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!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Storm recap
Keeping a promise! I said I would come back and blog about the storm, so here I am.
As part of my duties at my job, I run the facebook page for Grand Electric. The Monday we all returned to work, our General Manager brought us all in the board room and met with us for a few minutes. He stated that he did not want to field any media calls and to give all of those types of calls to the Marketing Department (me!). So during the next two weeks, I got to be quite the media start! Haha, not really, but I spoke to radio stations, newspapers and other writers within our industry. Chet Brokaw interviewed me over the phone and published a piece nationally! Kind of cool! My name was even mentioned in the article.
Here is the link to the article if you missed it
http://local.msn.com/early-snow-kills-thousands-of-cattle-in-sd-1
That article got spread all over the world wide web!
I've also noticed numerous pictures that I took, being published (without my permission and without photo credit). But o'well. I know who took them!
As devastating as this storm was, it certainly thrust our little cooperative into the spotlight. We had over 4,000 poles go down and it took 2 full weeks to get every member back on, myself included.
The Friday the storm hit, school was dismissed at 9:30am as the rain and heavy, wet snow began to fall. By noon that day it was evident that no one would be going home that day. The snow continued to fall by the inches every hour. Outages began coming in as the ice on the lines became too heavy, lines and poles began to snap. The girls and I stayed in Bison with a friend. Thankfully the town of Bison did not lose power throughout this storm. Sunday I was called in to work, then was able to get home that evening as the roads cleared up. The next week is really an over exhausted blur. Work was absolutely crazy, as we were doing out best to keep our members updated and help in any way possible. After a few days, the horrific images began to surface on the internet of the livestock losses. Then the emotional exhaustion hit. So many had lost their entire livelihood. I cannot imagine the heartache of finding everything they had spent their entire life building, in a mound. Dead.
I honestly don't know what we have done, it we had been the less fortune. Somehow, every animal on our ranch was accounted for. Some type of miracle, when neighbors around us lost more than just a few.
On day 14's end, our power was restored and life began to get back to normal. I could run the washing machine and the dryer at the same time again, as well as three burners on the stove and the microwave! Paisley could get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and be able to turn on the light. Jed didn't have to get up each morning when my alarm went off to go start the generator. It truly is the little things!
Day 1-Friday Oct 4th
My shiny new car. Buried!
Sunday Oct 6th. We began to dig out.
Jayda and Josh playing in the snow! Our home for 2 nights.
This snow cat picked me up for work on Sunday Oct 6th.
As part of my duties at my job, I run the facebook page for Grand Electric. The Monday we all returned to work, our General Manager brought us all in the board room and met with us for a few minutes. He stated that he did not want to field any media calls and to give all of those types of calls to the Marketing Department (me!). So during the next two weeks, I got to be quite the media start! Haha, not really, but I spoke to radio stations, newspapers and other writers within our industry. Chet Brokaw interviewed me over the phone and published a piece nationally! Kind of cool! My name was even mentioned in the article.
Here is the link to the article if you missed it
http://local.msn.com/early-snow-kills-thousands-of-cattle-in-sd-1
That article got spread all over the world wide web!
I've also noticed numerous pictures that I took, being published (without my permission and without photo credit). But o'well. I know who took them!
As devastating as this storm was, it certainly thrust our little cooperative into the spotlight. We had over 4,000 poles go down and it took 2 full weeks to get every member back on, myself included.
The Friday the storm hit, school was dismissed at 9:30am as the rain and heavy, wet snow began to fall. By noon that day it was evident that no one would be going home that day. The snow continued to fall by the inches every hour. Outages began coming in as the ice on the lines became too heavy, lines and poles began to snap. The girls and I stayed in Bison with a friend. Thankfully the town of Bison did not lose power throughout this storm. Sunday I was called in to work, then was able to get home that evening as the roads cleared up. The next week is really an over exhausted blur. Work was absolutely crazy, as we were doing out best to keep our members updated and help in any way possible. After a few days, the horrific images began to surface on the internet of the livestock losses. Then the emotional exhaustion hit. So many had lost their entire livelihood. I cannot imagine the heartache of finding everything they had spent their entire life building, in a mound. Dead.
I honestly don't know what we have done, it we had been the less fortune. Somehow, every animal on our ranch was accounted for. Some type of miracle, when neighbors around us lost more than just a few.
On day 14's end, our power was restored and life began to get back to normal. I could run the washing machine and the dryer at the same time again, as well as three burners on the stove and the microwave! Paisley could get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and be able to turn on the light. Jed didn't have to get up each morning when my alarm went off to go start the generator. It truly is the little things!
Day 1-Friday Oct 4th
These units were called in to pull our bucket trucks around.
I had to chase this helicopter down! He flew in a crew member to disconnect a line in a flooded area. That line was keeping us from getting power at home! This was on Foster Rd.
That entire line of poles was on the ground. Rebuilt here, going into our place. From the highway to our house was gone!
He was restringing line by Bonnie's hill.
He asked me if I was sick of having no power. Ha. funny. Uhm yes, actually I am!
The creek came up, naturally.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Atlas
Uh yeah, so about that 24 day challenge. All was going just peachy and then this little thing called "Atlas" blew our doors off and all $hit went out the window.
So there's that. Here we are almost 24 days later and I should be 10 pounds thinner, but instead I'm exactly the same because when a snow storm hits an electric cooperative and blows over 4,000 poles down, $hit gets real. Real ugly.
We, at home were out of power for 14 days. Thankfully those 14 days are past and we are back on the living side of the storm. Work is getting back to normal this week, as we have all of our members back on also. Some went 17 days without power. Ugh. Thankfully after the last few whopper's of storms we have had up here, we invested in a generator. The outage we had in 2010, we were out for 10 days. The one before that was 3 days and we didn't have a generator. Which quickly prompted the purchase of said generator. There's just no way. No way to suck it up and get through it without one. I am a lot of things, and tough is one title I think I can wear, but toughing it out with no power. Nope. Not doing it. Not to mention the freezers full of food that rot after 14 days. Not happening.
We were incredibly fortunate and did not suffer livestock losses. How we managed to be so lucky, I'll never know, definitely thankful. We ship calves next week, as we already have them sold to a private buyer. Thankful again that I don't have to deal with that stress, or rather the stress that causes Jed at a salebarn.
I'll blog more about the storm and the craziness of those two weeks from an electric employee's standpoint, in a bit.
So there's that. Here we are almost 24 days later and I should be 10 pounds thinner, but instead I'm exactly the same because when a snow storm hits an electric cooperative and blows over 4,000 poles down, $hit gets real. Real ugly.
We, at home were out of power for 14 days. Thankfully those 14 days are past and we are back on the living side of the storm. Work is getting back to normal this week, as we have all of our members back on also. Some went 17 days without power. Ugh. Thankfully after the last few whopper's of storms we have had up here, we invested in a generator. The outage we had in 2010, we were out for 10 days. The one before that was 3 days and we didn't have a generator. Which quickly prompted the purchase of said generator. There's just no way. No way to suck it up and get through it without one. I am a lot of things, and tough is one title I think I can wear, but toughing it out with no power. Nope. Not doing it. Not to mention the freezers full of food that rot after 14 days. Not happening.
We were incredibly fortunate and did not suffer livestock losses. How we managed to be so lucky, I'll never know, definitely thankful. We ship calves next week, as we already have them sold to a private buyer. Thankful again that I don't have to deal with that stress, or rather the stress that causes Jed at a salebarn.
I'll blog more about the storm and the craziness of those two weeks from an electric employee's standpoint, in a bit.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
24 Day Challenge
Oh, hey there blog. Sorry. I suck at blogging. Ain't no body got time fo dat.
I thought I better stop by and say hi since I have started a 24 day challenge (weight loss), and this is the best place to document that. Jed did this same challenge a few months ago and he's doing it again with me. As are a few others!! Go us!! So we started yesterday, October 1st. We do a 10 day cleanse then 14 additional days on the products. Advocare is the name of the products we are using. If you would like more information on the products let me know, or you can go to my site and order. www.AdvoCare.com/130944268
Day 1 was a little rough in the beginning. I tried to drink the fiber drink mixed with water and my gag reflex kicked into high gear. Ack, it was nasty. The rest of the day went well and I stuck to the eating plan perfectly! Yay! I was pretty dang tired by the end of the day and a bit hungry but managed to get through it and went to bed!
Day 2 is happening now. I mixed the fiber drink with orange juice and WOW! Much better! Off to a great start. I did my measurements last night and plan on taking a picture tonight. As of this morning my weight was down 1 pound! Sweet!
I'll do my best to keep you updated as October goes by! I'm excited for results! I don't normally go for the fad weight loss products, but I thought this was worth trying. It's more about having a strict plan with a checklist of what do to each day. I had previous success on weight watchers, but just haven't been able to get myself to commit to tracking everything I ate. Pure laziness. So obviously that wasn't working. I'm ready for this and committed! Ready. Set. Go!
I thought I better stop by and say hi since I have started a 24 day challenge (weight loss), and this is the best place to document that. Jed did this same challenge a few months ago and he's doing it again with me. As are a few others!! Go us!! So we started yesterday, October 1st. We do a 10 day cleanse then 14 additional days on the products. Advocare is the name of the products we are using. If you would like more information on the products let me know, or you can go to my site and order. www.AdvoCare.com/130944268
Day 1 was a little rough in the beginning. I tried to drink the fiber drink mixed with water and my gag reflex kicked into high gear. Ack, it was nasty. The rest of the day went well and I stuck to the eating plan perfectly! Yay! I was pretty dang tired by the end of the day and a bit hungry but managed to get through it and went to bed!
Day 2 is happening now. I mixed the fiber drink with orange juice and WOW! Much better! Off to a great start. I did my measurements last night and plan on taking a picture tonight. As of this morning my weight was down 1 pound! Sweet!
I'll do my best to keep you updated as October goes by! I'm excited for results! I don't normally go for the fad weight loss products, but I thought this was worth trying. It's more about having a strict plan with a checklist of what do to each day. I had previous success on weight watchers, but just haven't been able to get myself to commit to tracking everything I ate. Pure laziness. So obviously that wasn't working. I'm ready for this and committed! Ready. Set. Go!
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
School days
My wee ones are in school! yay! I guess I'm weird but I've never understood the whole sadness thing about kids going to school. I think it's an exciting milestone! Paisley had a great first day. She got in the car and said, "I LOVE my new school!" Phew. She also can not wait to be at Jayda's school. Time will fly as it does and pretty soon I'll only be making one drop off!
We had a bit of an adventure this morning. Just as I was telling Jayda that I would drop her off first, I rounded a corner and lost all power in my Tahoe. It felt like it slipped a gear, but I couldn't shift it into another gear and when I put it in park, we kept rolling. So we started to gather our stuff to start walking (we were in Bison, thankfully) I saw Charity go around the corner. So I called her and she rescued us! It's nice having a BFF living in BISON! So bummer about my Tahoe, not sure what the problem is yet. But it made for a memory!
Monday, September 2, 2013
The things they say
A few quotes from the kids before I forget them.
Jayda was in the makeup aisle at target with me. "Isn't red lipstick just the best? I LOVE it, because it's the only color you can really see!!" We then picked out the reddest shade possible and red nail polish to match. Won't be long and she will be wearing heels I suppose!
I was talking to Paisley about her first day of per-school. She was telling me how you go to school so teachers can teach you things you don't know. " But I already know how to run, I teached myself that!"
Jayda was in the makeup aisle at target with me. "Isn't red lipstick just the best? I LOVE it, because it's the only color you can really see!!" We then picked out the reddest shade possible and red nail polish to match. Won't be long and she will be wearing heels I suppose!
I was talking to Paisley about her first day of per-school. She was telling me how you go to school so teachers can teach you things you don't know. " But I already know how to run, I teached myself that!"
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