Recent Posts Tagged With 'family'

• Wordless Wednesday: Happy Holidays!

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 07:25 in family, holidays, wordless wednesday

  From my family to yours - a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ...

• It\'s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 12:40 in family, holidays, weekend recap

  Ho-ho-ho, Happy Monday, everyone! My family and I are neck-high in the Christmas spirit today! We spent the whole weekend doing holiday stuff. This is the first year my kids are really aware and excited about Christmas - it is so fun to experience it...

• Crossroads

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 09:31 in family, holidays, jillian michaels, weekend recap, katie's charms

  Hello everyone! How was your Thanksgiving weekend? I missed you guys - things have been soooooo busy, I haven't had time to write or read blogs. I promise I'm going to catch up this week, though - I need to see what you all have been up to!The last 4...

• Happy, happy Birthday, Baby....

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 04:05 in family

  Today is my hubby's birthday. We were born 6 weeks apart (I'm a Cougar!). We lived across the Hudson River from each other our whole lives, but only met in NYC in 1999.We met through Yahoo! Personals. Yup - internet dating. I posted a profile to keep...

• Weight Loss Plus Weekends Equals Massive FAIL

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 04:55 in family, weekend recap, slip-ups

  Hidie-ho, good people! How the heck are ya? Did you eat well, exercise, take care of yourself this weekend?I did none of those things.This weekend entailed two trips to visit family - in-laws on Saturday, my family on Sunday. Both trips were for majo...

• Instant Gratification Girl

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 04:36 in family, Emotions, challenges, true self

  It's Thursday, people! Only two more days until candy day (dun dun dunnnnn)...Before I get to the meat of my post, I have to send out a big HOLLA and thank you to Brenda for bestowing upon me "The Gorgeous Blog Award", and for saying such sweet thing...

• Well Hello, Mojo!

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 04:58 in family, giveaways, mojo, weekend recap

  Happy Monday, Ladies and Gents! How was your weekend? Did it rain and snow like it did out here in the boonies of New Jersey? This picture is from Saturday. I swear I live in an alternate weather universe...So I know all of you were pacing the floors...

• Well Hello, Mojo!

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 04:58 in family, giveaways, mojo, weekend recap

  Happy Monday, Ladies and Gents! How was your weekend? Did it rain and snow like it did out here in the boonies of New Jersey? This picture is from Saturday. I swear I live in an alternate weather universe...So I know all of you were pacing the floors...

• 6 Weeks, 6 Reasons, 1 Month of Regrets

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 04:29 in baby, family, goals, motivation, Emotions, millionaire, mantra, challenges, resolutions, bingeing

  There are roughly 6 weeks left before the Thanksgiving (our Canadian friends just celebrated theirs, eh!).Since the week before Millionaire I have been waffling with my eating and exercise. Mmm...waffles... Just kiddin'. Seriously, it's been a good m...

• 6 Weeks, 6 Reasons, 1 Month of Regrets

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 04:29 in baby, family, goals, motivation, Emotions, millionaire, mantra, challenges, resolutions, bingeing

  There are roughly 6 weeks left before the Thanksgiving (our Canadian friends just celebrated theirs, eh!).Since the week before Millionaire I have been waffling with my eating and exercise. Mmm...waffles... Just kiddin'. Seriously, it's been a good m...

• Ceeeelibrate, Good Times, Overeat!

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 05:02 in family, holidays, challenges, temptations, bingeing, weekend recap, new jersey moms blog, societal issues

  Thank you, thank you, thank you to all for the wonderful birthday messages! My email inbox was bursting at the virtual seams with all your terrific comments.And a special "Thank ya very much" to Little Miss Fatty Pants (snicker, snicker) for bestowin...

• Ceeeelibrate, Good Times, Overeat!

  Posted on Monday October 12th, 2009 at 05:02 in family, holidays, challenges, temptations, bingeing, weekend recap, new jersey moms blog, societal issues

  Thank you, thank you, thank you to all for the wonderful birthday messages! My email inbox was bursting at the virtual seams with all your terrific comments.And a special "Thank ya very much" to Little Miss Fatty Pants (snicker, snicker) for bestowin...

• Ohmygod, I\'m So Full.

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 06:49 in family, self confidence, weekend recap

  The view from the wedding venue in Newport, RI...on the day before the wedding.Fridays's weight: 214.7Today's weight: 220.3Difference: +5.6YUP. I know most of that is probably water, but still...DAYUM.My description of this past weekend: Fun. Sunny....

• Ohmygod, I'm So Full.

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 05:35 in family, self confidence, weekend recap

  The view from the wedding venue in Newport, RI...on the day before the wedding.Fridays's weight: 214.7Today's weight: 220.3Difference: +5.6YUP. I know most of that is probably water, but still...DAYUM.My description of this past weekend: Fun. Sunny....

• School Day and Whoa, Horse! Whoa!

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 05:38 in family

  I just had to share a couple of pics from my Sweetie's first day of preschool:Posing with her backpack. She picked out her whole outfit, down to the shoes!My pretty baby, all grown up!The sisters - my little one was sooo upset when big sister stayed ...

• This and That

  Posted on Friday August 28th, 2009 at 05:04 in family, great butt shrinking blog award

  Hello and happy Friday to you all! The humidity is finally gone here in New Joisey and the last couple of days have just been gaw-gee-ous!Can I just tell you, I had the best day yesterday. My hubby had to work late, so he stayed home until about noon...

• Weekly Menu Smackdown! This Time, It's Personal

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 05:07 in family, recipes, food reviews, weekly menu smackdown

  Happy Hump Day, Gang! I know you've all been anxiously awaiting this next installment of the Weekly Menu Smackdown!, so are you ready to get cooookiiiiinggggg!!!First, let me share a couple of lessons I learned after planning my first week of meals l...

• Night Owl

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 08:18 in family, weekly menu smackdown

  Thank you all for your encouraging words on my stress post. I'm doing MUCH better. I had a very good eating day yesterday, so I feel like I'm back on track. I did a sneaky weigh-in this morning just to check on things and I'm holding steady, so at le...

• Week 12 Results: You Play, You Pay

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 07:44 in family, freaking out, slip-ups, weekly results

  Did I track my food this week? Uh....not really.Did I go to the gym at least 3 times? Nope.Did I indulge in high-calorie, low nutritional value foods? Yeppers.The result? I'm up 1.7 pounds for the week.Not surprised. Not happy.It was a lot more than ...

• If I Never See Another Hot Dog Again...

  Posted on Sunday July 19th, 2009 at 20:20 in family, weekend recap, freaking out, kids and a keyboard

  Hello, my pets! How was your weekend, eh? Did you have fun? Did you eat well?We had a whirlwind weekend full of carnival rides and LOTS of hot dogs. I'm good on the hot dogs until next summer, that's fo shizzle.Friday night we took the girls to a loc...

• Weekend Fun & Holding Patterns

  Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 07:18 in family, weekend recap, freaking out

  Hi all!Hope you guys had a great weekend. Did you get some rest? Have some fun? I did a bit of both, plus a lot of wondering, lol...Saturday was a pretty quiet day around these parts - just hanging with the kids, playing at the park. Yesterday we wen...

• Turkey Burgers and Belt Holes

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 20:29 in family, holidays, progress pictures, temptations, weekend recap, triumphs, slip-ups

  Hello friends! How was your holiday weekend? I hope you had a great time!I had a wonderful weekend. New Jersey finally got the memo that it's summer, and we had a gaw-gee-ous weekend, full of sunshine, warm temps and soft breezes.We spent Friday at m...

• I'm Declaring My Independence From Overeating

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 18:20 in family, holidays, temptations

  So yesterday I decided that because I had a "lucky" weigh-in this week, I would repay the Scale Goddess by staying 100% on plan this holiday weekend.Yeah, I'm a bit masochistic.We are going to my parent's house today, and my in-law's tomorrow. That m...

• Week 9 Results: Thank You, Scale Goddess!

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 08:08 in family, exercise, fast food, kids and food, weekly results

  I don't know what I did this week. Maybe it was the Operation Beautiful notes I put up on my gym's mirror. Maybe it was skipping Happy Meals for my kids this week or sneaking some veggies into their meals. Whatever the good karma I produced, I'm than...

• Sneaky Veggies

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 04:08 in family, fast food, kids and food

  Hmmm...this is going to be short 'n' sweet lovies, since I don't have much to say (I know, can't believe it either, can ya?).I made good on my promise to cut back on the fast food for the girls. I made their lunch before we went to the store yesterda...

• What's Good For The Goose...

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 04:38 in family, fast food, kids and food

  I was just over at Lyn's blog reading about her trips to fast food joints lately. She mentioned how she has conditioned her 3 year old to expect fast food after running errands. It got me thinking about my own kids and fast food.I'm guilty of buying ...