I'm being held accountable!!

So I have joined up with the BAB triplets Brittney, Amber and Brittany on their Skinny Jeans blog! We hold one another accountable for food and exercise.

They wanna get into their skinny jeans...me? I just wanna get back into my size 8 and 10's! I can wear the 10's now...but...it's really painful.

So I plan on eating better and watching portion and walking my butt off...literally!

You should join us or at least follow along so you can see what you can do with a little encouragement.

Click that apple and check us out!

RAMBLINGS

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You can't tell very well but this is my African Violet and it's BLOOMING! Yay me...I have always killed these in the past. This one has been alive for almost a year now.

Just a quick update on my exercising...I skipped day 10 because I was sick but I did do 27 minutes last night. (day 11) I know 27 minutes is a crazy number to stop at but I honestly couldn't/wouldn't go any further. I am feeling a lot better today though so I will try to go past 30 minutes tonight.

I didn't have to work today because I had to go get my yearly mammogram. My mom ask if it hurt...it has never hurt me. I guess you have to be a bit more voluptuous than me for the mammogram to hurt or be uncomfortable. Anyway it's over and now I just have to wait for the reults. Ladies go get yours!

+This pouch...tote...gift thing? I'm not sure what it is really but a few years ago a lady at church who had me for a hidden honey gave it to me for Valentines day filled with goodies. I haven't done anything with it since so I was thinking of selling it on Etsy. I just need to know what it's called, it's homemade and really cute.

Do you and your spouse trade Valentine's gifts? Last year we didn't but the year before my hubby bought me one of those jewelry armoires,, he got home about midnight after work and put it together and I seen it when I got ready for bed....it was a huge surprise.

My dad said Valentines were for boys to get their sweethearts something so I haven't ever been big on getting my husband something. How do you celebrate that holiday?

DAY 10

TIME o minutes

DAY 11

TIME 27 minutes

DAY 9 *yesteray* and the pics uploaded!

I finally got the pics to upload!

This is the magnetic bookmark I made for a swap. It says..Keep life simple and wacky. The back says Dreams do come true. I really like this one and want to keep it but I won't...I don't think.

My DH snapped this last night as I was staining the walls in our new living room. I like how they are turning out....now if I could just move into it!

Day 9 was yesterday and I didn't get on the elliptical. My legs are hurting really bad lately and I just didn't feel like it BUT I did clean 2 houses yesterday so that was constant work from 9 am til 3 pm.

DAY 9
Time 0 on elliptical.

DAY 8....

Today has been a cold day to me. It was 56 degrees which is not cold but I was cold all day...hope I'm not coming down with something. I'm not exercising tonight. My feet,legs,ankles and knees ache so bad I just wanna take them off and soak them in a hot tub. I'm a gloomy Gertrude tonight.

I keep trying to upload some pics and keep getting page load error...that is so frustrating.

We got the BIG brush pile burned, my yard is looking much bigger with the fence line cleaned up. I have so many wonderful flower seeds from seed swaps and I am excited for Spring to get here so I can plant them.

Well looks like it going to keep saying page load error...Y'all have a wonderful night. :)

DAY 8
TIME 0 minutes...unless you count the 3 hours I spent cleaning a house today.

A FULL WEEK!

Day 7...I did it a whole week. Today I did 30 minutes on the elliptical.

I also got 2 swaps complete so I can mail them soon. I have another that I need to get started on and one that hasn't been opened yet, so I don't know who my partner will be.

I made some bookmarks but when I see some of the others online mine look like a 4 year old made them. :(

Well maybe ...hopefully I'll get better and my swap partner will forgive me. I tried to upload pics again but AGAIN my internet is in and out. *sigh*

DAY 7

TIME 30 minutes

DAY 6 and Ten thought Tuesday

Over at multiply I do a TTT or Ten thought Tuesday, I thought I'd add it over here.


I have pics from my day but my connection keeps breaking up so hopefully they post later...

1. I got 1 whole wall stained today. Britts going to put the wood up tomorrow. Were getting closer and closer to moving in to our room!

2. I went to get a wash cloth out of the bathroom and a splinter about half an inch long with UNDER my thumb nail! OUCH, that is painful....still.

3. Minwax is very stinky and I think it is killing my brain cells.

4. I made beef stew for the first time in probably 20 years today. It turned out delicious if I say so myself. I also made cornbread with onions and cheese...oh my, it was so good. I haven't had bread in a week and I'm telling you it was SO SO SO good.

5. Good thing I got 30 minutes on the elliptical tonight after that meal.

6. We have 2 brush piles to burn and it keeps raining. One is HUGE and Britt has been adding to it for many years. Might need to buy hotdogs that night!

7. I've been making bookmarks, I'm in a swap where that's what were swapping so I'm learning as I go. Magnetic bookmarks are really neat.

8. We got The Dark Knight in the mail today!

9. BUT Nip/Tuck comes on tonight and I can't get in to a movie...might miss Christian!

10. We also got Jumper, anyone seen that one? Is it any good?

DAY 6
TIME 30 minutes

DAY 5

See the lil man up there? That is what I felt like after working all day then doing the elliptical for 30 minutes! I know...I'm a wuss. Just let me complain a second and then I'll be over it....

...ok I'm over it.



....see?



I'm off to make some bookmarks. I'm in a swap on swap-bot and need to get some made so I'm not late mailing them. Have you checked out swap-bot? Wellll you should.
Ok I have to go try to be creative...TRY is the key word here.


DAY 5
TIME 30 minutes

I missed Saturday....

BUT... I did exercise ,just not on the elliptical. I spent nearly 5 hours steady working on a fence line. It involved dragging brush,small trees and wire AFTER I cut it and taking it to the brush pile. I have to believe 5 hours working out side was a little better than 20 minutes on the elliptical.

Tonight we spent about an hour working the fence line....maybe an hour and a half but as of right now I do still plan on getting on the elliptical.

I think the last 2 days working outside have done me more good thean anything I've done in months.

....til next time.

SAT

Day 3

exercise 5 hours

SUN

Day 4

exercise 1 and a half hours

A nice surprise (day 2)

I had a nice surprise today! I was fixing my coffee and getting ready to go to work,I had 2 houses today. My phone rings and one of the houses says don't come today,we're taking all our trees down! I was happy,a Friday that wasn't filled with work. So in stead I go to my parents and walking in the woods with my nephew and dad. It was a nice peaceful day.
I did exercise today but no I did not want to. I need an exercise buddy!!
Tomorrow I'll be making new signs and maybe cleaning off the fence line...if it doesn't storm like they are calling for.
....til later.



Day 2
Time 20 minutes

Day 1

This is my torturer AKA as the stride climber. I was up to 30 minutes at a time but whne my legs started hurting worse and I had to get test ran I quit. I got on it today after working all day and spent 20 minutes...that 20 minutes seemed like 2 hours! But I did it,now I just have to keep it up. I'm not real comfortable sharing my weight right now but will post if / when I lose.

Day -1

Time -20 minutes

Pictures,weight loss and exercise!

new look

This is my new old look. I chopped my bangs off last night. I have always had bangs and decided to grow them long and they bugged me so bad. I feel much better!






Well this is the last day of 2008, wonder how long it'll take me to remember to write 2009? I'm not one for New Years resolutions but I do have something I AM going to do in 2009. I want to exercise more and eat BETTER. I won't say diet because that's a mistake. I've been having leg pain but the test came back that all is good so I'm getting back on the elliptical and when it warms up a bit I'm getting back to walking more. I've gained about 20 lbs in 2 years! That has got to come off. So I'll be posting my accomplishments (and there will be some, thinking positive) on here and I figure if I get any readers then I'll have someone to "answer" to.
First post will be going up tomorrow....wish me luck and give me crap!

***Can anyone remind me how to resize pictures the EASY way?***