Slackin'

Yep, I've been slackin'. Not in my diet but in my Blog. Once I skip a day, that's it. But it is that way with everything.

So, today.....got up late due to back pain which was coming from.....and we pick it up where we left off yesterday..... sleeping too long. I know, rough problem to have, right? But that wasnt the problem last night. Not quite sure what was. Eventually I did get up and went for a walk with Becca and Calvin - their new fluffy puppy. Wasn't a long walk as it was freezing with the wind blowing, but we did get out and get a little exercise.

The rest of my day was spent with laundry, picking up my office, cleaning the kitchen and making dinner. Meatloaf was the plan until I smelled the meatloaf....so beef went in the trash and Tilapia came out of the freezer. My day ended with Criminal Minds Season 1 - none of the episodes on this disk had we seen so it was nice to watch.

Today started the same way, without the back ache. I got up and went for a walk. This time with Annabelle and Harley. I think I walk a little too fast for Annie cause she was a draggin' when we got home. Maybe tomorrow, we will just take Harley. More dishes and phone calls were made; then errands to run and home again to work on figuring out what to do.....gotta pay the bills and the weather kinda isnt helping my Pampered Chef business. (2 Cooking Shows in 3 months b/c of snow)

On my errands, I did score at the library. I found a book I need for my Book Club that I totally forgot I needed until I saw it...then as I am leaving, I notice their sale section and I picked up 5 DVD's and 7 books for $10! To me, that is a score.

Now as I sit here, I realize my plans for tonight are not going to happen as I have to get 2 shows closed and help get some orders in for others so March turns out alright....

As for today's dress, I dont know if I would still wear this one. not because it is not a hot little number and if I could fit into it I would look wonderful. But because I just dont think it is me anymore - even though it is a deep purple....and I am sure you notice the tags.

Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Cupcakes

Today was the much anticipated 1st Annual Cupcake Exchange. Before it even started I was disappointed. We were supposed to have 18women coming - in the last 24hrs, we dropped down to 9! So much for commitment! However, with the 7 of us - yes that was 2 no shows - we had fun....I think. I had plenty of food on hand and we sat around and gabbed for about an hour. After exchanging our White Elephant (we did a stationary white elephant exchange), we gabbed some more. Then we ate the cupcakes. Shockingly, no one brought the same ones. I have posted the pics below so you can see who got really creative. Not sure that there will be a 2nd annual, cuz that's a lot of cupcakes. (276 to be exact) I have no office to pawn them off to, so I have roughly 40 cupcakes downstairs staring at me....that's a lot of cupcakes. We did have fun though so that makes the sore feet and the 3 loads of dishes today all worth it.

As for today's dress, yea, I have one, but it just doesnt seem right to post with all the cupcakes. Kinda defeats the purpose, you know.

TTFN

Finally, a Party

With all the Snow we had from Dec to Feb, my show schedule has been null and void. I finally had one yesterday and I felt all kinds of rusty. I got all the stuff in but boy did they talk and drink some wine. Good thing they were all neighbors and could just walk home. I also had a first: a woman showed up with her son thinking it was an Open House - as in the house was on the market. She was quite embarrassed when she realized her mistake. Of course, we told her they could stay, but I think the embarrassment won out and they left. It was a very late night for me, but was a good a good party and will be even better by the time we close it out.

As for yesterday's dress. the picture does not really do it justice but I think it is a hot little number and one that, again, I bought and have yet to wear. Wish me luck!

Busy Day, Another Cute Dress

Today was one of those that I hit the floor running. I had lots to do and decided I should just get it done. For starters, I actually made a couple of phone calls. Yes, I made phone calls! And actually got a couple of parties booked off of it. Which reminds me, I need to send date options to a past hostess. She loves our stuff so much, so was ready to have a party as soon as her last party closed. I had to convince her to wait until the new catalog came out. :0)

Another part of my day was getting books out for paperbackswap.com If you havent check it out, you should. You post books you are willing to give away and get books from others. All you do is pay the postage of whatever book you give away. In the 2wks I have been on the site, I have received 3 books and given away 5! It seems my books are popular. I love it!

Something else I did today was go for a walk with a really good friend of mine. She is doing the Avon 3Day, so she picked all the long ways. It was a good little walk - 45mins - and then we went to the Total Basket Cases sale at the Comfort Suites in Leesburg for their Clearance sale. I picked up a sweet purse and a "laundry" bag I use for Pampered Chef inventory that I take to Multi-Vendor events. I am actually excited to go down stairs and actually get it all inventoried.

Now for today's dress. I bought this about 2yrs ago, because I have always had these grandiose ideas of how much weight I was going to lose and when I did, then I would wear this dress....that is why I have all these cute dresses in my closet still with tags on them. Not because I dont like them, but because I have yet to be able to wear them. Quite sad really...so, you will notice a tag on this dress....when I pulled it out this morning, Randy asked me if I had worn it yet. He then proceeded to tell me how much he is looking forward to seeing me in it. More motivation.....

TTFN

New Dress, New Day

So, we just got back from 3days in AC where I took money from lots of boys :0) Yes, in case you didn't know, I play poker and I play it quite well. I love listening to the table talk as the guys try to figure out my hand. Only one player has ever been able to guess it with any accuracy and he hits it spot on every time. Nice guy, great poker player.

One thing about playing poker in AC, or Vegas for that matter, is that you eat like once a day. You totally don't even think about food and when you do, you are famished and then that is all you can think about. Because of that, I am down 2lbs over the weekend. Maybe I should play more often. :0) Actually, Charles Town opens their poker room on the 1st of July. I have a feeling Randy will be there often and in order to see him, I will have to be a Dealer. I think I would make a great dealer, but I don't know that he can play there if I deal there....

Now, for the dress. Today's dress is one that I have worn, but never really well. The last time I had it on, I was quite frumpy looking but only realized this AFTER I saw the pics. It is one of Randy's Faves, so I hope to finally do it justice.

TTFN

Oh, What a Beautiful Day!

What a day yesterday was! It was beautiful out. Well, I think it is beautiful, Randy is miserable with allergies. Every year I think they get worse. He looks like he has been crying all night. Poor Guy! We actually spent the day together for the most part. I got up in the AM and went with my to the FD to help with Angel Food. When I got home, he and I went to a contract signing for a job he is doing in Fairfax. Then he tagged along while I made Pampered Chef deliveries. Of course, we fit in a stop at Starbuck's and CVS. We ended our day with a friendly game of Poker.

As for my weight loss goals, I did good yesterday. Everytime I went to eat something, I thought about this Blog and how I will have to tell what I did and how I screwed up and it kept me honest. I also started my PreNatals. Let's see how well I remember.

As for yesterdays dress, it may not look like much but Randy LOVES it. He loves me in Red and when this fits, it is a hot little number.

The First Dress

And so it begins.....

Today has started as a whirlwind and quickly died down to a gentle breeze. I pulled my dress for the day out, had my OJ and Flaxseed and then went to CostCo with Mom so she could get some items for a Funeral today. I was supposed to bake and take, but decided to calm my day down my purchased already made. Thus, gentle breeze. I am now sitting at my laptop listening to a new album my friend, PJ Summers just released with his band PJ Summers Band. You have to check it out -http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/pj-summers-band/id360016467

I am now heading down for lunch - Strawberries, grapes, cucumbers, cheese and crackers. One of my faves! Plus, I gotta eat those grapes before they go bad. Chile is the provider and because of the recent earthquakes, they were EXPENSIVE! After it settles, I will be working out on the Wii and taking Harley for a walk around the neighborhood. The rest of my day will be rush, rush, rush...

Oh and here is a picture for today's dress.

All the Pretty Dresses

So it hit me, just now as I was getting out of my nice hot bath (dont some of the best ideas come to us when you are in the bathroom?), what my focus will be for this Blog. When I originally started writing, it was just as a way for me to Journal my day to day and if Randy ever wanted to know what was going on, he could check on here. Well, in recent days I started to think that maybe I want a point and purpose to this little outlet of mine but had no clue what to do - I have no kids, no office mates, really could care less about style or make-up and even though I feel like I have great wisdom to impart on those days I am feeling especially frisky, I really just dont want to go there. And then EUREKA! I had it....

In June, Randy and I will be going on a trip to Disney - thank you Pampered Chef - and I am determined to have lost weight for the trip. Besides the whole watch what you eat, exercise, keep a food journal, yada, yada, yada, every morning when I am getting dressed I pull out a dress I would like to fit back into. I hang it where I can see it everytime I walk into my closet - yes, walk - as a reminder of what I want to focus on that day. I pull it out in the morning so that my day starts in the right frame of mind. It helps me keep to what I know I am supposed to do...

So, this Blog will now be a Journal of sorts for my weight loss journey and beyond. I will tell you - my one follower - what I am eating, what I should not have eaten and how I felt about it; what exercise I did that day and the mental process I go through to make myself exercise; I might even post pics of all the pretty dresses I will be wearing come June. I look forward to this journey and for having you along.

Boring, but it was My Day

What to say about today...it was productive. I started my day with a Banana and 1000mg of Advil and promptly went back to bed. When I finally got up at 9am, I was already an hour late for the Consignment Sale I was volunteering for. After finally arriving 2hrs late, I spent 2hrs organizing the racks. ALL the racks and the shoes so that I could watch a 2yr old promptly destroy the nice stacks I had made.

I left at Noon to catch lunch with the Honey who was just leaving the house for the job he is working on in McLean. We caught a bite and then I had some errands to run. After closing our Bank accounts at a certain bank I USED to Love, I went by the PO to mail some books that were requested on www.paperbackswap.com, and then went to our other Bank to get a new Checkcard. The replacement never came in the mail. By the time I got all that done and walked Harley it was already 3:30pm. I had a meeting tonight in Warrenton and decided to head on over.

After finding where I was supposed to be, I walked around downtown and then drove back to the Starbucky's for a latte and work on my next lesson with Rhema Bible Correspondence School. I finished my lesson and went back to my meeting. It was a first for me and I think I may just go back. After stopping for gas on the way home (sad that I thought, ooh it's $2.69 I better get some), I made it home to go over my day with Mom and had a bowl of Special K Chocolate Delight. Yummy!

Now, I am heading off to a nice hot bath cause tomorrow is another day sure to be full of things that will drain my gas tank and my energy reserves.

So much for Good Boy.....

Yesterday was a beautimus day out. Windows were open; kiddos were playing outside; dogs were lovin' all the activity. I even enjoyed a little outside time with some of the ladies in the neighborhood. I finally feel like I am part of a community.

Today was another beautiful day, but I had errands to run and commits to uphold so I didnt get to enjoy it as much as I would have liked. The windows are still open and right not, I here all the motorcycles going up and down the road and kids laughing at the playground. (Yes, I hear other noises but I choose to only listen to the bikes and kids.)

Oh, and remember that Good Boy, Bad Dog from yesterday? Well, today he is a Bad Dog. I just came in from being going only AN HOUR to find part of the outside packaging and pieces of foil from a pack on gum that was ON my desk. I do have to say in his defense that it appears Mom may have moved the gum from where I had it and it may have fallen on the floor, but still. He ate the whole pack! Like I said though, iron stomach.....cant wait for tonight's walk. Yuck!

Good Boy, Bad Dog

I have decided that I want this Blog to have a purpose or some kind of flow to it, but not sure yet what I want it to be. I have no kids that I can fondly write about all the quirky things they say and do each day. I dont have an office that I go to with co-workers that I can talk about.....I just have me and Randy and Harley and The Pampered Chef. I guess this is what they call using what you have.

So let's start with Harley. I called him a blessing yesterday and that is just what he is. He is my Good Boy Bad Dog and is the bestest dog in the whole wide world! Really, he is and I dare anyone to tell me differently. You tell him one time and he remembers; he listens and doesnt back talk; he isnt a barker unless Annabelle starts it or he thinks there is danger; he only licks when you really deserve it and is the BEST snuggler at night. We got him from Lost Dog 2 1/2 years ago and I dont know what I would do without him. We did lose him one night and I felt like my heart had been ripped out.....I was never so happy to see him as I was when I picked him up from the pound. But, see here is where he proves he is a good boy - he stayed in the neighborhood and followed a neighbor around on his nightly run and played nicely with the kiddies until the Animal Shelter came to get him and he went right along....see Good Boy. Oh, but yes, he is the Bad Dog - have come home to evidence of him eating an entire bag of Dove Dark Choc - foil and all, and in the same sitting, a bag of gummy bears. He has also eaten half a bag of peanut M&M's and licked clean a tube of Cortizone-10 - not just licked clean, but opened it, flattened it out and licked it clean. Now, obviously Harley is a mutt cause he didnt even so much as fart when he ate ANY of these items. He has an iron stomach, but like I said before Good Dog Bad Boy.

Finally....

So yesterday I got up and decided it was time to get back to working out. I have not worked out since the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I knew it would take a while to get back to it, because I know me and 5 days without working out meant it was no longer routine. I tried the EA Active Wii Game and was a little disappointed. The workout itself was great. What I didnt like about it is that it didnt always register what I was doing so I had to do it longer. The leg strap also kept falling down which meant I am running in place but the game has me slowly jogging. Very Frustrating.

Then I started with the pics to list on EBay. Amazon has no customer service or any appeal process other than form letters - we were kicked off their site and now only have EBay to list items on. So after getting ready for the day, I took pictures and then listed.

Last night was also the first meeting of the FurBaby Food Bank. Like a regular food bank, but for cats and dogs. Where we are there are a lot of people that have to get rid of a pet because of financial reasons. Are goal is to be a resource for those people and provide them with the food and supplies necessary to keep the family pet.

And of course, I ended my day watching videos. I finished off Season 3 of Criminal Minds last week. This week I am working on Without A Trace. Hopefully, Season 5 of CM will get here soon - Netflix.

Now to the teleseminar - something about overcoming your fear of selling.