I've been slack

WHAT A WEEK!

I had a slap in the face this week.

I've always hated weighing, but i did it.

I was slapped in the face with a 20 pound weight gain since the prince was born.

I haven't weighed this much in quite a while, 

and I had taken great pride in keeping my weight level, even if it were still too much.

I now have to lose a whopping 100 pounds.

This irritated me so much that its time for extreme measures.

I look forward to McRibs all year long, so that's what I had for lunch today...

but that was my last!

NO MORE MCRIBS OR OTHER JUNK!

So far, here's the plan:

1. One cup of coffee in the morning with splenda.
2. One cup of coffee in the afternoon with splenda.
3. Water the rest of the day.
4. Ankle weights go on when I finish my morning coffee and come off when I put the monster to bed.
5. Walk with the monster everyday.
6. Find an exercise program I can enjoy doing, so that I will stick with it.
7. Figure the amount of calories to limit myself to everyday, along with fat and sugar intake.
8. Find a diet tracker to use on my computer. Place the icon where I will see it when I turn it on.
9. NO MORE CHOCOLATE
10. Thats the plan for now.

This is something I have to do, so I cannot lose track or give up.

I will keep my blog updated on my progress.

Geek Meets Fall, Part 2

Here is the picture I promised

of my absolute first pumpkin!

Its Darth Vader... Can you tell?

Get this template and more here... directions too!

Geek Meets Fall

Here I am with the HUBS... carving my very first pumpkin!

I even created my own set of 19 stencils. 

You can see my pumpkin soon, I promise!

Go to Nighlon  [my geeky/ graphics/ blog tips blog]

and grab the stencils and read the directions.

I had so much fun doing this.

I hope you enjoy my stencils.

Let me know how they turn out.

FALL LOVE

FALL: Noun; 1. Also known as Autumn;  2.  The season between Summer and Winter; 3. The months of September, October, and November; 4. Back to school,  Halloween, and Thanksgiving; 5. The best time of Year.

This is not the actual definition of Fall, but It is how I would describe it!

So many wonderful things in life happen in the fall. My husbands birthday, my little prince's birthday, HALLOWEeN, Thanksgiving, apples, PUMPKINS, the leaves change, trips to cherokee. The list just goes on!

Family seems to become more important to everyone, people get nicer (then winter comes, and the world is bitter again).

One of the true treasures of fall is being able to be outside in the crisp autumn air and enjoy everything. Just the other day, The LP and I were walking around picking red leaves for his Nana!

Sitting on the pourch enjoying a nice hot cup of coffee is pure joy!

My Favorite Fall Activities:

Picking colorful leaves and inventing crafts for them

Decorating for Halloween

Bonfires

Trips to Cherokee

Trick-or-Treating

Watching Horror Movies

Watching Christmas Movies

Enjoying Family

Baking

Making Pumpkin Butter

THANKSGIVING DINNER

This year is special-- I'm carving a pumpkin for the first time EVER


What do you do to embrace all the wonder of FALL?

KID CUISINE: Don't Feed These to Your Kid!

About a week ago, we all had grilled lemon pepper chicken for dinner. 

I wasn't sure if the little prince could eat it, so I got him one of these: 

HUGE MISTAKE!

I heat the meal, and think: This will be something fun!

NOT!

He would not eat it!

Wouldn't touch it!

I break apart the chicken nuggets, and they were nothing but breading!

I was so annoyed!

Needless to say, he ate the lemon pepper chicken,

AND LOVED IT!

I WILL NEVER BUY THE LITTLE MONSTER THESE AGAIN!

The really bad part- I ate these as a kid...

and they were nothing like this one!