Thankful Thursday

Now don't get the wrong idea. I might not do this every week. I'll try but I can not make any promises. I got to massage my friend last night. We try to work on each other once a week. I absolutely love it! It doesn't matter who is the therapist and who is the client. We both come out of it feeling grounded and better overall. I am very blessed to have her in my life and that we are able to learn from each other. Two of my lil chicks got to go hang out with their Mema for a couple of hour today while I had a client. She is such a patient and kind woman. I really appreciate her.
Now that the day is starting to close, I look around my house. I have happy kids. Well, one of them is sleeping and the other two are watching Pinocchio. And then I start to see how much there is for me to do. I'm sure in the fall when school starts again, I will be able to get our house in order. As for now, I will remember that I have happy kids that are taken care of. They don't care that there is a stack of papers on the table or dishes in the sink...and on the counter...and the oven... I did my yoga and I'll be going for a walk with my friend tonight since it is not raining. Hope I didn't just jinx it. And the only thing we have going on tomorrow is staying home and relaxing! I'll be able to get quite a bit accomplished.

Only Day Two....

OH MY GOSH!!!! It is only day two of summer break. Well, we took Elsa to school and then remembered that she needs her lunch made. So we hurried home, made her lunch and then took it back to her. Anna and Spiderman are getting on each others nerves. They can't even be within 5 feet of each other. It is going to be a long summer... I'm going to step up the yoga, meditation and walking. I'm really excited for some upcoming things. I am meeting up with a friend and we are going to create some slides for doTERRA Facebook classes. Covering some extra shifts at work. The girls have the senior recital coming up. We have had some set backs with getting our business started, but we will keep moving forward. We are so close to getting it up and running! Once we get over 25 likes on our Facebook page, we can create our own Facebook link address. Then I can add it to our business cards so we can get those printed and start passing them out. Check out our Facebook page. Domi Dog Signs

Busy Month

I can't believe it! May came and went so quickly! We were kept busy with dance practices and recitals, family reunion, end of school year stuff and getting my sweethearts business going. Now that Summer Break is here for one of the kids, I won't be in the car nearly as much so I will have more time to actually blog and keep up to date. So my oldest is out of school for the summer. My middle girl is now on her summer schedule. She gets to go to school for three weeks and then is off for two weeks. I am looking forward to the fall. All three of my kids will be in school. Four days are full and then one half day. I'm pretty excited! Until that time comes, I will be getting my tushy into gear! For breakfast I had a couple of egg whites, a scramble of zucchini, onion, turkey and tomato. I also had strawberry raspberry tea, straight from England!!! Thanks Jess!!! I cut up some cucumber and put it in water last night. It tastes so good and is so hydrating! A good change from plain ol' water.

25 Pounds to Lose Starts Here

For breakfast I had a "leftover scramble" and a cup of mango passion fruit tea. Yum! When I say "leftover scramble" I really mean, "let's clean out the fridge and throw it in the pan". I found quite a few veggies that were on their way to our chicken food bowl. Yes, we have a bowl of food that the kids don't finish that we give to our chickens. They love it! I also found some chicken that had been grilled. So it is made up of green, red and yellow peppers, onion, zucchini, sweet potato, tomato and chicken. I put it on a whole wheat tortilla. After the first bite, I got a fork and ate only my scramble. I was trying to use up the tortillas cause we only had a few left. Oh well. I'm sure the kids will finish them.

Back to Reality

Why haven't I been posting lately? Oh cause we went to a family reunion. It was a lot of fun! I did pretty good on my eating. I allowed myself to have a couple of treats and then my body reminded me why I don't eat that stuff anymore. Like one night I have 3 chocolate chip cookies my sister-in-law made. Yeah I had heartburn pretty bad. Milk chocolate for some reason has done that to me ever since my first pregnancy. So now that we have been home for a few days and are settling back into reality, I can get back on track and move onto my next 25 lbs. to lose. Oooo!! When we got back from the reunion I weighed myself. I maintained!!! No gain and no loss!!! Pretty dang happy and proud about that.

Breakfast

I'm getting pretty good at eating breakfast. Today I had 2 egg whites, an apple and a scramble of turkey bacon, zucchini, green pepper, onion, garlic and tomato. So delicious! As for my tea, I had black cherry herbal earlier and now I'm having peach black. Warms the soul...

Cuppatea

I have really grown fond of drinking tea. I've noticed that when I don't miss a single "tea time", my body just works a lot smoother.

There are so many benefits to drinking tea but the ones that are big for me are my moods are elevated, I don't get constipated or get hemorrhoids (I know, TMI. But it's true.), and my body is just flushing toxins out like crazy! Every time I tell my sweet English friend that I am going to have a cup of tea, I always think of Eliza Dolittle in "My Fair Lady".

Stuck? Discouraged?

So lately when I have done my work-outs, my body feels stuck. Not literally, but it does. Like something is holding me back from doing the full movement. As I was walking this morning I got to thinking about it. I think I need to reevaluate my goals. I have some pretty big goals I want to accomplish, but I didn't really set any small, short-term goals. I think that got my body discouraged. I don't feel discouraged, but on a sub-conscious level, I think I am. Does that even make sense? If not, it makes sense to me. :) So I am going to come up with some new goals and report back tonight. Stay tuned!

New Adventure

My darling sweetheart has started a new adventure. Well, I say he has cause I haven't learned how to help him yet. But I am so excited for him! We are getting his online store set up, Facebook page up, business name registered... We have a lot more that we need to do but we are getting there. Luckily he already has his ebay store set up and people can purchase through there. If I have peaked your curiosity, check out our Facebook page Domi Dog Signs.

1 Down, 3 to Go...

I am a quarter of the way to my overall weight loss goal!! I am so excited!! I currently have a small goal of losing 6 pounds in 2 weeks. One week has passed. So I have 6 pounds in 1 week now. Ha! We will see if I am able to do this. If not, no biggie. I am on a constant journey. I have an amazing support system and I have come a long way already. I am proud of what I have accomplished so far. I am down 2 pant sizes! My pain from my Fibromyalgia is under control. I am feeling so good about myself and love myself so much. Somedays it is weird to think about how much I really didn't like myself. I am a pretty awesome person and I am so beautiful! Awhile ago, I started looking at myself in the mirror and telling myself that I am beautiful and that I love myself. I really didn't believe it at the time. Now that I actually BELIEVE it, life is so amazing! I am so much happier.

90 Days of Owning Life

So it has been 90 days of owning my life. So yesterday on day 95, we took pictures and measurements. This is comparing day 60 to day 90. I knew there wasn't going to be too much of a difference, but there is some. I didn't work as hard these last 30 days. But just wait for day 120! There is going to be bigger changes!

Owning It!!

If you have been following me, you will notice that some posts are gone..... No worries, they have been made private or deleted. There were some people in my life that were dragging me down and so I needed to cut them out. It is interesting. My anger for one person in particular was starting to manifest physically. I started getting the chills, a migraine and a fever. I felt sick to my stomach. Once I did the deed of cutting this person out, my fever broke and my chills started to lessen. Since my neck got all tense from the migraine, I still have a minor headache and my jaw is sore from being clenched. Other than that, I feel amazing!
Today I have been listening to Choosing2Change. I seriously LOVE that podcast! It was the kick in my pants that I needed! I have come so far already and I am not stopping on this journey now. I still have a ways to go.

Reward!

I think that when my husband or I take all three kids to the store, BY OURSELVES, we deserve an award, medal or recognition of some kind. It is hard thing to do. It is mentally and physically exhausting. When we are all together as a family, I don't mind the looks that people give us. We really do probably look like a 3-ring circus. But when it is just me with all three..... I get drained and cranky. Luckily, Spider-man is ok with staying in the cart. Anna is usually good about holding onto the side. But you have to remind her because if she has Gray Cat, then he wants to climb and explore things. Elsa normally sits in the cart until it is full and then will walk. But she likes to hold hands and not carts normally. So shopping is filled with reminding people to hold the cart, get Gray Cat off of something or don't get him stuck in something. Yes, I understand that there are plenty out there that have life so much worse than this. But at this very moment in time, I feel like I deserve a reward because we all survived!

Water Beads

At NUAP, they have water beads that the kids play with. They are squishy, wet and lots of fun! Great for sensory play! Well, my friend ordered some for me. Yay for friends that have Amazon Prime and get free shipping! They come in a little bag and are tiny beads. I put a couple of teaspoons in our angel food pan.... I need to do the dishes...... and added water! Probably about 1 liter. Ad then you let it sit. And sit. And sit a bit longer. Well, you let them sit for about 6-8 hours. I let them sit over night. This is what I started with and what I woke up to.

Spider-man LOVES THEM!!!!! Cant wait for Elsa and Anna to come home from school so they can play with them also!

Breakfast. Most Important Meal of the Day.

Since I started making healthier choices, I have also started eating breakfast. That was something I stopped doing when I started high school. I just couldn't eat at 5 in the morning. I wasn't hungry. Sometimes when I did, it would make me sick. I am past that now! And boy am I glad! Breakfast can be so delicious!! My favorite is making a simple omelet. I like putting my "filling" on the outside. I started out with the basic peppers, onion and cheese. Now I have been using leftover dinner. Like my omelet today has chicken, onion, tomato, zucchini and yellow squash. All of which were grilled in previous dinners, except the tomatoes. Those were fresh. I've also learned that I love to make my meals colorful! My kids love to point out the colors on their plates. I also started drinking tea. I got an electric tea kettle which I absolutely LOVE!!!! Right now all I have is herbal teas, but I'm going to pick up some green tea next time we are at the store. Today's flavor is blueberry. It is pretty good. My favorite so far is peach. Tea has some pretty awesome health benefits but is also good to get that extra water in!

Autism Acceptance

So every year on April 2nd, everyone wants to light it up blue! Autism Awareness! Whoo! Wait..... Aren't we aware of it, like, EVERYDAY?? My kids don't have Autism ONLY April 2nd. I don't want to make this a huge post just because of how disgusted and sick I feel. I never really supported Autism Speaks and I was never really against it. After talking to a friend and doing some of my own research, I am DEFINITELY against them! Just a few things before I close this. The "red flags" that they say may indicate your child is at risk, don't read into them too much. Yeah some of them are true, but others are completely false. A lot of children, and adults, with Autism can make eye contact. They do smile and have joyful expressions. They aren't robots. No babbling? Seriously??? One last thing. Autism Speaks supports the Judge Rotenberg Center. It looks like a wonderful Special Needs school, on the outside. It is absolutely terrible and sickening! They openly use torture and electro-shock on their students. This is what a past resident had to say. And this is from a former teacher. You can even Google Andre McCollins. I am done.

I am extremely grateful for my Autistic children and friends. I am so thankful for the support that we have received. My children will never be a burden on us!

Spring Break Day 2

Today's activities were a HUGE hit!!!!

Our first activity was a Dot to Dot car , counting to 20. Spiderman, of course, needed help connecting the dots and counting but the girls were able to do it on their own.

Necxt we made paper plate chicks. The kids LOVED this one!!!! They loved using the glue and playing with the feathers!

Spring Break Day 1

So the girls have Spring Break this week and we are not going to watch tv and movies the entire time... Just some of the time.

Our first activity was SHAVING CREAM!!!! They love playing with shaving cream especially when I add food coloring!

Our second activity was coloring pictures from the movie The Lorax. The dvd we have of it is crap, but they still love that movie!

Update!

So it has been almost a week since my last post. Here are a few highlights! The girls have Spring Break this WHOLE week. I am going to start following the DDP Yoga Program instead of randomly picking which work-out to do. I am so excited to see how I change physically and mentally! Along with that, I will be doing a daily post saying what exercises I did. I am seriously so excited about this!!! I'm going to get it typed up so I can mark on it instead of in my booklet.

Below The Belt

Tonight I did a new work-out called Below the Belt.... Holy Mother!!!! It works your butt and legs mostly, but also your core. Such a good work-out! First one where I was actually dripping sweat! I am getting better at engaging my muscles and getting my heart rate up. In other news, I am working to get my Facebook page together. I've also been thinking of doing a video blog on Youtube. So definitely more to come!