I live my silhouette machine

Just wanted to share what I cut out this weekend.


Ok this was a failed



A card


This is on my chalk board

Santa Pictures

I know we are ahead of the natural order of holidays but here are the Santa Pictures we took!

The little things

Sometimes things are taken for granted and it is nice to hear or read it every once in a while. Erik tells me he loves me every time we talk or at the end of emails or texts but the other day he told me a story where someone at work asked him if Scott was his best friend and he told them no his wife was. I can't explain how wonderful that was to read! It truly is the little things that are rarely said that means the most!!


I pass these trees everyday when i bring and pick up the kids, I just love them.

Crafts

I am being crafty this week.


Our tree hot so heavy I had to move it to the door and use magnets to hold it up. We are so thankful.


Bows for a present


Hung half my curtains up. Just need to figure out how to hang the red ones up right


A turkey shirt using kk's hands


And the bow holder for the bows

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My to do list

Thanksgiving is next week - oh my goodness - which means Christmas is next then the New Year so I have started to think of things I want to happen in 2012, wait I just skipped a whole year. I wanted to make a list of things for 2011 - some are already in the works like the Happiness Project, well I started reading it does that count, others I need to figure out how to make it happen - like learn to take better pictures.
I want to finish painting down stairs
Do the kids bathroom in maps
use the things I already own
enjoy life

apple days

It is funny how doing something or hearing something will bring up a memory, well that happen last night while the kids and I were making apple crisp. I remember when I was stationed in San Diego going to Julian, Ca during their Apple Days in Oct. The whole town smelled like apples. No not apples but baked apple pie, it was wonderful and it was just a little chilly so we had apple cider. I know we did not go there for the Apple Days festival but somehow we ended up there on a Saturday. What a good memory!

pictures

I love taking pictures and sharing them with everyone, I wish I knew more about taken them but it is on my list of things to do. anyway with tomorrow being veterans day a few people changed their profile pictures to ones of them in uniform. Erik asked to find one of him in his blues and made a comment that we did not have any of the two of us in uniform together. How could that be we were on the same ship for almost 2 years (actually almost 4 years but we did not know each other for 2 of those years). So I looked and looked and looked - sure enough I could not find one picture of us in uniform together. How sad is that! I will have to ask Carol if she has any from the family day cruise, but how did that happen? I have a lot of pictures of us in the same space but not together. Did we not ask anyone to take our picture, did we not think to ask anyone? I have a few on the flight deck as we went through the Suez Canal - Erik and Gary, Erik and Vandi, me and Vandi,- Erik, Vandi and Gary but none of me and Erik not even with a group of people. Now I am on a mission to find one picture of us together in uniform!!
Really how can that be? I know we were using film cameras but come on.......

Anyway I hope everyone has a very Happy Veterans Day tomorrow!

Santa pictures

Today we had Santa pictures. It was fun helping out but also a little crazy!
Look how much our tree has grown with leaves. The kids love adding their new things they are thankful for and I love using my new silhouette cutter! I was so excited when hallie asked for her own "give thanks" sign and I was able of show off how cool the machine was !! I am so excited to try new designs.





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I saw this on another blog (crap that I've made)
So everyday the kids write on a leaf what they are thankful for. So far we have mom and dad, Katie , jaxon, and manners. I think once more leaves are up the tree is going to look really cool.

Fall Fest Friday

Jaxon's class

Katie's Class


Picking out Pumpkins

Back on the band wagon

Ok so everyone is starting to blog again so I will join the band wagon. Actually I have been looking for a journal to write in but I have not found one that I liked. So I will start here.
Erik left again last night. We have 5 weeks to go till we see him again. It will be a busy 5 weeks!!
Today I am back on the wagon again with being healthy. I did really well while he was gone but for some reason I think I get a free pass while he is Here. Well now I have to pay the price and lose the 4 pounds I gained in the 16 days he was here. What did it, no tracking, skipping workouts or drinking every night or eating out. Pick one or two and that
would be the reason!!
So today I am jumping back in fill speed ahead. I did skip the gym today but so far I have done 51 minutes on the elliptical and I am working my arms on the weight machine while type. Ok so I am resting longer then I need to but I am multi tasking.

So what is the game plan fir the next 5 weeks - workout, eat right, finish painting down stairs, start painting up stairs, spend time with family and friends. Help at school a bunch ( I will be there Thursday Friday Monday and Tuesday) plus this Friday for fall parties.

Jaxon has stopped tkd for a while which is good for everyone. After over 2 years he needed an wanted a break. So I am putting him in arena soccer only bad part is the games are on Saturday but we will see how it goes. He loves soccer , I looked into Futsal also so he could get some extra training but it was too expensive for what I was looking for

So today I am going shopping for some retail therapy once I get motivated. Erik is on his last leg of his 22 hour. Of flights. So once he lands in Doha I will be able to breathe again. Sad to say that but him flying makes me nerves with all the crazy people in the world. Tonight is dance for kk then trunk or treating Should be fun!


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Location:Home

Bathroom color

I can't tell if it is too dark of a color. This is only one coat and it is not the bathroom paint so I have to repaint the whole thing anyway so what do you think??
I know hard to tell in the picture.
In the picture it looks blends really well with the hallway





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Adding color to my life

Kk new pillowcase

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Uniforms ahhhhhh

I am waiting for the uniform store to fix kk's uniforms. Theses stores have it made. There are only 2 stores in the area that carry our patches 1 ordered the wrong uniform for me which they are now fixing - they said it would take 2 days I said no I will wait while it is done now ( someone on the phone said they could do it today) lucky for me it was the right plaid but it is missing some red piping around the top

The second store will not sell you just the patch because they want to make sure it is on the correct uniform - what does it matter to them if I put it on the wrong one , I am the one who has to deal with the school , way to go playing big brother!!

So the second one being the lesser of the 2 evils will get my business from now on, I really can not over look a uniform store that has been around for so long can make such a careless mistake!

Dinner for tuesday

So me and Megan are doing weight watchers with a twist - we have three things to do each day - meet our points, drink our water and exercise each counts for 5 points, so you can earn 15 points a day - at the end of 4 weeks who ever has the most points wins. So I have been eating better (for 2 days now). Last night we had a ww taco salad and tonight I tried a new recipe - take a flank steak, some lime juice and a jar of salsa put in the crock pot and cook. I took the meat and put it on a tortilla for a meat roll up - was actually really good! yeah a new crock pot dinner.
I also painted a wall in my house black - ok it is chalk board but it is still black. Once I get everything back on the wall and the rest of the room painted it should not stand out so much!

Cooking eggs

You know It is hot when





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Cousins weekend

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Dinner

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Location:Mario's

Breakfast with a view

Hanging out

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1940s theme cake

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another Thursday

I tried to update the blog from the gym today but for some reason my phone would shut the program down and lose all the typing and pictures so I gave up! So no KK gym pictures this week, but unlike Jaxon she will stay in gym so there will be lots of time for those!
So this week has gone by pretty good. Erik left on Sunday - so sad! But I have been to the gym every day this week. I work out for about an hour then the kids and I go swimming till 1pm - which is any where from 1 1/2 to 2 hours. So I am active. I have also been writing everything down that I eat. Today was a little tricky - I wrote it down but no points by somethings. Oh well at least I wrote it down!
I am kinda in a weird place this week since next week I will be at the beach - I did not want to waste this week but at the same time I don;t feel so bad for today since I know next week will be hard. I am going to try but I will be drinking which is never good for the scale and me! So I have started but I am really starting again when I get back.
I hate the word AGAIN I am always trying again, which means I have failed and have to start over again, AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN
I aways start off strong then I get lazy and have to start again! I can't think about that right now....
Time to get the kids to bed

Jaxon's gym

So we put Jaxon in gym this summer. What a mistake he does not like it as much as he thought maybe because it is a tumbling class and he really has to work. He is the only boy and some times the only one that whines!
He is the second from the right.









And then he does not do what he is suppose to do. It drives me crazy!!!!
Lesson learned!

Swimming at the gym

This is how I get motivate to go to the gym. They want to go swimming so I work out first then we go to the pool. So far it has works for 3 days. It is really nice to get in the pool after a work out but it is really hard to put on my swimsuit when I am sweaty!



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Watching tv with friends

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wonder busy stressful day

Today Katie had her practice for her dance. They did so good even though they were running about an hour behind. They girls were a beautiful mess on stage! can't wait to see them tomorrow

Jaxon also had his first TKD competition today, he got a 3rd place medal for his escape skills. I am so proud and sad I had to miss it. Thank goodness for my wonderful parents!

I love summer!!

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after the kids had swim lessons we meet my parents and Claire and Emma for some yummy snowballs!

Cousins

We went to Lafayette for the night the kids love playing with each other! Yeah for cousins close in age and locations!





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Scared but lesson learned

Last night was the first time in a really long time I was truely scared but not enough to call anyone but still my heart was racing. I was woken up around midnight because the garage door was opening then a few minutes later I heard it again. My alarm was set so I knee nobody could come in with out tripping that. I looked out th windows and saw nothing but my neighbors garage was open with the lights on so I figured they were still up. After about 2 1/2 hours I fell back a sleep. So this morning I learned how to lock the garage doors but a switch on top of the buttons in the garage!! Yeah because that always had worried me. After texting a few people I found out that my door was open when the neighbors came home so they tried to close it. The sensor hit something and went back up so they had to try again. If I would have text Eric last night I would have known this but because I am so worried about bugging someone I did not. I know crazy!
So what happen was Jaxon told me he closed the garage door which I heard him do but we did not hear it go back up. So I did not check, I set the alarm and went to bed.
Lessons learned:
Double check garage door
Lock garage doors now that I kwow how (I plan on keeping it locked and. Unlock it only when we open the doors).

oh and if you are walking on the treadmill while texting about this to 3 people it makes the time go really really fast! 40 min up hill with a 5 min each cool down and warm up for total 50 minutes = yeah me!

Ask questions before I drive myself crazy there usually is a good sane answer!!


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pictures of jaxon

Look daddy

Sorry really bad picture but Jaxon wanted Erik to see his crazy hair




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Painting for dad

Erik did not have coffee cups so the kids wanted to paint him some. We will see how they ship??





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Wow what a week!

It has been a week since Bonnie died and there are some big differences around our house - it is Quiet, Bonnie was loud barking and breathing! There are more crumbs on the floor, maybe Montana did not learn to clean the floor because Bonnie was always there but there is a lot more food on the ground! Montana only needs to be fed once a day, he leaves food in his bowl. We are sad to have only one dog!

It has only been 3 days since Erik left for Qatar and it feels so much longer, 45 days is going to go by so slow!!

Mother's day was fun, we went to a friends house for crawfish and swimming! It was strange not seeing my mom on Mother's day but I know they are having fun on their retirement trip!
Today I did go to the gym, I was only planning on walking for 20 minutes then I went to 30 and finally got off around 47 minutes. Amazing how good music can help!
This week is our last week of school for Jaxon, he is so excited and ready to start the summer! Katie has 2 days next week so that will not too bad and Tuesday is Louisiana day so it is just a festival and class picnic. It will be bitter sweet with her leaving BPECC, we have been there for 5 years but I am done with the drive!
Speaking of the drive it is almost time to go get her!

wrong time??

I am having a hard time this week! After the trip to New Orleans which was tons of fun for the family but not soo great for the eating, I have not been able to really get back on track - Today I did good, I think but I did not write anything down, just did it in my head. Then tomorrow we have dinner for a friends b-day(which should be fine just need to plan) and Sunday is Erik's going away crawfish boil which means beer which does nothing to help my weight AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Excuses and more excuses I know. Oh Saturday is Jazz fest - yeah that is bad, we get to go to the Shell tent and they never have healthy food and free beer. Oh well I will make it through this weekend and start again, but I will stay on track except for the above mentioned excuses!

The girl in the bubble

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Sorry for the noise

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Day in New Orleans

Today we had fun in Nola. We went to see the fishes and the bugs. We got a steamed seafood bucket for dinner. Yum yum Jaxon was so excited about trying the lobster but once he did he was not so happy, maybe because it was not covered in butter.
the we walked ariund but ended up back at the hotel because the kids legs were dying! So dramatic.
better then staying at home and the kids are still having fun jumping from bed to bed. We are such hood parents!



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tools I use

As I was cleaning the kitchen today I realized I use a lot of tools during the day! Measuring spoons are by far the most popular with cups coming in a close second. I love my new cookbook as I have told you in every post but it really does ask for a look of measuring in some dishes!
Today I did not have that great of luck with the new dishes:
egg mug mexicali was ok, better once I added it to a tortilla, I just did not like the texture of it.
pumpkin pie smoothie was too pumpkiny - I am not sure if it was the pumpkin I used or what - could not find the libby one so I had to get what they had, I don't think I will make it again and find out the reason, too many really good ones. Even Erik did not love it and he LOVES pumpkin pie!
and for dinner we had slow-cookin' mexican chicken which was good - I added it to a bed of spinach and really enjoyed it, Erik said it was boring.
SO as you can see nothing great came out of this but still love the cookbook!

It looks like Erik will be leaving May 6th, we do not know what to expect. I can not even tell you how I feel about it. There are still too many unknown about the job, which we will not get answers to till he gets over there. So this weekend we are taking the kids to New Orleans for a fun kids weekend, aquarium and children's museum and swimming in the hotel pool, and what ever else we can fit in. Also heading to Kelly's restaurant, love that place!

We did get Just Dance in today for the wii, I am a little sore from doing the 4 songs with Jaxon. The kids and I had a great time dancing, Jaxon bet me on 2 and I bet him on the other 2 - KK just danced!

Tuesday no it's wednesday

Things are going good! I am so loving the new hungry girl cookbook, tried another breakfast today - apple scramble - very good! Last night I made beef and beans taco - yes I ate beans, once again very good but that was out of the WW take-out cookbook! So much better then just regular tacos. I think you could even use the meat/bean mixture as a dip!
I think if I have a weak moment all I need to do is go try on clothes or just go look in the mirrors in the dressing rooms! 2 stores and 2 very depressing looks in the mirror! And yet today I am wasting time instead of working out! I am not sure why but I really have no desire to get up and work out :( I will do something today just not sure what that is - may Just Dance will come in today and I will do that or I will breakdown and get on the machine. (just found out that it wont be here till next week :( - so much for doing that today!)
Looks like Erik is going to be leaving sometime in the first week of May. I have lots of things planned for the kids this summer so hopefully they will stay busy enough not to miss him too much! This weekend we are going to spend the night in New Orleans and have a family fun weekend. They love the aquarium and the bugs.
We also set the wii up for netflix! so excited about that! The kids love being able to pick their own movies that way.

good start

So today I did really well! I ate my points, I think I drank all my water - I did not use my normal cup so I am just guessing but the amount of bathroom trips would tell me I did have enough. I am loving the new Hungry Girl cookbook! So far I have liked everything I tried out of the cookbook. Tonight we had chicken seasoned with a Rachel Ray recipe - I ate my with onions, peppers, and spinach leaves, with Feta and Balsamic dressing - yummy yummy. We had strawberry and blue berry smoothies after school and I started the day with French toast in a mug (new cookbook). I also did 45 min on the elliptical while watching New Moon.
Now I want to see results! I know that is silly but come on I want results now!! I know I know I did not gain all the weight back in one day so I need to be realistic
Jaxon threw a fit about going to TKD tonight so I told him he could quit after the contract is up - which is in Oct. He started his new class today so he came home all excited and told me he did not want to quit. He enjoys going it is just the getting there and leaving his friends in the neighborhood that he does not like. I can't blame him for wanting to stay and play but I makes life hard when the kids around us are not on the same schedule as us!
That is all for now - i am going to find out what is going on in the book I am reading now - Rebel Angels by Libba Bray

Test

Testing out some app Erik down loaded for me.


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here we go again

ok so those who know me know I struggle with my weight over and over again - I try and fail to get back to where I was before getting pregnant with Jaxon. SO I am ready to try this roller coaster ride again! I have signed up for weight watchers online - again - and they have an app for that.
I have all my cookbook ready and I am about to send all my favorite candy away -which has been my down fall since Easter. Monday is the day - why Monday and not today - another excuse what else would it be. Tommy's party is tomorrow and we will be in Lafayette all day.
I plan on using the blog as a sounding ground and a place to goto when I need to do something with my hands instead of eating. I also know that not many people read this any more so I am pretty safe on who is actually going to read about my struggles. I know some people do not have to worry about this struggle and have others things they are going through. I am lucky this is really all I have to worry about and I count my blessings everyday that I am not worried about my children's heart like one of my mommy friends has to deal with, or the death of a child who's would be fourth birthday is coming up next week, or if a pregnancy is going to last the full 40 weeks or even through the weekend. I am very lucky in life and very grateful for what I have. I want to loss weight not for my kids and husband but for myself. I have been on a pitty pot this past week and I need to get off and get moving.
so here I go again. On Monday I will start posting my daily goals and any new foods or what ever - read if you want but these are my ramblings.....