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Sand Art…
Dec 20th
So I’m sitting around the other night looking at Twitter (follow me here) when I see that Ashton Kutcher (yeah, I follow him…) puts up a post about something do to with Sand Art. Because that piqued my curiousity… I went to see it.
This is what I found… take a look — very cool.
Kids can cook…
Dec 10th
Oh my goodness… so I go to SITS website this morning to check out today’s featured blogger (because as I mentioned in my previous post… I am a blog-aholic!) and I notice after reading that the winners from Tuesday’s SITSmas were announced.
I WON!!! YES, SERIOUSLY!!! I WON!!!
(can you tell that I’m excited yet???)
Here is the Kids can Cook gift set that I won from Bread & Butter!!
I really can’t believe it. How cute is that?!?! Go check out the Bread & Butter website… they have some very cool stuff — including Monkey Measuring spoons!!!
This definitely brightened my day… especially with the blizzard conditions that we are experiencing currently. Not much snow so far with this system, but the winds and icy roads really should keep everyone inside. It’s not pretty. If I can get a good picture today to show what I see from my office window I’ll post a before/after for everyone.
In the meantime, enjoy your day! I know I will… so excited about this! Whoo hoo!!!!
Random thoughts on Thursday…
Dec 3rd
I am having a random thought day, er… week. RANDOM being the key word here. I decided rather than trying to update in multiple blog posts over a number of days — just to take care of everything at once. I hope you can appreciate that.
First… I’m really ok. A couple of you sent notes/e-mails about my prayer request. Without saying too much, God is showing me what needs to be done and that I’m acting it out properly. In due time, I’ll be able to share more. But thank you for your prayers… and if you don’t mind, keep them coming. I want to hear God LOUD and CLEAR on His direction with all of this.
I’ve also been taking some time for me and realized that I’m not going to act on the crush at least until the holidays are over. It’s a stressful time of the year already and starting to date (or even get the guts up to talk to a person about dating) during this time of the year only adds to that. So I guess you could say that I’m officially “taking a break” from even searching for “Mr. Right”. (And it’s now that so many of you can chime in together saying “You’ll meet him now…” To which I have to say… if that’s what God’s plan is, who am I to fight with it.)
This morning I have my weigh in (shortly after posting this I will be there) and I’m not sure what to expect. I scale hop WAY TOO MUCH and have been right on the border of being within my 2 pound range so I’m a little nervous about that. Will post more about that tomorrow. Hopefully with good news that I am clear for the month — and that I will be getting another WW Lifetime key at my meeting.
In other weight related news… after watching the “Biggest Loser: Where are they Now” episode, I’ve been thinking (and doing -probably- too much of it) about the celebrity part that surrounds my weight loss now. There’s a blog about it all in the works…
And finally, on a truly random note… Meijer came out with a new ad layout this week and I love it. Now I don’t have to be walking the aisles of the store with the huge ad laid out over the entire cart. (For those that aren’t from the midwest US… Meijer is a store very similar to Walmart. But we do also have Walmart here… although I would much rather shop at Meijer. It’s all about shopping local for me.)
So that’s it for the Thursday thoughts. Now you know a little more of the updates on me… so what’s been happening with you???
Elf Yourself…
Dec 1st
On Thanksgiving morning… I was a little bored (it was before my workout) and I had some time to kill, so I put together these little videos of me and the family. I tried to have it upload directly to load right here… but it didn’t seem to want to load – so I gave up and am providing links here.
So without further adieu… featuring Julie, Scott, Mike, Lori & Big Papa (dad).
Video #1 – Link here
Video #2 – Link here
*Be sure to let the video’s load… you may have to wait a minute. (Do not click on “download”)
So… what do you think???? Comments???
Oh yeah, and if you do this for you and your family… definitely let me know — I would love to watch!
New Header…
Nov 27th
I had some free time… well, to be honest I made the “free” time (rather than napping) yesterday between trips to my grandma’s house… and then stayed up late to finish it, but I have a new blog header!
I think this will make my renovations (for the most part) complete for a while. I’ve given up learning HTML code and may pay someone in the future to help me with customizing sidebars or something… but that’s not going to happen right now.
As I was creating this new “look” for the blog, I took away pictures that mean a lot to me (friends, family, trips, etc.) but I think I kept a few that really show who I am. Not to mention that I like my “Belive.Hope.Inspire.Live.Dream.” as well. I think that really suits who I am and what I stand for (and what I hope others see in me.)
In case you are wondering (or if you are new to the blog), I’ll clue you in on the pictures…. most are from things that I wanted to accomplish from my lifelist.
Top left: Highlight of Windmill Island in my hometown (from my being a tourist for a day)
Top middle: Riding a horse for the first time
Top right: Nickelback Concert in February 2009
Bottom left: Just finished running my first 5k
Bottom middle: Family… me, Lori (sis-in-law), Scott (brother) & Michael (brother).
Bottom right: Tattoo I got shortly after reaching my goal weight
Note to self… I should work on updating the “family” picture to be a whole family picture with my parents and future sis-in-law included as well!!
So there you have it… part of what I did (outside of eating) on Thanksgiving Day. Now I’m off to the gym to work off said food… then enjoying a relaxing day at home. Maybe I’ll even set up the Christmas Tree.
What do you think of my recent “makeover”??? Does it look good???
Parking Lots…
Nov 25th
Have you ever wondered who the people are that park so horribly in the store parking lots?
Apparently it’s my neighbor.
Well, I shouldn’t assume that it’s her in the store parking lots that are taking up almost 2 spaces with her crazy parking jobs… but it sure happens in the parking lot outside our building.
Sesame Street…
Nov 24th
The other day I found out that it was the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street. I would like to think that I liked this show as a child… I remember Bert & Ernie, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch. And of course, who could forget Big Bird?!?
Well, upon browsing the internet for who-knows-what… I came upon a quiz to find out which character I was. To be honest, I was kind of hoping that I would be Big Bird… but wouldn’t we all want to be him???
Turns out, I’m Bert. The infamous sidekick to Ernie. Pretty much everything (well, maybe not the pigeons part) is accurate to who I am and what I stand for.
Now I need to find my Ernie… are you my sidekick???
