My Journey to 40 (By Another Online Mom)

Monday, February 13, 2012

Our Valentine's Breakfast

Our Valentine's Day Breakfast

I found the tablecloth at Wal-Mart for less than $4.

Plates (2 red and 2 pink) at Target for $2 each; napkins from Target.

I made Marshmallow pops, being held up by Cherry MMs.

Tons of free printables HERE.

(These will go in the Dunkin Donut HEART-shaped donuts tomorrow morning!)

Also notice the water bottle labels above.

AS FOR MY MENU:

Pink milk of course (Strawberry Nesquik)

Iapples (need fruit to balance all the sugar! ha):

heart-shaped donuts from Dunkin Donuts. Aren't they cute!?

Sunday, February 12, 2012

40 weeks to go (to 40!): Drink more water!

Gulp, in 40 weeks I hit 40! So, this past week I added more water to my day. Easy enough, right?! I know it's something we should all do, but I've been lazy and haven't been so good about drinking my H2O. So I am now drinking a glass right when I wake up in the morning with several more classes during the day.

And let me say, LaCroix water really helps with my daily intake too. I love the lime flavor. Drink up!

My Road to 40 now includes:

Week1: Supplements/Vitamins

Week 2: More water

Monday, February 06, 2012

41 weeks until I hit "40": New Supplements

So the holidays are over and I am getting back into a (somewhat) normal routine. Last week had me thinking, 40 is coming up really soon. In fact, 41 weeks from now! I really want to look and feel great for my birthday in November, so I decided to change one small thing about my lifestyle each week until the big birthday.

I feel that adding something small each week, and growing upon it, would be easier than making tons of changes at once.

Well, last week I added two new supplements to my vitamin regime. Currently I take a multi-vitamin and a probiotic capsule everyday. When I am coming down with a cold or feel stressed I add a Stress-B with Vit C and Zinc in the morning, and a Zinc tablet in the evening.

This week, I started taking CLA and Bladderwack. Both MAY fight weight loss, according to some books I recently read. (I read about Bladderwack in Eat Right for Your Blood Type by Dr. D'Adamo and CLA in Fat Flush by Ann Louise). I decided to start slow to make sure my body would react okay with these two. It's been seven days, and so far so good. (Now, I haven't gotten on the scale yet to see if I have lost any weight, but my good I mean, no reactions or side effects!)

And I felt even better when Dr. Oz mentioned CLA on his show today!! He says CLA is good for fighting "belly fat", which is by far my "problem area"! (He said 1000mg in the morning, and I read somewhere to take 3000mg a day, so I do need to do some further research).

So, there you have it, ADDING SUPPLEMENTS was my goal for week 41, and I did it! :)

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Love my new sunglasses

So I've told you all before how much I love sunglasses. I am not so into purses and shoes like most girls, but I DO love my sunglasses. Here's my favorite to new pair. They are from the Paula Creamer line at Sundog Eyewear. I think avaitar style glasses are so classic, and perfect in Florida. Whatcha think!?

(Sorry for the bad self photo, ha!)

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

My son is thrilled: Kidz Bop 21 is out!

My 4 year old son LOVES music. Over the summer, he was given an old computer for my cousin, and immedaitely loaded all his favorite music CDs. (He's a total computer geek, and yes I did say FOUR years old). His favorites are Disney Jams, Taylor Swift, Selina Gomez, and KidzBop.

For weeks, he has been saving his money for the new KidzBop 21, and on Tuesday (the day it was released) we went to Target to pick up this new CD. (Side note: Target has four bonus tracks not shown below and is on sale this week for $9.99!).

Thursday, January 05, 2012

Yay Target Dollar Bins: Valentines have Arrived!

I have never really decorated for Valentine's Day, not sure why to be honest, but this year decided to buy a couple of little items for our home. And today, Target (yay Target!) put tons of cute Valentine items in their dollar bins and I couldn't help myself!

Here's my mantel...

(I plan to make a little banner soon, perhaps "Be Mine" to hang on the mantel. I am looking for a free printable but am having a little trouble. I may go back to Target for the foam hearts in the dollar bin and use those as a starting point).

Found this mini-heart wreat, $2.50

Wooden blocks, $2.50

Same blocks, they spell different words! how cute!

The frame was not in the dollar bins, but by the picture frames. Tons of different ones for $4.99. Now I need to find the perfect picture to put into the frame.

Small heart containers, $1 (perfect for lunchbox surprises!)

Cute Valentine Pails, $1 each...one for each kid!

(Can you see the placemats? I found them at Ross this week, package of 4 for $4.99)
This is my smaller, breakfast table--I need to change to a white tablecloth, I know!

My kids love the "gel stickies" to stick in their windows, $1.

Happy Shopping!

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

New Years Day: Black and White Themed Brunch

By all means, I am not a Martha Stewart-type. I would prefer to buy then to try to make, but when I decided to throw a New Year's Day brunch (for both adults and kids) hubby threw a budget on me! (BOO!) I looked online (love me some Pinterest!) and found some really cute DIY decorations.

I knew that I wanted a Black and White theme, and since my walls are painted a green color, I chose that as the accent color.

I made party poppers, filled with candy for the kids.

My banner
(Printed the template from HERE and then put onto card stock)

The dessert table

Chocolate covered marshmallows

Festive accents

I printed water label bottles in my theme-colors

I failed to get pictures of my main table where I served brunch (Traditional ham, mini-quiches, mac and cheese, and fruit kabobs). Everyone had a great time, and the best part was the New Year's Toast given my hubby to our guests!

HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL!

Friday, December 30, 2011

"Elf on the Shelf" Goodbye Breakfast

On Christmas Eve morning, my kids were awoken to a SUGAR loaded breakfast, in honor of our Elf on the Shelf, Gus. Since it was his last morning with us, we had a little breakfast to say goodbye!