I am the worst blogger ever

Not only do I NOT keep up with my blog, but i don't even try to get more people to follow to make it more interesting.

I keep telling myself that when the baby comes and I get back on my diet and start losing weight and have something good to blog about it will get better... but will it? Who the hell wants to follow someone's blog about their middle to low class life,  about kids and being fat with a small hint of movies and couponing... Well maybe at some point in my life i can look back at my fatass and say "hey good thing i had that blog to help me through."

Only 5-7 more weeks and this pregnancy will be over... and I cannnnnnnot wait!!!!!

Well were talking about watching an old movie tonight and maybe eating banana sundaes.  Any recommendations?

So still crocheting my little heart out.....

I have finished 5 of my 8 scarves. I want to take a smidge of a break to make a baby hat for the baby. I found this awesome site with patterns. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/30-minute-baby-hat this is the pattern I am working on right now. It's super cute and easy!! Or at least I hope it is. I will post some pictures when I am done. I think I am going to post some pictures of these awesome scarves I made too... especially the kids ones. They came out amazing. 

I will be back tomorrow I hope. I feel like I am neglecting this poor blog. I know it will be in full gear after I have the baby. I will officially be back on my diet and will breast-feeding so hopefully I drop the pounds pretty quick. 

Well if anybody has some nice patterns for newborn hats lemme know. I am a crochet machine.

Knee deep in scarves

So for the last few weeks I have been crocheting scarves for holiday season. and on top of this i have been going to school. So of course my little blog has been neglected :-(

School has been great though getting good grades and finally started to get into the good stuff!

Baby girl has also been beating the crap out of me from the inside. I will not have to pee and she will kick my bladder and make me think i peed my pants. Found a name we like and agree on but of course I feel like we still need more options. If anybody has some fun unique names (preferably irish/celtic in nature) I would love to hear them.

Besides that I have also been trying my hardest to keep up with my couponing. I am no where near what I would like to be. But at least I am still saving.

*thank you Alexandria for those sites!!

Nothing new really...

Im doing my couponing tonight for tomorrow night. I hate doing it. None of my couponing sites really help. I always just end up looking at the ads and figuring it out myself.

Anybody have some good sites to share?

Long time no see...

Man! I have been on the go forever it feels like. Well we got great news monday. We're having a girl :-) YAY! i hoped we would be lucky enough to get one of each.

Well with the help from a fellow follower LOL i finally got some good lunch menus for Rian. Now to get the family to agree on names... we are so lost. Been through the books a hundred times and really nothing has jumped out at us. 

Toddler Lunch Plan

I am having a problem figuring out my sons day to day meals. I just dont know what is a suitable healthy option for breakfast lunch and dinner. This morning he had french toast. But i have no idea what to make him for lunch. dinner most of the time i just cut up whatever we are having but sometimes it isnt suitable so i get stumped at what to make him. If buying those gerber or beechnut werent so expensive id buy more of those to help me on the days where i get stumped. As he gets older i know it will get easier since i wont have to worry as much.

Starting School AGAIN....

So i decided to go back to school before the second little one comes along.  I am so excited!! I hope that i don't have any problems. I am kinda scared my morning sickness might interfere. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE going back to school shopping. I cant wait to go to target with my coupons and get some cheap school supplies :-)

Christopher Moore

So i finished his first book Practical Demonkeeping and it was ok. It was easy to get into. Easy read. I got his second book Coyote Blue in the mail and finished the first chapter last night. I hope this one is a little better. I know he has like a vampire series and that is probably better. I just like starting from the first book and move forward.

Laurie Notaro Books

So I just finished up her last book and I'm so upset its over! I read every night before bed and now i have to find something else. I was advised to Christopher Moore so we will see. But I just love the humor that laurie offers. I crack up at least every ten mins. If anyone knows of any good books ... I am open ears!!!

Godfather II

So mark and I again sat on our butts for 3 hours and 22 mins and this time there was an intermission LOL.

So again i got very confused about names and who people were. I had to ask a lot of questions. There was a lot of flashbacks sometimes it was hard to understand for a min where they were.

The only part that i surprisingly found disturbing is when michaels wife got an abortion. I thought that was so sad. she already had two kids with him why no earth would you destroy a innocent life for greedy reasons.

But I did enjoy the life of Vito. It was so sad what he had to go through. Being on a big ship all by himself and finding a home. :-(

Ok so the next movie is ... West Side Story. Unless my husband decides differently.

The Graduate

Ok so we watched the graduate. It was good but i hated the way dustin hoffmans character acted. It drove me up a wall. But of course it had the ending i liked. It had some good camera work in it. The godfather part II is on its way... we decided to change it so i could see it before we leave for vegas.

The Godfather!!!!

Ok so i sat on the couch... numb butted and all for the full 3 hrs! I have to saw it kept my attention which is good but I did have a hard time keeping up with the names was a little hard though. But all in all a good mafia movie. my husband said now i have to watch the second one for the move to VEGAS :-)
West Side Story is next on the list! Very excited!

wegmans penne mozzarella salad

Oh my  goodness am I addicted! i love it!! If you havent had it TRY IT!!!

Downy Unstoppables

So i got a full-sized free sample of downy unstoppables to use and review. I loved it!! i got it through vocalpoint which is just a site that you can use to get free things to try and review them. Totally free!!!

I can't wait for the next offer... they will be doing another one soon!!!
If you wanna join http://www.vocalpoint.com/registration/acquire.aspx?sourceid=466 

So i think im gonna have a giveaway...

I think i'm going to do a giveaway of some sort to try and wrangle more people to the blog. I'm not sure yet what.. but it will be good. Any ideas?

Well off for now.. i have 2 birthday parties i have to go to. And when i get home im gonna try and find some early coupon deals :-)

I do have to admit... amazon has AMAZING diaper deals! i just got a case of 146 size 3 diapers for 24 dollars shipped!

BABY #2

So i went for an ultrasound on tuesday and got some really good pictures of the baby! it was so beautiful watching the baby move around and see it looking like a baby. Its such a beautiful thing! I can't to meet him/her!!! Only 27 more weeks LOL thats not far is it?

FESTIVALS

Oh man summer is in full gear!! I have been to not one but TWO festivals this weeks eating bad food and not regretting it! I do kinda miss how fun it was when i was a kid with my mom. there was just something special about it. Now i feel like im in and out. oh well.

So my free peanut butter coupon from jif to target came in the mail today!! love it!! nothing better than free stuff! I also got my free suave products coupons in the mail the other day. I cant wait to go to the store and get them!! I love free stuff!! well who doesn't?

Baby Food!!

I got great deals on gerber toddler food today. I hade 2 $1.00 off coupons and buy 3 get one free. so i got them dirt cheap!! I really love to use coupons!! makes me feel like i am contributing to the family!

On a more exciting note... i get to see the baby tomorrow!! I will be officially announcing it on facebook with a picture.... seeing no one really reads my blog

TRUE BLOOD

I can i just tell you how much i love this show! I look forward to it every sunday.

Plum Rewards!

So i got my $20 gift card to target today from plum rewards!! SO EXCITED all i had to do was get 3 people to join! SO WORTH IT! Tops is having some KILLER deals with gas points! i am trying to set up a way to get over a dollar off my gas! i also want to get a gas can filled to put into my husbands car because i think you can get up to 25 gallons in one transaction or up to 75 dollars... i dont remember which. I got some really nice coupons too i have a $5 off bounty and a $2 off tide stain release. I am almost done figuring it out. ill let you know when i get done!!!

Bad Day

Had a little bit of a rough day today. Was sick to my stomach for most of it. I am learning that you cant rely on some people in life.
I think i am going to schedule a mani and pedi tomorrow.  I am going to go through my coupons tomorrow and try and find some good deals for thursday. I some how threw my paper out last week and of course lost all of those coupons!!!! UGH couldnt have been more upset!! I got a free sample of downy unstoppables and will be trying it on my towels!!! nothing better than good smelling towels!!!

Finally watched ET

So a childhood movie of every one of my friends and people my age, I seem to have missed some how.  So my husband and I finally watched it tonight and it was super cute. The only thing i would have to comment on is the language... i am very surprised this is only a PG movie LOL of course all who know me know that i have quite the potty mouth so it doesnt bother me but they used a lot of words i wouldnt want my kid using.
I am so glad i finally watched it! Again.... still have the godfather sitting and waiting LOL

So i think its time to cut my list in half until January

Well this coming thursday I am officially 3 months pregnant. So weight loss, jogging and dieting have come to a standstill. I think the same goes with the dinner planner. No one knows what the day to day craving or aversion will be LOL

BUT movies are definitely still on!!! I love movies too much. I know they are not on my list but i was still very excited to watch them. I saw Shrek 4 and Knight and Day. Both of them were OK but not the best. We still have The Godfather to watch but my husband keeps giving me grief about how long it is.

On a side note. I did some target and Tops shopping and got about 150 dollars worth of stuff for about 70 dollars. Still a newbie to couponing but feel im doing an ok job!

Still recruiting for a coupon group to swap coupons and find deals!!!

Wow Time Flies When Your Having Fun

Have been crazy busy. We got the godfather in so we are hoping to watch it sometime this week. Trying to stay on top of my couponing but i am having  hard time finding the "GOOD" deals. I think i need to find a couponing group in the area. maybe i can get some pointers. I am going to now try and keep up with this now that my sons birthday is over and all the thank you cards are out. PHEW that took a lot out of me. 

B-day party

Man i have been so busy trying to get my sons birthday party together. Im gonna try this week and match up coupons to get most the stuff free or near free. My house is a mess i have been spending the last week cleaning every inch... i hope i get everything done in time or else people are just gonna have to deal with a messy house LOL

Couponing

So i think i have found myself addicted to couponing... I get a rush for walking out of a store only paying x amount of money for things that should have cost 75% more. Its great. I have been trying to get stuff for my sons birthday party thats coming up like chips and pop.

Is anyone else in the buffalo area couponing? do you wanna get together and set up a group?

My Fair Lady

So i have to say i really enjoyed this one!! I think it may have been a smidge long but all in all i enjoyed it. Audrey Hepburn did amazing. That trashy english voice was crazy! Well next one on the list is A Streetcar Named Desire. Every time i ask mark if that one is good all he does is STELLA!!! lol and i can think about is Seinfeld LOL Anybody see it?

DEALS OF THE DAY!!!

Soooo......
I got breathe right strips and 10 pack of duracell aa batteries for $1.44 at rite aid.

I got 3 yogurts, 3 cans of tomatos, 2 bags of tortilla chips, 1 15oz jar of salsa, 2 liter of pepsi max, and 2 boxes of orville redenbacher popcorn for $4.19 at tops.

I got Skinny cow sandwiches, bic razors, and tylenol back strips for $5.99 (but got 3 dollars register rewards so $2.99) From walgreens

I got 2 bags of kitty litter... i got paid .66 so i bough a bag of m&m's :-) From wal-mart

and last but not least I got 2 boxes of oatmeal and ovaltine for $2.00 from target

i think im getting better at this coupon thing :-)

Life Career

So i have decided to go and take one of those tests that helps you figure out what jobs would suit you.  Myers-Briggs Test. I need to get one step closer to getting my butt back into school

Couponing!!

So the last few days i have been going out and getting some really good deals with my s-i-l
Free splenda from walgreens and free body wash and deodorant from target.
This is becoming a whole lotta fun! We just gotta get a good stockpile started and you have to get the bogo deals and extra papers.

Anybody else an extreme couponer?

My first couponing experience

Target was my first couponing excursion. I got

purina one beyond dog food
Colgate toothpaste
Degree adrenaline deodorant
2 bags of halls cough drops
3 boxes of crystal light single serves
2 boxes of cheerios
2 packs of orbit gum
a box of quaker oatmeal
a 16oz container of karo corn syurp
market pantry wheat bread

all for 11 dollars
I saved 30 dollars in coupons!!!

Next is walgreens and cvs when the kid wakes up from his nap

COUPONING!!!

Ok so we have all heard about the extreme couponing show where these people have designated rooms to there crazy habit where they get 200 of groceries for 5 bucks!!

So I am going to attempt to become one of these women !

Who's with me yet again LOL

17 Day Diet

So I purchased the 17 day diet book since it was on amazons top 10 books and it had free shipping ;-) When that comes in i will be trying it in hopes of losing some pounds!!

Anybody wanna try it with me????

WOW been way too long!!!

Ok so since the last time i have watched... Singin In the Rain
LOVED IT!!! one of the best so far. Wow were they great at dancing!
Were watching Music Man tonight so tomorrow I will have a review on that.

Dieting

So... i went back on my metforming for pcos. It also helps me lose weight. I am hoping to lose a few pounds before this summer so i can enjoy it!! My goal has not moved as i have not lost any weight yet LOL. But i am hoping to accomplish 2lbs a week starting next week. I will reducing my carbs as i did before i got pregnant and lost 15lbs.

Wish me luck :-) Only good things can come from this !!!

Coupon Clipping

OH MAN!!
I have been a coupon nut!! I got a package of diapers from amazon.com for 6.49 ... the big box 249 diapers!! I think thats my best deal so far. Seeing that i'm not working i feel that that is my way of contributing... and i do a damn good job at it!! I enjoy looking for a good deal... i do have to say im not the best at it. I am learning. My friend kristen is WAY better. Well if any of you have any advice... please give!!

Gone with the wind!

So i spent the last 4 hours watching it. WAY TOO LONG!! But overall a good movie... i was quite upset about the ending ... i like it when there is happy ending... i do not like to use my imagination LOL i loved how he loved her... where is my rhett??? hahahaha
Well that goes back tomorrow then next on my list is....
Singin' in the Rain! Im excited for this one!! I love musicals!!

Been away :-)

Been in florida for a week... been on hiatus LOL well back into the grove of things when i get home! back on the diet and back into watching old movies... i have gone with the wind on the desk at home and i think the husband and i will cuddle up and watch it.. or i will be upstairs in the bedroom by myself while he is downstairs playing videogames... i see that being more of a realistic outcome LOL
Been doing pretty bad with my list as of lately.. so i think i need to get back on the horse!!
well thats it for now :-)
I think i need to boost my followers on here... i might have to do some big giveaway of sorts....

Chicken Souvlaki

So i bought weight watchers pita pockets and got salad and greek dressing and chicken put it all together and i got one good dinner!! i am enjoying cooking!!! and doing a good job if i say so myself. Mark says its because i finally started reading a cookbook lol very true i cooked the same things over and over because they were the only things i knew how to cook. The weight watchers cookbook is very helpful, esp when creating my meal plan!!

Breakfast at Tiffanys

Saw breakfast at tiffanys and thought it was a little weird..... katherine hepburn was crazy! it was like a sorority smushed into one person. Cute in the end though. Gone with the wind came in the mail today so i look forward to sitting on my ass for 3 hours and 53 mins HAHA i cant believe its that long.
Anyone see it? is it worth 4 hours?

Epson Printer!!

So going through the blogs and i found Fun Saving Money!!
She is giving away a epson printer!!
We Could really use a new printer ours is SHOT!! My husband needs it to print stuff for work and I think it would be nice to print wirelessly!!

I hope i win!! We def dont have the spare cash

The Kings Speech

So of course new movies are not on my movie list since it is a list of old classic movies i have not seen, but.. this movie was very good!!! I really enjoyed it. It was funny and dramatic and caring all in one. I do have a small crush on Colin Firth since bridget jones diaries. He really put on a good performance.

Of course i have to put some info in about my dieting... super bowl did not help by any means! Back to square one i think, but as long as i bump up my water intake it should help out big time. I need to get back to the gym. I wish i could go mid-day but i dont want to put rian in the daycare so young. I am at such a dilemma. Any thoughts?

New to the Diet

So i am starting weight watchers to go along with my low carb diet!!
I need to eat healthier!!
So far I am down 1 pound LOL

HAHAHA thought this was funny

Weigh in!

So i have officially lost 4lbs!

I feel we have been eating much better than in weeks before and its proven to work! My husband has also lost some weight but of course he doesnt need to!
I have been doing good on keeping up with my weekly meal plan and clipping the coupons and doing weekly shopping trips. But i have to admit i have yet to step into the gym :-(
I want to start doing that more in the next month!! I feel once i do it continually for 30 days i will have a routine and it will be easier to stick to!!

Bad plan day

I did nothing from my plan today... ugh i need to get back into the groove... this sickness put me out all out of whack.... oh well.
Tomorrow is a new day. And going to a friends house to hopefully learn some more tricks of the trade to healthy eating and dieting.... and maybe some key pointers on how to pack and travel with a baby LOL  Florida t-minus 5 weeks and counting

a winged dinner turned into brilliance!!

So raiding the cabinets to see what we have to make a quick and easy dinner... i see i have chicken left over from the soup i made from when i was sick and cheese and shells from we made tacos last week. I buy low carb shells, which  weren't as bad as i thought they would be. I saw we had a can of black beans from chili that was never made so i googled black bean chicken quesadillas ... i found 3 recipes that i liked bits and parts of so i combined what i like and winged it!! OMG amazing!!!

So i took the beans and mushed them with a fork in a bowl. Then i took the shell and rubbed just a dot of oil on it and flipped it over on the pan. Then rubbed the black bean paste on half the shell and sprinkled a little cheese.  I cooked the chicken in a separate pan and cooked it in a smidge of oil and sprinkled with chili powder, cumin and garlic powder and cooked it up. I put the cooked chicken on top of the sprinkle of cheese and then put more cheese on it and sprinkled some cooked corn.  Then i flipped it in half cooked each side like 4 mins and viola!!
i also took a little salsa and put it on top... i couldn't believe how good it was... and it was LOW CARB!!! mmmmm this will definitely be a repeat dinner!!

End of the week and into the the new week

So i created anther meal plan this week! i went through my ads and clipped my coupons. Then i wrote out a list of what we need to get from what stores! I feel very accomplished.

I have made 3 scarves this past week for my new facebook page in hopes of getting a part time job, or at least something to bring the money in.

SOOOO we tried the tuna steaks and as everyone told me not to over cook them .. I did... so they were dry and chewy .. oh well...

I think i may be able to cross part time job off the list

If my scarf making brings in some money i think we will be ok... i hope i can just bring 100 a week which is 4 scarves a week... if all goes as planned...

So again today i had chicken soup lol and lots of iced tea... i hope to pee this sickness out of me!

I need to start getting into a rhythm working out and hopefully i can start getting mark to go with me :-) i was told it takes 21 days to get into a set schedule... i think we can keep it up ...

Wish me luck!! i hope this takes off

Sick

:-( nothing better in a diet than to get sick LOL

So i have decided for every 25 followers i will give away a scarf (up to 100)

Then i can do giveaways after that! SO EXCITED!!! I think i will create a facebook page to put myself into sweeps!!

What do you guys think?

Watched black swan... holy crap is that movie weird... but kinda cool natalie portman did a beautiful job!!

Dr. Strangelove

Tried my hardest to become interested in this movie to only end up on my computer reading about how brittany murphys husband was crazy. oh well... it was cool seeing james earl jones that young!!

Started the morning out with a strong cup of french roast then lunch at natalies with mark after his drs appt. Had a chicken souvlaki with light feta on a whole wheat pita... not too shabby... was very unsure about the whole wheat pita.  Had a veggie chicken soup too.

Dinner had to get switched around today so i think we will be having grilled chicken with some of the new found tofu pasta shirataki thanks to karla. But i will be looking up recipes on how to get rid of the "authentic aroma" as it says on the package. never a good sign.
** change of plan... mark will not try my new pasta LOL guess it will be lunch tomorrow Stir fry style!

Sweet Potato Chips!!!

So i was walking through wegmans and was looking for some snacks that were low carb. FOUND!! sweet potato chips!!! AMAZING!!!! i was eating them and then went to grab another one, then i realized i ate all the ones i had on my plate.

Turkey Tacos.... NOT THAT BAD!!! i even paired them up with LOW CARB wheat shells i have to admit... today was pretty good :-)

Taco Tuesday!!

so this morning i had 1 1/2 cups of honey bunches of oats... i know not the best but i wanna finish it up to get something else like weight loss oatmeal!!!
So tonight is taco tuesday and were gonna make tacos with ground turkey .... let you know how that tastes tonight lol
Going to jo anns with a friend to pick stuff up for making my sons 1st birthday cards... i know i have like 5 months but i have no idea what im doing..

Fish

So we went grocery shopping today and bought some fish. Tuna steaks and cod. I have no idea how to prepare them or when to know they are cooked all the way.
Any advice how to make good fish?

Day 1 of eating better

So today i had a half of turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomato on whole wheat. a cup of coffee with half and half and splenda with a friend ;-) then a chicken salad with sweet red peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and chickpeas.

I was quite proud of myself today i should have taken a picture of the salad it was a work of art!

Citizen Kane

So mark and I watched citizen kane last night... its amazing to think that orson welles was only 24 when he wrote directed and acted in it. for its time it had great camera work. Little weird with the rosebud thing.. and it being a sled but i guess when sledding was fun as a kid and your father beat you you would remember your sleds name too

Movie List

So far mark and I came up with a list of good old movies i've never seen. If anyone has any that you think should be added to list please let me know!

1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca
3. Gone with the wind
4. Singin in the rain
5. Dr. Strangelove
6. The Godfather Part I & II
7. The Graduate
8. It's a wonderful life
9. North by northwest
10. On the waterfront
11. Streetcar named desire
12. One flew over the cuckoo's nest
13. Paths of glory
14. Psycho
15. Butch cassidy and the sundance kid
16. Vertigo
17. Rebel without a cause
18. The searchers
19. Taxi driver
20. To kill a mockingbird
21. West side story
22. Chinatown
23. My fair lady
24. The music man
25. Breakfast at tiffanys
26. Fiddler on the roof
27. Bonnie and Clyde