by jcastles | Oct 16, 2012 | Crafts, Holiday Crafts, Uncategorized
It’s beginning to look like fall in my house (not the temps outside though!)! I changed out the placemats to red/yellow/green, put some pine cones out, made up a burlap wreath and of course Target had some awesome pumpkins in their dollar bins (not a dollar but they $2.50 was still worth it!!).
It all started because I went to Hobby Lobby to get a lamp…baaahahahaha!! Yah, what a joke right! I didn’t find a lamp but I made out with this stuff for only $14!!
So here’s my wreath! I still need to cut some burlap to hang it from but I wanted it up so bad I just hung it straight on my door! I love it! I got the brown burlap and the chevron burlap from Hobby Lobby. I know you can’t tell it’s chevron but you will once I make my bow to hang it up with! This was also my first time to make fabric flowers…so easy!!! I watched this tutorial from Jen over at Tatertots and Jello.
Next up is my mantel. I wanted to do some Halloween decor but I just can’t come up with anything at the moment so I decided to start with Fall. I absolutely love these pumpkins from Target! I also used the FREE shape from Silhouette to get my pumpkin in that frame. That was my first official Silhouette project!!!
Happy Fall Ya’ll!!!
And here’s the updated photo with the extra ribbon.
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by jcastles | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Soon after we found out I was pregnant I went to the doctor just as anyone should. I was very sick for 3 weeks and nothing was helping….not even the anti nausea meds from the doc. The day after I had blood work done I received a call about it. Apparently there was a certain hormone that was very low. I had additional blood work done and it was still low. So the next thing was a sonogram to see just about how far along I really was (i’m not the type to keep track of my period dates…lol!).
At this point the doctor had warned us that with that low of this certain hormone that there usually isn’t a heartbeat. And there wasn’t. He then told us my options. 1) have a natural miscarriage or 2) get a D&C done. I asked how long does it take to miscarriage naturally and he said up to 6 weeks. I was 9 weeks, the baby was 7 weeks and I was absolutely miserabley sick all day every day! I opted for the D&C.
I had my D&C on Oct 1st. It was quick and I got a nice medically induced no kid interrupted nap. I wanted more of that nap, lol!! When we left the hospital my appetite was back…no nausea…I told the hubbs to hit In N Out Burger! Then I made him get my favorite mexican food for dinner (Don Taco). Then I had In N Out Burger again the next night! I’d been robbed of eating for 3 weeks and my body was ready to eat!
Emotionally we are just fine…everything happens for a reason. We were freaking out in the beginning of how are we going to do this again with the Autistic kiddo. So there was a little sigh of relief but yet it is still sad. We are not a religious family but we appreciate everyones thoughts and prayers. The kiddos took the news just fine as well.
We are slowly getting back to normal around the house….catching up on laundry, karate, making dinner at home, etc.
The other wonderful thing is my niece Leila Elise came into the world yesterday Oct 2nd. She is precious and I can not wait to spoil her (you know since I have all boys!)!!
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by jcastles | Sep 19, 2012 | Family, Uncategorized
On September 11th my husband and I decided it was time to start our journey of loosing weight. A friend of ours started taking this stuff called Plexus Slim and actually lost weight. It made us want to try it.
At first she started taking it w/out changing anything in her diet as she was told to do. She lost weight!!! Real weightloss from a real person we knew! So we had to try it. Ordered it on a Saturday and we got it in the mail the following Monday and started it the next day…a Tuesday. Who starts a diet on a Tuesday?!?! Aren’t you suppose to start on a Monday…..lol!! In addition to her weightloss her energy was up and she started exercising…something that is always hard for someone to start doing if your overweight. Your tired, your hungry, your in pain, your out of breath, your more than just tired…your exhausted. So seeing her story first hand helped us make the choice to do it.
So today I started Plexus Slim and the Accelerator. I have more energy already. But the powder is so dang sweet it’s sickening. I added more water and just chugged it but I’m wanting to try it and I paid $100 for it so yah, I’m trying it! My husband already crashed off the energy on his first day….we’re not sure if it’s the sugary breakfast he had with it or not so we’ll see how his tomorrow goes.
I don’t like sweets that much…shocking if you know me cause all I do is bake sweets! But I don’t like chocolate and really just don’t like sweets. I’m a HUGE Coca-Cola drinker….I’d even say I’m addicted to it. But lately my body has actually been telling me no more soda. I can’t stand how sweet it is….makes me so sick to drink it. People think I drink it for the caffeine. I don’t. I like the flavor of it (well before recently, lol). I like to eat but the foods I like are more savory than sweet. I like meals rather than snacks but I don’t eat meals non-stop. What I mean is I’d rather eat a steak or chicken rather than chips or snack cakes. I like home cooked food way better than eating out probably because that’s how I was raised. I love love love veggies so I definitely eat those. Anyways…I could go on and on to try and help someone understand that what I eat really isn’t my weight issue.
Since I also have an autistic child I’m mentally tired all the time! Way more than i’d ever thought i’d be. He’s just like an energizer bunny…..he goes and goes and goes. So once he hits bed we like to relax on the couch with as much quiet as we can soak up!!
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Well I saved the above as a draft one week ago today. Reason is in the middle of all the craziness of the new weightloss stuff my husband said uh…I think you should take another test. I said really?!!! So I paused my typing to take the “Pee” test! WOWZERS!!!! It had 2 blue lines show up so fast I was shaking like it was my first kiddo!! As I was taking the test the hubbs texted and said well your going to tell me when you take it right (like you care to know that!). I say yes I will. I was trying to pee on a stick, keep the 4 yr old down for a nap (fail), and text all at once. I immediately sent him a pic of the test stick and my exact words were “well there you go. I am.”. LOL!!! So yes….I started a diet and quit in the same friggin day!!!! It’s funny…I know….you may laugh now!!
Do you know how hard it is to keep it from family/friends now that we have facebook! Well I did!! I told my sister and 2 of my friends via text so I could at least tell someone!!! So tonight we finally told the kiddos tonight at dinner. My 8 yr old is ecstatic because the due date is 5 days before his birthday (for now)! And my 4 yr old said “awe….you ate a baby!!!!”. That was by far THE BEST thing i’ve ever heard from his sweet lil mouth!!! And yes then I posted it on facebook! We have one person left to tell and that’s my stepson that will be moving back in the house tomorrow night! Not sure if he’ll like the news being he’s 19 and there’s going to be a baby in the house a month before he turns 20…but whatcha gonna do?!
I can’t wait to share this pregnancy with you all. And now let’s all think PINK….we need a girl in this house!!!
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by jcastles | Sep 18, 2012 | Crafts, Uncategorized
So yah….we’ve been back to school for 3 weeks now and I was going to write about the survival kits I made and well I’ve been so busy I haven’t had any time!! So here goes!!
I decided to be all crafty and give the boys teachers a back to school survivor kit. I figured a bunch of candy was the right way to go. Then I thought well I bet they’ll have dry hands too so I got them some lotion. Then I said oh hell they’re gonna have a headache too..so motrin it was! It was a fun little super easy way for us to say welcome back to school.
I’d been super busy since we had our little “staycation” the weekend before school started that I’d forgotten to even do these. They seriously took me all of 15 min (minus the 15 min store trip) to make. I hit the candy isle and then the trial/travel aisle. I spent more than I thought I would but I was doing it last minute…oh well.
Happy back to school!!!.
by jcastles | Aug 31, 2012 | Household Tips, Uncategorized
So my stove was looking AWFUL!! Had to clean it. I saw this technique on Pinterest and had to give it a try. I don’t keep amonia on hand so I had to go buy some. Got all ready to do it and my gallon baggies wouldn’t hold my burners….grrrr. So I’d given up. A week or so later I saw 2 gallon baggies at Kroger…got those. Then another 2 weeks went by and I finally decided to get it done. And I tell you…it was so easy and they are so clean now!
I also cleaned my stove top….didn’t want to do half the job. I made a paste out of baking soda and peroxide, smeared it all over and then rubbed and rubbed. Not gonna lie…..that part was kind of a PITA. I think it’s only because I put a lot on there. I suggest putting paste on in small amounts in a small area….unlike me where I added the paste all over and then scrubbed.
This is a picture before I started scrubbing.
After I scrubbed.
I put the burners and all the attachments (since I have a gas stove) in the bags overnight with about a couple of tablespoons of ammonia. I honestly just tipped the jug into the bag and said that looks good….I also forgot to take a pic of them in the bag. Here’s a pic of the grime that came off without any scrubbing!! Yes it’s gross!!
So now the stove is all clean and the landlord even liked it!
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by jcastles | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
So ya apparently I took some of the summer off from doing everything! Actually I spent a lot of time with the kids. And I actually got sick of swimming. I NEVER thought that would be possible!
We went swimming, bowling, bounce houses, a city scavenger hunt (yah, we bailed on that in the 100+ Texas heat), parks, yogurt shops, a Blue’s Clue’s Play at our local theatre, lego camp, a Lamborghini track drive for the hubbs, and we got a dog…I think that’s all, lol.
Here are a few pics of our summer fun!
We have a membership to a local rec center and they have a really cool pool so we were there quite a bit, especially on the free nights so our friends and family could meet us to play since they don’t have a membership. Then we went to a water park called Hawaiian Falls for Champions Day (it’s for families with special needs). OMG OMG that was so much fun! We’re definitely getting season passes there next summer. We love the champion day so much that we went the very next weekend! Then we went on their 2nd champion day and then again the week after that (like you care how many times we went….but we went several times!!).
The last time we went was when I was given some free kids tickets and I had a bogo coupon so I decided to take a very good friend and her kids. For us 2 adults and 4 kids it only cost me $26 to get in the door. We stayed about 7 hours….they had a blast…we had a blast…and we were so sore and tired the next day!!
Here are a few pics of our outting with friends.
I’ll say we had a fantastic summer!!!.
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