off the wagon

alright.  i've avoided my blog because i'm ashamed to admit that i fell off the wagon a little bit with my diet.  
ok.
i fell off the wagon, and got run over by the horse.


well, that might be a slight exaggeration, but i didn't lose any this week, and gained  0.6 of a pound.  that might not seem like alot, but in reality, when i should have lost at least 2 pounds this week, i really (in my own mind, work with me here) gained 2.6 pounds.


but ok, not the end of the world.. back on the wagon and hopefully doing better next week :)

mix it up

for christmas, the wonderful man i'm married to got me a kitchen aid mixer.
it's black.
it's shiny.
it's all mine.
i love it.

it makes my life easier.  since i got it, i've made: cookies, bread (bread!!) muffins and cheesecake.  i love baking, but mixing stuff always gets annoying, and forget about kneading bread.  i have (on most days) 4 kids running around.. i have no time for kneading bread.  but, since this little wonder entered my life, i can make all the things i love.

 here's the recipe for these mini muffins i made the other day.  YUM.

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup brown sugar, unpacked

2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup soymilk (i used regular milk)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 or 4 over-ripe (black) mashed bananas)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).

In a bowl, combine flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, soda, and salt.

In another large bowl, soy mix together milk and vanilla.

Add the mashed bananas, and combine thoroughly.

Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture until just combined.

Lightly grease and dust mini muffin tins (I was able to make 36 mini muffins!)

Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 9 or 10 minutes.

Enjoy!

never grow up...

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger

And it's so quiet in the world tonight

Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming

So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret

I'd give all I have, honey

If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up

Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple

I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart

And no one will desert you

Just try to never grow up, never grow up

listen to the song here

down

woohoo!  down again this week.  total weight loss:  -8lbs!


happy dance!

sigh

i have a travel bug.  i`m trying to picture what exactly a travel bug looks like, and i`d like to think that it`s something along these lines.

or maybe even this.

it would be easier not to travel if in fact travel bugs looked like this.
instead, he`s a sly little creature, he gets in and fills my head with these sorts of pictures.

oh blue ocean water, i know that we`re soulmates.

or better yet... this.

i`d give my left arm to hug a palm tree right now.

time to start saving, and planning vacation 2012!!

woohoo!

today was my first official weigh in since J and i started changing our eating habits and shedding some weight.  
from my starting weight (which will remain my little secret haha) to today -6.8 lbs!!


one of the things that sticks in my head to help me along with my goal.  Will what i'm about to eat taste as good as losing weight will feel?  most times it causes me think about my food choices and choose what's better for me in the long run.  i'm going to keep track of my ups and downs (and hopefully there's more downs than ups!!) on the scale here.  
weigh in is every sunday!

i'm so proud!!

this photo was taken by my brother George, and entered into a contest for ducks unlimited.. and he won!  congrats G!!

http://www.ducks.org/opening-day/2010-opening-day-photo-contest-winners

2011

“Sing like no one's listening,

 love like you've never been hurt,

 dance like nobody's watching, 

and live like its heaven on earth.”