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Busy! Busy! Busy! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Been shopping for school clothes and supplies for the last couple of days. We are almost done except a pair of shoes for my 6 year old and a few more school supplies. I don't even want to think about how much money we have spent these last couple of days. On the bright side, I got my dollhouse. I've actually already built the main structure of it. It is so addicting, I was up to 4 am working on it! Then I had to turn around and get back up at 7:30 am. So you can imagine how tired I am right now. *yawn* I got it at this place called "Hobby Lobby". Let me see if I can dig up a picture of it for you. Okay, you can see it here. I will take some pictures of it after it's complete and post them later. It's sitting on the kitchen table right now, which is what I was afraid of, but I don't really have any other choice right now. It is a lot bigger than I thought it was.

Been doing fairly well on the diet front. I didn't keep track of calories yesterday, but as a guess, I'd say I ate about 1,600 or so. Today, I've had 1,575. I think my hardest part of the whole day is night time. I get the munchies so bad at night. I usually will try and drink something and see if that helps, usually it does. Sometimes, I give in and eat. Usually I will end up eating cereal. Although cereal is fairly low in calories and usually pretty healthy for you, the serving sizes are so small that I will usually end up eating 2 or 3 servings. I've never been a big fan of popcorn really, but my husband bought this microwave old fashion kettle corn. It's a blend of salty and sweet. I don't think it has any butter, but the flavor is so good, I can't get enough, so that has been my snack choice lately. At three servings per bag, each serving 40 calories, how can you go wrong? Heck, if I can keep this up, I might even see a loss this week!

I can't remember if I mentioned it yet or not, the salisbury steak recipe listed on my main page, it's excellent! I've made it twice so far and everyone loved it. It's super easy to make too. definitely a new favorite for my family. Speaking of recipes, I've been kind of slacking lately about listing a new one each week. I will try and put a new one up soon. I don't even know if anyone even uses the recipe section, so I hope I'm not wasting my time. Lots of good stuff there and quite a few to choose from with all the nutritional values listed, so go check it out when you get a chance. Well, I'm really tired and I still have to do dinner dishes before bed, so I better get off here. Be back later.

Wow, I'm on a roll! Today wasn't bad, but wasn't that great either. I probably had about 1,800 calories or maybe even a little more. Just one of those hungry days I guess. I'm not going to stress on it though. Like I said, as long as I keep it under 2,000, I'm happy. I know the weight will not come off that fast if I were to consume 2,000 calories every single day, but it's nice not feeling guilty for a change. I am aiming for 1,500 - 1,700 a day. If I fall in there somewhere, possibly less some days, then I will be doing good.

Why oh why can't I make myself exercise?!?! My 2 mile Leslie Sansone tape a bought last month is sitting over there gathering dust. I don't know why I feel like it's such a chore. Hell half the time it isn't even that, believe it or not, I forget. How pathetic is that?

I have a question. I need a daily reminder set up on my computer that will pop up at whatever time I set it to do so. Is there something like that on most computers or will I need to download something? If I need to download something, does anyone have any ideas what? Please email if you know, I'd really appreciate it. I guess I'm getting old. I have a hard time remembering the smallest things. Either I'm getting old or all this stress is really starting to get to me. I want to be able to set it up to remind me to do my tape and I want it to remind me to take my wellbutrin pills twice a day.

I mentioned to my husband today that I wanted to build a miniature house. I also mentioned the cost. He pretty much laughed at me. I told him I was serious. I couldn't believe it when he said, "Well, if you really want one, we can probably afford one in a couple of weeks." So I'm getting it! Spoiled aren't I? :P Of course, I'm just getting a house kit for now, I will slowly furnish it later. I found this page earlier. I haven't really had a chance to look through it all yet, but I'm going there as soon as I finish up here, to check out the kits and prices. I'm so excited about this! I do have one small problem though, I'm not sure where I'm going to put it. I have a 2 year old so I can't have it where she would be able to get to it. We do have an unfinished basement, but I'm not real excited about spending time down there with all the spiders. I don't want to clutter the kitchen table with it either. Going to have to figure that out later I guess. We live in a 3 bedroom, 2 story house, with a basement and it's so crowded in here! I guess I should clarify. The upstairs has two bedrooms, that's it though. Not even a hallway. You walk up the stairs and you are in a bedroom. You have to walk through the first bedroom to get to the second one. So basically it's more like a half second story. Those bedrooms belong to the kids. Well, I will, hopefully, update again tomorrow. Take care!

Hi everyone. Hard to believe another update so soon huh? Well, I'm feeling good about the whole diet scene right now. Back when I was losing weight regularly, I was updating almost every day. Since I stopped updating as often, I also stopped losing weight. Connection? I'm not sure. Doesn't hurt to update more often though. My updates also became less since summer started. I do have a hard time finding the time now, since the kids are home from school. They start back soon, so hopefully that will help.

I did very well on my eating today. Just over 1,500 calories or so. I did a little comparison today. When I was up to about 1,200 calories, I decided to see what point range I would be at. I was up to 27 points. My point range was 26-31 points per day. I was already in my point range after only consuming 1,200 calories. Yes, I do understand that I could be at 27 points on any given day, and consume more calories than 1,200, it's the fat and fiber intake too. For me though, it's no wonder I couldn't stay on points. I'm sorry, but I need more than 1,200 calories a day to survive. True, the weight might come off faster at that rate, but I'd rather feel satisfied and lose slower. So, I'm very glad to be counting calories again.

Every since I was about 13 years old, I've wanted to build a miniature house. I remember being at a friends house and her mother was building one. I could have sat and stared at it for hours. I decided after that, some day, I was going to build one too. Well, it hasn't happened yet. I was married and raising my first child by the time I was 17. I really never had time to think about hobbies and such. I don't know what brought it on, but I've been thinking about it again. The problem is, it can be quite expensive. The furniture alone is expensive. I am somewhat of a perfectionist. I don't want to do it if I can't do it right. I would want to be able to decorate it the way I want, not the way budget will allow. I have been looking around for some miniature house kits on the web. Ebay doesn't really have much, so I did an online search. I found this site. No, not really what I was looking for as far as buying a kit, but they have some of the most awesome houses! If you go here, you will see my favorite. I mean, how cool is that?! So much detail and work went into that house, it's amazing. That's what I want to do! Not a haunted house necessarily, but I want to make my own miniature house. I think I know what I'm asking for this Christmas, HEHE. I can furnish it later, slowly, so that I can do it my way.

Sorry to bore you. I think I'm going to bed now. I will try to update again tomorrow. Take care!

It is really late here right now but I wanted to drop in for a quick update. As you can see, I went a little crazy with the bravenet services!

My husband and I were on our way to the grocery store earlier today and we got to talking about the weight watchers points that I'm currently following. He says to me, "You know, I think you need to stop doing the points and start counting calories again. You haven't lost hardly any weight since you started doing it this way. You were losing pretty regularly when you were counting calories." It really got me thinking. He is right. Every since I started doing the points, I haven't lost shit. I think it is time to start back up with calorie counting. For one, when I was doing the points, I still had to keep track of the calories in everything, and the fat and the fiber, just so I could keep track of how many points were in a certain food. It was almost like I made it harder on myself. In my opinion, it's easier to just count the calories and move on. Also, I feel like I was always going over on my points. I think the reason is because it was basically set in stone how many points I was allowed to eat for the day. Counting calories, I have a little more control over it.

At my current weight, height, and activity level, I could eat 2,526 calories a day, to maintain my current weight. To lose weight, I would need to subtract about 500 calories a day from that. I can do that! I mean, hell, that's 2,000 calories a day at most. I would try to keep it at about 1,600, but at least I have a little give here. As long as I keep it under 2,000 calories, I should be fine. I just feel like, that is what I did in the beginning and I was losing quite well. Now I'm not losing anything and I honestly feel it's because of the way I changed it. So that's it, I'm going back to counting calories. I sure change things a lot huh? But you know what? I think that's what you have to do to find what works for you. Although many people have had great success with weight watchers and counting points, it doesn't work for me. I'm glad my husband opened my eyes to this and that I was smart enough to see it. I was getting frustrated to no end. I was questioning whether it was worth it or not anymore. I will stick with what has worked for me in the past and hope it will work for me now too.

I'm actually pretty excited about it. I feel like I big weight (so to speak) has been lifted off my shoulders! All I've known all my life to lose weight, you count calories. Why did I feel the need to mess with what I was doing and start something I knew nothing about? I guess that's that moodiness again. I truly do feel like I am starting over again, for real this time. I'm going to drink my water, I'm going to exercise and I will eat right. My goal is to get below the 230's this month, so I need to get busy! I will even weigh in this week. It's time I faced those scales! Good or bad, I don't care, cause I'm starting over!

Wow, hard to believe I'm updating again so soon huh? Well I didn't face the scale yesterday. I just couldn't make myself do it. I promise next Monday I will, no matter how well I do this week. I have some plans (shocked?) that I am hoping will kick this weight loss in gear. I wrote and entry on my message board and I think I shall post it here too. So, here goes, "Yesterday was free day and I took full advantage of it. I had a egg, sausage, and cheese muffin for breakfast, a burger for lunch and pizza for dinner. Not to mention the snacks I had. I also drank some beer last night (a little to much oops). I love my free day but I'm so glad I don't eat like that every day. I don't see how I used to do it, cause that is pretty much what I used to eat like. No wonder I got so fat! I'm very dehydrated today from the 6 pack of beer I drank last night. Speaking of which, I sure can't handle drinking like I used to. I think it's time to give it up once and for all. I don't drink that often, don't get me wrong, but I think I need to just forget it. Anyway, back to being dehydrated. I'm drinking water today, my body needs it bad, I feel shriveled! Every drink I take, it feels so refreshing! I am going to start drinking water every day. I need to lay off the soda and tea. Plus, I think the water helps me with my hunger. I'm going to start taking my wellbutrin again. I'm going to do some sort of exercise at least 4-5 days a week. I will hate that part but know I will feel so much better after I get it done. I figure making these changes will help, even when I can't seem to control my hunger. My mom took the kids to her house last night and she's going to keep them tonight too! I'm going to get off here and make the best of my time." So there you have it. I'm going to update my links page and my recipe then I'm out of here. Check out the new personal page links I'm putting up. Some great women having wonderful success!

Well, it's technically still the 4th but by the time most of you read this, it will be the 5th. Not much to report on. My life is so boring. Actually, the boredom is the least of my problems, it's the stress that really gets to me. The kids start back to school on the 26th of this month! Yes, I'm really looking forward to it. It's been a long summer around here. Enrollment is this Thursday. Now the task of getting school clothes and supplies together. My 11 year old starts middle school this year. I think I'm more nervous about it than she is. Hopefully she won't have the unhappy middle school (called Jr. High back then) experience that I did. One good thing about middle school is, uniforms. I'm glad I don't have to spend the money on the most expensive designer clothes, that she must have, this year. She won't wear anything from Wal-Mart. When I was a kid, my mom would make many of my clothes or I would get hand me down clothes from my sisters. Times have changed I guess. Her grandparents, from her dad's side, are here for a visit. They live in Illinois. They had a grand daughter that just got married Saturday. So anyway, she went to stay with them over the weekend and they spoiled the shit out of her. She had a really good time though. They spent $20.00 on a couple of barrettes and a hair brush! Good lord, that's just crazy to me, but I guess that's what grandparents do.

I'm still trying to decide if I want to face the scales tomorrow. Even though I've been doing fairly well with my eating this past week, I'm sure I will see a number I'm not going to be happy with. I'm pretty sure my almost 2 weeks of eating nothing but junk, have caught up with me. My jeans are a little tight and I just feel bigger. I haven't drank a drop of water this past week. None. I have been drinking diet soda and iced tea. I've been peeing like crazy though, so I'm guessing that is good. I think I'm going to go ahead with free day tomorrow. I'm so hungry and if I keep fighting it, I'm going to end up eating like crazy anyway then feeling guilty about it, so... I will just do it and not feel guilty about it.

I haven't updated the recipe section forever. I will do that tomorrow sometime. Like I said, I'm not sure if I'm weighing in tomorrow yet, so check back and see if I decided to. I'm out for now.

Hello people. No, I haven't been slacking, just been somewhat busy I guess. The good news is, I've been staying on plan every day since my last update. Go me! It's funny how the mind controls everything we do. If you can set your mind to it, you can do this. It's all about mind set, for me anyway. Once I decided I was going to get back on track, I did. Not that I won't mess up again.

Haven't exactly been sticking to the fruit and veggie plan, but still doing well and that is what counts. I have to say, eating nothing but fruit all day is a lot harder than I thought it would be. It's doable, but not exactly easy. I'm still looking for easy and cheap family recipes. If you have any you'd like to share, please send me an email.

I bought some cooking light magazine's off of ebay. I finally got them today, but haven't really had much of a chance to really look through them. Hopefully that will help. I also sold a few things on ebay. Now if I can get this one bastard to pay me. He bid on some camel tins I had up for sale and obviously doesn't have a valid email address with ebay. Every time I email him, it comes back. It's been about a week now and he hasn't bothered to email me. I could really use the money right now too. Oh well, such as life on ebay. I need to clean out my shed and sell, sell, sell!

I downloaded and watched the movie "Signs" the other day. They've been advertising this movie for quite some time now and it's not due out until tomorrow, I think. Anyway, the previews looked so good. The movie was good, but not as good as I thought it would be. Of course, watching it on my computer at home, I might not have gotten the full impact of it all. There were a few parts that scared the crap out of me, I'm going to leave it at that. I also downloaded and watched "Austin Powers 3 Goldmember". Maybe I'm just in one of those moods, cause I didn't think it was near as good as the first and second ones. Again, maybe it's watching it at home on a small computer screen that killed the excitement for me. Like I've mentioned many many times, I'm moody. I have to be in the right mood to really enjoy a movie. Moral of the story. Don't take my word for it, go see it for yourself and decide. Next on my list to download is, "Master of disguise". So sue me. I'm having way to much fun with Kazaa. I've been getting software, movies and of course music. Unless you are on a high speed connection, don't even think about downloading a movie. It takes forever!

Well, hubby is home sick tonight and of course he needs my undivided attention. I will update again soon, I promise! Take care.