Not So Hungry For The Hunger Games

My husband and I watched The Hunger Games about 2 weeks ago. Honestly I wasn't impressed with the story line, couldn't get over teenagers killing each other as a form of entertainment and that the main character was so boring. Remember this is MY opinion. Don't like it? Stop reading & come back later when I have a new post ... So anyway, I posted my feelings on Facebook. Everyone basically told me that I missed the point if all I took out of it was teens killing each other. Why am the only one who can't get passed that part? This Suzanne woman wrote a book about teens killing each other in an event celebrated like a holiday!!! How F'd up is that? I don't care what the real point of the story is supposed to be. How mental do you have to be to write about teens killing other teens? Then create a "Capitol" where it's an a form of entertainment. Then everyone reads this book like it's the next Harry Potter. Because I decided to "keep an open mind" I agreed to read the book. Which my sister brought over a few days later. I finished the 1st part of the book but I really don't wanna finish it. She obviously wrote this in a way that could easily be adapted to a movie. Like every page is in the movie. Yeah there's some back story that isn't in the movie, but for the most part, I feel like I'm watching the movie again. I can't get myself to pick up the book to finish it. I'd rather scrub my floor, on my hands and knees, than finish it. Pretty sad, huh? Maybe when i get back into a reading mood I'll finish it ... that's a big maybe tho. 

Okay, rant over. 

XoXo oXoX

Autumn Can't Come Fast Enough

Okay, so if you follow me on Pinterest you are more than aware of my undying love for Autumn. I've gone Pin-Crazy lately with all the stuff I could make this season. That's how much I love Autumn!!! And what's not love?  The cooler weather, wearing long sleeve shirts, boots, Pumpkin Spice Lattes at Starbucks, Cold mornings on the balcony with a steaming cup of coffee, Lighting a fire in the fireplace every night, Cuddling with a soft blanket on the couch, the leaves changing color ... well not here in AZ ... leaves just turn brown and fall off the trees ... not very pretty. But then there are the amazing scented candles ... Pumpkin spice, pumpkin pie, apple cider. I love it all. It didn't help that when I was at Target over the weekend they already had their Autumn displays up. There are some Yankee candles that I really would love to have this season, but at $20 a piece I might just have to daydream for a while. . . I can't wait till that first cold morning when I get to made my grandmother's Apple Pie Oatmeal. It is so good! I'll share the recipe that morning, so all of you can enjoy it too. (It's too good not to share) Hmmm ... what else am I looking forward too? Well there's the decorating. Unfortunately I don't have that many Autumn decorations. (The sucky thing about being broke all the time) Think I might have to go play at consignment store or something. Oh My Goodness, I am so excited! Can you tell? Hee Hee Oh! And dressing the babies in uber cute fall clothing! Okay, seriously Fall needs to get here, like now. Think I might have to go bake a Pumpkin Pie to tie me over.

Have a great night everyone!

Aug 19 2012 ~ Sea Life Arizona

We Had such a great time at AZ Mills. Lunch at Paradise Bakery & Cafe. Altho the babies were not interested in the sandwich, the yogurt, or even the cookies. Troy had to go get them french fries, which they devoured. I was so upset, but at least they ate something. 

Then it was off to see the aquarium.  At first Tempest and Cole were chill in their strollers and just looked around. Then once we  got to the bigger tanks Tempest started getting scared. Especially when the sting rays came close to the glass. Once we got tempest out of her stroller, Cole wanted to get out of his as well. Needless to say it wasn't very fun after that. Trying to carry Tempest, maneuver the stroller and the diaper bag began to be more trouble than it was worth. We rushed through the rest of the aquarium, me taking as many pictures as possible along the way. 

Here's some photos I took. Some of them are sucky quality but I was using my phone. 

Had to get inked to get in.

 Listening to the boring audio track of what not to do & safety procedures 

 The only light in the room before going into the aquarium.

 I got to touch a live starfish! (Yes, I am that pale)

 These fish were in a circular room, Where the wall was a huge tank. It was pretty cool. Tiny tho. 

 Cole really liked the Sting Rays

 I totally had Little Mermaid running through my head when I saw this little dude

 Sea Horses. 

 Jelly Fish. Not a bad pic. my phones camera is pretty good.

 This Ray came up to the glass and just chilled there while I took its picture

 Nemo!

 Dori!

Bubbles!

I tried so many times to get a pic of the sea turtles but they kept swimming out of view. Guess they're camera shy. 

We didn't get to buy any thing from the gift shop. Mostly because there were so many people in there & we really couldn't afford to get anything anyway. Next time I think we need to put the little ones in carriers, And condense the diaper bag. I'll really have to plan it out too ... 

The sucky part was that it was so hot in there. I seriously thought it would be cold ... or at  least cool. I mean there's water everywhere. And they have to keep the water cool ...I don't know. I'm hoping  that the next time we go, it will be a much better experience for all of us.

Mass Postings Today

Hello my lovely followers and stalkers! I know, I haven't written anything in a while. i really haven't given myself time to be on the computer for like 2 weeks now. It's horrible, really. Luckily today is pretty low key ... so I should be able to get up to date on here ... Wish me luck ^_^

Run On Thoughts

Okay so I'm not doing as well as I would have hoped with the whole working out thing ... Tempest hasn't been napping during the day (which is when i usually workout) I tried doing it early in the morning before the minions wake up, but one of them always wakes up right in the middle & I caan't just ignore them for 30 minutes. I do try to be a responsible parent. Yoga has been my best friend tho. The babies wonder what I'm doing and try to mimick ... It's so cute. I should really take pics next time they do it. I usually dont have my phone or camera near by. I'll do a little bit all day. which I'm sure is not a good way to go, but when I dont get any time to myself, Theres only so much i can do, ya know? I'm way to self conscious to work out in front Troy, so thats totally out. until I stop jiggling anyway. I know, not the best mental image but it's better than actually seeing it. Like on biggest loser ... I can't stand looking at my own fat let alone the people on the show. This is the main the reason i dont go to a gym, yet. Somethings just need to be hidden from society, bouncing fat is defintely one of them. I would love to take up running. It's a great reason to get away from the minions, clear my head, and of course it's like an awesome way to lose weight. BUT ... I'm being totally hypocritical as I write this and chowing down on pita chips & hummus ... it's kind of healthy ... Not healthy for my bank account tho ... it's a $20 addiction. Oh well, there are worse things to be addicted to.

Oh! Speaking of kicking an addiction, It has been 7 weeks since my last vapor cigarette. Yay!!! Yes, I used to smoke ... No I'm not proud of it. I switched from normal cigarettes to vapor back in July of 2011. One year after smoking vapor, I chose to quit. I'm having some slight side effects, but for the most part, I'm really happy I'm not dong it anymore. Bring on the healthier me! (^_^) 

Dirty Dishes

I'm just gonna start off by saying that I hate dirt. I hate anything that is dirty. I may have clutter problems in my home, but dirt doesn't stay long. That being said, I have a love hate relationship with my George Foreman grill. I love it because I live in an apartment & is the best way to grill anything... But cleaning the little devil makes me want to throw up. Orange soap suds is just disgusting. (Insert Dry Heave Here) Luckily it's the only appliance I have to clean by hand & usually I just have the hubby do. But when I get the luxury of cleaning it, I feel like I need to take a shower afterwards.
Okay, I'm done complaining. Thanks for Reading

Fitness Freak

I have been on a fitness high for like a week now. I'm supposed to be doing Insanity everyday, but my can't handle that kind of intense training 6 days in a row.... I stopped at day 5, yeah it was only 1 more day, but I was in so much pain. My back felt it was on fire and with the discs pinching my nerves at the base of my spine, causing my legs to go numb, I wanted just wanted to die. Once I could walk around the apartment without my cane, and wincing every time I had to pic up the minions, I decided to start Insanity where I left off. Not one of the best decisions I've ever made. I ended up on the floor at the end of the DVD more times than not. So instead of doing more damage to my back, I've decided to back down the Insanity to 4 days a week, add some daily yoga and some not-so-intense work outs after my 4 days of Hell. For now, I can just use Wii Fit for my daily yoga. I'm sure there are awesome classes & instructional DVDs, but If I dont have to spend money on it right now I wont. Finding work outs that were still changeling but didnt require equipment was my next project. Thanks to my insomnia, Pinterest and Tumblr I was able to find backonpointe.tumblr. She has quite a few workouts and challenges. And since I get bored way to easily doing the same thing over and over again, I can change it up.
To help myself out with my weight loss journey, I found an uber cute visual aid via Pinterest. It was just an image, So to whoever came up with this adorable idea, I thank you.

1 trip to Hobbie Lobbie & $15 got me 2 cylinder candle holders, & 2 packages of stickers. I couldn't make up my mind what color I wanted so I bought both.

I have had these decorative stones from Pier 1 for a couple years (They were on sale so I stocked up) $5

And ... 10 mins later .... Voila! A simple way to track my progress (or regress) Oh & trust me, there are more stones in there than it looks. 

I also made this to track when I actually worked out & what I did during the week. I used a picture frame, a pink wallpaper from my phone, and Paint Shop Photo Pro X3 (where all my fonts are easily accessible)

Isn't it cute?!

I love it when I can make stuff & it doesn't cost me any money. I'll post my weight loss journey every week or so ... 

Well, I'm off to clean messes & play with the minions ッ

Hope you all have a great rest of your day! 

Coffee!

Okay so there are times when I feel like Twitchy from Hoodwinked when I'm on Coffee & honestly I think it scares the babies. With my obsession of coffee (& yes I admit it's an obsession)  I'm thinking of going with a Coffee theme for my kitchen. I'm in there like all the time anyway - mostly to fill my coffee mug - and with cooking and baking and prepping baby bottles and doing the dishes (inhale .. exhale) so why not have fun decorating one of the smallest rooms in my apartment. Yay for small living space! Yes, I'm being sarcastic. I can't paint in there so I'll OD on vinyl & pictures, make some cute coffee-esque towels, buy some curtains & call it decorated. I have some monitor shopping to do ... Ya know, because I'll be on my computer. Okay that was bad. Sorry. Time to get that second cup of coffee ...

Hugs!

I'm feeling Crafty ...

But I have no supplies to actually do any crafts. Literally I have ZERO supplies. Boo. Looks like I need to go spend the hubby's money at Hobbie Lobbie. (^_^) I have new decoration ideas for Autumn & Halloween (some thanks to Pinterest) & I wanna get them outta my head! Preferably before the Holiday actually gets here. Oh that totally reminds me! I need to stock up on baking supplies. Where do you go to get your baking essentials? I really don't wanna buy at places like Sams Club & Costco ... I'd rather help a small business. I know, how economically nice of me. I love baking tho. Especially when it's cold outside. Of course here in AZ I'll be waiting for a while. October so needs to get here faster. Al tho I'm sure my sister-in-law who has birthdays every week that month doesn't. So for the time being I guess I'll draw out my designs till my date with Hobbie Lobbie this weekend ... or the following one. Whenever I have the extra $100 to spend. I swear I can't go in there and not spend that much every time. It's so bad on my budget! Hobbie Lobbie-1 Me-0

Words of Wisdom for today!

Getting My OCD On

I'm finally getting myself (and everything else in my life) organized. I never knew getting organized would feel so awesome! I wouldn't say I have a messy family, we just have clutter spots that are driving me crazy. So I started reading Organize Now by Jennifer Ford Berry ...  It has really helped me get motivated to go all OCD on my apartment. Because I have such limited room, cuz well 1025 sq ft isn't actually a lot of space so organizing everything will definitely be a challenge. To this I say "Bring it on!"
My first step was organizing my To Do lists, my menus, projects, call logs etc & putting them in nice little planner. artsyfartsymama has some cute printable's that I'm using for my basic weekly schedule. I found quite a few cute FREE printable's on Pinterest. If you're interested in what I've found so far, you can check out my board here.
My current planner isn't as glamorous as I would have hoped but it was kinda a last minute shove it all together moment with no thought to make it pretty whatsoever. (I totally jacked artsyfartsymama's idea for this one, But I have some ideas of my own for my next one)

                                         Here's My Cover. I love Frogs & this one is uber cute

This is my Social Media page ...

My Weekly Menu ... 

& my weekly schedule

For next year's planner I'm thinking of designing my own pages. There are so many things I would love to add to it as well ... Oh don't worry, I'll totally share them!!!