ABC, Easy as 1,2,3

A is for age:
32

B is for burger of choice:
Big burger with lettuce, tomatoe & extra mayo

C is for what kind of car you drive:
Chevy Malibu

D is for your dog's name:
N/A

E is for essential item you use everyday:
Computer

F is for favorite TV show at the moment:
House

G is for favorite game:
Scene It

H is for Hometown:
Lincoln, Vermont

I is for instruments you play:
Clarinet

J is for favorite juice:
Orange Juice

K is for whose butt you'd like to kick:
I don't kick butt.

L is for last restaurant you ate at?
Friendly's

M is for your favorite Muppet:
Gonzo

N is for Number of Piercing:
2

O is for overnight hospital stays:
When I had my club foot surgery & babies

P is for people you were with today:
Grandma, Grandpa, Adam & the boys

Q is for what you do with your quiet time:
Spend it on the computer

R is for biggest regret:
I don't think I have any.

S is for status:
With a signifigant other

T is for time you woke up today:
5:30am

U is for what you consider unique:
Homes

V is for vegetable you love:
Tomato (or is it a fruit?)

W is for worst habit:
Not keeping up with my house work

X is for x-rays you've had:
Teeth, Foot & hand

Y is for yummy food you ate today:
Yogurt

Z is for zodiac sign:
Gemini

Update on Lasagna

The crockpot lasagna was EXCELLENT! It was very easy to make and I invited my mom for dinner and she even said it was really good. I'm not a good cook, trust me. So recipes like this can really help someone like me.

How many stars am I going to give it...5*!

Slow Cooker Lasagna

Slow Cooker Lasagna

1 pound ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 can (29 oz) tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste
1 tsp salt
1 tsp dried oregano
1 pack (8 oz) no-cook lasagna noodles
4 cups (16 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 ½ C small-curd cottage cheese
½ C grated Parmesan cheese

In a skillet, cook beef, onion, and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the tomato sauce, water, tomato paste, salt and oregano; mix well. Spread a fourth of the meat sauce in an ungreased 5-qt slow cooker. Arrange a third of the noodles over sauce (break the noodles if necessary). Combine the cheeses; spoon a third of the mixture over noodles. Repeat layers twice. Top with remaining meat sauce. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until noodles are tender. Yield: 6-8 Servings

Home Made Halloween Decorations

Now, I hate spending to much money on Halloween costumes. It's such a waist. My mother use to make costumes for my brother and I. They didn't have the money to buy something, so my mother would use her creativity to come up with something that we had around the house. She had this white dress that she wore when she's young for church. I was so petite that I was able to wear it for 3 years, for something different. One year I was a Princess, another year I was an Angel, and for another year I was a bride (my brother was the groom), that one is my favorite! So now I'm trying to do something simiular to that.

I found some ideas, and this is what I'm going to do for my boys.
Tristan who is 3, is going to be a Christmas Present. Brayden who is 19 months is going to be Cotton Candy. As for Jayden, I don't think he's going to go Trick or Treating this year. He's only 7 months, so maybe next year.

Here are the instructions for each costume...

Christmas Present

Materials Needed:
Appropriate-Sized Cardboard Box
Gift wrap
Ribbons and/or Bows
Tape
Any other items you use to decorate your gifts

Instructions:
You need to find a box that will fit over whomever is going to wear it and they should have free movement of their arms and legs. Cut holes in sides of the box for the arms to fit through. Cut the bottom out of the box for the legs to fit through. The shorter the box is, the easier it is to walk! Cut a round hole in top of box for the head to fit through. Wrap the box as you would a Christmas gift. Be generous when taping the cut sections by the holes in the box so the paper won't rip. Also embellish the box with ribbons, bows, and anything else you want.
Now, simply slip the box on (you can wear regular street clothes or just a dark outfit). You can even add a matching bow on top of your head


Cotton Candy Costume

Materials Needed:
White Sweatsuit
White Shoes
Safety Pins
4 or More Yards of Pink Tulle

Instructions:

How much pink tulle you need will depend on the size of the person. It is usually less than $1.00 per yard so you may want to buy extra! Iinstead of pink, you can use a light blue or other typical cotton candy color.
This costume is easy to make. Simply have the costume wearer put on the white sweatsuit and shoes and the loosely wrap them, from the waist up to over their head, with the tulle so it looks like puffing cotton candy! Secure the tulle using safety pins.

No Weight Gain, No Weight Lost

I went to LA Weightloss today to get weighed in and I was pumped up, I excercise 3 times this week at curves, I didn't eat any chocolate, I had only 1 can of coke this week, no snacking and felt pretty confident that I had lost something. But when I got on the scales is read the same as last week. I was so disapointed. I couldn't figure out what I did wrong. I did have pizza last night, but only 1 piece.

My consultant said it's probably because I'm not getting my water in and I'm not eating all the times I'm suppose to. My set up is that I eat breakfast, then a LA Lite, Lunch, LA Lite then dinner. I haven't been good on making sure I eat my breakfast, and I haven't been eating my LA Lites. So I'm going to push the water, because I don't ever drink it. The consultant recomended that I have a glass of water with every meal, this way it covers 2 servings per meal. I think I can do that. So let's hope for better results next week.

Visit From Mother Nature

Well about 3 weeks ago I was "LATE". I began to panic. About a week later I took a preganacy test, it was negative, the next day I took another one it was negative again. Well I still wasn't at ease. Mother nature visits me regularly without fail, and if she was late, the results would show 9 months later. I've expierence this 3 times. Well last week I took another test, again, negative. What's going on, I thought. I was so scared. Well today she visited me. I've never been so happy in my life. My finace' and I have been VERY careful, because another baby is not what were wanting right now, but if it had, I'd be scared and upset, but no baby would be unloved, under any circumstances.

101 in 1001 Update

On Friday I was able to already complete one of the items on 101 in 1001 list. I can cross of #1 Join a gym. I signed up and did my first workout at Curves on Friday. It was great!

101 in 1001

101 in 1001
September 11, 2008 – June 9, 2011

1. Join a gym
2. Do my first WHB
3. Drink nothing but water for 28 days
4. Come up with a morning routine that I WILL do everyday for 28 days
5. Paint boys’ bedroom
6. Paint our bedroom
7. Make the bed everyday for 28 days
8. Complete Dave Ramsey’s Program
9. Have a set budget
10. Do the envelope system for 28 days
11. Weigh 180 pounds
12. Weigh 170 pounds
13. Weigh 160 pounds
14. Weigh 150 pounds
15. Weigh 140 pounds
16. Weigh 130 pounds
17. Send Christmas Cards
18. Start a make-an-ornament for Grandma and Grandpa tradition with the boys
19. Box everything for Memorial Day town wide yard sale
20. Box everything that will be donated to the 3 Day Stampede
21. Start a Red Hat Society Chapter
22. Potty train Brayden
23. Potty train Jayden
24. Dedicated selling 10 items per day on Ebay for 28 days
25. Put together a control journal, and look at it for 28 days
26. Send birthday and anniversary cards
27. Finish Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving
28. Make an Advent calendar
29. Do dishes immediately after supper for 28 days
30. Dye my hair
31. Have a professional massage
32. Finish 2007 Scrapbook
33. Finish 2008 Scrapbook
34. Develop vacation pictures
35. Put all important files together in file cabinet
36. Put 500 songs on my Ipod
37. Decorate my kitchen
38. Get a new kitchen table
39. Replace kitchen light
40. Replace bathroom medicine cabinet
41. Replace bathroom faucet
42. Replace kitchen faucet
43. Buy a new entertainment center
44. Clean my bedroom
45. Clean the front porch
46. Change all light bulbs to florescent lights
47. Get rid of all the clothes I don’t wear anymore
48. Acquire about home schooling in VT
49. Start home schooling for Tristan
50. Get an HD TV
51. Purchase a Wii & Wii Fitness
52. Get my nails done
53. Identify 25 things I like about myself
54. Take a vacation
55. Stay at a hotel with hubby with a jacuzzi for 1 night
56. Build a snowman and take a photo.
57. Keep a positive thinking journal for 28 days listing positive things that have happened each day
58. Write down all my family birthdays & anniversaries
59. Learn to knit
60. Knit some Christmas presents
61. Pay off Wells
62. Pay off Best Buy Credit Card
63. Pay off Capital One Credit Card
64. Go to the casino
65. Go to Niagara Falls
66. Get married
67. Have $1000 in our Emergency Fund
68. Read to my boys every night for 28 days
69. Get family photo done
70. Watch my whole collection of the Little House on the Prairie series
71. Wear a size 8
72. Wear make up for 28 days
73. Go to school for nutritionist
74. Learn a new word for 28 days
75. Sew a quilt
76. Learn to go cross country sking
77. Get new clothes when I lose weight
78. Don’t eat any chocolate for 28 days
79. Have only 1 cup of coffee per day for 28 days
80. Put all my photos on a memory stick
81. Hit 1000 post on the Flylady forum
82. Limit myself to 2 hours of computer time per day for 28 days
83. Plan a menu for 30 days and use it
84. Teach Tristan to write his name
85. Bring Tristan to a Wiggles concert
86. Declutter Kitchen
87. Declutter Livingroom
88. Declutter Hall
89. Declutter Boys’ Bedrooms
90. Declutter Bathroom
91. Declutter Our Bedroom
92. Declutter my car once a week for 8 weeks
93. Finish off mudroom
94. Attend my LA Weightloss meetings once a week for 8 weeks
95. Attend gym 3 times a week for 8 weeks
96. Vacuum livingroom everyday for 28 days
97. Open my own gym or start my own cleaning business
98. Read the Bible
99. Have $5000 in savings account
100. Write a new 101 list
101. Complete this 101 list