tape them to the end of each pen:
Finished product
Once I was finished I had three centerpieces (I used 40 pens). I didn't take a photo when I was completely finished, but I also added a ribbon around the next of each vase and glass marbles at the bottom to make them look a little more festive.
Pretty and useful all in one - love that!
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