Regalos Mexicanos

KB's mom was in Mexico last week scoping out the resort we'll be at in September.  She brought me back these lovelies.  They are a replica of a Mayan coin that people sometimes find on the beach where we are staying.  I haven't worn them yet, but I plan on busting them out tomorrow.

Weekend Happenings....

Even though we didn't really have anything planned, we had a pretty busy weekend.

 I completely cleaned our house.  I ended up throwing away 4 bags of garbage, 2 bags to donate, and 1 bag to put in storage.  KB is a huge pack rat and I was hoping to finish my major clean out of the man room before he finished mowing the grass.  I didn't quite make it, but I had most of the major stuff thrown away before he could get to it.  I moved my desk in front of the window in my lady room and it's so much brighter and cheerier.  I can see my bird feeders from my computer now.

 I made bread in the crock pot again.  I think I might like this recipe better than the last one.  It cooked for about 3 hours on high and smelled really good.  I tried a little piece when I was taking it out and it tasted pretty good.

 I planted some flowers on our new front "porch".  Since we don't have a roof over our patio any more, I wanted some flowers to jazz it up, but I also wanted ones that wouldn't die in the winter.  I got some different types of junipers and planted them in 2 long planters for the porch.  I figure once my annuals in the pots next to the door die I can move them there for winter.

I also moved my hanging basket to our mini table and it's doing much better there.  It's getting ready to take over our entire lower patio.  I don't think it was getting as much sun as it liked when it was hanging.

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 We took the puppies on a walk to a water fall near our house this morning.  Overall it was about 3 miles, but lots of it was straight up.   Rosie was pretty tuckered out by the time we actually  made it out.  It was so humid I looked like I was entering a wet t-shirt contest with my white tee on.....oh well.

What goodies have you been into this weekend???

Member of the Crue

yes, those are grown men wearing makeup.
yes, they look ridiculous.
and yes, i love them


While driving home from work today I heard a commercial on the radio that Motley Crue and Poison were going to be in Charlotte (like 4 hours from our house) on tour next Tuesday.  My Motley Crue tour email update neglected to tell me this.  Sadly, it's on Tuesday and I can't go.

I spend most of my work day listening to the Crue, Ozzy, Guns n Roses, Poison, Warrant, or some other super cheesy 80s hair band.  I saw Motley Crue a few years ago and they were awesome - seriously one of the best concerts ever.  I'm bummed.

Thoughts on a Thursday

It's time for Thoughts on a Thursday!

Link up with Carolyn to play along!

• I'm so excited that we don't have anything to do this weekend!  No birthday parties, no cookouts, no vacations to pack for, nothing.  It's just going to be me and my house work and ironing and doggies all weekend.

• All of my pens at work are dying...at the same time.  I always like to have fun pens with lots of fun colors. I'm thinking about getting some fun folders and completely over hauling my office.  There's something about back to school time that makes me want to get all new office stuff.

•  I'm in the mood to make something delicious and healthy this weekend.  Any healthy cooking blog suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

• We had this recipe for dinner last night and it was delightful.  It was a super easy recipe and the flavor of the salad was great.

• When we got back from the beach we noticed that a section of the awning on our porch roof was sagging.  On Saturday our landlord's handy men came by to fix it.  Them fixing it turned out to be them tearing our entire porch roof down since all the board has rotted.  Our landlord has decided to not replace our porch roof for now.  It sucks and it makes our house look really boring.  I'm trying to find ways to spice it up.  There's not really room enough to put an umbrella or any type of cover out there.  I really like this porch....

 It's simple and do-able.  I got some planters and some random stuff to try out this weekend.  We'll see what happens!

Whew....I had a lot of thoughts today!

Workout Review: Denise Austin Burn Fat Fast Cardio Blast

Whew!  The title of this is really a mouth full!


Overall I really liked this DVD.  There are 4 "mini workouts" that are around 10 minutes long.  I ended up doing all of the mini workouts together and along with the warm up and cool down it ended up being around an hour.  The workouts range from kick box to dance, but they are all long enough to get you sweaty, but not so long that they are boring.  I did the DVD without Denise's instruction and just the music.  I got lost a few times, but it was pretty easy to follow without her instruction.  The only thing I would've liked to have seen was a strength training section.  This really was all cardio, but at least it was good cardio!

Recipe Review: Rustic Summer Squash Tart

Better known as "How to Use Up the Ton of Random Squash That You Seem To Be Getting From Everyone You Know".


This recipe is seriously the easiest, tastiest thing that you can do to all those random squash and tomatoes that you have laying around. 

You don't even really need a recipe (but it is referenced above).  All you do is take a refrigerated pie crust, roll it out, put some olive oil and some random veggies on it and bake.  Later add on some cheese (feta is especially good) and let it melt.

Pure vegetable deliciousness!

Where did June go?

How is it already July?  Here's a rundown of why my posts in June have been pretty lam-o.

June Happenings:

• Beach for a week
• Getting my passport (big huge hassle, but I have it now!)
• Working working working
• KB's band's party (homemade BBQ is heaven)
• Company spa day (the organic nail polish is finally wearing off)
• My niece's birthday party (you can't go wrong by giving a 3 year old Nerds and Sour Patch Kids)
• Trying to lose those last few pounds before my goal weight

July is shaping up to be just as busy:

• Taking KB's boat out on the lake/river (it's not as glamorous as it sounds.....it's a camo john boat that sits in our back yard)
• My other niece's birthday party (you can't go wrong by giving a 2 year old Play Doh and a bicycle horn)
• Getting our entire front porch roof redone (it's currently in a big pile in our front yard)
• Still trying to lose those last few pounds before my goal weight
• KB's mom's birthday party

I'm sure more will be added to July.  Why are summers so busy!?