Day 7

Day two on the whole "Hoe-Down" thing from T-Tapp.  I hurt today.  Yesterday Dylan and I "dance-ercised" for about 30minutes, I did about 5minutes of Hoe-downs and then just cardio for the other 25minutes, and I am exhausted and sore today! Must be working!!

Today feels like a lazy day, I fell off the wagon, [lol] I am out of my routine and I don't like it.

Laundry still gets done, food gets cooked and dishes still get done, but its not the same when I don't get up at 7am and start my REAL day.  Today I slept until Dylan woke me up at 8am... Which is OK, but I am a little mad at myself.

In other news- Steve Jobs died yesterday.  He IS one of the greatest men to have ever lived in our lifetime and I hope everyone can respect that.  He will be missed.... God bless him!

Last night we met my parents at George's Breakfast Station in Tarpon Springs for dinner and then we drove to Howard Park to see the sunset.. it was gorgeous.

This is a shot I took in the side view mirror of the sky behind us... Beautiful right??

Day 6

I am kind of in a funk, don't feel like doing my normal articles today, I feel like doing my craft projects that are piling up.  Ive got a desk that needs sanding and painted, as well as a sofa table and a bar hutch... they are all in decent condition and shouldn't take too long to sand down, but either way.  I gotta get to that today.

Got up this AM with Rafal like every morning, and took Marley out.  How is it possible that he doesn't have to use the bathroom every single time we go out?  Like once, or twice a day he actually pee's or you know, but its so rare?

I'm drinking my coffee thinking about some T-Tapp, a new workout I have stumbled upon due to my great friend Veronica Prewitt.  She is amazing :)  Very blessed to have her in my life.

Made a London Broil last night, and Rafal fell in love with me all over again [haha] It was really good, even I was impressed.  The other night I made crock pot country ribs, with a bud light lime, and a cup of apple juice and a few spices like garlic, salt and pepper.. it came out amazing! About 6hours and they were falling OFF the bone!  Then last night I marinated the broil in soy sauce, ketchup, salt/pepper, garlic and onions.  I also put about a cup of veggie oil in the sauce and it helped keep it juicy!  It marinated about 5hours and then just threw it on the grill, about 6 minutes on each side.  Came out like heaven.

Day 5

Learning muffins and cookies now.  Fairly easy, but perfecting the recipes as turned in to a daunting task.  Not a bad thing, but interesting to say the least.  Rafal will have lots of snacks as I try to get these right.

Yesterday we found a local butcher and we are happy to say, its the best place on earth.  I may even write an article about it.  Acropolis Meat & Deli.  Awesome.  It is on East Tarpon Ave right in downtown Tarpon Springs.  We got 35lbs of meat for about $100.  Ribs, Steaks, Ground Beef, Lamb, Pork, TONS of stuff.  Our freezer is full of fun stuff.  We made home made burgers, on my home made bread, with the fresh home slaughtered cow meat, and topped it with home grown onions and homemade provolone cheese! YOU CANT BEAT THAT WITH A STICK!! Best burgers we have ever had, not kidding, they were mind blowingly delicious.  Good to know that Rafal and I can get back to basics even on an electric grill :)

Today I will do my article on "Popular Childrens Costumes for Halloween 2011" and then I plan to include some local costume shops, should turn out good.  I will get to that after the dentist.

Enjoying my coffee right now, its our 3rd AM with cold weather, not cold, chilly, 60degrees.  We love it.  This is my favorite time of year.  :)

Day 3

Well, here I sit with Mayo/Egg Yolks/Olive Oil slathered all over my head.  I needed a deep conditioning treatment for my nappy, over died, fried, bleached out hair, and I googled a home remedy and found one. Lets hope it works.  I do know one thing, Rafal loves Mayo, so he might be ALL over me tonight! haha

Haven't had a Red Bull in months, I had stopped caffeine and sugar.  As of August 9th I switched to only Water and Mio.  But then when I started getting up early with Rafal on September 9th I added a few cups of coffee to my morning ritual, SO caffeine has become a daily staple in my life again.  I stopped drinking sugary drinks to see if I could loose a few extra pounds of squishy I seem to have gained, but alas, nada.  So, screw it!

Its such a beautiful day today, but so weird not having Dylan.  He stayed the night at my parents house and they took him to the mall to play, and to see the Dolphin Tale movie.  *There are ants crawling past me on my living room wall... what the heck*  Anywho.  I just talked to Dylan on the phone and he sounds so grown up to me.

I am going to throw some ribs in a crock pot for Rafal and then head to my parents house to pick up the monkey.  Today is a good day.

Last night was a good night, I spent the evening with my two good friends Veronica & Darryl.  We had a GREAT time, doing silly teenage things like walking on the train tracks and giggling at the bus stop.  I wish I had taken some pictures of us, those would be good memories.  Ah well, it will happen again!

Enjoy your beautiful Sunday where ever you are and God Bless!

Day 2

I just sat here making an awesome Excel Spreadsheet for all of my examiner articles, I can’t believe I have so many already.  I started on September 9, 2011, and have accumulated almost 5 or 6 a week, I am very excited.  I am truly loving this work.

Right now I am blogging into a Microsoft Word document because my sweet boy is watching a Care Bears movie through the NetFlix on the Xbox.  I am a huge fan of this NetFlix and wouldn’t change it for the world.  The fact that our son can watch just about any show he wants is awesome.

During the “work week”, as in Monday-Friday, we have our set schedules and Care Bears is a weekend extra.  During the week we watch Sesame Street and Curious George on PBS Kids in the mornings.  Well, he watches them, that’s when I blog and write my articles.  He knows the mornings are “Mommy Home Work Time”, from when he wakes up until nap time I try to get all of MY work done.  Then while he naps, I clean the house and prepare any food for the evening.  Then comes the fun times with Mommy, after nap time!  I love teaching him things, and watching his little brain grow right before my eyes.  The best feeling in the world is when you see him “get it”, when it really sinks in, I love that more than anything.  Maybe its just the mom in me, but he is SO smart.  Too smart for his own good actually, and sometimes I think it’s a bad thing… and by that I mean that he is so smart that I think he misses out on some “child hood” things.  I sometimes fear he will continue on this path and be like his father and I were, and grow up too fast.  I pray he can be a child as long as possible.  I pray that he doesn’t worry about being “cool”, or having girlfriends when he’s 12.  I want him to play in the park until he’s 15 and too big for the swing set! [haha] OK, well maybe not exactly, but all you mommies know exactly what I am talking about.

Its a sunny gorgeous day in Florida, when we went out for Marley's early morning walk it was 75degrees out and Dylan was chilly in his flip-flops! I wore a jacket.. thank God for just "knowing" it would be cold! haha 


Time has flown by today, it is already 11am and nap time for Dylan.  Going to lay down with my baby before he leaves for the rest of the weekend to stay at my parents house.  I am SO blessed that my mom and dad live so close, and love us so much!  Shoot, they even love my baby daddy, and that makes my heart feel super happy :)