Would you work on your car without the proper tools? So why work on your body without important tools that you NEED to have? Losing weight can be such a yo-yo. You do well, you don't do well, you do well, you don't do well. However, I feel that if you have the proper tools in hand, you can truly succeed.
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So it is a New Year and with a new year comes new years resolutions. The most popular one being "get healthy" and/or "lose weight". Lots of people want to get healthy by eating right and exercising, but has anyone thought about your health in terms of your surroundings? The everyday items in your life that can be introducing chemicals into your body? Well I have been doing A LOT of thinking about this topic and it seems that every year the world gets more and more polluted which prompts more people to GO GREEN! Most of us remember the Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! phrase from school and it has been ingrained in us to RECYCLE! For most of us though, we think of this as drink a pop and throw the can in the recycle container or the junk mail in the paper bin but that is there is an entire step that people overlook and that is where the item came from to begin with! So this month I am going to go over lots of different ways to clean up those chemicals in your everyday life! You will surprise yourself at how easy so much of it is AND you can save a few bucks too!
Ok so WHAT IS a favicon.ico? Look up at your address bar. See that icon to the left of it? That is called a favicon short for favorite icon. These show up in tabs, bookmarks, and next to the address bar. These are handy little tools to help "mark" your website and just give it a little something extra. Also, I think they are pretty neat in general. Doing them is a LOT easier than it sounds too.
First off I recommend downloading this 100% free program called Photobie. I have been using this program for a couple years and I have to say, it's pretty amazing for free. And no, I am not getting paid or bribed to say this. Although maybe I should because I think I tell EVERYONE about it!
I started making these neck wraps about a year ago, and while these pictures do not do it justice (would LOVE a professional camera-but that won't happen for awhile) they are still cute in my book.
Go to your local fabric store like JoAnnes and find the section of PRECUT quilt squares. Only get cotton materials and avoid fabrics like fleece and velvet as they do not do well in the microwave.
It took me and my husband 2 years of very poor spending to realize that regardless of how much you make you ALWAYS need to keep track of your expenses and have a budget. We didn't keep track of the outgo vs ingo and now we are climbing our way out of debt. But we learned early enough that we can thankfully fix it before we eventually retire. As far as actual budgeting goes there are a few things I would like to point out:
Ok moms, I hope you can relate to this and I am not just crazy. But today has to be one of those days where you think to yourself "Why the hell did I become a mom?! I can't take ANYMORE!" I should have known that when I could not get to sleep before 1 am last night/this morning today was going to not be all that great. Then I got up with baby at 4:45 am and could not get back to sleep when I put him back down at 5:30am. So I became Twitter-pated and tweeted to my hearts content. My kids rolled out of bed at 8 and I was thinking "hey this is pretty cool" because who doesn't like it when their kids sleep in?? So I go to make oatmeal for breakfast for them because I am out of just about everything in my kitchen since I didn't go shopping last week because of my vacation. I have no milk. Oatmeal made with water....ugh. So now, here I am tired, irritated at my empty kitchen and drinking a cup of left-over-coffee from yesterday because I haven't had a chance to make more (Hey don't judge...I was DESPERATE for some caffeine) and my 4 yr old says "I don't feel good my tummy hurts". He says this ALL the time. Seriously. He even said it first thing when he woke up this morning. I have learned to say "Oh I'm sorry Ryley" and I smile and kiss his tummy all better. Well this morning apparently he meant it. He started puking. Lovely. I have to get my 2 month old to his 2 month check up at 1030 in the morning, its now 830 and my oldest is puking. I can't reschedule because I have already rescheduled once and I REALLY needed to talk to the dr about his serious issue of constant crying and I knew his lack of weight gain would be an issue. Call my mom. She can't take him because she has to go see her elderly grandfather and take him some items from the store. Well...he seemed fine the rest of the morning...until we are literally walking out the door and to the bathroom he runs. More puking. Joy. We are going to the drs anyways, so I guess it is fitting. Now, I live in northern Idaho and like most of the US we keep getting slammed with snow. And, also probably like most of the US, people can't seem to figure out how to drive and park in this stuff. Parking lot was a disaster...I had to park a mile away (ok so maybe a 1/4 mile but with 2 small children and a car seat, whats the difference right?). Now the snow is melty and gross in the parking lot leaving behind BIG puddles...I have boys...do you see where this is going? If not here :
