You know you're lame when...

The biggest excitement of your day is shaving your legs with the new razor you just bought.

Dudes, this thing has 5 blades!

21 Day Drop It Low Fitness Challenge

One of my Facebook friends started a fitness challenge, and I've decided to try it! It's a 21 day challenge designed to help you lose weight.

I'm actually pretty happy with my weight right now, but I would love to get back into eating healthy and working out regularly. And this challenge will hopefully give me a 21 day jump-start. 

Wanna know what I have to do?

Its on a point system, and a the end of each day, you post how many you earned on facebook.

Challenge Points earned:

1. Exercise every 30 min =1 point.
2. Drink 80 oz. of water daily=1 point. No points for 70 oz. I have to get all 80. (This one is tough for me)
3. Make 16 oz. of my daily water intake first thing in the morning = 1point per day.
4. Track my calories=1 point per day
5. IF I  track my calories and stay within my calorie limit = 2 points per day.
6. Complete the push up challenge or nutrition challenge for the day=1 point. (Possibly more if it is a long one.)
Post on facebook every day. Weigh in weekly.

I like how there's accountability. If I don't post on Facebook for a few days, I'm out of the group. 

Yesterday was the first day, and I got 8 points!! Pretty impressive huh? I'm so awesome.

So who wants to do it with me? You can get added to the group if you want, or just do it on your own.

Heather's video

Some of you may remember Heather, who did a guest post on my blog a few months back. Well, she recently sent me a link to her video, which details her story and the importance of hope.
She has such a wonderful attitude!

Check it out here:

http://www.mesothelioma.com/heather/

Things I never thought I'd say to my kids

"Please stop making it rain."

These words just came out if my mouth.

things i'm lovin today- 4th of July edition

Tomorrow is one of my favorite holidays! 4th of July!!!

I'm so excited! Let me tell you why.

1. My grandparents and Aunt are driving in from Indiana to visit for the 4th. We don't get to see them very often, so we are all super thrilled!


2. We are spending the holiday out at the lake house, and I've heard that the fireworks display out there is spectacular. And I've also heard that it goes on all night, for about 3 nights straight. Ha ha!!




3. Mmmmm the food we are planning sounds amazing. Barbecue and watermelon and corn chowder and stuffed mushrooms, and I'm drooling.


4. The weather! Dude, as I'm typing this, it's only 79 degrees outside! That's unheard of for an Oklahoma July! Last summer, it was over 100 at this time.


5. This isn't really something related to the 4th, but it is something that I'm lovin' right now. Portia just looked up at me and said "Mama, I like you." Yes!

of lakes, burns, and eyebrows

My parents have a lake house now. It's awesome. They live out on Grand Lake, literally right on the water.

This is the view from the back porch. Amazing right?

We love it. We love tubing on the boat, we look cooking out on the back porch, we love relaxing in the hammock.

We've been going up to the lake house pretty regularly, almost every weekend. It's heavenly.

The only problem with this situation is the  perpetual sunburn I have. I slather the sunscreen on all weekend long, but I still get burned. And just as my last sunburn is starting to go away, it's the weekend again, and the cycle starts all over again. Curse you, fair-skinned Irish ancestors!!

Wanna hear something embarrassing? What am I saying, of course you do!

Today I reached up and scratched my eyebrow, and saw a flake. That's right, my eyebrows are peeling. My first though was "Oh my gosh, do I have eyebrow dandruff?!?" I panicked a bit.

Is that even a real thing? Eyebrow dandruff? I don't know.

Yum

Last night, we had the missionaries over for dinner. I decided to make one of my favorite dishes, Cajun Pasta. Mmmmmmmm!

I stumbled across the recipe a few years ago, it's by the Pioneer Woman (so you know it's good).

I thought I'd share it with you today. 

You're welcome.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2011/09/cajun-chicken-pasta/

The only difference is that I used shrimp instead of chicken. And it was amazing.

Go cook this for dinner.