Check it Out!!

I started a website!

I have decided to start a little at home business so that I feel like I'm contributing to the household and also because these are things I love to do. It all started with helping my sweet Grammie with her Relief Society handouts.

I don't have much on there now but I will be adding more premade items as I can. I'm able to do a wide range of things so if I haven't mentioned it just ask. My main items will be digital work but I can do things with paper/cardstock as well but it may be slightly pricey until I can find a cheap way to get paper. Items that I can do are greeting cards or postcards, announcements, invitations, 12x12 and 8x8 digital scrapbook pages, business cards, blog layouts and custom headers, church handouts, bookmarks, calendars, anything you have in mind I'll try my best to figure out a way to get it done.

Please let me know if you have anything you're in need of or have any questions and I'll be happy to help you out! Keep checking back because I'll continue to add new designs.

The web address is: www.sweetnsimplecreations.com or you can click on the banner above to visit the website. For all you bloggers out there…I’m working on a graphic to add to sidebars for those interested in helping me advertise. Just let me know if you’re interested and I’ll let you know when it’s ready. I’m more than happy to customize the colors to match your existing blog layout too – at no charge!!

UPDATE: Above is the sidebar banner I’ve come up with. Let me know if you’d like one and if you’d like different colors!

Happy 17th Birthday, Max!

Since we couldn’t join you for your birthday we celebrated anyway at Jayni’s request. Of course we had to do it a day early so that you can see this first thing on your birthday! She even asked that I make this for you.

She said I had to make a basketball cake so this was my attempt. We celebrated with pizza for dinner and then had birthday cake.

Tom was a little grumpy so I didn’t want to get his grumpiness in any pictures. Jayni and Mason were more than happy to have their pictures taken though. The kids and I didn’t get out of the house today so please don’t mind their hair.

And for good measure we included some videos!

I’m so glad we have had the opportunity to get to know you! You are a huge part of our family now and we miss you like crazy! You are an amazing person and we’re so proud of all you do (well maybe not all!…like almost letting my son drown) and appreciate your efforts to keep in contact with us. We even kinda like you!

I hope you have a wonderful birthday and have some yummy curry for us! I really wish we could be there!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Could Things Get Any Worse?

Later in the afternoon yesterday after hanging out with Melanie, Kathryn and Reed, Jayni started feeling sick when we were at Target. So we decided to part ways and I brought Jayni and Mason home to nap. As I was helping Jayni get ready for her nap she started throwing up. Luckily she was standing over the sink and was able to make it to the toilet! Not much to clean up, but I did have to wash a couple towels and put her clothes in the wash too just to take up more room. I set her up in her bed with a bowl and she had to use it a couple times but no messes!

When I went to bed I checked in on the kids and after investigating found that Jayni had a little mess in her pants. Poor thing! So we got her cleaned up and I put in some things to wash. Tom had to leave at 3:30 this morning (won't be home until tomorrow evening) and when I went to bed I couldn't sleep because he kept tossing and turning. He was worried his alarm wouldn't go off although I set mine too! He finally got up around 2:30 to lay on the couch. Came in to tell me goodbye at 3:40 but said there was a little girl on the couch who said she wasn't tired anymore but feeling better. Mason woke up at 4:30. Jayni went to the bathroom around 8:20 and didn't realize she had a little drip (nicest way I could think to put it!) so we had to change her underwear again and when I put them in the wash I knocked over the FULL liquid detergent bottle that a few seconds later, I found leaking all over the top and side of the washer because obviously in the daze of lateness last night I didn't put the cap on tight. Then when the washer began to drain it was backing up into the bathroom and coming out the top of the toilet. Luckily I was in there and was able to get a towel around it and wasn't much of a mess.

Since then things have gone alright. We all took a nap from about 10:30 until 2:30. Crossing my fingers that the day will end well! I want to apologize for this very imperfect post. I'm much too tired to read through and fix spelling and punctuation and make sure everything makes sense, which is really hard for me to do since I have to go through post a good three or four times before posting!

Another Success

I hit a big milestone at WW yesterday. I've lost 10% of my starting weight. I've now shed a total of 25.6 lbs, 20.6 with WW! This key ring is my reward and when I get to other milestones I'll receive charms to attach.

This has been such a beneficial program for me and I have appreciated all that have encouraged and helped me through this process. I want to be healthy, active and teach my children the importance of doing so.

I share with all of you my experiences so that it may possibly inspire. I've had ups and downs. Good weeks and bad weeks. I'm finding that I wouldn't be where I'm at as quickly as I've gotten here without the love and support of others and also exercise. That's the big one...EXERCISE! I believe it is the key to the successes I'm achieving. I'm making it a habit that will hopefully stick!

I'm also including my experiences for me personally. This is a big life changing experience I'm going through at this time in my life. It's a major part of my life and something that I struggle to find time doing with young children to take care of and spend quality time with. Oh, and the husband too! I don't have a lot of extra time on my hands at this time in my life and I'm forever grateful to my dear husband for his willingness to change up his schedule and do a little extra in order for me to do something for myself.

The difficulty I'm finding this week is that Tom started coaching high school basketball and hasn't gotten home until 9:30 or later in the evenings. He assures me that practices won't be as late once the volleyball season is finished. It's been a struggle to find the energy to head to the gym that late but once I finish my workout I always feel so much better! I'm actually pretty dang proud of myself for not letting this be a reason for me to take a break. I'm afraid that if I do so then I will start letting other things slide and I don't want that to happen!

Next mini goal - lose 7 more lbs to be at the top of the healthy range for my height. Then my ultimate goal of somewhere in the middle of my healthy range.

My progress chart so far.

My Milestones

Key:
5 POUNDS 5 POUNDS ADD'L 10% GOAL

WEIGHT WATCHERS MEETINGS
ANOTHER LOCATION