RULES, PART 2

After one month of my "rules", I decided I needed to make some extra commitments:

1) Only use the small plates at home for portion control

2) Substitute sour cream for Greek Yogurt

3) Drink 3-4 cups water a day

4) At least 15 minutes of exercise every day (except Sunday)

RULES

These are my rules for 2012:

Run at least 3x/week (on my new treadmill that I got for Christmas)

(this is on top of running for basketball...and yes I've been good!)

If I need to snack, eat fruits and vegetables ONLY

No hamburgers or pizza

 

No seconds

Chocolate is OK (because chocolate is NOT my weakness)

The goal is to drop 20 lbs by my birthday.

Why, you ask?

No biggie.

Just a cruise.

PURPLE WEDDING

Alisha and Spencer got married on December 27th

And she picked royal purple!

So I wore it. 

And my honey looked smokin' hot with his aviators 

Along with these fine gentlemen... 

And Dad, who thinks he's a Duke from the 14th Century :) 

Gotta love weddings in San Diego.

THE MADNESS

So...the house was pretty crazy during Christmas

with all the nieces and nephews 

doing their crazy thing 

we needed a break. 

 So we went to our usual spot

Coronado.

 Phil was determined to find a sand crab

and he did. Finally. 

 I just sat happy in the sun

 And we strolled

like we're in love. 

PACKARD SISTERS

Shoot me.

BLOCK ORNAMENT TUTORIAL

I couldn't put this on the ole blog until after Christmas

for obvious reasons.

I found these plastic suckers at DI for $2. Bow down.

1) Plastic paint primer (white)

2) Black paint

3) Streaked colored paint on top (for fun)

 4) Scrapbook paper varieties

5) Print names and birthdays (separately)

 6) Pictures of your adorable nieces and nephews to your heart's content

 7) Laugh hysterically at their personalities

8) Shed a few tears because you miss them terribly 

9) Drill a small hole in a corner

10) Tie a knot in twine, push it into the hole so it sticks and seal with glue 

11) THANK YOU HUGS