Mar
26
This is a picture of my oldest sons cat Missy. She is sitting on the chair chillin’ with Josh’s sunglasses. Isn’t she so cute? She doesn’t come downstairs very often, but on Saturday afternoon she did. She took over the recliner and fell asleep for a while. It was a good laugh for sure.
Mar
25
Mar
13
Coffee filters .. Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing.
COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee….
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.
Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are
Lint-free so they’ll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China . Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the
Skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve
Lined with a coffee filter.
8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.
12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.
13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all the grease.
14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great “razor nick Fixers.
Mar
12
This is Josh and our cat Piper. Josh was cold so Chris bundled him up and Piper came to investigate. Shortly after this photo was taken Josh fell asleep with Piper on the couch. It was adorable!
Mar
11
Feb
20
Well, I’m about a week late on my Tell me Thursday post. Better late than never I figure. LOL
This is my son Josh and a team mate of his. They were participating in a lego robotics compitition and had a great time!
Feb
11
Make sure you check back tomorrow, for the Tell me Thursday post, to see what this picture is all about.
Feb
8
Back in April of last year I decided it was time for me to figure out a way to lose some weight. I was pushing 200 pounds and that scared me. I decided to eat better and work out some. So I started eating better (so I thought) and I started walking on the treadmill. I lost 17 pounds from April to June. I was so happy that I had lost 17 pounds in a little over 2 months.
Then I got sick and couldn’t work out for 3 months. I was in sever pain and spent about 9 or so days in the hospital. I had a hysterectomy at the end of June. On my birthday to be exact! What a birthday present, I know. But with the pain I was in for two weeks out of every three weeks, it was worth it.
After that I thought for sure it was going to be a struggle to lose weight. I will tell you, it hasn’t been a struggle since I started Weight Watcher’s. I have a great support team. They are my husband, my mom, and my sister. They are so helpful and full of encouragement. So between the Weight Watcher’s, the workouts I do every day, and my awesome support team, I’ve lost 20.5 pounds since November 11. Since April when I started my weight loss adventure I have lost 37.5 pounds.
Earlier this week I decided I needed to go clothes shopping. The main reason was due to my pants almost falling off when I stood up. LOL! I have dropped 4 pants sizes and I’ve gone from an XL (which was tight) to a S/M. My husband wore 2XL shirts and even those were getting to be to small. How scary is that?
I feel wonderful and there is only more to come. My goal is to lose another 47 pounds. It may take a while to get there, but you know what? I’m determined to get there. I will look great and I can’t wait.
The pictures below show a loss of 35 pounds. I will update it again soon.
Jan
25
Each year on New Year’s Eve my Grandparents would have a party to celebrate the New Year and my Grandma’s birthday. We would all get together at my grandparents house and eat food and have fun. Here are a couple of pictures that were taken.
The picture below is of almost all my cousins and cousin-in-laws. We were missing 6 kids I think.
The picture below is of my cousins and we were missing a couple.
The holiday’s at Grandma’s are always full of adventure and excitment. My grandparents have 5 daughters, 22 grandkids, and 18 great-grandkids. Grandma’s house is quite small and so we are VERY crowded when we get together, but we always have so much fun!