Poppin’ In For a Quick Visit….

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

 

Sugar Fast Day 2….

Just a few cravings and daydreams of a warm, soft  Krispy Kreme…..dripping in icing….crème-filled….

Figuring out my moments….I can prepare….have an activity or healthy snack ready when I would normally grab a Debbie Cake or dip into a sweet….

I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Next up….Sugar Detox for my kids….OH LAW! ☺

 

 

Today, I also want to tell you about my latest favorite cuticle treatment….

 

 

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Sally Hansen Nail Nutrition Green Tea & Soy Cuticle Oil

 

Aside from the fact that cuticle oil applied often prolongs manis and pedis….I LOVE this oil for several other reasons….

1.  The application and packaging…..it has a small brush and the wand/tube packaging so there is no mess.

2.  It works!

3.  Even though it is an oil, it seems to absorb rather quickly.

 

All-in-all, if you are looking for a great cuticle oil, this one RAWKS!

So Long, Sugar!

I just wanted to drop a line…writing each night is like meeting up with an old friend…sometimes Sassy Gal is my only connection to sanity and adult conversation in a day!  Well, except for some awesome friends who let me text them to no end and FaceTiming with Big Daddy and  Pop and Nana….

But not today….today was our bi-monthly bible study….so I got to see my sister friends…mentors….most of them are 50+….OH THE WEALTH OF WISDOM AND BEAUTY!   SO, I’m extra blessed today.

But who knows what tomorrow holds?!?! 

 

 

Because I am trying to eat healthier….and now that Big Daddy is at a desk all day, he is so wanting to embrace a healthier lifestyle…and after having borderline gestational diabetes, well, I’m a regular Dr. Sassy Gal on the dietary forefront.

You know that Googling makes you almost a doctor, right?…..’cuz I’m practically almost a dermatologist….and maybe even almost a pediatrician….

 

But, for realz, we’re making more changes….every night I’m searching for my ‘sweet fix’ and since I’ve not bought sweets in awhile….HOLD ME!….there are not hardly any left in the house.

The last box of Little Debbie cakes I bought were gone in HOURS.  NOT DAYS.  HOURS…that’s a sign your family needs to tell sugar to BEAT IT.

I haven’t cooked a dessert in a coon’s age….

HOLD ME AGAIN.

Not gonna lie- I am missin’ my sugar….but in conjunction with my buddy/health guru/sister in Christ and quite-possibly-seperated-at-birth sister (don’t you LOVE those kind of friends?)…here’s her blog…you should SO read it….

Anyway, if you go read her latest post, well, it is EXACTLY what I need to be doin’.

I’ve gotten confirmation from several sources….which I am assuming is all actually from one CERTAIN source…the Source of all Sources, that is….you know that one….don’t you believe that the Holy Spirit moves us to a healthier lifestyle????  Kinda all that stuff about the body….and being the temple….so forth….and so on?!?!

Yep.

 

Well, we’ve been having this recipe…I’ve made it twice in the past two weeks….I went light on the beef…and VERY light on the “croutons” and used 1/2 the amount of butter….

Cheeseburger Salad

It is SO good.

Like, I’m-not-a-salad-person-and-I-crave-this good.

 

And tomorrow night I shall try a modified version of this….

Asian Lettuce Wraps

 

And I’m really talking and communicating with my kids about healthier choices….did you know that if you list out some choices of protein-rich snacks….they LOVE that?

I give them a list of “good” snacks…and more times than not…they make good choices simply because I tell them why it’s a better choice???

My kids eat hummus, carrot sticks, peanut butter on Wasa crackers with a slice of tomato, nitrate-free turkey lunchmeat and a low-fat cheese stick, turkey bacon, hard-boiled eggs (THEY LOVE these but BE WARNED!  SMELLY TOOTS!  LOTS OF ‘EM!)….

Not to say that they we wouldn’t PREFER a good ol’ piece of chocolate cake….but I’m shuttin’ it down for the time being…..

 

My SOURCE has sent a spirit of conviction on me and my sugar intake….so sugar…I’m calling shenanigans on you….I’ll visit ya ever once in a while….you just can’t live here anymore….

 

♥♥♥♥♥,

More On How CUTE My Baby Is and Healing My Heels

Baby Sassy Gal                                      Baby 3.0

 

If you’re my Facebook friend, you already got a dose of this!

If not, well, I’m tellin’ ya that my heart is overjoyed that one of my kids might look like me! 

You see, all I ever hear is how my kids look ’JUST LIKE THEIR {BIG} DADDY’…. which…don’t get me wrong… is NOT a bad thing…AT ALL…but sometimes you just like to think that you carried and nurtured this child FOR NINE LONG MONTHS…you nurse him/her….some longer than others….I’m probably gonna be a little weird on this last baby…sorry if that weirds you out…AND BTW, I am pretty sure I should be given a Lifetime Achievement Award from The La Leche League….mostly for all of the nursing difficulties I’ve overcome…I’m tellin you…I AM ONE TOUGH MAMA MILK COW!!!!

Ok, anyway…he arrives looking like he was cut right out of a mold of his daddy…….

BUT NOT THIS TIME!  NO SIREE! ☺

What do you think?!?!

No matter what, he is just so yummy.  I want to eat him up…..just like the other two.

And Big Daddy said, “Well, maybe the reason I think he is so beautiful is because he looks like you.”

And here I am all bitter and sad-like that I don’t have a kid that looks like me until now.

Big Daddy has a way of putting me in line…..a sweet way….

OH, DEAR LORD, THANK YOU FOR THAT MAN.  HE IS SO, SO PRECIOUS.

 

 

 

Ok, back to reality…

Before Christmas, I wrote about Flexitol…and how well it works and yada yada yada…but…THAT SMELL!

My heels were bad…but I used that stuff up…and then my good friend…(HEY CHERYL!)….recommended this AWESOME product….not sure what I did before it….

Gilden Tree Nourishing Foot Cream, $18

OH GIRL!

Here’s what I love:

1.  It rubs in like a lotion….no greasy mess that makes you have to wear socks to bed….while there is a time and place for thick salves (and I use this when I’m down with sleepin’ in socks!)….not EVERY nigHT.  (I can’t stand to sleep in socks….it’s one of my biggest annoyances in life.  I know, right?!)

2. It is recommended for those with health issues, so it is safe and healthy….yet EFFECTIVE.

3.  The scent.  Clean, refreshing, yum.  But gone by morning.  Which is a nice thing, too.

4. The best part?! Waking up with soft, HEALED feet!

 

According to gildentree.com….

Rich, aloe-based foot cream with shea butter. Excellent for dry skin and cracked heels. Gluten Free. Safe for diabetics and celiacs.
A serious, but gentle foot cream that almost magically heals dry skin on feet, repairing cracked heels and softening skin. Made with a Certified Organic Aloe Vera base, instead of water, so it's thick, rich and very creamy, but soaks in quickly. Kiran Forest scent.

 

 

I also got this…

 

Foot Scrubber…called “The Best” by “O” the Oprah Magazine…here’s the lowdown from their website….

How to use:

Add a few drops of liquid soap or Extremely Gentle Cleansing Gel to the terra cotta Footscrubber and gently scrub feet. Focus on especially dry or callused areas, such as heels, balls of feet and toes. Polish and smooth skin with the back-side of the scrubber. Best when used at end of shower or bath.

Why it really works:

• The "pumicey" texture works to gently scrub away dry skin, and the "washboard" side helps polish skin.

• Terra-cotta, used widely in the Indian Sub-continent, is fired in a kiln, so it never wears out.

Plus, these are made by a women’s cottage industry in Pakistan (I think?!) and so you feel like purchasing these helps someone.

I gave each woman in our family this set for Christmas…..if you join their mailing list, you will find many great deals and sales on these and many more great products!!!

I’m glad they have NO IDEA who I am….I just love you, Gilden Tree…and I will forever.

 

Alrighty, I’m over and out….just waitin’ a couple more weeks to close on our house…and MOVE IT ON OUTTA DODGE!!!!

 

Have a lovely Monday!

Fun Friday

We found some little gems on a private family blog….SO worth a Friday laugh….

 

 

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This is Dos.  He used to eat.  A lot.  And he could work that fat little leg like a champ.

 

 

 

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And this one loved guns from way back.  Still does. 

Thank you for indulging our little trip down Memory Lane.

Lady Stuff….You Know, Basketball and Concealer…Oh Yea!

Zoomin’ thru!

Headin’ to The Big City for a fun evening with our Big Daddy….love those Lady Raiders so we’ll go cheer them on against Baylor!

I’m a HUGE college basketball fan….I LOVE basketball…played in high school….and summer leagues….many people wouldn’t take me for a sportster….but I was a total Sporty Spice in my younger day

 

 

 

I also took this recommendation from Tiffany D….

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Maybelline Age Rewind Eraser, $9.99 at drugstore.com

You KNOW I need some o’ that concealin’!

Baby 3.0 was sleeping SO great….like 9-11 hour stretches….’til this last week….and he’s been up anywheres between 3AM and 6AM….wantin’ a snicky snack…AAAY!  Small stretches of ZZZ’s are NOT good on the dark circle/puffy/allergy eye situation!!

Enter: Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer with a  puffy, soft applicator top that I LOVE.  So mess-free and very effective.

Here’s the info from Maybelline:

• With Goji Berry + Haloxyl™
• Instantly erases: dark circles fine lines
• Visibly Diminishes: Puffiness
• Micro-corrector applicator + super concentrated formula
• Eye looks radiant and refreshed

 

GO MAYBELLINE!!  I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!

The Rest Of The Story….

FULL SPEED AHEAD!

Let me finish this story of the House God Gave Us!  haha!  ONLY God could’ve done this!

We met some people who just moved here to our little town (actually I went right up to them and introduced myself as they finished their meal!)….when we saw them one night in our local restaurant (on Big Daddy’s birthday no less!). 

Well,  my dad actually knows them, and heard through the grapevine that they may be interested in purchasing land….and we had land to purchase….and as we talked and arranged to show them our place (THE NEXT MORNING!  XMAS EVE!), they gave us the address of the house they were selling in The Big City where Big Daddy is working now.

We went online and saw the house, and I immediately knew God was up to somethin’!  I got chills just looking at it online….I told Big Daddy, “I would almost tell them we wanna swap….sight unseen…. that’s how much I believe God is doing this!”

A few days later we schedule a showing with the realtor, and we LOVED it….about 20 minutes later their realtor called and told us they wanted to swap!!  Even trade!! 

SEE!?!  Only God would find someone with a beautiful house in The Big City who wants to swap for 160 acres in rural West Texas!

And, as you know, the rest is history and we are packing and planning to be living there in no more than 4 weeks….hopefully sooner!

I am here to testify that if God calls, He will meet all of your needs according to HIS riches in glory through Christ Jesus….so I plan on using that house to the utmost of my ability to serve and minister to others….I LOVE to cook so I can see us feeding others’ bellies and their spirits….and I simply cannot wait.

 

 

 

I haven’t had much time for beauty stuff….buyin’ or usin’ or otherwise….my daily routine is at a bare minimum and I’m really stickin’ to what I know works right now!

BUT, I watched Tiffany D’s Favorites of 2011 video….and got some ideas!

I had to do an order from drugstore.com for this…

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Mommy’s Bliss Gripe Water

Are you familiar???

Yea, our kid is addicted to it….or rather we are addicted to how he acts when we give it to him….it’s to help with gas, bellyaches, etc…..

It’ll shut up a cryin’ kid in no time!

haha!

Just kiddin’….we wouldn’t overdose him or anything…but he sure does love it!  And it sure does keep him quiet when we drive in the car….’til it’s past feedin’ time…and RAWR!!!  My baby loves The Mealtime!

 

BUT, while I was on drugstore.com….upon Tiffany’s recommendation….I just HAD to try this…..

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Revlon Brow Fantasy

A brow pencil and a setting gel all-in-one!

I’m LOVING it right now….mainly because it’s so easy to create a natural brow and it stays put! 

And its quick! Yay for quick these days!

 

Monday Blessings!!!

Well....

I KINDA FORGOT TO TELL YOU THE MIRACULOUS PART OF OUR HOUSE STORY....THAT WE ARE SWAPPING HOUSES!

Yes, we traded houses because the precious people want our place and we want their's.

That's only the beginning of many, many miracles- both big and small.

Happy Weekend!