Febru-when?

Holy shit, people, what happened to February?  I guess I've been kind of on cruise control all month with all the crap going on.  Husband is back from California THANK GOODNESS.  He stayed long enough to get his first paycheck and then came home.  The extra money would have been good if he would have stayed, but once again, his brother was being.....himself.....and that's a problem.  I have to say though, it's good to have him back.  Now that I'm taking my credit bearing courses and cramming a 40 hour workweek into 3 nights, he's being Mr. Mom.  He would rather be working, but that's not an option right now.  Thankfully, when we get our taxes (which should be ANY DAY NOW) things are gonna be a-changin.  Yay :) more to come, hopefully sooner, rather than later.

Peace out.

Giveaway!

I'm just letting you all know that My Miss Priss Boutique is doing a giveaway that you can enter HERE.  It's an adorable pink lace romper with a matching headband!  She's going to do a giveaway every Sunday.

You can also check out her Facebook HERE and her Etsy shop is HERE.  She has got a lot of WAY CUTE little girl things, so go take a look around.

Weight loss crap

Weight loss Mondays are going to be shot to shit until further notice.  Why you ask? (or maybe you don't).  Isabel has finally destroyed our scale.

When my parents built our house, they thought it would be a good idea to put carpet all over in all three of the bathrooms except for one little tiny patch of tile right around the toilets and so there isn't really anywhere to put the scale in the bathroom.  Therefore, the scale is just sitting in the kitchen.  Isabel likes it because it lights up, but she also likes to throw things.  I don't know how much I weigh.  Today I tried it, but I did it a few times in a row to see if it was giving me the same weight every time.  It said 165, 169, 165.8, 165.8, 171.2.

I started a new job this weekend and a new scale is at the top of my list of things to buy once I get a couple bills out of the way.  I'm also hoping that my new job will help me lose weight, because I don't have much time to eat since I started.  I'm working weekend graveyards from 5 pm to 5 am, and then I sleep for as long as I possibly can, which isn't long with Isabel hanging around.  Thank goodness for my little brother because he helps me watch her in the morning.

Why doesn't Cangrejo help me?  He's not here :(  He got offered a job in California at the company where his brother works, and we're so desperate right now that we decided that he would take it until we can dig ourselves out of this hole and get some money saved up.  So that's what's up right now.  I hate him not being here and we're both going kind of crazy without each other (not to mention Isabel keeps asking for him and throws a fit when she can't find him) but we're thinking that this is completely necessary right now, and I'm hoping that time will go by fast and we can get it over with as soon as possible.

Baby Issues

I am having a serious baby issue.  And I'm not just talking about my uterus trying to shove out my birth control.....that came out way wrong and gross, but you know what I mean.  My uterus is feeling empty and baby hungry, but we're not trying to get pregnant because, 1-we can't afford it, and 2-we can't afford it.....and 3-we're still in my parent's basement.

I digress.

My issue is with my current baby (I guess she's a toddler now).  She used to be really good about going to bed, but lately, not so much.  She'll go to bed at about 9 and cries for a few minutes before going to sleep, but that's not the problem.  Some nights, like 3 or 4 nights a week, she wakes up at 10 or 10:30 and starts screaming.  I get her up just to make sure that she hasn't pooped, so I change her diaper, give her a few minutes to calm down and then lay her back down.  This is when the problem starts.  If she doesn't want to be back in bed she starts screaming again.  I would just let her cry herself to sleep, but she throws up.  And it's not like she cries so much that she pukes.  It started that way, and then she figured out that she can get out of bed sooner if she gags herself to make herself throw up.  I know my daughter, and I know what her fake cough/she's gagging herself sounds like.  At that point I end up running to her room and getting her out so that I can carry her to the sink or toilet before she throws up in her crib.

This process, ladies and gentlemen, is getting ridiculous.  I know that she's doing it on purpose because she doesn't want to be in bed, but I have no idea what to do.  I'm not gonna just let her scream and cry until she goes to sleep because, obviously, I'm not going to let her sleep in her own throw up.  Ugh, I just want to rip my hair out when she starts doing that, and I can't handle it.  Thank goodness for my husband, because he cleans it up off of the floor or washed out the sink (because I would throw up if I had to.)  I can handle washing it off her face and hands and changing her pajamas, but then I have to hand her off to him, because it irritates me so much that she does that.  I know that this is a serious problem on my part.  I know that I shouldn't feel like my head is going to explode every time this happens, because I know that she's little and doesn't 100% understand that what she's doing is bad.  

Ugh, I just don't know what to do, and I just needed to vent, because we just went through this again half an hour ago, and I need to relax and get some of it off my chest before I go to bed.

If you have any ideas on how to fix this, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

My First Tutorial!

Yay for my first tutorial ever!  

Me and my mom got Isabel this dress at Walmart.  I love zebra print, but as cute as I thought this dress was, I thought it could use some snazzing up, and I figured I would show you how I did it!

 First I just got some ribbon that I had laying around.  It started out at about 3 feet long, but I ended up trimming it at the end.  Fold it in half so that it's equal length on both sides and then pin the middle of the ribbon to the middle of the front side of the dress.  When you pin it, put your hand in the middle of the dress so that you don't pin the front to the back.

 When you put it on your sewing machine, (or if you're crazy and decide to sew it by hand) make sure you don't sew the front to the back.  I just made two lines of straight stitching and made sure not to do it too long, because since the dress is made of stretchy material and the ribbon isn't, you could end up busting the stitches if the dress ever stretches out to much.

 I bought these two little ribbon flowers (or you could make a bow or something) and then pinned them on where I wanted them. (Again, make sure you don't pin them to both sides of the dress.

I used a small embroidery hoop to keep the fabric tight and to keep the ribbon from getting in the way and then I used an embroidery needle and regular sewing thread to sew on the flowers.  Make sure that you sew close to the middle and underneath the top layers of the flowers so that the stitches don't show.  (AND DON'T SEW THE BACK OF THE DRESS TO THE FRONT)

Then just take the embroidery hoop, and voila!

Here's the front.

And here's the back.

This is when I trimmed the ribbon, because I could see how long it was on her so now it's actually about the same length as the dress.

I hope it all made sense!  I'm hoping to do some more tutorials eventually, but this won't be a craft blog by any means, because I am not that motivated.

Weight Loss Monday

Here we go!

Starting Weight: 176.4

Previous Weight: 176.4

Current Weight:172.2

That's 4 pounds lost in 1 week people!  Now, I'm assuming I'll slow down a little and just lose 1 or 2 pounds a week.  I think my body is just in a little bit of shock right now.  I've basically just cut down my serving sizes and quit having seconds, when it comes to food.  I'm also trying to find alternatives for things.  I haven't really found any yet.......but I'm looking.  I try to drink at least 72 ounces of water a day, which is really pretty easy.  I usually drink more because I drink it whenever I get the urge to snack (which is a lot).  This last week I've done at least 30 minutes of cardio for 4 days, which is a big thing for me, AND I did most of it on the treadmill, which is quickly becoming the bane of my existence.  Everything hurts after.  My feet, ankles, knees, and hips are taking a beating, which is sad since I'm only 20 years old.  I also do some stretching before and after I run which helps the pain and feels great, and then I do some push ups which is probably the hardest part right now.  Every night before I go to bed I do 75 crunches and then I do 50 as soon as I get up in the morning.  I'm already noticing that the earlier I work out the better, and then I feel great for the rest of the day.

I'm also trying to find yummy, healthy recipes for my picky self that my family will enjoy too.  For lunch a few times I've eaten 1 serving of wheat thins with a can of the chicken that you use for chicken salad.  It's not as plain as it sounds, but I got the idea from the teacher that I used to work for.  She had it for lunch all the time, and she looks fantastic.  

I also love my mini Crock Pot.  I mix 1 small can of tomato sauce, 1 can of black beans, 1 can of chicken, and about 2 cups of corn that I froze this summer.  I have put cheese in it before, which was AMAZING, but I try not to put very much because I know that cheese isn't the best thing to be eating all the time.  I think it's delicious and it lasts me about 3 days because no one else likes it.  I just put the leftovers in the fridge and microwave it.

Back to School

Ladies and gentlemen, I am back to being a student!!!  I'm freaking excited about it.  Honestly, I love school and I love learning stuff.  I'm not going back to USU yet :( but I'm taking online classes through University of Phoenix for the time being and it's great!  I started last Monday so I'm only a week into it and I'm just doing kind of an orientation class right now, but it really is going great.

My plan for right now is to just get through getting my associates degree, which will take about a year and a half, and then I'll see where we're at in life to decide what I'll go into first.  Yeah, first.  I really love business stuff and so one of my options is getting a degree in entrepreneur stuff.  Why that above other business degrees?  The husband loves construction and one day wants to start his own company.  I don't know much about construction, but I'm slowly learning from him, and he doesn't know a lot about business.  Together we're unstoppable, or something like that.  

HOWEVER, my dream is to become a teacher, and he totally supports me with that.  That's why I say, we'll just take this a step at a time, and see where we're at when I'm done with my associates.  From there, I'll decide what to do first, or if I'm even going to get a business agree, since you don't really need one to start a business, anyway.

So, that's what's up right now!  Come back tomorrow because I'm weighing in and I'm hoping it will be FANTABULOUS!!!