Hot and Healthy week 8?!

Its that time again......

Time to check in and see how we did this past week. So sorry I didnt check in last week...I got carried away and by the time I remembered it was to late.. I know excuses excuses.. but I am here checking in now! So all is well.. right?!

These past few weeks have been tough and I am sure this next one will be as well. Its just so hard to resist all the scumptious sweets and great food around. Not to mention all the fast food you eat while you shop!! Its terrible. What is even more terrible is that I am not strong enough to control the urge and just walk past the sweets instead I dive in like cookie monster and dont look up until they are all gone! ;)

This week the questions are.....

How'd your week go?

As I said earlier... it was pretty crumby!

Did you consume any empty calories.?
Yes I did... and way to many at that.. I know I know that was the whole point of this challenge :(

Did you get your cardio in?
I got a couple days in but nowhere close to the goal...

Pilates? Did ya do it? Huh, huh..didja?
That would be a negative...

Are y'all ready to be done with the Hot and Healthy gig or could ya go for more?
welll... Kind of! I am ready because I feel terrible when I check in and I have had a week like this past week.. but come new years its on like donkey kong in this house... because as many of you have noticed bathing suits are already starting to hit the store shelves and this momma IS going to feel better this summer than I did last year!

It was a tough week last week so I am going to go out in style this week and have a calorie binge because its all over come January.

If I dont get around to posting again before Christmas I hope that each and every one of you has a fantastic Christmas. Cant wait to see all of your pictures and hear all about it!

Merry Christmas

Tyler

Let the rush begin!

Well actually our family gatherings started yesterday but you get the point. I cant believe Christmas is THIS week!! The past month has flown by..I feel like I have ran around like a chicken with my head cut off and still am not finished. I still have to buy for my mom. Not really sure what to get her. She gave perfume as an option but that is very hard to pick out for somebody. Dont you think? She said nothing loud and /or fruity smelling. Do you have any suggestion?

Also as some of you know from my twitter comments but wanted to let the rest of you know in case it is brought up in a post. This past week my dad was diagnosed with liver cancer. Still unsure of alot of the details at this point. what I do know is he has two tumors on his liver. That is two more than we would like there to be. So please if you are a prayerful type person keep him and my family in your prayers. We have alot of tough decisions coming up and could really use them.

I am not going to keep going on and on about it... I know this is a fun and joyous time of year but I just wanted to make you all aware. Some of you have come to feel like family...

Tyler

Getting to know YOU!

Hey girlies! Today I am going to jump on board with my bloggy buddy Keely over at MannLand5 and have a sunday funday. This is a little blog carnival she put together to help us get to know each other a little better. So head on over and check it out!!

Alright we have one word (I will try and keep it short ;) answers this week so here it goes....

Today's questions..


1. Middle name? Elizabeth


2. What do you think is your best asset (physical)? Eyes


3. If you could only eat one type of cuisine for a year, what would it be (Mexican, American,Chinese..etc.)?
hhmmm... thats a hard one but I am going to to Italian

4. Walmart or Target? Def. Target... there are not very many days when I have the patience for wal-mart. I do believe you can get alot better deals at wal mart but after you deal with the crowd and crazy people I would rather spend a few more dollars...lol

5. Favorite State besides the one you live in? New York... really because I love the city! I love the hustle and bustle of the city, the melting pot of people, sense of style, and entertainment. Christmas time is my fav. time of year to visit.. beautiful

6. What side of the bed do you sleep on, left or right? Left

7. King or Queen size bed? King.. thank goodness... I need my space

8. Beer or wine? Beer... does that make me a redneck? Possibly!

9. Water..ice-cold or room temp? Ice-cold.. room temp water is so... BLAH

10. Christmas..love it or hate it? LOVE IT!! :)

5QF 12-18

Five Question Friday with Mama M

Holy Christmas Batman!! Can you believe that one week from today it will be Christmas morning!! Santa will have came and all the kiddos will be beaming with joy! They will be wired from all the sweets and driving us moms absolutly bonkers with all the talking, flashing, singing toys they recieved from everyone! To top that off... I still have a smidge of shopping left. I better get on the ball... the problem is.. they are calling for snow here in good ole North Cack-a-lac ( yea thats the southern way of saying carolina ;) They are calling for it more in the mountains but trust me when I say they have been wrong before. I will update you if we recieve the blizard of '09 or even just a flake! But now its time to get down to our Friday business and see what kind of questions Mama M came up with this week.

1. Which boygroup did you like most in your teens?

NSYNC! Need I say more... I was like in love with some Justin Timberlake... ohhh la la. He still if a pretty piece of work!

Ok.. that pic is a little smalle than I wanted... but you girls know what he looks like!

2. Do you do Christmas cards, letters, photos, nuthin', all of the above?
umm.... I am slack and saying nuthin'! I know it terrible but I promise next year I will be on the ball with the christmas cards... right now I just send out a few ;)

3. If you could meet one celebrity who would it be and why?
Celebrity... ummm... hmmm! Not sure! I might want to meet my hunky of love Keith Urban.. no explanation needed! I wish I was going to meet Mckmama tonight... she counts as a celebrity right? She just comes across as such a sweet genuine person. I would love to sit and chat with her and meet them all.

4. Favorite thing to cook with (i.e. stainless, non-stick, Dutch oven, microwave, debit card...or, perhaps, a cauldron, etc.)?
Microwave... because I stink at cooking and that is def. the easiest! It it possible to mess up in the microwave but that is def. the easiest. I am going to have cooking lessons with my mom the first of the year... thats how terrible I am at cooking!

5. What is the one thing you wear the most, besides your unmentionables?
Sweats! I am a nanny so I have no reason to get up and get all purdy for work! I crawl out of bed throw on my sweats put my hair up and pretty much run out the door. The is the one and only plus about this crazy job I have.


That was a fun one this week. Hope everyone has a fabulastic weekend and it able to finish up all the last minute shopping. Here I will be shopping and dreaming of the snow that prob wont come!

Happy Friday Everyone!!
Tyler



 

Advice wanted!

I am taking a break from all reguarly scheduled hectic"ness" (I know thats not a word but ya know we can pretend just today right? Thanks) to ask for your advice. I did a post a while back about my job and how unhappy I have come to be with it?!(couldnt find it to link back to it.. but just know its there somewhere) Well things have not improved since then really actually they have become a little more complicated.

My boss informed me that she would be putting her kiddos in daycare this summer to save some money. All that is fine by me.. as I said I am ready for a change of scenery anyways. The problem is I am scared to death to take the plunge financially?! If we majorly cut back and totally changed our way of life then I think we could make it. Maybe! The thing is I am scared to take that chance/challenge!! We have NO debt right now except for my car and I am terrified if I selfishly become a SAHM then I would put that in jeopardy and we would get behind on things... maybe or maybe not.. not sure if we would or not. I have tried writing it all out on paper and doing a budget but the truth of the matter is that it never seems to work like it does on paper?! Anyone else have that problem?

This morning I email from a lady wanting me to watch her kiddo (3mo)... it would be some income but kind of what I am trying to get away from right?! (I am a nanny now)It wouldnt be as crazy as it is right now because I would be in my own home (now I watch the girls at my boss' house) and at least I could be kind of productive in my own home rather than keeping her house half clean like I do now. The money would be alot less as well. Talking about half probably.

I am trying to think of ways to cut back with out being drastic ya know. Like cutting off the internet.. that would be considered drastic.. OUT! Cant do it! lol... I mean I could but lets try not to go that route ;) Minimize cable bill? possible. Power bill? not sure how I could its already pretty reasonable. We dont have a water bill... soo I guess what I am asking you now that I have rambled on about totally nothing you are interested in is "Do you stay home?" "If you had to cut back.. how did you do it" I am going to look into some possible WAHM options.. so if you have any suggestions I would appreciate it!!

Sorry this post was kind of out there... just trying to think things through and sometimes writing it down helps. Let me know what ya think!

Confused!!
Tyler

Tis the season to....

Neglect my blog?! I hope not... so sorry I am behind on everything! I thought this time of year was for kicking back and enjoying family. Instead I have been running here and there and a little of everywhere. Dont get me wrong I enjoy every minute of it but it just takes away time from other things. So if during the next couple weeks I dont post as much as normal I am asking for forgiveness in advance ;)

Alright time to catch up on what has been going on the past several days....

*First of all on Thursday of last week I had a package on my door and it was addressed to me!! I am a lover of packages! In my package was the most beautiful pillow ever. My sweet bloggy buddy Kassi over at Backwoods Fern made for me. She is so talented girls you have to go over and check out some of her work! I had won one of her giveaways a while back and it was a sunglasses case she had made (totally precious!) and decided to see if she could make me a Christmas pillow for Emma's room. All I told her was I wanted it pink and christmas'y' and this is what she came up with. Once again please forgive the pics... you know my camera is terrible (but only for another week!! Gotta love santa ;)

Love it Kassi!! Thanks so much again.. its adorable! Exactly what I wanted :)

* Then on Sunday we headed over to Derek's grandmothers to have a christmas gathering with their side of the family. Let me just tell you as nicely as I can...they gave my girl some UG.LY clothes. Im not talking bearable.. I am talking UG.LY! I am not sure what to do about it... I guess I just keep them and let her wear them to grandmas house? Not really sure... what would you do with them. My bloggy buddy (or imgainary friend as my husband calls her...dont ask) Kate is dying to see the pics of the clothes..girl I will twit pic them tonite..promise!

* last but not least in my catch up post is the fact that I could possibly.. just maybe.. have the best husband in the world! Yesterday he went with me to take the girls (Emma and the one I nanny for) to monkey joes. Monkey Joes is like a huge indoor play area with a ton of giant inflatables. We all had a blast! Then after her nap I went back to work with S* and he napped Emma and took her to my moms house. After being wonderful already that morning he then came home and for 3 hours!!! washed and waxed my car... it hasnt been that clean since the day I bought it. I was suprised and excited.

We then head out the door for what I thought was a night in charlotte to go shopping for Emma and dinner. He told me when we got in the car that yes we could buy Emma a few things but this was a shopping trip for me. AWWWW... so we had a blast. He bought me a new pair of shoes, two pair of jeans and a shirt!! Man I love him.. I cant tell you the last time I went shopping for me. These days I just seem to enjoy dressing her and not myself... thats bad I know but just how it is :)

Well now that your girls are caught up a little bit on where I have been the past few days its now time to catch up the house work... BLAH!

Happy Hump Day :)

Tyler

Getting to know you!!

Alright girls. Its time for my bloggy buddy Keely's sunday funday blog carnival. This week we are to find one of our fav. christmas pics from the past and write a little about it. I already did a post last wed. with my fav pics of Miss Emma last christmas. So today I am going to show you this pic.

This pic was taken 3 when my sweet hubby purposed to me. At the time we had just moved back from VA. We had been living up there for about 6 mo while he helped my dad with a huge job. We came back home just in time for christmas. Unfortunatly being young and crazy we didnt have much money so we moved in with one of his best friends for a couple of months. Now girls let me just tell you this house was kind of like living in a frat house. Not quite as bad but pretty close. It took all I had to make it through those couple of months but I was determined to stick it out because I couldnt stand the thought of not being with him.. oohh young love ;)

So since this house wasnt exactly my dream living quarters or anything I just decided to make the best of what we had. Our room was all we had.. but that was enough for me. I told him we were going to go and get a tree and just make the best of it. So we did. It made us both happy.. it was the simple things ya know!?

So one evening Derek called and said he was running late from work. I was giving him down the road and carrying on because we were going to be late for dinner plans we had with another couple. So like over an hour late he walks in.. and walks back to our little room and purposes to me in front of our very first christmas tree. It was nothing overly dramatic. Nothing elaborate but meant more to be than anything because christmas has always been a big deal to me and he had done everything he could to make it special for me despite the conditions we were living in.

The rest is all history.. we were married the next Sept. and are very happily married!! Tried to give you the brief version.. hope I didnt bore ya to death.

Cant wait to see your pics and read about them..

Tyler