What I Am Loving/So What

I figured I haven't done a what I am loving post or a So What Wednesday post in a long time, so you can imagine I have quite a bit to share!!

- I am loving that the temperatures are supposed to be above 0 for a while! This makes me happy! It also means some of the snow might melt!

- I am loving that I have reached the weight loss amount of 20 pounds!! This is a huge achievement and this cleanse is still knocking them down. That is pretty much 5 pounds in a week! Crazy! But not complaining about this fact of the cleanse.

- I love all the mail I received yesterday - magazines, gifts from friends, clothing, supplements - all in one day!! Score!!

- Love this springy outfit:

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- This is soo sad, but true!

 

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- Love this quote:

 

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Now for a bit of So What Wednesday:

 

So What:

 

- if I ended up sitting out half of last nights Zumba class. I kept getting super hot and dizzy, by the end of the class I had the worst ear ache and ended up having a headache all night. Soo frustrating! Praying its not an ear infection!

 

- if I ordered some colored skinny jeans and I have to now return them... too short.... tall girl problems!! I never know with Old Navy - their tall stuff is almost too long!!

 

- if I feel like my tan is fading!! Why can't it just stay?

 

- if Pinterest and any other food I cannot eat pictures are silently killing me! I miss sugar and cheese dammit!! 3 more weeks!

 

- if we have to turn the clocks forward this weekend! I hate losing an hour of sleep!! I actually hate it!!

 

So What?

It is just one of those weeks where I have to say So What:

- if we are supposed to get a big snow storm tomorrow... Alberta I don't your snow or clipper or whatever you wanna call it... I just don't!!

- If said in fact during that "snow storm" we are supposed to go to Toronto to the airport to pick up M's parents who have spent some time in Bali - you bet there is a story soon to come to the blog about this.

- If I really DID not want to get up this morning... It just wasn't a good morning...

- my face is not liking this weather one bit and after saying how happy I was to find my chin - gone again, just like that!! Note to self - I will NOT be mentioning when my face decided to co-operate.

- I was late for my Zumba class last night by just 5 minutes because I didn't feel like getting ready - it happens to the best of us right?

- I was also 5 minutes late this morning to work... its a trend I swear! I blame the other cars on the road this morning - some people just shouldn't drive!

- after Zumba class I rewarded myself with a DQ cupcake!! You bet I did! After all that hard work - it was well deserved!! My Fitness Pal said I could...

- if Gracie was MAD at me last night because I rolled her out of her new bed, invited Lily on it and laid there and cuddled. I also took her bone:

It is a pretty comfortable bed!!

High Five for This Friday

Happy Friday Friends!!

A great week it was!

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I missed blogging yesterday because I was baking!! I managed to make more banana chocolate chunk muffins at M's request. They even have muffin tops:

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I also attempted banana bread bites but in all honesty they are like banana chocolate chip cookies, minus all the sugar that is in cookies!! M is a fan!!

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My sister found another chevron good!!! A blanket!! It should be in my possession tonight!!

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I'm winning the battle with Gracie's eating. Wednesday night I taught her about bribery. I took away her bed (which she loves) until she ate. She decided to eat right away. Her bed and her bone mean the most to her. Last night she ate her whole bowl no problem!! Winning!! 

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I am alo super excited to announce I have met my first weight goal!!! 15 pounds gone!! I don't even miss them. My fitness pal told me I needed to make a new goal so I have decided on another 5 pounds to go! I also think I may have convinced my husband to try a Zumba class at home with me from online! I might just burn more calories laughing than exercising!! Found this on Pinterest:

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A guy actually instructs the class!!

Have a great weekend friends!!

Operation Oganization

Today I went a mystery tour with K! We had no idea where we were going to end up, but I will tell ya, the deals were found!!

I have been shopping around for storage bins for our cube shelves and I lucked out! For only 2.99 each, I bought 9 cubes for the mudroom:

 

I also bought some fabric to make some infinity scarves, some fabric for my sisters cat beds and of course some chevron material:



Found this basket for my crocheting materials:

 

I practiced my self control in Urban Barn and Bed Bath and Beyond and didn't purchase anything. I also made it through Old Navy without a purchase!! 

Then I got home and my sister sent me a picture of these:

 

For only $5 these chevron baskets will make it to my house soon!! My chevron collection just grew and I can't wait to welcome them!!

 

I now have the storage solutions to get organized. I just need to do the get organized part, but I am one step closer!

What a great day off today, now tonight I have a photo book to make thanks to Shutterfly offering me a free one, as well as chocolate chip banana muffins to bake and zumba class to partake in tonight.

Happy Tuesday friends!!

Loves on Wednesday

Hello Wednesday!!!

I am happy to share my loves today because there are so many of them!!

First of all I love that thy are calling for double digit temps for Friday and Saturday and when I say double digits I mean in the positive direction, not negative! Hoping it will melt this now!!! I am also hoping they don't change the forecast!  It's 4 degrees Celsius here today!!

I loved getting back into Zumba last night!! After having more than a month off, it was good to feel those muscles aching again!!

I found this awesome crocheting/knitting website called Raverly. Sign up is free and it has free patterns! Score!!

I love that I am off today!!

I am loving the following pins:

I am hoping Mike will make me this soon:

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Our great room lacks room for end tables and soft lighting.

 

 

My skin is officially loving these supplements:

 

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So true:

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These rolo fudge brownies sound delish!

 

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And last but of course not least, some inspirational words:

 

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Happy Wednesday friends!!
 



So What!?

Because this is how my week is going...

So what if:

- I am kind of over this whole American election - bring back my TV shows already!! Not all of us are American you know!?

- I decided to play Dr. Mario with my sister via the Wii wifi and she kicked my ass, not once, but 10 times!! I was clearly off my game and did not win once!!

- I went to get blood work done to check on my thyroid and I am soo awesome I got 2 needles instead of one! She put it in my left arm and nothing came out at all!! Not a drop!! Luckily the right arm co-operated! Luckily my levels are much more appropriate!!

- I feel offended seeing Christmas decor up already!! Wait until after Remembrance Day! Show some respect!!

- a squirrel got hit by the car in front of me and then rolled under my tire making me hit it as well! I am sure I put it out of it's misery... but it just makes me sad!

- I am the worst Mom EVER!! I thought I would make the dogs days, I went out and bought new nail clippers and decided to give the dogs mani's/pedi's. I cut not ONE but TWO of Gracie's nails too short and they bled! Bled like crazy - almost unstoppable! Poor girl! I am surprised she trusted me around her feet to make them stop! Then I thought I had it stopped for good, until she licked the baby powder off!! What a mess!! Then M bathed her and the one opened back up again! Not cool! I think it will be a while before I cut her toe nails again!

- I actually had to scrap the ice off my car for the first time this season! I could have sat in the car and waited for the defrost to do it, but I was cold!

- I saw my neighbour cleaning her window this morning and she was wearing a white one piece suit and goggles. It was like a science project happening in front of my eyes!!

- I had to miss out on Zumba last night and could hear the music and just knew what I was missing out on... it was kind of depressing!

- I was driving to work this morning and had thought up a bunch of so what topics and now forget them! UGH!!

- I cannot even see the wood of my desk because it is covered in paper - work I should be doing - work I am going to do now!!

Have a good day!!

So What Wednesday

Today I am linking up with Shannon for a much needed So What Wednesday.

So what if I bought 110 mini chocolate bars for the less than 10 kids that will come to my house tonight for Halloween!!

So what if I only dish out a couple per kid and keep the rest for M and I?

So what if I broke into the box last night, I have had them since Sunday - that is will power!!

So what if I had 2 mini chocolate bars after working my ass off at Zumba? I am sure they wouldn't count against me after that work out!

So what if I find myself laughing at others during Zumba class... I am sure if I could see myself I would be laughing at myself! But then again I have moves like Jagger! Ha!

So what if I was actually bummed that some of my shows were not on so far this week because of Hurricane Sandy... I  feel bad for those who it affected, but I got my power back and can therefore watch TV!

So what if I didn't accomplish near what I had expected to yesterday? I did work on photo sessions, my blanket and put away some laundry, but mainly had a pretty lax day! Tomorrow will be better!

So what if I woke up really grumpy this morning - sorry hun, I am trying!

So what if I have banned Lux from the bathroom... the little bugger gets up on the toilet, into a shelf which holds q-tips, and steals them. He then plays with them until he loses them under the mat and then gets another. I seriously thought M was missing the garbage and I was getting kind of annoyed until I caught the little fur-devil! He always looks soo cute when he is in trouble... why!?

So what if I finished making my cookies yesterday and they burnt? What the hell was the difference? Why did the first batch not burn!? Sometimes I swear my oven HATES me!

So what if I am finally sleeping at night? It is great, but I really hate getting up in the mornings still!

So what if I had chocolate chip cookies for breakfast?

So what if my nephew is soo cute in his walrus costume:

What are you so whating today?

Oh and I just wanted to share these three quotes:

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Lovin'

I know I am a bad blogger... I missed yesterday, but I was not home and when I was, it wasn't for long. Not to mention the fact that I have clearly procrastinated again with another photo book. I have one from photo book Canada to do that expires Friday and it is 60 pages... and I have finally decided on a theme, I will be doing a 5 year anniversary book, but I have yet to get my pics organized!! Not to mention the fact that I haven't figured out the program to do it yet! I love shutterfly, this is soo different. Maybe by the end of this one I can say I love photo book Canada. We will see!

I can't even say I was doing that last night though, I was editing this past weekend's photo session, watching Parenthood - another tear jerker, and having dinner! Then I was off to Zumba, came home and worked on this... I say with shame, because as much as it is a priority, it is really a distraction until the photo book gets done!

This is going to be my new blanket. Remember I said I sleep with a baby blanket still... well needless to say it is in REALLY rough shape, like might not make it to the new year... I have been asking for a new one for YEARS and no one has come through, so I have buckled down and it is happening!

Ok now let's get on to what I am loving...

I am down over 7 pounds now!! This seems like a big accomplishment, although I know when I get to 10 I will really be pumped!!

I am loving Gracie and Lily - they crack me up constantly. They got their barkbox in the mail yesterday and were soo excited to open it up! I will go into more detail about it tomorrow! But they got one toy in particular and just love it. heck the cats do too!!

I love how wild Lux goes over his laser toy. I am going video tape it one of these times, he is like speedy psycho cat!

I love my hubby, although I feel like I haven't seen him, but mainly just because he wasn't home last night. When he did get home, we were both tired and ready for bed!

I love that on Tuesday night I slept through the whole night! This is BIG! I have been waking every morning at 4 AM since I started my thyroid meds. It sucks because then I can't get back to sleep. It happened again last night, but didn't feel like as big of a deal since I got a full night Monday night. It is crazy how good a whole nights sleep feels like!!

I am not loving the fact that my iPhone is failing me... the sound is sucking, I never get notifications, or sounds, heck I am lucky if it even rings if someone calls! I need to take it in to get it repaired!

That's all I got for now, because I am at work and actually have stuff I should be doing...

They are calling for some nice weather tomorrow!! I feel like it has rained for a week, I am sure it hasn't been that long, but it has been pretty dreary and drap the last 2 days at least! Not to mention we had a CRAZY thunderstorm Monday night. But tomorrow is supposed to be 21 and I am looking forward to it, although I will be working on my photo book and doing a photo shoot!

Loves and Laughs

Ok so we all know fall is pretty much my favorite season. If only they could integrate summer weather with fall colors - I would be in heaven!

So here are some of the things I am loving:

- I love that I have my first FALL photo shoot of the year tomorrow!! And the weather is supposed to co-operate! Makes me a happy girl!!

- I love my husband so much! Especially when he walks into screen doors. You bet there is a story behind this. I had went out yesterday afternoon with K to Michael's - dangerous! I had the screen door shut, as it was really nice out. When I left the house, I had just shut the main door and was on my way. Later that night - like 11 PM, M opens the door to let the dogs out and went to go out on the deck and just walked right into the screen. We are talking face pressed sideways on the screen, full-fledged walk. I am lucky to still have a screen. To say I laughed at this would be an understatement. He was laughing too! It was humorous!! Yes, it was my fault but in my offence I had forgotten about it as well! Either way we both had a good laugh!

- I love Zumba! Had a blast last night and felt great afterwards!! Hoping I can make it to Yoga tomorrow night!

- We are having our thanksgiving dinner at the farm tomorrow night. I am making cherry cheesecake!! Yum!

- I am just about finished the dishcloth!! This is soo exciting!!

Now for some Pinspiration:

How cute!!

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Love this:

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I would like to try this to my hair:

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Makes me laugh:

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Dream closet:

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And now my favorite part... quotes:

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And last but not least, in lieu of thanksgiving this weekend - love this prayer!!

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Lovely Little Wednesday!

It is Wednesday and I am typically loving that fact alone!! Why?

Well where do I start?

The photo book I thought was due last night is actually due tonight, which allowed me to get half of done last night and the other half tonight! I guess I can be pretty good at compromising and procrastinating!

Zumba kicked my ass last night... it was a good kicking and secretly I liked it! haha!

My crocheting is coming together!! I had a bit of time yesterday once I found out I had until to today to complete my photo book! Progress in only 45 minutes time:

Then there is this little guy, who loves to tease me... he is clearly hard at work, folding towels right!? Nope, just teasing me!! Little stinker!!

Then there are these two... they really didn't care for the sweet potato treats!! They came out quicker than they went in and it was a shared consensus!! They were not very impressed to say the least!

Let's talk TV!!

Parenthood: You really pick topics that hit home, seeing Kristina have to go through this is painstakingly hard, just seeing the strength she emits to get through this inspires me in my everyday life! I just love this show soo much!! Even though I cannot relate to breast cancer, it is nice to see her lean on Adam and explain her needs during this journey of her life.

Private Practice: Oh my goodness!! I love this show! I had to try to remember how they left off last year and then I remember Pete dying... and I was shocked with Addison's choice, I really thought she would have picked Sam! And then Charlotte being prego with triplets... craziness!! Hurry up next Tuesday!!

My PVR is jam packed with shows!! And to think soo many of my regular shows haven't even started yet!! I am looking forward to Grey's tomorrow night!!!

Happy Wednesday friends!!