Tuesday, February 15, 2011

What do you Love???


Betty always has these great ideas and lately she’s been showcasing a lot of them on her blog, and for Valentine’s Day she had some great ones. So of course, she inspired me to get creative for this special day of Love. I usually decorate and what not through February for Valentines, but this year I’ve been preoccupied with other things and just never got around to do anything for it. So when I saw her blog this past week, I figured it wasn’t too late to do something special for this day. So I wanted to share...

She made this little He/She Love Mini book you can see here. I didn’t have the same materials at hand, but being crafty as well, I found a few different things I had and made the idea my own which is what its all about. They look a little different but they're meaning is the same. What a great little book to have to share with my family to remind ourselves what each of us loves at this point in time as individuals.


I bought this cute 8 page mini album at Target in the $1.00 section and just covered the front of it with
 Valentine type paper I had and embellished it a bit.


The idea- simple!..A B&W pic of each of your family members (or whomever)
and then you write a note as to what He/She Loves...

Too easy and a great way to reflect on the now
 
I had a great time taking the pictures...it gave me a chance to get back to my camera
which I hadn't done in a while. I got some great shots of my boys! Just fun!


I even included my baby...LuLu!!

The last page!
 
Please know that I did this over the weekend as a last minute and simple gift to my family. I didn't give them money or expensive gifts but just something they know I did with a lot of love. Once I took the pictures, it truly took only a couple of hours to put together. So if I could do it, so could you. What does your family Love?
 
I wish I would have taken a picture to show you the boys looking through the book together and having Michael reading each person's list outloud and commenting and laughing at different things...Priceless!
They all loved it to say the least, and on top of spending the night playing a card game and "Who Am I?"
 together as a family.... it made this Valentines one for the books!
 
So Thank You, Betty, once again for the idea and I hope you all had yourselves a memorable Valentines as well!!
 
Lots of Love... from my corner to yours.
 
Sandy
XOXO

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

It’s a New Day...A New Way


Weight Watchers… I’m back!!  

Ok, so I’m finally going to do it. I’m taking the plunge again after many years of not doing much in regards to weight control…I’m going back to Weight Watchers…TODAY!

It’s about time I get this done, and honestly it is something I should have done a while ago, but as things go, I’ve made excuses, never found the time, didn’t have the money….Ummm, I just didn’t damn well feel like it!!!! There, it’s out!! The TRUTH!!

Weight has ALWAYS been an issue for me, and I am not going to go into all of that, but let me just tell you that I am very much like any other person who has yo yo dieted all her life with much success at times and then have gone back to gaining the weight and letting food take control. Ugghhh!

Does this sound familiar to anybody??

Well, I am at a point in my life, aside from the fact that I am turning 40 in about a month and actually very excited about it, that I figured it is about time that I do something to make myself physically feel and look better. I am done with feeling uncomfortable in my clothes, to feeling sluggish and tired more so than not and more importantly getting worried that my weight will affect my future health in more than one way, and I don’t want any of it.

On the flip side to these feelings come the contradictory thoughts that as much as I want to change for the better, its soo hard to fully commit to making the changes necessary to get the results I want.

WHY IS THAT?? Does that make sense to anyone??

So my intention with this part of my blog is to be honest with myself and you that I am mad, anxious, defensive and resistant to starting this change. I know this comes from feeling that its soooo unfair that I can’t (literally) have my cake and eat it too without it putting 10 pounds on me at a time.

UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Sigh….there, I got it out.

I’m ok now :]

So I thank you for listening, and I am inviting you to join me as I venture out on this new beginning in search of the New Me! I will update my progress as best as possible, and if anything I will be updating you on how I’m feeling as I go through this process.

I hope to at least amuse you with my tortured thoughts! ;]

From my little corner to yours….Have a great day!

Smiles,

Sandy