Kelton

Our friends Shawn & Nikki had their baby boy Kelton on Tuesday- Happy Birthday Kelton!! He is adorable and perfect! They have one of the cutest baby rooms I have ever seen they have a pirate ship, palm trees and monkies theme it is super sweet. I just finished making him a baby blanket.

YUM!!

I have just discovered the BEST salad dressing ever!! And to top it off it is FREE... as in sugar, calorie, carb, gluten and fat free so it is totally compliant with my hCG program! The only thing it is not free of is taste, I was pleasantly surprised that it was still completely delish!! I bought the honey dijon dressing, but they have a huge selection to pick from everything from ranch to thousand island, caeser, french, creamy bacon and many other flavors. As if that wasnt enough to make my day I also found their chocolate syrup which is also free of all the bad stuff. Holy smokes it totally made my day having a little chocolate syrup with my strawberries and apple. Where you ask might I have found this wonderful dressing and syrup???????? Wait for it...








SUPER TARGET!!!! I love Target!! But please try it for yourself it is made by Walden Farms.


We caught a fabulous sale at IKEA on Saturday they had 50% off on olid wood furniture!! We had been searching for a new tv stand/entertainment center, I think we made out pretty darn well!!

I also started another blanket today, however this one is a baby blanket for some good friends of ours that are going to be induced tomorrow morning. We cannot wait to meet baby Kelton!! Be nice to your momma Kelton and make a quick, painless, smooth grand entrance into the world!

Deja Vu

The cat came back. I wish I had a camera set up in the bathroom to catch what I am about to tell you on video.
I dont think Shawn fully believed me about a cat coming in through the doggy door and causing at the havoc cause he slept through it all!! So Tuesday morning he got up before me and working on some stuff from home in the living room and decided to use the other bathroom since I was still sleeping. So he is in the bathroom, sits down to do his business and all of a sudden is attacked from the white cat who was behind the commode!!! LMAO he didnt see it there and the cat was scared out of its mind meowing and trying to get out of the bathroom. Well Shawn was trying to grab it by the scruff but it was tryin to bite him so he just opened the door to let it out. Scared the crap out of him from catching him off guard with his pants around his ankles HAHAHA. I crack up just thinking about it!! Well needless to say we have been putting the dog door blocker in at night to deter our unwelcome guest. Shout out to poor Shawn who says that I never say hi to him in the post....Hi! XOXO

Random

Random is the only word that comes to mind to describe the silly stuff that always happens to us. Last night of course being no exception. Last night was Sunday (duh) and Shawn went to bed earlier than I did because we no longer have the priviledge of having a dvr (I am lost in the world without my dvr :*!) I stayed up late to watch one of my favorite shows Army Wives (you have gotta watch!!! LOVE IT!!). Anyhow I ended up falling asleep on the couch and about an hour later (bout midnight) I hear Pierre (the cat) meow and hiss. Now for those of you who actually know that I have this old cat, know that he is the most mellow cat in the world. Most people do not even know that we have him because he is not a social fella by any means. Basically he loves me and over the years has grown to love and tolerate Shawn, he adores Lily and tolerates the two boys dogs...and thats about it! K back to the story, I wake up to him meowing/hissing and it freaked me out cause last time he meowed and tried to get our attention was in Oklahoma when he caught a mouse in the house, so I automatically think that he is warning me that there is a snake or some other critter in the house. He came running to me from the kitchen and is anxiously looking at me and the pantry door in the kitchen that is ever so slightly open. I get up and am scanning the floor for snakes and get a few steps into the kitchen when this white cat comes flying out of my pantry and shoots out the doggy door. I am stunned!!! Not able to believe my eyes I go to the back door and look out in the backyard and sure enough there is a pure white cat sitting at the gate tot he backyard, sees me and jumps the gate. I figure the action is done for the night and go to bed.
Skip ahead a few hours...once again I am woken up by cats meowing and a chase going on in the living room!! Now the dogs are all up running around playing tag in the living with this cat- over the couch thru the kitchen, round the dining room over the recliner...total CHAOS!!! Finally they all go out the dog door make a few rounds of the backyard and the cat is over the block wall again. I would almost swear that this house guest of ours was my old cat Harley who I rehomed when Shawn and I moved in together because Shawn's allergies just could not tolerate the cat. Pierre followed me around all morning while I was getting ready for work acting like he lost his best friend all over again, and the dogs are on hot pursuit of this new guys scent all over the place. At least now we know that we were not crazy when we thought that the dogs had a sudden increase of appetite and chowed down 2 bowlfuls of dry. Glad to know that we filled the lil guys belly for a night or two but now the dog door is being closed off at night. As I type this Pierre is sitting by the dog door staring at it waiting for his new friend to come back for round 3. Too bad for him I prefer my sleep.
My 1st checkup for my hcg program is on Wednesday...so far it is going awesome!!! Hopefully I will be able to report back on Wed being 15 lbs lighter than I was on July 3rd when I started. As of this morning I was down 12 lbs but Friday I was down 14 lbs when I weighed myself and then did not do so well with my water and teas over the weekend. I am just curious...does anyone else have the same OCD habit as me of not trusting the scale and weighing myself at least 5x in the matter of 2 minutes??? The 1st 2-3 times usually project the same number but then by the 4th or 5th time it creeps up a pound or two so then I get pissed and step off and conclude that I should use the 1st weight that came up (haha).
I should start posting receipes as I come across them. My latest thing is making organic salsa (well its more of a pico de gallo) to eat as a side with my protein. I am craving Mexican I mean spicy flavor even tho I am able to use any herb/seasoning as long as its organic and does not include using butter/oil. I was getting burnt out on eating tomato and cucumber slices all the time. I wore myself out on wrapping my protein (chicken/hamburger patty) in romaine lettuce so I havent been eating lettuce anymore either. All I can think about is having Vegas Toast when I am done with this program! I LOVE breakfast, more so when I come across what I call Vegas Toast. Toast that is perfectly buttered and toasted just right, no matter where you go in Vegas for breakfast I swear that the toast is always to die for!! Shawn and I are going to Vegas in August with some friends- I will just be finishing the last of my 1st 6 weeks and am supposed to be going right into the Phase 3 of the program, but I will admit right now that I fully intend to cheat at that time. I am committed to sticking with the program and not cheating just in order to not feel guilty when we are in Vegas so I can eat a yummy breakfast!!!! Try and think of me being skinny!!!
XOXO

Zoe

Well I must start off by saying that I do NOT have any idea of how I forgot to mention this before (like over a week ago...) but...I got a brown Coach bag!!! YAYYYYYYY!!!! Its a khaki Zoe bag and I love it! She is safely tucked away in her duster bag in the closet. I need to find a brown wallet (perhaps I will be able to hit up the Coach outlet when we go to Vegas next month... :D) but I cannot wait for fall to come around so I can bust her out!
Thank you Shawn for the new addition I loves her!!

House

TAAAA DAAAA

I totally forgot that we took pictures of the house before we moved in not very many and not very good ones. They just show the very basics of the house the front door opens right into the living room which flows into the dining room and the kitchen is off to the right. Behind the kitchen is the master bed/bath and then down the hall opposite of the front door are the other two bedrooms, another full bath and the garage. I will have to take more and get them posted once we decorate and feel moved in. Dontcha just love the special Coach bag nook tho!!!!

I came across them today because I went out and took pictures of my new garden...well it is mine now but the previous residents started a small (3x3ish)garden in the backyard and there are two tomato plants. I havent done anything with them since we moved in because I thought for sure that they were going to die off from the summer heat. Well I was certainly wrong!!! YAY! I weeded it on Saturday and plucked an overripe one. I went to have a peek today and there are several more that are about ready....I think...I have never had a garden before so I am not quite sure when I sure be picking them. But now that the garden is started I certainly want to keep up on it and even add to it since I am now all over being organic. So please if you have tips and advice then post it up for me!!!

July

Well for those of you who follow our blog you should know by now that whenever there is a rather long lapse in between posts it means we have moved!!! HA!
We have been so busy since we got back to AZ and it was so chaotic living at my parents that I was itching for us to get our own place and start getting things back to normal. So the day before we left to go camping I was searching craigslist for a house to rent and we found one out in Queen Creek. We signed the lease the next day a couple of hours before leaving for our camping trip (Diesels in the Pines) and moved (AGAIN) by that Wednesday.
Things still have not slowed down for us yet, we have been overwhelmingly (is that a word??) on the go between us moving, helping our friends move, Fathers Day, get togethers for Shawn's shop, get togethers for our truck group, National Hotrod Diesel Assoc race in Tucson, visiting my sister and her family in Tucson, 4th of July, good old summer bbqs with friends...the list is never ending.
Last Friday one of my best friends and I started a new journey on the road to getting fit/healthy- the plan that we have started is the HCG diet. I had heard about it a few years ago but never really looked into it, but upon moving back to AZ another friend mentioned that she and her mom were going to try it. The more I looked into it the more people I find have tried or want to try it (my brother and sister in law even did it!).
First and foremost I would recommend that if you are interested in learning more about this program to go out and purchase a book called The Weight Loss Cure it is by Kevin Trudeau (you may want to order it online I had to look up which Barnes & Noble had it in stock after ransacking 2 B&N and a Border and not finding it!). I was amazed at the common sense about the plan, basically you are cleansing your body of toxins/poisons that have been consumed over all the years from pesticides, hormones and other garbage that is in foods by eating organic. Now granted this is only a piece of the puzzle, the diet also includes the hcg hormone (hormone present in pregnant women) which can be taking as either an injection or orally. My friend and I chose the injection route (we figured it would absorb better!) however my other friend that completed the program with her mother went with the oral method. She lost 14 lbs and 12 inches and is still losing!!!! AMAZING!!!! I myself just started the program on Friday 7/3 and have lost 4.5 lbs already. I must say that I am impressed more so about NOT feeling hungry than I am about losing almost 5 lbs. If you are interested in learning more please feel free to email me, not that I am a spokeperson (cause Im not!!!) but because I am sure that there are so many people out there that are feeling the way I felt about finding a program that actually works and can change your life. Eating all organic has certainly proven to not be a cheap/easy route but it is definately a change that I am willing to pay for!
Now that we have internet I will do my best to keep my progress posted- wish me well!!!
XOXO