Day 2 cooking at home!

I'm not going to lie... when I was driving home from work starved tonight I was reaaaaalllyyy tempted to go to a drive thru, but I quickly reminded myself of the 10lbs I want to drop and the slacking in the workouts... so I came home and made dinner! Spicy oven baked chicken with salad, Brussels sprouts and I had to add wedges, I was starved remember!

After eating wayy too many brussels sprouts I went down to the city and brought 3 pumpkins to my nieces. Look are cute they are in their costumes!

We have a Madonna costume here, so cute and little M wasn't co-operating, but she will be a butterfly, so so cute!

This Sunday we will be trick or treating with my nieces and my husbands little cousins. I haven't been out trick or treating since I was a kid! So this should be fun with 3 little girls running around!

How has your week started off in the diet and workout dept?

Back on track Monday...

Today turned out to be a beautiful fall day despite the morning fog.

I was soo tired this morning and was dreading work! I took my time getting ready, sipped my coffee ate my breakfast and I even went to lay down for 15mins before getting ready just wishing I could stay in bed!

I brought my salad for lunch and made sure to cook at home tonight.

I made Salmon with Jerk seasoning... it was a yummy dinner!
Even Zoe wished she had some ahahh! she watched us eat the whole time.

Good start to the week, minus the sleepiness.

Hope you all have a great week!

Another Beautiful Fall Weekend

Zoe always runs out of the house as soon as the door opens. Today I let her roam around the front porch for a bit and took some pics of her lol why not!
Love my cat! (I always smother her)
So Halloween is 1 week away ad I still don't have a costume! What will I be! I usually like to be scary, heck that's what Halloween is about, but there are a lot of great costumes out there so I haven't decided if I will go for scary or not.

I only have 1 week to figure it out!

Are you dressing up for Halloween and what will you be!? I need ideas! :)

Ate too much! and shopped a lot!

Tonight my sister and I went to the mall. A much needed shopping night to de-stress! I bought a couple fall shirts, a vest, a floral belt and new yoga pants for my workouts! (the workouts I need to increase on) Work is totally draining me! My weeks have been soo busy and flying by! This week I left work later than usual and that means I did not cook all week! Not once! Yesterday we went to a Indian/Chinese Hakka Restaurant and ordered way too much food for 2 people hA!
I do not want to get on that scale! My rings are already feeling snug! I can't believe how stress really does a number on our bodies and lifestyle. Stress sucks!

The good thing is that I have been bringing my lunches and having fruits and veggies for snacks.

So this weekend I must must get myself back on track!!

8 years ago...

8 years ago today my dad passed away. It seems as though every year that passes I think about him more and more. The memories are more vivid as years go by. I remember the first year he passed away I was scared that I would forget his voice or time we spent together, but I'm glad to say my memories haven't let me down.

So on the weekend I called my brother and sister to set up a dinner at my moms house. My dad loved when the family was all together laughing, sharing stories and having a good time.

And we have so much joy in our family with our nieces.

Sister love.


Me and baby M :)
Grandma and baby M

Sunday with family

Today we had family over for a Fall BBQ. The weather here this weekend was just beautiful!
I just love the space in my dining room, for the room I had issues with decorating I've been understanding more and more it's purpose. It is perfect for our big family get togethers!

Lots of food and lots of dessert!

My husbands cousins came as well and I got a little taste of how it would be with kids in the house.... Chasing a 2 year old up and down my stairs for hours, not fun Ha! Stair gates will be needed when we have kids. Poor Zoe was also being chased and smothered, but she was a good sport about it. And I realized that I need to get my dining room chairs upholstered to leather and not just because of Zoe but with kids it will be much easier to clean. I also have a new appreciation for my back yard. It is a perfect space for kids to run around in :)

Now it's time to clean up! I'm exhausted! .... and so is Zoe.

Beautiful Fall day!

The fall colors are just gorgeous!

Zoe is enjoying her morning too

Let the weekend begin! :)

Lazy Friday night

I'm exhausted! There goes another busy week! But the weekend is here and I'm happy! Tonight we decided to take it easy.

We went for dinner and I didn't choose the healthiest choice but heck it was a tough week!

After we went for dinner we decided to just come home and relax! We had a date night in and we did not move from the couch at all Ha!

This weekend is filled with family get togethers but I want to make sure I get to the below...

Some things I want to do this weekend:
Workout both Saturday and Sunday!
Make a new recipe from the Skinny Italian cook book!
Work on some goals for my side biz!
and Clean out my closets and bring old clothes to goodwill.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

With God All Things Are Possible

First let me talk a little about the past 2 days, the rescue of the MINERS! Let me say WOW! what an emotional and amazing rescue! I'm so happy for the miners and their family's! One of my favorite stories I heard was the one where 2 miners stopped their truck that day 70 days ago because they saw a white butterfly and were fascinated with it flying around in the mine. They stopped to look at it, and that's when the collapse happened just further ahead. The butterfly saved their lives! God was there!

Tonight I went to visit my sister and we spent some time shopping around. I bought these cute little vanilla scented candles and these little mini bible verses . Love them! You know I love having my house full of word art so these are perfect little finds. I placed one near my front door and one in my dining room :)

And of course I bought Zoe a gift for her litter room.
FRIDAY!!!! the best day of the week is near! Sooo I'm happy!

Happy FRIDAY!!!!

Wordless Wednesday Evening!!