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Wow

It feels like forever since I've written anything and for that I am sorry.  We have been going crazy with appointments and party prep.  I also have not been in the best place mentally for a while and have just kept to myself or edited videos to get rid of the rants and depressing whiny parts. 

We had a small party for our youngest yesterday and he had a blast. We invited 2 family friends to join us and my folks and he was so excited. 

Today which is his actual birthday and we drove just over an hour to go to the beach even though we live just 20 minutes from one. Lol

This week things will be returning to normal with 2 appointments at the same time and just minor errands to run.

Time to start working out and see if this weight can go. I also am hoping to get caught up on editing videos and posting.  I also want to pull a calendar and plan out meals and all videos and set some project deadlines for October.  I hope I can find enough ideas for videos.  Lol

So those are my goals and I hope to pot some objectives for this month as well. I hope you all have been having a great weekend.  *hugs*

Day 1....

   So today my youngest had his first day of preschool. He was so excited that when he got up at 6:45 he was dressed and backpack on ready to go out the door before 7. The bus comes around 7:30. lol He did great at school and is ready to go back.

   My day was great. Lots of silence, nice thunder storms, some cleaning in the garage, 4 sets or bedding and 3 loads of laundry, some painting, finished a ruffle scarf and worked on my loom afghan. It has been such a great day and am looking forward to tomorrow and what it brings.

Just one of those days....

Have you ever just had one of those days?

Well today I am having one. It started out great and then I checked the bank and realized we have sent more than I thought so now it is time to be a penny pinching mizer for a month or so. I am putting together a game plan and well with a few other steps I think we will be all good. So that was the sad part of my morning.

On the bright side I had a friend message me last night and she wants to buy some ruffle scarves. I am waiting for her to let me know how many and set up a time to get together. I have some that I have had for a while but I have some new colors I like and so I am busting tail this morning trying to get as many as I can done and ready for her to see. I never imagined when I started loom knitting almost a year ago that I would be selling things of that they would be going from North Carolina, USA all the way to Japan. Well I have had these items go over there from the same lady for her grandson that was just born.

Well soon there will be even more items crossing the ocean. It is so exciting.

So with that said I had better get back to work on these scarves and hopefully I will be back soon. Maybe next post I will put up all of the pics of the scarves I have and show u all the ones she bought.

National Bacon Day 8/30/14

Hi all and I hope you are all enjoying national bacon day.

So far for us today we have had bacon with breakfast and then started some house projects and shopping. It is almost time for me to start dinner and I am thinking bacon cheese burgers tonight. I am also hoping to get in some baking using bacon and hopefully will get some done today but if not that is ok because it will probably be bacon celebration weekend here.

Well I didn't get all of my bacon baking done but I did get all of this made. Here is dinner, stuffed meat loaf with bacon in it, bacon chips and bacon sausage balls.

 

Then I did bake some bourbon bacon brownies.

Tomorrow who knows. I know we r doing philly cheese steaks after I make rolls and maybe I will throw in some bacon. lol There are some home projects we will be doing tomorrow as well.

I hope your day has been great.

8/29/14 Last Friday in August

So it is the last Friday in August and tomorrow is national bacon day. How are you planning to celebrate? I am thinking of baking some yummy bacon filled things. Maybe bacon cheese bread, or bacon chocolate chip cookies, or red velvet bacon brownies, or who knows what else....

Woke up today with my sinuses messed up again but after 3 v-8 energy drinks I am feeling better some. Ok so maybe it isn't the v8's so much as the almost non stop moving about I have been doing. lol

So today was a weigh in day so I am going to list my stats for the month.

Weight
     down 4.6 pounds for the month

Body fat %
     down 5.3% for the month

Inches
      down 2 inches for the month

Water %
     up 3.9% for the month (yay means I am drinking more)

So overall for the month of August that is a good change. Today my son's preschool teachers will be coming for a visit so that should be fun.

Time to get the chicken cooking in the crock pot which will also make the house have an awesome smell all day. Lots of crock pot usage lately and even more to come.

Make today a great day and enjoy your weekend and time with your family while you are with them.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to my blog, pull up a chair and a drink and enjoy. Just wanted you to know what kind of things will be showing on here and tell you a little about me. 

I will be talking about my crafting projects, baking and cooking and even just my life and my weight loss journey. I love making all kinds of things including yarn related, fabric related and all kinds of things. 

Now about me.....I am a stay at home mom of 4 who is married to my best friend. I couldn't imagine doing any of this without his love and support. So I have four kids who are 3,6,8, and 13 as of right now. I will warn you know that there may be times that I talk a lot about my 3 yr old and how things with him are going. He has been thru a lot.

Starting September 1 2014 I am hoping to spend some time each week just blogging about my weight loss journey so here is a little back story summary.

Before my kids I weighed 145. After 4 kids I am bouncing between 200-215. I started using www.mfp.com back on December 27 2011 and weighed 213. I was doing great until I quit smoking in October 2012 when I got down to 174 and then I just started gaining and have been just bouncing around in the 200's for a while now.  My weigh in's are on Friday's but I will weigh in Monday to be ready for September's fresh start.