A GREAT giveaway!! Act fast–goes through Monday!!

Hey all! I just had to let you know about a GREAT giveaway from Jamie over at Wee Little Designs! She is the one who made my cute Christmas cards this year!! She is giving away not ONE, but TWO designs. So, go on over to her blog at All Things Avery and sign up! While you are at it, check out her cool designs at Wee Little Designs. Even if you don’t win, you win, cuz she does great work!

Word Watchers!!

OK. I am joining up another challenge that Kelly over at The Barefoot Mama is starting!! I love her idea, and I would encourage you to join the challenge! What a great way to focus on the Lord rather than eating un-needed calories!! Thanks Kelly for doing this. I look forward to it!!

Baconator?? Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Weigh in day!!

Well, for the last week and a half I have walked EVERY day and have eaten better, whole grains, fruits, veggies…I have added more water to my day….and the result is….

I am down .6 lbs. That is right folks, less than a pound, but it is a loss, so I will take it!

Last week I was 197 and today I was 196.4. It is a step in the right direction, so I will take it!!! Point 6 down….only about 40 to go!

Its not too late to join the challenge. Click the link below!

Giveaway!!

Check this out and get entered to win a WD Passport Portable hard drive to back up your precious pictures on your computer!

5 Minutes for Mom

MN Renaissance Festival!!

Here are the pictures from my day with Darcy at the Renaissance. I didn’t take too many, and I was teasing Darcy the whole day about her film camera….so I can’t share any of hers! We left about 9:30 and got home around 7. I had such a good time. The weather was a perfect 77 degrees and not a cloud in the sky! We met Darcy’s parents there. They were a lot of fun!! We had some good laughs!!

On the way there, we got stuck in some traffic. It took us probably 30 minutes to go about 3 miles!! Here is Darcy drinking her Chai when we were stuck in traffic!

Here is the line of cars in front of us!

 

A few pics from the jousting:


(we didn’t stay for the whole thing, we got bored! LOL)

 

An elephant!

 

Darcy’s parents and the back end of an elephant!

 

Camel

 

Lunch time…I had a strawberry smoothie, therefore…the red tongue!

 

One of the shows we saw…a juggler! Before his show I chatted with the girl next to me who had a 7 week old son. I recommended the Ergo baby carrier to her. Her daughter was a tiny little thing…so cute!

 

We saw about 4-5 shows, checked out some shops and ate. It was a really fun time. Thanks for looking!

Weight loss journey!

Well, here we go again! Scratch that!! Here is to changing our lifestyle! I have had enough of the “fad diets”, WW, etc. I need something I can do the rest of my life. I need to lose 50 lbs and stay healthy for Alex and my future kiddos…and for Franz and myself!!!

Here is my story!

For as long as I can remember, I have been unhappy about my weight. I was always “bigger”, but never really really overweight. I always could stand to lose 20 lbs or so! Well, once I got married, wow, did I pack on the pounds! In 2004, I finally said enough is enough and I joined Weight Watchers. That was February. I started over 200lbs and got down to the mid 160’s! I lost almost 50 lbs and felt great!!! Then, something happened…I went back to my old habits and gained most of it back. Then, in September of 2005 I got pregnant with Alex. I weighed in my first appt at the clinic at 210! :-O WOW. The most I have ever weighed. During my pregnancy I gained only 23 lbs. About 6-8 weeks after giving birth, I was down to 206! I was so happy! Then it stopped coming off and I got stuck. I have started and failed about 6 times since Alex’s birth. I am down about 10 lbs, but still have at least 40 to go!!

Franz has a program that he is part of through work for 13 weeks. It isn’t a diet, no counting calories or anything like that. It is just showing you how to make changes in your life. The basic premise of the “diet” is to eat whole grains (at least 3 servings), eat fruits and veggies (at least 5 servings), drink water (at least 5 glasses) and exercise a minimum of 1 hours a day–7 days a week! Not rocket science, but it makes sense!

So, in a nutshell…Franz and I are on a mission. We are going to drop at least 90 lbs between the 2 of us!!! It may take some time, but this time I want to KEEP IT OFF! I want something that I can do permanantly. I need to change my lifestyle. I need to *gasp* exercise!!!

So, please, if you think of us any time in the next few months, just drop a note of encouragement. If you are trying to lose, or eat healthier…let us know, because having someone along side to encourage and support is an amazing tool to have.

I have joined an online challenge at Tales from the Scales called the Look Great in 2008 Challenge. I am weighing myself daily, but will have regular updates here on Wednesday! I was going to have a separate blog that I didn’t tell anyone about, but I figure putting it here lets it all out in the open, and I may have some more accountability!

Oh, and my starting weight for this challenge is….197 But NOT for long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check back every Wednesday to see my progress!!

Renaissance

I am going to the Renaissance Festival tomorrow with my friend Darcy! I will be sure to take some pictures!!! So, look for that post coming soon!!!

You have to check this out!!

Christmas is coming soon…some of you are having babies…and I know that some of you just like to send mail! *giggle*

I stumbled upon this site and couldn’t resist her designs for our Christmas card this year! Well, I checked out the site this week and see that she is having a sale this month as well, so here I am, in September…ordering Christmas cards! LOL It was an awesome experience. I picked a design I liked and she made me 4 to choose from, and then played around with the fonts and colors for me. Such great service. Now I have my mom getting her cards there too!! Check her out here at Wee Little Designs! She does holiday cards, birth announcements, moving cards and more if you ask I am sure!! Tell everyone you know too!!!

I need my husband!

Now, we have been married almost 6 years (October 20th to be exact!). I know that when we got married we became one flesh (For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh…Ephesians 5:31), but sometimes I forget take for granted just what my husband is to me!! He has been working 12 hour night shift since Sunday, and WOW…I realize that I never want to be a single mom. I give them kudos for sure!

So, I plan to give him a big hug and tell him how much I love and appreciate him and all he does for us as a family! Just want to encourage you all to do the same if it has been a while!!! It seems the longer you are married, the more you take your spouse for granted! I know that is how it is for me, but I enjoy these times when I can reflect on the great man that I married and what he means to me!