Thursday, October 29, 2009
Game on Update
Yesterday was my first perfect points day. Oh and it was the ward trunk or treat (as you saw in the other post). I had planned to use it as a meal and not get a meal of points. When I got there none of the treats looked that appealing to me so I didn't do it and just went home and ate my regular meal. That's right I didn't get tempted. If they would have had a lava cake from Chili's there I totally would have caved but they didn't. I didn't even get tempted to eat one of the kids candy either. I had half a mini kitkat stick for my 100 calorie snack though. I plan on eating a lot of chocolate on my day off in fact I plan on eating only chocolate on my day off so that it makes me sick of chocolate for the week. I find that chocolate is the only thing I am missing with this and I am getting better at it and I love working out everyday and drinking all this water.
Trunk or Treat
We had our ward trunk of treat last night and it was fun and freezing. I forgot the camera so I just took some pictures when we got home. There were HUNDREDS of kids there. I knew we had a huge primary but I had never seen them all together before.
Eva and Alexander eating their treats and chicken nuggets.
Alexander the Knight
I just put him in layers and gray sweats because it was so cold.
There was frozen water on the ground!
(I know many of you already have snow but we don't so it was extra cold to us)
Eva the Lion
I taught her to roar and so she kept roaring all night.
She also kept trying to steal Alexander's sword to stab him with it.
Here is a tip for your trunk for trunk of treat get a scary movie soundtrack or just a cd with scary noises and just play it in your car. Its a great affect. I saw one car with that last night and it was the best car there (It wasn't ours but from now on I will do that).
Eva and Alexander eating their treats and chicken nuggets.
Alexander the KnightI just put him in layers and gray sweats because it was so cold.
There was frozen water on the ground!
(I know many of you already have snow but we don't so it was extra cold to us)
Eva the LionI taught her to roar and so she kept roaring all night.
She also kept trying to steal Alexander's sword to stab him with it.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Mini Project
I just painted the hardware on this dresser.
Before
After
Brass to silver, It seems to make the wood finish look darker which I like.
After
Brass to silver, It seems to make the wood finish look darker which I like.
Game On
I am participating in the Game on Diet for the next 4 weeks! Crazy right? Now I am not a dieter. I believe in correct portions and I follow them now but Diets make me a little nutty. The first and only other diet I ever did was for biggest loser. I didn't like it cause it felt so restrictive but this one is a bit different and an opportunity to keep extra contact with the Reeves girls. I told Melanie I was going to blog about it to show how it was and whether it was realistic for a mother with little kids. Well you probably don't want to hear how my first day yesterday went. I will tell you anyway.
Well first off I wanted to do this because its not centered around weight loss. I am pretty happy with my weight at the moment but I want to start exercising again and getting some good habits going and drinking more water (I don't drink much and get headaches from not drinking) I figure this will give me more energy in the long run.
Day 1 was a train wreck.
You get points on getting the right amount of sleep eating 5 balanced meals a day, doing your new good habit, dropping your old bad habit, drinking 3 liters of water, exercising for 20 minutes and communicating with someone else who is doing in your group.
The sleep part made me smile because I always get 7 hours of sleep except maybe on Friday nights but I still usually get at least 7 then. Well yesterday I had made an appointment to get the recall fixed on the murano at 8 am. That made it so I would get exactly 7 hours of sleep. I did horribly with such little sleep and was cranky and tired all day. Then I couldn't figure out meals for the day (palm protein, fist carbs, thumb fat) but I attempted it.
By 5 o'clock I was on the phone with Kristen begging to quite. I know what a quiter I was. I was starving and I don't like to starve hence the no diets please mentality. So I was trying to figure out the things to eat with her and then we realized I was eating way TOO LITTLE. My portions were way too small and that is why I was starving oh and you can eat as many veggies as you want (green veggies and no potatoes and carrots are not veggies) So I could bake some asparagus and eat like 2 pounds of it in a meal if I want (I doubt I will do that). Um ding ding ding I wasn't eating the right amount yesterday hence the please kill me to put me out of my misery Exclamations to Daniel.
So today is going better. I had oatmeal and some skim cheese and honey in the oatmeal and some nuts for my fat. I am on the wagon again.
The plus side of this way of doing it is it teaches you correct portions and you get one day off a week to do whatever you want so it helps you to stay on the wagon. You don't have to cut all the bad out forever just until your next free day.
Anyway wish me luck. Its finished right before Thanksgiving (smart planning there).
Well first off I wanted to do this because its not centered around weight loss. I am pretty happy with my weight at the moment but I want to start exercising again and getting some good habits going and drinking more water (I don't drink much and get headaches from not drinking) I figure this will give me more energy in the long run.
Day 1 was a train wreck.
You get points on getting the right amount of sleep eating 5 balanced meals a day, doing your new good habit, dropping your old bad habit, drinking 3 liters of water, exercising for 20 minutes and communicating with someone else who is doing in your group.
The sleep part made me smile because I always get 7 hours of sleep except maybe on Friday nights but I still usually get at least 7 then. Well yesterday I had made an appointment to get the recall fixed on the murano at 8 am. That made it so I would get exactly 7 hours of sleep. I did horribly with such little sleep and was cranky and tired all day. Then I couldn't figure out meals for the day (palm protein, fist carbs, thumb fat) but I attempted it.
By 5 o'clock I was on the phone with Kristen begging to quite. I know what a quiter I was. I was starving and I don't like to starve hence the no diets please mentality. So I was trying to figure out the things to eat with her and then we realized I was eating way TOO LITTLE. My portions were way too small and that is why I was starving oh and you can eat as many veggies as you want (green veggies and no potatoes and carrots are not veggies) So I could bake some asparagus and eat like 2 pounds of it in a meal if I want (I doubt I will do that). Um ding ding ding I wasn't eating the right amount yesterday hence the please kill me to put me out of my misery Exclamations to Daniel.
So today is going better. I had oatmeal and some skim cheese and honey in the oatmeal and some nuts for my fat. I am on the wagon again.
The plus side of this way of doing it is it teaches you correct portions and you get one day off a week to do whatever you want so it helps you to stay on the wagon. You don't have to cut all the bad out forever just until your next free day.
Anyway wish me luck. Its finished right before Thanksgiving (smart planning there).
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Happy Halloween
We carved pumpkins today and had a lazy Saturday. We put them by the door and took some pictures and then we noticed the last picture. Yep thats a giant black widow. They are all over the place here, usually sitting by the door when I get home from errands.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
It's a beautiful day
Yesterday was rainy and kind of gloomy but today is beautiful. Its crisp outside and all is well. I woke up to this:
Alexander wakes up before me and goes in the livingroom and watches his morning PBS cartoons which taught him how to say hypothesis when he wants to know something. Its his new chair apparently. Its just one of those little square foot stools with storage. They love to play with it and both get in and start screaming because the want the other to get out.
Eva had a doctors appointment yesterday because she has had a cough and runny nose since september 29th. We were worried it was some flu that wouldn't go away.
Turns out she just has allergies and a bacterial infection at the back of her nose causing a drip and a cough. He asked if she has been rubbing her eyes and nose a lot. Take a look for yourself. That is 10 minutes at the table with some spaghetti.
She is on some meds for 10 days and then we have a follow up/ vaccination appointment. She will be getting a flu shot. Not the F1N1 because they don't have any in New Mexico yet, plus when we get some it will all be gone in a day.
I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful fall.
Alexander wakes up before me and goes in the livingroom and watches his morning PBS cartoons which taught him how to say hypothesis when he wants to know something. Its his new chair apparently. Its just one of those little square foot stools with storage. They love to play with it and both get in and start screaming because the want the other to get out.Eva had a doctors appointment yesterday because she has had a cough and runny nose since september 29th. We were worried it was some flu that wouldn't go away.
Turns out she just has allergies and a bacterial infection at the back of her nose causing a drip and a cough. He asked if she has been rubbing her eyes and nose a lot. Take a look for yourself. That is 10 minutes at the table with some spaghetti.
She is on some meds for 10 days and then we have a follow up/ vaccination appointment. She will be getting a flu shot. Not the F1N1 because they don't have any in New Mexico yet, plus when we get some it will all be gone in a day.I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful fall.
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