This is MAJOR!

I have some big news for ya'll!

Oh and Hi....since I haven't blogged in oh, FOR-EV-ER!

So...you ready for the big, huge, awesome news?? 

 I. AM. ENGAGED. 

Yep, My Honey finally popped that long awaited question that I had pretty much decided my ears would never hear! 

Here's the story.

We were on our way to a family reunion in the Texas Hill Country, which just happens to be our favorite part of Texas!  My Honey had suggested that we take our own car and take the longer, scenic route.  I agreed, as we always like taking back roads because you just get to see so much more of the beautiful state of Texas!  We had reached the Guadalupe River and had gone over several crossings when he suggested that we stop off at one and stretch our legs and see if we found any cool rocks.  Again, I wasn't suspicious in the least because he likes to get a cool rock everywhere we go and we had been on the road for hours.  So he pulls off at a crossing and there's this beautiful water fall just under the bridge.  We climb down there and all I can think is "I'm going to fall, this is much steeper than it looked and SNAKES, there are probably snakes everywhere around us and why is there grass touching my leg?  SNAKES!"  I'm terrified of snakes, if you can't tell. 

Could the setting be more perfect?

Pretty sure there are 10000 snakes around here!

We finally got to a more open area and I was calming down about the tall grass and mounds of snakes that were likely all around us when I noticed My Honey was acting kind of nervous.  Weird!  I really started getting suspicious when he took a "self pic" with me and smiled!  He NEVER does that!  It usually takes 5 times before I can get him to be serious! 

Serious picture on the first try! 

Something must be up!

Then he started back toward the car and I was more than ready to get out of that "snake infested" area!  Then he stops and says "WHAT'S THAT?" and I freak out because I just knew it was a snake!  I screamed and jumped and just freaked out in general.  When I turned around My Honey was on one knee.  Then I REALLY freaked out!!!!  The moment that I had dreamt about for 3 years was finally happening!  It was the single happiest moment of my life!  He said "I'm really nervous but 'Will you marry me'"?  He said that he wished he had taken a picture so that he could show everyone the look on my face.  He said it was perfect.  Of course,  I was in shock and said nothing so he finally said "well, will you?"  That's when I snapped out of my haze and screamed "YES! Yes, I will marry you!" and then jumped into his arms and then he said "well, here try it on!"  haha!  I said "no, you put it on me!" and it fit PERFECTLY!  It was the best moment and it was just he and I and I wouldn't have it any other way.  I get to marry my best friend, my soul mate, the love of my life!  I still have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming!

 I couldn't have picked out a better ring! 

It's PERFECT!

Another view of my PERFECT ring!

ha!  Our first "toast" as a married couple! 

You know I had to get the ring in there!

We went to dinner that night and my SIL and cousin/MOH surprised me with a "bride" tank and they had on their "bridesmaid" tanks! 

 It was the perfect end to the perfect day!

Of course, since I've been dreaming about getting married to this wonderful man for 3 years, you KNOW I have the wedding pretty much planned out!  How can you not with Pinterest? (follow me!)  I can't wait to share all of our the details with ya'll!!  We have LOTS of DIY things planned and I will be sharing each project on my blog!  Here are 2 teasers!  Can you guess what we're going to do with them?

 battered old picket fence

Ugly brass chandelier

And you know, I'm always on some new diet/fitness kick and I AM doing something right now but I am convinced that the minute I blog about it I jinx myself...so I will talk about it....but I'm saving it for 15-20 lbs from now!

So for now....as the chalkboard in my kitchen says....

Okay, okay...and one more picture of my BE-AUTIFUL ring!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!

Un-Creative Eating

So, I thought I would do a post on what I eat.  I intended to do this post last week....oops!  I am quite un-creative when it comes to my meals, sadly.  I really want to like cooking but I just don't.  I don't hate it...it's just that by the time I make my hour long commute home and working out (yeah, when that happens...), I just don't feel like being all creative in the kitchen.  I'm more of the sit on the couch, catch up on my shows and play on my computer or iPad kind of girl.  I've been known to eat a bowl of cereal for dinner several nights a week.  My poor Honey...this is our daily conversation regarding dinner

Honey: What are we doing for dinner tonight?
Me:  Uhmm....I forgot to lay anything out so I figured we'd just fend for ourselves...
Honey:  Oh, ok.  Do you want me to cook something?  I'll fry you some eggs and bacon...
Me:  Excuse me, I'm watching what I eat!  RUDE!  I'll just have a bowl of cereal, you go ahead and have that heart attack from a skillet!
Honey:  OK...you know, if you just eat smaller portions and exercise you'll drop the weight.
Me:  YOU. HAVE. NO. IDEA. WHAT it's like to be a woman and try to lose weight!  You can drink one less Dr. Pepper (which I can't drink at. all.) a day and lose 5 lbs! I starve myself and exercise (sometimes) and I am lucky to lose 2 lbs in a week! I hate you!  Go away!
Honey: Uhm...Ok, I'm going to go make my bacon and eggs...are you sure you don't want any?
Me: <Glaring Silence>

So you see, I am pretty low maintenance when it comes to food.  In a perfect world we would eat out every night...but I am not so keen on being the size of a house one day so we don't....also, we're not rich!  I have my staples that I eat a lot...and here they are!  Maybe it's something different from your boring diet menu....or maybe you can give me some ideas!  I DO cook...just not all the time and when I do, I like easy, quick recipes because I'm usually about 5 seconds away from eating cardboard, I'm so hungry, when I get home!  What do you eat and do you have any quick, easy recipes you can share with me?

I love, love, love cereal!  My favorite is Honey Bunches of Oats.  My Honey finds this amusing since one of his pet names for me is "Honey Bunches of Oats!" ha!  I usually double up on the servings when I have this for dinner and with skim milk it's around 320 calories.  Not bad for dinner!

 I eat a lot of sandwiches for lunch.  Instead of chips I usually pack a baggy full of grape tomatoes....

 And baby carrots!  The carrots help replace that "crunch" craving we all have from years of eating chips with our sandwiches and the grape tomates...well, they're just yummy and filling!

I recently discovered these 100 calorie sandwich thins...I'm probably way late to the game....anyhow...I love to eat these with Oscar Meyer Cracked Black Pepper Turkey and Honey Ham.  They're also a great replacement as a hamburger bun w/ a Turkey Burger! 

For some reason at night after I've eaten dinner I get a craving for something sweet.  One of my favorite snacks is Cool Whip....

 +

A 60 Calorie Jell-O pudding snack.  I mix it up in a bowl and it's SO FREAKING GOOD!

 I saved the best (in my opinion) for last.  Have you seen that they now make 100 Cal Milano Cookies?  I go through a box in less than a week!  I eat them as my in between breakfast and lunch snack!  They are quite filling for only 2 cookies! 

So...what do you like to eat and share some recipes!  Please!

Enjoy...the Curvy Life!

Skinny Bitch vs. Lazy Bitch + A Confession

First off, I have a confession to make....I'm a curser!  Like I love to curse!  I try really hard to refrain from using my all time FAV, the F word, among others, when writing my blog for many reasons...1) In my about me section it says "I'm a Southern Christian girl...." or something to that extent and I don't want people to be all like "oh she's a Christian but she's cursing...2) My mom reads this and possibly my grandmother, 3) there's not a three, I just felt like I needed three reasons....
With all that said, occasionally I'm going to curse in my posts.  I apologize now if that offends you.  For instance this post and the title...."bitch" which is technically a female dog is not being used properly...some might say it's a "bad" word.  Who decides that all these words are "bad" anyways?  Oh well....on to my post....

So, as I stated in my post from yesterday I hate working out.  I am pretty much the world's greatest excuse maker when it comes to working out.  I've tried everything from working out with a partner, working out alone, going on my lunch hour, etc.  I've tried. it. all.  Nothing makes going any easier.  I let my partner down usually and if I'm alone then I don't have anyone to let down so it's even easier to not go!  ugh!  So I saw a form of my newest trick on Pinterest and I changed it up a bit to match my personality.  I got two glass jars from Hobby Lobby, some scrap stickers that I already had and labeled one jar "Skinny Bitch" and one "Lazy Bitch".  I then got $30 in ones and gave them to my Honey.  On the days that I go to the gym like I'm supposed to I get $1 in my "Skinny Bitch" jar!  YAY!  VACAY MONEY!!  But wait...here's the kicker...on the days I don't go to the gym as scheduled he takes $1 out of the "Skinny Bitch" jar and it goes in the "Lazy Bitch" jar.  I never get that money back.  It goes toward something boring for the house like a fence or fertilizer, you know, something I could give two shits about!  (Actually, I'd like a fence b/c I'm lazy and I would love to just kick the dogs outside and go back to watching TV....but don't tell him that!)  So, as of right now my "Skinny Bitch" jar is looking pretty good (these aren't updated pics) and sadly, my "Lazy Bitch" jar has a few bucks too....

So...Do you think this would work for you?  If so...get your butt to Hobby Lobby and start making some jars!!  SKINNY BITCH will win, dammit!!!!

Enjoy....the Curvy Life!

Yo-Yo'ing & The 30 Day Shred

Yeah, it's me...the long lost blogger, once again!  I seriously have issues...and they all stem from dieting and shame...oh and laziness!!  The last time I posted about dieting I was doing The Dukan Diet.  My body really liked the diet and I lost nearly 10 lbs (in 2 weeks!), however, about week 3 of the diet I came down with pneumonia.  At the beginning of my illness I was determined to stay on track with my diet.  I made salads, did my pure protein day, etc, etc...then day 3 of being sick as a dog hit and I was pissed.  I wasn't getting any better and I wanted carbs!  Real, honest to goodness carbs...to name a few, bread, chocolate, pasta...more bread and chocolate!  I needed comfort food! I came to the conclusion, or possibly made it up, that my body wasn't getting better because I wasn't eating carbs.  So I had a bowl of cereal.  It was the best bowl of cereal I've ever had in. my. life.  It was over.  I couldn't turn back...let me re-phrase, I could have...I just didn't want to.  Guess what ya'll...I like carbs!  Like really, really like them!  Who doesn't? For one, I'm a huge sweets eater.  I secretly hate people who say they "aren't much of a sweet eater."  Yeah, well screw you and your dislike for sweets...you're weird!  HA! Kidding...I love all my friends that don't care for sweets, I just do. not. get. it.  I friggin love sweets!  I could did eat pure melted chocolate, the kind you use for chocolate covered strawberries, by the spoon full this weekend.  Don't judge...or do, I don't care because I would do it all over again! 

I digress....

So yeah, I quit the Dukan Diet...which is where the "Yo-Yo'ing" in this blog title comes from!  I feel like I'm on a constant Yo-Yo of dieting, eating healthy, whatever you want to call it!  After I decided that Dukan wasn't for me I jumped right on the counting calories and exercising (sometimes) bus and was doing great!  I hit my 10 lb loss mark and was ecstatic!  It's been so long since I've lost 10 lbs, if EVER!  I said this in my last post though and I meant it...I really struggle with staying on a low calorie diet.  There's a lot of freedom, which, for me, turns into cheating.  Because, as I tell myself, "This one Reese's PB cup won't hurt..."  I also struggle with it because of my blatant disgust for exercising.  I hate, HATE, HATE to exercise.  And sadly, for me, dieting and exercising go hand in hand.  I wish with every being in me that I liked it.  I just don't.  I don't think I will ever be one of those weirdos people that is all "Ugh, I'm having a bad day, I'm going to go run!"  Pshh....I'm this girl..."I'm having a bad day, give me a beer and while you're at it, a shot!"  I don't want to be that girl...but it's me and I have to deal with it and more importantly push past it and NOT give in to that lush that lives inside me! 

Here's how I work to stay on track, and let me tell you it's WORK for me to stay on track every. single. day.  I use My Fitness Pal.  If you're a fan of counting calories, which to me, is by far the simplest way to be healthy and lose weight, you should totally go join My Fitness Pal.  If you have a smart phone they have an awesome app and you can also log from your desktop!  Be sure to "friend" me.  My username is HMW0250.  You can see what I eat, when I'm bad and don't track and when I exercise (this one's a work in progress)!  It's pretty much amazing and has totally been a motivator for me!  I follow all my friends and so when I see that they burned 600 calories and I know I'm going to be lazy and skip the gym...I feel like crap about myself and might muster up the motivation to go do some exercising.  I bet you're wondering "So, how are you doing weight loss wise since quiting Dukan and starting cal counting?"  Maybe you're not...either way, I'm going to tell you!  The first week I started cal counting I gained back a few lbs.  I had expected that and didn't get discouraged.  After my body adjusted I started losing and got to the 10 lb mark.  Yay!  I had lost 10 lbs, my clothes were fitting better, my double chin was a little less noticeable and I was feeling great!  Then the inevitable happened that always happens to me (and only I'm to blame)...I fell off that damn wagon!  I do it every. single. time. I lose any significant amount of weight, which 10 lbs is for me.  And let me tell you...that wagon is friggin hard to get back on!  I had a little 2 week break, while I stayed pretty good during the week I ate and drank like a fat king on the weekend!  It was nice.  I'm over it now...which is where the second part of my blog title comes in! (Took me a lot of words to get here, huh?) 

I follow a GREAT and super motivating blog called Mama Laughlin.  She has been on an amazing weight loss journey and her success is truly inspiring! (I wanna be like her when I grow skinny! haha!)  She did Julian Michael's 30 Day Shred awhile back and had mucho success!  I needed something to get me back in the swing of things...so why not do one of the hardest workout videos on the market! Go big or go home, right?!?  Since I tend to jinx myself by posting about diets and exercise programs and then never completing them or being successful, I'm not going to say much more about my 30 Day Shred journey until I've completed at least 20 days!  I started a diary of sorts on my iPad to write in each day about how I felt during (usually there are tears) and after my workout.  The only word I'll say about it for 20 or more days is this...OUCH!

So I'm back on track and I plan to stay this way for a long time!  Will I stumble?  Yes.  But the most important part is to just "stumble" and not fall off that wagon all the way!   Does anyone else call it the "wagon"?  I picture an old timey wagon barreling down the prairie and my fat ass trying so hard to 1) stay on the wagon  or 2) get back on after falling off!  haha!  That should leave you with a funny visual for the day!  Don't forget to be my "PAL" on My Fitness Pal!  And help me stay motivated!!  Please! 

Enjoy....The Curvy Life!

It Was A Pinterest Christmas!

I'm sure many of you are a lot like me and have been bitten by the Pinterest bug...or have a Pinterest Addiction!  This year we were on a major budget due to buying our first home this summer.  PINTEREST TO THE RESCUE!  I was able to make so many great gifts for a fraction of the price I would normally spend!!  We even did a "DIY-Pinterest Style" Chinese gift exchange at one of my family Christmas's...you didn't have to make something but you could! It was fun!! I'm bad about taking before and during pictures....but most of the things I made are self explanatory or I'll try and explain!  Get ready to enjoy lots of pictures...or eye candy, as I like to call it!

I really wanted to do something for all the guys at work but knew I couldn't afford much.  I the idea on Pinterest of putting Chex Mix in a jar.  I changed it up a little and found these cute containers at Hobby Lobby.  They were around $3 each.  And I just followed the Chex Mix recipe on the Chex box.  The only changes I made were adding Cheez-It's and a little extra butter and soy sauce!  I must say, it was delish!

I didn't see this on Pinterest but I was at HL (Hobby Lobby) getting supplies for something I did and I got the idea.  It was just a raw wood frame and HL had these cute Christmas cut-outs.  My friend Stacie had mentioned she didn't have a frame for her son Seven's first Christmas w/ Santa, so I decided to make her one!  I just added glitter to the cut-outs.  Spay painted the frame w/ Chalboard paint and used some scrapbook letters for his name.  It turned out so cute!

For my families "Chinese Christmas" we decided to make it fun and have it be DIY if you wanted.  I had gotten this frame from a garage sale...for FREE and I knew exactly what I would do with it...make it into a chalkboard, of course!  It was gold so I spray painted the frame cream and then took some brown paint we had and dry brushed it to show more of the detail on the frame.  I seriously got a steal on this frame!  People pay big bucks for frames that are this detailed and intricate! I took the glass out and sprayed 2 coats of chalkboard paint on it and wha-laa, it was complete and freaking adorable!!  I added colored chalk and a white chalk pen so that whoever won would be ready to start writing on their new board!

Here you can see some of the detail on the board

Isn't the detail beautiful?

My girlfriends and I had decided not to do Christmas gifts this year but when I saw this printout and idea on Pinterest I knew I had to make it! 

Link here

 It's a pair of tall socks from Target $2.50 each and a colorful nail polish, $1.99 each! 

 For my 3 bestest girls I added these cute shoe ornaments I found at Macy's for 60% off! 

This was a big one I saw all over Pinterest...the ornament wreath!  I originally made it for my Honey's families Chinese Christmas but we ended up not doing that...so my mom got lucky and I gave it to her!  The flashiness of the glitter never shows through like I wish it would...but it turned out fab!
Pinterest Link here

SUGAR SCRUB!  I made these for several special ladies in my life!  It's just brown sugar, olive oil, vitamin E oil and scented oil to get rid of the olive oil scent!  Did you know that HL sells all kinds of scents and oil for making soaps, scrubs, etc?  I found that out while making this!  Awesome!  Jars are from HL, too, of course!

Link here to where I got the recipe.

This little charm right here...I made all for myself!  I got this at the same garage sale as the other frame!  It was gold, as well...but not after a little red spray paint!  I had the perfect place for it in my kitchen!  When there's not a holiday it will keep our grocery list!

Last...my mom and I made this together for her to give as her Chinese Christmas gift! (I won it, btw! ha!).  We took a piece of board purchased from HL and had my dad cut it into squares.  Then we took scrapbook paper and Mod Podged the scrapbook paper on the board.  I used my Cricut to cut out the cream paper you see and then the "lacy" looking paper.  The "J" and "Y" letters were actually metal letters from HL that we mod podged glitter paper onto.  The "O" is a doily purchased on the baking isle at HL.  Then we added a few other embellishments like ribbon and glitter paint! 

Once again...the fabulousness of the glitter doesn't show in these pictures!  It's really great in person!!

 It was so fun to make!

Well....that's my "Pinterest Christmas" list.  I know, it's like January 14...I'm posting this way late! 

Enjoy....the Curvy Life!

ATTACK-The Dukan Diet Phase 1

Hello and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  I haven't posted in awhile (this seems to be a recurring theme...sorry!).  I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas and are off to a great new year!! 

CONFESSION #1: I'm ashamed.  I created this blog last year b/c I "was going to lose weight and get healthy!!"  I believe my first post was titled "New Year, New Me". Yeah, well, what had happened was this thing called life got in my way and...ok, ok, not really, I was just lazy and very, very un-self disciplined!!  I ended up weighing the most I have ever in my life at the end of 2011!  WHAT?!?!  That sure wasn't what my blog was created for!  I did manage to post some cute crafts and other stuff!  That works...right?  WRONG!  While I absolutely love posting my crafts and WILW and A&A Thursday that is not what my first intention for this blog was.  It has morphed into more and I love that...but I want to also become, you know, less curvy....and it would be awesome if I was motivation to at least 1 person along the way!

CONFESSION #2:  I'm scared that I'll jinx myself by posting about my recent success (8 lb loss in a week!! Go me!!).  I'm not an overly superstitious person but I am enough to be nervous.  Regardless, I'm proud of what I've accomplished and I'm going to share it, damn it!

So here is the start of my story...I hope to post weekly on my diet and any successes or trials I run into.

I had it all planned out that starting January 3(I was off the 2nd so I gave myself one more day) I was going to start a low calorie diet and hit the gym 4 days a week.  I wasn't excited.  Low calorie diets work great for some people...I'm not really one of those people.  My theory- I'm not self disciplined enough for a "free" diet.  I need a diet that tells me exactly what I can eat and how much.  I've been successful before on Weight Watchers but I always end up quiting...you know why?  Because you can drink alcohol on WW's if you have enough points.  You know what that always leads to for me?  A drive thru Taco Bell at 12 am followed by a day full of greasy foods to cure my hangover!  Not really the recipe to success for someone trying to lose 40 lbs!  My best friend is getting married in May and was starting a diet called "The Dukan Diet".  I was highly sceptical at first.  I knew it involved low carbs and my mind fat brain said "ha, you're joking, right? you + no carbs = starvation!"  She asked me to at least just read into it and think about trying it with her, after all, Kate Middleton did it before her wedding!  So, with a lot of doubt I bought the book.  I was immediately intrigued.  Not because the book was just so interesting!  What diet book is?  But because even though it was days of pure protein it seemed doable.  I don't know what made me think it was but something did, probably God saying "you are destroying your body, your temple.  This could help you!"  So my low calorie diet went out the window and in came the Dukan Diet!  It's been one week since I started the diet and I've lost 8 lbs!  In. a. week.  Unfathomable!  Have I starved, no!  Have I been a bit crabby from no carbs, maybe!  Are my cravings mostly gone, most definitely!  I've been posting on Facebook since I started about the diet and I've had several people ask me what I'm doing.  SO...for all of you wanting to know...here's my opinions and tips on the Dukan Diet....

First and foremost - BUY THE BOOK!  It's like $14 and worth it!  I bought the iBook but I want a hard copy so that I can be old fashioned and highlight and put tabs on my favorite pages! Don't judge!

Second - be prepared...

1) To make a grocery list before you head to the store!

2) To spend more on groceries than you probably have been.  If you were like me and shopped in the "boxed" food sections, aka the isles, at the grocery store, you're in for a little bit of a price change on your groceries.  I'm sure you've heard before that you should only shop the perimeter of the grocery store.  Well, on this diet that's the only place you'll shop!  The only isles I go down are the coffee and spices isle!  Crazy, right?  I never even get in my pantry except for spices and to throw trash away!

3) To be in your kitchen, a lot!  Some of my friends that are doing the diet cook all their meat on Sunday for the week.  This is so smart.  I'm so lazy on Sundays and I haven't mastered this yet. I come home and cook my dinner and lunch for the next day.  I'm not in the kitchen all night, but I am in there much more than before!

4) To set aside 30 minutes a day to walk.  Yep, just walk.  You can always do more if you like but I wouldn't recommend much more during your "Attack" Phase.

5) To drink at least 1.5 quarts of water a day.

6)To maybe be a little crabby and "dumb" for the first few days.  For instance, I got all the way to the door at Half Price Books before I realized that I didn't have my car keys...walk back to my car...it's STILL RUNNING!  My mind was so simple that day!  No carbs makes for a crazy Heather!

NOW...for the most important part, to me, at least...WHAT YOU CAN EAT!

As I said before, read the book!  I'm not going to list out all the foods that are allowed in the attack phase, cruise phase, etc, etc....but I will tell you what I've been eating the past week!  I even have some pictures...they're by no means pretty pictures of food like you see on most blogs.  I was lucky to take a picture before my mouth ate everything on my plate, ok?  I believe some pics may even have partial eaten food....deal!

My Attack Phase was 7 days.  The more you have to lose the more your attack phase is.  I want to lose 47 lbs so mine was longer than any of my other friends.  Aren't I the lucky one?

During Attack you can only have protein and 1 1/2 tbs of Oat Bran (I can only find at Whole Foods or Sprouts so far...)  Dr. Dukan gives a great recipe in the book for a galette (<--click for recipe) to cook your Oat Bran in.  I highly recommend this!  I tried it in my yogurt...I'm a texture person and I couldn't do it!

OK, ok...without further adieu...pics of food!

Turkey Sausage cooked in a skillet w/ onions and a egg and yogurt omelet.

SO TASTY!

Meat Roll-Up.  Ham, Turkey and Chicken deli meat

rolled up with a pickle and some honey mustard. YUM!

Here's a picture of the galette and scrambled eggs. 

It has fat free cream cheese on top and I season mine with cinnamon and Splenda. 

A great breakfast or after dinner snack!

Turkey burgers with honey mustard.

So freaking good!

Here's a list of a few other things I've had:

Shrimp

Tilapia

Chicken Breast

Hard Boiled Eggs

Fat Free Greek Yogurt w/ Splenda

Sugar Free Jello

Dukan Meat Loaf

This website has been a life safer for me

www.mydukandiet.com

she has a ton of wonderful, creative recipes!

What I'm Loving Wednesday!

Good Morning Ya'll!  I haven't done a WILW post in a long time...so here goes! 

I'm loving my Christmas Mantle at home.  

It's our first Christmas in the house and I had a blast decorating.

 

Here's our Christmas Tree.  My Honey and I had so much fun decorating it...he was such a good sport this year.  Usually he's more of a Bah-Hum-Bug type...but not this year.  I'm loving it!!

I love this picture of My Honey and Zane (my nephew) on Thanksgiving.  Stephen had so much fun with Zane.  I don't know about you, but seeing my man playing with kiddos is sexy to me!  (Not in a weirdo, Sandusky kind of way...get your mind out of the gutter!)

Yep...I'm loving hydrocodone right now. 

I've got something going on with my back and this is the only thing getting me through work and life everyday.  HAHA!  Not really...but it makes it much better.  I'm getting an MRI today to hopefully get some insight into what the heck's going on!  

Seriously, this show is the BEST new series on TV this year.  My Honey and I don't agree on many TV programs but this is one that we can't miss each week.  We love it!! It's pure greatness! 

Watch it!  Sundays on Showtime!

Who doesn't love some Ron? 

And I'm totally loving this little man!!  My nephew Zane!  He's the happiest, cutest, sweetest baby! 

I can't get enough of him! 

 If you're like me and can't get enough of this little muffin...check out his mommy's blog,

 Mommy In the Making!

One last thing I'm loving...I'm loving that I won't have to see anymore Facebook "Thankful" posts!  It's the last day of November!  YAY! 

Does this make me a bad person?  Ugh...I just can't stand those posts!!  Anyone else with me?

Well, I hope you all have a FABULOUS Wednesday.

Linking up w/ Jamie at This Kind of Love for WILW

 and with Megan over at Greetings From Texas. Check her out! Funny, Funny!!

Enjoy...The Curvy Life!