There is a Light at the End of the Tunnel

Tax season is coming to a close and that means I will have a life back again!! No more tax obligations after work, no more having to work Saturdays and no more having to pass up all the fun stuff because I have to work!! I will be missing my co-workers and all the fun times that we do have even while do taxes!! Luckily I will get to see them all again when tax season rolls back around!!

No Sugar Please

Last month I decided to join my friend Amanda in eating no sugar for a month. So I was going to go all out and not eat any sugar what so ever but that would mean no fruit, dairy, salad dressings, etc. I did eliminate soda though which turned out to be easier than I thought. I have attempted this feat on numerous other occasions and have crashed and burned miserably after a few days. This time I don't know what was different, no soda even diet coke which I LOVE or that I saw the scale go down on a weekly basis, probably the latter. So at the end of the month I had lost 7 lbs and am back into my skinny jeans which I have been hemming and hawwing about getting rid of so they stop taunting me from my closet!! Now I wear them all the time and am loving it!!! I will be fitting in my old summer clothes as well and be busting out my size 4 dresses for the spring!!

After the month was over I treated myself with some pie, ice cream, whipped cream and a little diet soda and have decided that they don't really taste anywhere near what they do in my "head" so I am going back to no refined sugars ie desserts and sodas for the next month to try and get the last little bit of weight that I want to be off. Oh and the best part is I haven't worked out even a 1/16 of what I have been the past year and a half where I was beating my head against the wall with the weight gain or platuea and feeling exhausted all the time. Now I sleep in and bum around and all I have to do is not eat that sugary treat!! That is a trade off I can take!!

Dink's Gear

So I decided that I would give selling my baby clothing & accessories a go. I have created a blog for my creations and will be starting an Etsy store as well. Check out what I have so far!

I Learn Something New...

every day from my dear husband. The other night Jesse had a volleyball game that he needed to be at and of course I had washed his undershorts that he wears. They also had not made it into the dryer but that did not phase Jesse he slipped them on wet and grabbed my blow dryer and proceeded to blow dry them till they were no longer wet. I was laughing soo hard when he was telling me his creative drying method. I am surprised I haven't thought of that one yet!! I will be implementing this last minute method in the future as well.

Ode to Neti Pot

Neti pot you are a miracle worker!!! I sleep at night without all that annoying drainage, you allow my husband to sleep as well which translates into me sleeping even better!! My sinus' haven't felt this clean in a long time and Jesse's either!!! I am glad I tried you even if it does entail sticking you up my nose!!

Beautiful Fall Day

Today is gorgeous!!! It makes me soo happy when it is warm inbetween cold days, I feel like there is hope that I won't be freezing cold the rest of the winter. Rarely true but it does provide a false hope, that is all I need!!

The Package Has Arrived

We have a new Nephew!!! Vance Harper Goulding arrived on Thursday at 3:27 pm. He is a cutie and likes to sleep!!!