Just an update on me!

So, I have been searching for more things to do with my son... as you already know. I came across this website just minutes ago and looks like something I want to do. http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/momsclubfriscotx/childrens.htm
It's a club for mom's and kids and they organize a bunch of activities per month. Like Park days, and play groups and field trips. I am pretty excited about it, I emailed them for more information.

Also this swine flu thing has gotten me so paranoid. Go figure that this stuff would come up right before my trip to Mexico right? I even took Lance to the doSoctor today for a cough because I was cared that it might be swine flu. I know, paranoid.

So, my dad called me today with major attitude saying the wedding is off. He was all like, are you happy now...? Well, as it turns out she doesnt want to marry him unless his family is happy with it and well, since I am pretty much his only family, and I don't support it... tough titties for him. lol. Then he called back and said that he doesnt know if the wedding is on or off, they have to get together to talk. Bleh....

Thats all for now...

Child's Dough Hand Prints

Ok, so while I was researching some things for Lance and I to do together... I came across this recipe to make your child's handprints in dough.

Materials needed:
2 C Flour
1 C Salt
1 C Water
Food Coloring
Matching Ribbon
Sharpie or paint pen
Rolling pin
Wax paper
Butter knife

Directions:
Preheat oven to 200. Add food coloring to water. Then add in flour and salt. Mix together until all smooth. Dough should be stiff. Roll into a ball and them place on wax paper. Roll out to about 1/2 inch thickness. Dump the wax paper upside down on a cookie sheet. Trim up edges or cut into a shape (ie. heart, circle, square) with butter knife. Place child's hand in the middle and press down. Careful not to press down too hard because you don't want to go all the way down to the bottom. Cut two holes in the top of the dough (to string the ribbon through). Place in oven and bake for 2 1/2 hours. Careful not to over bake. Remove from oven and let cool. Once cooled off you may write your child's name and date above or under the handprint and string the ribbon through the holes so you can hang.

**When we did this I had to dust flour over the top of it so Lance didn't get dough all over his hands.

Will post picture when it is done baking!

Have Fun!

You thought I had forgotten about you did you!?

Well, it has been one month to the day since I have written a blog. I was sitting here during my morning down time (before Lance wakes up), reading my book. The book got me thinking. I am reading Happy Housewives: I used to be a whining, complaining, desperate housewife, but I snapped out if it, you can too! The book has 10 steps to being a happy housewife. I must admit, I am actually taking things from the book and learning a lot. She mentions things that I have never even thought about. Well I was on Step 8: Take time for yourself, when I realized that if i wake up every morning at 7 since Lance wakes up at 8... I will have an hour of "mommy time".

I have been so busy lately with trying to keep my house up to par with what my husband expects, and what all of us deserve, that I have been totally neglecting my mental state, lol. I HAVE been doing my makeup and hair every day and actually getting dressed in the mornings, and this alone has made me feel tons better. If you don't do this, you should try it. It has made me feel so much better about myself. I don't feel just like a frumpy housewife anymore. It makes my day go a lot smoother just because I don't feel so bad.

On another note, my dad is getting married. I know! WTF right? Anyways, he is doing it this week and I told him that he wont see me there because I don't think it is appropriate.

Also, since he is getting married, selling the house and the things in it, and moving... I decided that there were some things of my mother's that I wanted. So yesterday, my uncle Kevin and my grandmother and I went out to my dad's and got me my mom's piano, her antique vanity, and photo albums and books and other things. So that was the entire day yesterday, and let me tell you, that piano is probably 400 lbs.

Well, Lance is wanting some attention so I better go for now, but dont worry, it wont take me a month to get back. I plan on being very active with my blog again.

Thanks for stoppin by!

I am having a hard time

I am so stressed out to the core. Every little thing is getting to me lately. Like this morning Chris and his brother were sitting here in the living room and everything they were saying were really getting to me. I was getting so irritated. And now, my son! He is supposed to be in bed napping. It is 2:46 and his naptime is 1:30. I have already taken all of his toys out of his room, turned off his cartoons, and he still finds things to get into! He has pulled all of his clothes out of the closet and strewn them all over the floor. Even the ones on hangers.... pulled down! He will not lay down. I need his naptime to regroup and regain my sanity.

Also, I am super stressed about this dang Cancun trip. I cannot get my license because I have one or more outstanding tickets. So I have to go BACK to the DPS and get a state ID and HOPE I can get my passport with that. I also have to find 5 other forms of identification. I have to get my dad to find my adoption papers.

PLUS, this weight is not coming off. AT ALL! I had lost 1 lb but now I have gained like 7! What is up with that? I have been dieting and working out and NOTHING is working!

It's been a while

Since i have blogged. I guess go through phases of blogging. Where I write a lot for a while, then dont write at all for a while. Anywho... The weightloss is not going so great. I made a doctors apt with my doctor to see if there is something I am doing wrong, or something I am not doing that might help and so on and so forth. I have actually GAINED a pound, and I have been dieting hardcore and working out 4 times a week.

In other news, I have my apartment CLEAN for the most part. I still have got to do closets and laundry, and unpack a few boxes but after today I should be DONE! SO EXCITED! We all know how much I procrastinate on getting this stuff done, but I am going to stay on my own ass about keeping it up .

So funny, I ended up having to take ALL of Lance's toys out of his room yesterday so he would lay down for a nap. It worked! I made a place for them in the hallway by his room and that is where they are going to stay from now on. I will give him a few to play with at a time and this will also help his room stay not so trashed all the time, lol.

The BIGGEST news...
So as you know my wonderful hubby works for T-Mobile as a Tier-3 Tech Support at the call center they have here in Frisco. Well his name was on the list to be sent to either Mexico or Argentina for a month to help with training in the new centers that are there. Well, since my baby is so AMAZAZING at his job... he was picked FIRST on the list of 6 people to go! He is going to Argentina for a month in April! How awesome is that?! I mean, I am obviously going to miss him like crazy, but this is a great opportunity for him and pretty much a once in a lifetime trip!

I also FINALLY got an ID! After probably a year of not having one, I went and got one. It should be here soon and then I have to go straight to the post office and get my passport for our Mexico trip in May.

Thats all for now, I will write more later I promise!

Not so much

So per my previous post, I was trying to lose some weight. It is not going so well. I HAD lost 1 lb but now I have gained it back. This sucks. I dont know what else to do. I am going to work out tonight so I am going to work out extra hard in hopes that i will lose some weight finally.

In other news I am irritated. I am not going to say exactly why because it may make some of you uncomfortable. BUT last night was supposed to be girls night out, well I couldn't find a ride so I couldn't go. Well when Chris heard that, he made plans and went out. So I message him between 10:30 and 11 and tell him Good night baby, I am headed to bed, I love you. PS wake me up when you get home............ How hard is it to wake somebody up and give them what they have been asking for for two days? Is he seriously that disgusted with me that he can't? Sigh, I need a cigarette.

Weighing in

So Helen and I have started a contest. Who can loose the most weight. We started today, we weighed in. And I am reluctantly going to post my weight on my blog. I figure the more people know about what I am trying to do, the more I will have to stick with it. So... today... i weighed in at 160 even. This is the most I have ever weighed in my life. So, I have started trying to eat healthier and working out. I have been power walking a mile every night and yesterday I started doing yoga again. I am drinking water like crazy trying to keep myself feeling full and keep cravings away.

Anybody have any tips for someone trying lose some serious weight?

Thats all for now, any tips or ideas would be gratefully appreciated, leave a comment, or you can email me at missmandalea@gmail.com.

I look forward to hearing from some of you!