Welcome to 2013!

Well it is a brand new year and the start of something good.  I am going to try and do this blogging bit a little more frequent just to amuse myself.

We spent NYE in a quiet little hotel in Fort Bragg, CA and it was nice and relaxing.  No crazy people, no loud noises and I was with my family, with the exception of the older kid.  I was reluctant about leaving him home alone but it all worked out in the end.

The botanical gardens was nice, and the little one enjoyed the ride on the skunk train. In all we brought in the New Year nice and peaceful.

The 8 to 5 gets in the way of real life.

Well all the things I had wanted to do, such as the baking, the crafting, the sewing and most of all the living my life to its fullest.. keeps getting bumped for my 8 to 5 job.. Don't get me wrong I do like working, I just don't "like" my job, it's not fulfilling. I need more, I need to d something I truly enjoy, it's just that I don't know how to do the things I enjoy and still earn enough money to take care of the bills.
I wish I knew... till then... I guess I am stuck at this dead end job being and feeling like it just doesn't matter... 


I was able to make some chocolate banana cupcakes which were really good, unfortunately I suck at remembering to take pics.. LOL

Here is to hoping I make it through this day without crying!

A cupcake project

I know I should be thinking diet, weight loss, blah blah blah......

I however am a rebel.. I am thinking chocolate, caramels, sugar, frosting... mmmm.....
I am going to do a dare I say it... a cupcake challenge, I will do a different cupcake a week (boy is my hubby's co-workers going to be mad) I cant have all those cupcakes in my home, so my creations are going to work with the hubbs, I would take them to my work but there are just not that many people in my office so I would end up eating them all and well.. I just cant do that if I am trying to lose some weight... LOL...
Anywho... tonight I will be baking up some banana cupcakes with how bout a chocolate frosting... and I will even enlist the help of the 4 year old!

Hope it turns out yummy... I'll post pics tomorrow!

Reset button!

I totally need a reset button on my life, not my family life that part is doing great.. but on my physical and mental life, I need to rethink my goals in life, but before I even get into that I need to restart my mental state.  I guess what I mean is i need to get off my fat butt and and think about how I sabotage myself when it comes to eating right and getting exercise. 
I need to lose some weight, but I did not make that my new years resolution... because that is just so played out... lol..

My goal for this month is to cook right and start moving

First: I am going to create a healthy menu for the week... (I will allow myself one "free" day where I do not have to cook)
Second: I will make a schedule for the days I will go walking (I usually do my walking during my lunch hour at work)
Third: I am going to use this blog to record my success.. and failures... so I will have to hold myself accountable for my actions!
here's to making it happen!!


I want to wear this dress I saw on this site http://www.shabbyapple.com/p-727-red-fir.aspx by the end of the year and look good in it

Really??

Is it really the end of 2011??  Where oh where has the time gone?  I don't know what I have been doing and I am not too happy about it. It seems that as I get .... dare I say it... "older"  eeekkk... I said it..

Yeah, well as I get, you know.. I realize that all the things I wanted to do or said I was going to do, didn't happen
I know!  I'm totally bummed, I said I would update my little blog that no one reads but me, and I have not.  I told myself I would bake more, and I have not, I even told myself I would make a quilt and sew more, thats right..... I have not done a dang thing.

I will start making my goals for next year and do my best to follow through.  I know that sometimes it's difficult because I want to spend more time with the punks, I mean with the older one being 16 he's not going to even want to talk to me because thats just so not cool.  and the little one turning 5 next year, I don't know what I am going to do.

I do know that I WILL make that quilt, I WILL learn how to make macarons and I will take my kids on a trip they will remember.

So here is to making 2012 a year to remember!!

Love to all!

It sure has been a while..

A lot has been going on, the kitchen is almost completely done, all the hard work has been finished and we have just a few things left to do.  that's just touch up paint here and there, and putting in the base boards.

I think that all in all the kitchen looks really good, but that's because I LOVE the colors!  I may be alone in that but who cares I am the one in there most of the time anyway.  the colors are bright and cheery and that is what I wanted!

These are a few photos of the kitchen.....  happy cooking!

Just another working day

Well it's just another Monday, a day of waking up early and getting ready for the 8-5 job, taking the kiddo to pre-school and making sure the older one wakes up so he can walk to gramma's house.  I know I am just yapping to myself as I type this, but its ok.. sometimes I just need something to keep myself from going totally insane. 
We have been working hard on getting the kitchen redone, well the hubbs has been working his butt off. I try but some days are way better then others.  Today I seem to have a bit more energy then I did yesterday and the day before so thats a bonus.  I can maybe go home and get some drawers built and installed... maybe..
I am suppose to have a honey pot cake baked for a little one by the end of the week... but with out a kitchen that is starting to look impossible.. I will need to borrow a kitchen!  yikes! I think I can find a way to manage though ...

Carrot cake.. I have a few that I like but I think I will go for the fav.. I will post on that as soon as I get it made!

Until then... C-ya