Weigh in Wednesday

Well I am happy to report that I weighed in at 186 this week. The only disappointing thing is that I think my scale is broken. If I step on it different ways it can give me 3 different weights. We got this scale for our wedding about 5 years ago and when you hear it crack when Jeremy steps on it  J  you know it might not last long. Hopefully my weights are valid considering I have been using the same scale for the whole time. I guess it just makes a good item for the Christmas list.

T.V. Dinner Tuesday

Well this week’s Sandra’s Money Saving Meals was interesting. She had us cooking healthily, and some dishes and flavors I would have never attempted if it weren’t for the show and some that I will never attempt again. We just don’t eat like that.

The title was Supper Savings and it aired November 8th

http://www.foodnetwork.com/sandras-money-saving-meals/supper-savings/index.html

We made:

Chicken Souvlaki with Grilled Pita

 The Pita was made from Pizza dough

Turkey Sausage with Apple Sauerkraut

The red cabbage apple sauerkraut was disgusting.

Needless to say we didn’t make a round 2 recipe from this.

Round 2 Recipe - Greek Flat Bread

The Greek flat bread was very similar to the pita dish but the added feta cheese made it even more yummy.

Make It Monday

 Recently I was called to be an advisor in our Young Women’s group in our ward. I look around and all the other leaders are hip and cute and wear designer clothes. For some reason I don’t really “get” fashion; I can recognize what is cute but can’t pull it together. I wanted to have something new to wear to church that might make me look “with it” but it needed to accommodate my needs as an active mother. I wanted a dress but couldn’t find anything the right length so I decided to sew something myself. I couldn’t find a dress pattern I loved so I settled for a skirt pattern with POCKETS!!! Sew-cute ;) Anyway, the skirt as designed would only hit my knees so I lengthened it and added 9 inches so it would hit me mid-calf. I found some cute material at my local quilting shop and had at it. The pattern was relatively simple but I have been sewing for over 15 years. It took me about a day with all my other motherly obligations and I was happy with how it turned out. I have included some pictures, sorry my body doesn’t do it justice, it is much cuter in person.  

Make It Monday

Here is another card I did recently. So simple yet works for every occasion. Enjoy!

Fix it Friday

I was the one that created the floor plan for the bathrooms. Originally I had a walk in closet planned for the space but as the contractors started talking about how much space the walls would take my walk in closet got smaller and smaller until I decided to eliminate it all together and at that point I scraped that plan and created a new one. The new guest bath would be in the old laundry room down the hall and not in view of the front door. The new master bath would take up the space of the old master bath and the old guest bath. It would afford us a grand 6 foot double vanity and a spacious walk in shower with room to spare. So once the demolition was done up went the walls.

 Looking from the master bedroom into the what was laundry room on the right -now the guest bath. The master bath on the left which was the master bath and guest bath.

 Framing for the walk in double shower.

 Outside hallway where the old guest bath door way was walled up. Now I have a cute nook to decorate.

 Guest Bath.

 Master Bath where the vanity will be.

 Drywall for the walkin double shower and for the linen closet.

 Here are our double shower heads.

Mud and Tape

Thought Full Thursday

November 1^st the day after Halloween and the toy commercials were on and the Christmas supplies were in the stores and I even flipped on QVC and they were doing a Holiday Gift Countdown. Normally I would be gripping and groaning about how early it was and that we haven’t even gotten to Thanksgiving yet but not this year…I’ve got the Christmas Bug; I can’t wait for it to be here. It seems this mood only comes every few years and when I don’t have it I am always asking myself, even up to the day, why am I not in the mood for Christmas? For some unidentifiable reason I have the spirit this year and it is intoxicating. I have already started my handmade Christmas cards, I watch QVC almost every day, I have all my gifts planned out and I am ogling festive decorations for my home.  I can’t seem to get enough of it so if you have any holiday recipes, decoration ideas, or crafts send them my way.

Weigh in Wednesday

Well I didn’t make it to 189 this week… I flew right by it. Yep that is right I got to 188. YAY! What was I so worried about? I am just dreading the day I have to report that I gained. Yikes!