I wanted to blog about something I read today about the pressures in our lives. When we tend to obsess or worry over one certain thing then we always end up getting no where! When we finally “let it be” and stop putting so much into it is when we find out exactly where we REALLY need to be. Examples?
When I had trouble getting pregnant I spent most of my hours obsessing over my body temperatures and various other things that “might” help me get pregnant but guess what? When I finally stop obsessing SO much then It happened! Same with the article I mentioned that I read today on weight loss. I have been obsessing about my weight and calories when really, I know what I need to eat and to do but I guess I just fear falling back into old ways but I have to LET IT BE and just continue forward and put my faith totally in God’s hands. My body is still recovering and It’s so crazy because some days I just want to EAT and I’m never full — I’m not usually like that. I usually have no problem just eating my meals and going about my day but I’ve gotta listen to my body so that I shall do! Speaking of… I took a decent nap today and It was really, really lovely. I’m hoping next week I can get back into some sort of exercise plan and make sure I have enough REST, FOOD and WATER so that I can make it work in the right way.

Well, we’ve decided to trade the car back in and get something else. It’s definetly not a family car and It’s too loud, has a terrible sound system and has many various other things wrong with it so we’ll be going Monday to see what the salesman has on the lot then. I hope he’ll have something we both want at that point and I guess If not we’ll keep waiting!

I took a few pictures of the new house! I will post more once I get more accomplished.

Our living room!

The kitchen! Where I spend most of my time.

Katie’s room!

The very TINY bathroom but It’s been completely redone so it is nice!

That’s all that I took for now. We’ve got more STORMS moving in tonight and some possible severe weather once again for this weekend. Alright, off I go to use my organizing skills to put this house together!

I’M BACK I’M BACK I’M BACK!!!!!!!!!

We finally got our Internet hooked up today!

This is gonna be short but we moved Sunday, Monday and got the rest Tuesday so I shall post pictures soon. I’ve been working working to get this and that arranged, organized and put together. It’s a really nice house!

It’s nice to be back on the Internet too — of course! LOL.

YUP so our move was indeed rescheduled for tomorrow instead of today since we got lots of rain and random storms throughout the day today. I have been such a BUM this evening!!! I should be showering, cleaning Rocko’s cage and doing laundry but here I sit! When I even attempt to bend over, my sinuses feel so heavy like their gonna detach from my face… haha.

Brad got up this morning and went to the auto store to buy new windshield wipers for the car since he said the others were dead! We loaded up a few bags and boxes to take over to the HOUSE and so we dropped those off then headed to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things for the house. We got a shower rod, shower liner, stove top drip trays, new toilet seat and Brad got some spray for the car. It stormed while were in there and thankfully was only sprinkling when we walked to the car. Brad had to get ready to go to the church conference so he shaved then I got the clippers out and cut his hair! I fixed him a chicken sandwich since he was in a hurry and also packed him a goodie bag so he wouldn’t have to starve the rest of the evening. He smelled so good and looked so handsome as he walked to the car. Heh. I fed Katie her lunch then she went down for nap time and I could finally fix some lunch!!! I was just about to eat my frozen smoothie when I noticed we were under a tornado warning and It started POURING rain! I heard the tornado siren got off atleast 3 times so I paced the floor and anticipated whether or not I should wake Katie. OK better to be safe than sorry! I go wake her up and come downstairs with purse, flashlight, cellphone. Brad calls a few minutes later to tell me he made it to his destination and I tell him of the current situation and he says where he is it’s BEAUTIFUL and even hot! Get off the phone with him and let Katie sleep in my arms while I listen to the rain outside and wait for any sign that might signal we should jump into our living room closet. The rain subsides and Katie wiggles in my arms. Around 30 minutes later It was quiet outside and the rain had stopped so I took Katie back up to her bed to sleep for a bit longer. Insert crying and then her finally drifting back off to sleep. I finished my DELICIOUS frozen smoothie [LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM] then thought about trying to get motivated to do a few things around the house. Nope.. my sinus pain wins and I don’t do much of anything. Katie got up a bit later and I wanted to take some pictures of her in the new outfit my Mom bought her for her Easter slash birthday presents!

I was trying to come up with something a little different for a snack so I took forever then decided on this!

Whole grain bread smeared with half a tablespoon whipped peanut butter, banana slices and a tiny bit of sugar free maple syrup and a side of boiled brussel sprouts! It was indeed very yummy. Carb, protein, fruit, veggie! Yessir, I am good to go. Now If only this sinus would clear up and I could get my FULL energy back and It shall, It shall!!!

Tomorrow morning Brad’s Mom is coming to help us start moving things then tomorrow evening other people from church are coming to help move the big furniture and whatnot! EEE I hope we’ll be in our house by tomorrow night!!!! I may or may not post tomorrow depending on If I take the time with all the crazyness! If we get moved into the house tomorrow then we won’t have Internet until later in the week!

Hope everyone has a great (rest of the) weekend! SUPER EXCITED, SQUEE!

I have been packing, packing, packing all the live long daaaay!

BREAKFAST

in natural light! delicious waffles… one topped with banana, strawberries and mango! the other with my usual egg and sausage scramble mix. nothing but bliss for my buds!

Between breakfast and lunch I:
~ packed up various boxes and bags
~ started a load of laundry

The GOOD thing is that my appetite today hasn’t been OUT OF CONTROL like it was the last 2 days. The problem? Sinus. My face hurts! I’ve drank over a gallon of water today so I am all good in the liquid department. I don’t feel exhausted as I did yesterday but more floaty and randomly dizzy. I’m hoping this will be over with soon.

LUNCH

I made my own homemade tuna salad to go on my sandwiches and it is AWESOME. this sammich was my tuna salad, half a slice of cheese, mushroom and spinach. THE BEST. also the greatest?? my FROZEN smoothie! I went ahead and made it hours prior to lunch and let it set in the freezer. Now I only want to eat them this way!

I took a nice, hot shower then afterwards laid down on our bed and took a much needed short nap. This evening I sorted through my shoes in the closet upstairs to decide which to keep, donate and throw away. I also did the same for various things in our bathroom since I want to get rid of things we DON’T need or use!!!!

We’re supposed to be getting up super early at 6AM and people are supposed to be here at 7AM to start helping us move things over to the house BUT… but. It’s currently raining outside and It’s supposed to rain and storm tonight and tomorrow. WHY OH WHY MR. WEATHERMAN. I dunno what we’re gonna do but we’ll figure it out! If we move everything tomorrow then I won’t be back on the Interwebz until we get the new service hooked up at the house! We may not get to move everything tomorrow so I might be able to post tomorrow OR I may not post for a few days but I SHALL RETURN!

I have been a slug today. I only felt a tiny, tiny better today. I took a nap earlier this afternoon after my shower and then tried to rest as much as I could this evening. We’ve got a *little* more packed for the move but still have sooooo muccccccch stuffffffff.

My energy is bottomed out but my appetite was overboard this evening again. Dinner is cooking and I just want to sit and relax. One more day and then it’ll be moving day!!! I’m hoping I’ll be feeling atleast a little more energetic by Saturday. I can hope, right???

I didn’t take any food photos today since I was in slug mode.

Yeah. I guess that’s all for today… sucky blog entry but atleast I attempted so that has to count for something! What are your weekend plans? GIVE ME DETAILS!!!

I have not felt well today at all. Just been bummin around the house all evening.

REWIND! To.. last night’s dinner!
DINNER

*lips smack*

PHOTOS from the food adventures of to-day!
BREAKFAST

LUNCH

I bought some Kashi GOLEAN chocolate peanut bars so I had one of those this afternoon. I’ve had other flavors before and this one was good too.

I took a little nap a bit after eating that and when I got up, my hunger ran into overdrive!!

This picture was only the begining of my snacking since I felt terrible and was hungry so I was trying to listen to my body. I feel “OK” right now but a bit tired. EEK, I can’t believe we move Saturday!!!!!!! WOAH. Forecast calls for rain and possibly storms for that day too. I realllllly hope not!

I’d like to mention how grateful I am for all the blessings that GOD has given me in my life. I feel so thankful to have this life. Just always remember that there is always something GOOD to focus on If we just really try!

OK so today was another busy busy day.

I had a delicious breakfast though…

I tried something different! Added a bit of crab meat in with the egg combo plus green peppers since I had no onion or tomato. It was quite good! Also wanted a little sweet potato. LOVE THEM.

We brought more things over to the new house and while Brad went to the Docs, Katie and I stayed at the new house while I got some cleaning done. We made our way back home so Katie could have a long nap and we could eat some lunch.

Lunch was even better!

I’m seriously loving protein and fruit smoothies!! I put them in the freezer until they freeze just a bit then DIG IN.

Loaded up in our CAR and got our groceries! Insert snacks on the way home and after we got home. I ate a SoyJoy Berry bar on the way home then when I got home I ate a cup of mixed cereals plus mixed nuts. We got home late so I just recently got Katie into bed so I need to scoot into the kitchen to chop up some fruits and veggies, prepare my dessert to go in the freezer then cook dinner so we can watch this weeks episode of The Biggest Loser! SHEW. I didn’t do any “scheduled” exercise today but again, I’m sure I got enough with running around all day. Tomorrow I will get in something planned but It won’t be much since I am trying to tone down with the exercise since I think overall I exert myself a lot just from DAILY activies. I run around all day anyway! Hah. Anyhow, speaking of – gotta get moving!

I’m gonna try to make this post quick because I need to start on some online work. WHAT A DAY.

By the way, we traded in our truck for this….

Decked out Nissian Maxima! LOVE IT, LOVE IT.

We got our new house CLEANED OUT. It’s all ready for OUR STUFF!
Our kitchen:

And tiny bathroom:

I didn’t do “scheduled exercise” today but I’ve been on my feet pratically all day doing lots of misc things so I am sure I got enough “exercise”.

FOOD! I’ll let the photos do the talking.

BREAKFAST

LUNCH

I forgot to take pictures of my snacks, whoops. Dinner is still cooking, lol. Tomorrow is going to be another full, busy day! I’m off… have a great night!

I CANNOT WAIT TO MOVE INTO OUR NEW HOME! Well, technically It’s a really OLD house but to us It’s a NEW home. Brad packed the back of his truck with some of our storage bins to take over to the house while I fed Katie. I packed us some snacks! Here’s what I had packed…

MAJOR SNACKAGE

– bag mixed with multigrain cheerios, eggo+cinnabun cereal, mixed nuts
– bag with half a luna protein cherry chocolate almond bar + half a naner!

We got to talk to our neighbors AKA the owners of the house and I feel more at ease with everything! I got to clean more in the kitchen and vaccum all the rooms. THE CARPET IS BRAND NEW!!!!!!

I’m really happy!

I got SO COLD because It was getting chilly outside and we don’t have hot water over there yet since their gonna fix the hot water heater Tuesday so I used cold water to clean plus I was already cold. My feet were going numb from being cold since I wore flip-flops. Brad got on the riding lawn mower and got a patch of grass mowed so that makes me happy. We decided to come home a bit after 8PM since It was past Katie’s bed time and I was freezing! After coming home and feeding then putting Katie down for the night, my stomach was calling for FOOD! I snacked on these…

saltine crackers and 2 slices deli ham

And then….
DINNER

tuna helper fettacine alfredo PLUS chopped carrots, celery and broc

We’re gonna bring more of our storage to the house tomorrow and going to continue where I left off with the cleaning and Brad the mowing. Oooh and we drove by a used car lot on the way over to the house this afternoon and we’re probably going by there tomorrow to see prices on the cars we liked. Maybe we’ll find something decent?!? Who knows!

Finishing up with dinner and watching a documentary with my handsome hunny bunny! Eventually gonna fill my sweet tooth with dessert as well! Have a great night!!!!!

HAPPY SUNDAY !!! We got up a bit late so had to rush around and we got to church JUST after they started announcements but that’s around the usual for us. The President of our Women’s Meeting (called The Relief Society) has been released and my friend, Sister Julie has been called!! I’m so happy for her! I know she’ll make a great Relief Society President! I love The Gospel because It has taught me to open my eyes to so much more happiness in my life and understanding of what I must do in this day and time to be happier and more righteous to aim for that eternal life and I will fight for that every day! I am so blessed, thankful and grateful!

I bought some Edy’s Peanut Butter Cup ice cream in the tiny containers and so last night I took half of that plopped onto my ice cream cone plus cool whip! It was quite good with the tiny tiny butter cups in the ice cream. Cute!!!!!

DESSERT

yes, I also love angel food cake. I could seriously eat a whole one

This morning I went with my egg & turkey mix plus whole wheat waffle and sugar free maple syrup and CANNOT FORGET THE APPLE SLICES!

BREAKIEFUST

scrambled egg. turkey sausage. cottage cheese. spinach. onion. tomato. syrup. ALL = BLISS.

LUNCH

THIS WAS BEYOND DELICIOUS!!!

this yummy lunch contained:
~ protein and fruit shake
[0.5 cup choco silk soy milk, 1 scoop Aria’s Womens Protein powder, misc fruits and a tiny spinach]
~ small veggie and bean salad plus I put a little apple in it! I LIKE!

For the sammich, I took my canned chicken, some chopped broc and a little fetta cheese in a pan to get nice and sizzlin’ together. Hanging out on the thin buns was part of a mushroom, tomato, lettuce and mustard! Combine and come all together now! I took it for a spin in the microwave because I am known to re-heat almost everything. It was consumed and my tummy has proclaimed it GOOD.

Heh. Waiting for Katie to wake up so we load up some of our storage into Brad’s truck to take to our very soon-to-be HOUSE! I’m gonna clean some more and Brad’s gonna work on mowing the yard. It’s time to start really getting things rolling and I’m EXCITED !!!!!!!

Have a great afternoon! Look for another (hopefully) post later tonight! Byeeeeee!