Little DrummerBoy

Jim, Audrey and i spent this past weekend with my parents at DrummerBoy campground in Gettysburg.
We swam at the pool, toured the town, and battlefields, and just had an genuinely relaxing a good 4 days together. We rented a golf cart, did crafts, ate with the other campers. I had a wonderful time. My dad loved history, so he enjoyed the battlefield. We all enjoyed watching Audrey tool around the pool, she got braver and braver each time she got in.
I am so grateful to share these wonderful times with my mom and dad.

Happy 4th of July

I managed to get Audrey out last week to do some 4th of July Celebration pics!

God Bless America!

Sorta Good

I got up this morning and Audrey and I headed out after breakfast to yardsales. We didnt really get much of anything, but we walked alot!
This morning breakfast: Blackberries, Mangoes, Oatmeal with slivered almonds and 1 tbsp chobani yogurt...YUM! Score for me.
I did however, sneak half of the cookie that I bought from a little girl selling bake goods at her yardsale... Well, I walked it off, I guess.
Lunch-time was fun and vegetarian and southwestern, and fresh!
Black Beans with corn, avocado, tomatoes on a jalepeno cheddar tortilla and the extra mixed with spinach for a salad. Was yummy and filling.

Forward 3 hrs later, Audrey was upstairs napping, I had just come in from about 45 minutes of weeding our flower beds, sweaty and needing something sweet. I went for something my friend Val suggested, a smoothie, with added spinach. I used mango, blackberries( again) the rest of my yogurt, almond milk and spinach, in fact! YUM! And I had some left over, so I froze it!

Dinner was great, until I realized that I ate nearly 200 calories more than I calculated, by eating the whole boboli pizz crust and not just 1/2 LOL! Oh Well!

I am getting my sneakers on and walking it off. 200 cals is just 40 minutes pushing a stroller, and Audrey and I can always use the extra outside time.
So, todays meals came to 1665 calories and I didnt DIET at all, just made smart choices.
Just like the extra walk and the yard work.
Still FAT, but definately FRESHER than Mcdonalds! LOL!
Oh PS: I drank 2 coffees. I will never give them up! LOL!

Fat Girl Fresh

I'm Fat! Yep, I know...it's clearly obvious. You are all just too nice to sit me down and have a fat intervention.
I've been fat my whole life, except for 4 years of skinnyness, and for some of that time I bordered on unhealthy.
The simple reason I weigh more than I should is the same equation and reason 90% of the people who are fat, ARE fat...I LOVE FOOD! All of it. Food is my social outlet. When people ask you to do something 99.9% of the time it is centered around food. When you want to celebrate a holiday or a special happening, you do it with food. When you reach a milestone, what do you do...yep, that's right celebrate at the Olive Garden.
Here is where I may not be like everyone else, once I get started with good food and I in turn feel that i have failed at staying within a normal daily intake...I KEEP EATING! My everyday mantra: "Well, I screwed up today so far, so I might as well eat everything I can" and start again tomorrow....AND THEN TOMORROW I SAY THE SAME THING.

I am 35, almost 36 years old, and I am fed up. Although, most days, I am as fed up as today.
This morning, I decided to go to our neighborhood Farmers Market and shop for fresh produce that will be enough for at least the next 3 days worth of meals...THAT IS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY...and then go to the store and supplement what I have left of the fresh stuff with new stuff.
I am not starting tomorrow. I am not starting after the weekend. I am starting right now!
In front of this computer screen is a little girl that is counting on me. When i was walking out of the grocery store with her in the cart today I thought, "am I wrong to make her an only child? When I am gone, who will she have?" and then I said, almost out loud to myself, You have at least 35 good years on you, Stace!" But do I? If I keep eating like this and not exercising. 1: Am I really living? and 2. Am I adding or subtracting life from my years? And what about the life in my years with Audrey?
So, here I am friends. Here I am Lord. I AM READY for a change in myself, for happiness in something other than food to overtake me. To be changed by it all. I AM READY.
I waste to much damn time on this computer..LOL....and here I am wasting more, right?
But, it's not a waste. Maybe I can help somebody else along the way? Maybe just getting it out and being honest is the best way for me to finally do this!
So, from here on out, I am going to HONESTLY tell you EVERYDAY what I eat, what exercise I get, How I really feel. I'll take pics, add my own made-up recipes.
AND, when ( not if) I hit my goal, I will tell you how much I weighed when I started out and all those juicy specifics that everyone really wishes they knew. BUT, not until then.
I CAN DO THIS! I CAN DO ANYTHING!
With LOve,
The Fat Girl!

Fever is a 5 letter word!

Monday morning, Audrey woke up with a fever. Which escalated to 103.4 degrees. My poor lil sickie visited the dr twice in 2 hrs to find out that she probably has Hand Foot and Mouth virus. Now, after 12 hrs of Tylenol suppositories( who really wants something shoved up their hiney?)the fever is gone and she is sleeping, her way of getting better.

I managed to get some Sick Pics, lol, of my girl, bad hair and a diaper...and she still looks fabulous! So glad the fevers are gone, now lets hope that she doesnt get the hand and feet blisters that often come with HFM virus, or the mouth sores. UGH! I have done everything possible, besides a plastic bubble, to keep my kiddo healthy, and I guess I should be ok that it has been quite some time since she has been sick!

Leaving daycare was the best decision ever, and although I worry about having a now 1 1/2 family income, Jim has stepped up to me being a stay at home mom, who freelances around motherhood! I am so grateful for him, and more grateful for my lil girl, the healing sickie!

Camping with Friends

This weekend we went camping at Dogwood Campground in nearby Newville, Pa.
Just 35 minutes from home, this campground was beautiful with a capital B! Great pool, clean, pond to fish in, great playground, friendly permanent campers.
We met up with my friend Jeanne and her family who were out for their annual fathers Day weekend family get-together, and took along our friends the Natales.
What a fun time!
If you camp, I would highly recommend Dogwood!
My only thing I would change is the pull in the shower to get the water to come down. It hurt my fingers.
Thanks Lupfers for inviting us!

Can You Tell me how to get.....

How to get to Sesame Place?
Yes, yes I can. And I highly recommend the trip!
On Tuesday, I woke up,saw that there was $20 off admission to Sesame Place in Langhorne PA. So, I packed the kiddo up and we headed to Sesame!
Great rides, AMAzing shows, a super great parade, some pricey parking ( $15) and food ($10 hot dog combo) but every bit worth it!
Audrey said "all done" everytime we got on a ride and it started. We tried the carousel...and again she disliked it greatly. She wasnt so sure of the up close characters, but LOVED the characters during the fabulous shows! We didnt even get to enjoy the water rides, there was just so much to do!
What a fun mommy daughter day!