10/10

About 6 weeks ago I told myself that I was going to lose 10 pounds. I lost 6.5 pounds in a month and was feeling fantastic! I did it by the ol' basics that everyone hates... working out and counting calories. Believe it or not, it wasn't as awful as I expected it to be. One craving I found myself having a number of times, was for cookie cake... luckily I pulled through and didn't give in.

One week ago I stopped tracking, and took a few days off from the gym. While I haven't gone overboard or anything, I definitely haven't lost any weight.

I was reading her blog as I religiously do, and heard about 10 Pounds in 10 Days by Jackie Warner. I was immediately intrigued and hopped on the wagon (amazon) and bought the book.

I spot a little cutie in the background!

Today marks day one of my 10 days and so far, I am doing pretty well. I have done everything by the book, and have high hopes for the end of my 10 days. And of course, I will let you all know how it goes along the way and my end results!



Are you trying out any new diets/workout plans right now?

Meet Huero

1. Huero - What many consider to be the proper spelling of  Guero, a Spanish slang term for light-skinned Mexican or Whiteboy. source

aka the cutest boy around:

aka the best snuggler:

AKA the most handsome Cowboys fan:



aka the new love of my life:

Meet the new member of our little family, Huero (pronounced "Wero", roll the 'r'.)

Raymond and I have actually been searching for a puppy for years. We go back and fourth debating what kind to get, when, should we adopt, etc. In the end, we always decided to just wait until we got a house.

Last weekend we were out having drinks and ran into a girlfriend of mine. Her boyfriend just so happened to have bread a pack o' puppies and had a few left. Little man up there was actually purchased from a different family, but returned and exchanged for one of his siblings, because he is deaf. Yep, we knowingly took in a deaf dog! I personally felt like this was an opportunity that we just could not pass up.

A lot of people probably think we're stupid or made a bad purchase, or can't even believe that we paid for him. But let me tell you, if your heart doesn't ache knowing that somebody doesn't want an animal because of his hearing... then you don't deserve to have that animal in the first place. Would you want to trade in your baby because he/she is deaf? No, (at least I would hope not!) so why wouldn't you love a dog the same?

After spending a few hours with him on Memorial day, we officially decided to take the plunge and make him ours, and I have never been happier about a decision I've made! Huero is so handsome, full of life, and the best snuggler that my heart aches just imagining giving him back. While he is still a puppy and is learning, I can tell he is going to be one of the greatest companions we've ever had.

And yes, I have already become one of those people that take and post a million pictures of their fur baby on Facebook! I just can't help myself!

(For those curious, he is an American Bulldog from champion bloodlines, and is going end up weighing almost as much as me!)

Where I've Been

As we all know I took a little break from blogging to deal with this cray cray thing called life.

Raymond and I have been searching, searching, searching for a new place to live. Our goal was to find a nice little home (just to lease) for a while... and unfortunately that didn't happen. For those of you that aren't local, holy cow is this the hardest city to find a house. We aren't big ballers yet, so we wanted to keep our budget at something reasonable, and when we immediately found nothing (not even 3 bedroom apartments), we knew that we were going to have to increase our spending limit. So, increase our limit we did. We found a couple of things but none of them ever worked out, whether it be money or timing reasons. Ultimately we've decided to just stay in the complex that we are in, and upgrade to a larger floorplan. How freaking annoying!

Other than the house-hunting, I was busy with a few other things:



Bachelorette Party in San Antonio



Watching our friends get married!



Taking care of these monsters!


Speaking of those little munchkins up there, they just turned two and a half on the 11th, and in less than one week, they will be headed off to summer school. I am currently a ball of mixed emotions about it. I cannot stand that I will only be seeing them a few hours a day (see below), but I am so happy that they will finally get to make friends and have some other interaction besides me.

Because the boys will be in school from 8-2:30, I will only be seeing them during afternoons/evenings. This means I will no longer be employed full-time. Yikes! I'm kind of excited to have a little extra time to do some "me things", but am a little nervous that I am going to have way too much time on my hands. I see myself writing 18 blog posts a day. Haha... I kid, I kid. Maybe.

Anyway, I can't wait to get back into the swing of things and share some awesomeness with ya!

Well, if it isn't...me?

Guess who's back? Back again?

No, not Slim Shady. It's just little ol' me. Things in my life have finally calmed down and I'm ready to get back in my groove.

I know what you're thinking, holy heavens this design is horrible. Well, I already knew that, thank you. I'm currently working on a new design for the blog, so you're probably going to see some random changes around here for a little while. Don't worry, this one is not staying!

I'll be sure to fill you in on my amazingly awesome (not really) adventures in my time away from blog-land, and hopefully we can still be friends??

See ya soon!

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

It's Hump Day! WAHOO! This week has actually been pretty nice to me and is going by somewhat quickly. It's probably because we've been completely busy with a 15 year old boy in our home! Raymond and I are used to being in bed by around 9pm, and asleep shortly after that. Now that we've got a teenager to entertain for a few days... our sleep is lacking! And PS for those of you that don't have kids or teenage boys, they eat like machines. I kind of knew this already, but not to the the extent that it is. It's insane.

Anyway, I just wanted to give you a couple of  extremely important updates on the ol' blogger-ooski (just made that one up).

• The past 2 weeks have been so stinking busy for me, and the next couple are not going to calm down. R and I will have been out of town for 3 weekends in a row by the time March is over and done with. Weekends are usually our catch up time on cleaning and relaxing, so being out of town so much has really left our weeks packed to the brim! So, if my posts are lacking, please just bare with me! I am trying to figure out the best schedule that is going to work for me, and I'm thinking a M-W-F type is what it's going to be. Either way, when I figure it all out, you will be informed!

• Also, I know my blog design is probably boring you all to death. It's pink and... well, that's about it. I've had ideas in my head since I made the darn thing and just haven't had the chance to get things done. I mean, it involves picture taking and designing and so once again, I'm just extremely too busy to think about it right now. I'm hoping to have something more enticing for your beautiful eyes within the next couple months!

Thanks for baring with me through my messy out of control life and I'll catch ya on the flip-side!

Wonderful Weekend

This weekend was wonderful! So wonderful that I am absolutely exhausted and although I had the greatest intentions of waking up at my usual time this morning for the beginning of week two of boot camp, I reset the alarm and opted for more sleep. Sometimes, it is just necessary. And that workout can always be done at another time!

Despite the nasty weather, we packed up and drove 2 hours straight through rain. As usual, we needed to conduct our road trip photo shoot that takes forever before we just give up. PS- Don't try this, it's not the safest thing to do while driving in the rain.

We made it to Brownwood but found that we were left to find our own entertainment until the family was all together that night. (Everyone went their separate ways to either run errands, work, or visit family.)

Once we all reunited, we drank and ate mounds of food before calling it quits around... I actually don't even know what time it was, that's how sleepy I was!

Sunday, to my surprise, the sun was shining and the cold had somewhat subsided. It was a perfect day to be spent outside. So, that's what the boys did, and us girls (me, R's sister, and mom) headed into town for what they like to call a little "retail therapy". Sounded good to me! I made it out of the stores with just a few items (more on those later), and I'm sure my bank account is thanking me right about now. I never knew I could be so disciplined when it came to shopping, usually I am a mess!

Eventually evening rolled around and we needed to hit the road and head back to town. The upside to that was that we brought R's son back with us for Spring Break. Now I've got TWO smelly boys to deal with for a week! The downside - we ran over a skunk on the way and my back tire reeks of... well, skunk.

All in all, the weekend was fantastic and relaxing and was just what we needed for a mini getaway! It's a good thing, too, because we are going to be out of town for the next two weekends as well for wedding festivities!

Random Friday

Well, guys and gals. I really have nothing of great importance to discuss today... since I usually have such important stuff to talk to you all about.

• We're supposed to have a softball tournament this weekend, which would be my first time to actually play in a game. The stakes are extremely high, so I've been nervous all week about it. When I say high, I mean each member of the winning team gets a free case of beer high. That's the best prize anyone can win around these parts. Add a free turkey leg or a hot dog and you've got yourself the damn party of the century! Unfortunately, it looks like the amazing weather we've been having has been put on hold for 50 degree, windy, and stormy crap, so the fun weekend planned will have to wait.
• Since the rain is halting our plans, we're probably going to head to Brownwood to visit with his family. I'm pretty excited to get away for a while and relax with some awesome people!

• Even though my knee and ankle have been hurting, I decided to try running again today and had no problems. WTH joints! Pick a side and stick to it! Preferably the non-hurting side, please. Whatever, I was able to get my workout for boot camp in, so I'm fine with it.
• Our lease with our apartment is up in about 2 months and we are finally going to move into a house! Not sure where yet, but I really don't care at this point as long as it's not in the ghetto where the prostitutes roam. We've thought about buying, but the timing is just not right for us right now. I don't really care, I am just ready for more space... and I cannot wait to spend all of our money on new crap!!!!! (sorry, babe. It's happening.)

Whatchu got goin' on this weekend?