Friday Five/ Favorites

Good Morning Everyone! It is Friday! Time for our weekly linkup! 1) I have a video! I decided that I would go ahead and make a January Favorites video on YouTube to see if I might like to try making videos. Please go and check it out and give it a thumbs up if you enjoy it. Also be kind as this is my first real video, I'm not an editor, and also have the worst lighting in the world! Also...

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Binged

Morning Everyone, Ugh I did not want to come and write this post this morning. But I am all about keeping it real on my blog. Last night was not good. Emotional things happened and I did what I always do....I searched for comfort in food. I know this is a mistake. I know that there are other ways of dealing with feelings besides eating them, but that is not what I did last night. Now I will...

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Blog Hop/ So What Wednesday!

Good Morning Everyone! So today I am joining a linkup, The Hump Day Blog Hop! So be sure to hop on over and find some new blogs to follow and check everyone out! Today is also time for my "So What Wednesday!"   1. So what.....if I had to go only 50% last night at Zumba? My ankle does not like this cold and it was hurting so badly that honestly the fact I went to Zumba might have...

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A Little Tuesday Inspiration

Good Morning Everyone! I saw this Pin yesterday and it got me thinking about what I makes me happy....what things do I really love to do? Being home with Kyra all day is wonderful and being a mom is more rewarding than I ever imagined, but it also gives me the unique opportunity to think about what I really love and what I really want to do.... 1) Write- I love writing and I have what I believe...

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Hot Mama Monday- Detox Update

Good Morning Everyone! It is time for....  (The logo is a working in progress...what do you think of this one? Thumbs up or down? I'm undecided at this point...)  Okay so you will notice that the title is a Detox UPDATE and not RESULTS. Why you ask? Well here is the situation. I didn't find the stupid Dandelion Tea until Wednesday night! So I didn't even start the Detox until...

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Friday Five- Chores Edition

Good Morning Everyone! It's Friday and you know what that means.... It's time for the Friday Five! This week's edition will be Five of my Least Favorite chores! Basically things that I put off until last minute because I just hate doing them!  1) Cleaning my makeup brushes. This has to be done weekly and I know that but I hate doing it. It seems like it wastes so much water and it...

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Thursday Thoughts

Morning Everyone, So no post happened yesterday. Yesterday was a very full and long day. It was good and not so good. The not so good: - One of the dogs we have been watching, passed away Tuesday night and we had to bury her yesterday. She was very old and just finally had had enough. It was sad. We buried her out at my parents' place. The Pomeranians are sad and miss her. -I woke up with pain...

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Troubles with Meal Planning

Good Morning Everyone! Another post that is a little bit late today but that is just the way life goes sometimes! Today I am going to be telling you about my troubles with meal planning. I know that meal planning is essential for living on a budget. I know that it would make my life ten times easier when shopping for groceries. However it in itself is a real pain in the @&$! The trouble...

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Hot Mama Monday- Detox Edition

Good Morning! It has been super busy around here and last night was pretty rough. Our dog Brian has caught a hacking cough and it is horrible to listen to...poor buddy is going to be just fine but for the time being the cough is just miserable. Anyhow now that Kyra has been fed, played with, and put down for a nap I can get my blog post up! So this week I have decided that I wanted to try a detox....

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Friday Five

Good Morning Everyone! It's time for the Friday Five or Five on Friday whatever you want to call it! This is a pretty random five things from the week but hey I am running with it! 1) I am OBSESSED with the song "Let it go" from the movie Frozen. Dang it Disney and your catchy awesome music! I haven't gotten to see the movie yet and now I want to go see it....maybe I can convince my husband...

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Throwback Thursday!

Good Morning Everyone! Today I thought I would share a little Throwback Thursday! Here you go! So there in the pansy print dress is yours truly! Yes I was rockin' the half pony and apparently some serious socks and shoe action.....odd mix. I always made awesome fashion choices. Anyhow this is the 4th grade, the first year at my new school. I remember being nervous and I remember that I...

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So What Wednesday- Gym Edition

Good Morning Everyone! It is Wednesday and that means it is time for "So What Wednesday"! Let's Just Jump Right In! 1) So What........ if I am doing Zumba and not lifting, Crossfit, Cycling, or Power Yoga? I am a beginner people! Those things will come in good time but right now I am still just trying to move more and eat right! Everyone starts at the beginning and Zumba is so much fun that...

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Tuesday Tunes

Good Morning Everyone! You made it through Monday! We made it through as well. Monday was actually much better than Sunday. Sunday, Kyra was running a fever and was really fussy. I believe the fever was due to her teething but it was scary since it was her first one. However we made it through and Monday she was really happy and we played most of the day! Okay so moving on to today! So Tuesday...

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Hot Mama Monday- Getting Real/ A Linkup!

Good Morning Everyone! It is Monday Morning (ugh) and that means it is Hot Mama Monday! So I am going to be honest with you all, last week was not a great one. There was more eating fast food last week than there has been in nearly a month. I did get my workouts in but my eating...ugh not so great. I am either so far over calories it is ridiculous or I am eating so few that the app I use to track...

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Friday Five- Week Recap

Good Morning Everyone! So it has been a very busy week around here! I cannot believe that it is Friday! Here is the Friday Five with a built in Week Recap! 1) Visitors!- On Tuesday one of my best friends came in from Baltimore to visit us! I had not seen her since before Kyra was born so it was her first time meeting her! We actually hadn't seen one another since she moved out to Baltimore with...

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Hot Mama Monday!

Welcome to my New Weekly Series----- Hot Mama Monday! Every Monday I will be coming here on the blog and updating you with how things are going on my journey to become a Hot Mama! I will be posting progress pictures, these might not be weekly but they will at the very least be monthly. Also I will be posting weigh ins, though if you will forgive me I will skip posting the beginning weigh in. I...

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Now We are 7 Months!

Kyra Nicole Uilani Loves: Gerber Puffs- Sweet Potato is her favorite and she has gotten so very good at feeding herself! Blowing Raspberries- If she thinks something is funny or she just wants  your attention she does this. Chewing on Anything- Literally anything and everything she grabs goes right in her mouth! Textures- She runs her hands over fabric and then grinds her nails...

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Five on Friday in the New Year!

Happy Friday Everyone! So today I am linking up with the massive Friday Five Linkup! Here we go! 1. Kyra has now developed the ability to worm across the floor. Yes you read that right, WORM not CRAWL. She just inch worms her way across the living room floor to get to whatever has caught her eye. Usually something fabric...or else something brightly colored. Or the dogs...Needless to say...

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To the Future!

Happy New Year's Everyone! So I just put Kyra down for her afternoon nap and this is the soonest I could get to the computer to put up a post! So as I was playing with Kyra this morning...and as I was attempting to get her to sleep last night at about three a.m. I was thinking about my blog here. It's a new year and thus it is time for some changes....my big problem is I am not sure what sort of...

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