Archive for September, 2009

Okay so this week I am down 1/2 pound.  I am not thrilled in fact I freaked a bit when I weighed in.  Why?  Well I actually recorded my calories every day this past week (even 10 calorie items) and exercised like a mad woman ick.  After listening to a few encouraging words from my group they somewhat convinced me my body is in some shock that I am eating and moving.

I really have horrible eating habits.  I get busy and totally forget to eat and then I remember and eat too much but I still don’t hit a good calorie goal.  I imagine my body thinks it is starving but that is only because my brain doesn’t have eyes.  I have to do something to change and recording calories at least until I realize what I should eat from habit and exercising until my legs become jello are going to become mandatory. 

I really want to lose 9 more pounds in the next seven weeks.  Now I know that isn’t a huge number and hopefully it is attainable.  If I make it that would be 10 pounds in 10 weeks and I would bring in $20 from a challenge in my group.  That would pay back my dues for the year plus a little.  I know somehow I can do this but it will require commitment.  So drop me a comment, harass me or whatever suits you but don’t hesitate to hold me accountable.

Coming Sunday I will also start to post with The Bloggest Loser.  I am excited I was approved as a participant!  If you would like to check them out just click on the button below.  Have a great day ~ Heather

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I feel really honored to have won another award two times. This one is “One Lovely Blog Award” and has been given to me by Smart Cents Mom and Independentmami.

(So, here are the rules of the “One Lovely Blog” award:

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1. Two Peas in A Pie
2. Facts From A Fact Woman
3. At Home With Books
4. Maria’s Space
5. Mom Start
6. Just Another New Blog
7. Heart Prints
8. Fill In The Cake
9. Queenie’s Little Kingdom
10. Dancing Barefoot on Weathered Ground
11. The Shabby Chic Cottage
12. Raising Arrows
13. Homebody Holly
14. Saving with Shellie
15. The Simple Life of the Boreings

There is quite a variety of blogs here so expand your horizons and happy reading!

Do you need a small gift quick well this might do the trick.  How about making a dry mix for Hot Fudge Sauce?  Yum yum.  You can eat it over ice cream, pound cake or just just warm it and dip strawberries in it.  It will drizzle over about anything and make your mouth water.  If I start to cook this my husband is in the kitchen eyeing the pan because he just knows the smell and the kids beg for more. 

Today I am going to just show you how easy it is to make the dry mix so that you can gvie it as a gift or just have it on hand for speedy chocolate cravings.  Just don’t try to drink it hot!

What you need…

1. 1 cup sugar
2. 1/3 cup cocoa
3. 2 Tablespoons dry milk
4. 1 quart Ziploc bag or pint jar

Thanks to a fridge crisis we are starting our menu from scratch this week.  Some weeks we use a few items or scraps from the prior week to stretch our food budget.  For instance we might have ham early in the week and come the weekend we might use the leftovers for scalloped potatoes with ham bits.  A bag of potatoes doesn’t cost much and the little bit of ham leftover adds some great flavor.  So I am starting fresh tonight and maybe next week we will have some good leftover meals.

• Tomato gravy cube steaks
• Lasagna
• Enchiladas
• Chicken & Dumplings
• Sloppy Joes
• Porcupine Meatballs

We had a bit of a fridge crisis start on Thursday last week.  We didn’t really fully understand it was a crisis until Friday however.  The freezer was cold but frosting (with a self defrosting freezer this didn’t make sense) and the fridge was warm.  Thanks to a friend through scouts we found out the air exchange was frozen shut and the drain was plugged likely by something small like a pea. 

We emptied things out and got out that multi-use hairdryer.  First we melted the ice for the air exchange and then we worked a bit on the drain.  John gave us the advice of using an air tank to clear the drain but since we didn’t have one we blew it out with the shop vac on reverse.  Who knew a chocolate chip could cause such an issue.  We ran a bit of water through the drain with a glass measuring cup just to make sure the drain was clear and success!

Being the items in the fridge were warm so long we decided to dump everything.  Lucky for us we are a couponing family and I have a rather large stockpile in my pantry.  The fridge was easily restocked and we are back in business.  I also have a nice clean fridge free of any leftovers and scraps so this weeks menu will be a fresh start.

Danielle is the winner of the poster print congrats!  She has 24 hours to respond thanks for entering.

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