30 Day Update - New Challenge.

So I'm sad to report.. I gave up on my 30 day challenge. I know. I know. I have very little will power. I was doing great.. and then mixed up my days and just completely lost track.

I did however find this while trying to figure out where I was on my 30 challenge.

3 Day Diet

I by no means think I'll actually lose 10 lbs in 3 days. But I like all of the foods that are on there. So it's worth a shot. When I get home tonight, I'm going to get everything packed for the 3 days, except some of the vegetables which I will buy tomorrow morning.

I think this one will be a success. Although there isn't much food on it. I think I'm going to need a lot of stock in Sugar Free Gum. But hey, if I can lose 10 lbs. I'll try it.

I think if I can lose some weight, actually working out or attempting too will be much easier.

BoomChicka Frickin' Awesome!

I don't know if you've ever eaten Annie's BoomChickAPop!! But oh my goodness.. It's just popcorn awesomeness in like 40 calories! No additives, nothing artificial.. and absolutely best thing about it its #NonGMO! Yep. Read that right.. its corn that's NOT GENETICALLY MODIFIED!!

I just ordered some seeds online! They offer boomchickapop seeds to plant in your own garden! Lauren's going to love it. Grab yours here!

$$ Free Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day.. To all the moms out there and those who read my blog!

Today was an especially awesome mother's day! My kids (their dad) bought me my tripod :)

But more importantly we got to do awesome stuff we normally wouldn't of, with out money being so tight.

I already told both grandma's months ago our gifts were going to be homemade.So this morning I got up early and set up all the ingredients for the sugar scrub for Lauren to make.

You can view the pin here -->>  PIN

 I had all the ingredients neatly set out for her. 

I walked in her room while she was still asleep and asked her if she wanted to make something... Of course she did! 

The sugar scrub was super duper easy to make. We put in all the dry ingredients first and stirred them together well. And then added the wet ingredients. We also used a potato masher to break up some of the chunks of brown sugar. (Next time I make it, which i defintely will!, I'm going to cut back on the olive oil. It ended up seeping everywhere!)

I made sure to put the vitamin e in last.. Because I knew she'd try and eat it....and she did. 

When people say this stuff looks too good to eat, it does and it tastes better then it looks.

We packaged it up really nice and wrapped it in tissue paper.

We had some left over (I doubled the recipe) so we tried it out. This stuff is amazing. Our hands are super soft!!

I felt a little guilty only having that for the grandmoms.. So we went out back to clean up. I recently found out that the white flowers in my back yard are wild striped violets and I have them in two colors. White and purple. 

 

We planted the purple ones in her flower boxes in her house and she picked out a couple white ones and we put them in pots I had lying around using spare potting soil we had!

Both grandmoms got awesome gifts... And I didn't have to spend a dime today!!

Throwback Pinterest Fail.

I decided to make these for my Daughter's 2nd birthday party:

Original Pin.

And this is how they turned out. They were an absolute PAIN IN THE ASS!

I ended up covered in melted chocolate!

30 Day Challenge!

I pretty much use Pinterest for everything now. I go there when searching for pictures. My hubby even told me he wanted wishing well plans... I put my big red cape with a P on and typed in 'Wishing well plans" as fast as I could!

 So, I figured.. If I'm using Pinterest, for crafts, dinners, cleaning... why not use it for health?

 I got on Pin yesterday and searched for 30 day challenge. Frankly, most of them would put me in the hospital by day 2. So i searched 30 day BEGINNER fitness challenge. These are the two I picked to do ...

 

So a little about me. First, I am EXTREMELY out of shape. I have 2 kids, who are 14 months apart. So I was pregnant for 16 months out of about 2 1/2 years. I gained alot of weight with my first child and had to have an emergency C-section. By the time my stomach had healed and I was allowed to exercise, I was pregnant again. 

I chose to do these two, because the seem simple. Frankly, it's not like I'm going to be doing P90x. I hate exercising and don't have the energy to do so. I figured I'd start in June. 

But when I woke up at 7am and everyone in my house was asleep....(which never happens) I figured today was the day. I know if I waited until June... I'd forget June 1st.. and then. 'oops.. I'll just have to wait until July...' and so on. 

So I started today. Let me tell you. While it looks simple on paper, when you don't exercise.... it's not that easy. I got through the squats with almost no peroblem. Besides hearing the cartlidge in my knee (I recently injured it) crunching, it went pretty well. 

I figured the push ups next where my best bet. 10 push-ups.. Really how hard can they be? Let me tell you when your holding on to an extra 78lbs above what I should be weighing... THEY"RE NOT FRICKIN' easy! I had to do girl push-ups and was out of breath by the last one. 

The crunches where next and I had to those modified too. None of these would compare to the absolute horror of Planking for 20 seconds. I thought my midsection was going to break along with my elbows and feet! 

I must say I felt so good AFTER doing those 4 little exercises I went for an 8 minute walk (.32mi).

Over the past couple years, spending most of them being pregnant, I've seriously altered my diet. I'm a label reader, and organic activist, and try to stay away from processed and fast foods. I've maintained the same weight I've been since I got pregnant with my daughter. So clearly they only way for me to actually LOSE weight is to get active. 

I'm hoping this 30 day challenge will help light a fire under my ass. With two small children, I'm not only hurting myself but them as well. 

I'll be periodically posting updates.. If I lose weight or inches, because I'm tracking all of that as well.

So wish me luck! 

Where have all the pictures gone...

So Apparently when I delete pictures off my phone, they are deleted from my Google account, which deletes them from my blog. Which means the last entry you'll never see the pictures of my fancy clean tub!. So this is a test. It should be a picture of all the Goya products piled at the front door of Walmart on Cinco De Mayo.

Super Saturday!! (Corned Beef & Shower Cleaning)

So for some reason I woke up this Saturday, ready to go! No idea why. (maybe it was the sleep deprivation!)

So I decided to make my corned beef before it went bad. (thank god they're pickled or whatever... it was in my fridge FOREVER!)

This is the recipe that I used...

Of course as always.. I changed it! I didn't use the honey, with a 2 year old and a 1 year old I'm very wary about feeding them honey, even after its been cooked. I don't know what caraway seeds are so I didn't even put them in. Not a fan of cloves, so I didn't use them.. I guess it's easier to just give my recipe. :)

What I used :

2.68lb Corned Beef
1 Med Onion (Chunked)
1/4 cup of Apple Cider Vinegar + another big splash!
1/2 cup of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of Tastefully Simple Bold & Bossy Honey Mustard
Ground Pepper corns
1/2 small head of cabbage (wedged)
And 12 ounces of Budweiser

I followed the directions like anyone with ADHD.. Basically did what I wanted Lol.. I turned the crock pot on.. put the vinegar, sugar, and mustard together and stirred. Its amazing how the vinegar just completely broke down the sugar.. I stirred until everything was dissolved and then transferred it into a measuring cup and then followed the directions as instructed :)

And this is how it turned out. Didn't like the cabbage that much.. but the corned beef was great! Ate half of it by myself!!

I'll definitely be making it again! Even though my hubby won't eat it!

So while the corned beef was a cooking.. I figured I'd tackle the shower...

Now I have tried every cleaner under the sun for my shower.. This is what my shower looks like... CONSTANTLY..

Bleach doesn't work, comet, ajax, purple power, kaboom.. NOTHING.

So this is what i used... Here's the original link

I bought my bottle from family dollar and it was only 14 oz.. So I used 7 oz of vinegar

And clearly my tub was BAD! So i used 7 ounces of Dawn Power Clean...

I didn't read until after that you're supposed to heat the dawn. So I didn't do that. I just shook until it blended together...

Before :

During:

After:

Now mind you! I was tired at this point.. so I just took a magic eraser and WIPED everything off! This was the easiest clean ever! Worked better then any cleaner I've ever used.. Looks like I have a new Saturday cleaning routine!