Short but sweet

I have to be short but sweet. Once again, I have 100 things to do!

Had a quick, uneventful day at work (which is very good). After work, went to my favorite children's clothing store, not really a children's but an adult consignment store that has a small children's clothing area. Bought Jake some nifty duds for next to nothing. Then had to pick up my absolutely favorite hair care products (which is only available at very select salons and I finally found one in Lakeland!!), Moroccan Oil . Love, love, love! Very $$$ but worth every penny!

Roberto got my bike trailer on my bike so Jake and I finally took a ride. However, not for long, boy, am I out shape! Sad, to think I concerned myself to be an avid biker years ago. Oh well! Jake was a little unsure but he got the hang of it after a while.

Not the best quality, material seems a little chintzy but until I am biking longer distances, this will do!

I tried taking nice pictures of Jake for his birthday invitation but I was unsuccessful.

*****Some Short-Term Goals and Ongoing Projects****

1. Excerise 30 minutes a day.
2. Go to sleep by 11pm, haha! And wake up at 6:30am!
3. Consistently plan my meals, two weeks at a time.
4. Be current with all my work paperwork.
5. Attempt to be semi caught up with scrapbooking.
6. Take a photography class.
7. Sell some of Jake's clothes on Ebay.
8. Finish gathering info for Jake's 2nd birthday.
9. Learn to decorate cupcakes.
10. Bring my lunch daily.
11. Lose 17 lbs by June18th.

Just Lola plopping herself on Jake's highchair. Apparently, he was not even aware!

Nite-nite, all!

Lisa

And with that the weekend is gone...

Wow, I thought the week blew by but the weekend went even quicker. I was busy doing something every second of it.

Today, I had a fabulous day catching with a dear friend and her daughters. We spent the day shopping, brunch at Mimi's, then off to the playground where I realized too late I took the wrong diaper bag. You know, the one with no diapers!! Of course, pretty much after we arrived, he was due for a diaper change!  Well, we had to cut our day at the park short and went to Walgreens for some diapers. Now, we have an emergency pack in the car.

I had decided to buy a bike trailer for Jake a couple of months ago. I have been tirelessly searching on Craigslist but no luck. I found a couple but they were so cheap I was afraid we would be out riding and POP! the trailer becomes detached and there rolls Jake! Finally, I caved in and purchased a new one. I bought mine from Kmart, ordered online, received 4% for UPromise from Kmart and 3% from my UPromise credit card, and no shipping since I picked it up at the store! Win, win, win! So, we went to Brandon to pick it up and stopped by Cracker Barrel to pick up Whirly Pops for Jake's Birthday party but they did not have the size I wanted. But we hung around and had dinner. Yummy, cracker barrel. When we got home, I took my bike off the rack and Jake was "oohing and ahhing". Obviously, he is amazed by bicycles. I am hoping that will motivate me to go riding daily so I can get back in shape! 

To motivate me more here are some outfits I want when I loose enough weight:

I seem to have a theme...ruffles!

Later

Lisa

Just a Good Thursday!

Surprisingly, today was a very smooth day. I managed to get a lot accomplished today. Got a late start to work but I am the only one that noticed. Went to Panera for lunch and had my favorite caesar salad and broccoli cheddar soup. Went to Target and found some party supplies for Jake's birthday.

Arrived home somewhat early and got some phone calls made before the tantrum-throwing 21-month old came home. Once he was home and the tantrums started, I began dinner. Yes, that is correct, I made dinner tonight. I was feeling kind of retro-happy-homemaker, so I made Ground Turkey Noodle Bake. We loved it! Roberto had no idea it was turkey.

Scratch n Sniff for SG & Bradloo

Received some awesome little goodies from my favorite Triple J from her visit to New Orleans. Aprons and Chef hats for me & Roberto from The New Orleans School of Cooking. Of course, Jake got some shirts. And no gift box from NOLA would be complete without...PRALINES, yummy!

Thanks, Triple J!

To end the day, Little Man Jake and I took a long walk down to the "beach". It was a beautiful evening. At some point, a motorcycle passed by and Jake was so excited he started slapping the sides of the wagon and screaming "Wow Mommy, Wow Mommy!"

Testing out the chef hats!

Good night!

Lisa

Where's is my motivation?

There is so much I want to do. So many projects I want to attempt but I have no mtivation what so ever! I feel so behind that it feels like I will never catch up.

I haven't even planned my menu for the week. Hey, on the positive side, I can start next weeks! Yesterday's dinner was a delicious Gorton's Tilapia Filet, canned peas, and Wal-Mart potato chips, dear God what has my life become! Tonight's meal consisted of garlic parmesan wings from Beef O' Bradys. Hopefully, I will manage to cook what I have set out for tomorrow evening.

Since I have been reading all these awesome blogs, I have become so jealous of their photographs. So I figured it was high time to fine tune my self-taught skills.

Here are some samples I took of my favorite model.

Let me know what you think!

Off to bed!
Lisa

Blogging World, Here I am!

Alright, I giving blogging a chance. After several unsuccessful attempts of trying to be persauded, I have caved in. I guess some people have found my life somewhat interesting if not comical so here is my opportunity to share my stories and situations. Since I have a major case of ADHD, there are always 20 milion things going on in my life. In addition, anything that can go wrong will go wrong with me! So come take a journey with me in a day in the life of The Rib Crib.
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Never interrupt Jake while watching his favorite show, The Fresh Beat Band! Apparently, I got shushed! Actually more like he stuck his finger up nose and blew on it. First time for that!

Have to finish work, then off to bed!