Day 1 of back on weight watchers. I decided to get a jump on the whole new year's resolution thing and go ahead and start TODAY. Because the best time to start is NOW...right? Right.
So I'm committing myself back to weight watchers, hardcore. Tracking EVERYTHING. Because that is what has worked for me. It's the only thing that has worked for me. I'm still going to use advocare products, simply because I like them, but won't be following their 24 day challenge. Rather a lifetime challenge.
I loaded up on fruits and veggies and CHICKEN this weekend, so we are ready to go. Started my morning with a Spark (advocare) and grapefruit. Here we go!
My ultimate goal is to lose 30 pounds. Short term, start with 10. I'd love to get 2 off each week, so there's this weeks number...TWO!
If you'd like to order any products from Advocare go here.
https://www.advocare.com/130944268/MemberHome.aspx
I highly recommend the spark mix (mix with water) for an alternative to pop. I like the watermelon flavor, Jed likes the fruit punch.
Who's with me? Let's set some goals!!
Monday, December 30, 2013
Monday, December 23, 2013
1st Christmas celebration
We celebrated Christmas with the Seim side of the family yesterday. Jayda and Paisley really enjoyed playing with Owen and Ketch (who live in Utah). When we came home they commented that they wished they lived closer and how fun they are to play with. They truly seem to play better with boys than they do with girls. Even at daycare Paisley's main playmate is a boy. There were quite a few Seim's gone this year, so it was a smaller crowd, but we all fit better in grandma Bonnie's house! When we got home the girls played all night with their new toys. Jayda got a fancy jewelry box from Grandma and Grandpa Seim and a journal with a LOCK from the gift drawing. She has been begging for a journal with a lock, so Kelly nailed that one! Paisley got a My Little Pony bag with a new baby inside and a fun cheeseburger game from her grandparents. She was a happy girl too. Although she didn't like it when I put some of my stuff in her bag to carry. I guess she didn't want to share :(
We are off to Rapid tomorrow to celebrate with the Maude side. Ready for this day to speed right along! I'll post pictures as soon as I get them uploaded!
We are off to Rapid tomorrow to celebrate with the Maude side. Ready for this day to speed right along! I'll post pictures as soon as I get them uploaded!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Veteran's day letter
Christmas vacation has officially started for the girls. I'm excited to talk to Jayda tonight and hear about her day. Back in November for Veteran's day, the kids in her class each wrote a letter to a Veteran. Jayda chose a woman named Jennifer. She is the daughter of our babysitter, Kaye and also the person who took our Christmas photo's last year of the girls. She served in Afghanistan in 2011 and also has a daughter Jayda's age, whose name is Vada! Jayda would secretly (or publicly) like to swap lives with Vada most days. Vada is in gymnastics, ballet, dance and whatever else a 7 year old can possibly be in. They live in Rapid, so Jayda thinks her life is just amazing :)
Anyway, Jayda wrote her a letter thanking her for her service and Jenn thought it was pretty special of Jayda to think of her and go out of her way (or my way) to get her address. The morning the letters were due to be sent, Jayda was spazzing because I hadn't gotten her address yet. One text later, we had it!
So Jenn sent a thank you letter and Christmas goodies all the way from Germany to Jayda's class today. So sweet! Jayda also thought it was so cool that when Jenn was deployed, she came home for Christmas and her husband surprised the kids by putting her in a huge box and letting them unwrap it. They had no idea she was coming home! Who doesn't love a surprise homecoming!! Proud of her big heart and thoughtfulness!
P.S. It feels like this picture was taken just a few days ago. I found the matching snowpants yesterday and they are a size 4/5. What? That's what size Paisley is NOW! How does this happen!!! Gah!
Anyway, Jayda wrote her a letter thanking her for her service and Jenn thought it was pretty special of Jayda to think of her and go out of her way (or my way) to get her address. The morning the letters were due to be sent, Jayda was spazzing because I hadn't gotten her address yet. One text later, we had it!
So Jenn sent a thank you letter and Christmas goodies all the way from Germany to Jayda's class today. So sweet! Jayda also thought it was so cool that when Jenn was deployed, she came home for Christmas and her husband surprised the kids by putting her in a huge box and letting them unwrap it. They had no idea she was coming home! Who doesn't love a surprise homecoming!! Proud of her big heart and thoughtfulness!
P.S. It feels like this picture was taken just a few days ago. I found the matching snowpants yesterday and they are a size 4/5. What? That's what size Paisley is NOW! How does this happen!!! Gah!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Nuggle
Paisley proves to be my mini more and more each day. I just have to giggle at the things she does that can't be taught, but are certainly inherited!
Yesterday I was getting her dressed in the morning and she told me, "I just love bedtime mommy. It's my favorite! I get to get in my snuggly bed and cuddle in my blanket." Then that evening when I was putting her to bed she said it again as she crawled in bed. "Mmmmm I love sleepy time!"
I couldn't agree more, Pais. This girl loves her some sleepy time too. Many days there's nothing more I look forward to than the moment my head hits the pillow. It's just so comfy!!
Paisley has always been our snuggler. Jayda NEVER liked the confinement of snuggling even as a baby, although as she gets older she seems to want the affection aspect of it. Paisley commonly grabs a blanket, crawls up on someones lap, looks at you with her big brown eyes and says, "nuggle?" How can you say no to that?
Yesterday I was getting her dressed in the morning and she told me, "I just love bedtime mommy. It's my favorite! I get to get in my snuggly bed and cuddle in my blanket." Then that evening when I was putting her to bed she said it again as she crawled in bed. "Mmmmm I love sleepy time!"
I couldn't agree more, Pais. This girl loves her some sleepy time too. Many days there's nothing more I look forward to than the moment my head hits the pillow. It's just so comfy!!
Paisley has always been our snuggler. Jayda NEVER liked the confinement of snuggling even as a baby, although as she gets older she seems to want the affection aspect of it. Paisley commonly grabs a blanket, crawls up on someones lap, looks at you with her big brown eyes and says, "nuggle?" How can you say no to that?
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
November recap
November has came and gone without a single blog post. Whoops. Sorry. I've lost my desire to blog I guess you could say. I think about it once in a while and I enjoy reading others blogs, I just don't "feel like" it anymore. A person really should post daily to keep any readers, so I'm fairly sure I'm talking to myself here!
In November Jed and I both celebrated birthdays. Another year in the books..yay! The girls are getting to the ages that they really worry about us having a GREAT birthday! It's very cute and thoughtful how they hand make paper cards that they think are the worlds greatest masterpiece! Bless their hearts!
The Batie's actually came home the weekend after my birthday, so we were able to spend a weekend with them. As always Jayda and Paisley were very excited to see Sydney, Wyatt and Cooper. Grandma Jinx kept them for one evening and the adults went to a hockey game. I'm sure they were perfect angels :)
Thanksgiving has also passed in the meantime. We spent the day with the Seim family, eating and playing games. I came down with a horrible sore throat and cold that conveniently kicked in that morning. I made it to work Friday, but not Monday. Jayda and Paisley had already taken their turns with it, but somehow Jed missed out.
We have resumed work on the house the past few weeks also. Jed's tractor broke down so he had to quit hauling hay. Little does he know, I was behind the demise of the tractor. ha. just kidding. That shit gets expensive.
He's been plumbing and sheet-rocking, so it is starting to take shape inside! The duct work is being installed slowly by Grand. The guy has been out two days, hopefully can be done in another day. It's like pulling teeth to get them out there to work on it. It seems something else more critical comes up each time he is scheduled to go. Once the ducting is done we can really move forward with EVERYTHING! I'm very excited to get the sheetrock up and get the tape/texture crew out there. Taylor and her boyfriend Tate came up last weekend and helped for a day. We are hoping Ryder will spend his Christmas break with us also!!
We finally decided to go with ceramic tile in the bathrooms. We had considered linoleum, but just couldn't get too excited about it. We took the plunge and headed to Menards one Saturday and came home with a load. A week later I was looking at the Menards ad and saw it was on sale, and the sale would save us around $500!! Do you think I could find the receipt to call them and get the price adjustment?? Of course not! I kept asking Jed if he had it, because he had paid for it and hauled it out to the tahoe. He couldn't remember and didn't try very hard to look. I went through all his jeans, vests, coats, wallet and piles of papers we have everywhere. No luck. Finally one night I switched purses and guess what I found shoved in my purse?!! Yep, there it was! One phone call later, we got the price adjustment with just 1 day to spare, as they only honor the sale price for 14 days after the original purchase. I was excited. Jed could care less about that kind of stuff. But $500 is $500 and I'LL TAKE IT!
In November Jed and I both celebrated birthdays. Another year in the books..yay! The girls are getting to the ages that they really worry about us having a GREAT birthday! It's very cute and thoughtful how they hand make paper cards that they think are the worlds greatest masterpiece! Bless their hearts!
The Batie's actually came home the weekend after my birthday, so we were able to spend a weekend with them. As always Jayda and Paisley were very excited to see Sydney, Wyatt and Cooper. Grandma Jinx kept them for one evening and the adults went to a hockey game. I'm sure they were perfect angels :)
Thanksgiving has also passed in the meantime. We spent the day with the Seim family, eating and playing games. I came down with a horrible sore throat and cold that conveniently kicked in that morning. I made it to work Friday, but not Monday. Jayda and Paisley had already taken their turns with it, but somehow Jed missed out.
We have resumed work on the house the past few weeks also. Jed's tractor broke down so he had to quit hauling hay. Little does he know, I was behind the demise of the tractor. ha. just kidding. That shit gets expensive.
He's been plumbing and sheet-rocking, so it is starting to take shape inside! The duct work is being installed slowly by Grand. The guy has been out two days, hopefully can be done in another day. It's like pulling teeth to get them out there to work on it. It seems something else more critical comes up each time he is scheduled to go. Once the ducting is done we can really move forward with EVERYTHING! I'm very excited to get the sheetrock up and get the tape/texture crew out there. Taylor and her boyfriend Tate came up last weekend and helped for a day. We are hoping Ryder will spend his Christmas break with us also!!
We finally decided to go with ceramic tile in the bathrooms. We had considered linoleum, but just couldn't get too excited about it. We took the plunge and headed to Menards one Saturday and came home with a load. A week later I was looking at the Menards ad and saw it was on sale, and the sale would save us around $500!! Do you think I could find the receipt to call them and get the price adjustment?? Of course not! I kept asking Jed if he had it, because he had paid for it and hauled it out to the tahoe. He couldn't remember and didn't try very hard to look. I went through all his jeans, vests, coats, wallet and piles of papers we have everywhere. No luck. Finally one night I switched purses and guess what I found shoved in my purse?!! Yep, there it was! One phone call later, we got the price adjustment with just 1 day to spare, as they only honor the sale price for 14 days after the original purchase. I was excited. Jed could care less about that kind of stuff. But $500 is $500 and I'LL TAKE IT!
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