If you read nothing else today....

...read this post that MckMama posted. It rocked me to my core today. Said EXACTLY what I feel...and really hits home when you are married. Through the ups and downs, you have to love the one you're with. I promise you need to read this post. You will not be disappointed.

I'm Walking on Sunshine....

**don't forget to check out BOTH giveaways- each has a post below!**

There is just something about Spring. Well, besides my seasonal allergies. As many of you know, I watch a little 6 month old during the day, and attend class at night. She is napping right now and the windows are open as far as the glass allows. There is laundry tumbling in the dryer, and the ceiling fan is on high. The back door is open and the dogs are freely roaming in and out. Baby Food of Peaches and Carrots sit on the kitchen counter, awaiting the little sweet pea to wake from her nap. The birds are chirping and the wind chime is clinkity-clanking. Man- it's just simply gorgeous. Along with the trees, and flowers and grass who get a fresh start after the winter, I'm looking at this as a fresh start too. There are just too many things to embrace in life and too many things to experience in this journey, to let the bad things hover over me like a dark, grey cloud.

Here is to Spring. Here is to new and fresh. Here is to the best things are yet to come.

Fabulously Fun Giveaway!!!!

**don't forget to check out the Teeny Tiny Giveaway Below this Post!!**

I stalk browse this blog daily. This lady posts some AMAZING giveaways on her blog, and I'm determined to win one, one day!!! Even if I don't win- I still love this blog because there are so many cute, cute things and ideas. So for all you Photography Phanatics out there.....check it out :) Camera strap giveaway!!!!

Click Here to Enter the Giveaway!!!!

Goooood Luck!!!!!

Teeny Tiny Giveaway!!!!

Welcome to my 1st (of many) Bloggy Blog Giveaways!!!!!!

Life just doesn't get much better than that of the birth of a child. So precious, so tiny, so sweet smelling, little noises, big cries =)

Since I have many readers, and many friends across the states (and Canada) who are expecting- I have put together a little gift that they might enjoy :)



Up for Grabs we have:
1) Johnson & Johnson Baby Lotion
2) Munchkin Powdered Formula Dispenser
3) Aveeno Baby Fragrance Free Soothing Relief Moisture Cream
4) Desitin Creamy
5) Beech Nut Pacifier with Cover


So how do you enter???? Pretty easy.
1) Leave a Comment on this post for one entry!!
2) Become a follower of my blog and leave an additional comment letting me know, and you will have 2 entries!!!


The contest will remain open for entries through 11:59 PM on Saturday March 7th!! I will pick a winner on Sunday, and post Sunday evening!!!!

Good Luck!!!!

PS- Stay Tuned for some giveaways in the future that may or may not be baby related as well :)

Loser....Losing it...Lost it

HA!!!!

I'm actually not talking about idiot Jason from The Bachelor. I actually won't be dedicating a post to that show and/or him because a) he doesn't deserve it and b) everything I could say has already been said and I agree with it all. Dumb show...I don't know why I watch it- I can't STAND that mousy Jillian is going to be the next Bachelorette, and I'm sure I will watch that season as well.

However, my faithful blog followers- I am referring to a new iPhone App that I downloaded in regards to the title of this post.



There is an application called "Lose It!" that I read about for the iPhone. It's really nice because upon setting up your profile, you enter your age, current weight, goal weight and whether you want to lose .5, 1, 1.5 or 2 lbs per week. It will then take all of that into consideration and determine the amount of calories you can have each day to reach your goal. Oh- it also tells you, once you determine how much weight you want to lose, and the rate at which you hope to lose it- WHEN you should have the weight off!!! So we are shooting for June 10th in my neck of the woods :) Anyway- each day you can go into the app and pick what you ate for breakfast and how much (there is a large variety of food to select from or you can type in your own) and it calculates how many calories that was, and how many you have to go for the day! You can also input the exercise(s) that you do and how many calories you burned and it adjusts for that as well.

So you put in what you ate for each meal, you can put in how much you exercise, and it will ALSO tell you how much fat, how many carbs, cholesterol, etc!!!! Nice, isn't it?!?!

Anyway, I have heard on more than one occasion that writing down what you eat and counting calories visually is a huge key to weight loss success! And we all know during this day and age that chances of me having a pen/paper on me 24/7 is slim to none...but I'll have my phone darn it!!!!

So I'm going to give it a whirl. Today is my first day using it after downloading it last night...so here goes nothing! (I know it sounds like a confusing application, but seriously...it's easy as pie!!!....mmmmmm, pieeeee!!! yummy!!!!)

Have any of you guys heard reviews on this application or perhaps used it?? I'd love to hear your feedback!!!