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Soda Sucks

Where I am from we call it Coke, but no matter what you call it...SODA SUCKS. even though I love it so dearly!!!

About a year ago I gave up my six plus cans a day of diet coke. It was hard. My head hurt. I was cranky. I was tired. It was what I drank when my eyes opened in the morning and what I drank before I brushed my teeth at night. Then I read about aspartame and the side affects. I could check off so many of the problems and it really freaked me out. I was drinking water and loving it after a while. Then I slowly  started to add Real Coke back in. Now, this is where the mind of a food addict goes. My justification was that it was not as bad to have four of these a week because look how many diet cokes I used to drink. Now I am not trying to say you can never in life enjoy a coke but I am saying that for me and my weight loss journey I need to get back on track and kick the Coke/Soda/Pop habit.

Then something happened. Pinterest kicked my ass. I found a picture that freaked me out. I avoid sugar in my foods but I never thought about my drinks. So I am leaving you with the picture that totally freaked me out haha.

(Welcome to all my new followers!)

I mean I would not eat that many sugar cubes or I would be ill but I will drink it? What in the heck? Ah!

Rock a bye Baby CD give away

Go over to www.buildingourstory.com to enter to win the new Van Halen CD!

http://www.buildingourstory.com/2011/12/rockabye-baby-reviewgiveaway.html

Work it out Wednesday Y'all

Are you dedicated? 

Okay let me tell you that in Arkansas we do not handle cold well at all. Last night was now picnic but Allyson and I got out and walked in the cold and wet! I felt great afterwards and was so happy that I talked myself into going. 

What works for me is psyching myself up. So as silly as it sounds I drove to Allyson's house saying you are going to walk, you are going to work out, you are going to walk. I had my work out mantra in check and let me tell you when I was ready to quit we took another walk around the block and it was great. Allyson even shared how she was really focused on running a marathon and it really made me think about my goals and what I want to do and for me I want to be dedicated to getting healthy. I do not want to look back at the end of 2012 and say why didn't I start sooner! 

Happy Wednesday y'all and if you have snow enjoy it! 

My first ever giveaway!

Welcome to The Ultimate Christmas Giveaway Event!

You have a chance to win the Wilton Ultimate Decorating Set worth $199.99!

If bought separately, the items in the kit would cost $250!

The Ultimate Decorating Set contains the following: 9-inch & 11-inch Straight Black Handle Spatulas, 9-inch & 13-inch Angled Black Handle Spatulas, 10-inch Featherweight Bags - 2 Pack, 12-inch Disposable Bags - 50 Pack, Practice Board with Patterns 4 - Standard Couplers, 6 Pc Forming Cups, Large Lily Nail, - 2 Pack 15-inch Parchment, Triangles Round Tips: #1, #3, #5, #12 Star Tips: #14, #16, #18, #21, #1M Petal Tips: #59s, #101, #104 Leaf Tips: #352 and #366 Bismarck Tip #230 Drop Flower Tip #2D Multi Opening Tip #233 Thin and Thick Foams Flower Nail Templates Brush Set, Gold Foil Cut, & Press Button Flower Pansy Cutter, Wave Flower Former, 2 Pack 2 Pc Mum Cutter Set, Calla Lily Cutter, Calla Lily Former, Scallop Ruffle Cutter, Lily Stamen Set Tip, Dishwasher Pouch, Dusting Pouch, Green Ball Tool, Green Veining Tool, Fondant Smoother Ribbon Cutter/Embosser, 12-inch Dowel Rods, Round Cut Out Set, Rose Cutter Set, 5 pc 8-inch Cake Circle, Silicone Tip Covers, 9-inch Rolling Pin Thin, and Thick Modeling Sticks, 4 Pc Decorating Nail Set, & The Ultimate Tool Caddy!



There are 28 blogs participating in this event. To not make the Rafflecopter entry list too long - all entries are MANDATORY (worth 5 entries each) with JUST ONE optional entry (to Tweet about the giveaway - worth 5 points as well)! Going through 28 blogs to win a $199.99 prize is not hard to do at all! I went through the list myself & didn't run into any problems - I was done in less than half an hour. :)


The giveaway is December 7 till the 14th (ending at 11:59PM EST on 12/14) but the winners will not be announced until December 16, 2011 so we can make sure that everyone who entered followed all the rules.


I know Google Friend Connect widgets can do disappearing acts so please give all of the pages time to fully load or refresh a page to see if the widget shows up.


This giveaway is open to U.S. & Canada readers only – we wish we could include international readers as well but we hope you guys understand. (If you're in Canada, please check our Giveaway Policy to make sure you qualify to enter You may be asked to answer a question if you win.)


Must be 18 years old & older to enter. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. Winner will be e-mailed & will have 48 hrs. to reply or we have no choice but to pick another winner.


Below are the following blogs participating in this giveaway along with the Rafflecopter! It’s only 28 blogs total so not a lot of work on your part! We all have the same Rafflecopter code so just as long as you enter in one blog, it’s okay – as long as you make sure to visit each blog to follow them according to the Rafflecopter form below (we check for duplicate entries)! Happy linking & Good Luck!


1) Life According to Damaris
2) Building Our Story
3) Force Family Journey
4) Gumdrop Pass
5) Our Crazy Bunch
6) Little Miss Nerd Girl
7) It's a Vol
8) The Mommyhood Chronicles
9) Mama Luvs Books
10) Frugal Plus
11) Our Life is a Jungle
12) Ever Changing
13) The Mama Pirate
14) Banana Hammocks & Tutus
15) Little Free Radical
16) Tidbits from a Mom
17) Keenly Kristin
18) Another Day in Paradise
19) Domestically Unemployed
20) Healthy Mom on the Run
21) Our Pregnancy Roadtrip & Beyond
22) Sweet Peas & Bumblees
23) Thrifty Frugal Living
24) My Messmerized Life
25) Ethereal Influence
26) Mamalou's Gems
27) Africa's Blog
28) Why We Love Green

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What are you making?

I have been talking about all the things I have been making like laundry soap, shampoo, food etc. But, what are you guys making? I have a top ten list of the next things to make so I thought I would share my list with you.
1. Lotion Bars
2. Paint-Razorback themed art
3. Garlic infused EVOO
4. Lavender sunflower oil to make soaps, lotions, & hair conditioner with
5. A new blog button
6. A scrapbook for Christmas (it is a gift and I need to get on to making that asap)
7. scarves
8. Pillows
9. Recover my worn out Toms
10. Outdoor lanterns out of Mason jars

Hopefully these are things I can make with out to much trouble ha! Is there anything you have been looking at thinking, "I could make this." Let me know. I want to hear what kind of crafty things you are making.

PS I could own stock in Sonic drinks!

I made something on Pinterest!

So for dinner last night I kept looking at the bag of red potatoes I had and was ready to use. I wasn't sure what to make then I remembered seeing something on Pinterest and I wanted to put my own twist on it.
To start turn your oven to 350 degrees and wash your potatoes (ha). Next slice them and drizzle EVOO over them. I did this in a big bowel and used tongs to stir the potatoes up so they were all covered in olive oil (EVOO). I added a teaspoon of Kosher salt, two teaspoons of fresh ground black pepper and two table spoons of dried minced onions. You should do this to your taste though. I like pepper a lot and wanted to add extra. Then I mixed everything up and laid them on a cookie sheet. I baked them on 350 for 30 minutes flipping them once. Next I used shredded mozzarella to top of each potato and let them melt in the oven for another 3-5 minutes. It doesn't take long. Now on Pinterest they added bacon but since I am avoiding meat I took them out and put them on a plate and piled chopped cherry tomatoes and shredded spinach to the top. It was so good! Very tasty and very easy. Let me know if you try it.

Sliced and on the cookie sheet.

My seasoning (also the Kosher salt is in a mason jar...I cute the top of the container it came in to fit the top of my jar and it keeps the salt dry and is easy to use).

The finished product! Yum.