Weight Watchers!!

I haven’t been doing much different on my Couponing or Price Matching.  Ok that’s a little bit incorrect.  I haven’t been doing AS WELL as I was so there is nothing really to report.  It gets frustrating at times because I clip all the coupons and I usually end up buying off brand because it’s cheaper even with the coupon on the name brand.  I’m still saving on average about $10 - $15/wk so I guess it’s worth it.  That’s at least $40/month.

I’m doing something for MYSELF with that extra money.  Initially I was doing this to put towards credit cards but I decided that I would put it towards a Weight Watchers membership!

I joined WW this past Monday!! It’s really going a lot better than I thought it would.  My BIGGEST issue is that I don’t like fruit or veggies.  They are FREE foods so I can eat as much as I want of those.  This week I’m learning to like strawberries.  I’ve been putting a little bit of Stevie sweetener on them and it’s going good.  I just don’t like the tartness and the texture.  I’m getting over it though.

Any suggestion on what my next thing to like would be? Tips on ways to “doctor it up” to make it go down easier?

Is anybody else out there doing Weight Watchers or some other form of diet??  I would really love to have a buddy throughout this.  My husband just doesn’t get it… He’s a skinny guy and all my friends are very slim and fit.

I plan on doing a weekly update with my weight loss from the week.  Would y’all be interested in seeing just the pounds lost or actual weight?  Would that be motivating to anyone?  It seems like it would be easy once I’m fit to say “Yeah I used to weigh such and such” but it seems hard to put that out there NOW when I still weight that much.  But it’s only a number right?

Would love to hear any input!!!

I will be MIA until next Tuesday.  Adam and I are gonna have a long 4 day weekend together.  So far here is our plans:

• Going to see Transformers 3 tomorrow!!!
• His band is playing Saturday night.
• Going out on a boat with some of his friends (EEEKKK!!)
• Air Show on Sunday
• 4th of July party Monday evening with FIREWORKS! (Praying for no burn bans!!)

Have a happy, great, and SAFE 4th of July!!!!!!!

We Want To Know

It’s Wednesday so I’m linking up with the usual Wednesday Crowd Mamarazzi, Janette, Impulsive Addict, and Seriously Shawn for We Want To Know Wednesday!!!

This weeks questions are from Impuslive Addict with the help of Amber and Nadine on Q# 4 and Vandy on Q#5

1. What was the last thing you searched for online?
A phone number.  I hate using a phone book. Google is so much faster.
 2. If we visit your home state, what is one MUST we should do before leaving?
You must visit the Texas State Fair and try all the fried foods.  I’ve only been there once myself but apparently it’s the thing TO DO if you are visiting from out of state.  I’m not really sure what else we have that is unique.  I haven’t traveled out of TX much so I’m not sure what everyone else is missing out on!
(I have never tried fried butter – heard it’s good though")
 
3. What do you think pharmaceutical companies should invent a pill for that isn't on the market yet?
Instant weight loss! One pill and BAM … skinny city! A girl can dream.
 4. When was your first kiss? Was it good or bad?
I don’t remember the exact date … I’m sure I have it written down in an old diary … but it was sometime in November or December of 1998 (I was 15 & he was 14).  My first kiss was with Adam (my husband).  We had been dating for a few months and he went out with me to our barn to feed my horse and it just happened.  It was his first kiss too. It was an awesome kiss. :)
 5. What is your guilty pleasure tv show that you cannot miss?
Currently it’s So You Think You Can Dance.  I’m rooting for Melanie to win!!  Also there is Biggest Loser, Law & Order SVU (HEARTBROKEN that Det. Stabler is leaving the show), Grey’s, and Private Practice.

 

 

Falling Behind

I’ve been a pretty bad blog friend lately.  I haven’t written a post and haven’t been commenting.  I’ve been reading though! 

My life is just absolutely crazy right now!  Work is nuts, home is crazy, and I go and start new ventures and make more trouble for myself.  I have to many pots in the fire should I say.

I do have some really awesome news! My sister-in-law and her hunny is expecting a little bundle of joy Feb 2012!  We are all so excited for them! (This is Adam’s little sister).  It will be their first baby and it is already a miracle.  Neither one thought they would ever be able to have babies!

My couponing/price matching has gone to the pits.  I’m still doing it all just not as rigorously as I was. So that’s costing me money.

I plan to be back on track after this weekend! I’m taking off work Friday so I’ll have a 4 day weekend!!!! So excited for this!

Please forgive my bad blog friend behavior!

TGIF

I’m SOOO glad that it is Friday!!!  I might actually get to spend some time with my husband this weekend.  Sure we spend time together after work each day but it’s usually between cooking, eating, cleaning, etc.  The weekends are OURS … especially Sunday.

I’m not really sure what this weekend will bring.  Adam had to leave work early yesterday because he had a really bad migraine.  It got a little better last night and he was able to eat some dinner.  This morning it was back and he couldn’t go to work.  I’m praying that he’ll feel better!!  Migraines are horrible things!!

If he is feeling 100% I’m hoping we’ll catch a movie this weekend, eat at our favorite restaurant, and just relax.  He hasn’t had a day off in two weeks!!!  (I’m not counting yesterday or today because being very ill doesn’t count as a day off). 

One other thing that I’m REALLY looking forward to is drinking a HUGE glass of sweet tea on Sunday!!  Last weekend I decided to give up tea and soda for one whole week.  It’s been tough.  I did it for several reasons.  Mostly because it was something really hard that I knew would stretch me a little bit.  If I can do something really hard that is this minor then I can do something else a little harder … Give up potatos? **shudders**.  Seriously though it has been tough and that’s a good thing.  Maybe I’ll lose a pound or two as well!

Have a great and safe weekend!!!

We Want To Know!

It’s time for We Want To Know Wednesday with Janette, Mamarazzi, Seriously Shawn, and Impulsive Addict!!!
This week’s questions are by Seriously Shawn!

1. What is the best or worst pick up line you have ever been given?
I honestly have no idea.  Adam and I have been together since before we were actually teenagers so if a guy has tried to pick me up I was probably oblivious.  I did have one guy at a bar, that our band was playing at, follow me around asking what bands I liked.  After the 5th time of telling him I was not interested Adam stepped in and he got the hint! Does that count?! HAHA!  I’m so naive.

2. What is your most and least favorite day of the week?
I don’t really have a least favorite.  Maybe Tuesday because Friday is SO far away!  My favorite day is either Sunday or Monday.  Sundays are always a day for just me and Adam so that makes it special.  Mondays are like a mini New Years.  You get to start all over again!

3. How many hours of sleep do you require each night?
At LEAST 6.  I prefer 8 to 9 but I can function on 6.
 
4. Is there a song that takes you back in time? What song is it and what memory is it attached to?
Well I pretty much relate every song I know to a person or situation so really they all take me back.  OUR song is I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith.  This is how it became our song: Adam & I were still in the friend stage and I don’t think we had even met face to face yet.  (We talked over the phone for 2 months before meeting). Our mutual friend that introduced us (via phone) told us we were perfect for each other and would end up married one day.  The movie Armageddon was big and so was the song.  So our friend called the radio station and dedicated that song to us.  It was more of a joke but it meant a lot to both of us.  We started dating shortly after and the rest is history as they say.  We played the song at our wedding and I love hearing it come on the radio.  It takes me back to the early days (years) of our relationship and also our wedding.

5. What is your biggest guilty pleasure.
Just one!?! Hmmm probably watching reality tv.  I hate drama filled tv shows (ex: The bachelor) but I get SUCKED in!  I’m annoyed, frustrated, but so intrigued.  I do draw the line with Toddlers and Tiaras or Bridezillas.  I can’t handle those shows.  I love Wedding Sunday on the WE channel.  I want to be friends with David Tutera!

My newest guilty pleasure may be Extreme Makeover Weight Loss.  Have you seen the host????
YOU ARE WELCOME!

Psycho Turtle

I had a moment last week.  One of those what the heck was I thinking kind of moments.  I probably shouldn’t advertise how much of a ditz I am publically, but here I go anyways.

Last week I pulled out of my driveway onto our road and half way down to the main road there was this turtle.  It was a regular turtle … nothing fancy.  Well I decided I wanted to take a picture of him (or her) because it seemed like the thing to do at the time.  So my brilliant idea was to pull my car beside it, open my door, and take a picture.  Easy! (OK maybe it was a tad LAZY).  Now we do live on a dead end street so it’s not like I did this on a main hwy or anything (I’m not that dumb).

Anywho … I pulled up, popped open my door and saw that the turtle was a LOT closer than I had expected.  He looked up, opened his mouth, and HISSED at me!!!!!

I screamed, slammed my door, and floored it! Needless to say a minute later I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard.  I just ran sped away from A TURTLE!

Now keep in mind this turtle turned in to something like this!

Ok maybe not … but that’s what it seemed like at the time!

Random Monday

I’m BAAACCCCKKKKK!!!!

Ok so you didn’t really know I was gone right?  Well Wednesday (or maybe it was Thursday) my computer got a virus and crashed.  I haven’t replied to any comments from last week so if you commented on my Wednesday post and you are thinking I’m a rude person please forgive me! I will get caught up ASAP.

I can use my phone for email and internet but I can’t type or think the same way without feeling the keys.  PLUS I just have been SO busy and it’s hard to use my phone at work for an extended period of time.

This weekend Adam had to work 13 hours Saturday and another 10 hours Sunday.  Needless to say he is not a happy hubby.  He won’t get a day off until this coming Sunday.  I could never work 13 days straight! I would die!

While he was working his tail off I did take another (one day) cake class this weekend. We learned how to make BUGS!

Here is my cake that I made:
 

This would be perfect for a little kid’s birthday cake!!  While it was a lot of fun to do it was also a lot of TIME! Now I know why these kinds of cakes are so expensive when made by a professional.  I spent about $10 to buy things I didn’t already have but probably put in a good 6 hours of work.

Ok that’s enough randomness for today.  I gotta get to responding to comments now!

We Want To Know Wednesday!

It’s Wednesday so it’s time again for We Want To Know with Mamarazzi, Seriously Shawn, Impulsive Addict, and Janette!

This week the questions have been brought to us by Mamarazzi! Well except Question #2 which is by McKenzie and Questions #3 is by Date Girl!

{1} You have been asked to give a 10 minute speech to teenage girls. What is it about?
I would probably tell them to be young and enjoy life.  Don’t grow up too fast! There is plenty of time for that later on!

{2} Do you have a pet? Tell us about them. No pets? Why?
YES we love our babies!

Lexi is 3 yrs old.  She’s a terrier mix of some kind. 
 
Chloe is our fluffy (not fat) kitty.  She’s about 11 yrs old. 

Our newest addition is Buddy. He looks like he’s a full blood lab and he’s about 7 months old.

Oscar and Ellie are Quaker parrots.  They are about 4 years old.

Homie is ADAM’S pot bellied pig.  He’s about 12 years old – we don’t get along … haha.

{3} What is the biggest inconvenience about the place you’re currently living?
How far we are from town!  It’s at least 20 to 30 minutes to get into town.  My work is about 45 minutes away. But I wouldn’t change it because living in the country is way better than living in all the noise of the city.  I NEED to see stars at night!

{4} What do you think is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
Falling madly in love the man I’m married to!  Other than that probably the decision to move out when I turned 18.  I don’t mean that in any way negative towards my mom but if I had not moved out when I did then I wouldn’t be where I’m at today in life.  Things fell in place as they were supposed to.

{5} What are the THREE "nevers" of your life? (things you would never do or have never done)
For some reason these were really hard to come up with!  Not that I’ve done a bunch of bad things but my brain is just not working today!!

I’ve never smoked and NEVER will
I’ve never flown in a plane …  Maybe one day, if we ever go anywhere
I’ve never met someone IRL that I met on the internet / blog world.

Weekend Recap, A Giveaway, & Awards

We had a blast this weekend visiting with our friend that was down from Arkansas.  I think all we did was eat! (Mexican food, breakfast food, desserts, hibachi)

It was really great to catch up and laugh all weekend!  Adam had a lot of fun!  Maybe sometime later in the year we’ll be making a trip up that way to see him and his family.

We saw Super 8 yesterday!  It was REALLY good!  I’m so glad that the trailers didn’t give away what IT was.  The suspense was the biggest element.  It reminded me of the Goonies a little bit.

 
VS

Why is there ALWAYS a chubby one? HAHA

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I have a few other things to talk about other than my weekend.  Have you seen the giveaway over at Dandelion Wishes? She’s giving away a $25 gift certificate to the etsy shop Ash At Home.  Check it out and sign up … or rather DON’T because I want to win. :)

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I’ve received two more awards that I would like to pass on.

The first from Beverly @ The Beverly Buzz awarded me this:

 
THANKS BEVERLY!!!

Rules:
1. Mention the blogger who gave you the award (see above)
2. Link to their blog (see above)
3. Pay it forward to 5 bloggers

Janette – The Johanson Journey
Sarah Kate – Dixie Creek Farm
Audra Kate – Southern Girl In Heels
Amy – Nine Ninety One
Amy – Fourth Frog

Next I received this award from Sarah Kate @ Dixie Creek Farm last week.  Thanks girl!!

 
The rules for this one are to name 7 things about myself.  Well since I JUST did that I’m going to link you to that post HERE if you would care to read them again.

Also I’m supposed to pass this on to three Stylish blogs that I love:

Janette – The Johanson Journey
Amy – Nine Ninety One
Audra Kate – Southern Girl In Heels

Company’s Coming!

Well obviously I missed my Simple Savings post yesterday.  Honestly though I don’t have anything to report.  Just the same ole stuff.  I had about the same savings this past weekend.

Work has been super duper crazy busy.  We hired a new girl that is working 2 days a week (and hopefully more in the future).  She’s doing a lot of marketing so even though she just started Tuesday I’ve had a lot of quotes to do with the people she’s been contacting.

Home life has been crazy as well.  A friend of ours, that lives on the far eastern side of Arkansas, is coming down for the weekend.  I’ve been cleaning my house from top to bottom.  I know it probably doesn’t matter to him but when I know company is coming I can see every speck of dirt in my house!  I was scrubbing a toilet at 5am this morning.  Obsessed much?  I completely take back all the times I groaned when my mom made me clean when company was coming over.  I thought she was a psycho cleaning nazi!! HAHA!

Our friend should be here sometime this afternoon and I’m sure we’ll be hittin up our favorite Mexican food place, because there is nothing better than some good tex-mex enchiladas.  The rest of the weekend will involve Adam’s other friends coming over to the house.  I’m sure there will be guns to compare, beer to drink, things to blow up, and whatever else they can come up with to bond over.  Silly guys.

Adam will miss his friend again after Sunday but hopefully it won’t be long before we can visit or he can visit again.

Happy Friday & Have a great (and safe) weekend!!!

WWTK - wk 8

It’s time again to link up for We Want To Know Wednesday hosted by Mamarazzi, Seriously Shawn, Impulsive Addict, and Janette!

The Questions for today were given to us by Janette! (Great questions this week!!)

1.  Everyone seems to have a quirky family situation-- what is something unique about your family dynamic?
I have 3 dad’s named David Allen!  Confused? Ok so let me give you the run down here.  My mom was married to my dad – David Allen S. They divorced when I was 2 and when I was 5 she married David Allen J, which is the father to my brother & sister.  After 11 years of marriage they divorced and a few years later she married a guy name David E Allen. Now David #3 (my current step dad) goes by the name Clayton due to a conflict of grandmothers wanting him to be named after their husbands. Clayton stuck so I guess that grandmother won in the in! HAHA! BTW my mom had no idea that his name was David until they were dating … So glad she didn’t run screaming the other direction!

2. What is the most stressful aspect to blogging (aside from the network going down)?
Just trying to think of something to say that people care about reading.  I used to stress majorly over my whole blog aspect and I had almost decided to just get rid of it.  Then I started meeting people and making friends and it changed the way that I look at it.  It doesn’t really stress me out too much any more.  On days that I don’t have anything to say I just don’t say anything.  I hope that it stays like this for me because I really do love blogging.

3. We all end up on a blog at some point in our day, but name your top 3 favorite websites you flock to daily (non blog)!
Facebook, AOL (mail), and People

4. What’s your sign? Believe in it or not, does any part ring true to you?
I don’t believe in horoscopes, psychics, or tarot cards.  But putting that aside for the sake of fun I did a little research because I remembered something in the news recently about the signs changing.  I’ve always been listed as a Pisces and have always agreed with the description.  But now I’ve discovered I’m an Aquarius and I completely agree with that one too.  So depending upon the stars, moons, alignment, or whatever else these crazy people go by I guess I’m somewhere in the middle! Check out this site HERE to see descriptions.

5.  IceCream!! ICECREAM!! We all scream for icecream! Name your favorite flavor/brand!
My CURRENT favorite is Red Velvet Ice Cream by Ben & Jerrys.  As far as brands I usually stick with Blue Bell though. They are the best!!

BONUS QUESTIONS!

A. Name the blog you credit for linking up with us today?
Janette @ The Johanson Journey

B. Suggest a question you want to see in future WWTK’s!
What phrase that people say really gets on your nerves?

Awarded!

A couple of weeks ago I was tagged for an award by my bloggy BFF Janette!

Thank you so much Janette for thinking of me! :)

The rules for this awesome gift are that I must share 7 facts about me and give it away to another 10 blogger pals!

1.  I’m a very messy but organized person.  There is always order to my chaos … Even if it’s only visible to me.

2.  I can crochet, cross stitch, knit, and sew.  Yes I’m 28 not 60.

3.  I love to play any kind of game and I’m very competitive.  My husband kicks my butt at Monopoly and I’m determined to win at least once in our lifetime.

4.  I read VERY fast (probably why I need glasses).  A 400 page book would take me less than a day to read if I really put my mind to it.

5.  My favorite color is pink… who would have known right!?!

6.  I have been at my job for 10 years next month!!

7.  I really hate having to pick what’s for dinner each night.  Also all of my winter foods have been taken off the menu so I need more summertime recipes.

People I’m tagging!!

Janette (Who says I can’t?)
Mamarazzi @ Dandelion Wishes
Sarah Kate @ Dixie Creek Farm
Living A Goddess Life
Audra Kate @ Southern Girl In Heels
Amy @ 4th Frog
Amy @ Nine-Ninety-One
Ashley 
Seriously Shawn
Molly @ The Fuschia News

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Friday Confessional

Linking up with Mamarazzi for Friday Confessional!!!
 
I confess … I’m doing two posts today!! Usually I’m lucky if I can crank out one but today I’m going for a double!! Check out my other POST to see all the swap goodies I got from my new friend Audra Kate.

I confess … I’m very unhappy about having to work tomorrow.  I’m even unhappier (word?) that he has to go in at 3am.

I confess … I’m super duper excited about the MTV Movie Awards show that is coming on Sunday.  I can’t wait to see the Breaking Dawn trailer! Check out a sneak peak HERE.

I confess … We have a new girl that will start working here next Tuesday.  It will only be a couple of days each week but I’m SOOO thankful to have the help!

I confess … I need to get my twitter back up and going.  Did you know I had one of those things?!?  You can go HERE to add me. My profile is private so you will have to send me a request to let me know who you are.  I plan on using it more to update about my coupon savings, great deals I come across, and just random nonsense.

I confess … It’s 101 degrees outside and I’m freezing in my office.  I’m seriously about to go get a broom so that I can close the vent on the ceiling.

Blog Swapping!

 

A few weeks ago I signed up for my very first blog swap over at The Fuschia News!
 
I prayed that I would get paired up with someone nice and would make a new friend!  My prayers were answered plus some!  I met a really great new friend named Audra Kate!  Check out her blog and say hello!

Our theme was summer time.  These are the really great things that I received from Audra Kate.

A beautiful black & pink apron!  I guess I should have taken a picture where I was actually wearing it but I did not. Oops!

She is a great listener and picked up on things that I really liked!  I can’t wait to get started on this book!


I’m SO beyond excited about this Fondant book!!  Lot’s of new things I didn’t know how to do.

A yummy smelling watermelon candle! Smells like straight up summer!

I usually only wear MK lipgloss but I think I have a new favorite!! I thought this would be a bit TOO pink but it’s perfect!

This is my new favorite color of all time.  If Barbie had a favorite nail polish it would be this one!! It’s the absolute perfect pink! Not too pepto and not too in your face PINK. 

I’m so glad that I did this and can’t wait for another swap to come around so I can join up!! FUN!!

~*~If you are here from the blog swap link please also check out my normal daily post for the day HERE~*~

Simple Savings

Today’s post is pretty much the same as last weeks … just new results.

I did price matching and couponing again this week and finally got my first FREE item!!  I was so excited.

Here are my results:
Price Matching Savings = $5.44
Coupon Savings = $10

TOTAL SAVINGS $15.44
(That’s $1.57 better than last week!)

My biggest savings this week was on Trash Bags.

I’m kinda picky about my trash bags so that’s why I buy the expensive kind.  We used to buy the cheapos but would always end up having to double bag because of a rip or something so it ends up about the same really.

Anyways, the retail price of these (at wal-mart) is $10.47 for the 65 count.  Brookshire's had a sale for $5.99 on the 15-80 ct!  So I did a PM and got the 65 count for only $5.99 (Saved $4.48 instantly).

Then I remembered that I had a coupon for $2 off any purchase of Glad trash bags plus a Lysol or 409 product. So I hit the cleaning isle in search of any Lysol or 409 product that was $2 or less and found 409 for $1.98!  So I got the 409 for FREE!  The coupon expired that day so it worked out perfectly!

The main thing I have learned this week is to always pay attention to what you are getting, what you have, and what’s on sale combined with other savings.

Something that made me so happy this week was that Adam got into the coupon mode!  He was at wal-mart (by himself) to pick up some toothpaste.  Well he noticed there was a sticker on it for $1 off (instantly).  So he got two and had them ring them up separately so he could use each coupon right then because it was limited to one coupon per transaction!  SO SMART!

We Want To Know

It’s linking up time again with Mamarazzi, Seriously Shawn, Impulsive Addict, and Janette for We Want To Know Wednesday!!!

Today’s questions are from Impulsive Addict!

1). If the blogging world had a talent show, what would your act be?
Well I was going to say cooking or baking but you all already know that about me.  I’m also really good at doing peoples make-up!

 
2). What's the most likely reason you might become famous?
Excellent customer service? No? I don’t guess there is a lot of famous customer service reps out there huh? Let’s just go with cakes! Maybe one day I’ll be a famous cake baker on tv! (Yeah right!)
 3). What question are you repeatedly asked that you are tired of hearing?
Well my last name is McCoy so I’m always asked if I’m related to Neil McCoy (whose last name isn’t actually McCoy BTW) or if my parents own McCoy lumber here in town.  NO! I’m also not related to your wife’s cousin’s brother’s aunt.  SERIOUSLY!
 4.) What's the last thing you broke?
A couple of months ago I had dishes stacked up in my drain rack beside the sink.  Well I went to reach above it to get a glass and knocked off a baking dish that was my FAVORITE! It shattered all over the floor.  So sad :(.  But my mom got me a new one so all is well… Well except the fact that the one I broke was red and the new one is yellow but it still works the same. (Thanks Mom BTW!)
  5.) Finish this sentence.  I can't believe I used to ________.
NOT BLOG! Were did I put all my thoughts??? Even though sometimes I get frustrated or overwhelmed I can always go over to my private blog to blow off some steam and work out my thoughts.  I can’t imagine not writing!
 

Aren’t these smiley’s just awesome!! I love them!