Scratch and sniff

I wish that y'all could scratch my blog and get a whiff of my most favorite smell in the world. I sat outside last night and enjoyed smelling the orange blossoms blooming on my tree. I have been told that smell is the #1 scent that jogs memories and I believe it. Orange blossoms take me back to all the spring breaks that we would drive from Idaho to Arizona to visit my Grandparents. When we would get close to Grandma's house my Dad would roll down the windows so we could all smell the orange blossoms. I think my Dad and I were the only ones that enjoyed the smell, so whenever I smell the blossoms I think of my Dad and driving to Arizona to visit Grandma and Grandpa. I hope that one day y'all can stop and smell the orange blossoms because it is awesome.

Remodel is finished

Before messy storage room

After beautiful bedroom

It is official, our house is finished, other then decorating and putting furniture in the 3rd bedroom. We now have a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2400 sq. ft house. Iam so excited to be done with remodeling that seemed to never end. Now we just need people to come visit us so we can use all the rooms in the house. Later this week I will do a photo tour of the house so you can see all the rooms.

Remodel

Last Wednesday my hubby got a wild hair and decided we should finish remodeling our house, so we started with the master bedroom. We riped out all the carpet and layed tile, we moved one wall out 4 feet and raised the ceiling, we added a door that will go out to a patio, and painted everything blue. It has been alot of work but it is finally done. Next we are turning our very large storage room into a 3rd bedroom, I will post pictures of that project when it is finished. After this round of remodel our house is officially finished. Yay! I forgot to take a picture before we started the bedroom, so you can see what it looks like now.. I did better on the 3rd bedroom, I actually took a before picture.

New Calling

I was released from being a Cub Scout leader today and got a new calling, I am the new beehive advisor. I have to admit that being called to Young Womens has been my dream calling for a long time. Iam so excited to start this new journey, but sad to leave my Cub Scouts, I have had alot of fun the last few years.

My thoughts

1) Trying to losing weight sucks, it is so much more enjoyable to gain weight.
2) If I lose 15 lbs I can shop for a whole new wardrobe!
3) Every piece of food I put in my mouth, my brain figures out how much exercise I have to do
to burn it off.
4) Losing weight is much easier when you are younger.
5) Food that is bad for you tastes better then food that is good for you.
6) I need to get a tan ( I live in AZ and my tummy is pasty white)
7) Looming swimsuit season is good motivation
8) Exercise is boring
9) I've gotten very creative with my cooking
10) Putting a skinny picture on the fridge, keeps the snacking down!

Sugar Free Chocolate Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my Moms birthday. I found the recipe in a splenda diabetic cookbook, and it turned out yummy. It was only the 2nd time I have made a cake from scatch and the 1st time I have made frosting from scratch. I will admit that it isn't as good as the real thing but hey when your trying to lose weight every little bit helps.

Sad

Well I guess I should post alittle something to acknowledge that the Cardinals sadly lost the Super Bowl. We really thought they had a chance and then It just slipped away. We were very sad and now it's time to move on and not dwell on it, There is always next season. This Cinderella story didn't have a happy ending.