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.