Survey from Analee

1. What's the last mistake you made? Giving Gabe a broken Pop Tart...can you say tantrum?

2. Is the sun shining? yes, with a great big, blue sky!

3. Can you successfully blow up and tie a balloon? yes!

4. Do you like text messaging? Receiving, yes. Sending, no.

5. What do you eat the most at your best friend’s house? At Gina's house....lots and lots of homemade egg rolls with an amazing homemade sweet and sour sauce. Her mom always keeps the food coming!

7. Are you wearing any make-up right now? Of course

8. What are your plans for later? Mother's Day party at Gabe's school, Lowes to pick up sand for our patio project, then working on the patio this evening

9. What is your favorite DDR song?
I have no clue who or what DDR is.

10. Is there any drama within your life?
not at the moment

11. What is a song they need to stop playing on the radio?
anything by ACDC, and Love Shack (I listen to satellite radio, and I hate these songs)

12. Are you happy with life right now? Personal life, yes. Work life, no.

13. Does anyone like you? I hope so!

14. What is your current obsession? my hair (I am growing it out, unfortunately not gracefully)

15. Do you have a dog? yes

16. Ever been kissed under mistletoe? no

17. Would you ever smile at a stranger? sometimes

18. Ever pulled your pants down in the street? no!

19. Do your toenails have nail polish on them? sadly, no. Both of my big toes broke way down low, so I am trying to grow them out.

20. When's the last time you wore eyeliner? middle school?

21. Last curse word you said was? f***

22. Are your lips chapped? no

23. Are you currently jealous? not right now. Actually, I am always jealous of Allison's hair

24. Do you own an ipod? for what? MP3 for running

25. Did you have a dream last night? maybe

26. Are you mad at anyone? no

27. Who is the loudest person you know? Not sure

28. What's going on this weekend? Saturday shopping in Greenville with mom. Sunday headed to Raleigh to check out Archivers and eat at Mellow Mushroom-my favorite!!!

29. Done any spring cleaning lately? YES!!!

30. Anything bothering you? my hair (I hope I am not this shallow)

31. Do you do cheerleading? not any more. Unless you count the random flips I can execute at the drop of a dime :) I am serious about that one!

32. Did you wish for anything last night on 11:11? No, but I always wish on 10:10!!

33. Do you drink coffee on a regular basis? absolutely...except for the time I went camping and this one girl forgot to bring the percolator (JK Analee!)

34. Do you wish you were someone else? no

35. What jewelry are you wearing? wedding band set, charm bracelet, turquois earings.

36. Funniest thing that happened last night? Gabe and my mom playing baseball with the tennis racquet

38. Are you easily amused? not really

39. Can you lick your elbow? no

40. Do you know this song, "we stay fly no lie you know this"?
yes, but I can't think of what it is...something from the 90's

Eating Clean

So, I have been in a sort of rut lately (that word doesn't look right). Anyway, my weight loss has all together stopped, and I have been super sluggish, tired, and lazy feeling. I am still running, but I am even losing steam there. I did make plans to start playing tennis with a girl at work, so maybe that will help in the workout department.

In the meantime, a girl I am friends with on Facebook has been blogging about "Eating Clean" and how it is completely transforming her life. She has been doing it for about six months now, and she has lost 47 pounds. She raves about it, and I have always wondered what it was about. So while on my break from classes, I have been researching it, and I decided I am going to try an abbreviated version. After all, there is no way I can give up the occasional diet coke or coffee, so there is no need to lie and say I am going to totally commit to it. The gist is to eat foods in their most natural forms, while omitting all processed foods and white sugars, breads, rice, etc. You will look better and feel better, while losing any extra stubborn pounds that are hanging around. I think my eating is a lot of my problem. We have way too much processed food in the house and way too much junk food. I can limit myself for the most part, but I want to try and stay away from these foods as much as possible. Of course this isn't entirely possible thanks to parties, eating on the road, and living with a 3 year old, but I am going to make a conscious effort to clean up my diet as much as possible. Now, if only I could drink the dreaded 8 glasses of water a day!

I have been printing out some recipes that fit into the eating clean category, and they are not as bad as I was expecting. Since I am cheap I am not going to buy all the books to read and get recipes from, but I am going to look for this one


Mostly I just need some good snack ideas. I know this lifestyle change will have so many amazing benefits, so maybe easing into this way of eating is the best plan. Now, what are the chances of getting Gary on board???

The Circus

Well, we tried to take Gabe to the circus. He was SOOOOO excited to go, and talked about it all weekend. So the big day comes, and he is barely able to sit still. Gary and I pick him up early from school, and we head across the street to the traveling circus. Gabe sees the tent and gets even more excited. We walk over to the elephants, and everything is still going well. Then we enter the huge tent, and I feel Gabe starting to grip my hand a little tighter. We walk around to find some seats, and that's when it happens-Gabe sees the white tigers in the cage, clawing and pawing angrily to get out. He starts FREAKING out, crying and yelling "I want to go hooooommmmeeee!" It was really pitiful. We try to take him outside to calm down, but by this point it was too late. Then he sees the clowns outside, and it gets even worse! Nothing is calming him down, so we head over to the ticket booth to try and get our money back. Luckily the woman remembered us and did not give us any trouble in reimbursing our money.

I just couldn't beleive he reacted this way! Gabe was so excited to see the circus, but I guess we should have better explained the circus to him! What does a 3 year old know about the circus? He did so well at the zoo, so the animals spooking him really amazes me. Long story short, here are the only 2 pictures I was able to shoot before it all went wrong. Maybe next year :(

I'm free!

I submitted my last paper this afternoon, so I am officially done with spring semester. Only two more semesters to go!

Tonight was the first chance I had to sit down and make some cards,and I had forgotten how much I miss it! One is a graduation card for a friend, and the other is a birthday card for my nephew. I also forgot how long each card takes-I spent 2 hours on 2 cards!

I have a ridiculously long list of things to do while I am on break (I start back May 18), and catching up on cards and blogs are just two of them. I have no idea what everyone has been up to!

Anyway, I will keep the posts coming for a while until school starts to consume me again. At least I am only taking 2 classes this summer.

Oh yeah, and the last recorded weight was 172.8 last week!

Weight

I have finally broken away from the 175 barrier! Today I weighed 173.8, and I am feeling lighter than ever. I was right on track with my four pound weight loss last month, so as long as I can keep it up, I will be at my goal weight by June.

I will get back to blogging in another week or so after my final assignments are turned in. Spring semester is KILLING me!!!!

My first vinyl wall art

My mom used her Cricut to make me this wall art for the family room. It looks AMAZING! The pictures don't do it justice. I will have to come up with some more projects for other rooms. What a great way to add some visual interest to your home!

New stuff!