Pictures of our house...Finally

Here are the pictures of our house. I dont have the before picture of the gameroom, but it was basically white paneling (BLAH!)and I dont have the before picture of our bedroom, but also...white paint and brown floors. Basically the entire house was white with brown floors.


Here are the updated pictures.

This is a picture of half of our room, the bed wasnt really made, so I didnt want to show the other half:)
Here are pics of the gameroom. Sorry they are all blurry. I took them on Johns iphone. The color is a gray blue with dark grayish navy blue curtains. We call it Johns man room:)but of course I have added a few feminine touches



This bathroom is the bane of my existence. It is horribly ugly. The picture does not do the colors of the tile justice. They are a dirty cream and burnt orange brown. NOTHING WORKS. I finally found this stuff yesterday at world market and am quite happy with it. The picture make the green look a bit pale, but its actually a bit darker. I love the curtains!..still a work in progress...I just want to redo this darn bathroom!


Here are some pics of the dining room and living room and hallway. The crosses are there to keep the vampires away..jk, jk.






This is the kitchen. We havent done much with it, but it works. Its nice and open. One of the reasons I wanted the house.




This is the extra bedroom. This is furniture that was in my parents room and was my moms when she was a teenager. It was brown and ugly. Im kind of proud of myself:) I picture the walls green and a baby girl in a crib:)

Happy Birthday Erin and Conni!

I have two amazing sister in laws. They are fabulous and I am very blessed to have them in my life. This Sunday we celebrated their birthdays (Conni's Was Oct 9 and Erin's is coming up on Oct 25...the big 30!) at my mom and dad's house. It was super fun, but my dad was sick with food poisoning, Scooter and Angie couldn't be there because they were out of town, and poor little Blakers has, most likely, swine flu. Needless to say, it was a quiet birthday party. BUT we did have steak and mashed potatoes and corn and chips and queso (sounds bad with the rest of the food, but it was good:) For dessert we had cookie cake! So good. Ryann Cate was in rare form yesterday. Either super super happy and adorable or very upset about something. It was good for me to see that she isn't perfect, but I still think she is pretty darn close!

Day 37...my last food diary entry

Wow. My last day of blogging about food. Kind of a sad day. I will still be keeping a food diary, I will just be doing it in a journal instead of the blog. So, for my last food entry:

This morning for breakfast I had Green tea, half a cracker, some cheese, and two apple slices (100 calories) I also had some coffee! My first time in forever! I had some fat free cream and some really fattening cream:) 65 calories Thats 165 for the morning

For lunch I had a cup of tortilla soup from jasons deli and half a turkey wrap, sans the ranch. Total of 343 calories

That brings me to 508 already! crazy.

Going to Pei Wei for dinner with John. Ill get those little chicken salad rolls that are only 50 calories each and Ill get some edemame. Ill end up with about 900 calories for the day...at least thats the plan...Ok so its 12:30 am and I definitely did not get those little salad rolls. I got the Terryaki (sp?) bowl with chicken, and didnt eat the rice, but I also got an egg roll. So good. I then went and got coffee with a fabulous friend around 10 pm tonight and then came home and had a 100 calorie pack of cookies. Not a great finish to this food diary blog, but the dress fits and thats what matters.
ALSO!!!!!!!!

I LOST 12 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to yall that encouraged me during this. I plan on losing another 18 lbs by Christmas eve so my dieting and working out is not over, Im just not going to make yall suffer through reading it anymore!

~Sarah

Day 36

So, its Tuesday. I am almost finished with this food blog. It's crazy how quickly it went. It really wasnt that hard. I mean I miss all kinds of food like brownies, and cupcakes, and queso, and burgers (not a tiny one, like a real big juicy burger) and pizza and fried stuff, but I also feel like Im fine without that kind of stuff. Its not so bad really. I will stop this blog after tomorrow mainly because I want to go back to blogging about real stuff, but also because I said I would do it for 37 days and the wedding is this weekend and I leave for Arizona on Tuesday.

So, here is my second to last food diary blog entry:

So far I have had green tea and a reduced fat egg white turkey bacon english muffin for 340 calories...I have torn off a good amount of the bread, so lets say 310 calories.

Ok for lunch I had this cheese/fruit tray from starbucks. Unsatisfying. I only ate half of it because the entire thing was 370 calories. So I had some apples, grapes,crackers, and three different types of cheese. Thats 185 calories bringing me to a total of 525 for the day. BOO!!! Stupid breakfast.

Went to Corner Bakery last night and had a bowl of tortilla soup and a side caesar salad. About 600 calories (1125 for the day)

Went to the gym and worked out for 45 minutes!

On a side note I have been reading Galatians and love it. Read 4,5, and 6 last night. Its all about the law vs. faith saving us. Good for me to read because so often I find myself trying to earn my way into Heaven. I think its so hard because you want to do good things because you are commanded to and because God has given you the heart to, but at the same time, you kind of want to ensure yourself a spot in heaven. I think I do it unconsciously, but I know its stupid because nothing I do is going to earn me a spot. Anyway, I could go on and on abou this...

Day 35

Today I tried to eat oatmeal. It was so nasty. I had prob 75 calories worth of it. not a fan. Also had green tea.

For lunch Mary Jayne (the director of the pregnancy center)brought us Baker Brothers. I got a salad and did not put much dressing on it. (375 calories)

I have had some M&Ms today also...I know its horrible. I'm only going to eat half the bag though. That's 120 calories. Im just so hungry for something sweet and Im out of my 100 calorie packs up here at work.

That's 570 for the day so far...what to eat for dinner. I really want Pei Wei, but John does not. I might go for Chick Fil A. Who knows.

Ok so I went to Chick Fil A and got an 8 piece chicken nugget and small fries. Had a bit of sauce with both. That's 600 calories. That's 1170 for the day, but I went to the gym and did the treadmill for 40 minutes (running and walking but if walking on a serious incline and no slower than 3.8) Stair stepper for 5 minutes, bike for 5 minutes, and elliptical for 10 minutes. That's a total of 60 minutes. I also walked the dogs for 40 minutes. I am assuming I burned 600 calories.

Day 34

Today wasnt bad. Its Sunday, and thats usually a hard day, but I didnt fail, so this is what I had. A bowl of Southwest Chicken Chili (270), one cracker (50), a tiny pumpkin pancake that John made (100), 100 calorie pack of cookies, 5 chips (100), a few pieces of chicken from BoBo China (horrible so really it was only like two pieces)(100) and a jr. cheeseburger from sonic (300 cals)

920 for the day. I took a 3 hour nap today because John has been making me go to 9 am church!!! I hate it. I miss going to the night service.

Day 33

Hmmm. That was Saturday. It was not a good day. It started out good, but then I ruined it. I had half a bagel, two fresco tacos, and then went to mi cocina and had a few chips and a grilled chicken salad with not much dressing at all. BUT then I went back to my parents house and had three lemon bars worth 150 calories each. THEN I came home and had 2 bags of 100 calorie cookies. THEN I had a bag of cool ranch doritos at 170 calories. What is wrong with me? Thats 450 plus 370 plus 300 plus 100 plus 500. Thats 1820 for the day. BUT I did go work out and burn about 250 calories. I also clean and sanded more furniture. Still, when I woke up this morning (Sunday) I had gained a lb back. SUCK!

Day 32

Today I had a pizza for 650 calories and then had sushi for dinner 360 calories and then had some candy at the movie 400 calories. Thats 1410 for the day, but today I cleaned out the entire garage. Sanded tons of furniture and painted all of it. I definitely burned a lot of calories today. Lets just say I burned only 200 more than usual (I think it was more but will guess low) That brings be down to 1210 for the day. Not bad on a weekend. I was going to go the gym when I got home from our movie tonight (invention of lying....stupid movie. Dont waste your money) but the gym was closed! Stupid LA Fitness closes at 10. Not cool. Thats all for today. Will go to the gym tomorrow morning after painting and sanding the rest of my furniture. Good night all.

Day 31

WOOOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!! I have lost 10 lbs in exactly one month. I am a happy lady. I am also quite proud of myself for sticking to it. I need to order dresses too small from now on!

Ok so because I have lost 10 lbs, Im having a bit of a celebratory breakfast because our volunteer brings Kolaches every Thursday. I am taking off most of the bread though. I will have a salad for lunch!

Had two kolaches (tore of most of bread)=300 calories
Had two donut holes = 100 calories
Had string cheese = 60 cals
Had some salad threw most of it away cause it sucked=50 calories

510 calories for the day. Oh I have had WAY too much green tea. I have had 5 cups. Im soo energetic right now!

Ok just had a hershy kiss and a 100 calorie bag of chocolate chip cookies...so good!

636 for the day and Im going to PEI WEI for dinner! PUMPED!!
I got Pei Wei lettuce rolls or something. Not many calories. Prob 1300 for the day

Day 30

Ok so today I ate:

an apple (70 cals)
a salad with avacado...so good (150 cals)
100 calorie bag of Cheezits (100 cals)
1 hershey kiss (26 cals)
12 count nugget from Chick Fil a (400 cals)
side salad from chick fila (100)
2tbs of frozen whip cream (25 cals)
7 gummy root bear bottles (100 cals)
2 cups green tea (0 cals)

Total for the day: 971

I then went to the gym and burned 500 calories.