Random Thoughts

Why is it they charge me immediately for things but when they screw up and have to credit back my account or I return something it can take up to 3-5 days to show.  Even if I have them credit back my credit card immediately for something they rang up wrong it still takes days to show the return.

There have been times that I have had literally the amount in my account I need to spend and they screw up and then I get overdrawn because I have to wait for the return.

With technology being what it is and the fact that they can take my money immediately, there is not good reason why they cannot credit me back immediately.

This is my daily vent!

Universe did you hear my intention yesterday?  Well….it was a better night and a better morning.  I actually got 4 hours sleep in a row once and 3 hours the second time.  My nose is done draining and so is my daughter’s.  My sons is still around but there are at least periods that it is not running.  I am thinking that one real good nap for him today should do wonders.

This should be the first day that we get this cold under control!

To save money we got rid of our home phone about a year ago.  Not having a land line has been nice because we only have one phone payment, the ring does not wake the kids up, and we always have our cell phones anyway so what was the point.

Well there is one flaw…teaching my daughter to call 911 in case of emergency.  What if my cell phone is not charged?  Biggest problem is that the newer the phones get the more complicated they are to dial on.  Has anyone tried teaching a 4 year old how to dial on a touch screen phone?  First you have to unlock the screen and then get to the keyboard and oops, you accidentally touched the wrong part of the screen and oops where did the keypad go?  Even if you have one with a keyboard they are not always user friendly either.

So now I go through my tote of old phones and look for an old school cell phone (and hope that i havae the charger somewhere) that is easy to call 911 on or I break down and buy a land line again?  Decisions decisions, what do you think?

I grew up making tinfoil dinners over the campfire quite a bit growing up. You can pretty much cut up and meat and vegetables (literally ANY vegetables and a ton of them) and wrap it in tinfoil bake in the over, grill, or fire and after about 30 minutes eat!  No dishes, its awesome.

We use to make these a lot when I was young and drown them in butter and also add onion soup mix.  I don’t do that anymore lol.

Now I cut up everything except the meat in a bowl and add a tablespoon or two (depending on how many I am making) of olive oil instead of butter.  I also added some minced garlic (fresh cloves when I have them), and freshly grown herbs from my herb garden, especially basil and rosemary.

Today I did not have the fresh herbs so I used Mrs. Dash Salt Free garlic spice instead, and only on the top of the chicken so maybe 1/2 tsp.

I like them on the grill or fire the best because it gives you that crispy bottom on the potatoes and yum!  However, in the winter time the oven does just fine.  The awesome part is that if you use very lean meat (I use fish a lot) then you are soaking all y our food in the fat because fish is so low in fat.  The taste of everything is awesome.

The yellow vegetable in the pic is yellow beats and they are very yummy.  Oh and all the vegetables in this pic are organic!

I can’t wait til my herbs come back next spring!  If you try it I hope you like it.

If you cook in the oven I start them at 425 degrees and after about 20 minutes I raise it to 500 degrees for another 10-15 minutes.

Here are the pics:

Well I still feel horrible but am still trying to stay active.  Went on a walk yesterday, it was short but I added some extra weight to make it worth my while.  Here is my extra weight…

OK that’s it!  I am done being sick and I am telling the universe that I am done!  i will feel good by the end of the day and both my kids will be snot free tonight and sleep all night and I will sleep too.  We will wake up tomorrow feeling great!

I mean it!  This is my intention for the day!

I posted last week about getting help to fix my daughter’s snow white wig for Halloween.  My sister posted to wash it and condition it and then it should go back.  It did pretty good and is a lot smoother (I also put some bumble and bumble straight on it) but now I need to try and get the ends curled under again.  I can’t use a regular curly iron on the wig because it is cheap fake hair.  How can I get it to curl under and look neat again.

I am absolutely loving this!  changing my frame of mind and losing weight = perfect!  I have always struggled at both in the past but am not struggling anymore, especially with the weight loss.  I don’t want to rewrite my big long post with my measurement chart here so if you would like to see what I have done and my exact inches then click over to my weight loss blog here http://tawnasplan.blogspot.com/2010/10/inches-lost-in-6-days-2-14.html

I still have ups and downs with myself but it is coming along nicely.  You know what I am gong to do today, seriosuly?  I have not changed my summer for winter clothes yet and need to start that today.  instead of keeping the “fat” clothes arround I am going to donate them.  Seriously!  What good is it to keep them around because with the way I am changing I will NOT need them again.  So long clothes.  I truly believe that if we hang onto them then we are telling our subconscious we will need them again and I refuse to go down that road again!

have a great day because even though I have a head cold today it has been a great day!

I took measurements so early because i got sick yesterday night and wanted to see how many inches I lose while sick.  These inches lost are not from being sick but from doing plank position every day (almost 200 seconds), walking the kids to the store every day and trying to add another 20 minutes onto that walk.  Lastly, I am not eating late at night so going to bed a little hungry if I stay up too late.  It is really not that hard to do the things above, it is becoming a habit now so I don’t have to think about it.  Oh and of course, eating very little (striving for not at all) processed food/fast food.

Measurement- all in inches.
Oct 12                             Oct 18              Gain or Loss
Bust: 42                            41                     L-1              
Under bust: 36 3/4            36                     L-3/4
Waist:  41 1/2                   41 1/2               0
C-section scare is: 43        42 3/4               1/4
Hips:  45                           45                     0
Thigh (one):  25                 24 3/4               1/4
Upper arm:  12                  12                     0

Total loss in 6 days = 2 1/4

This is awesome and i am so proud of it!  I knew I had lost something as my jeans and other pants were feeling a little loser then they were last week.  I had just bought a belt last week and in 6 days I had to go down one more notch because they kept falling down.  I also noticed that my bra is a little too big.  I use to be bummed when I would lose here first but to be totally honest it is nice to be able to fit in some of my smaller shirts again without popping out so I am good with this. lol

I have also been looking in the mirror everyday and saying out loud how grateful I am that I am on the right journey and that I am looking good.  not focusing on what i need to lose but rather being grateful for what I have lost.  Inspired from my positive thinking journey I am blogging at http://tawnassecret.blogspot.com/

Love seeing these numbers declining!

I have to say that the other day I was thinking to myself “I should post that I have not been sick in a long time.”  I know that this has a lot to do with my healthy lifestyle taking over my non-healthy.  Does this mean that I am not human and never going to get sick…no.  I am today.  It actually started yesterday with a sracthy throat but I was able to do things, I just sucked on zinc drops.  Last night my kids got it and I am here with them alone all night and it was a rough night.  We now have a stuffy head, sore throat etc.  Neither of my kdis slept well which means I did not sleep well.  Porr babies.

Will take it easy to day and hopefully this passes by tomorrow or my Wed at the latest!