((((( Clean & Tidy Weekend )))))

CollinsMom

CollinsMom

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Yay, it's the weekend!

What is everyone eating? Are you working out, or resting?

What are your plans for the weekend?
 
My workout this morning will be IMAX2 I think. I really dislike the warm up on this one, though... Oh well!

After my workout, I am going out to eat for a cheat -- pumpkin pancakes at IHOP!!! Have you guys ever had those? They're amazing....

Chris insists that we are painting tonight and tomorrow, even though we have done NOTHING to prepare. Sounds like loads of fun to me... Anyway, I will post pics of the room once it has been pained. We just got some new furniture for that room, and we are getting new bedding for Christmas I think. Re-doing the house is so much fun!!

I will take a laptop with me to Chris' house this weekend so I can check on you all!
 
HI Katie, Sounds like you have a nice weekend planned. My in-laws are taking us out to Cracker Barrell this morning. It will be nice to be with them, but I don't want to go because there will be NOTHING remotely healthy to eat. I'll make the best of it. I have NO ROOM to cheat today. Last night a bunch of friends came over and all the gals made cookies. THe American Legion is packaging an sending cookies to the troops in Iraq. So we made (and ate) batches and batches of cookies. It was a lot of fun, but boy, do I hvae a cookie hangover today.

Can't really post a menu at this point. I have no idea where my day is going to take me. W/o will be kickbox & legs/core. I'm pretty sore in my chest from the other day. YAY! Oh! - I was changing my shirt and DH was very impressed w/ my upper back muscles! I love hwen others see your progress. Makes it all worthwhile. Now if I could just stop eating cookies he would see my awesome 6-pack abs!:+ :9
 
Katie, I just read your post from yesterday. I love blue - our basement bath is a pale blue w/ a lot of white and brushed nickel accents. We were going for a spa look. THe bedroom matches it.

What does your new furniture look like?! I love interior design. Details, please! Also, when are your new eng. pics?

Steph - Thinking of you. Hope things are going okay for you. Hang in there.
 
Hello Katie and Kate and all to follow,

I cant express enough, how your kind words made my day. Its a strange thing, that although we have all never met each other, the support is so important. I do thank you all.
DH and i had a talk last night, we have been seeing a counsellor now for a year or so. He wants to keep trying to work it out. After 12 years, its hard to give up.

Today, workout was upper body premix of 4D (70 min of good pain)! and core and i added a few bootcamp drills. House is really clean ;)

Menu:
Not good. the usual until i got into some chocolate...not some, maybe a lot of chocolate...move on right.

Katie, i love painting. It stinks at the time, but the end result is so rewarding. Starting a new life!!

Kate, enjoy kickbox and your chest pain. Post menus if you get a chance.
Thanks so much
Steph
 
Happy Sat.
Hey ladies, it's almost 3 in the afternoon, sorry for the late post.Busy day at girlscouts and my DS b-day. He is upstairs playing with his new wrestling game now.I told you he is easy to please. The crockpot cake came out good except I cut into it too soon and the pudding ooozed out. He like it but I wished that it was chocolate.

My w/o BM2 cardio, core and stretch.

My menu :-(
b- top of bran muffin, spoonful of homemade caramel, oreo cookies
s-cheese snack
l-veggie soup and prezels
d- shrimp and veggies
s-??

I'm not looking forward to monday's weigh in.

;-)
 
Don't worry Katie that room will be painted and you will enjoy the finished room.

Kate wow the American Legion makes cookies for the troops, that's great.

Steph 70 min. uppper bod, you go girl!
 
Hello again to all!

Kate, how did you do at Cracker Barrel? I used to work there in college, and I can testify to the fact that their food is about as dirty as dirty gets! Sometimes it is unavoidable...

We are not quite sure when we are going to do the engagement pictures, hopefully next weekend. We can't decide whether to wear denim and black or denim and white.

The new pieces of furniture that we got was a HUGE 14 drawer dresser for the bedroom, and a wine rack for the kitchen. Chris LOVES to buy unfinished wood furniture and then stain it and finish it himself, so that it what it all is. The dresser is done, I will take some pics of it to post.

As soon as Collin gets us from his nap, we are headed up to start on the room. Wish me luck! We have an entire house to paint eventually!
 
Katie I think what you wear to the photo shoot depends on the back ground. I've seen very nice engagement pics with white tops and dark bottoms. Most people will look at the tops you are wearing.

I can not wait to see the pics of the unfinished and then the finished projects.
 
Hey, ladies! I did fairly good today w/ eating - Saturdays always seem to be wierd. Just finished KB & legs/core. So good! Having a little bit of dry Kashi & almonds to repair those hard-working muscles! I could eat Kashi GoLean Crunch for every meal.

Steph - 12 years is definetly worth fighting for! Do you have kids? I know when we get too involved with work and don't make time for date nights we both get a little short-tempered with each other. Actually, it's mostly me w/ the hot temper, but hey, I'm part Lebanese so it's allowed, no?!
:7

Robin - Be GLAD the cake wasn't chocolate because then you would've ate more!:) It sounds super good!...........I think the next time I get to pick my cardio it will be BM2 cardio. I love the part where you do the fast-foot repeater and you know Cathe knows it's so much fun and Cathe says "Are you likin' it?!" Yeah, I'm likin it!

Katie - How'd the painting go?
 
Super Sleepy Sunday

Where is everyone?

I was so hungry around 2am that I ate some oreo cookies. I'm not sure how those cookies got into my house ;-)

My w/o today will be Amy step and Cathe legs.

b-warm grapenuts cereal
s-yogurt and nuts
l- veggie soup
d- ground turkey with pasta
s-?

Water and more water.

This week my own challenge again will be to not gain weight.

Steph try to hang in there with your marriage. Remember the grass is always greener...Think it through and make sure that you will be better of with your final decision.

Katie how did the painting go?
 
Good morning, ladies!

The painting went pretty well, actually. We got one coat of trim and then rolled one coat, and then it was 11 pm. It looks pretty good this morning, but it will definitely need a second coat. Chris is NOT HAPPY about having to trim again, but it needs to be done. The walls were white, and now they are a medium blue, quite a drastic change.

So here shortly we will head back up to do a second coat, and hopefully Collin will sit tight on the bed and watch Sponge Bob.

I will try to get some pictures to post, be back later!
 
Robin - I HATE when Oreos sneak into my house!:p If it's any comfort to you I'm not weighing in tomorrow. I've been lifting so much - I'm seeing great results and I don;t want the # on the scale to be disappointing. My clothes fit, so I'm happy w/ that.

Katie - Isabel LOVES SpongeBob, but we don't have a TV so they only get to watch it on vacation. Glad the painting is going well.

Doin' good today!
b - kashi, grapes
s/l - peanuts, almonds, pear, some cantaloupe

Will have another snack later. Dinner will be our preschool's "family feast". Should be easy to keep clean. I hate eating potluck food beause you never know where it came from. I'll likely eat a light snack before and after. The kids are going to sing TxGiving songs. Isabel is such a stinker and I know she'll say "I'm shy" and not want to go up! Wish us luck!
 
Hello clean and tidy friends!

Everyone is doing great! Thanks again for the support. I'm going to take things day by day, he is treating me better since our talk on Friday. I have been supporting him and the relationship for over 10 years now, and i guess had enough. No kids, but i want them, so big decisions. Again, i'm so thankful to have you all :)

Robin, believe it or not, i have never had an orea cookie, what's wrong with me?

Katie, sounds like the house is coming along and will be gorgeous. Would love to see pics.

Kate, busy weekend, everything looks great as always.

Today, eating was fine until.....
DH and i went to the grocery store and they have a bulk section. I got a few dark chocolate almonds and malt balls, not many, maybe 10 total, but they're gone...

workout, classical stretch, total body, fantastic workout.
B: oatmeal
S: almonds
l: mushroom barley soup, protein pancake with yogurt and banana
s: carrots/hummus
chocolate almonds .....soy ice cream...
d: not sure have sugar gut rot now.
Enjoy Sunday everyone
Steph
 
Robin - You def. deserve a nice C'mas present!

Steph - So do you! No worries about the almonds - you got prtoeiin, right?!:p :9 Besides, that's NOTHING compared to insane amount of stuffing and apple muffins that I made and ate at supper tonight. I'm right w/ ya on the gut rot right now. Headed downstairs for some LIS and shoulders, etc. Need a whole lot of sweat happenin' tonight! ...........Does DH want kids too? I can tell you that having kids makes every problem in your marriage magnified. Keep working on things...if you;re both trying hard you will succeed. I know for us I really need to make a concerted effort to ACT like a mnarried couple. We're both so involved w/ being parents and our workload is VERY stressful. Pretty soon we end up like acting like roommates instead of bedmates. Not that sex is everything but it sure helps! I know Katie posted in OD, and I chimed in there too. We all really need to nurture our marriages/relationships...they are all fragile, no matter how strong they are. Keep working on it - you can do it!

Well, I guess I've rambled. Better go give DH a hug and a kiss. See you later!
 
Very well said, Kate! Just for that, I might give DF some tonight!;)

I agree with everything Kate said, especially the part about having kids and how it affects problems. I will keep you and your DH in my thoughts and prayers.

Bedroom is completely painted -- wooohoooo! Well, I suppose we have to do the trim some time....crap! We ended up doing a major cleaning in there too while all the furniture was out -- washed windows, vacuumed, shampooed carpets, etc. I am glad it is done! I will post pics tomorrow.

We are moving in to DF's house when we get married. It is a nice house, but for 4 years it has been a bachelor pad -- LOTS of cleaning and redecorating to do! The payment is low enough on this house that we can save a lot of money, and in a few years we will build a house out in the country (we are sort of waiting to inherit some land).

On a different note, I HAVE EATEN NOTHING BUT CRAP THIS WEEKEND. I cannot imagine what the scale will read for me tomorrow. I need to keep it squeaky clean on Mon, Tues, and Wed!
 
Katie - Glad the painting is (mostly) done! Good for you guys! DH (mike) is very handy and can do anything around the house...excpet painting. It is the one thing we gladly hire out. In our first house we painted ourselves. We constantly fought and said "You're doing it wrong!" when in reality we were both doing it wrong. We figure hiring a painting contractor is a whole lot cheaper and easier than divorce court! Sorry for the bad eating. I'm not exactly feeling on top of my game in the clean-eating dept. either. We'll do great this week though. I just need to remind myself that it just takes a few days to get rid of the white-carb frenzy and then I don't crave it anymore. BUT on Tuesday I'm taking cupcakes to DD's preschool - HEEEELLLLLP!!!!

Just finished LIS & weights. I was really sweatin' good on the shoulders. This is the first rotation I've ever followed. Looking forward to next month's, tho I'm kind of tempted to follow this one again. Do you think 8 weeks is too long to follow a program? Katie, are you going back to GymStyles?

Have a good night...esp. you, Katie! I think I will too!!!! Yeeha!
 
Hi Everyone!

Sorry I was MIA this weekend. I hosted Baby Shower # 1 (#2 is next weekend) and I too the 3 hours of unscheduled time this weekend for myself. I definitely needed some me time and the next couple of months will be extremely crazy for me.

Steph - I know you have a lot on your shoulders trying to work everything out. I can't imagine how difficult it must be for you. Keep trudging along and soon things will get better.
Katie - I have never painted before. My DH does not like to paint so we always hire someone.
Kate - good luck with the cupcakes on Tuesday! I love cake too!
Robin - the pudding sounds good, but I am not a fan of vanilla either.

My eating on Saturday was clean and I was clean until I went to the shower and had cake. Hopefully that won't tip the scales tomorrow.

Colleen
 
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