I love to sew. Anything and everything. I make tons of cloth diapers for DD. It started as a way to save money but has turned into something of a passion of mine. To find the cutest, trimmest and more absorbent, easy to use diaper possible. I am doing a rocket/space quilt for DS. I have made him pajamas and costumes. I have made DD and I matching dresses and lots of headbands and bows for her. The tee she is wearing right now I added embellishments to. But right now I have my sights set on this amazing dress I saw in a macys ad. I found the ad during breakfast about 2 weeks ago. It is $150 so not a possibility to by full retail. I started making it today and am excited to see how it turns out. I fell in love with the picture in the ad but there is no way to buy it even if I wanted to. Not in stores and not online. It was a teaser dress. Its lovely. Black and white with black flower accents at the neckline. I dread adding the zipper but think I can get it if I do all the pressing and basting like they tell you to do. I will do a single lap zipper and hope it turns out straight. Maybe I will make a matching jacket for it…. Might be out of my leauge though. I also have made a Gdiaper pattern that I want to scan in and post online. I cant beliee no one has yet. I started with these diapers when we switched to cloth and have been all over since and now have found my way back as they are awesome. You can use cloth in them OR buy their disposable inserts that are chemical free, flushable and compostable. Plus they are as good as a regular sposie at hoding liquid. I am so in love with them right now. I have made 4 or 5 for DD thus far. I have 2 that need tabs added and they will be done. I want more PUL to make more liners but dont really have the dollars right now.
I have decided to paint the bathroom upstairs. I hate it how it is and want to redo the colors. I want it black and white and pink. Sounds odd but sears has all this great french/dressform bathroom accessories that are those colors and I loke them really well. Just need them to go on sale.
Filed under: Daily dulls on March 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
So I have caught up on the winsorslim routines. Now I am up to date. I havent lost any weight yet and am kinda thinking thats lame. I did have AF last week so maybe thats why. I wasnt super good te last couple nights either. Friday I had cookies after dinner, and again on Monday and last night /(tuesday) there was chocolate cheesecake at a cookie lee party. So I had one sliver but also yesterday was Ben & Jerry’s free scoop day so I had to have my chocolate therapy. That as to be bad for you. So I think I have slipped off the good eating habit train and need to hop back on. If its in a package we dont want to eat it! This is a guideline and cant be followed entirely but it is how we got started and i worked well. Eddie is up 3 pounds from last week so we must be doing something right but then slacked off. I can feel my muscle changing btw. It seems like there is more tone and I have gotten some definition in my arms. There isnt much fat there as I am carrying baby alot but there also isnt much definition either so thats good. I will post my measurement changes Friday. Think I will change my weigh in to Fridays as after the weekend I am usually heavier than before. As we get better at eating better that should change but for now I will just alter my weigh in day.
Filed under: Exercise on March 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Todays weight: 145.0
lost .6 since last week
15 to go!
Filed under: weight log on March 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
I might have goofed a bit lastnight as we had dinner at familys home and they made pasta and garlic bread. I went easy on the pasta but the bread was soooo yummy that I had like 3 peices. And as many cookies. Not my finest moment but still lost half a pound. I had my cottage cheese, V8 and 1 slice of ww toast for breakfast and some leftover turkey meatloaf for lunch. So I am trying to make up for the extra carbs and calories. Plus tonight I am making stuffed chicken in alfredo sauce. It it the most delicious recipe I have found lately. But I will only have a half a breast and mostly eat salad. Thats good too so I should feel happy all the way around. They are having early release all week at school so Ds will be home in half and hour and DD is still napping. We bough them a power wheel go cart thing this weekend and I really wanted to get it put together before the bus came but its not a super nice day out so I am dreading the cold of the garage. But they say you burn more calories when its cold vs warm so I can call it exertion right? Off to cook and prep for company.
Filed under: Oops! on March 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
So I didnt do the workout from yesterday but I got back to it today. Wow was today killer. It was the butt and arms. The arms wasnt too bad but the butt was burning. It was more what I call a hip workout because of it focusing more on the outer rump than the actual glutes. But glad to get back to it. I bet I am sore tomorrow but I actually kinda like that. It tells me its working. And tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day but I am gonna go ahead with Sundays missed routine so that I keep up with the program. I am trying to give my best effort to this series to see if its really going to work for others and hopefully warn or encourage them to get on board. So far I have felt a bit sore after each workout but not so much that I feel like I cant do the next days video. I like the bar and band and that there are so many ways you can use them.
Filed under: Exercise on March 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
Ok so daily dulls. I sat down yesterday and played with our mint account and set up a more specific monthly budget. Things like film and gas and clothes were added not just utilities and the basic bills. There will alwats be stuff that doesnt fit into a catagory but at least this wat we will see when we are going to far ito one aspect of spending. Usually clothes but also hobbies and movie rentals will get us. Like having a coupon book with sections for each caagory with alotted cash in each but more secure and less obvious to others that you have spending issues. Like that doesnt describe everyone? But I am hopeful that next month will be more on target. Also, we should be debt free in less than 18 months without being so tied and strapped. Cant wait! Feeling hopeful and happy to be home and healthy. gotta get DS ready for school so….
Filed under: Family blah blahs on March 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
Yesterday was so beautiful that I piled the baby into the buggy and went rolling about the neighborhood. As I was trolling around a friend from down the street rolled by and said they were planning a ride this evening. We had also talked of doing this so I said that after Dh got home we would like to go together. So yay! we had biking buddies. Its a family of 3. Single dad, and teenaged son and daughter. It was nice. We rode to a local bike trail and rode about 5 miles rould trip. Mildly hilly but enough that with babies in tow I got winded and jello legged. Still eating well minus our saturday excursion to applebees. I did regret it but Ds was begging to go.
Filed under: Exercise on March 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
3/17/10 still 145.6 but better than gaining
still 15 to go. still happy!
Filed under: weight log on March 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
todays weight:
145
15 to go!
Filed under: weight log on March 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
So today seemed to start with a bang as my son woke me up with his awful cough. I called the Dr. to get him an appt as this has been going on for 2 weeks. Then I ran and hoped into the shower. On my way there I spied the scale and figured I would hop on. Down another pound! That makes 5 within the past 2 weeks and nearly 10 total! Super happy I ran and washed up and ran upstairs to get the kids going and breakfast ready. We spent the morning cleaning and moving furniture in the living room. At 2 o clock we were off the the Dr. A series of antibiotics regimen was prescribed and off we went. That’s when the oops happened. The meds weren’t ready so we stopped to play at the McDonald’s to kill time and I bought the kids a vanilla cone each. Baby cant eat a cone with ice cream on top so I scraped it off into a dish. That got me thinking about how good some fries and ice cream would be. So yeah, I indulged and that just made me cranky and disappointed in myself. I think I will skip dessert this evening to try and reclaim what calories I over ate. I was doing so good and then blew it for some nauseating treat that made me feel like a loser. So not again. I resolve not to break for a momentary dive into what will inevitably turn into regret and remorse. Unfortunately you cant rewind the hands of the dinner clock by feeling sorry. (or lunch or snack for that matter) So tomorrow begins a new more solidified day in my new life as a healthy eater and natural critic of fast food. Keep it positive and positive things will happen.
Filed under: Family blah blahs, Oops! on March 12th, 2010 | No Comments »