Still making changes

I posted last week about needing to make some changes in my eating and generally trying to get (everyone) healthier. It's been 6 days and I'm still doing ok. The 1st 3 days I did great! Lots of whole natural foods,no processed meals,no fast food,fruit smoothies,whole wheat pastas,veggies,etc I felt good and energetic. I've had some slip-ups and not so great days,(thank you dear hubby for bringing home 2 giant pizzas wed night,lol) but all in all I've been ok. One thing I'm very proud of myself for is staying away from fast food for almost a week, which is no easy task but I feel better for it.

I have eaten some frozen diet meals but I think compared to other things I could be eating it aint too awful!

I've also been working a little tiny bit (baby steps) with some light weights and hopping on the tread mill when I get a chance. This is going to be a long road,I knew that going in. I'm comitted to this tho, I totally want and need to do this for ME.

Above is my mid-day snack I've been eating every day,I got the recipe from Oprah.com. She has lost a ton of weight and looks fantastic so I thought I'd try it. It's chocked full of fiber and very little fat or calories.It's filling for a snack, tasty and full of all the good stuff for you! Pretty soon I'm just going to be so healthy I won't be able to stand myself.lol!

flooded

Seriously now,when is it going to stop raining? A couple weeks ago we were in a drought now we're in flood conditions.My yard looks like a small fishing lake and my cat even refuses to go outside.

I'm going to need a small ark soon.

Word of caution

DO NOT leave your hair spray and the Lysol sitting right next to each other in the bathroom,especially when you are pre-occupied with 3 screaming kids and you're in a hurry.
Enough said.

Taco Salad~lighter

I can not remember where I got this recipe but I've had it for years and have seen many versions of it. Here is the one I've always used,I've made a few changes to make it a bit lighter.;o) I make it almost every 4th of July and I seriously have to hide some away if I want to get a taste!

1 lb lean ground beef

1/2 lb ground turkey

1 head lettuce~chopped and washed

3 tomatoes chopped

1 med onion~chopped

1 pkg taco seasoning

1 bottle light ranch dressing

1 bad light nacho doritos~crushed

brown meat,add taco seasoning.and drain

add to lettuce,top with remaining ingredients and toss well. (you will need a good sized bowl for this!) it's best if refrigerated for a few hrs before you eat it.

So much bad

It seems to me lately that there is just so much well,evil is the only word that seems fitting.

The pregnant woman in Ohio who (along with her full term baby) was just wiped off the face of the earth by her married boyfriend,the wrestling person who just killed his family and himself in one swoop,the innocent baby who was shaken into a coma by the babysitter,the young father who got tired of his 3 month old baby crying so he pushed her off the bed and kicked her in the head,etc etc.

I know this goes on every day but it seems almost too much to take all at once right now. What is happening in the world? Is this what we will all become at some point? We get mad or irritated so we just start extinguishing each other at whim?

I hurt and ache for these people and the families. I don't know them,but out of simple human compassion I feel very deeply for them.

I just refuse to believe that these random acts of evil represent what we as the human race truly are. I can't believe that there is bad in all of us if we let it in or succumb to it,I won't believe it.

If you dwell too much on these things it takes it's toll,I think I let that happen to me recently.I was feeling dark,depressed,even fearful.

Through all this sadness and heartache that is present in our world today we must look for the good and see it,feel it,and pass it on.

That's the only way we will all survive.

"Flushed"

My 14 month old has learned a new trick that he finds hysterical,me....not so much.
When he sees me heading to the "ladies room" he runs at top speed to make it in before I shut the door,now if I do shut it he stands at the door screeching so I always let him in.
Well,that was no big deal till yesterday.
As soon as he sees me uhhhhmmmm sit down,he flushes the toilet and runs out laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not a pleasant experience for me but it seems that it's one of the highlights of his day.
Oh the endless joys of mommy-hood.

HOT!

It is hot here today! I mean like hot and humid,where you never feel cool and your clothes stick to you.

I don't do well in this weather,never have. I get tired and run down and I always get a headache in this kind of weather.

I've been up since 5 in the am,yes 5:00 am! My hubby woke me up with his wonderful snoring and I could never get back to sleep till I went down on the couch.Right about that time Logan got up. MMMHMMM,it figures.The weird thing is hubby has NEVER snored till this past year.I told him his nose must be getting old.

I have a mountain of dishes,another mountain of dirty clothes,and floors I barely want to stand on let alone ever eat off of.

I'm in for a long day.