Thank A Soldier's Weight Loss Challenge

Dave Murphy of Thank A Soldier is someone I respect completely! I thank him for everything that he does in supporting soldiers and their families!

As I was scrolling through Facebook, I noticed he was starting a weight loss challenge along with is friend Chris. Starting on March 1st till July 1st he and Chris are going to donate 2 dollars for every pound to Military Minds.
I jumped to the chance to help with this amazing challenge in support of Military Minds and lets face it FINALLY lose the booty!!
Dave's original post has all the information if you are interested in participating or even make a donation or sponsor some of the participants!!

I will be doing Weight Watchers as well as exercising daily! I'll be keeping a journal here on my Fitness Fridays (which I've been avoiding doing but NOT NOW!). Maybe even post some videos which would be funny to see!
Go to their Facebook to support the cause!

Click the above button to sponsor us (All Proceeds go to Military Minds)

365 Photo Challenge Day 60

Ducky thought I needed a bedtime buddy!

365 Photo Challenge Day 59

The alternative to the sandwich for lunch

Guest Post!! Fill Your Time and Heart While Your Partner is Deployed

The time that a partner is deployed can be very stressful and lonesome. You might also feel that you are starting to take on a little depression. It's helpful if you can find things to do during this time apart to help get you through it and maybe even help it to seem as though it is moving a little faster. Try creating some projects that help you to express the way you feel about your partner or your marriage. Work on things that will make you feel closer to them.

One idea might be to make some changes in the bedroom, not the way you think though! Try changing the bedroom so that it is a room that is all about you and your spouse or partner. One project that you might try is to make an initialized headboard or wall hanging. All you need to do is purchase three picture frames; one large and two small. You can choose which every style and type you like. For the larger frame, cut out the initial of your last names, you can use a pretty wrapping paper or even some scrapbook paper, but choose something that goes well with your room decor. The smaller frames will be used to highlight the initials of your first names.

Another option is to take pictures that are just of you and your spouse and place them in a collage frame. This will help bridge the long distance between you and your partner, and make you feel that his spirit is all around you. You can also decorate the outside of the frame with ribbons, buttons or gems whichever you prefer. For something a little different, purchase the wooden letters that represent you and your spouse's initials and paint or decorate them to go with your decor. You can hang them separately close to each other or you can connect them with a satin ribbon. You might place some painted wooden hearts between each initial to represent your love for one another. If you receive lots of letters from your deployed partner, you can purchase a wooden box, paint and or decorate it and place the letters that you receive in the box. You can enjoy the letters anytime you like. You might even choose to purchase a box that is already decorated such as a hat box. You may already have an idea of a project you would like to do so just run with it, there's no right or wrong project, do whatever makes you feel close to your deployed loved one.

 Allison and I am a fun-loving, adventurous being. When my job doesn’t have me traveling I normally guest blog, ride my horse, or hang out with friends. I normally write about natural health, but I am passionate about writing posts regarding natural stress relief and DYI projects that can help ease the mind when a loved-one has been deployed.

Thanks Allison!!! Let me know what you think of Allison's ideas, what do you do to fill your time while your spouse is deployed?

365 Photo Challenge Day 58

Ducky got his haircut and a dentist appointment
all on the same day. He was not impressed!
But I was glad I got it all done!

Momversation Monday: TMI! Are You One Of Those Oversharers?

Oversharing.

We all do it at one point or another. Momversation wants to know if you are an oversharer?

I speak for myself, it all depends on the situation. If I'm nervous I tend to lose the mouth piece that hooks from to my ear that keep the files in my brain from flying straight out of my mouth. I don't know why, it just happens.

I've trained myself not to do it specific occasions. Funerals, interviews and during any type of military organized event. Because, lets be honest, having my filter go missing during anyone of these events is just a disaster waiting to happen!

But what I end up falling pray to more than me divulging too much information is being in a group where someone you don't know well enough gives up all their mystery in one sitting. It makes for a socially awkward predicament. Where do you go in a conversation after someone you barely know freely brings out their sex life as the topic of conversation or mentions their medical issues to you like you are their doctor.

And it happens to me more than me being the oversharer and it makes me wonder....

Which is worse? Being the witness to someone oversharing way to much or physically watching the overshare fly out of your mouth with no way of stopping it?

365 Photo Challenge Day 57

Family Bowling Night!!!

365 Photo Challenge Day 56

Chocolate water anyone?!

Dear Tim Horton's,

I'm a big support of your deliciously warm beverages but when Cpl. Mayhem came home and we both sipped these extremely watered down chocolates we were terribly upset!
Mainly because this is not the first time this has happened. As a former employee I know that when the coffee shop gets busy sometimes the last place you forget to refill is the chocolate machine dispenser but come on! We are buying watered down hot chocolate more often than the amazing hot chocolate that we are used to back home.

Personally I'll be purchasing my own mix and making it at home from now on because at this point we are spending a lot for brown water. Thanks for that!

365 Photo Challenge Day 55

Pampered Chef Party!!
Ginger Lemon Martinis anyone?!

365 Photo Challenge Day 54

Spa night!!

365 Photo Challenge Day 53

MMMMM!!!

365 Photo Challenge Day 52

My good basket being just as boat.
Now I know how they break!!

Momversation Monday: Working vs. Stay At Home Moms: Is The Line Getting Blurry?

Hello Monday!!!
Momversation is bring back the topic of working mom vs. stay at home mom. Are the lines getting blurry? More moms are finding work at home. Do you call yourself a stay at home then?

I don't think the lines are blurry here. If you are able to work from home, good for you! Let me know how you do that I would love to work from home but I don't think I could call myself a working mom then. Yes, I'm working but I'm still getting the convenience of being at home with my kids. Working moms don't get that luxury. They have to get up earlier to get their kids off to school or even daycare before school so they can get to school on time. They have to commute to work, spend the entire day working to then pick up their kids, get home, make dinner, get homework started, bedtime routines and then housework on top of all that. And the weekend is just a culmination of organizing for the next work week only to feel guilty about not being their for the PTA meeting or spending enough time with their children.

I was in that boat. I felt overwhelmed, and at the end of the day my job only paid for someone else to watch my kid. To me it wasn't worth it.

I'm a big supported of the working mom. They get a lot of flack for supporting their family by going out and working only to get grief from others because they are not at home with their kids. And vice versa with the stay at home moms.

Stay at home moms are doing everything in home and don't get enough credit for what they do either. They are "just a stay at home mom". Things they have done before they had kids and even after are erased and the stay at home mom label is there for the world to see. They don't get a paycheque, they don't get a day off and sure don't get any benefits except for maybe a thank you once in a while.

Why can't we all just end the debate of who does it better or who has it worse by just labelling women the one thing they can all agree with from the day that baby is born?

"MOM".

Because at the end of the day, isn't it the hardest label to have?

365 Photo Challenge Day 51

The Tea that is saving me from my sleep deprivation!

365 Photo Challenge Day 50

Who Stole The Cookies From The Cookie Jar...

Have ever heard that kid song "Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar"? You know the sing along game where the group accuses some of taking the cookies.

After a nice quiet day of baking cookies Saturday the kids asked for a snack and I offered them the cookies they made.  As I went into the kitchen I started to sing the song, the kids started to giggle, mainly because I was singing.

I turn to give the kids a cookie and I looked at Chicky and sang "Chicky stole the cookies from the cookie jar".

Chicky looked at me horrified.

"I didn't steal anything! If the cookies are missing Ducky took them!!!"

Alright Chicky! Save your hide and blame the brother!

Sigh!

365 Photo Challenge Day 49

The kids and I made cookies!!
Nom, nom, nom!

365 Photo Challenge Day 48

Family Movie Night!!!

365 Photo Challenge Day 47

Sorry Auntie Nikki!!
Found this photo and it made me want to snuggle up with you!

365 Photo Challenge Day 46

Found this photo going through my camera
I'm sure there is one just like this when I was kid!

365 Photo Challenge Day 45

The Valentine's Day goodie bag!

365 Photo Challenge Day 44

"Give your buddy a hug!"
This is the reaction! No heartbreak here, she gave him one when the camera was gone!

365 photo Challenge Day 43

The attempt to make the perfect LEGO cake
It tasted good though!

365 Photo Challenge Day 42

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMAE!!!

My mom drying Chicky's hair before she started braiding it!

I didn't get a good photo of my mom's face during her birthday because of all the chaos! But she brought me back to my childhood as I watched her blow dry and braid my daughter's hair. Mind you I was never keen on the idea of getting my hair braided but Chicky sure loved it and wanted it done again! My mom is going to have to teach me because when she tried over the week it didn't go so well.

Chicky now has a "Vovo does it better than you" sentence now. But let's be real, grandmas do everything better!!

365 photo Challenge Day 41

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUCKY!!

My Birthday Boy!
Seven years old, sniff!!

365 Photo Challenge Day 40

BEST ORGANIZATIONAL IDEA EVER!!
fold your sheets then use the pillow case to use as storage so it's all in one place!