Happy Halloween

There is still 3 more hours left of Halloween.  We had such a great day today.  Angelina dressed up as a Kitty, which was very fitting as she always crawls around the house as a kitty.  I joke with her all the time cause I am allergic to cats and I sneeze around her, but she tells me that she's not a REAL one.  :-)

We painted a cute black nose on her, with whiskers, and added a bit of pink eyeshadow with mascara, cause lets face it, its fun to put on mommy's makeup!  We just got back from Trick Or Treating in my brothers neighborhood, and we have a very tired little kitty on our hands.  She did excellent and loved walking the neighborhood.  Now if only I can persuade a Candy Fairy to take the candy filled bucket away, that would be grand!  Crossing my fingers maybe Angelina will forget the Candy part.  LOL

Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween!!!

Here is a picture of the kiddos from tonight. 

A Rockstar, Soccer Player, Kitty, Stromtrooper, and a little Leopard

My New Relationship With Food

I am finally able to say that my first thoughts when I wake up in the morning are not of FOOD.

This is huge for me!  I used to wake up in the morning, and immediately think about what types of food we had in the house, and if we had something good, I would get up Happy.  Its actually a very sad way to wake up. 

This morning after taking a shower and putting on my "face" I realized that I hadn't thought about food first thing in a long time, and it was very refreshing and empowering at the same time. 

I am very excited about where I am in this journey, and where I am heading.  Thanks for reading and being here with me along the way!!!

How Many Projects Can I Juggle?

I guess the question should be how many can I juggle, and actually get them finished?  LOL

While the Men were gone my sister was working on a scrap book of her wedding.  I have never been one to scrap book, as I didn't see the point in cutting up pictures and not saving/using ALL the pictures.  But her album was turning out beautiful, and I got inspired.

Angelina's 5th birthday is Dec 9th, (I still can't believe it) and I wanted to make her a scrap book of her first years, and be able to continue it each year.  I know she won't fully appreciate it until she is older, so maybe at this point the scrap book is for me.  :-)

I started going through the million of photos I have, and decided to dedicate one whole book to her first year.  Start which a few pictures of me pregnant with her, a few letters me and Mike wrote to her, then her birth...and each month there on out.  After Feb. they are all in albums in order so that will be nice.  But I have a pile of pictures about 1in tall that I have to figure out which month they belong in.  Not as bad as I was thinking. 

One thing is for sure, this evening has been a lot of fun, looking/remembering, and sharing stories between me and Mike and Angelina.  (Making me want another baby that much more...did I just say that out loud?)  :-)

I'm sure in the next few days I'll be share photos, but tonight I thought I would share a video that we came across.  Me and Mike don't even remember recording it.  Angelina is about 8months here, and is learning just how to make Daddy laugh!!!  Enjoy!!!

P.S. Yes I plan on still finishing up my quilt I started, if anyone was curious  :-)

Click HERE to watch the cutest video!

Home Sweet Home

Me and Angelina and Mike are all home safely!

Mike and my dad and brother came home today, we were all so very excited. 

They were about 10mins away when my dads truck broke down (we were all thankful that they weren't farther away, like on the other side of the pass)  A tow truck call, a 1/2hr wait, and they were on the road again.  (There is probably major transmission work, which is no fun at all, but everyone made it safely, so that's all that counts)

The first evening/night are full of stories, such an enjoyable time.  Of course Angelina was super excited to see Daddy!  She said "Daddy when you come home from hunting, you smell like Hot Dogs!"  We all had a good chuckle!

Thanks for reading all my posts from the last week or so...this time of year is always hard, but I am glad that my hubby gets to take part of the yearly Hunting Trip!

Off to listen to stories and tell a few of my own!  Night Night

I Miss My Husband

My apologizes for the sappy post, first of all. 

After this post I am going to be heading to bed for the 5th night in a row without Mike.  I have missed him since he left but today I have missed him the most!  I know many of you guys out there have been without your "better half's" for longer then this, but this is the longest I have gone without. 

I know the saying Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder, and I have always understood this...but sometimes its harder to understand when you are actually going through the Absence part. 

Mike-
I miss you tons, and can not wait until you come home and I can hug and kiss you.  I can not wait to watch Angelina run up to you, as she is asking when you are coming home. 
Love You!  Kisses from Your Angels!


We are enjoying our time with Grandma, having our sleep overs and laughing tons with Aunt Kelli.  But I am anxious to going home and being our own little family again. 

Thanks guys for listening to this sappy post, we are hoping they are coming home tomorrow but it will depend on how their morning goes.

Night Night

A Good Night Joke

Heres a Joke thats has been said A LOT the past few days!!!

Why did the wheel go back to bed?

He was Wheely Wheely tired!

Bonus Points for anyone that knows where that joke was from?

Night Night!

Thank Goodness For Texting

We are heading into Night 3 of Mike being gone, and missing him tons!  We have been fortunate enough to be able to talk to each other a couple of times a day, but the occasional "I Love You" texts mean just the same!  (If not a bit more)

I know he's enjoying his time, and me and Angelina are very much enjoying our time, but we both miss him a lot! 

I hope he's not expecting much money left when he comes home, today was another day of shopping!  :-) 

Miss You Honey, and we can't wait for you to come back home!  Hugs and Especially Kisses

-Your Two Angels at Home

Outlet Store Shopping

That was the agenda for today.  Us girls had a lot of fun, spent a bit of money, but most of all enjoyed the time together. 

I wont bore you with the details, but I got two pair of work pants, pink TIE shoes for Angelina (she will be learning to tie very shortly) 3 long sleeve shirts for Angelina, and the best deal a pack of 7 undies for only $4.99!!! 

That is it for now, we are having a blast, but still miss the boys A LOT!!!!  <3

Sleep Over

So the guys are out of town, and that means the girls get a SLEEPOVER!!

Angelina has been so excited and has been waiting for "the sun to go down" all day.  Her bed is all set in the living room of my parents house.  My spot on the floor right next to her, and my sister on the other side.  (Mom will sleep in her bedroom) 

Although its hard to say good bye to the Men, we always try to make it a fun time with just the girls!

Sorry for the short post, Mom and Dad have old fashion Dial Up, and I'm just hoping this actually posts.  LOL

(I refuse to let a day go by without popping on and saying hello!)

Night Everyone!

Monkey Balls

I have been wanting to try using home made 100% Wool Dryer Balls for quite some time now.  I like being crafty so I thought it would be easy enough to make my own, and it was!

Its so fun to see a project coming together!

Well me and Hubby were tossing around the idea of maybe selling ones that I make.  We were trying to come up with some names, and I personally don't like the word Balls.  Unless of course your talking baseballs, or playground balls, or basket balls.  (I made these Cake Balls, which is cake made into tiny "balls" and dipped in chocolate.)  Which are divine!  But I refuse to call them Cake Balls cause I giggle everytime I say it, so we just call them Cake Rounds. 

I really want to use the Monkey in them...but Monkey Balls just doesn't right ><  LOL 

But we'll see...Just again tossing around the idea.

With that I'll leave you for tonight! 

P.S. Hubby is going out of town for the week, so blog posts might be short and sweet!  Good Night Everyone!

Second Message From All Cashiers

Handing a Cashier waded up dollar bills is....

Cute when your a child.

Not so cute when your an adult!

FYI
Thanks
From All Retail Cashiers

2 Weeks Ago Tonight

We picked up Buddy our Chinchilla.  He has been such a great addition to our family, and we think he likes it here too.  I put a quick video together to show my sisters co-worker (who had given us our Chinchilla) just how much Buddy likes it at his new home!

Hope you enjoy too!

Angelina and Buddy Playting Together  <---Click That

A Message From All Cashiers

If you have a cold...

Please don't lick your fingers when digging out money to hand to the cashier!  We don't want your germs!

Thanks
-All Retail Cashiers!

The Spirit of Boo'ing

I hadn't heard of "Booing your neighbor" until this year, but what a wonderful way to get in the Halloween Spirit. 

Me and Angelina Boo'ed my sister and brother in laws house last week.  It was such a fun project to do with Angelina.  She was part of the whole thing, from picking out little gifts, and candy, to the wrapping, and the actually BOO'ing! 

For those of you who don't know what it is, you drop off a package at your neighbors house, (without letting them know its you) filled with little trinket gifts and candy, and then directions on what they need to do next.  You also decorate a sign that they put on there door saying "We've Been Boo'ed" so the other neighbors know someone already left gifts there.  This neighbor now needs to decorate a sign for another neighbor and drop off the package, and the chain begins.  Just a fun way to get the neighborhood involved and ready for Halloween.

My sister and her husband are not our neighbors but it was still fun!  And yes they boo'ed us back which was really fun for Angelina.  Its all about the children am I right?

Our Boo'ed Sign

Our Package, or Decorated Trader Joe's Bag

She was so excited!

She wanted to ring to door bell and run, even though no one was home

Has anyone else Boo'ed a Neighbor, or been Boo'ed?  There still is time!!!!

Lets Play Monopoly

Can I use my "Get Out of Jail Free" card tonight?

Not to make it seem like writing my blog is the equivalent to being in jail.  Because its not at all!  I love writing, and even more so when I know others are reading.  But I have just had a long busy weekend, I am in the middle of my 6 day stretch of work, and am just exhausted. 

I guess this is what I get too, for waiting until 11pm to express myself with my blog.  My apologizes!

Hugs to everyone!
Night Night

Mar

Whew...What a Saturday

Here I sit at the computer, 11:00pm, tired as a dog, but when I reflect on the day, it was all worth it!

I just got off work less then 40mins ago, I worked the closing shift tonight, which is my norm.  Someday I want to share a post on a typical day at my job, it would be a humorous post, that's for sure!

On a day that I work, I usually try not to do a whole lot during the day, so I don't end up trying myself out BEFORE work even starts.  I plan out my week as much as possible to do the majority of cooking and running errands and deep cleaning on off days.  (Of course you can never skip daily chores and managing Angelina, that some how doesn't sound right, lol)

Having said all that, I actually planned to have a busy day today before work.  Imagine that.  :-)  But I was really proud of myself.  I spent Friday going through the grocery store ads and my coupons, making lists of what to get where, and what coupons go with what store, ect.  (I think I even mentioned to you guys that I did all this)  So even though the plan was to go to 2 grocery stores and a drug store, it went very smoothly, and we stuck to the list, for the most part.  Always gotta leave wiggle room.  I highly recommend this mode of grocery shopping, which I think a lot of people already do, lol.

So to wrap up, yes I'm dog tired, shopping, and working all in one day, but it feels good!  Night Everyone!

What Time of the Day...

Do You Get the Most Accomplished?

My answer for today was the MORNING!  Like I had promised yesterday, I did manage to wake up at 6:00am and got myself out of bed by 6:15.  Here is my list of what I got done this morning,
Knitted (Yahoo)
Got caught up on the news
Drank two mugs of coffee, I won't tell you the size of my mug though :-)
Wrote out a Grocery Store Budget
Look at the three major grocery store ads and made my shopping list
Finished making Angelina's Flash Cards
Laundry, One load
Started prepping for dinner
Organized a new Envelope System I have been wanting to try for a long time
Oh yes and lets not forget showering, putting makeup on, and drying my hair

All that and little miscellaneous things, before Angelina started stirring.  And yes I was able to enjoy cartoon time, Guilt Free.  It was an amazing start to my day, one I look forward to doing again.

My sorta plan that I really don't want to share in case I don't actually follow through with it, is to wake up at 6 for 21 days straight.  (The amount of days it takes for something to become a habit)  I actually love to be a morning person, but tend to get lazy, since I don't have a child waking me up.  If your thinking I'm so lucky just know that she just went to sleep about 15mins ago, which was at 11:00. 

I have a part time retail job, and I go into work in the evenings and don't get home until 10:30, so her 7:00 bedtime (when I wasn't working) has since been pushed back to 11.  (Guess who just scared me 1/2 to death?  Angelina just came walking out and said "Mommy whatcha doing?")  So yeah you better believe she sleeps in. 

Now where was I?...Oh yeah my plan.  We'll see how it goes.  I won't beat myself up if I don't get up until 7, especially on nights I work, a Mom does need her beauty sleep after all.  But I do love getting so much accomplished before the day actually starts!

What about you guys?  Do you get more done in the morning or evenings?

All I Want to Do Is...

KNIT!

A day where I can do nothing besides sit on the couch and Knit would be as nice as a get away vacation!  Ok maybe I am exaggerating a bit there but it does sound dreamy.  To wake up to a fresh pot of coffee, your favorite creamer waiting to be poured into your perfect coffee mug.  Then you waltz over to the couch, still in your pajamas of course, sit down next to the remote that is in its designated spot, cover up with your softest warmest most comfy blanket, and enjoy the quiet house.  My perfect morning would start like that, with a morning marathon of The Kardashians, or The Biggest Loser, while knitting my endless scarf.  I might even pay for a morning like that!  Who's with Me?

Unfortunately that's never going to happen, but fortunately I can imagine it.  Which naturally is the next best thing. 

Seems like I always have something on my mind, from the min I wake up to the min I go to bed, thinking thinking thinking always thinking.  In an effort to clear my head, I started making a list.  I am used to making lists, as in Grocery Lists, Dinner Lists, Bathroom Lists, To-Do Lists, List of the Lists, (ok its not that bad yet lol)  But this list was different.  This is going to be an on going lists of just STUFF.  Stuff I need to get done, stuff I want to get done, stuff I want to accomplish, stuff I want other people to do, and just stuff I feel like writing down.  And its actually working, I feel myself a bit more calm, without fear that I might forget something.  Today I was able to cross off something off that list, Organize my coupons.  That felt great!

Also in an effort to manifest the morning described above, I vow to myself to wake up at 6:00am every morning and start my day with a bit of knitting.  I will admit I have trouble getting out of bed.  Most morning I relax with Angelina and watch a little Curious George, Cat in the Hat, Sid the Science Kid, and lets not forget Dinosaur Train, and Word World.  I must say that's a good way to wake up, but after all this is said and done, its near 10o'clock.  Which at this point means no time to knit for me, as I have to start the day that never seems to stop.

Tomorrow I'll be waking up at 6am, knit while watching the News, since there is no morning marathon of The Kardashians, or The Biggest Loser, take my shower, do whatever morning chores need to get done, all before 8 when then I can go enjoy some cartoon time with Angelina. 

6am isn't the ideal time for knitting but if that's where I can fit it in, I'm all for it!

 *Here's to Everyone...finding time to KNIT*  (Or whatever you enjoy!)

Praying is Just the Beginning

I posted a quote on my Facebook status yesterday...

"If you want to find something you must first start looking!"

-Mariann Tripp

Sounds pretty easy right?  If you have lost something the first course of action would be to start looking for it correct?  Well I am not really talking about the act of losing something per se, more so starting on the other end, beginning to Look For Something.

Have I totally lost you yet?

I was reminded by a short story I read within the book of Eat Love Pray.  (By the way if you haven't read this book you really should, start today!)  (Well obviously after you finish this post.)  In a chapter of the book she explains something she once heard.  Please don't quote me, as I won't be quoting the book either, but the story should come across well. 

A fellow prayed to God everyday that he could win the lottery.  How happy he would be to win the money, so day in and day out he prayed to God.  Months went by and this fellow never won the lottery.  Finally God, feeling sorry for the fellow, politely asked him to Go Please Buy a Lottery Ticket!

The first time I read that, I was sort of confused.  She stopped telling us about the fellow, ended her story.  I was left disappointed as I wanted to know if he won or not.  But after thinking about it, that wasn't the point of the tale. 

We might be praying to God, asking for whatever we might need, but we aren't holding up our part of the bargain.  I believe God wanted to make it so this fellow would win the lottery, but he wasn't willing to just let the Winning Ticket float down from Heaven.  He wanted the fellow to work a bit for it.  All the fellow had to do was hold up his side, and buy a ticket. 

Kind of changes things doesn't it?

For months now my husband has been wanting to change his career path.  His job now is very stressful.  His job should be spread out among two or three people, but yet he's solely responsible.  Very rarely does he have a good day, and personally he's worth more then what they pay him.  He talks daily about wanting to leave, and how nice a different job would be.  Unfortunately his actions stop there, meaning he's not actively looking for something else. 

How many of you just "settle" for things?  Do you feel that most times its easier to just stay put?  I am banking on alot of you feel this way. 

This is where my quote comes in, "If you want to find something you must first start looking!"  I personally have been praying to God that my husband finds a new, better, gratifying job, where he can use his amazing talents and get recognized for them!  But I have realized that I (or we) aren't holding up our end, we must LOOK for it!  When was the last time you saw a JOB Offer fall down from Heaven....probably when you saw that Winning Lottery Ticket Fall, NEVER!!!

Hugs

A few notes I wanted noted :-)

I don't intend this post become a debate, we all believe in something and God can be whomever or whatever you personally believe in. 

Also I realize there is many people without jobs currently, (my heart goes out to you) and I don't want you to think that we aren't grateful for the jobs we have!

I wrote this post to get you guys thinking, and any comments are greatly appreciated!

Hugs Again!

Can I Paint Your Pumpkin Daddy?

This is what we heard daily multiple times since we let Angelina paint her own pumpkins from the pumpkin Patch.  We figured it would be easier for her to paint her little one, then to try to carve it. 

It actually worked out great.  We got poster paint two brushes and a couple of Trader Joe bags and off she went.  And yes you see correctly, she has no shirt on!  You tell me what would be easier? 
1.) Try to clean up stains on her pink polo shirt?  or...
2.) Clean off the paint by tossing her in the bath?  Not a tough decision, but does make for a funny photo!

She didn't have the traditional pumpkin face idea, no she wanted to paint the whole thing!  And really who could blame her?  Mom and Dad let her have full reign of 12 colors of paint, and a whole pumpkin?  I wouldn't want to just draw a face either!  If you look closely at the picture you can see she even too advantage of the stem too!

That was on Saturday.  Sunday rolls around and she was begging to "decorate" my little pumpkin.  I personally was looking forward to making a cute goofy fun face, and didn't really want to give up my pumpkin.  I politely said "Thats ok honey I don't mind decorating mine."  :-)  Well a few hours later she asked Daddy, and Daddy being 1/2 hypnotised by one of the many football games on that day, said yes!  Angelina was creative in her asking, she asked to decorate the other small pumpkin, instead of saying Mommy's Pumpkin.  (Smart little bugger)

Seeing her so excited about being able to paint again, I just couldn't break her heart and tell her other wise.  We did suggest not painting the stem this time so we could transport it easier.

Shortly after she finished the last small pumpkin, she wanted to move onto our Jumbo Pumpkin.  She tried very hard to get me and daddy to say yes to "Can I paint your Pumpkin Daddy?"  We stood strong and told her we would carve it the next night.  We did hold up that promise and had such an enjoyable evening with a fire burning in the fireplace while we carved our pumpkin.  I will now share the pictures from last night!

Meet Me on Monday

 


So I hope I'm doing this correct.  LOL  I want to give credit where credit is due!  Heather over at ActingBalanced did Meet Me on Monday.  5 questions to getting to know others better.  They were cute little questions today, so I thought I would join in too. 

 

1.  Do your pants get hung on a hangar or folded?

 

Is there a third choice...as in thrown on the floor ready to be picked up to wear again?  LOL  I really only have one pair of pants I enjoy wearing, so they are hardly ever "put away"  Work pants on the other hand, those get hung up.  My dresser drawer is bulging at the seams!!!  (With clothes I hardly wear, go figure)

 

 

2.  If you are stranded on an Island, what 3 things would you need to have with you (not including humans or electronic devices)?

 

Well after the necessities like food water and shelter, my Pillow (yes I capitalized that), my comforter, and a book. 

 

 

3.  Where is the farthest you have ever traveled to?

 

I actually had to think about this, not because I travel alot, but I was deciding which City was farther!  Lol.  By my GPS (a.k.a. my brain) it would have to be Las Vegas.  But I did travel to Canada and thats considered out of the country, so that was exciting!  (For those of you who don't know I live in Washington State, so a trip to Canada, doesn't really count!)

 

 

4.  Do you live in a house, trailer or apartment, etc.?

 

We rent an apartment.  We just aren't quite sure which area we want to buy a house in just yet.  We enjoy the benefits from the apartment, ie Maintenance 24/7!  :-)

 

 

5.  What is your most hated household chore?

 

The bathtub hands down.  I'm not sure what it is about it, but the scrubbing and the corners and the faucet, ugg, I do not like it.  All that and being on your knees and leaning over, just a recipe for disaster, if you ask me!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed learning a bit more about MySelf!

Patch Counting and Pumpking to 100

Confused by the title?

I thought I would work this post today into two parts.  I finally received a Saturday off from work yesterday.  We decided to have what we call a "Family Day," which means we go out and do something as a family, Our Family of Three!

After Mike made some extra cash mowing with my dad, he came home showered up, and we left the house.  Making a necessary stop at Starbucks first.  We headed south to a Pumpkin Patch. 

After doing alot of research on which one to pick, we settled on one that was about a 15min drive, close to the free way, and free to just look around.  It was a U Pick Patch, which was fun to see all the pumpkins still on their vines.  Even though we ended up picking one that was already picked off, go figure.  They also offered hay rides ($3 a person) and two corn field mazes ($7 for adults).  But unfortunately with the rain that joined us, we didn't take advantage of those adventures.  It was about all I could do to trudge through the mud in my tennis shoes.  (Which by the way we had put snow boots on Angelina)

Mike picked out a wagon for us to chauffeur our pumpkin around.  Angelina had equal time of towing it around too.  Me?  I just made sure the camera was in safe keeping.  We came away with a Jumbo Pumpkin, and 2 Sugar Pumpkins.  Just for your curiosity the Jumbo Pumpkin weighed in at a whoppin' 23 pounds, (Mike guessed no more then 10pounds lol, that's my estimator)  at $.33 a pound.  And the two Sugar Pumpkins were 2/$4.  But the pumpkin patch trip was...well you guessed it...Priceless!

Here are some photos of our Family Day

I like to share as much of our homeschooling as possible.  Its hard to blog about worksheets and reading, but I found a cute way to share how much Angelina is learning!  I used our FlipCam to record her counting to 100.  I am very proud of her, and watching this video cracks me up every time.  She can be so sassy in front of a Cam!

Click here to watch Angelina Counting!

Finally!

Yahoo it finally worked.  For some reason my FlipCam program isn't uploading to Youtube...I tried it for the 4th time this afternoon.

I ended up doing it the long way, but it worked!  If I had just done it that way in the beginning, it would have saved time, oddly enough!

But none the less its up and live and ready to watch!

Enjoy!!!

Buddy's Homecoming

Allegery Meds Put Me To Sleeeee.....

p!

I took some about 30mins and I'm about done for the day.  My Youtube video still didn't upload,  no cute stories for tonight.  Just a very tired itchy Mar.  :-)

Night All

A Big Bummer

Today's Post was going to be video taken yesterday and this morning of Buddy.  I made the video and tried to upload it to YouTube while I was at work, get home and there was an error.  Blah!

So you guys will have to wait until tomorrow.  Sorry I don't have enough energy to make another interesting post for tonight.

Night Night

Alright well lets just by pass Youtube and share it right here!  :-)  Enjoy!

Ok Nevermind, its taking too long to upload here, I gotta get to bed, Early day at work tomorrow! 

I Think He Notice Us

As quoted by Angelina!

We just got home with our new chinchilla, Buddy!  Boy is he going to be a great addition to our home.  First night and hes already so calm and very lovable.  We have yet to take him out of the cage, that will be at least a day or two away, but he's letting us pet him, so that's a good sign.

I was trying to explain to Angelina that before we let him out he needs to get to know us.  She says to know what?  So I just said that he needs to get used to us, and to know that we are nice people.  Its very hard to explain "get to know us."  :-)

Well after we gave him new food and water and she was able to give him a raisin as a treat, she said "I think he notice us now, can we let him out to play?"  It was very cute to hear her say that, and she's trying so hard to get us to open that door to let him run. 

Currently she is showing him all her toys, and letting him smell them, its very cute to watch.  And to hear her say "Buddy" all the time melts my heart.  We made a great decision on bringing him to our home!  Such a great feeling seeing our daughter so extra happy!!!

Side Note:  For some reason when I put my camera card in the camera it says it needs to be formatted, and in turn if I do that all the pictures will be deleted, and I do not want that.  So we used the FlipCam, and will transfer the pictures from the card to a cd tomorrow!  Just trust me, he's adorable!

A New Addition to The Tripp House

We are getting a Chinchilla tomorrow evening!!!



About 6 years ago me and Mike got our first pet together.  We purchased a Chinchilla, and named him Iomi, together.  He was very young, and grew on us instantly.  He was alot of work, and demanded alot of attention. 

About a year later we were expecting Angelina, and figured with a new born, we couldn't give everything to Iomi that he needed.  When then gave it to my sisters co-worker, who had been wanting one.  It worked out wonderfully.

Fast forward to just a couple of months ago, me and Mike started tossing around the idea about getting another Chinchilla.  We went to the pet store to take a look at them again, and see what Angelina's reaction would be.  The start up costs are pretty expensive, but something we knew we wanted to do again some day.

Facebook can be a wonderful thing!  My sister read on her page that a co-worker of hers was asking if anyone would be interested in a Chinchilla.  Of course I told my sister to get in contact with her, that we would be very interested.  It turns out that this gal works two jobs and can't spend the extra time with her chinchilla, and wants it to go to a loving home. 

It turns out that we go pick him up tomorrow evening!  He's 4 years old, loves sand baths (which is something that Iomi did not like) and the best part is, everything comes included with him, all for Free!  We are all very excited.  We told Angelina about him already, and she went and got her stuffed Chinchilla to play with. 

I got my work cut out for me tomorrow as I have to clean up the house, and rearrange to make room for his cage.  Busy Busy!

Typing With One Eye Open

Or more importantly one eye closed. 

Today was day 5.  Day 5 for what you might ask?  The 5th day in a row I worked, and I'm tired.  And what makes this more exhausting?  I still have one more to go.

I know most of you are asking why am I complaining?  Lots of people work 5 days in a row.  But I am not one of those, LOL.  I signed up for part time and JUST that, PART TIME!  Allow me to complain, please?  :-)

I try to stay positive right?  I am thankful that I have a job, that I have extra money to pay the needed bills, and have fun on the side.  For instance I have cable Internet, to do just this tonight, BLOG!  This I am thankful for.  I was able to walk to the store to grab a few groceries and was able to buy Angelina and Mike a treat, this I am thankful for.  I would say I am thankful for the few hours I get to leave the house, but I'm not.  Actually I am a home body and would love to just stay home.  Adult conversation at work?  Ha, with customers?  They are in and out faster then I can say their total.  There are a few that I have gotten to know during the years, but sadly they don't make up for the rest.  Someday I want to write a book, someday maybe I will!

With that, I'll leave you for tonight.  The house is all quiet except for the clock on the wall ticking.  Reminding me in 6hrs I get to do it all over again!  Thanks for putting up with my Debbie Downer Post for this evening!  Night Night!

Angelina Making Poop

Here is a video that I shared on my Youtube channel this morning.  Thought I would share it with you guys too!

Making Poop

Sweaty Face

Grossed out by the title?

How about the picture?  Lol

There is a gal on Youtube that I follow Nicole, Ceramicheart150 and she started a Sweaty Face Challenge, where you were to share your "post workout face".  At the end she posted a video with a Sweaty Face Train, and showed them all.  I unfortunately didn't participate, but did watch all the faces.  She has since kept this theme going, with people posting their faces on FB and Twitter. 

So I decided to take my very own picture after my workout the other day.  Actually Angelina took it for me, which I think she did a great job, focused and everything, plus the camera is pretty heavy.  Kudos to her!!! 

I also took and am posting this picture as a "before" picture.  I find when the scale doesn't show the results that I have been trying so hard to achieve, sometimes a picture will show me how well I'm doing instead.  So here you go...The Before! 

This picture was taken after I did a Dvd workout called Walk Away the Pounds...which I'll probably abbreviate to WATP from now on.  Its by Leslie Sansone and she has you walking, kicking, side steps, and knee lifts during the workout.  And she gets you walking with the beat of the music which gives you the mph needed.  Her Dvd's are based on Miles.  The one I like is a two mile walk which is about 30mins, that includes a warm up as well.   She has videos starting at a One Mile, all the way up to 5 I believe.  They are a lot of fun as far as exercising goes and go by relatively fast.  It surprising some days on how sore you can get from just walking in your living room to the beat of the Dvd!

I encourage any of you on a weight loss journey like myself, to take a picture!  Even if you have already started, take one today!  Better yet if you take it after a workout, lets share those Sweaty Faces!!!

A New Month With Fresh Eating

Happy October 1st Everyone!

You know what I love?  Waking up and looking at my phone and seeing the 1st of a new month.  This morning when my alarm went off (I use my phone) it was a joy to see that October had started.  Flipping the calender, and seeing the New Month everywhere.  Something about the start of a brand new month is so refreshing!!!

Today was the first day of the pledge I took, Here!  For the whole month of October I promised to myself to only eat unprocessed foods.  Everyone once in a while through out October I will share what was on my menu for the day.  I won't do it daily cause lets face it, not many of you care what I eat I'm sure.  Today was sorta easy for the most part cause I worked during the day, so for 5hrs I wasn't tempted.  I did go out to dinner for my niece's birthday, but I made a good choice.  It might not have been clean per se, but it was one of the healthier choices.  So here you go, what I ate today!

Breakfast:
Real Oatmeal, (cooking it on the stove not the microwave lol)
Banana

Lunch:
Applesauce, Tuna

Snack when I got home from work:
Apple (It was huge, bigger then a softball) 

Dinner:
French Dip Sandwich from The Ram with french fries LOL  Hey a girl has to enjoy a birthday celebration!  But the sandwich was plainer then plain, so it evened out!

Water Water and More Water!!!

So all and all a pretty good day!  I'm happy with that!  Much Love, Thanks for reading, and I'm off to bed!  :-)