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So for a while after I had my son I didn't wear makeup, I would walk around in sweat pants.  I didn't feel bad about myself, I just didn't feel pretty so I didn't even try.  Now, that I have lost the weight I am wearing makeup and jewelry, I am wanting to dress up, because I wear scrubs all day at work.  I have always liked Lauren Conrad's style, she has a very classic style with some trendy pieces but not trend overkill.  I was looking through my closet and she is probably the celebrity I dress most like.

I think she dresses feminine and girly with a classic sexy side, granted I'm not that skinny but I pretty much have this outfit in my closet. I wish I had her hair, my hair doesn't look good long , because it is so thin.

Now I don't wear shorts this short, but I love this look.

This is probably my favorite look, it looks so comfortable and just thrown together, but it's casual and trendy at the same time

I love wearing sleeveless tops since my arms and shoulders are smaller and have more muscle definition.  I do not like her sunglasses in this picture though, they are almost beetle like, bug eyes

This is from her own style collection at Kohls and I love how flowey and feminine this look is. I spent so many years looking like a tomb boy that I am so ready to look girly and pretty now.

My thighs aren't small enough for a pencil skirt, but I love both looks. I pretty much wore this look on the left yesterday.  I am not bold enough to wear heels with shorts but I did wear wedges. Baby steps, to not looking like tomb boy.  I always though Lauren handled herself with style and grace, so here is to my fashion icon Lauren Conrad.

Cobbler

I found this recipe on pinterest and followed it to this girls weight loss blog and she has a ton of healthy and yummy looking recipes. This recipe was super easy and calls for just 3 ingredients: Frozen fruit, cake mix and sprite.  I didn't have mixed berried or strawberries like she used, I just had a big bag of frozen unsweetened blueberries, I used yellow cake mix and sprite zero.  I used one of her reviewer's advice about stirring the cake mix and sprite together and it ended up great. Even though I made it for the Mother's Day celebration at my Mom's tomorrow, I had to take a little taste. Sorry Mom for the missing spoon full.  It was so yummy, it was sweet, but not too sweet and I am taking vanilla ice cream to serve with it. I baked mine at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

Thank you to her commenter that said to stir them together, cause it ended up great without any dry areas.

A different view, showing all the berries. I might make this for July 4th with blueberries, strawberries and vanilla ice cream.

A picture of my little helper, he stirred and poured and in between dances on the Just Dance game he came in and looked at it with the oven light to see it turn into cake.  I can't wait to dig into this tomorrow at Mom's.

Addicted to pain?

So I did this Backyard Boot Camp type work out yesterday. It was awesome cause it challenged me and I like to be challenged  when I work out, cause I get bored easily, I have worked out every day for 2 years after all.  Well it was a challenge, I am super sore, but I loved it. I got to do things like jumping over hurdles, slamming a sledge hammer into a giant tire, kick/boxing with a sparring partner, doing squats and lunges on a Bozu Ball, lots of other things too, but that's what stood out the most.  I am sore, but after that I came home I went swimming, then later on that day I went for a walk after dinner with Jack.  Today I woke up so stiff and sore, but I forced myself to get up and work out, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and I played just dance and the Wii fit with Jack, then I'm gonna lay out and get some sun, then I might roller blade.  I went from being someone who was addicted to tv shows to someone who is addicted to working out. since the DVR was invented I can do both, I am not a slave to my tv anymore, I don't have to be home at a certain time to catch a certain show.  So, I get to run around and play with my kid and get exercise and not be a couch potato.  I think my life is pretty good. This is my idea of playing outside on a beautiful day.

This is Jack's idea of playing outside, he is pouting cause the ipad battery just died.  Yes I know I have my work cut out for me with him, but he is watching less tv and playing baseball now.

Uh Thanks?

Here are some of the weird and random compliments? I have gotten since I lost weight.
"Wow your eyes are big now"
"you have tiny feet now"
"you can see lines and muscles around your mouth now"
"Wow, you have a super skinny neck"
"Your legs from the knee down are tiny"
"Did you always have freckles"
"Don't lose any more weight, you look anorexic"
This is what I feel like saying to those responses
Were my eyes not big before, did my fat face swallow them or something?
Were my feet huge before?
Are you saying that my head is huge, if my neck is super skinny?
So, my legs are tiny from the knees down, what are you trying to say about my thighs?  I know I have tree trunk legs but sheesh do ya have to point it out.
YES, I always had freckles!!!
The anorexic comment hurts the most, because for your information, I am 5 foot 6 and a half inches tall and should weigh between 130 and 160, and I am currently 144 pounds, so I am still in my weight range, I am not under weight, I do eat and I do not binge (thank you very much).  I was just determined and set a goal and people that know me really well know that when I set a goal for something NOTHING will stop me from my goal.
Whew, I feel better, I just had to get that off my chest.
FYI, I have always had a low self esteem so when you tell someone like me that I have a skinny neck, I become paranoid and think holey cow do I look like Maria Shriver or something?
I should also note that I have had a glass of wine.! hee hee, so if this blog post offends you in anyway, just ignore it.

Summer Lovin

Those of you that have known me my whole life, also know that I used to hate summer (especially driving my college clunker car with no air-heat or reverse), I would get hot super easily and I was out of shape and I would sweat just going to get the mail at the mailbox.  I would practically stay inside all summer unless I knew someone with a pool.  Then Jack came along and I forced myself outside in the summer time for him, but I just wasn't having any fun. Now that I'm in shape and my asthma hardly bothers me anymore and I don't get hot (stay cold all the time now), I LOVE SUMMER! Here are just a few things I am looking forward too this summer:
hearing about Jack's adventures at VBS
second Saturday street fair
The Farmer's market
Eating Watermelon
watering my petunias every day
swimming
concerts in the park
new plays/shows at SKY PAC
taking Jack to the Zoo and the Science museum
Hot Rods baseball games
hopefully getting to go to Beach Bend this summer
put put golf
vacation to Florida
after dinner walks with Jack
group family birthday/July 4th party - it's tradition now since everybody in my family has a summer b-day    
(except for Jack) I through a birthday/July 4th party at my house to celebrate all of our birthdays at one party and Jack's half birthday
golf cart rides
picking honey suckle
Jack catching woolly worms and naming them
catching lightening bugs
eating ice cream
grilling out
butterflies
geocaching
play dates with Jack's friends and their Moms
watching the rest of Jack's pee wee baseball games
Blowing bubbles with Jack
eating fresh summer berries
trying to get Daddy off the computer and to turn the tv off and go outside more , cause I love watching him play baseball with Jack
and hopefully throwing in some craft time

crafting in TN

had some time to craft with my friend Cass in TN a few weeks ago and I'm just getting around to posting  these cards I made while I was there.  This was her stamp set that I used for a friend's birthday card.

this is the inside of the card

A pretty simple card I made for my father-in-laws birthday, he loves golf

.This card is simple too, but I like it, I got to use this pretty green textured paper and some pink magic mesh.

 Hopefully I will have more posts soon, I am going to be working on a baby book for a friend soon.

the rest of the robot party

Here are some pictures from Jack's 5th birthday party, it was a robot party.

Here is the robot cake I made using the video tutorial from the Betty Crocker website.  The lady on the video makes it look so easy, LOL, it wasn't for me, so I think it will be the last themed cake I try.

used Jack's stuffed robot as decoration.

the goody bags, I decorated.

the goodies inside the bag

leftover candies form making the cake that I set out for the kids and cake pops that a local baker made.

robot pinata and we had a craft table too, but didn't get pics of the craft table, it was in December, so we cleaned out the garage and let the kids play corn hole and kick balls and play with scooters. This is Jack's friend Noah taking a whack at the robot.

Birthday boy, Jack, blowing out the candles.