Wonder Wednesday Blog Hop!

Posted on 04/05/2011 by admin
Welcome to the “Wonder Wednesday” Blog Hop!

Lori from A Day in Motherhood and Heather from Living on Love and Cents Welcome you!

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Children’s Book GIVEAWAY ENDS FRIDAY!

Posted on 04/05/2011 by admin
Children’s book review and GIVEAWAY!
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I have met many wonderful blogging friends over the last couple years and I am very excited to highlight one of them today!
I met Cathy Kennedy a few months ago and received an autographed copy of her new children’s book
The Tale of Ole Green Eyes. I was so excited because how cool is it that my son is getting an autographed book from a wonderful writer and now she is my friend!
Anyway, after I received the book I read it to both my children and they and I both LOVED it!
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Giveaway ends FRIDAY!

Posted on 04/05/2011 by admin
Children’s book review and GIVEAWAY!
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I have met many wonderful blogging friends over the last couple years and I am very excited to highlight one of them today!
I met Cathy Kennedy a few months ago and received an autographed copy of her new children’s book
The Tale of Ole Green Eyes. I was so excited because how cool is it that my son is getting an autographed book from a wonderful writer and now she is my friend!
Anyway, after I received the book I read it to both my children and they and I both LOVED it!
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I dislike tea a lot….however I found one I can tolerate

Posted on 04/04/2011 by admin
First off let me start by saying:

“ARGHHHH I am out of coffee!!!!!! WT….why did I miss that on my grocery lost and NOT realize til this moring. It is pouring rain outside and I would have to take the kids out in it to go get some! OHHHHHHH…..COOOOFFFFEEEEEEE!”

OK I am calm now:) LOL

This is my real post for today now…

I am not a tea fan at all. In fact I will refuse ice-tea when I am the most dehydrated ever, I dislike it that much. I have never been able to understand the like of tea.

I however am on a green tea kick over the past year for many reasons. Not the caffeinated diet pill green tea but rather 100% natural green tea. It is great for the immunise system and over all health. I have tried about every one and some I would throw away after taking 2 sips out of the first batch and others I could do 2-3 days of it and I just could not get the acquired taste down.

This is the ONLY one I can tolerate:

Just a note: I am NOT getting paid in any way for this post. in fact Lipton has no idea I am even reviewing this product. I just truly love the Purple Acai and Blueberry Green Tea.  I do not like it strong and one packet will make me about 4 measuring cups of tea, and I do drink it all throughout the afternoon.
What I have noticed when I drink the tea?
1.  I am not craving any for mo caffeine such as more coffee or soda.
2.  I am drinking this around 1-2 in the afternoon and not feeling that “down” time in my energy level. Therefore I am getting more done and sitting less during the day.
3.  I have been a lot less angry and irritated during the mid afternoon. I don’t know why and if it is even related to the green tea but thee has been a change in me. This could also have something to do with my positive thinking journey too (my other blog if you would like to visit sometime) but I did start feeling better in the afternoon within the first 3 days of drinking it.
4. It does quench my thirst too.
There are definitely many pros with this tea, for me. I don’t really have any cons at all. The only struggle i have is when I need to be somewhere in the afternoon and I forget to bring it with me then I am sad because it is not like anyone sells it by the cup. I am pretty good about remembering it though!
Well there you have my little review. now off to make my tea, it is time!
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today, I appreciate someone listening to me even if it is only for a minute or two. My kids and husband won’t, I have to get it from some where!!!
Tawna
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If I can do P90X anyone can! Week 11 baby!

Posted on 04/04/2011 by admin
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Wow! It has been one tough workout today. Plyometrics is jump training and this is week 11 so I have done this workout quite a few times by now but today I am the most sore I have been with it. Why you ask? Well….I am doing more and more of the exercises the way they are suppose to be done and of course this makes me work harder so the soreness is there again.

There is one part of the workout where you literally hop on one leg for 30 seconds at a time. If that does not sound hard, then stop reading, hop on one foot til it hurts, time yourself and then see if you even make it past 10-15 seconds. This I could not do in the beginning but today I made the full 30 seconds on EACH leg TWICE and my legs and hips are still on fire!

There are a lot of other things that I did today too. I squat and actually touched the floor when I was suppose to. Instead of doing the cheat “catch step” I was actually full on jumping around from back to front and not stopping to take a break before Toni Horton was done.

I sweat more and I feel more, ouch but SWEET!

This is what it is all about! I am getting more and more fit and able to do  more and more of the exercises the way they are designed to be.

For all those that shy away form this workout because “it’s too hard,” you don’t HAVE to start out being able to do every exercise perfectly or at all! The whole point is to get in better shape, feel good and fight the obesity epidemic! I am doing that and it feel s good, even though I am sore!
Have a wonderful day everyone!

Tawna

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My 2nd fondant cake!

Posted on 04/02/2011 by admin
Hay I am getting better!Here is my second attempt at fondant cake and I think it looks pretty good! The bow is 110% better than my first one and the second one is not lop sided. Adding the second tier is hard so I decided to get a grasp on a 1 tiered cake first and then attempt the added tiers later.

Below is a comparison between cake 1 and 2
Cake 1

Cake 2

The bow is definitely puffier and better then before and it was a lot easier to decorate since it was not my first time. I got a lot of compliments on it too.

If you want the directions on how to do the fondant cake, including the blow check out my first cake post here!

Next week is cakes 3 and 4! I really am finding this therapeutic big time. I like doing it and the entire second cake cost me all of $6 to bake it and decorate it. This cake wold be sold for $50 plus in the bakery.

Next week is my daughter’s 5th birthday and she is getting two parties. I will post them for you next week!

Tawna

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Blog Hop week 10!

Posted on 03/31/2011 by admin
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My Glass is Half FULL!

Posted on 03/31/2011 by admin
My glass used to be half empty but now it is half full!
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Here are a couple quotes to share today and then some more from me(of course)!
Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them. –Ted Koppel

Researchers find that optimists live 19 percent longer than pessimists. –The Oregonian Edge column

Wow so now that I am changing my outlook I am going to live 19% longer, cool! I want to see my kids have kids so that is fun!

I have said before how negative I used to be and what a horrible life I would be having if I was still that way! I can’t imagine another 40 plus years feeling the way I sued too. I would not want to live that 19% more being the way I used to be. I love seeing the glass half full now instead of empty!

Whihoo!

I hope you are all having an awesome Thursday!

Tawna

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Homemade syrup, great when you are in a pinch!

Posted on 03/31/2011 by admin
We were out of syrup last weekend. I forget to buy it all the time because I only allow it in our house to be eaten one day a week and that is on Sunday’s.
Instead of running out the door to the store I just threw together a quick batch of easy syrup to get us through for the morning German Pancakes. This is all you need:
Brown sugar
Imitation vanilla
Water

 Mix even parts of the sugar and water and whisk together.
Bring to a boil and turn heat off and then add 1 tsp vanilla

Then I decided to poor it into the empty syrup container but you can serve from the pot if you want

It is rather runny but it does the job in a pinch. It is not my favorite to eat all the time but like I said it does work when you need a quick resolution.
This is something I learned growing up. We were quite poor so we ate this syrup a lot. I think it would be a lot better if there was a better way of thickening it other then adding corn syrup to it, plus it makes it so sweet!
Anyone else have a homemade syrup recipe that I could try next time? If so please share it with me. I will add it in a new post to and link back to your blog!
Have a wonderful day everyone
Thanks for stopping by!
Tawna
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P90X END of week 10 today!

Posted on 03/31/2011 by admin
This is just a real quick post about my week 10.
PhotobucketI have had so many ups this week it has been awesome. Hitting the 10 pound plus weight loss mark, the loss in inches alone in week 9-10 were the same as my first 9 weeks, it has been awesome!Week 11 starts tomorrow and I am on fire I am so pumped!

I get to grocery shop, wal-mart shop, and play with kids today. Is it a “REST” day? Maybe for P90X but not for me. You know what though….I feel awesome and I am ready for the day and not dreading all I have to do.  Se what being healthy does for you, me, and everyone? It makes us feel good and want to be happy about things we have to do!

Have a wonderful day and happy exercising everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today, I love it that others stop by and read what I have to say! I love comments even more!

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