Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!! Hope it's an amazing day filled with family, good food, and love. :-) This time of year always reminds me to be thankful for what I have-a beautiful son, amazing S.O., loving family, great friends, good health, a roof over my head, etc.

Wordless Wednesday! (Halloween Party 2011)

I love my Carl too much to leave him behind. :-)

A-z

A Food Alphabet Get to Know You

"Borrowed" from Holly

A is for Apple: What’s your favorite variety?
Jonagold or Gala

B is for Bread: Regardless of nutrition, what is your favorite type?
Honey Wheat

C is for Cereal: What is your favorite kind currently?
Lucky Charms or Cinnamon Toast Crunch

D is for Donuts: You might not currently eat them, but what kind do you fancy?
Boston Cream!

E is for Eggs: How would you like yours prepared?
scrambled

F is for Fat Free: What is your favorite fat free product?
Jell-O, Sour Cream

G is for Groceries: Where do you purchase yours?
Aldi, Ultra, Trader Joes, Target-I shop around!

H: is for Hot Beverages: What is your favorite hot drink?
Hot chocolate

I is for Ice Cream: Pick a favorite flavor and add a fun topping.
Neapolitan, Pumpkin Pie

J is for Jams or Jellies: Do you eat them? If so, what kind and flavor?
Yes, strawberry

K is for Kashi: Name your favorite Kashi product?
Haven't had much Kashi product

L is for Lunch: What was yours today?
Peanut Butter and Jelly, Doritos, Jell-O

M is for microwave: What is your favorite microwave meal/snack?
Hot Pockets

N is for nutrients: Do you likes carbs, fats, or proteins best?
Carbs

O is for oil: What kind do you like to use?
Extra Virgin Olive Oil

P is for protein: How do you get yours?
Meat, Peanut Butter

Q is for Quaker: How do you like your oats?
In cookies or as oatmeal

R is for roasting: What is your favorite thing to roast?
Marshmallows, LOL.

S is for sandwich: What’s your favorite kind?
Peanut butter and Jelly, Ham & Cheese

T is for travel: How do you handle eating while traveling?
Fairly well. :)

U is for unique: What is one of your weirdest food combos?
Hmmm, I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

V is for vitamins: What kind do you take?
None

X is XRAY: If we xrayed your belly right now, what food would we see?
What I had to eat earlier

Y is for youth: What food reminds you of your childhood?
Pita Bread Pizzas, Mac & Cheese

Z is for zucchini: How do you prepare it?
I hardly ever use it.

Now it’s your turn! Pick a few letters, maybe that spell your name or your initials, and share your answers. Or do the whole alphabet on your own blog :)

Wordless Wednesday

From our recent visit to Boo at the Zoo/Creatures of the Night at Brookfield Zoo.

Wordless Wednesday

I just found this draft that I never published. It's time now.

From our recent visit to Boo at the Zoo/Creatures of the Night at Brookfield Zoo.

Getting to know me...

A. Age - 27

B. Bed size - Queen

C. Chore you dislike -Dusting and mopping

D. Dogs - Pugs, Bulldogs, Labs

E. Essential start to your day - Shower, eating breakfast

F. Favorite color -Yellow, Pink, Red

G. Gold or silver -Silver

H. Height - 5'9"

I. Instruments you play(ed) -None, I'm not real talented.

J. Job title -Mommy, Homemaker

K. Kids -1 son, 2.5 years old

L. Live - Westmont, IL

M. Mom's name - Jennie

N. Nicknames -Lee, Leah Jayne

O. Overnight hospital stays - 1, giving birth

P. Pet peeves - Bad drivers

Q.Quote from a movie -Too many to name..

R. Righty or Lefty - Righty

S. Siblings -1, a brother

T. Time you wake up - Around 7:30 or 8

U. Underwear - boy shorts?

V. Vegetables you don't like - None really

W. What makes you run late - Dylan or myself

X. X-rays you've had - Just my teeth..

Y. Yummy food you make - Probably everything..

Z. Zoo animal favorites - Penguins, giraffes, dolphins

New bikes..

Dylan fell back asleep this morning after we dropped Ryan off at work so I have a few minutes to update on here!

Biggest news right now is that we just bought bikes for ourselves yesterday. Ryan had a minor health issue a couple of weekends ago. It scared me enough that I told him that enough is enough. We need to start exercising and eating better. I want us to be healthy for Dylan and ourselves as well. He loves to bicycle around so after doing some research we went and bought one for each of us. I can tell they're going to be well loved already. While we were there, we saw little man bikes. Dylan is going to need one soon so we might as well start looking now. He has a tricycle but I think he has a hard time pedaling it. Sooo... big boy bike it will be!

We ended up buying a bike trailer yesterday so we could haul D around with us. We get home to set it up only to find that a piece is missing. We had to order the piece. Hoping it'll be here in the next day or two so we can get out and ride.

We also found out that I can get in under Ryan's parents plan over at the YMCA. All we have to do is bring Cindy over and she can add me. We'll officially be members of the Y and can go work out and exercise whenever we want. I'm going to drag Cindy along with us. She wants to work out, but like I told her-it's hard when you're by yourself. Hopefully with all of us together, it'll go smoother.

Now I have to see if they have child care so we could leave D and come back for him. Going to research that in a few minutes and see what they have.

Ooh just can't wait to get out there! It was exhilarating being back on a bike after all of these years..