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As promised here is what I’ve been doing to loose the extra weight I have gained over the last couple of years.  It really wasn’t hard and I’m amazed at how my body has responded.  To date I have lost almost 30 pounds. The first thing I did was to cut way back on my…

Today marked the end of week two of boot camp and the halfway point.  I begrudgingly walked in thinking to myself “I could just turn around go back outside and head to Taco Bell”.  I didn’t I kept moving forward and into the gym talked to Hanna for a bit…of course about work….then started my…

Yesterday’s post had us preparing for our trip from Texas to Wisconsin. Today we are in the car on the way. The plan was to leave at 5 am but as with most family trips, 5 am became 8 am. The boys and I were up most of the night finishing up our packing, making…

Tonight has been one hell of a night.  I tried to get home from work and my street was blocked with firetrucks, firemen, and tons of people.  Our neighbor’s house caught fire and the back of the house burned.  Fortunately no one was hurt and only things were lost.  Helping them retrieve items from their…

We are back from our vacation and I’m been trying to catch up on laundry, work, email, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, and did I mention laundry.  I think I have done more laundry since we have been back than I did last month!  We were only gone for a week what gives, did someone come…

Farmer’s Market haul. If you read my last post you know I have been doing a lot of cooking from scratch using fresh ingredients.  While at the Farmer’s Market I picked up some fruit and veggies.  But today I focused on the small cucumbers I got in this haul to make pickles.  I started gathering…